TELEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 January 1914, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

[pee press association.] FIRE NEAR FEUDING. Feilding, This Day. A six-roomed house on tho Awahuri road, near Feilding, was destroyed by tire on Saturday night. The fire was caused by a defective chimney. Most of the furniture was saved. Mr D. Cooper, the owner, was away at the time, and the insurance is not known. Hayes, the occupier, had his furniture insured for £100 in the Northern Office. BUS ACCIDENT. Auckland, This Day. The horses in a bus plying at Northcote bolted on Saturday evening, and the vehicle was capsized and damaged beyond repair. ' James Hall, a railway porter, had a leg broken, and a Maori woman sustained a broken arm. Mrs Malford had three ribs broken, Mrs Joshua Jackson, of Pukehoe, had a bruised shoulder and cuts on the face, Mrs Hulbert had a bruised shoulder, and an infant named Gill also had cuts on the face. Hall was removed to the hospital. DROWNING ACCIDENT. Auckland, This Day. John limine, a labourer, was drowned in the harbour on Saturday evening while fishing from a dingey which was anchored next to the steamer Hauroto. He was in the company of two brothers, named Lynch, when the dingey was rocked by a wave, and Irvine became excited and stood and the. boat capsized. A life-buoy was thrown from the Hauroto, and the' hulk keeper hurried to their assistance in a boat. Lynch Brothers —who had done their best to assist their companion were picked up by a louueh. PRIME MINISTER BETTER, Auckland, This Day. The Hon. W. Massey has greatly benefited by the rest, and left for Wellington by last night's train. He returns to Auckland in a month's time to turn the first sod of the branch railway 1o Waiuku.