The Herald. Alexandra, Thursday, Feb. 25, 1904 The Court sits at Blacks to-day (Thursday).

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 407, 25 February 1904, Page 4

The Herald. Alexandra, Thursday, Feb. 25, 1904 The Court sits at Blacks to-day (Thursday).

Dr Hyde, of Olyde, is at present visiting the North Island on holiday leave. Mr C J Coombs, dentist, may be consulted at Ophir on Ifriday, March 4th. '..-, The next test match takes place on the Sydney cricket ground on the 26th of February, , ;•■■.» ',, v ,;. . , ~ *, r .. We have to acknowledge receipt from the Government printer of a copy of .the, Statutes passed lastsession. , ■ ' ] *v ..-. i--,. ~[ A GANG of men are at' present engaged in l laying a telephone wire from the Pooiburn schoolhouse to Ophir. Good progress ,has, been made with the, work* and the. line is now almost pompjeted,. ■ 4 , "J"" i. The? Alexandra Borough Council has received a communication froms the Mines Department, stating that a vpiiclier has been passed for the payment" of Jp6oo, being - a subsidy towards the Alexandra. Borough waterworks. The bell which has for 40 years summoned the, Presbyterians of Timaru to worshipat Trinity Church has been sold for £lO to the Borough Council for a fire ; bell. The congriegatiohoonsideir JibaS a. belUs not needed in* these days, when everyone has "a clock or watch, ".':■..■.*■:.. The "Argus " says that the outbreak of at Pisa is responsible for eleven. ;. cases, i y peyen patients are in the Cromwell 1 HospitaJf "two in the Invercargill Hospital,; whilst two (Mr Scaife's sons) are being nursed at the Station. The health officer is of opinion disease Jbrought from Waimatc by two The fire-bell and tbwerifor trW Alexandra { Borough arrived last week, and has been j erected on the rocky at the upper j end of fbe main street. The ''%o% pjierecting theHower was carried out g|atmooris.iy by Messrs L Anderson an3 A' Ashworch.''' "A shed for the reel and hose is being erected;■ j in the vicinity by the members 'of the Fife | Brigade. .•.;->■ -i | ts \.:.'•-. ~y-,. .^' ri ■ -■■;*,.. ,' , The Alexandra Conservation Society'have' received presents of jpsefuljand handsome garden seats from various firms in Dunedin, which have been placed in the ,recreation reserve, and are rhpch^appreciated «by visitors to the grounds. The following firms each contributed . a seat Hardware Co, Briscoe and Co, Bridger and Co., and A and T Burfc.* , The Alexandra Brass Band will (weather permitting) journey to Olyde oh Sunday next, and in the afternoon they-will-play a number of sacred selections in the Domain. A'collection will be taken up'oh the'ground, the proceeds of which will be handed over to the treasurer of the Dunstan Hospital - Trustees. If time permits, the Band will'! also play a.few selections on the Hospital /grounds.' • "'•" 'i

NoMiKATiONS for #e ShefSeld Mbaioa'fj'and Wheel yftace, to "be run at Clyde on Ifiaster SMonday, close on Saturday, March:. l?th. .. ; >| ■ :.-, ; . ' ' ;■? " T hearing of a charge of ' stone-throwing at Timaru recently, Sergeant Warring remarked that he thought it a great. pity the police were not 4 given authority to use,t|»e,:bircl».oH'lads,who misbehaved in the - streets. It would, he said, be a valuable aid in maintaining order,'and would obviate the'necessity for bringing so many trivial cases before the court. Thk damagerdoneby the recent thunderstorm to the roads in the district has been repaired sufficiently to allow of traffio passing through 16 took a week before the coach could 'gfet through from Spriagvale to Alexandra, owing to wash-outs ixi" several places. The Borough water race is also seriously damaged, and 1 the' work of repairing same will be put in hand at once. Mr Rivers' race was also damaged, but the water was turned hi to the mains again last Thursday,

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The " Tuapeka Times " says:—On Thursday afternoon the Police were informed that a boy about 10 years of age (a grandson of Mr I Mee Tuapeka Flat) had been injured by a shot fired from a gun by Mr M M'Carthy pear Mr Thompson's saleyards/ On inquiry it was ascertained that Mr M'Carthy had taken the gun to the saleyards for the purpose of selling it and fired a shot for the purpose of showing that it was in good order. The boy appears to have been within the range of fire and was struck with apparently a spent bullet on the side of the eye. and;also on the leg. The injury, fortunately, is not of a serious character, but it shows how careful one needs to be in the discharge of firearms. Mr M'Carthy, who is said to be over 90 years of age, is being prosecuted for discharging firearms in a public place to the danger of passers by.