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Kumara Times, Issue 623, 26 September 1878, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[press agency.] LATEST UNPUBLISHED. RAILWAY COLLISION. Oamaru, September 26. The night goods train, which is sup* posed to leave Oamaru at 3.30 a.m., did not leave till 4.30. When at Fukeuri, one of the tracks got off the line, and the train had to be stopped. The passenger train which left Palmerston at 6.10 a.m., ran into the goods train before “ danger ” was signalled. The driver of the passenger train, Jas. White, in jumping off, had his left leg 'broken; the fireman escaped, and none of the passengers were injured. The line has been repaired, and traffic is. resumed. Christchurch, September 25. During the gale yesterday, the new Presbyterian Church at Lincoln, lately erected at a cost of £7OO, was levelled to the ground. A goods station on the railway line was also blown down. Dunedin, September 26. A deputation waited on .Mr Bathgate, R.M., and presented him with a influential and numerously-signed address, expressing ..sympathy with him in consequence of his conduct oo the bench having recently, been called in question. \Mr Bathgate, thanked the deputation for the addtess, and said he believed that whatever difference of opinion had prevailed was due to misapprehension. Wellington, September 26. In the Assembly last *night Mr Stevenjj introduced a Bank Holiday Bill the objeckbf r is 'toiinbrea&e number of Bank Holidays by four, and make them the same as in Victoria. The bill was read. ; a second.time. The Corporation of Wellington have decided to provide'a site upon which to erect a Sailors Home. The Government will contribute £SOO towardsits erecticjn.