TELEGRAMS

Patea Mail, 25 March 1882, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

(per united press association.) This Day.

Fatal Cab Accident.

Auckland, 23rd.—A fatal accident happened through a cab running into a heap of earth which had been thrown up from a drain. The cab was broken up. A boy named Charles McLaughlin, aged 12 years, had his skull smashed, and died this morning. The cabman was severely bruised, and the inside passengers—Father Walter and Father Caravel (Catholic priests), and Patrick Darby—sustained bruises.

FROZEN MEAT COMPANY. Wellington, 24th.—The directors of the Frozen Meat Company met this afternoon. After a long discussion, it was decided, on a division, to order a Haslam machine for erection here. The chief argument of the dissentients was that nothing conld be lost by waiting for further results from Australian shipments. It is expected that the machinery will arrive in time to work next season. CHRISTCHURCH EXHIBITION. PREPARATIONS for opening. Christchurch.--It has been decided to hold an inter-provincial bands’ contest, also a series of concerts and choral competitions, during the exhibition period. The Exhibition building is rapidly approaching completion, and is nearly double the size originally intended. The number and variety of exhibits greatly exceed original expectation. Wellington-owned Ship.

Napier.—Arrived, the Kentish Lass, 103 days from London. She was sold to a Wellington firm, and on the discharge of her cargo will be placed in the timber trade. Man Bled to Death. Wellington.—A man named Charles W. Bell, a stationer, residing in Courtenay place, and Secretary to the Britannia Lodge of Odd Fellows, broke a blood vessel in the street this morning, and bled to death in a few minutes. Deceased was consumptive, and leaves a wife and two children.