North and South.

Manawatu Herald, 29 November 1894, Page 2

North and South.

Roxborough's Hotel at Crushing.,* ton was destroyed by ftx% Qfy tyWday evening. The insurance /^il% 3 building was £200 in the Standard' Office. The furniture, stogk, &c, ! were not covered by insurance, J ames Johnston, aged £2, a: Jiush* feller in the Unautaoi'oa Block, on Saturday afternoon was struck hy l* falling branch, had his akullfraoturefl, ,, and died in two hours. A& ## > inquest a verdict of accidental death; was returned. ' *' :~.". .7 A man named George Blytbe- was killed while bushfelling near Ingle- > wood" on Monday. The report of a London expert on petroleum oil obtained from the Plymouth syndicate got) frfehl Jhe 900ft bore at Muturoa, has just been received. Professor Boverton Redwood, the. expert, says that the oil is undoubt« A edly valuable, and that the dliw covery of such oil is of greaff'^onji mercial importance. „'.>v\,i^ Mr Samuel leaves for Sydnejy tb'; ; arrange for sinking to a greater J depth. : '• . j;i . The settlers in the Tatteicar^^ Distriot complain of heaVy ' 'losses l >>:i through sheep being stolen. Obib' ' settler lost 600 and several others 800. A vigilanoe committee will be-' formed and a private detective employed. The entries for the DunedW Agricultural Show exceed those, of the previous year by 101. "The principal increases, are in cattle, draught and light horses aw dairy produce.

On the voyage of the ketch Comet from Lyttelton to Greymoutb, the cook of the vessel, Henry Watland, a«?ed 42, and a native of England, was washed overboard and drowned. The accident happened at 11.80 *p.m. on the 20th, when the vessel was 25 miles west of Rocks Point.