TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 178, 24 September 1879, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

AUSTRALIAN NEWs*.

Bti)??et, S'-pt. 22. A for.-o of 200 has b-en despatched to Newcas|h\ The official ' fiaZ'-tie' announces that extn'iim measure* will he adopted to prevent intiinil>iti"U of thr miners, arji) a reward is offered for the apprehension of thu offenders.

Newcastle, Sept. 22. -

Tho artillery have arrived. Affairßare qui-t at present at the Wnratah ancf Lnnbton mines.

A FATAL ACCIDENT.

Napier, September 20th.

A fatal accident occurred a little before noon to-day to three men who were working at the reclamation works. There were a lot of men engaged in getting stuff from a hill in Chance road, commonly known as Seaponds Gully, and five of them were inside a tunnel filling the trucks when a large landslip occurred, stones and earth falling on the roof <>f the tunnel with sucli fo»ce and weight that the top timbers couki not resist it, and the whole would have utterly callapsed but for' the trucks that were on the rails. Two of the men managed to get out by crawliDg under the trucks and getting out at the mouth of the tunnel. One had a narrow escape, being caught on the leg by the descending mass of earth. He managed, however, to extricate himself. After a while it was found practicable to ascertain, by crawling under the trucks, how the poor imprisoned fellows fared. Two appeared to be dead, but one was alive, and brandy was passed to him in n sponge. .Relays of ns many men a-* could work together were put on, but it was past two before the bodies were got fiit, all three being then dead. It is supposed the third man, John Quinn, was suffocated by the fine sand that filled the space in which lie was.. He was heard to ask a little before how'long they would be getting him out and then when he was called to their was no answer. Quinn was a young fellow of 21, snd leaves a wi'rc and child. The olhe? two were James Clarke, 36 years who leaves a with a wife seven children, and iSartellet Taraxero, an Italian, uninarric.

Taiapari has gone to Piako to warn the Pinko nat ves of the consequence of joining the Ngatikoes. Serious quarrels have arisen between Russia ami China. The former is encouraging the rebels atKashgar. China is quickly preparing for war, and has increased its armament, forts, and ships.

General Grant, Governor Hennessy, and other visitors are going to Yokohama. The populace there protests against the Government spending money for their reception.

It is reported at Amoy that the Chinese Emperor and Empress have died ftt Pekin.

Sir J. Votfel, Mr Alfred DomeU. and Messrs C. R. Ifowden, \V. VV. Wilson, Edward ;;nd "ol>.-rt Piiarazyn, -ill New Zealand or s linve be-ri "Ire' d Fcl <>wr of the Royal <.N>icii' ; .'. I-it." ,^-! "-'-