AUSTRALIAN.
By Eleotbio Telegraph—Copyright [Reuter’s Agency]. [Received Dec. 5,1882,1.20 a.m.] The New GovernorAdelaide, Dec. 4. It has transpired that His Excellency Sir Wildum Jervois has received a telegram from Earl Kimberley, Secretary of state for the colonies, desiring him to enter upon his duties as Governor of New Zealand in January next. Political Sydney, Deo. 4. Sir Henry Parkes has been elected for Tenterfield, without opposition. The Hon. James Watson, Colonial Treasurer, has been rejected for the Gulglong constituency by two votes. The Richmond Railway AccidentMelbourne, Dec. 4. Most of the sufferers by the railway accident are now progressing favorably The inquest will be opened to-morrow ;< (Tuesday), and after the inquest a court of enquiry into the circumstances which led to the collision will be held. The stationmaster at Hawthorne has been suspended. It is expected that the damages to be awarded to those injured will be. much larger than by the Jolimont accident last year. [Received Deo. 4,1882, 4.30 pm.] 1 The following are the names of others seriously injured by the Hawthorne collision :—Evilles, injuries to the legs and back, and severe shock to system; Laura Brown, aged twelve, fractured leg ; Scorfield, a tailor, interrial injuries, and now in a critical state ; Smith, a solicitor, concussion of the brain ; Mrs Lawlor, a landlady, concussion of the spine; Lawrence, a schoolboy of Ke.w, broken leg; Cocherin, a clerk, fractured ribs. The injuries to other passengers are not of a serious character.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 3023, 5 December 1882, Page 2
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242AUSTRALIAN. South Canterbury Times, Issue 3023, 5 December 1882, Page 2
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