Misfortunes arc said never to come singly, and in the ease of Mr Henry Simpson, whose house and wife and family were destroyed by the fire on slonday, this may exemplified says the “Press,’' Isom the fact that on Tuesday his horse and vehicle came to grief also. The animal while in Mr Frizzle’s yard had the blinkers taken oil by Mr Simpson’s brother, and no iooner was this done than it kicked the fore part of the vehicle to pieces, then ran away with the shafts and wheels, pulled down a chimney, and damaged the side of a house, and also succeeded in breaking the wheels into piece«, thus rendering the wreckage of the trap complete.
Mr J. 0. Porter has been appointed Resident Magistrate for the district north of the Waimakariii. Magisterial talent is surelv scarce in the colony.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2764, 1 February 1882, Page 3
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