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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 225, 30 September 1901, Page 4

A magisterial ingnirv was held at Camperdown N.S.W., on the 17th insr. in connection with the death of John Trott, 11, son of William H. Trott, carpenter. Trott, with two other hoys. Stanley Macpherson and Thillip Williams, went to the railway bridge over Victoria-street, Erskineville, for the purpose of sliding down the sloping parapet wall. Taking it in turns, they went down several times. At last Trott was sliding down, when his foot caught in a joint in the brickwork or masonry, about half-way down, and this caused him to plunge forward precipitately. Fie kept his feet till he « to the end of the wall, tl ud then roll into "a drain some four or live feet away, containing mud and water. When he emerged his face was streaming with blood from a terrible wound, extending from below the eye to the bottom of the jaw, and cutting through the facial artery. The poor hoy rushed frantically up the street towards "a lady, who was standing in a gate-way, and then fell to the ground. A uam conductor named Hogarth -James endeavored to stop the iiow of biood. but could not, so he carried him some distance, until he met a man in a sulky, who drove Trott to Prince Alfred Hospital. When admitted, however, to that institution, he was in a very collapsed condition, and he died shortly afterwards. A finding of accidental death was recorded.

Writing in tne Post on the subject ij’ Ministerial patronage. a correspondent says:—-I am acquainted with two young men, both belonging to a southern township. One is the son of an M.L C., a supporter cf Seddon and Co. The youth had passed no Civil Service examination, was pitchforked into the Life Department about throe years ago, and has recently been promoted. He is, I believe, under 20 years of age, and receives £UO a year. The other young fallow, a candidate for employment at the same time as the M L.C. youth, was the sen of a poor man, who slaved aad toiled to educate and raise his son. The boy responded nobly, and passed his examination well, but could not secure a cadetship, and is now rabbiting for a living."