North and South.

Manawatu Herald, 15 January 1895, Page 2

North and South.

A man named Robert Douglas displayed great bravery and presence of mind In the late buggy accident in which Miss Hansen received fatal injuries at Auckland. In all probability he saved three children who were in the buggy from being killed. He galloped after the baggy for a mile till he overtook it, raced alongside of the horse in the trap till, stooping fromhls saddle, he could ctflfijfcr the reins and pull it up graduallyJii _!00 yards before reaching the Wellesley street incline, where the trap must have capsized. The screams of the children in the imp were pitiful, and the streets -Jrlre lined with people watching the* episode and expecting a shocking accident*

At the annual meeting ia, Anqkr' land of the Jubilee Institute for. tfca: Blind tbe report showed that during the current year and up to date tht receipts from all sources were *IsS§ 14s ld, and tbe expenditure *_WBB 15s sd. Mr Thomas wid they were threatened with a diminishing income owing to tbe refusal of the Government to assist in the: mainten** ance of the adult blind* At the request of Archbishop Red-" wood and Bishop Moran, the; Inv.r- > cargill Education Board has decided to authorise its inspector to examine the Catholic schools in the district, provided they can overtake the work. A public meeting was held at Oamaru on Friday, at which it was decided to wait on the Minister of Lands as he passes through Oamaru, and urge upon him the desirableness of opening up land for settlement near Oamaru. * , Ardgowan Estate was mentioned as the most desirable. This estate contains between 4000 and 5000 acres, and lies close to the town. A girl named Nalder, aged about 12 years, was seriously injured on Friday afternoon at Nelson, being accidently shot through the jaw and neck by a lad with whom she wag playing, and who was holding a pea rifle. ■>. Information has been received in Christchurch by cable from London that Miles and Co., Limited, have presented a petition for the voluntary winding-up of the Company. It is notified that the business hitherto carried on by them in Canterbury will be continued in liquidation, and that all clients' money received will ba placed in a special trust account. . ... It is said the cause of the windingup is the depreciation in the value of property and security. The firm held very large estates in all parts of New Zealand, and lost heavily #yir some of them. A message from the sea was fonnd the other day on the Omaha beaeb— a printed form issued by the Queensland Weather Bureau, with a view to the compilation of an ocean current report. The message, which was enclosed in a bottle, was picked up near a point at Big Omaha, fe little to the southward bf Point Rod* ney, by Mr R. J. Knaggs. The message sets forth that it was set adrift on May 1, 1894, by Captain A.Stephenson, ofthe Danish barque Iris, 10 miles east of Broken - Bay, New South Wales. It cpnjej quently was eight months and eight days before being discovered on the beach. To clear the North Cape of New Zealand, the bottle must have taken an E. by N. course across from Australia, and it would then have to assume a S.W. course to Omaha. From the position in which it was found, it evidently took a course in direct opposition to the set Of the current which was recently spoken of at the Wairarapa enquiry as setting in towards E. and S.E. _ro_h the Three Kings.