Local Intelligence.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 385, 26 August 1874, Page 2

Local Intelligence.

The coach proprietors have raised tha fares from Dunfdin toLawrence from 15ss to £1. We would again remind our readers that letteis by the Suez mail must be posted in Lawrence not later than 6 o'clock on Saturdny morning nexi. The usual monthly union prnyer meeting will be held in the Grammar School this evening, at half-past seven o'clock. These meetings hitherto have been well attended. The next of the course of lectures at (Jlarkcs Flat will be delivered by the Rev. J. Menzies on Friday next, 28th instant, commencing a>halfpast seven o'clock, The subject of lecture is "Southampton to Jerusalem and its environs." The lecture wilt be illustrated by magic lantern views.

Tse Good Templar movement is still gaining ground in Lawrence. Last Lodge night ten new members were initiated, and ten more proposed .{or initiation ajfc the. nest meeting

Mr. W. Hayes will sell to-morrow at Shumate's yards, a waggon and seven stanch horses with harness &c. An inquest was held in the Courthouse on Saturday raorring, before E. H. Carew, Esq., District Coroner, on the body of a Chinaman found dead in a hut near Waipori. The man had been for some time previously in the. Tuapeka Hospital suffering from heart disease, which according to the medical testimony, was the cause of death. The jury after a few minutes deliberation returned a verdict of death from natural causes. A number of heavy draught mares arrived in Lawrence on Holiday, for Mr. J. F, Hitching of Moa Flat Station. They are part of a, recent shipment from Victoria, and are of a superior stamp. A TODUG lad named Blackwood met with an accident on Saturday at Wetherstones. He was ridins; along the roadway when his horse collided with' a calf, both horse and rider falling ; the young fellow's hand was dislocated and he was otherwise bruised. Dr. Halley attended to the lad who is recovering from the mi&bap. From the " Dunstan Times " we observe that Mr. Christopher, who has occupied the position of agent of the Bank of New South Wales at Clyde for some years past, is about to be presented with a handsome testimonial by his friends of that place on his removal to the Lawrence agency. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Com" mifctee of Management of the Tuapeka Hospital was held last evening in the Commercial Hotel. The president, Air. E. H. Carew, occupied the chair, and there was a good attendance of,, members. The minutes of ordinary and special meetings were read and confirmed. The Secretary read the outward correspondence. The inward correspondence consisted of a letter from Mrs. Dewes complaining of a percentage being deducted fioin subsci iptions collected by her and Mrs, Cook. The letter was received aud ordered to lie on the table. The Eesideut Surgeon's repoit was laid on the table. It showed that during the month 12 patients had been admitted and 12 discharged, leaving 13 patients in the institution. Six outdoor patients had been treated. The monthly report of the Visiting Committee was read. The report was accompanied by a list of the furniture in the Hospital. The Committee, at the beginning of the month, had taken stock of the medical comforts, and caused their suggestions, adopted by the General Committee, to be carried out. They recommended the purchase of a washing machine aud other things for the use of the institution. Mr. Harrop had examined the stock of drugs in the Hospital, and considered the value of the same to be about £20. In examining the accounts for drugs, the Committee had been struck with the large amount expended on chlorodyno. During the 12 months, June 1, 1873, to May 31, 1874, the amount charged was £24 25., or over MOozs. for the year. From enquiry they found thnfc th« amount used at the Dunedin Hospital was about 40oz. per annum. The report recommended the draining of the ground near the Surgeon's residence. On the motion of Mr. Armstrong seconded by Mr. Jeffery, the Visi tin % Committee were authorised to purchase a washing machine, and carry out the suggestions in their report. In reference to die value put upon the druga the Surgeon remarked that he did not know the value of the druga in the Hospital,, but he was certain £40 or £50 did not put them there. The Committee then proceeded to consider the rules drawn uj> hy the sub-comm ittee, and after agreeing upon 1 upwards of twenty of them the hour being late an adjournment until Friday evening w<ts deemed nec<Si.iry. The meeting thereupon adjourned. A correspondent in Saturday's "Daily Times," writing on the subject of cremation, pithily miuirks that " there ia far more- odour from the living on the earth than from the dead iv the^arth." Mr. Matthew Hat will offer for public competition, by instructions of the executors of th.c late Mr. Andrew Taylor, at Mr. Long's yards, Tuapeka Flat, on Friday afternoon, a large mob of mixed cattle, horses, and* saddlery. He will also sell by public auction, at Havelock, on Saturday next, the house and household furniture of Mr. Joseph Grundy. There is a probability that a Spring Meeting will be held on the Beaumont racecourse esirly in November. No doubt the Tapanui and Mount Benger Jockey Clubs would contribute to a meeting held there, as there are a number of good hacks in these districts as well as in this one, whose owners would be ghd to give them a spin early in the season, and see what they- are made of. The " Illustrated. New Zealand Herald" continues to.sastain its good reputation. The August number contains a full complement of excellent engravings. >l Leaves from an Overland Sketch-hook " are very- interesting and well executed. " Coursing in Victoria" is also a good picture. Mrs. Knox, of Gabriels Gully, who had been suffering from a severe cold for some time past, and was under medical treatment, was seized with a violent fit of coughing on Sunday night, which, we regret to. Bay, terminated fatally.