MOANATAIRI.
An accidcal befell one of the employees engaged in trucking, vhich luis been of considerable inconvenience to the company, and likely to inflict-a lengthened I period of pro?tration to tho unfortunate , sufferer. For the last 5 months' Hector i has trucked from the hopper in the tunnel ; to the milU.a.dirtarice of some 1700 feet, the' whole of the company's out-put t.of quartz, whicli he has done in ia very "satisfactory manner., lrn!'truc':s at a time being the , average hauling. However, last week, returning m ith ; empty trucks/ his foot got culangleiJm tho iron ways, and he came to grief with a sprained fetlock, and was uuable to worli. This cccessitatcd the employment of five truckers to keep the mill going. The-Coinpany hare decided to place t heir old servant on full pay till recovered from his untoward fall, and in the meantime have purchased another horse, who, for the first'time this morning, liaiT taken' (0 the trucking in a very kindly manner, and will have a mate to relieve him, of his own flush and blood ,_ as soon as j Hector gets the use-of his four legs.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS18750716.2.12.3
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2038, 16 July 1875, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
188MOANATAIRI. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2038, 16 July 1875, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in