TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1484, 15 September 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

Press Association,

Auckland, this day.

'The Mercury Bay sawmills are lighted with electric light. The Brush light is used, and is running night and day.

Redmond and Walsh hftV received telegrams from the West Coast and other parts of the colony,, welcoming them on their mission, and; iiifo'rminj them that arrangements are made for their reception,

Hawera, Friday. A narrow escape from a fatal accident'to a survey party occurred yesterday. Alfred Atkinson (son of the member for Egmont) was.in charge of tho party in the bush, when a dead limb fellt from a tree, knocking off Atkinson's hat, stunning and braising a ;mah.nftmed .Downey, and breaking the thigh of a man.named. Thomas Harrison. The accident happened at three, bu|; t})e party djoViiot reach here till past fflidnjghV .'

PDNBPiJf, this day.

, A lad named MoOrae was drowned iria river'at Kelso lasfc night, The elder brother jumped in after bimvand was rescued with difficulty, At the October sittings of the Supreme Court Margaret Uverty seeks a judicial separation from Charles Laverty. She alleges that on the night of her marriage, in August, 1881, her husband threatened to desert her, grossly abused her, and offered her £IOO if she would desert him, three days afterwards. He threatened to shoot her, presented a loaded gun at her, -which his brother discharged, fearing blood would be spilt. Owing to further threats, she fled from his house, and since then they have been