The Jane Douglas.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 56, 4 August 1885, Page 3

The Jane Douglas.

The Manawatu Co-operative Steam Shipping Company's . screw steamer Jane Douglas, Captain Fraser, is announced to leave Fuxtou for Wellington ou Thursday, at 3 p.m. . -

Copies of " My Love " wait;?, can bt obtained from Messrs Welch & Co., stationers, ° A trap horse belonging to Mr Harris of Saudon, met with a violent accident yesterday eveuing. Tl»e animal toolc fright m the gtable.yard of tlie " Royal " and bolted out and up Hangitikci -street at a mad gallop. Just at Mr Woods shop it ran full lilt against a home and dray standing there, the shaft of the dn»y entering the ch^t, which it completly ripped, severing the jugular vein. Strange to say the horse still kept : on after having: overturned tho out it cmw.; incoutact with, and was not Htopp d iill near Me»;rß Steven's & Gprtou's preinist'B. Here it was uiihurnessed, and . ltd away .to be - destroy od. : It was al; most a miracle the uiiin holding the horse outside Mr Woods was .not knocked over and . injured, as he 'never moved -until the collision took place. ' On Wednesday the 19th instant, a tea niectinn* and . lecture \rill be giveti m the WeMeyaii Hall, Broad-street. Tlie Roy R. S. Bunn will be the lecturer, and the subject " Marriage." Mr Hawkins senr., ventured as far as the office to-day, and was looking somewhat pulled down after his recent indisposition; . An advertiser wants to let 30 acres of light b*ißhin Fitzherbert. The machinery at the Fit-sherbert-Btreet Cordial' Factory, is now, prob'-lled by.Btaatn. The enterprising proprietor, adopted the improvement .for the firit time yesterday. Tho horse which bolted from the yard of the Ro}"al Hotel yesterday lias, we understand beeu doctered by Mr Walker j-nd is likely to recover, Tho barquentine . May, whi«*b left Wellington on Friday morning for Greyin»nlh, -returned at 7 p.m. the same day, and reports that finding the weather too bad to proceed on her voyage she was putting back again, wlivn rounding Point Hnlswell, she caqie into collision with the Union Company's steamer Waihora, bound from Wellington nvrlhward, with the result that her bowßprit and hoad ge&r were oarried away. Finding that the May was m no danger, the Wnihora continued her voyage. Fortunate]}' no one was hurt on either vessels |t was oitch dark at the time of the collision, .'..'. .

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