ALBERT-TOWN

Dunstan Times, Issue 543, 13 September 1872, Page 2

ALBERT-TOWN

(FROM A COURESPONDENT.) Sr ft. 4. The most ei"rntslnj» <■ f oonvo-».i*i-vi hero just now is Hip raec-u.ce: inj>, which i to take p.ace on Uie iStu of ucio or. Actit pic-pa.aiions are aheaay b. iug mu.le for iln earn- ; aim, irom u h.it X can sen, I tin ull think, that the next inceiing i\ ill bo the most; successful one over heal m this cl.atiict. The race-course has been fnshy cleaned and levelled, and Messrs ataL xtu.soli are bth putting up large anl communions stables to accommodate tie contesting steeds, and o herwise making prepara;ion for the approaching event. Mr. M'Pherson, late if Bendigo, lirai completed his punt, and is is now in full working order, so that we may now exj eel to see traffic up by way of O.uuarn a.air. I am sorry to have to rceor i a bad accident, which happened yesterday to Mr. Isl-ell, one of the proprieties of the Wanah Saw-mills. The circumstance is os follow : He was stooping 'own to look at a sinnl water pip:-, which was partially s'oppcl, and while in the act of li.-ing his foot slipped, and he fell on the bench. The mill happened to he in full operati- n at the time, nd Mr. fsb •!!, in putti-g on* hi) hand.to save him -elf, unfortunately plaeol it against the saw, oonsecpiently got badly hurt. The little-finger of his ri f lit haini, together with the side of the hand, w.re cut clean off, and two of the other fin ers s -lions’y injured. He was imme iat.ly placed in * boat and hroueht down ih« hike, and convey el to Cromwell, where he r ccived promp r attention. The weather, for the last fortnight, lias been very fine up here. The trees a;e beginnuig to look green, and we may s 01 expect to sec some blossoms on the fruit trees. This has been the mildest and tires! winter that any of even the oldest resident! can remember.