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Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 25, 31 August 1886, Page 2

According to a Southland paper, the Wee tern Star (Rivortonl a cutter hearing in toward* (>repuki on a recent afternoon caused iiuilo a flutter of excitement in that locality on it being suggested, by one who professed to know, that the vessel was the notorious Sovereign of the Seaa. Equal to the occasion, and with vision* of AK4OO reward and speedy promotion in the "foorco"' the local guardian of the |>oace quickly dofTed hi* official attire, and in plain clotfies and a couple of reliable "snooting irons" in hi* pocket, headed a party of civilians to the beach with the intention of making an attempt to rapture the desperadoes. Having arrived there the party hail not long to wait in su*|>en*e. as the craft running before a strong easterly bron.se soon neared the land and when she got under the lee of Monkey Island cast under. A couple of suspicious looking men put off in a dmgv, and as they approached the lauding place great disappointment was expressed on the visages of the leader and other members of the party on the rovers turning out to he no other than Billy Thomas and hi* mate of the Riverton cutter Champion. They had been out on a fishing cruise, but owing to their being unable to reach Uiverton through adverse weather, they had run for Orepuki to obtain a supply of provisions. The digust ot the valient band on discovering their mistake may be better imagined than described. I The Puke of Bedford recently purchased the Hattlesdon Park estate in Bedfordshire for about i.’lfrO.OOO. It is announced that the Puke intends entirely to dismantle the place, and that the mansion, which was built not to many years ago, at a cost of 4,'tiO.ftOO, is to be pulled down. Battleaden is within a short walk from Woburn Abbey, and it is the fourth seat in the county that has been bought by ' the Puke of Bedford. In Victoria all passenger fares are two pence per mile first class, second class being one-third less, but excursion tickets , at fare and a-half were confined to Friday night and Saturday available for return up to Monday evening, Return tickets are now to be available at any time, and this reduction makes the fare* less than they ore on the Midland and I-ondon and North-Western, the two cheapest lines ia England. Last year the railways paid all the interest on their coet of construction, which account* for more than threefourths of Victoria's debt, and guv* a profit of ill 1,000 in addition, a satisfactory proof that a nonqiolitical Board are the best managers of a colony's railways. A IlaTro despatch savs that a sloop loaded with five tons of dynamite was damaged in a storm, and it was decided to unload the cargo about midnight. I’art of the dynamite exploded, breaking I hundreds of windows, putting out the gas in all the streets in the lower part of the town and throwing fragments of the pier las far as 100 yards from the spot. The j anchor of the sloop penetrated the wall of a small mansion near the Hotel Frasieti, where there is not a pane of glass left J unbroken. Fortunately, there was a pouring rain at the time and the pier was I deserted, so that there is no loss of life to . deplore. | One Sunday evening lately whilst Sarah McDonald, servant to the Bev. Father j Buckley, St. Niulan's Homan Catholic Church, Wooler, Northumberland, was preparing the incense for the service before the kitchen fire, the chain suddenly broke, and it is thought a spark had down out of it, or out of the fire, and fallen on the back part of the girls dress, a cotton j one, which soon took fire. The girl rushed from the kitchen to the front door, , thinking, no doubt, the wind would put it ' out ; but it had the opposite effect as she became suddenly enveloped in a sheet of flame. She then quickly ran back again, and went through the sacriety of the ehurch, uttering piercing screams. On entering the church she fell down on the floor, and, as the congregation was assembled, the utmost consternation now prevailed. Father Buckley speedily dofTed his surplice and cassock and wrapjied them | around the youthful sufferer, and some of the men present also took off their coats and did the same, one of them getting his hand burnt in several places. Pr Pay was quickly in attendance, and carefully bound the wounds. Everything was done which medical aid could do to alleviate and soothe the agonising and insufferable pain, but without effect, as the poor girl gradually sank, and death put an end to her sufferings. The funeral of Sir Alexander Stnart, of New South Wales, which took place on the 10th ultimo, was attended by a large and representative gathering of colonials. I Thu body of the deceased statesman was ; interred at Uoieth, noar Harrow, a very i pretty little churchyard. The family j mourners consisted of Mr Kenneth and Miss Stuart, son and daughter of the doceased, Mr and Mrs James Stuart, his brother and sister-in-law, Professor Stuart, M.P., his nephew, and Mr and Mrs ! Pearson. For the first time royalty was i represented at the grave of a colonial I statesman, Colonel the Hon. H. Byng, j son of tlio F.arl of Strafford, followed" the i funeral cortege as representative of Her j Majesty the Queen, and the Hon. A. Fitzmaurice, son of the Earl of Orkney, | acted in a similar cajiacity for the Prince jof Wall's. Both the Queen and the heir | apjuircnt sent wreaths to be placed on the | grave. Sir Julius Von Haast and Pr Buffer represented the colony of New Zealand. Tile service at the grave was concluded by Dean Cowper of Sydney. A messenger in the Government Buildings named lfowdsell, while on hi* way to Sir Julius Vogel's residence on Wednesday fell dead in Hill-streeti He had been complaining of feeling unwell shortly befors. He was about 05 years of age. On Friday the captain of the steamer Akaroa, when passing the headland, between Port Ix'vy and Pigeon Bay, discovered a big slip on the northern face of the mountain, extending from summit to base a height of 1000 feet. A strange ' rumbling heard in Lyttelton on Friday morning is supposed to have been caused | by this slip. Poverty and Si rricuvo. —■* I was dragged down with debt, poverty, and ; suffering for years, caused by a sick family and large bills for doctoring, which did them no good. I was completely J discouraged, until one year ago, by the advice of mv pastor, 1 procured Hop Bitters and commenced their use, and in j one month we w ere all well, and none of u* have seen a sick day since ; and 1 want to sav to all |*oor men, you can keep your families well a year with American Co's Hop Bitters for less than one doctor's visit will cost. I know it." — A Woixtim Mas. Baud 1 How to •1 IT Stilt.—Expose yourself day and night, work Us* itard without rest, doctor all the time, take all the v ile nostrum* and mutation* advertised, and thru \ou will want to know.