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Manawatu Herald, 1 September 1898, Page 2

The " Mail " reports the particulars of the accident to the Rev. Father Melu, of Otaki, when nearing the swamp near Paraauka, on the Manakau road, the horse bolted, and the driver, W. Bevan, evidently lost control of the fractious animal. When he saw the danger of a smash-up, Father Melu jumped from the trap, with the result that his leg was broken above the ankle. The driver stuck to the reins, and managed to steer the vehicle into the swamp, where, of course, the animal was powerless. | The trap was not damaged, and neither horse or driver sustained any injury. Mr Irwin, of Manakau, and others happened to be driving towards Otaki at the time, and drove the un fortunate gentleman to his residence at Otaki. Medical aid was summoned and the injured limb attended to. The Secretary of the Foxton Racing i Club gives notice the poison has been laid upon the racecourse reserve. ! To-morrow, by noon, nominations of candidates for the office of Councillor must be in the hands of the Returning Officer. The " Mail " says — Pene Hapupu, of Otaki — probably the oldest person on this coast — died on Monday morning, after a shcrt illness. The deceased was said tc be 96 years of age. A tangi is now being held. An English traveller relates that at a ' bride show ' in Russia he saw a girl with an extraordinary set of ornaments. Her mother being unable to think of any fresh charm for her daughter, made her a necklace of six doaen silver-gilt spoons, a girdle of an equal number of tablespoons, and fastened by a couple of silver ladles behind in the form of a cross. The effect was much admired. The proprietors of the " Scotsman ' have just purchased the entire west side ot North Bridge street, Edinburgh, for the erection of new offices. The price paid was £139,000.

! Several of the horses nominated for the Marton races are daily being galloped over the York Farm racecourse. The course appears to be in good condition, and the various distances are traveled over in excellent timd—-Ad-vocate Tlr mail steamer brings news that MahV.oa, King of Samoa, died of typh.'id fever on the aand August. The three Consuls, with the Chief Justi-icj a « President, form a Board of Contol pending the election of the Kinc/:, successor. Affairs in the community are quite, An Inyercargill publician took out a prohibition order against an elderly farm labourer who visited the town with express purposes in view of " knocking down " his cheque as soon as possible. This incident serves to show that the publicans as a clsss, are not the heartless avaricious beings some persons paint them to be. An auctioneer in the Waikato was considerably startled by the antics performed by his horse the other day. As the animal was ailing, he administered half a pint of whisky, and turned it out in a paddock close to the house. The horse at once made for the office door, and walked clean through the window on the opposite side, damaging the furniture considerably en route. The French window of the house next attracted his attention, and he had climbed half through before he was beaten back. He then started tor the distant horizon with an utter disregard for everything in the shape of thorn hedges and barb wire fences which intervened, and finally wound up in a ditch, a bleeding mass. A friendly bullet gave him a happy release from his sunering. A veterinary called in described • the trouble as 'mad staggers,' a disease, though practically unknown in this colony, " is not uncommon in England. Stall-holders as a rule have to seek support towards filling up their shelves, but the stall-holders at Tuesday's social were genuinely surprised when in the evening they had a handsome iced cake presented to them by Mr Langley on which was inscribed " God bless our school." The gift was received with many thanks and promptly disposed of for ten shillings. Mr Garland having resigned the Secretary-ship of the Horowhenua Racing Club, Mr C. K. Wilson has been elected in his stead. Whilst much is often said about the bad article which fiaxmillers turn out yet they seldom receive proper recog. nition when they turn out a really good sample. The other day however, for a change, Mr George Coley received a letter from a well-known Wellington firm acknowledging the receipt of a certain number of bales of hemp, which were declared to be of " excellent quality." This is quite refreshing. " Fair Game " has a skit on the [ great Liberal party in England, showing a picture of the two hind-quarters of an elephant joined together, thus making the animal all tails and no head. This might be used reversed as to politics for this colony. The result of the social is very surprising — the knocking off of half the debt at one blow beats all the naildriving competions on the head. The parishioners have, however, to thank ! all sects and creeds for this, as it was most pleasing to see that the crowd at the schoolroom comprised members ot all denominations. This is just as if should be, and we hope it will come to be a general thing.