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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2993, 3 September 1888, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

EARTHQUAKES ! | : ? Monday v g Distinct shocks of earthquakenvere a felt on Saturday at 4 and another at c 6.45: on Sunday nt C 11.111. and 11.20 p a.m. and again at 8.45 this morning. At-Chnstchurch-the...shook^was.felt., very severely indeed, at Waiou, t Hcnmet Plains, Leslie jllill and St,; s Helens tlie cbrreajiondonts ; declare' it was " something"terrible," ""At tho ; Hop Springs the vibration had the effect of liberating •an extraordinary amount of gas ami the springs overflowed/Sir H, Atkinson's residence ( a|. Woodbank, on, the Plains, is f do- | scribed asi'completely ruinedf :Attiie, • stations L'calie'Hill 'nnd St. Helens' the damage is very considerable Mr Low is, renaoying his furniture from t the lattei*. to''Jaok'sPess;;' 'At Waiau ' several j and in- tho cemetery a.moiirimcnt'was j j more or'less continuous 'to, 7 'a.hV,, and theraT.iim« fr?in 2to 2.30 p.m. - . : 1 :—_—_

• The' Frisco Mail, .. nth English mails of 11th, ultimo, eft San Francisco for. Andkhlnd, on 15th .A UKiistiVtitiiotabld' ditfe. v ■ The toamer Mariposa, withOohnial mails if lßth ulto/j arrived at Sun Francisco ram Auckland on Ist mst., ono day uirly. :: 1 Serious Buggy Accident-. Hawera, Monday. Mr Nairn, Manager BankAuslralia, whilst driving his family to Manaia tlie lioraetf. bolted and upset the buggy; as it was approaching Ihe Waingonoro bridge., The youngest child, au infant, was badly hurl about the jiead, and the elder child had its ancle sprained. Miss Fanthan and Mr and Mrs Nairn were muc l ; bruised. Destructive Fire. Kaikoura, Monday. Kincaid House, the residence of A, W. Ingles, was burnt down last night. There was really nothing saved. Inglis lost a lot of valuable plate, a number of family relics, and a fine library, Tlio firo was discovered about 9 o'clock, when all the inmates weroin bed, Insurance—£4so in the Victorian Insurance Company. Woodville Copper Mine. . Woodville, Monday. ' The copper'lode was Struck ou Friday in the lower level, and it shows a rich ore. The promoters willprobably tako steps' immediately to form a Company to work the lode, The Alleged Peijury Case, : • ' ''' NAtisni Monday. The case of alleged perjury against F, D. Luckie, Secretary of the flawkesv-, Bay xJocJtey. .Club, -ms 'brought by.liis.olerk'i ' 8.. Oi .Ware, and dismissed; without the defence being called on at tlio R.M; 1 Couft this morning, ,Found Dead. ■ ;■ y : Dukedix, Monday.John Walker, an old; resident' al Apolio, over 70 years of age,- was found dead, He had been a couple of days dead when discovered. H( leaves considerable property, but nc relatives in the Colony. Mrs Agnew and tlie Premier. 'Wellington, Monday. A woman named Elizabeth Agnev was arrested by Constable. Grey 01 Saturday afternoon on a charge 0 behaving in a raaiinor calculated ti 1 provoke a 1 breach of the peace, am ) with making use of provoking lan gunge for the purpose.of aunoyiuj Sir Harry Atkinson. She wa brought before the Resident Magis trate this morning, and ordered t find a surety in the sum of £2O ti keep the peaco for ono month.