NEW ZEALAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2945, 2 September 1882, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

(Pbb Press Association,) The LionessGbeymouth, September 2. The Lioness is a total wreck. The PenguinChbistchurch, September 2. Arrived—Penguin, s.s., from Manakau and way ports. Sale of Trotting StallionsMr Kerr’s American trotters were offered at auction by Messrs H. Matson & Co. this afternoon. None were sold. Irvington was passed in at 800 guineas. The stallions will stand this season in the neighbourhood of Christchurch. Body Pound, Bai.oi.utha, September 2. The body of Mr Fergus Ferguson, accountant, at the Colonial Bank, who was recently drowned while bathing, was found this morning in the river a little below Sterling. Railway Company ProjectedIjfVEECAEGIX.Ii, Sept. 2, At a meeting of the settlers at Heddon BnSh, it was resolved to form a company to construct a line under the “District Railways Act,” from Waimatuku to join the Government railway at Wairoa. The shares were fixed at £B each. One thousand shares were, taken up immediately. Other meetings are to be held and it is expected the project will meet with general support. Horse Killed by Lightning- ' During a thunderstorm yesterday a colt, belonging to a settler at Waikiwi, was killed by lightning. Two people who were standing near the animal say they experienced a sensation of being slightly stunned. Another Determined Suicide-

Jas. Morton, well-known as a taxidermist, committed suicide this a morning by taking a large quantity of arsenic. He is supposed to have taken half an ounce. 'His wife noticed him vomiting and sent for a doctor, but the deceased gradually got worse and died. He left a memorandum in which he took leave of his wife and family, and forgave all his enemies, and “all people that on earth do dwell.” Deceased was a clever naturalist, but had given way to unsteady habits for some time past.