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v j / g September 19 f j!: . , .An extraordinary accident has occurred l atl the’ Union JBcach mine, Coromandel, which is through a defectj in the ge.uj ’tlirowing - sixty inch put of empioypiept. : A man stone, not a professional,di vcr n volunteered to go down the 'shaft and remdyc the obstruction which prevented the pump working,, lie had seventy.tent .of , Witter tVi- go thVdugh in .utter- darkness.; , A,‘ pro-i----tessiopat diver had charge of the air pump, and ivKtnicled' Ecclcstoiie us to signals. Kpolestone .signallyd ,tpr,m ; p.i;c Mr,! he ,-did this,.and again for the f third time, when the ’air pipes burst withm'report like •a • pistol • shot; KeblCstdnb was hauled up and found to be ■ swollen; top three: limes his haturtd* size, the features; of .his face not[beingtrecoguisable. In; his .ignorance of diving lie thought. he wanted more air, when in fact he was .overcharged with it. lie was blown out like a bladder. Dr Howell was sent fmv but •Ecclestone .was.insensible, and blood ilowed from;. liis mouth. After several hour**' medical treatment pulsation returned to the heart, but hois still in a precarious slate. j LY fi'EL'i'ON. '! • ; . - . '• ■; September 19.
Captain' Baylden, of the schooner Sissy, reports that fires wero ; . ljin;rupg,, .evidently as signals, on Portland Island on Wednesday jast., |i vMe,wat'’: unable, to communicate with the island owing to.tlie'heavy weather, i . . ; '‘DUNEDIN. i , : j September 10. Weston beat Roberts last night b\| 10 .points, al 500,,0pt, (>f ,1000. Spot strokes barred-' ‘to Roberts; • - Roberts * lelt 1 lor Timaru to-day.' : ... ■; ;:sv, ])( ,>2|).. ■ The Dunedin Times to-day -says that, a gentleman in Scotland writing in a Dunelm friend* by lasti mai.-, says that ;ihe Stella and Millennia.- both of which jtlu; •ne.w.tpape’s sdd had,been built, as yachts fur the. Mappiis of, Norimoilvy, Juep in f.-a.'.b'v been for the .Colonial (hivfernment. ,It as ass rted, . he says, taut •. flic steamers, are reginar jobs, liimsily built, ‘ and i;xot-i))filhtiy i 'i ; hnrg' i ; d for. ' lie states: that a ga-ntleiiian coiiin-ctod-'with a'steamboat eom'paiiyfin;nncof the neighbouring. colonies.reuiuvk<s'l;;ofv-thb' Stella and H-ine-:lb;>re w ; nld be, a fine row about ,bo.n,,when tiny got in Now Z'aland. \ NEW PLYMOUTH. i ' '" Si'ptj 20. The ePariliaka .meeting;.has terminated. Over 1.000 Natives were present, j To ; Wjliiti ,was tlie centre of . attraction, ‘arid’ was looked tip toNvith almost adoration by_ the Natives. He says the Natives*afejthe' losf tribes of Israel; and' exhibited maps and *plans showing, the . .supposed route by which the present races originally reached-. New. Zealand! t-llis, knowledge of Scripture, history,. and of, the late researches in Palestine,' is spoken of as astonishing ' ;He • ■said lit.;was no. good dictating to’the Mhori regarding the land, as, he said, each man could sellior keep it as he liked. Ho Spoke of tlie proposed, .meeting of tlie Maori king, the Governor, and Sir D. Trial smelting at the Iron works will commence to-morrow. i
A gSeptember22. Mr Courtney held a cattle sale on Thurs-day-1 rile imports .that 4Q\h(jad were yaijded and all sold. Dry cows,. £6 *; sfofe ccpys, £G. s 7s ,6d. p2-year-old .steers, £5 2s pci ; working bullocks, £22’l Os (small hoggets,’. 7.s 6d., The stallion ..President was with-' drawn - at ; .£l'aO. - - Imported"' stock from Auckland did rtot arrive in time for sale.- ■ ' Tlie fifsVtapping at it on,works will take place to-night.- * \V I-:STPOJt'I\ - - . • . : : ’ ' SSeplomher 22. A human skeleton was found buried oU the bank oftlio' Obika riVcr, twelve miles from Westport. The flood washed away the bank,- revealing the bones partly shrouded ina sack. ; .On .the feet wore watertight boofsL- The skull was smashed and evidently indicates a in'imler. WELLINGTON. : : ! . Sept. 21. The Rev. Father Petit-Jean,' a wellknown Roman Catholic Priest, dropped ■deadinf St. Mary’s .Cathedral this.; evening at- about half-past five o’clock. The immediate' cause of death was heart disease. £ (From the Chronicle's Correspondent.) ’’The'Theresa was spoken by the Tuij on the North -i?ide ofdvainti, yesterday. She passed on, sailing/with- a i light South-East wind.;';,- vm.-,-,..-. ■<
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