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Evening Star, Issue 4076, 20 March 1876, Page 4

On Wednesday afternoon, fourteen stacks Of wheat, the property of Mr Andrew Chrvstal, Waiareka, were burned doyn, baymg been set fire to by a spark from the threshing engine. ' Only - a portion ' of the machinewas saved. The damage is estimated at Ll.OOd, and none of the property destroyed was insured. . * A committee of inquiry into tpe| conduct pf a warder in the Camara Hospital luuned Ross proves him to have been guilty of gross inhumanity, which the committee are, however, pleaded to term •‘improper and cruel language,” and visited with a reprimand. It was proved that he 'flatly'refused to attend to the wants of a dying-patient, and when remonstrated with ' he unfeelingly replied in the man’s presence that the latter was not likely to recover, and any trouble of the kind would be useless. The ‘Rruce Herald ’ last week contained the following references to the Tuapeka Railway “ Representations have been made to the Superintendent and the Provincial Executive, to the ■ effect that the convenience of the travelling public and those who are hkely to use the line for the conveyance of goods wiUbe'best studied if Clarksville is made’the stopping place for the trains that are run on the Tuapeka branch line, instead of Milton.—Messrs Smyth, Wain, and Co. have got the contract for the plate-laying on the Tuapeka branch railway line from Clarksville to Glenore. The work wilf be com- , menced at the end of this week.”

The collector at the. Stoney Creek tollbat writes the *Bruce Herald’ explaining what was termed extraordinary conduct on his part one day last week. He says ■; — “Thefacts of the cash are simply these : About 8 p,m., on the 12th inst., two men rode .up.to the toll-gate. I asked the leading man .if he had passed through that day before, at the same time putting my hand upon his horse’s bridle. He at once jumped off hirf horse, ahd made use of threatening, most improper language, and was following me into the toll-house. I told him to leave. He would not, and still continued his threatening behavior. Mrs Rae, hearing the altercation, then appeared on the scene, as you have already reported. The only warlike weapon that I threatened him With was an old empty pistol. In fact, like Paddy’s gun, it wants stock, lock, and barhe baying said that he would brain me with a large stone which he had in his hand at the tune. This dangerous weapon has since beenexamined by a constable, and declared harmless/’:'

The quarry in Serpentine avenue, near the top of Arthur street, is becoming, an increasing source of danger. On Friday morning there was an immense fall of which did a good deal of damage tp the machinery on the ground, and "has left a cottage on the hill above in a very unsafe position. A small fall some minutes before had the effect of warning the men employed on the work. In reference to this matter “High Ward” writes to us as follows “®y quite an accident I was an eye-witness to the slip of earth that took place at Serpentine Avenue oh | Friday, and surely * rom the dangerous nature of such an occurrence itris quite time that a stop should be put to a»repetitipn of same. Judging from observation.! should'think that not less than 0ne.1,000 tpns of earth fell in one lot, and quite unexpectedly I am sure, as the immense quantity that came down almost , cpvered-up the engine and crushing machine, * neq I. am sure if it had taken place a few .minutes : later some of the - men who nrere.. waiting to commence work at “ght o’clock would have been injured. But my particular reason in writing •*? to say the fright the poor woman who Jived in the small cottage just above it, when she m terrorrushed from her house with her three, little children, was enough to scare any ratepayer or citizen, and clearly shows in my mind that these excavations should no more be allpwed in such close proximity to houses -in the City. Material for roads should be obtained without putting people continually in fear of thrir lives in a city like Dunedin, As a ratepayer for some years I look to our Councillors to see immediately to this and cfco their best to stop it:» ’•' - -

w (T"b i&aches. B & 0 EO.’S .TELEGRAPH LTNB OF ROYAL MATT. COACHES ' A TO Queenstown, Geomwell. Abbowtown, Clyde, ,■! ! i Alexandra, Teviot Moa Flat.’ .. bSSSkt, Lawbencb, Havelock, Manuka Cbeek Woolshed, •and All Intermediate Places. * m ■ COACHES daily on the arrival: of the 'Which leavesl)upedih at 1 V 7.o’SAn,, arriving in Lawrence afr ; ! noon each day.' Esagengers leaving Dunedin qn Tuesdav 7 5 S in () arrive atCrom well following day. Pa - ««rfl leanngßiuiedin by the afternoon train, a -Payday, Thursday, and Saturday, t/tn BBTnA' * ... ..---.Pasaepßers and JV T? I tV? O , i V. agent, . High street. Parpela'deon,«nriv£lsf tralp. 9 ; 1 HORACE Proprietor,

: LINE OE COACHES A*l(' ’ •* • TO • Palmerston, Hampden, and Oamabtt, ’ , HQtc l on Monday, Wednesday, JAMES DUNCAN. 1 Public Not* -ce. EX WI T ■xiTSHIBE. BBASCF & cO. ®kUv6 jtist landed in splenr 1 . " . ■ aid . condition from the bertTßakers, Superior giltpaer , Also, Toilet »nfl 00. are in a position to ' ®? er pbrohasf rs special ad-v anta^es. An early inspection is invitiiJ. Note Address—dEßlNCES STREET NORTH*; NEAE octagon. STORAGE. IBBS .& CIiAYTON Have Storage Eoon atttfot 400 Tons at Current Bate? in thei 'laxge and. 'conveniently situated Warehouse ii Boadptrcot, * *