TELEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 February 1914, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

▼ fz?y: ■ PRESS ASSOCIATION.] I' THE EAiriUQtAKE. Pahiafcua, mis Day. ?, , 'A severe and unusually pro- - longed shock of earthquake was yesterday morning. ■' ■ It was preceded by- a. loud rumbling wliich startled church worc, ■■ , shippers. The direction of the p/ " shake was from the west. Waipawa, This Day. t&r "• Eartliquakea were felt at 11.35 !a. ia.-- yes (onlay and 7.40 p.m. 4,\' "Wellington, This Day.

;V" ' Yesterday's earthquake shock was followed by a light shock in ,* the afternoon and another at about 7 o'clock this morning. The shock was the severest since ( J ; - 1904. 5 Blenheim, This Day. A severe shock of earthquake was felt here yesterday morning ' at 11.u4. BOWLING. lU ' Wellington, This Day. i' The Australian bowlers were accorded/ a civic welcome to-day. This afternoon they are playing a match against the Wellington * i i iiiks. 1 SUItP BATHIJS'6 natality. '/ 1 Oarnaru, This Day. 1 young man named ltoy Patir terson, son of Mr John Patter- ( of the Telegraph Department was drowned while surf- • bathing on the Bushy beach yesterday. The body has not yet , been recovered.

V , DOCTOIIS CONNER. ; Auckland, This Day. r"V ■' , At the meeting of the B.M.A. of X.Z., Dr Hatherley, of Wan;v; ganui, inducted Dr W. H. Par- ' ker us president for the present jr year. Dr William Irving, oi C'liristcliurch, was elected . presit dent for the next year, ; The next :,r annual meeting will be held at ; Cliristcliurch. The Australasian Medical Congress opened at 10 a.m.. Three ,' hundred delegates are present m- .. eluding eighty from Australia. ■ suspicious fire. Gisborne, This Day. An attempt was made on Satnight to burn the.butcher's A iirt>p at Tolago liay. Sacks, satU" urated with kerosene, werediscovH ered out side the building. The W lire was suppressed, but last night !'• the building was agam in flames, this time the sacks being inside . the building. Tlie owner is : absent from the district and the man in charge of the premises

„ lias been arrested. The building ' was destroyed. The insurances in the National Company amount, to £'190. P CHINESE QUAItItEL. %■;" Christchurch, This Day. ; Gee Poy, a Chinaman, was stabbed in the temple by another Chinaman at 7.30 iUst night. It I . is stated that the party was playt - dominoes quietly when ; a Chinaman entered anil insulted a ; vroman and Poy attacked him. The Chinaman drew a pocket knife, and after stabbing Poy ■. ■ disappeared. The name of the ; ,man is known to the police, but they have not found him yet. " Poy's wound is not serious. 1 : P.. AND T. REVENUE. Auckland, This Day. Returns furnished by the Hon. H, Rhodes, Postmaster-General, I show that the postage revenue last year was compared with £642,701. for the previous . year. Telegrams amounted to £327,140 against £308,876. ; EIRE AT EPSOM. fir—r*- . . - A grocery store and dwelling opposite the tram shed at Epsom was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The occupants (Mrs Mills, frvje children and a • girl) were asleep at the time, but ' all escaped. Nothing was saved. The insurances total £870. : FAMOUS COMEDIAN DEAD. - ' Christchurch, This Day. . • Irving Sayles, the coloured comedian, dropped dead in Gloucester Street at midday on SundayHe was joking with some friends at the time. He leaves a wife , wlju is now in Cfiristcliurch.