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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1244, 3 May 1884, Page 2

The members of the Rinking Club inustdred in good force at the Town Hall last evening to inaugura e the season, and there was also a fair attendance of the public Skating was indulged in up till ten o’clock, and everybody appeared to heartily enjoy themselves. It has been decided to give a complimentary ball to Mr H. Zander, who is about to pay a visit to Europe, and the event is fixed to take place next Friday week. Yesterday a woman entered Mr S. B Poyntz’s store and purchased goods to the value of LI 14s. In payment she tendered two notes, and received 6s in change, stating that she woqld call for the goods during the afternoon. This morning when balancing hia cash Mr Poyntz discovered that one of the notes was a good imitation of bank paper, but of no value itself. The purchaser has not since called for the goods, and the matter is in the hands of the police, but as there is reason to believe that the woman had herself bean deceived by thoximitator her name is withheld. We call attention to Mr J. Ivess’s advertisement in another column from which it will be seen that the member for Wakanui wi;l address the electors at the Town Hall on Wednesday next. The following gentlemen have been nominated as members of the South Rakaia Road Board :—Walter Hartnell, Robert Mulligan, Charles William Turner, and Caleb Tucker. A poll will be taken for the election of two members on Monday, May slh at Ryle and Rakaia,

Ticke's for the soiree at the Oddfellows’ Hall on Monday week are being rapidlydisposed of, and it is expected that the attendance will be unusually large For the convenience of those present at the tea meeting, tickets to admit to the lecture only have been circulated, at the low price of one shilling.

The first of the series of sixpenny entertainments in St Stephen’s Sunday schoolroom will be hold on Tuesday next at 7.30 p.m. Mr Sidney Wolf has very kindly consented to give his assistance.

The annual meeting of ratepayers of the Mount Somers Road District was held at Mount Somers on Thursday. Mr A. B. Peache, the Chairman of the Board, read the audited statement of accounts as follows : —Receipts : Balance last year, L 143 14s 6d ; other receipts, L 92 5t 7d ; rates collected, LBl3 19s 2d ; due bank, L 135 15s; total, L 1,185 14s 3d. Expenditure : Main roads, LBB9 16s 3d ; bye roads, L 52 14i ; office, etc, L 139 6s; salaries, LlO3 18s; total, LI, 185 14s 3d. The balance-sheet was adopted. It was resolved on the motion of Mr Edson — “ That the Chairman call a Bpecial general meeting of ratepayers, to test the feeling of the district as to whether one or two rating bodies should exist in the cmntj, and, if only one, which would th«y favor —-Road Boards or County Council."

What might have been a nasty accident was occasioned yesterday through some person tethering a cow so that the rope stretched right across one of the streets within the borough. As a woman was driving a horse and cart yesterday afternoon, and whilst proceeding down Park street, the rope was not noticed and the horse in some way got entangled with it and was thrown down on its haunches, very nearly landing the occupants, who were, besides the driver, a baby and young girl, into the road. If an example of some of the bye-law breakers, who are always tethering cattle in our streets, was made we opine that the ratepayers generally would be better pleased with their borough management.

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The New Zealand Tobacco and Oigar Manufacturing Company commenced operations yesterday. Accommodation is provided for forty hands. When machinery arrives by the British King the number will be made up to fifty. A steamer passed the Bay of Islands at noon yesterday, steering South. She is supposed to be the British King from London.

It is said the action of the Auckland Harbor Board in rescinding the resolution recently passed respecting the extension of the main sewer to deep water will bare the effect of delaying the operations of the Freezing Company, who will be unable to got on with their works until a decision is arrived at. At the Auckland Roman Catholic Diocesan Synod the Fathers assembled again to discuss matters to be proposed by the Bishop. The principal and most important item of the afternoon discussion was the education question, and his Lordship the Bishop proposed several regulations for the proper organising of the schools of the diocese. The discussion was private and with closed doors. The results have not yet transpired. At the inquest on the body «f Patrick Moran, who died in the Auckland gaol with ribs discovered fractured, the jury brought in a verdict to the effect that death was accelerated by the accidental fracture of his ribs. The police and prison authorities were acquitted of blame, but the jury expressed their conviction that Moran’s dying statement was true, that he asked for admission into the hospital and had been refused. Dr Bond, House Surgeon of the hospital, in his evidence denied this, and said Moran had not applied for admission, nor was there any record of his having done so. The enquiry into the stranding of the Oreti was resumed at Greymonth yesterday, and additional evidence was taken, but without eliciting any feature worthy of special mention. The decision of the Collector of Customs was that the stranding was purely the result of accident, and that neither officers nor crew were to blame. He accordingly returned all the certificates. The Oreti is insured for LSBOO In the South British, and the cargo of coal for L9O, but the office is uncertain.

Peter Phillips and John Fraser, miners, at Granville, near Groymouth, were fatally injured yesterday by the falling iu of the tunnel. Phillips has since died. At the inquest yesterday on the Garlands, there was not the slightest further light thrown on the Temuka tragedy. The jury returned a verdict that J. W. Garland committed the deod, but there was no evidence as to his sanity. A deputation of the local members of the New Zealand Bide Association waited on Messrs Watt and Fitzgerald, M. BLR.'s yesterday at Wanganui,’relative to obtaining a grant of LIOOO next year for pr.ze money at annual meetings, instead of L4OO as formerly. The deputation pointed out that after defraying expenses the balance of the LSOO grant was altogether too small to provide prizes. Messrs Watt and Fitzgerald expressed their willingness to support a vote of LLOOO as proposed, when it comes before the House. In addition to the 9000 carcases which the Gear Meat Company are freezing for the steamer British King, they will freeze 4000 for the steamer Aorangi, which leaves Wellington direct for London. A sudden death has occurred in a Wei lington tramcar. A young girl named Paulmir, who had been ill for three or four days with diarrhoea, was being taken to the hospital for treatment, when she uttered three or four words and expired. It is probable an inquest will be held. The Otago Daily Timts suggest that Sir Julius Vogel should be asked to address a public meeting hare in regard to the present depression and political outlook.

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