ROXBURGH.

Dunstan Times, Issue 705, 22 October 1875, Page 3

ROXBURGH.

(FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) October 19th Hawick street is at last finished. Tho Town Council have, after some hesitation,, passed the work of tho contractors, and they are paid ; the best thing perhaps that could have been done, as tho. work is sufficient for the money, and Messrs Lucas and Co will no doubt be wiser in tho matter of contracts for the future. They are now engaged in kerbing and gravelling Iteho street, and expect to have it finished by the next meeting of the Town Council, a fortnight hence. Mr-D, McDonald, the Manager of the worts at the now bridge, Has been busily" engaged, placing the girders across the Molyneux, a very difficult and dangerous undertaking, rendered more so by the exceedingly high winds which have prevailed of late ; but so far he has been very successful. Messrs Dalton and Spoe 1 are the successful tenderers both for the Athentenm Building, and the store of Messrs Mackay Bros., in Scotland street. The plan of the Athenteum was famished by Mr R. L. Begg, and is very compact The building which is to be of brick, with a handsome portico, will be commenced at once, and tho contractors hope to ha.ye.it finished by the commencement.ofthe New Year. A number of persons have taken out depasturing licenses with a view to the formation of a Board of Wardens, in conformity with a resolution passed at a public meeting Reid here a short time back. Mr Thompson, who has been here this week; has no doubt been consulted on the subject. The anniversary services of the Wesleyan ‘Chapel, ,at Coal Greek, avere well attended, and there was a large gathering at the tea meeting held on Tuesday, the 12th inst Mr G. Ireland was called to the chair, and addresses were delivered by tho Rev. R. Telford, Mr L. M. Isitt, aad other gentlemen. Mrs Uren presided at tho harmonium, and a number of hymns (including some of Sankey’s) were sung during the evening. The Misses Broad, Bennetts, Martin, and Toms presided at the tables, which were well supplied, and every attention was paid by those young ladies to the requirements of the guests, and.the meeting may be considered a great success both in a monetary ■an I social point of view. The straying of cattle about the township has been a groat nuisance for some time past, and an intimation to that effect having been given to the Inspector of Nuisances, by order of the Town Council, a number of persons were summoned before Mr Simpson, last Tuesday, and fined Is each and costs. Whether this will have the desired effect it is hard to say, for the animals have so long been accustomed to wander about the streets at night that it will be amatter of difficulty to keep them away. An inquest was hold yesterday (Tuesday afternoon, on the body of Thomas Herbert Ayling, a boy of about three years of age, who died from the results of internal injuries received from being thrown out .of a -cart down an embankment near Coal Creek. It appeared ineviience that Mrs Ayling accompanied by four children,, had been -driven by Mr J. Smith, in a cart, to the residence of a friend at Coal Creek. On their way home, when going down hill into Coal Creek, the horse would not answer the rein, and Mr Smith finding that the cart was likely to capsize turned the animal down tho embankment, hoping by this means to -escape serious injury. The cart and horse reached the bottom in safety, but all the •persons were thrown eut and escaped wonderfully, with the exception of the little boy, who died at the Teviot about three hours after the acci lent, and after he had been seen by Dr Leahy. In accordance with the evidence the Jury brought in a verdict of accidental'death, and were of opinion that no blame was attached to the driver. We have had a number of accidents of late at and near tho Teviot, hut this, the last, is perhaps the most distressing.