TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 19, 20 December 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

» (UNITED. PP.ESS ASSOCIATION.) Gisborne, Dec. 18. The building of Tauranga Bridge began to-day. A very large amount of road work is about to be begun throughout Cook Codnty. jj|The local dairy factory begins operations on January 2. Christchurch. Dee. 18. Dr J. T. Rouse, an old resident of Lyttelton,who arrived m the ship Roman Empetor, m 1860, died to-day. He wasthrown from his Irorse last Friday, and received injuries to his brain. He was health officer of the port, and held other Government appointments. He was much respected. Wellington Dec. 19. A riian named Tho: Hobbs fell down the; hatch way of the ship Trevelyan today and sustained serious injuries to the spine. The case is critical . Lovelace, hurt on (the Hawea, has had his left leg amputated ; his right leg is fractured, He is progressing as well as can be expected, Napier, Dec. J9. Mr Cook,. sub-editor of the Telegraph, had a norrow escape from drowning this morning while bathing. He was being: carried out by the current despite his efforts to reach the shore, but Mr F. HaWard, of the Post-offtce, who heard his' cries for assistance, swam out with a life-buoy, and succeeded m placing it over Cook's head, as he was sinking for the third time. He was then hauled ashore by a rope attached to the buoy. He! had been m the water three-quarters of an hour. He is now m a weak condition.