To-day's Despatches.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 115, 23 April 1883, Page 2

To-day's Despatches.

'» (By TELEGRAPH.) (UNITED PBES3 ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, This Dny. The City of Sydney Me San Francisco for Auckland with the English Mails on : the 19ch iast. being two days late. The Australia, with the March Colonial Mail, reached Frisco 'on the 19th inst., being time table date. The steamer Penguin -, which-left for * Auckland on Saturday a a fternoon-# with the outward San Francisco mail, took with her twenty-four ; converts who are on their way to Salt Lake City. Also the two Elders who have been lecturing tnrbugh the colony. Nelson, This Day. Several accidents were reported on ■ Saturday. While engaged m the removal of a building m Bridge-street a man nani,d Harry Biuff ; had one of his : legs badly broken. A lad at Bright-, water sustained serious injuries from a kick of a horse. A few days ago t , Mr A. Baigent son of Mr Baigent, formerly M.H.R. for Waimea, fell dowi stairs and injured his spine. His death has now. resulted. A man named Williams, while working a circular saw on Mr Cross's wharf, had his left hand drawn m, and his thumb almost severed. Whilst the steamer Charles Edward was lying at Westpprt a charge of dynamite was fired m the river close to the. vessel, for the purpose of blowing up a snag. The steamer was. much shaken by the force of the explosion, bub it was not thought any damage had been sustained. On her passao-e to Nelsonshe made two feet of water m the main hold. It is supposed that some of her rivets must have been started. - - Inveboabgill, This Day. ~ Several eases ot stack burning under .suspicious circumstances have been reported to the police. # Dunedin, This Day. lne inquest on Ah Chin the murdered Chinaman at Roxburgh, was formally opened on Saturday night, and was ad. journed till to-day. Nothing more has been heard of the missing man Coulster, at Roxburgh. An. inquest was held on Saturday, on the body of a child two and a half years old, named Cecil George Dwight. His mother gave evidence that she was m town with the child and her baby. As they were passing along Princess-street a large mastiff dog bounded up against the child, who was clinging to her skirt, and knooked him down. The apparent owner of the dog picked him np. After saying he did not 6eem to be much hurt he went away. Blood was, however, gushing from one of his ears, and he could not stand up. He was brought to Dr Maunsell, who attended him until he died on Ihursnay last. The owner of the dog been advertised for, but he had not made himself known.