Branch lines promise to pay well in this Province. In proof of this, ivo may mention that no less than 1500 tons of coal pass oyer the Green Island branch line every month, besides a considerable quantity of grain and other produce. The Kaitangata line, which is now in full working order, will no doubt pay equally as well when the coal pits in that district will have been opened up. '

At about 11 o'clock on Tuesday evening, a labourer, named Charles Johnston, was admitted into the Dunedin Hospital from Adams Flat, suffering from injuries received from a fail of earth. He was working at a facing 6ft high, when a large mass of loose clay gave way, and fell upon him. He was covered by it up to the neck. His right side was very much bruised, and it is feared some of his ribs may have been broken.
