LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1627, 14 December 1881, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.!

Christchurch, December 12.

A sad accident occurred on the river Heathcote yesterday morning. A boy named J. R. Campbell rode a horse into the river. The horse became restive and threw him off into deep water. Two men, Thomas Kerr and Johtl Smith, swam out to his assistance. Kerr reached Campbell first, but the latter grasped him round the legs and disabled him. Smith then made desperate efforts to help Kerr, but though he got hold of his hair two or three times he was unable to keep him above water. Campbell and Kerr were both drowned, and Smith only got ashore with great difficulty. Kerr was a cabman, and leaves a wife aud several children. In recognition of the gallant efforts made by Kerr to rescue Campbell, and in aid of the relatives of the two men, a subscription list was taken round town to day, and 100 gaiueas collected in a short time. His Excellency the Governor and Lidy Gordon are about to pay a non-» official visit to Christchurch. Messrs John Inglisand J. Beaumont, merchants, of Christchurch, and Mr H< M'llwraith, M.H.R., have accepted the 1 nomination of the Chamber of Corn-" merce to visit and report on the route f»r the West Coast Railway. They start for Greymouth with Mr Thornton, the engineer, on Friday. Upon their 1 report probably depends the fate of the line for the present. December 13. Lottie Wilmot got £25 lis damaged and costs against the Papanni Town Company for letting the Hall to her and shutting her out a few Sundays ago* She claimed £145 more. Auckland, December 13; Andrew Burns, of Koromiko, was accidentally killed by the fall of a tree. H. J. Mair (Government agent on the schooner Isabella), the mate, and two FijianSj were massacred at Santo, New Hebrides, on the 13th ult., while reciuiting for labor. Mair shot his assailant before being overpowered. He' was brother to Major Mair; of the Waikato. The infant son of James Bennett was accidentally overlaid, and the infant daughter of Joseph Hare, of Kaeo, was" accidentally drowned in the Creek. The police have discovered a mysterious box that was placed on board the Rakaia (which recently sailed for London), it is supposed by Plummeiv They have communicated with the London police. TITOKOWARU COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. New Plymouth, December 13. This afternoon Titokowaru was brought up on a charge of haviug, on the 10th day of November, 1881, at a certain place within the confiscated tefritory mentioned in the West Coast Settlement Act, 1880, to wit, Parihaka, wilfully obstructed E. W. Hursthouse, and refused to leave there when- re* quested to do ko. Hursthouse deposed that Titikowaru was only a visitor at Parihaka, and had no land there. He was called upon with others to return to his home, but lefused to do so. On being arrested,' he said to his people—" I thought it would come to this." Walter Gudgeon deposed to giving Titokowaru a copy of the Governor's proclamation at Manaia, and corroborated the last witness with respect to prisoner's ai rest. Henvy Charles Morrison deposed that Titokowaru was very bounceable to Europeans. Prisoner was then committed to t ke his trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court.