TELEGRAMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 47, 27 January 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

■(U&ITKD PRES3 ASSOCIATION;) , :, ; Napiee, Jan:2s., There was a buggy accident this afternoon. Mr Kinross' horse bolted, while driving down Shakespere nmcl. M r Kinross was severely cub about . the fyce. His wife, it is feared', liad an aivm broken. ' !■. : '..... The thermometer rejristex'ed 94 degrees m the shade to-day. „ '....,,. TigreUia lias hurt, her leg, and it U questionable whether she will be well m time for the Wellington meeting. ; . Auckland! Jan. .24. T. Harkess, financial ageut, whose name has figured as a money-lender m various bankruptcies recently, has been declared a bankrupt. Liabilities, £1174.. ' .. ... . . ' The police authorities are commencing a prosecution under, the Employ* ment of Females, A c. ' The Auckland Savings Bank l»al~ nnce-sheet shows an amount of £313,168 to the credit of depositors on the 31st December, 1884 , The nurijber of depositors has increased from' 7647 to 9751. ; v: ; \ „. Chrjstchurch, -Jan. 24. The directors of the Southern Cross ' Petroleum Company (Poverty Bay) report the receipt of ad vices- from their .works stating that ,ihe4£ inch pipes are now being used m the bbntiuuation of No. 3 bore, and thajt the depth ou Wednesday last was 570 feet," • ." ' ;: -'-'! Hokitika, Jan. 25. This morning", about 10 o'clock a frightful and fatal accident occurred to J. 0. Frew, v well- known civil engineer. He called at-.'G-las*' farm, Kokotahi, saying there were wild ducks m the creek near there, and borrowed: a double-barrelled gun. Shortly afterwards, a report whs heard, and Frew was found with "his face fright fiilly shattered. He was taken to the , hospital, but died aftur a few hours. The deceased was much liked, and his death is universally regrjeited.. Inquest to-morrow. ./ / , .