LAST NIGHT’S WIRES.
Napier. The Supreme Court was occupied till 8 o’clock on Wednesday night in the case of Fellows v. Hamilton, when the jury brought in a verdict for damages for £175 and costs. Dr Hamilton has filed on application for a rehearing of this case, on the ground that evidence has been discovered that could not have been foreseen or known before the trial ; also that the verdict was against the weight of evidence. Dunedin. The Owake powder mill has been burnt down, no one was killed. Walter Augustus Meddleton, in Kaikora Valley, while proceeding to South Dunedin on Monday was observed to fall backward on the footpath. He was picked up insensible and carried to his home, but never i rallied. The doctor who attended gave his
opinion that the man died from alcohol poisoning. Frater, who was killed at the mines Marowhenua by a fall of earth, was one of the pioneers of the field. He leaves a wife and ten children. The Rotomahana will steam for Melbourne on Tuesday, Chrtchurch, Nov. 29. A fatal accident occurred yesterday at the Excavation works in connection with the new road to Ocean steamers wharf. A solid lump of earth, weighing a ton, shuck two men, named Ben Gregory and H Dyer, who were working with pick-axes below it. Deceased is said to have been a married man with three children, and resident in Christchurch Auckland, Nov. 30. Great satisfaction is felt at the initiation of a weekly service between this port and Sydney by the Union Coy. The Ringarooma commences running permanently from 6th of December.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 16, 1 December 1883, Page 3
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268LAST NIGHT’S WIRES. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 16, 1 December 1883, Page 3
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