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Patea Mail, 4 September 1882, Page 3

Tenders for the engine shed, coal store, &c., at Patea station, were as follow : Accepted, Alexander & McFarlane, £771 9s 6d. Declined, W. Gilberd, Wanganui, £774; H. C. BullBulltown, £780; Mace & Bassett, Patea, £795 ; J. A. Johnston, Wanganui, £9OO ; J. Sykes, Patea, £9lO 13s 3|<l; G. H. Dickson, Patea, £1290, A mean “ sell ” was perpetrated at Arrowtown, Otago. A man leaving the district sold his effects by auction, and amongst these was a stack of hay. It was knocked down to a Yorkshireman, but when he came to take delivery of his purchase, it comprised a lot of brushwood, thatched with hay on the sides and top. A small giant recently died at Maryville, Ohio. He weighed 300 lbs, and it took a coffin 8 feet long to hold him. Mr Kerr’s trotters were greatly admired in Christchurch, and a large crowd assembled to see the American wonders, A question has been asked in the House as to the most practical and efficient process of preserving railway sleepers in England and America, with a view of adopting the same in New Zealand. A man named Chambers was killed at Waimate last week. He fell from a dray, the wheel passing over his head. He was removed to the hospital, but died just after admission. He was well known throughout the district, and was, a few years ago, a very extensive farmer in South Canterbury. He was a single man, and about 40 years of age and had lived in the district about 12 years.