THE COUNTRY.

Evening Star, Issue 3278, 22 August 1873, Page 3

THE COUNTRY.

Tuapeka. —At Switzers one Dapp lias been fined L3O and costs for sly grog-selling.—Mr Buck, our local postmaster, will soon be leaving Lawrence, he having received an appointment as postmaster at Westport.—Messrs Campbell ami Co., who have the denote contract for the Tokomairiro and Lawrence railway, have seventy men at work on their portion of the line, and intend pushing the work through as rapidly as possible. -Mr M, Marshall, news agent, of Clyde, long and favorably known in that district, has recently disposed of his business to Mr Lewis Hotop. Mr Marshall has been a resident of the Dunstan district since the first of the ru»h, and he has gained for himself the appreciation of all his townsmen. His departure from Clyde will be a great loss to the town. —Mr E. H. Carew, who has been doing duty since Mr Pyke’s resignation, has been permanently appointed Warden of this district.— Tuapeka Times.

Tokomairiro. —A melancholy accident occurred near Lower Waipori on Wednesday evening. As Mr James Ritchie, of Terrace Range, was returning from a meeting of the Waipori Road Boad, he was by some means thrown from his horse and killed. His body was discovered shortly afterwards by Mr Henderson, who was attracted to the spot through the barking of Mr Ritchie’s dogs. At the inquest, yesterday, it was elicited that death resulted from heart disease. —Quite a gloom was thrown over Melton yesterday, by the extremely sudden death of Mr G, W. Langley, proprietor of the Criterion Hotel there. At about 3.30 p.m. ha was seized with an apoplectic lit, death being almost instantaneous. He leaves a wife and three children to mourn his loss. —Mrs Waters, the wife of the Presbyterian minister at Warepa, died on the 15th, after a short illness. Her funeral on Monday was attended by nearly every resident in the district.