LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH-OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Auckland, Wednesday Night.
Gun Accident. Lait night between 5 and 0 o'clock, a gnu accident, which might have piotcd tragic in its cou.sequences, took place at Pukvkohe. A young man went out shooting moieporks in the Government bush, a short distance from the lailw.iy station, taking a boy named Chailen Mcftough with him to pick upthebiids. In some w.iy n» yet unexplained, the gun went off, the contents being p.utly lodged in the boy'n he.id and face. The small shot fortunately did not touch .\ny vital pai-S, and tho injuied boy havincr been taken to Dr. Dal/Jel, tli.it gentleman extracted a number of pullets. It is expected that McGough will be all right in the course of a few dayn. Mr Richaidson, MinUter for Public Works leceived a deputation to-d»y in favour of establishing a railway station at Famuli. Mi Kicliaidson said the crush on the line uliendy clomandcd second i.ul-3, but he belie\ed the best couisc would be to carry a railway via the beach to accommodate the Waikato traffic, making the present line serve for Kujpara only. The hteep grade cteated a difficulty in providing a Parnell station.
Commercial. Mr Biiine.y bold, to-day : 243 &ack.s oat*, prime sample, cv Janet Nicol, at 2-> 2\d per but-hel, bags included : Waikato cherries realised -Hd to ."id ; plums t»^d. Mi- Buckland held the last of his monthly wool sales for this reason at the Durli.unbtreet mart, and 38 lots were disposed of. price ranging from o^d ssjd, fn'd, and s|d, per Ib. Alo^t of tfie wool old in prcase, Rarties being longwool, meiino and crossbred. Buyers : Ireland Bios., Totter, Laybournc, Sutherland, Warncck and Kiny. All wool comniL' in after thi» date will lie .>old at the usual Tuesday's .sale. Mr Arthur sold Auckland grown fruit today :— Apples, 2d to 3|d ; peaches (Early Ki\ei->), Is 4d, to Is od per do/. ; cherries, 4-jd to 7d : pooseberries, 4 W to s+d lb ; plums, OJd to 10M ; lemony Is lOd do& ; pears, (Hd to G jd.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2106, 7 January 1886, Page 2
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338LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH-OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Auckland, Wednesday Night. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2106, 7 January 1886, Page 2
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