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Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 32, 7 March 1913, Page 2

Local.

After paying all expenses in connection with the Huntly Scots Society Concert and Dance there will remain a not profit of over twenty p >un i - which account of the Society. Mr James Healey, who works in the Extended mine, was sonieit .seven the I dent that happened on Tueseav. It appears that as Healey was standing on the flat sheet at the parting of the roads a skip jammed, and as he turned to warn his mate, the skip tipped up, and the endless rope striking him 0:1 the face, cau eel a punctured vv.mml at the base of the nose which was badly abraded, and another on the right cheeck. Great alterations are being made in the railway yard, a gang of ten men being engaged in the work. The engine shed is to 1):* moved back to the eastern boundary of what is known as the railway paddock \ hich abuts on Ralph street, while the goods shod will also be removed from its present site to one near at hand. A second line of rails is being laid to the Extend'd mine, and on it there will be erected an automatic machine which will register the weight ; f the waggons as they pass on to the yard, / Attention is directed to the letter which appj.t- in to day’s correspondence column from Mr j W. Pickett. He directs attention to an accident whereby a Mercer lad, Claude Bildorbeek | by nama, lost his right arm by j falling "U the cTcular saw at the * mill, ami appeals for funds m educate the id L; on) 0 cleric,il position. Mr Pickett, it may be remembered, l >k a great interest ii tie Red haw Fund, end owing to his efforts, a fairly large sum was collected and duly forwarded. As the present case is a most d serving one, we uve oulv too pleased to open at our office a sub- j seription list on behalf of the boy, and toforward an y donations received to the proper quarter.

;• Attention is directected to the y replace advertisement of Mr ; James Bower, of the Auckland School of Engineering. The testimony of Mr Bower’s local ’• pupils who are ready to vouch for 1 the benefits of his tuition, speaks 1 more eloquently than any words ' can as to his success as a teacher. , It is with the deepest regret l t that the news of the death of y Mrs Ralph senr., was received i here. The sad demise took ■, place in Miss Ralph’s Auckland residence on Tnursday night about 7 p.m.; when, ripe in years i and experience, the venerated t lady passed quietly and peacefully f i away from the scene of her j former great activities. In Mrs j j Ralph’s death, a pioneer colonist, 1 j and one of the first settlers in 1 Huntly, is lost to the community. ; From what can be learned, the deceased will be interred to- • morrow (Saturday) in the Onehunga Cemetery. ’j On Wednesday morning Mr Don Mayor, a rivetter engaged a ol the bridge, had a narrow esj cape from drowning. Falling from the barge into - -me twelve : feet of water, an 1 being m able to u ] svyim, M’r Mayer sank twice b.?t >re the engine-driver, Mr Wm. ” Kirker, who is not a strong j swimmer, noticed his mate’s pre- | dicament, and went to the res- | cue, but failed to grasp him. ! Mr A. Coop?r, an -Tier I>i Ige L ! employee, then plunged in and " | effecte 1 a recue a- Mayer ap- ' * p.*are 1 for the tliir i tim *. On . | reaching the sh >ro, Mayor, who j was exhausted, made a rapid recovery. On the 22nd of the present . month a fine instance of a total r j ecHp.-o of tiie moon will take - j place. The first contact of the f m a with the car ill’s shadow . | wiil occur at 9.43 pan., and the - j last at 1.13 a.m. At 10.41 p.m 1 j will begin- the total phase in ) I which the m >Oll will bee >OIO “of f | the colour of blood,” and will : cnd 15 minutes after mi Inight. ) j The eclipse is notable as it i coni - i:nm * liately aft r the - | equinox which, in the Northern 1 hemisphere, heralds the ap--1 proaeli of Spring, and in the ■ Suithorn hemisphere, tells that Autumn is at hand. ' j At a meeting held in the i Public Library on Thursday night , I it was decided to lender on Monday evening next a farewell * social to Mr (i >. Mercer who is 1 about t » leave Huntly station to j take up relieving duty. The social i will take place in the King’s | Hall, and all are invited to he pre- ; sent and join in the testimonial to I one who has done a great deal i during his stay of two and a half i year< >n the town to assist every ! good cause. The meeting decided | that subscribers of 2 6 an 1 over j should 1 »* entitled t> a double I ticket. The secretary, Mr E. jA. Jo:;as, will he pleased to re- • i ceive subscriptions from any one ! whom the list h >lde;s have ovori looked. Archibald Mclntyre, an elderly man about 05 yoars of ago, mot withanaccid • it at the pumice mill hot .vc MiOiiin '’-.valand R ingiririon Taurs lay m >rning \v!i ueby the two I) nr*:- in the right fore-arm were fra lure 1. It app ars that a driving belt slipped from a pul* *y, a a 1 while endeavouring t > r *-p! i" * t’ 1 c b it Mclntyre’s i arm wa> caught, and t’nc bones j fractured, the whole thing j happening -o rapidly that no detailed account can bo obtained. Dr. M t iinrinid, senr., of Huntly, who was summoned, s g the bones and attended t) the skin abrasions inflicted at the same time. Though suffering from slight shock Mclntyre is doing well. As a native woman was walking leisurely along the main street a somewhat large clog seized her by the calf of leg, and when the worn in fell, starfce.l to i v >rry her. Her cries wore were heard by a lady living close 1 at hand, and by her effort- the 1 dog was prevented from doing I further damage. The native was so badly bitten that lie had t - cad in in Mural attendance, while the owner of the dog, on lr* iring of the attack, gave orders for its immediate dost;*notion. Such was the story told to our representative. Further inquiry proved that the account was de- j cidodly one-sided. Tne woman Was undoubtedly bitten, but not so severely as described, the offending dog being an unusually kindly animal.