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Dunstan Times, Issue 1267, 11 June 1886, Page 2

A fire occurred at Opbir on Tuesday night last, resulting in the destruction of tue large building k now a as Leash’s store and dwelling, together with the whole of the household furniture and iffccts. The building belonged to Mr John Lenmy, of Tinkers, and was insured in the Equitable for LISO, and the furmtur- 5 , belonging to Miss Kissel, the tenant, was insured m the National for 1.100, Miss Kissel, who was alone in the house, says that she was in bed and asleep when the fire broke out, and on being asvoke by the smoke, sbo g,t up, and partially - dressing herself, gave the alarm. She then succeeded.iu dragging out a box of blobbing, and'on. .re-entering the house slie was overcome, and fell into the hall in a. faint, where she was discovered by those who were attracted to the spot. The fire quickly spread through the building, and burning with great fierceness, prevented the recovery of anything further than the box got out. The annnal concert and dance cf the Blacks Cricket Clnb took place on Monday. 241h May, and. from a musical point of view was a great success, the attendance, however, was not up to expectations. Songs and duels, vocal and instrumental, were contributed by Mrs Shaw and Misses Haig, Kissel, Chappie, and Alexandra, and Messrs Stewart, Ferguson, Kao, and Boulton. Misss Kissel and Haig acted as accompanists to tho various song.?. The dance, which was most enjoyable, was kept up until 4 o’clock, to the music of Messrs llapcr and Sullivan. licgarduig the rumor to abolish the Clyde and Alexandia Post and Telegraph Offices and replace them by sub Post and Telephone Offices, wo are reliably informed that it is but a rumor,the department never contemplating snob a thing. We publish in another column the programme of concert at Alexandra on the evening of the ISidt June, and it is indeed a most attractive and varied one, and well worthy of being liberally pat ronise I, and at the same time it is for a good and worthy purpose. Wo hope to see the hall crowded. We bear that a dance has-been arranged for by a committee after the concert.

Alderman Bir J«hn Bennett (hue wrote to the Clockmakers Company, o(. which, he if a member, and to whose annual dinner he had, been invited. £-‘tPray excuse me tonight. 1 should have enjoyed the pleasure of being with you, but so universal is the cry of the unemployed that I give up all dinners this year.'" It should hfe- a' grand public act it the. Corporation and all the City Guilds would give up theii, banquets 'and devote the cost up to thej first L 20.000 to promote the technical training of'.pgr artisans. So says, respectfully, yours truly, JoHirBsNKETr.

Before sentence was passed oh him bn A charge of appropriating ; tIOOO while, in the employ of the National Bank of Adelaide, E. W. IJirichim, who ia a son of the director of the Adelaide Zoological Cardens, handed the judge A statement explaining the circumstances which'led to him' taking the money, and'stating that ' he was overcome with remorse at finding himself in such a position.. He bad become responsible for a sum of money invested in transactions by which he hoped to' augment his salary, which was'small, considering his position. The investment proved unprofitable, and he was thrown into a state of the greatest ex citempnl, ariiljhismmd completely unhinged by receipt of a lawyer’s letter demanding’ repayment by return of po’t. Unable to Collect the'money at such short ..notice, he took LIOdO from the bank in the hope that by getting a little time be would be able to repay it, .but the money was suddenly counted by the accountant.and he .bad 'jo confess. He was sentenced to hard labor fpr.three years and six months.

When E.’ B. Holt, manager of the Sydney branch of the Bank of New Zealand was broughb.up at the. Central Criminal Court' ■in Sydney on a charge of the larceny of a cheque for LdOOO, the prisoner who looked pale, wan, and dejecte','pleaded-guilty and handed a written statement to Judge Faucet, t. lit this he stated that he Lad keen 12 years in the Union Bank' of Australia and 13 years in the Bank of Now Zealand, which showed that his services had been esteemed. Brief reference is made to the success which bad attended his services in Sydney as manager of the Bank of New Zealand and also of the.N.Z.L., and M.A. Co., and to the fact that when he had reached Townsville ho was so full of remorse that he was ou his return to Sydney to'give himself up to the police when arrested. In the same spirit of repentance he assigned everything for’the benefit of his creditors, and there was every reason to believe they would be paid in full, and he asked that it might he deemed some extenuation that the institutions for which he had laboured so hard would not in the end he losers by him.- He concluded as follows I have denuded myself of everything I possess, and given .every assistance in my power to, both by disclosure and advice, towards the realising- and management of my estate. Your Honor will, 1 am sure, believe that my remo-se and sorrow for my faults are too deep to find expression in mere words. My life is indeed wrecked. My wife has been compelled to go to another country, where sire has friends, upon whose kindness she must cast herself. lam more than 4G years old, and am in a very weak state of health. 1 have already known the horrors and bitterness of imprisonment in gaol for two months—a bitterness which tome 1 cannot describe.”

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A good . deal of excitement has been created in the Maungatna district by what is deemed the wonderful’ recovery of Miss Ross, whose singular trance and long abslinence frpm fool suns years ago earned for her the title of “ the Taieri fasting girl.” Our Maungatna correspondent, writing on Monday evening, gives the following particulars of this singular case No doubt some of your readers will remember the interest awakened some years ago regarding Miss Ross, of Maungatna, who has now been confined to her lied for nearly 10 years. Strange events have taken place within the last two days which have ranged even more excitement than the trance in which site lay for about six weeks in IS7O. Ear y last week Miss Ross was so much worse than she had been for a long time that some of her relatives despaired of her ever surviving much longer, Ou Sunday Miss Ross had an interview with a lady possesed of the gift of “ faith healing,” ns i. is generally termed. •This ladytcommandqd Miss (less to rise up on her feet, and- strange to relate, she was obeyed, and Mias Ross was able to rise and leave the lied on which she had Jain for 10 years.: This is the more wonderful as Miss Ross has been for some time paralysed on one. side. To-day (Monday) she was so far well as io bo able to take a drive thr ugh the district. This has naturally excited a great deal of interest here, and whatever opinions may be formed regarding the event tbe evidence is too strong to any doubt of its occurrence. I have sent you all tin in formation attainable, and in conclusion raxy mention that a thanksgiving set vice is being held this evening at Woodside in connection with this wonderful recovery,

Somo comment was made at an inquest at Wellington on the remains of Thomas Mercer, an expressman, who had committed suicide by hanging himself, on the singular conduct of a witness. The man who was the first to discover the body, which was waim at the time, lust his presence cf mind, and ran for assistance instead of cutting it down. Another witness staled that he had refrained from moving the rope from deceased’s neck, as ho thought the police should see it. The Coroner (Dr Johnston) said it was a most mrortuuate affair, for it w'as just possible that life miuht have been saved if timely ac:i ui had bren taken. When a man was found in danger of his life the first duty of the person who discovered him was to relieve him from that danger, without any consideration as. to what the law expected.

A report has reached .Waipawa, Hawse’s Bay, from Mak-irotu Bush that smoke and Steam have for five months past (aver since the disastrous bush fire) been issuin'from the side of a.bill adjoining- the Take Tuke river bend,. and 200 fe'ot high. A settler has made an inspection, and thinks what ha believes to be a seam of coal two feet thick on fire.

MEMORANDA; Mr 'Faclie will hold at Alexandra on . Monday, 14th inst., Mr Forrest’s clearing but sale.,. :■ . ; i' 4. ' 1 Concert at Alexandra, Friday, 18th inst. The programme appears.elsewhere. . _ The County Clerk gives notice re Licensing Fees. ■ ■■

Mr Pache sells fencing,, gates, etc., at Alexandra On Monday, 14th inst.

The owner of a sheep worrying, dog is advertised for.

Mr J, Vi. Moore, saddler, has an opening notice in this issue ; as also Mr James MoOangban. tailor.

M r Faohe holds a sale of a farm, horses, cattle, etc., etc,, at Blacks, on July 7.