A Scene.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 14 February 1890, Page 2

A Scene.

A party of three men,: two at whom were undoubtedly rfery much wrier the influence i of drink, endeavourod on Tuesdny afteruoou to drive a buggy --.to. Paiaka, along the track leading., from; .Mr Thyone's gate to the swamp; As the first part of this road ! is on the top of a very high ridgn. aU( I connects with a lower ridge simply by a sudden fall, no one till this Tuesday ever attempted to d i ivo that way. However this party of tlivee drove rapidly along until this sp >t was reached, and without more thought drove down the hill. They all got to the bottom, but in a different order to that in which they were on the top, the buggy reclined gracefully on its side, one horse still attached fo the pole, the other at some distance off, the driver about the vehicle somewhat damaged, and a passenger yards away -with a nasty cut on his head, the third one apparently having alighted on his feet. For nearly thr»?e hours did the two men have of good hard work to replace the buggy on the road, and them came harder work to replace the man with a cat head. He per sistently laid in the hollow and renisert to move, wbisky having- most to do with his incapacity. One mate seized him under the arms at last, whilst the other stood on the top of the hill hauling on a rope he had made fast round the body By these means he was duly landed by the buggy on the top of the hill. '" They laid him gently down to rest " on the floor of the trap, rind hitched up the horses and proceeded on. The track is particularly rough, and the driver was reckless, so by the time they had o'ot through the other gate near the round bush, the prostrate man had had more than enough. He yelled to the driver to let him out, the driver yelled to him to be still, he laid out individual persisted in his demands, the driver, whipped his horsos "and drove more- furiously but whilst attending to the- " thoroughbreds " the objecting passenger wripgled his feet out at the back under the seat then his legs, and body and parted with his conveyance with a dull thud on mother e^rth. The driver pulled up and adjured him to make an effort and come on, evon got out and argued the matter with him, promised him a doctor a f . Paiaka. offered him whisky directly he was ire the trap but nil without avail. The driver and his mate at last lost patience and seized the man by feet and head and shoved him bodily in, under the seats, and then tied his feet to keep him sure. The last we saw of this discreditable crew, was the body of of the man who had been thrust in, sitting up on the floor, making desperate efforts to get out one. man holding him down, and the other pushing hi^ horses as hard as he could, the trap swaying from side to side, and at times ill most going over. The action of thesß men was a disgrace, but the filthy language used wan something most horriblo to hear, and some effort should be made to punish one of them foi it.