TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 68, 26 April 1881, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(FKO.M OUR OWN' CORRESPONDENT.) DuNEDix, Monday. On Saturday night an accident oc* ciurecl on the Roslyn tramway .which is worked by an endless wire rope. The tram had gone 600 yards np an incline of 1 in 16 when something wont wrong with the gear. The train rnshed down the hill, and unset, seriously injuring 11 person s 4 j©ne °* whom, a man mimed Gaitett, had his skull fearfully smashed. Wellington , Monday, 7 p.m. Tho Government has instructed the Crown Solicitor to prosecute every person connected with the Mount View Asylum against whom any privia facie cose is disclosed by the evidence given before the Commissioners. William Ebden, charged with sly grog selling and assaulting a Constable, was today fined the full pen-

slty of £50 for the former offenae^ and sentenced to 14 days' hard labour* for the latter.; A short time sincethe ' """same man 'was fined £40 for a similar offence, besides other previous con victions. . The Hawea brought up thirty second-class passengers from Lytteiton en route for America and London, including a number of Mormon, converts. A manufactory for potato starch, farinacious food, arrowroot, Ac, on a large scale, is being, started- in Canterbuiy. The sufferers by the Rosyln tramway accident ore progressing favourably. Garret has , recovered con seiousnesa, and the doctors think he may recover .- It . vras reported in Dunedin last night that he was dead, audio one Church a funeral sermon was preached. Traffic was resumed today as. usual. A shock iug gun accident occurred atTe Puke, near Paeroa, Thames, on Saturday. ' A number of lads were out shooting, when one, named Kitchie, got in the line of fire and had his brains blown ou v -. An in quest was hold to^ay, when the juiy agreed that death was the result of pure accident and inisadventurf Arrived, today, Himalaya, barque, from London, \tith ien passengers, all well , ' . ..