WELLINGTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1751, 2 August 1884, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

1 ..—■ ■»—>-■ • r (fbom our own correspondent), I A very painful fatal accident occurred to a little boy named John Kermode on Saturday afternoon, near Tinakori road. ' From the evidence given at the inquest on ' Monday, it appears that deceased was ■ playing with some more boys on the hills 1 at the side of Tinakori road about 4 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Some of * the boys who were gathering wood, being J above deceased, set a large log rolling 1 flown a hill. In its downward course it 1 stuok for a moment in a little free, then ' continued and struck a lad named William p Hunter in thelegand knocked him down. 1 then passed over another boy, and after--1 wards hit deceased on the head, whom it 1 knocked to the ground, When the poor 1 child was picked up his face was sunk in ' the mud, there was a deep cut on the back of his head, and blood wfts streaming from hid mouth aud nqstuls. He was at 1 once taken home and Dr. Diver sent for, but by the lime that gentleman arrived, the child was dead, The jury without retiring returned a verdict of accidental death. On Saturday last a very exciting game of football was played on lie Newtown ground between the Wellington and Athletic clubs. The contest was the heat lor the senior cup, and was the second oppasion on whjcji thepe two, clubs ha,ve met this year. The first time the Wellingtons were vjotorious, and it was thought that on Saturday the Athletics would regain their lost laurels, which they did, but it was only after a very severe battle with their opponents that they managed to sooure a try to love, The ' game was a most exciting one from ■ start to finish, and was witnessed by a very large number of spectators, It is rumored in town that Mr P. Ooffey, shipbuilder, intends to prooeed ' with a liberal aoljon against Mr Stevens ' for having staled some time ago that &Ir ( Coffey asked £IOO to take the Oriti on ' his ship, which statement, Mr Coffey j says, is utterly false, and calculated to , do him harm both as a private pitigen and business man, ! I see by the papers that the Maoris are s again gathering in large numbers at Parihaka, about 1500 Natives being at « present gathered there. As the West t Coast Peace Preservation Act has now i expired, the Government have not the same power to disperse them they had / some time ago j but it is to be hoped our dark-skinned brethren will behave them- c selves properly and not give the Govern- '* iaent any occasion for devising means to c disperse, them. ■. Notwithstanding that t they have bo far kept quiet, the assembly a ot so large a number of Natives cannot ~ but cause the settlers some slight uneasi- ! ness, pd it is lo be hoped that Mr giyoe . will be on the alert to put down, any acts '' of lawlessness they may commit, and not allow the settlers to be treated by the a

a Natives as they were when Sir G, Grey i waß in power, r The Wellington Racing Club held its annual meeting on .Tuesday!evening at j the Empire Hotel. The balance sheet 1 shewed that the receipts for the past * season amounted to about £2196, and the expenditure to JJ2056, which included ;, j£s7 whioh stood to the debit of the Olub j at the commencement of thn season, r leaving a credit balance of £l4O. The. stewards recommended the holding of a ?■-.« Spring Meeting on the 28th and 29th „. November next,. A long.discussion took place as to the liklihood of this meeting clashing with a meeting whioh the Wellington Jockey Club proposed to hold e on the same dates, and a hope was ex ii pressed that the two Clubs might come to . some amicable arrangement; but finally I it was decided not to take any uotice of I the other Olub, and to hold the races on the days named, On Tuesday evening a grand organ g recital was given at St. Paul's, and when about half over-was brought to a sudilen and painful termination by Mr Parker, organist, being taken seriously ill while '. playing the grand solo, " Fixed in His s Everlastimg Seat" Mr Parker retired r to the vestry, where he was found shortly afterwards lying on the floor in an insensible condition. Restoratives were applied, and he was taken home in a cab e The performance wasat once closed by i- the Benediction being pronounced. I :i learn that his illness was brought about I by overwork, but that he is now considerably recovered. The 88. Wakatipu arrived here on Thursday, having on board 116 horses f and 22 head of cattle, taken in at southern - porta, for the Sydney Market. Almost i- every boat going from New Zealand to t Australia lakes a large number of horses i and cattle, and it is to be hoped that we shall continue to do a flourishing business in live stock w}th that country. '' The Caswell Sound Marble, Portland i- Cement and Mining Co. made a trial on 3 Wednesday afternoon of their newly 0 erected machinery at their works in Dixon street, The trial, which was con--3 sidered highly satisfactory, was witness ed by a large number of spectators. A case of yery great interest to news-j . paper men was' tried at tlw R.M. Cour ' on Wednesday, Mr Roydhouse, proi ptietor of the Evening Press, was sued t by Mr Collins, agent, for Eeuter's t telegrams for having published certain j telegrams without having first obtained t the right to do bo by joining the Press Association and making arrangements with Eeuter's agency. The defendant. i admitted having published certain f telegrams without permission, but pleaded t in justification that both the Press j Association and Eeuter's Agency held a monopoly which was illegal, He had made offers to become a subscriber to > Eeutera Agency, but these offers were 1 refused by Mr Collins on the ground 1 that Mr Eoydhouse did not belong to the Press Association, It appears that to s join this association £SOO would have to 3 be paid in cash, and because Mr Eoydj/ house offered half cash and bills at short dates for the remainder, his offer was not ' entertained, apd so he was shut out in ■ two ways. He subsequently published i the cablegrams for which the present i action was brought, Defendant was fined t 20s and coatß. Notice of appeal was . given by defendant's counsel.