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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 239, 29 September 1876, Page 2

Mr Kennedy, M.H.R., has given notice to move that any member of the House of Representatives interested in pastoral leases, and voting on the same, shall be liable to a fine of £100 for each vote he may give, to be recoverable in the ordinary law courts of the colony. Sir Julius Vogel was entertained by tbe members of the "Wellington Club at a farewell dinner on Saturday evening. There was a numerous attendance of members of tbe Club, Mr Hunter, \ M.H.R., as President of the Club' taking the chair. After the usual loyal toasts, the Chairman proposed the toast \ of the evening, their guest, remarking that politics being rigidly excluded by fcheir rules, he need only* say that they had met that evening to show a slight mark of respect to a gentleman a member of tbat Club whom they had always been glad to see there, and whom tbey all would miss and regret greatly. He assured Sir Julius tbat tbe members of the Club and tbe Wellington citizens 3ver would take a warm iuterest in bis welfare, and wished him all success in his future career. The toast was duly honored, and Sir Julius, in acknowledging ifc, said he should never forget New Zealand, or the kindness he had receeivd in this colony. If he were successful in Life, it would give him great pleasure to ; return and take up his abode anions: his old friends, and meanwhile ifc would be both his duty and his pleasure to do _11 in his power to serve the interests of New Zealand. Au extraordinary accident occurred ' last Friday at the Union Beach Mine, ! Coromandel, which was flooded out ■ through defect in pumping gear, throwing sixty men out of employment. A man named Ecclestone, not a professional diver, volunteered to go down the shaft and remove the obstruction which prevented the pump working. He bad seventy feet of water to pass ihrough in utter darkness. A pro- i Sessional diver had charge of the air )ump, and instructed Ecclestone as to lignals. Ecclestoue signalled for more lir. Again be did this, and again for ;he third time, wben the air pipes burst vith a report of a pistol shot. Eccleitone was then hauled up, and found to )e swollen to three times bis natural 1 ize. The features of his face were not listinguishable. In his ignorance of iiving he thought be wanted more air vhen in fact he was overcharged with fc, and be consequently was blown out ike a bladder. Dr Hovell was sent or. Ecclestone was insensible, and ilood flowed from his mouth. After everal hours medical treatment, pulsaion returned to his heart, but he is till iu a precarious state. The Southland Times calculates that he damage done by rabbits in tbat art of the Otago province during tbe ast two years may be fairly set down fc £80,000. _ The decrease in the wry iug capacity of two large stations I i Southland bas been estimated at not iss that £9,000. For continuation of iVew* see fourth page ) \