LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1128, 10 May 1880, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[united press association.]

Dunedin, May 5. The goods train which left Palmerston for Dunedin at nine o’clock last evening, ran off the Port line at the Pelichet Bay siding early this morning. The leading engine went over the siding into the water, falling on its aide, and pushing some trucks along with it. At high tide they will be partially covered. The four engine drivers and firemen fortunately escaped with only slight bruises, having jumped off just before the engine left, ft appears that the points were tampered with. , The large American engine which was in front of the train was broken in two. Several hundred pounds’ worth ,of damage has been done. ■ , Timarxj, May 5. Pounds, arrested at Auckland on a warrant for affiliation, was remanded till Friday. The business of the Magistrate’s Court was taken up all day in hearing seven assault cases, arising out of a row at Jonas, Hart, and Wildie’s over a sale of a bankrupt estate of horses, in which one of the horses underwent a tug-of-war process between the auction rooms and the yard. It appears that fire-irons were used freely on the heads of the belligerents.

! ' Wellington, May 7. '■ . e passengers per ship Caroline, which armed from Loudon a few days ago, state that the vessel was on fire three times dur* mg the Voyages, The outbreak each time was in the steerage) and at night. On one occasion three passengers* berths and a partition were burnt before the conflagration was stopped. Since the vessers'W* rival in port, visitors have been rigidly refused admittance on’ board. These statements are denied by the officers on. boards It is asserted that the only accident which occurred was through the fall* mg of a candle, but no damage Was done* At a Cabinet meeting yesterday the degradation of silver coinage of the Colony by wear was considered, and it was decided to take advantage of the facilities afforded by the Imperial Government for with* drawing worn coins from circulation. The Benevolent Institution have re» ceiVea A memo, from the City Council intimating that as the- Government hid notified their intention of stopping the Municipal subsidy after June 30, the Council would be unable to render any assistance to Hospital and Charitable Institutions within the City. MAkxow, May 8. The result of the Ratigitikei election is as follows :—~ Sir W. Fox 232 D. Fraser *.* m 123 tyon 69 4 . Auckland, May 5. At the inquest of W. Austen, alias Pitts, found dead in the gutter, the medical evidence showed that death arose from extreme diarrhoea. Commodore Wilson, of H.M.B. Wol* verine, has returned to town from Wai* katoi He states that he has not received any Cablegram announcing the safety of the Atlanta, training ship. It appears she was a sailing vessel, and formerly known as the Juno, being in commission from 1853 to 1858. An attempted murder tood place last night at Whangarei between eight and nine o clock. Mr Edwin Washer came into the township and reported to con* stable Hammond that Jas. Smith had attempted to murder him and his wife by firing two rounds of ball cartridges atthem from a sii=barrelled revolver. On Constable Hammond visiting the scene of the outrage, he found a revolver on the floor With two chambers empty and four loaded.' One of the balls was found lodged in the leather of Washer’S braces at the back. After the shots were fired) the men closed) and a sheath knife dropped from the would-be assassin’s coat. Meantime) Mrs Washer, who was present at the time, had succeeded in making her escape to a neighbor’s house, where she gave the alarm* Ho reason can as yet be assigned for the outrage* Before the constable had arrived, Smith had succeeded in making his escape* Constable Hammond was in Beach of him the whole night, but without success* In the meantime the search still continues* Smith is supposed to be concealed -some* where in the bush*

From information received by the police to-day, detectives went to the residence of a Mrs Boetdck, in the suburbs, who recently arrived from England by the ship Ben Nevis, and seised a quantity o£ gold and silver watches, tea and coffee services, also a large quantity of boots, shoes, drapery, and other dutiable goods. No satisfactory explanation being forth* coming, Mrs Bostock was arrested. She has a large family. How the goods were landed and the vigilance of the customs officer evaded in a profound mystery. The auditor has refused to pass the ac> counts of the Waitemata County Council, which voted and deducted a pound for each attendance for travelling expenses. The Council will consult the AttorneyGeneral.

May 8. Mrs Sarah Bostock, who Was fined £IOO yesterday for breach of the Customs’ regulations was unable to pay the fine, and was removed to Mount Eden Gaol to undergo the alternative of six weeks’ imprisonment. The Waikato Times says it is rumoured that Firth has sold 5000 acres at Mata* mata at £6 an acre.

May 9. The Civil Service Commission examined the heads of all the important departments. It w’ll leave for Nelson on Tuesday by the Hawea, and, will remain at Nelson until the following Monday. They go then to Blenheim, where they stay three days, and then proceed to Wellington. The body of a man belonging to H.M. S. Cormorant was found floating in the harbor. He has been missing, and was supposed to have deserted.

Mr Rule, under traffic manager of the railway department, Waa assailed at a late hour on the beach road, Mechanic’s Bay, and badly mutilated.