TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 431, 14 September 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(FROM THE PRESS AOENCY.)

WELLINGTON. September 13. Mr Thomas reports produce price* as fnlloWS ;—FI-ur (Adelaide), L 23, Colonial, LlB to LIS 10s; oats, 4s; bran, Is; wheat, 4s 6d ; hams, 9hd ; ba.-on, 9d ; cheese, 7d ; maize, 4s 6d; p"ollard, 7d 6'cl; potatoes, L 3 per ton. AUCKLAND. September 13. A" the Waikato train was entering Huntley Stat r on the engine-driver saw a cow and calf rushing from ihe road to cross the line in front of the enjine. He rever.-ed .ihe engine, and blew, the a'arm whish\ The engine," however, knocked down the oattle and ran on to them, one being thrown into the air by the gnnenssiou. The stoker was pitched head-first out. while the engine \va< driven several feet off the rails. JS'ode- of the pa=s-neers wore even shaken, and thought the train stopprd at the station. On tne following''T-vk-s. a> another, similar event took pla'-e. A n.ae and oal lea; e>( from behind a furze bush just in front of the engine. Udrh beasts were knocked down by the buffers and crushed into an ind-stiL.-guishable mass byrthe engine. ■ ;