TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4500, 23 August 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(per press agency.) Grahamstown, Saturday. The gold returns for week are a little over 20000z5., of which the Bright Smile and Queen of Beauty contribute over 700ozs. A woman died in the hospital yesterday under peculiar circumstances. She was found the day before in an empty house, destitute of food and clothing, and suffering from asthma. She died soon after her removal to hospital. An inquiry will probably be held. Wanganui, Saturday. The ketch Reliance this morning broke the telegraph wires stretched across the river. Communication was restored during the afternoon. A fatal accident occurred at Robertson’s Sash and Door Factory to-day. A boy aged fourteen sat down on the main shaft and was

caught by a belt, each revolution of the shaft, knocking his head against the furnace. Medical aid was obtained, but came too late. At the (inquest held this afternoon the jury returned a verdict of accidental death. At a well attended public meeting held at Bull's last night it was unanimously decided that immediate abolition should take place. The greatest unanimity prevailed. . Chkistchurch, Saturday. The poultry exhibition to-day was a great success. There were 2G3 entries, including several from other provinces. The Pigeon Flying Club held their first pigeon race in connection with the exhibition. Five birds were started from Bolleston, seventeen miles from Christchurch, and the winner, an Antwerp cock belonging to W. J. Walker, flew the distance in thirty minutes. The Philadelphia Exhibition committee have decided to ask the commissioners at Wellington to extend the time for receiving exhibits from the 15th of November to the 30th, and that if it is found impossible to send samples of next season's wool and grain to Wellington by the 30th of November, the commissioners will receive them until the end of January next. No other exhibits are to be received after November 30th. Shares in the Loan and Investment Company of New Zealand are being' very rapidly applied for. At a public meeting held at Little River a resolution in favor of immediate abolition was carried. Waimate, Saturday. At a public meeting held here this afternoon a resolution was unanimously passed in favor of the abolition of provinces, provided that the land fund, less departmental expenses, be expended where raised ; also that a petition be forwarded to the representatives for presentation, urging on the Government the necessity for constructing the Waitaki and Waimate railway.