TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 February 1923, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

I iiv Tur.KOß.mi —i'eu crkss association isn.i. ATTACKS .MAN. NELSON, Keb. d. Alfred Colton, a well-known fakakn settler, bad a narrow escape from Ugored to death by a hall. The ro|)e • leke Whilst the bull was being placed | .a a show pen. and Cot* m folk Ihe j bull -truck him in the chest, l ortunI ;.>*,< !y its linrii- did not penetrate his : I,iv. (,)uick assistance saved a fatali .MAORI'S FATAL MISTAKE. HASTINGS, Feb. •">. A Maori. F.piha, l’eni. !■•). engaged I in shearing at i'nki i’aki. "eiiig tbirs--1 tv, drank an arsenic solution I rout » ! bottle picked up by mistake and eoli lapsed and died in a lew hours. It is understood the solution was used tor I treatment of foot rot in sheep. 1 LATEST NEWS OF POISONING. CHRISTCHURCH, Fob. r, 1 There is no changu in the condition | the survivors ot the Brighton ; poisoning. j A STIFF FINE. GREYMOCTIf, Feb. -5. : M rs Mclntyre (licensee of the Duke ! of Edinburgh' Hotel) was proceeded j against by the Department of Labour J at the Magistrate’s Court to-day, for j dismissing two waitresses because they j bad joined the newly constituted Km- | ployed Union. Mr Moldrum, S.M.. i convicted defendant and lined her AlO ! and costs. SLIP AT STATE MINE. GREYMOUTII. F< bruai y d. ! A slip during the night blocked the Attain haulage rope road tunnel at tee j State Mine. One hundred men are idle to-day. It is expected the slip twill be cleared to-night.