Local Intelligence.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 378, 1 August 1874, Page 2

Local Intelligence.

The adjourned quarterly meeting of subscri. • bera to the funds of the Tuapeka Hospital will te held on Tuesday evening. It is to be hoped there will be a good turn-out of subscribers.. We understand the report of the Visiting Coini mittee on the excessive consumption of alcoholic and other drinks in the institution will be open for discussion by the subscribers. There are many persons who make ita practice to do a quiet giowl when such matters as have been investigated by the Visiting Committee are brought to light. Let these folks come forward bolillynud say their s.iy, and thiis give the Committee the benefit of their wisdom. In respouse to the advertisement calling a meeting of persons willing to form themselves into a Fiie Brigade, there turne.il out a goodly num'i'er on We.liiesday evening last. The* meeting was held in the Commercial Hotel, and was presided over by Mr. Armstrong. The followiug parties signified their willingness to act as wor-king members of the Brigade : Messrs. Armstrong, Hills, M"Taggart, Whittet, iJJ'Pherson. lUiudlenriss, Titchener, Menzies, Holmes, Low, Davison, Quin, Pressley, Robinson, Coverlid, and Draper. Mr. Holmes was appointed Secretary. On the motion of Mr. Hills, seconded by Mr. M'Taggart, the following renolution vns adopted .—". — " That circulars be sent to the above mentioned persons, calling a meeting for the e'.ectiqju of office-bearers, &c, and the fonuingand adopting of rules, said meeting to be held on Saturday. Ist August, in the Commercial Hotel." The meeting then adjourned. k Yesterday afternoon an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Beaumont and Tuapeka Water Race Company was held in the Commercial Hotel. There were 1615 shares j represented at the meeting. Mr. Armstrong was called 1.0 the chair. Tho manager made a statement of the position of the company, which showed liabilities to the amount of £86. Ie was stated that there wa3 The sivn of £6 in the bank to the credit of ths company. A resolu. tion was passed instructing rue manager to | wait upon alt the shareholders who hart not i paid their calls, and offer them the option of paying up the cfVlls or fofeiung their share's. There being- no other business, tho meeting closed. Thb following Switzars telegram appears in Thursday's "*Guanlw,n." A brother of th? Rev. Mr. Jloriiaon, of lhi«j place, lias been loot at the upper Waikaia for ten days. There i« no possibility of searching. for the body, the anow now being from 3ft to sft deep, IMMEDIATELY after the Government land salea, Tapanui, Mr. H.iy sold the Preshyteiian Wanse aud glebe of 50 acres, for the sum of £310. Mr. J. F. Kitchiug was the pui chaser. The result of the experiment o f putting Hospital subscription boxes on the line of rail--way has so far pioved successful. Tho two boxes ou Mr. Goo'lfellow's contract weve opened yesterday, and although they were only lecenlly placed there, they were found to contain on examination the handsome sum of £7 6>. 9d. The Lodge, Queen of the South, 1.0. G.T., Blue Spur, held their regular meeting on the 29th July, when the following officers were elected for the ensuing term : — W.P.C.T. Bro. Ealston, W.C.T. Bro. Varcoe. W.V.T. Sister Cousins, W.S. Bro. Hopwood, W.C. Bro. Whiteside, W.F.S. Sister Uren, W.T. Sister Ralston, W.J.G. Bro. PTters, W.O.G. Bro. T. Cousins,' W.A.F.S. Bro. D. Campbell, W.M. Bro., Mills, W.D.M Sister Wynn, W.R.H.S. Bro. J. Cousins, W.L.H.S. Bro. l! Pope. Shis Lodge, we are informed, now nun^rs.abquyhjrty. njyagjjgg^

An accident happened to Mrs. M'Gannon, matron of tlie Tuapeka Hospital, yesterday niorning, of such a nature as will prevent her from performing her duties forat least a couple of mouths. The accideut occurred in this way : M^'s. Skiuner, of Waituhuna, who lias lately been a patient iv the Hospital, died early on Friday morning, and about mid-day Mr. Skinner, not knowing that his wife was dead, came in from Waitahuna to enquire for her. The matron, eager to communicate the mournful tidings as gently as possible, on pei ceivinjf Mr. Skinner approaching the Hospibal ran out to meet him, and in her haste fell and broke her leg above the ankle. The broken limb was speedily attended to by the Kesident Surgeon, and we 'are informed the patient is getting on well. Mb. Hay, dining the past week, sold eight sections in tho town of Tapanui, at prices ranging from £3 10s to £9 , in the town of Duukeld six sections, at prices ranging from £5 to £12 ; in the town of Waikaia, twenty-eight sections, at the up&efc prices of £3 and £5 , and in the town of Xlavelock eight sections, at the upset prices of L 3 and L 5, In the latter town, several rural sections weie sold at from the upset pi ice to L 4 2a 6d. The election for Councillors for the East and West Wards and for two auditors for the town of Lawrence is proceeding to-day. There is considerable interest shown in the compulsory election for West; Ward, theie beinjj four ratepayers nominated and only some 25 or 30 voters. The Tapanui ploughing match, the prizes for which are advertised in another column, takes place on Tuesday nexfc. The match is open to alloomers, and the amount offered for prizes is sufficient to induce good ploughmen from a distance to compete. We have no doubb there will be a good turn-out. Pos>T3 and rails for the fencing of the Tuapeka lailw.iy line, we oliserve by a con tern porary, aie being conveyed fiom the W.tipoii aad Lower Taiori bushes, via Otatua; and tlience per d~ay, so Ihat the cost of the fencing material of this line, whe>i placed ou the ground, must b>' veiy con.sider.iMe. JMr. A. MMCegsf, of Otakia, who has«eveial punts employed on the Taieri liver, chiefly in the conveyance of railway material, .seems to be (loins; a. large trade in posts and laib for railway and other purposes, Mil. itfERVYN, in his place in the took up our suggestion in an .iriicie some months ago, and asked that tele^;a;«li oper.itois afc stations en the (Jlucha river should be instructed to notify tho uppioach of floods tuid &uddon fieshes i/i the river, as it wouM often save pioperty and life. The Premier thought it would be better to keep the Dep.utmert as it was * purely mechanical. Let it despatch news, not collect it. air. Reynolds was understood to say the matter would bo considered in connection with the storm-siguals items.