TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17688, 28 July 1919, Page 6

TELEGRAMS.

(Psr United Pbbss Association.) AUCKLAND, July 27 Tho minesweeper Marguerite arrived from ■ Wellington at noon to-day. She will commence a search for mines off tho Three Kings after being docked. WAIROA. July 26. ■ Tho coach from Napier to Wairoa went over a bank yesterday afternoon about seven miles en the Nanier side of Mohaka. near a roadman's hut. Four people wero aboard J. Fleming had a shoulder blade broken" Jtml acother passenger was badly shaken' A doctor went out last night from Wairoa nnd attended to the injured. One horse was killed, and another broke a le? and was destroyed. The mail matter was covered with mud and made very wet. . WELLINGTON, July 27. The city tramway services were held up twice on Saturday—for half an hour at 3 p.m.. end for an honr and 20 minutes at 9 o'clock, —on account of tho low steam pressure on ono of the boilers at the tramway powcr-hou?.e. It is allogod that the cause of the trouble was tho poor quality of the coal used. Groat public inconvenience was caused by the stoppages, particularly tho second one, which occurred when a great number of people in town desired to gel homo to Hie outlying districts.