INTERPROVINCIAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 104, 4 May 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL

, , „~. ...-^pHBJfJ-CHURCH, Thursday. A letter 5 , he^4 states that We Dunedin JFoofeball CMb Jutposes send&sa team on a tour round the colony this season. Shortly before eleven o'clock last night a special., train,,, with .40-,wa&oni_Uadejqu. l A?ith - grain from Kakaia, came in contact' with 'the gates at the racecourse. The driver, named Drury, was struck on the head by a splinter from the gate and killed. Mr^ Owens, outdoor inspector,* was also- on the^engihe^andnarrowly escaped. The train was going very fast, and the gates were not seen till it was too late to slacken speed. A searching enquiry will be made why the gates were shut, several gates .having been, .previously carried away. '£-* '-v" <A : [ Turner, the man gored by a bulkjs slightly 2 - improving. Fop& fs . administered to him by % • a stomach pump^ -\- ._ ■ .;. Y fi* It * -'- A' "Friday. y ~ At the inquest ottjtfie late railwgy accidentrhcjld yesterday evening, it appeared thafc the *" ; gai^?, e P er sa^ctheiluggage train go" through t: • toCKa^kaia in the rriornW, and- expected it-' . toMturn, but wjjen^heilast) passenger trains f rom JCwkaia to. CHnstdhnrch patsediin thee^eningJherdidiot^eejby Signal Jamd at the^ : end;^ j.hei' train fer dfe%)te thafcjthdre was- ' another {trsh *> iloll^vH He i.thusf con-,-eluded tJba,t:the:go(^s train was nbt totteturnc tl^at ni^ht,j«na- rewirifed to .bed/ At ninei. o'ciook he #as awoke byit^engin^whlstling,; ' .an£L:ranpuWnfiissßirt,!but!had ho tmi© .toopen thb gate before fth'S engine dashed:; through, pp tlie other Mnd it wigstated-by : . the -railway, officials thai iaoticei-had be'dn, served on Tall respecting that" special train, and ft' was understood to&bei-' : ti£eic- dutyt. to^sbdp up til^ it^ returned,:;: e !2___ if weft had to wait -all night... ; The men who the engine witKthe^" deceased s4|d that the white ifghtjtfas alTyayr' <. shown whep^he; gates were gpen, and Am^ deceased wWen tjon^ distance firora the r^e-^: course gateareaf^t^t the liglfe was all right/but on getting nearer found^fie had made a a mistake, the light seen belonging to another gate further up the lines. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, with a rider Jthatlberegiijatipns should be .moj&.aMctly carried out, and that no regulations which arei simply L silppc[^d, t0 he hnderstCNbd'ihbuld be jconsidered binding on gatekeepers, and i that a danger kmp should be, sliovrn fm,e.ach gate across-the line every hight^oifth^ Whole : ni^it. ...,.' ' r ;°._. is ever^prokfiilfty oithe Ganlefbury Spmning and Weaving Companv being wound up; aS !4!1 the capital is exhausted; andthttugh ! new shares- Bave^h 'offere'd to r; tt»e' pubUc none Ti'avG been taken up." ; ~ ; ' 1 '"- ; -: u < "■') • Port CffAtjisans,, Friday. Arrived— S^iip. HobgMey,';i'oi ;r days from, London, v? lthlajpassenger/ahd 2^oo 'tons 1 of 1 cargo Oti; Aprfl H; Frederick Wti rtliman, seaman, while furling -the- upper ''Ibretdpsail fell oyerboardrYA.- heavy gale was bloying ' at thetiireiwith terrific sea- Tunning, ahd it wab impossible to make any (effort to save him." '.'•'._; -••._...•.._ (;■■' Y, ' ) AL, Donedik. Friday. The manager of the Barifedf NeV^Zealand has offered to negotiate, the balance of the Harbor 'Board* loan of £i26,000j* and place extended facilities for. financial arrangements ' at the disposal ofthe Baard.^ The offer has been referred to the Finance Committee.' Tbe rush which lately 'tookr place at the Taieri is now all over, and the ground is abandoned. i Komaka, Friday. The new rush on the north side- of the Teremakau is attracting -a-great deal of atte : _ioiOl{roug!sut tfiedis^ric^' pe^ple.are on,the.grpjind,aad th? cosaritfy is' pegged off 6n" all sides for a" considerable distance. It is reported that already twenty parties are on. payable g01d. ., Frojn 300 to 400 persdtis cross and reeross* : tb_f river daily from Kumara, and : strong •dis_atK_actibri isexpressed at the delay and expense of tolls in crossing^ the rivep-hy the punt. Laatnight' a public '•'. meeting «was held,. Avhen it was unanimously resolved that* the Counties of Grey and Hokitika be petitiored Itb1 tb construct abridge over the Teremakau, ans*itfAthe-.: ; meantime purchase a puoi and throw open the ferity free to the public, '-■ y^-'A ..> .