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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1680, 9 April 1886, Page 4

The appointment of Borough ranger and ppuiidkeefer is duly notified. At the Hawke's Bay races to day, the Hurdles .'were won i»y Erebus, Dan O'Connell second, Ngatfto third. At the 'afternoon sitting of th.o Manawatu Road Board held on Wednesday last, the Chairnan when checking the vouchers before the Board noticed several claims for extras amounting to nearly £100 for work executed m the Fitzherheit wards. These, extras had not been authorised by the Bon id, and the Chairman considered that the Fitzherbert Wardens m 'conjunction wiili the engineer had altogether exceeded their duty m taking upon theinsfclv«.s the responsibility they had. and he strongly deprecated such action which was all the more unjustifiable considering ihe financial state of the Board at . the present time. Mr Jolly .met with a serious accident on Monday last .which lias resulted m his being. laid up, one of his ribs on examination having been found to be bioken. Mr Jolly was driving a trap down the' Raugitikei Lino, together with Mpsars Smith, Hewitt, and Marsh ; nearing the bridge close to the old brewery the horse became unmanageable, plunging and rearing m such a way as to cause those m the trap to clear out pretty quickly, leaving Mr Jolly with the reins. The horse at the bridge made a sudden swerve to the right and plunged down,, the bank throwing Mr Jolly out over the left side, the wheel passing.oyer bis lrjft shoulder and chest. Finding himself not much the woiee for His experience, he, however, started to walk home and endeavored to /.o on with his work, but not feeling quite well thought it better to *Bee a doctor and called m Dr. Macintire who Boon ascertained the nature of the injuries sustained and prescribed for him. Mr Jolly is to day able to get about with the aid of a stick, hnt it will be some time beiore he is sufficiently recovered to undertake any labor entailing physical exertion. . . ' Messrs Snelson and Co., have some important auction sales advertised for to-morrow afternoon. . Iv Chambers' to-day m Wellington the defence of the 'defendand. who failed to pay over balance of proceeds of a ticket m Robin Hood,s .consultation on the gronnds that it came under (he provisions of the Gaming and Lotteries A<:t, was upheld by his Honour as perfectly permissible. The amount at Bfnko m £502, the ticket being worth £632, of which amount the defendant only paid over to plaintiff £130. The ticket was given to plaintiff to draw the morn y. The Feilding Star narrates th » f o jlo w ing incident :■— On Saturday afternoon Mr Darby, of Bunnythorpe, left his horse and trap standing for a moment opposite Mr Carthew's shop, while he went inside to make some purchases. Something alarmed the. horse, which started full gallop for home. Mr Cotter, of, Ashurst, who had just mounted His horse went m pursuit, and after a sharp cht.se ran alongside of the runaway and by dexterously catching hold of the Hns he aoon brought the alarmed animal to a stop. We have seldom seen anything of the kind done, with^, so m«cb good nature and pluck, bo that we hnr.dKknow which to admire most, th« latter, or the kindly feeling which actuated him m risking serious injury to himself for the benefit of a stranger. At the complimentary bahqnttt on Wednesday evening given to Mr MtirJ ray Smith on his leaving for Australia, m proposing the toast of the evening Earl Granville eulogised the patriotic feeling which resulted m the 'despatch of a New Soeth Wales contingent to the Soudan, and referred m terms of praise to those men who had served m the force. He said he was m favor of a much closer connection between the Colonial and Imperial forces th>.n at present existed.. Ho further alluded to the necessity for fortifying King George's Sound, and for the immediate abolition of deporting convicts to tile Pacific Islands. Detective Benjamin arrested, a man named James Moßrettany at Athens, up the river, the other day on a charge of passing a valueless cheqno a abort 1 time ago. He was wanted at West port/ three years ago on a similar charge. Prisoner will' probably be brought up to-day.- — Chronicle. A letter has baen received by the Secretary of the Auckland Rugby Union trom the Southern Rugby Union ef Sydney, proposing to Bi-nd a New South Wales football team to New Zealand m August next, and asking what terms would be made for their visit.