TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 13, 21 January 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

» '■ . : ' ■ (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ... Dunediv, Jan. 19. The Donedin Tramway report shows a falling oft' m the year* traffic equal to 2G03. During the year 16,557 passengers w'ero curried over the lines. . ' A girl, three years old, daughter of Fiulay Mackay, a farmer at Mataura was drowned through falling into a small well. At the inquest a verdict was returned ot accidentally drowned whilst m au apoplectic fit. Chbistchubch, Jan. 19. There arc 163 entries for tho interprovincial bycicle races, vise. : — Auckland, 8 ; Blenheim, 3; North Canterbury, 3 ; Dunedin, 22 ,' Tumuka, 3 ; Christchurch, 124. W. J. Bussey, farmer, Rakain, recovered £100 damages from C. W. Turner, agent at Rnkaia for the New Zealand L. and M. A. Company, on account of slander, l>ut the jury found that there 'had been no libel. West-fob r , Jan. 19. A deposit to tin ore has been discovered m the Karamea District. A parcel, will be Biuit to Dr Hector. Prospecting areas have been applied for. . New Plymouth, Jan. 19. Mr G. A. Marchaut, of Hawera, is an additional nomination for the Now Plymouth Harbor Board election. Blenheim, Jan. 19. A boy, aged fouiteeu, named James Brown, was charged at the Resident Magistrates Court to-day with maliciously injuring another boy named Tucker by an explosion of gunpowder. Brown called Tucker to pick up some powder off the ground, which had beeu spilt m loading a toy cannon, and whilst Tqcker was doing so, it is alleged that Brown exploded the powder with a match. Tucker's face was severely burned, and Brown's slightly. Brown's defence was that he had accidently spilt the powder as he was letting off the cannon. Tho Bench held that, although gross careleHauess had beeu shown which deserved punishment, yet there was not sufficient evidence of wilful intent to send the case for trial, and the case was dismissed. The Bench commented severely on the person who sold the powder. Waipawa, Jan. 19. An inquest was held to-day, before Mr Samuel Johnston, coroner, on the body of Annie Dum, who died on Saturday. Deceased was the wife of Louis Dum, who left her five years ago, and she obtained a character for loose living ever since. A verdict of death from natural causes was returned. Masteutox, Jau. 19. Mr Edwin Meredith, jun., of Riversdale, died to-day, after a long illness.