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Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1815, 30 May 1874, Page 2

We are requested to direct attention . to the auction sals of trees, shrubs, plants, and flowers, belonging to Mr Barker, of Vthe : Arahura, which takes place on the wharf today by D. Maclean and Co., at 2 p.m. .-. ■>,- A miner named ' Trauttinen has been smothered with the gas in the Crown Prince mine at the Thames. Placing a toll-bar on the Greymouth and Reefton road is advocated by the Reefton Courier, in ordor to get the Road Board put . of its financial difficulties Our contemporary' says :— " Failing every other resource, the Beard has, however, a method of release, although it is one which we should" be sorry to see made use of, except under very extreme circumstances. We allude to- the powers of "the Boards to levy tolls under the 46th section of the • Gold-fields District Act.' The Act says !— ' It shall be lawful for the Board, with the sanction of the Superintendent, to erect toll-gates or bars on any road' within the district : provided always that one month's notice published in some newspaper circulating in the i district j shall be given by the Board of the intention to erect such toll-gate or bar.' In this manner, then the Board can release itself from the burde fl

by levying such a tax. upon the v tr!affic asiwill make the roads' self -supporting,' and prqbablyj leave a marginifor imprcjvements/and extensions. In the Province ''of Westland one can hardly stir for the exactions of this nature ; but so far this portion of tho^Nelson Province has been free from tolls. - It would be nothing more than fair, then, to make those who use the roads most pay for the luxury. A toll-gate upon the Grey mouth and Buller roads should4>e^worfchrfrom.-i7oo^ ta<Lßoo per annum, so that here is, one' escape for the Board, if, of course, the Board can consider it just to imoose such a duty upon travellers, It is hardly to be-dotlbted^ we think, that it'was the original design of the Nelson Government-to-drive-the-Boards 'to this course, add it i&th'eM6fe'.tQj£e con-; sidered whether it is either just or expedient in the public interest to follow it." 1 The Otago Daily Times: ;o£May r l9:Bayß : — The Corporation, have no^cjthe;. means of macadamising all the fetteets of the city, with plenty to spare. Adjoining the bridge at; the foot of 'Union- street; a patent stone-crusher, of a different pattern to that uaed by the Government, is' beine: fitted up, together with a steam-engine of 8 h.p., by which it is to be worked, i The crusher is fixed; on one side of the bridge,' its top being a few inches above it, and at one end is; a screen; or separator, being- an iron tube 2ft in diameter by 6ft in 'length,; bored; with' holes of varying sizes, and connected with, the machine by i belts and pulleys. Room is left underneath the separator for a dray, into which the metal falls after being divided from -the gravel and large stones,' which drop ; in, different places. ; The machine c%n be: regulated by. the ; wedge, made to scfew at the back,'to'turn'out metal from 1 to 24in : squarti, .\ In a working dayr- . eight .hours -it is" estimated to crush 96 tons, ' equal to about .12 .square i^yards, an hour, wnile men barely average 2 J cubic yards a day. A similar machine is shortly to be erected ■ in the same. place, which is within 100 yards ofa stone quarry, where there r is : an inexhaustible supply of good material, and. Inspector Barnes, with rigid economy, has an eye to working the crushers with water power from the Leith, and curtailing expenses. In the General Synod of the English Church, held at Wellingconon the 21st ins't., the Bishop of Nelson, moved that a Select ' Oommittee be. appointed. to report i on the: supply of ctndidateß for the ministry, their training. &c. The Bishop .of : Dunedin seconded. th« motion, on the (-rounds that the time was not far distant when the supply of clergy from England would practically cease. The motion was 1 agreed .to. Archdeacon Harper's motion, regarding the' independence of the Church of New Zealand, namely, that the General Synod should have power to make Such alterations, in; the articles, services, and ceremonies 1 of the Church in New Zealand, as, its circumstances require, and amendments by the Bishops of Nelson and Wellington, led to jdiscu'ssions; Ultimately it was decided to appoint,; as a Select Committee, the Bishops of Wellington, Waipu, and Nelson, the Dean of Christchurch, Archdeacon; Harper, Rev Borrows, E. C. Quick, Hunter, Blown, and SeweH, to report upon the ex:, pediency of adopting; Archdeacon-Harper's motion, and upon the advisability of making alterations in the naine^and formularies of the Church of /England;. The report 'was to be brought up at future sitting. , .« . We understand that 'Sergeant M'Ennis has entered an action against Mr Cameron for damages to the exteht'of LIOO. for injuries received in the accident which happened to the Greenstone coach, some time since. ' ■ . The neglected-looking shanty which for nearly two years past has done duty in Reefton as a Post-office is at ; length co be pulled down, and a " thing of beauty "- erected in its stead This has cwne about : in consequence of Messrs Graves 'and Fleming having purchased the site, for the erection of. an extensive drapery establishment The postal authorities having received " notice to quit," some provision must shortly be made for the efficient 'discharge of this important branch of the public service. During last year, according to the report of the .Commissioners' of 'Annuities,, there were 1400 proposals for 'insurance, which amounted to LSi7;BOQ; ; of these, 309 were rejected, representing L 120,750. The gross annual income of the department was increased by L 16 ,429. There were nine claims on the fund amounting to L2BOI. - A fatal. accident, occurred on Wednesday evening,- the 22nd instlant, in the Peta'ne river, by which a man of the name of Benjamin Brittle,; of ;Pohui, : was drowned; Itappears that Mr Hart, of Tarawhera, was coming to town in company with deceased, and on arrival at the fourth or fifth crossins of the Petarie river, ' Brittle took the opposite aide of the stream, .and in endeavoring' to cross, was carried aown a rapid a short distance, and was washed off his horse.Deceased then made for the bank, but the current swept him into the centre >of the river, and he there disappeared. Mr Hart, seeing the accident, at once .went to Brittle'sassistance, but the force of the rushing • torrent entirely prevented him rescuing deceased from a watery grave. < 'I he Otago Daily tihies of May 19 says :— It really seems as if misfortune is^nherent. to some people, that more than J a l fair share of that trouble which we are taught to believe is man's portion devolves upon them. Many singular cases of the kind . have come under bur.'hoticeV.tisni' ! ;'ti'nie'^o I tjme; > 'bnj; notf- one, : perhaps, more striking than.the <;ase'.bf a fine little boy, whose name we'suppre'ss-for many reasons. The, lad. had long, .been 'afflicted with total ,' blindness,, and ; bore ."the ; great, sorrow with;, ■singular fortitude, ! and with,; philosophy' , rare in one so r ypung .looked inwardly for and " found' that light which was denied him in the , .outer Wrld. ' He turned his attention to music,' and wits rapidly attaining considerable proficiency .in the art of violin- playiDg, when what would appear to have been a mandate of inexorable fate, crushed him to t»e earth with another blow. One day last week he. was assisting to split some wood, and was feeling if the wedge were in the rent, when, | -not noticing the little "fellow's .position, ;th' e '. lad ■ who was wielding, ; the maul, brought it down heavily on the wedge h^d andcrushed thtf other's hand — the left. Medical ' assistance: was at ■ once called in, and itlw'as) found that.thiej middle finger was badly broken betWeen the knuckle and the first joint, and th«v hand, much bruised besides. Amputation, although recommended; was not then ..resorted to, in compliance with the boy's piteous' entreaties to save his finger for the sake of; his, violin ; 'but, . although i postponed, >: it ; had to be resorted to on Saturday, jwhen the, lad was placed under the influence of chloroform and the ; finger removed, at the knuckle joint. Truly does this care present a sad instance of '■ accumulated misfortune.' ; •■ J f HoUoway's Pills and Oiidwnl.^Unfailing Restoratives.— When 'climate, age,' 'or hardship has undermined the health, skin diseases are prone to arise and augment the existing weakness. Hollo way's medicaments, daily prove most serviceable, : even c under' the 1 most- ' uutoward ; circumstances.-. .-His well-' known and high-esteemed Unguent possesses the finest balsamic virtues, which soothe and heal without inflaming or irritating the most' tender skin or most sensitive sore. 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