LQCAL AND GENERAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 299, 23 October 1873, Page 4

LQCAL AND GENERAL.

The British mails will close the Lawrence post-office at 6 o'clock on Wednesday morning next. • Wb received last night a report of the Resident Magistrates' and Wardens'. Courts held af Roxburgh, on Tuesday last, but at so late an 1 hour thai we were obliged to hold it over till our next issue. The tunnel of the Glarks Hill Go. is now in 880 feet. The line of the Gabriels Gully reef is eipected to bo crossed by the end of next Week. ' ■ ' A stable belonging to Mr. George W-alker, situated on the Coalpit Flat, was burned to tha grom.d yesteiday morning about 7 o'clock. Thq fire was cUsgcvered by Mr Walker in one corner of the stable, anil by' the time lie had his horse and harness reuab ved, the flames enveloped, the building, which was constructed of manuka scrub walls and thatch rtfbf. Mr. Walker was in the' stable feeding the horse twenty minutes before the alarm of fire was given, and no sign whateyer of any. burping was observed by him. Being somewhat supicious under the circumstances of foul play, 4 he gaVe information to the police, who are making strict inquiry into the matter. Mr. Walker estimates his loss at £20,' Last week a boy named Kelly gat his face and hands badly burnt with powder at the' railway works in. the neighbourhood of Mr.' Harris' paddock. Xt appears that the boy ob-' taitaed. souie of the powder used by the workmen, and ignited it with a match. This should be a warning to those who hare the charge of powder in connection with the railway contracts to keep it in a place inaccessible, to children. AH accident happened a few days since at Waipori to. a hoy named Oartier, aged six years, by which one or" his legs was broken. The poor little fellow received the injury from a cow which rushed him. He was brought in to the hospital, and. is progressiug favorably. The Secretary of the Cricket Oluh requests, us to* state that "a scratch match will be played} to-morrow afternoon, when it is hoped all interested wyrW present. From advertisement and handbill it will be observed that' Mr. J. P. Armstrong, surgeondentist, can be consulted at the Victoria Ho tot for the next ten days. We were yesterday shown some really excellent rhubarb, grown by Mr. Wm. Moss. It was the largest we have seen grown in the district. * THEPolycultural Society intend holding their show in the first week of Jauuary, and not the third week as tiiey had previously arranged. " On Friday evening last a fire broke out in the premises occupied by Mr. William Hall, bootmaker, Blue Sj.ur, bi^b fortunately it was discovered au'd extinguished before much damage, was done. The origin of tho fi;e is not known." S#mc rags soaked in kerosane were afterwards, found in the ropsn where the fire originated/ Mr. Hall's dog, which he had shut up in the house, had been set at liberty in his. absence, and when observed was found to have kerosene thrown over ib. The police were informed by" M r. Hall of the circumstances on the following tnoruing, and although there seemed something very suspicious connected with the fire, they did not succeed hr tracing its. origin. Ie fortunately, happened on a very calm night, otherwise nothing could, have saved, Mr. S. Curregh's and Mr. Cousins' shops and dwellinshouses. Mr. Kail's building and stock were insured for LlOtt. in the Ifarwich Union Society, and wo are iv-" formed the claim will be satisfied at once. Il^I 1^ was. our intention last week to hive called, the attention of capatalists and others to tho' prospectus of the Mnsgiel Woollen Factory' Company (limited)!. The na.tnes of the provisional directory should be a sufficient guaran.-' tee as. to its beingja genuine a;nl remunerative outlet for capital. TJvery facility in given to." intending, investors satisfying themselves as to* the success that has aj/teuiTed the undertaking] hitherto.; and. the, fact oF its having proved, 1 remunerative while" being conducted on acornparatively small 'scale should warrant the assumption that, with increased facilities for ex--tending the "works, the undertaking- cannot failin being a success. Forms of application for shares aud- all information can be had on application to Mr. Arbuckle, Norwich Union Fire Insurance offipe. Lawrence. Opposition coaching, on the road from Lawrence to Tnkomairiro has^becoine an established, fact. For souie two years past it has baen. talked of, but, like many .other good things, it' has been long in coming. On Monday morning Peel-street, for a short time, presented quite an' animated scene. ' Mr. " Clinton Lyons turned out' of the Victoria yards for the first time with a neat coach and a well-appointed team. Passengers were sgarce on this the first trip ; but' we have no doubt in a. week or two there will be sufficient traffic to. pay both, parties. Of. coaching intelligence we have another item to. chronicle. Last week saw Tommy Pope with,* the largest coach that ever came into Lawrence, ' 'with a full load of passengers. A MEETING of the Moa and Millers Flats Progress Committee was held on the evening of, Saturday, the lltk inst. Mr. Nicholson in the chair. The following office-bearers were then elected : — President, Mr. Nicholson ; Treasurer!* Mr. M'Leod ;. Secretary, Mr. Grant. The Secretary was instructed to communicate with." the Government in regard to the recognition of", .the Committee, kc., and., also to draw up a. code of standing orders for the regulation of;-" business. We draw the attention, of oar readers to an announcement in our 'advertisement columns that Messrs. Burton "Bros., photographists, and., artists, of Dunedin, have' opened their gallery" in Lawrence 'for a fourth season, which they declare, from other engagements pressing upon, them, must be a short one. The productions ofthis firm are well_known, and need no laudation, .from us, and we augur for them, as we wish, them, a very, successful season ; the more ea-^ pecially as we. notice that the recently reduced^ Dunedin scale of jjricea w4U lie adopted here. "' Wb extract the following paragraph from thet " Fiji. Times'* of the 6,th Sept.; kindly furnished^ to ni by Mr. William Hayes,. " Many of our readers will recognise the subject of the paragraph as Mr. David Maitland, who. left for the. Fijis lately with, the' object in view as stated be-* low;:— ". A'gfntleman (Mr- Maitlani, of Otago New Zealand)-who came up by the Star of, theSouth, op a visit to., the islands for a month, with the object of ascertaining if the political" condition of Fiji waa such as would justify, him. in investing capital in alarge sugar mill, heard; * yesterday, of the deputation of citizens to the Kinganda^ "he.lmcj, never seen hia Majesty ha thought it would be a Rood opportunity of doing so before leaving for New Zealand, and accordingly followed the depniaiion of whites to theKingy residence. Noticing' the armed force of< Fijians drawn across the road, aud supposing there had been some objection to the deputation, going'fmHher. he' innnediatly returned to town, at a walking pace. When half w.ay back he met" about forty armed Fijiana apparently without-, any one" in charge* ariel when passing they all . turned upon hjm, presented their muskets,; with^ bayonets fixed, full cocked, with fingers on the; trigers, which Jed him. to expect that he would/ be at once shot. In the meantime two Fijjans" atjacke-J him, from the back with, the butts of! their muskets, beating him severally about the r back and arms, shouting. and* yeliingSill th"c time, whek a Fijian rushed down the hill, caught him ' by the hand, and ordered the Fijians from, him. ' If" respectable visitors to' our shores, are to, meet " with this, kind of .treatment 3fc Is a poor induce- ' ment for them to invest capital/neither, can wo expect them to. settle ia our midst." A LOCAkLY-BUixT boat has just been launched; , on the Molyneux at tne Benger Burn. She is the property of Messrs. Graham and Steele,jsiuL I was built at "the Teviufc ; she appears well" J adapted for ferry purposes^ • f "'■>" ' ~"” %