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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1926, 8 July 1869, Page 3

Sudden Death.— A boy thirteen years of age, the son of Mr Lindsay, of Kilmog, died very suddenly on Wednesday morning last. On Tuesday the deceased appeared to be in his usual state of health, and entered into conversation with Mr Hammond, a neighbor. On the following morning be was found dead in or near the stockyard of the farmhouse, where he must have dropped down in attending to his work. Dr. Harding was at once sent for, who, at the request of the family, made a pout mortem examination of the body, and pronounced the boy to have died from disease of the heart. The deceased was interred in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Waikouaiti, on Saturday last, to which place he was followed by a number of the surrounding settlers.— Waikouaiti Herald. Two gentlemen, noted for their fondness of exaggeration, were discussing the fare at different hotels. One observed that at his hotel he had tea so strong it was necessary to confine it in an iron vessel. “At mine,” said the other, “ it is made so weak, it has not strength to run out of the teapot.” It is calculated that the brigand chief Mauzi has received as ransom from his captives no leas a sum than 455,G00f. (L 18.200 sterling).