SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. (From our own Correspondent.) Auckland, Wednesday evening.

Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 519, 16 September 1875, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. (From our own Correspondent.) Auckland, Wednesday evening.

George Wallace, sparinaker, employed. in Mr iNiccol's yard was usin^ uu uxp, when his foot slipped, and the axe cat o!F one toe on the left foot which is split through as far as t!ie instep. A child of Mr Kowdju was pla} r ing at the wharf, near Mi* Walker's store, ami fell headforemost into the soft mad, and was picked out nearly smothere 1. Constable B/ennau couwyed to C>r> mindel the in m Surtli, arrested 0:1 a charge of giving cheque, he having no account at the I lank. He will bo brought; up at Coroinandcl to-morrow. II a had recently g^no to Coiu>n vi lei, advertU to ndvanco money on freehold property, and some residents thinking him an hoaCot man accepted, hid cheques, which wore not met. lie ia only recently from Mmut E leu, and has done two yours fjv a &iaiilar oftonce. The Iliwea his sailed Sjuth with t'i9 Football team. In theS i;u-emo Cmrt to-diy, the Jud p made the rule absolute for 1 setting asidj a writ of libel agiiust the " Sj'atliern Oro^s," by Cecilia Allen, on various technical grounds. The steamer Minnie, Capt. Casey, had a very successful trial trip. Owing to rich discoveries, Galedonians have advanced to £6 15-j, Grahams rowx, Wednesday evening. Cal idouian h i.s liity pvuvU Tn>ro rich specimens to-day. Tue Care alsj has a show. Asiilornanol M'imfovd, was cutting a piece of zinc when a corner piece ftaw up and struck him, cutting through th^ eyeball. The sight of the eye is irretrievably destroyed. Opotiki, Wednesday evening. The wretched canoe used as a Government ferry at Oiriwa, capsize J through a horse over balancing . it. One passenger aboard managed to reach the shore in an exhausted condition, being encumbered with a heavy great coat and top boots. The Patea ketch, Alert, was attempting to get out of the river, when the current drove her out to the South Baach, a,ncl she was abandoned. No blame is attachol to the captain.