MISCELLANEOUS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 254, 16 January 1874, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

'5-he Timaru Herald' relates .that a serious accident happened at Arovvhenua by which Mr. Norman, a traveller for the firm of Heyinanson, Low. and Co., of Dunedin, had his leg badly broken, and Mr, Newman, a member of i he," firm' of Beaver: -Uros. also of . Dunedin, sprained his ankle. It seems that the two, persons left Temuka for the Point in a two-horse buggy, and .when they had proceeded about two .miles to the southward of the Arowhenua hotel,; the ; pole of the buggy broke, .frightening,, the .horses, ,and causing .the horses. to holt. -. The country was pretty, t lev el,; and* had thedriver held to the reins, j probably nothing serious would have occurred; but unfortunately lie and his companion jumped out, the,result being that Mr.,-Norman received a severe compound fracture of the left leg about midway, between the knee and ankle, and Mr. Newman had : his left ankle sprained. Mr. Norman was conveyed to the Arowhenua hotel on a ;Stretcher, to await the arrival: of Dr. M'lntyre, for whom a ' messenger had^,been despatched to Timaru. The doctor was quickly in attendance,' and after the leg had been set the ' patient was removed to, Melville House, Timaru, where he now lies. _v There is an hoteHn San Francis.o under the sole management of the fair sex. From the proprietress to the hall girl, from the bar-tender to the bootblack, all connected with the establishment are women.. The portresses are muscular 1 Germans, who handle the most mammoth " Saratogas" deftly and. easily, .while the clerk is',, a , handsome brunette, who ■;parts, her short black ringlets on one side, and make bright repartees to the jokss of the drummers and salesmen who largely frequent the house. The bar-tender can , ,make,,a cocktail, better and quicker than any :,in.;the ( State, .and. drinks herself every time.she 13, asked to, which, on an aver.age, . is, about .fifty times a day ! 1 A memoriai signed by upwards of 300 persons resident in the Inangahua dis-' trict. has been presented to Dr. Buhner, expressing a hope, that his Services will be retained in;connection with the Reef-i ton Hospital. The Alataura Bench of Justices lately .fined;the«landlord ofthe,Pyramid .Hotel ;£,2 for permitting drunkenness in his hotel.' The-police prosecuted. - vA chicken with four legs and twenty toes was_ lately , presented to the editor of •the Bay of Plenty Times.' ... Mr., William Wfston, the biiliurd-player of Australia, played,, an exhibition game of,billiad^oa^i ? -a4^l'l| game was f>2 an interval, Mr, Weston exhibited some fancy shots;, and completely sur- - prised those present by his command over the balls. It may be mentioned that -his time for playing iUOO lip: than ! that ever reached by other players, of English celebrity at:ileast. . The fastest thousand " ever played in England was that between Cook -and Roberts jun;, which-lasted 8 hours, 1 minutes ; and has accomplished the same' number in : 2 hours 35 Cromwell .Argus'