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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 243, 4 October 1876, Page 4

A painful and fatal accident occurred at Grahamstown on Wednesday last to a little child, the son of Mr Seager, boiler maker. The facts elicited at the inquest were aa follows:— The deceased was Alfred Seager, 14 months old. He had left home in company with a sister, four years old, and proceeded to buy lolliee. In the act of crossing over the J tramway at the junction of Owen and Pollen street, the eldpr child ran across the tram just as a truck of tailings from the Queen of Beauty mill was brought round the curve. The driver of the horse sang out to her to get away, and at the same instant her little brother ran in between the horse and truck, and was knocked down, the front wheel pmssing over his body and the hinder one resting on if. On rescuing the body, life was extinct, the spine being broken, be&idea other injuries. It is a disgrace to a Cbristain community that a woman should be allowed to die for lack of nourishment. Tne following sad story ia told by the Taranaki Budget, of the 23rd inst:-— "A man named Ward, a Government immigrant, came from Waitara this morning to register his wife's death, a young woman of 21 years. About four months ago she was taken ill, and has einoe then been confined. The husband being unable to pay for attendance haß had to act as nurse, and was consequently unable to earn anything even if he could have got work. The wife is believed to have died from sheer want of nourishment. The man appeared to be in a pitiable condition and almost helpless. It looks like a hard case." It is computed (says the Star) that there are, at the present time, more than a thousand marriageable widows in Auckland, the majority of whom are ready for a chance. In one small street in Parnell, there are no less than thirteen widows, who may be seen daily looking out of the windows, or catching the fresh breeze from the front door; and many of these have exchanged their weeds for flowers. It is stated positively that an order has been received by a leading firm in the North Island for 1000 tons of dressed New Zealand flax, at £22 per ton. This material is now being extensively used by Melbourne manufacturers, and if the ruling price — £22 per ton— can besusiained, a number of flax mills in this colony, closed when the material only realised about £10 per ton, could be re-opened wiih remunerative result?. Wiltshire (says the Argus of Friday) eeeras to be thoroughly " baked." It is with great difficulty he can now be kept awak^, especially between the hours of two aud four in the morning. This morning he had to be kept awake by an attendant during his walks. He has become very pale and emaciated, and he himself states that he is losing a pound a flesh every day. He is siiTl resolute, and begins to gain courage as j the prospect of an early termination of his task approaches. By noon of Saturday week he will, if his strength doeß not fail him, have completed his lOOOih mile, a task which ,haa few parallels; but what benefit he will have gainel ia known only to himself. ■- pecimens of the postal cards shortly to be issued iu New Zaaland hava beeu exhibited in the House of Representatives for final a lopiion. They are in four colors— pink, blue, mauve, and brown. The design is similar in each case, the stamp in the right-hand corner on one side, and between it and the left-hand border the wordß, « Post Card, New Zjnland. The address only to be written on this side.' The other side of the card, which by the way is of no great size, is blank. There is only one objection to the cards, the stamp on each is price one penny. Seeing that for this sum a large sized letter envelope can be sent within the limits of town delivery, the price of the postal card seems exorbitant." If they are to bs a success they should be issued at o»o halfpenny each.— N.Z. Times. The following, referring to the second billiard match between Roberts and G-ollop, is from the Canterbury Press i "About 200 persons assembled at Warner's Hotel to witness the second exhibition match by Mr J. Roberta, jun. On this occasion the champiou again pkyed Mr Gollop, giving him tins tune 700 points out of 1000 Hiough Mr Roberts played some brilliant strokes during the game he was not by any means iu as good form as on the previous night, caused no doubt in a measure by his having spent the day rabbit shooting on the Waimakariri lalaud. Mr Gollop played with more apparent confidence thau the previous

night, making some excellent shots, and winning by 242 points, the scores being at the finish— Gollop 1001, Roberts 759. During the game and at its termination Mr Gtallop was loudly cheered. His highest breaks were 45 (nine spot strokes), 39, 19, 17, two 15'a, and three 14 's. The champion's best break was 102, of which 33 were spot strokes, the other principal breaks being 69, 65, 58, 51, 50, 39, 38, 33, 27, 26, 24, 19, and 17. During one of these breaks, Mr Koberts having succeeded in getting on the spot, put the red ball down 13 times, with every probability of making a long score, when by a misjudgment of strength (probably from the cause previously stated;, the ball did not travel the required distance by a couple of inches."