ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, ETC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1215, 9 August 1884, Page 1

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, ETC.

An extraordinary incident to a g-ntle-raan name-; R. Boiler happened on Tuetsdjiy at Hamilton Burn, near Lumsden. In company with Mr Tiirlton, a farmer, lie had rid*en out from Lurusden, and, in the aot of demounting; his horse kiirKed • him and broke his leg. The other f,.ot got jammed in the stirrup, and, the horse having started, Butler's other leg was fractured by a kick from his own horse or that of Tarlton's. Johnston, th« lumper, who was sr?ri"usly injured at Aucklaud on Tuesday at the barque Pelbam, consented to amputation of his arm as boing. the ouly means ot' saving his life. A young lady, a school teacher of Lichh%M, Auckland;' was committed to the asylum. The cause was overstudy. A man, whose name has not yet been ascertained, was killed at Ngaliaurauga, Wellington, on Wednesday night by a fail from Ins horse. Tho young man Barlow, who was killed at Bird Grove, Auckland, would havo succeeded to £1390 woit;i of ; roperty in Alanchestei, on. attuning his majority. An old identity named Win. Turner has died at Auckland/aged 69. He was Postmaster of Auckland in 1844, iind at. one. time was <>ne of the wealthiest men in Auckland in laadtd' proj eny. He died in povetty. Albert Bellmain, Master of the GladstoiiH School, Wellington, was found dead on the Jvgahauranga, Road last Wednesday night. He had been thrown from his horse. He was a native of France, and leaves a wife and several children. He is believed to have property in Canterbury. A notice in the Gazette offers a free pardon to any person who will give such evidence as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of one or more persons connected with the burning of cei tain stacks of whf-at at Hamilton; Burn. 'Southland, the property of Mr C. McDeiritt, in June last, such person not being the principal offender.

At the Magistrate's Court, Wellington, on Thursday, H. H. Lewis was charged with a breach of the Prison Act, in having secreted a number of articles with a view to sending them to prisoners in Mount Pleasant G>ioh The prisoner had been convicted of forgery, but'had had a portion of his sentence commuted, on hci count of his having accepted the office of I common liHngmxn to the colony, in which o.Hpncity he had executed six convirtp, his last victim b<ing at Napier. He was sentenced to oue month's liard labor. Whilfl ' some experiments were being in connection with the Mutual Improvement Society at Mil'on last Thursday ntglit, an. explosion took place, and about two d<zen persons were irj red with broken gl-.ss. Mr James lieid, Rector of the'.High Sohoil, received a very severe cu' under the eye, hut it i« not known whether his sight is injured or not owing to ii flunmation. Anion-: other sufferers were Mr H. R-Hisoiti , a sou of. Mr Jamas Gray, * daughter of Mr John ■Laop. Mrs A - Y " u "g> and Mr Jan ' os The causes of the accident was ■ihat "ti l,e K aßes > oxygeu and hydrogen, were generated in the back room, and conveyed b v grubber pipes through a hole in wall °« to the platform , ihe pipes became tv™ ted and the Wr °°S &* v/iia turned on.