.ill.-.: /.- :;,;',: . ... ♦ , ...... ;,;;, , x ,.i u i,:'l .. (UNITpPi J.BBSB ASSOCIATION.) •; . ; ■'■'. REEFXON.Noir. 28.; A public meeting is to be held here to > morrow, to protest against the exclusion ! of the consideration of the West Coast s route hy/thW BtAUfy) G«tiraUaion, and 3 asking tliat a fresh Commission be ap-

ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.
» ♦ p [united press association.] , . Auckland,, Nov. 28. M-a.'B'on'of H. Lane; 'of 'the kawmills|at Russell, aged five yearß, fell off a rack into rt^e. sea, and was^dro wnwU, , , . , . . ,_ *  -1 Hugh Hamilton, aged 32, employedby Arch. ,Clark and do., returned home early thi's morning,' and m entering ' his - bedroom fell against the bedstead, frac * furibg his skull. He was found uncnri-' 1 scious m his room at daylight, and he died •' m theferenoin,' He leaves "a wife "and 5 three children, j'.,. ';' ~\J[

THE DIRECT STEAM SERCVICE.
D [UNIiBD PRESS^'ASSdciAMoij] ':.''\ :.■ ■■■■'< Wrllinotok,' NoVi 28. ? ■ ,The Gpvernmept have decided ton ex tend by three months the time, allowed for the commencement of the direct steam service, and have fixed on July and Oc tober respectively' for the first : boats : to start from England and New Zealand. ,. , , ,

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A WOMAN.
I • a [UNITED PRESS ASSOpiATION.] c .'■ j i ' ! *', ] 'Dukbdik, Nov. 28. 8 A mar r ied woman named McVickar, 1 residing at South t)unedin,'made adeter • mined attempt to commit suicide by r cutting her throat' with a carving knife. She had been tUff^ring from asthma, and had threatened the previous day to drown herself. *- It'ia possible" she may 1 recover.
