THE GOLD RUSH.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2718, 6 October 1887, Page 3

THE GOLD RUSH.

Second Editm,

(United Press Association.) ' : '& i AfCKLANftOctpbej'S. •ff fifth" to Waitoa having; ■'•pis, and alao& notWiig Ml '-he : • ;oy' ; i\uLingj-pendiDg of %'test-' >: ting-of the.fielil.r-Liind -in •v-.-if tEefield'lias risfeii in valtle;' ■' . V:. ;v\-"? i •'.. " !; J ' BAD- BUBNS; " ... (United'PreSs Association.)- ■ '' " I *>i October s. '•■■ "'btiviiiug of two' sawmills rer; 'cently, and the stoppage of two others, ' have thrown a large number of men ' out of employment. FIRE AT ALfCKLAND. ' (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.)' t Auckland, October 5. house occupied by Captain Lindat Ngaraawahia, was destroyed by fire this morning.'' It was insured for ■£7 so in the'Nety. Zealand office,' '- THE'-'LITTLE- RIVER MURDER. • (dkited press asscciation] • ■ Ciiristchurch, October G. • At the inquest on Joharisen, murdered at Little River on Monday •' 'night,'a verdict of. wilful murder ' against Nils Jacobson was returned. $: - ——■ PRISCO MAILS. (United Press Association,) ' ■- ' ' Wellington', October G. The Alameda with English mails to x ; 'September 7, left Ban Francisco for . Auckland on September 28, time table tThe Mariposa with the colonial to September 12 arrived at San lisco from Auckland on Ist inst., one day earlier tlian time table date. HAWKES BAY JOCKEY..CLUB'S . SPRING MEETING, •_'? (Press Association.)V . ■ Napier, October S. ■The second day of the Jockey Club's «■ Spring Meeting- was equally as.-unfor-tunate as the first iu respect to the • weather,'and scarcely five hundred . spectators were present. The amount ± put 'through the totalisators in the- 4 mtwo days was £6,200. The followingthe chief events: '••■ Maiden Plate, of GO sovs; weight- - for age; one mile and a quarter.—Mf- ;; J. Munn's br c Waterfall, '3yrs, by . -.Mnsket-r-Cascado, 7st lib, 1; Captain Russell's br f Falconet; Byrs, 7st' 61b, 2; Mr P. F. Tancred's ch c Orator, 8 years, Bst 111b, 8. Partner, Turiban, "Whisper, and Dauphine also "started. Time; 2min 2'lf sec. .Divi* ■ foyfy £2lßs and,£2 4s. ■ Hvjrdlo.Race, of. 100 spvs. 'About- one'mile ancl a half—Mr 0. •• Arrow's b g Chemist, aged, 9st slb, 1; Mr Ryan's b g Rirnu, aged, lOst 3lb (including 71b penalty), 2;. Mr, H. Hill's b g Kangaroo,, aged, list 51b, 8. Owhaolio, Uranus, and Echo also started. Time, smin 2'lsec. Dividends, £6lßs and £Blßs. ...... .-Spring Handicap; of 50 sovs.' One- • • milo and a half.—Mr G, G. Stead's . b g Maxim, Byrs, 7st 111b (Huxtable), 1; Mr J. Munn's bm Rivulet, 4yrs, Jat 71b (Woods), 2; Mr G. P. fifepnnelly's ch m Pearl, 6yrs, Bst 101b . . trator, Laurel, Strenuous, and Lady Florin also started. Time, 2min 44 8-6 sec. Dividends, £llss and £1 lis. Selling' Handicap, of 50 sovs; six -''furlongs.—Mr' H. Monteith's b g .''Premium, syrs, Bst lib, 1; Mr D. r Jifetone's Orwell, aged,' 9st 71b, 2; : MrW, Y. Dennett's b g Crossbow, Gyrs, Bst 51b, 3. Psycho, Expelled, ' arid May also started. Dividends, £7 • ■ 5s and £9 15s. Consolation Handicap, of 50 "sovs, for'all beaten "horses; one mile.—Mr - J.- Cliaafe's blk h Turquoise, aged, 1 Mr-J. D. Johnstone's b g Orwell, aged, 7st 41b, 2; Mr D. Campion's ■ ch m Laurel, aged, 7st olb, 8. Bangle • also : stalled. Time, lmin 49sec. ■ Dividends; 14s and £2 7s. The Mastevton Eiflcß parado for In€tion and exe'reise in the Diill" Hall, evening. ■ ■ x lie ordinary monthly mooting of the ;<\Maaterton Town Lands Trustees ■ takes place to-morrow evening (Friday) in tko . . Council Chainbors, Tho.. Hawora correspondent of- the* c /limes • sayslt. ia currently repotted : liere-that the legality, of- Mr, J. Hutclii-. '. goii's elpction for.Waitotaw will bo" dk« v; i'jftlted, but on what grounds I liave not. " '• heard." ... '.'„,•. J' '' 'tTh'ir«'Will, be iio by the' nafctors of- the' Maatortoh Rifles on •' Saturday next in consequence of a, team •from tho corps havhigto proceed to Wei-.lington-to, firea match with the D Battery, • Artillery, on that day. - - : Yesterday, as-Mr"'-Henry Owen; was driving from ■Wellington in a buggy with hia .youngest'. daughter,' an. accident happened .which been attended with very sorioUs" results,' ■ It ". appears that Mr Owen left his. daughter " in the buggy at the jun'otion road, Kaitoke, while ho proceeded to the Station to transact' some business, thinking there otrains due for Borne time. 'Be -not ascended tho cutting more than ■ about fifty yards when ho was surprised to heat/an engine whistle, and saw a goods train approaching. On looking iu tbe'Vdirection of the'buggy, he just ■ catfght of it disappearing over, the = embankment, the animal having 1 bolted ''through fright,' at -the 'eight of the . train.--Tho horse and vehicle;'safely , negotiated, tho decent of the erabarkment , »nd did a gallop on the flat, but in attempting to get' on to the road'again the : buggy capsized, Miss Owen being thrown out, receiving some alight cuts about her •". face besides being considerably shaken, :The horse and vehicle were "not much 1 damaged, and Mr and Miss Owen were atti. to continue the jcurney, after. a ?■ [ajmjest,. arriving home last evening witlibut any further "mishap. We are " pleased to state that, beyond the slight - cuts on her face- Miss-Owen iB not .Jiufforing from tho accident. ; j ' 3 ' r

Til'.- v-w jjRSSCtI !lt j ; the W'-wsim Ny;n;d i.vki :>! Wellington j yesterday : That tho Churchwardens and Vestry of St. Matthew's Church, Masterlon, bo requested to make somo B;.io:inl arrangoment for tho payment of the arrears of aisi-ssment, so that the Clergyman* stipend may be paid forthwith'. '