INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 15, 17 January 1880, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

- ' 9^^HHi Fort Chalmers, Friday. £' ■HHBBcidents occurred at the railway pier, i^HH^Hso George Wilsou, who was jammed |||^^^^BHKbme cases of machinery and the if KEfiS^ truc^> inflicting several bruisea on £7 fIHHBB| P art °f bis body ; and the second, :^;B9^HHrious accident, to a William Rum- , BflH^Hfe-loading casks from the ship Marl''^^^^BS when the sling broke, inflicting -v^^^HMßjuries on his head and face. He i-jHHHftce taken home and attended by f BB^Q^Bpdale and Hoskins, and great fears of his recovery. FfiH^^R Wellington, Saturday. C : JH|[H|B District Court, Henry Best, com|ojHH^^Hgent, was summoned by Mrs Mearea '"IBbH moneys alleged to have' been re■v" fl^^^^Bf . the defendant as agent for the ;;^^^^Hand fraudulently x appropriated to ■HHHpse. Judgment was reserved until 9|^^Hfrnoon. v^H|H^Ml Scratchley inspected the whole of : aHH^Hington Volunteers last night. There "j|Bfl^^Rge muster,, numbering at least 400. iH^BHßliinented the men on the high state t §^|^HR° c y reached. '' HH^^H 6 8 '" 0 ' Court in the case of w^BHB' ■ Best * or ■ £20 ° a U e g e d to have been ; SB^flfljntly appropriated, His Honor said " BHBBBf do ou^ fc tna^ defendant was guilty -IHHHi and b . reacb of tr " Bt > and that the as far as he was concerned, : ~jHflH^mhing but straight-forward and would ~ HH|^B^Hind to his credit., Judgment was. '|HHKr£lO5. fl^^HH Invercabgill, Saturday. v^^BßHpaffolding of the new Law Court of erection in Tay-street gave '.m^^^KM Afternoon, precipitating five men to L^^^^^Snd, a distance of 30 feet. One of EHHHr named George' Smith, is believed f.^^^^^Bally injured, while two others have iaHBHld serious injuries . The other two BmHSB with a few bruises. HHHBnvy rain passed over the district JHH^Hy, and ' will seriously injure the ~i9B^lK Napier, Saturday/ B|BHHpative3 at Awanui on the East coast Mr Haigb, the surveyor, in B^RHHpg a block of land at Waipi. One |H^^^^nrned the party off the ground and SH^^Kway threatening to return with an H^HHBparty. Under the circumstances lHH|Hp£opata has written to Mr Haigh, sayhad better stop the survey for the j^HHKdf the principals in the recent fracas fl^^H^bt the Herald office, and stated that H^HHsort as published by them was greatly HaH^Brated The aonnivance of the land9B^n contradicted. j^BBB heavy rains have done but little j RH^^He to the crops in this district. SBj^BB - Chribtchurch, Saturday. rainfall in the vicinity rf Christchurch legistered on the 13th and 14th inst was " I*7l inches. A very successful field trial of Wood's, jTphnston's and Deering's reapers and twine binders took place yesterday at Frebbleton V . and Rangiora in the presence of a large >.: number of farmers. ;■'■ ~ Young Scott who is walking 112 miles at ot< fhe Rink against time completed 55 miles in { >f 20 hours. . He finishes at ten o'clock to .'! night.