YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 939, 28 June 1877, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

♦ [by submarine cable, per press agency.] AUSTRALIAN. Sydney, June 27. Two hundred tons of New Zealand wheat have been sold for exportation to England on private terms. INTERPROYINCIAL. [per press agency.] Auckland, Juno 27. A deputation of Licensed Victuallers waited on Dr. Pollen, requesting that the license fees in the Auckland district should be equalised with those in other parts of the colony. Dr. Pollen said the alteration must he made by the Legislature during the approaching session, when an amended Bill would be introduced. Ho was not able to say whether the fees woidd be raised to the Auckland standard or equalised on the scale existing in the South. A report presented to (lie Waste Lands Board states that out of a total of thirty-five thousand acres only three were classed of first quality, thirty acres of second class, and the remainder third class. The Board decided merely to sell the right to dig. Wellington, June 27. There are thirteen cases for trial at the forthcoming criminal sessions. The Working Men’s Club, spoken of for some time, has at length been fairly started. Joseph Bartlett, a steady respectable settler at Porirua, for some unknown reasons, cut In's throat from ear to ear. He had money in the bank. While firing on a Fairlie engine on the ITutt line to-day, Robert 51 cLachlan sustained concussion of the brain by falling oil the engine on io the track. He is supposed to have been fatally injured. [from a correspondent of the press.] Auckland, J une 27. The criminal calendar is unusually light. The only serious case is one of aggravated rape by" three men. Two cases of hoj’se-

stealing, one of breaking and entering, and one of inflicting grievous bodily harm, make up the list. Wellington, June 27.

An accident occurred on the Hutt railway this afternoon, causing serious and, it is feared, fatal injury to a fireman named Eobf. .McLachlan. The midday train from the Hutt, due at Wellington at 12.40 p.m., left the Lower Hutt at the proper time, drawn by a large double Fairlie engine, which is driven and fired on each side of the central junction between the engines. The train proceeded at. the usual speed of about fifteen miles an hour, and about a mile before reaching Ngahaiiranga McLachlan was seen to stoop to put coal in the furnace, and immediately afterwards something was heard to fall off the engine. It was supposed to be a lump of coal, and no notice was at first taken, but almost immediately afterwards, the driver having occasion to call over to McLachlan, he was missed. The train was brought to a standstill within 300 yards from the place where the fall was heard. Nothing was seen of McLachlan. The train was backed until at length they caught sight of him, lying on his back among some weeds and thistles by the side of the line. He was brought on to town, and carried to the hospital. On examination lie was found to bo suffering from severe concussion of the brain, blood oozing from his ears, and the case altogether is a very bad one. McLachlan is about forty years of age, unmarried, and a very steady man. He has been in the railway service for about eighteen months. The only way the accident can be accounted for is on the supposition that when stooping for coals he was seized with sudden giddiness, and fell backwards from the engine. No blame attaches to anyone. The police received information this morning from Porirua that a man named Joseph Bartlett had been found dead in bed with his throat cut from ear to ear. The deceased is stated to have been a very steady man, unmarried, and, from the fact of his having £8 in his pocket when found, the act was not committed through want. He had also a sum of money to his credit in the Bank. His father is said to reside in Foxton. A telegram was received in town from Castlepoint, from Captain Evans, of the Rangatira, to the effect that the propeller had unshipped on the passage down from Napier. She is now sailing down. The Stormbird is to be sent out this evening to meet her and tow her into harbor. The Right Rev Bishop Redwood returned to Wellington this morning from Christchurch by the Arawata. A conference of clergy of various denominations in the city was held this afternoon, to discuss the present licensing laws, and to consider what action should be taken thereon, Bishop Hadfield presided. The proceedings were strictly private. Dunedin, June 27. Mrs Burn has resigned the Lady Principalship of the Girls’ High School. At Tapanui, a Chinaman, after making attempts which were frustrated by his mates, eluded their vigilance, and hanged himself to a rafter in his hut. Mr Macandrew invited the Education Board to express an opinion as to the introduction of Penny Savings Banks into schools. Mr Gillies is opposed to compelling masters to undertake it. Professor Shand considered that teachers had enough to do already. The subject then dropped.