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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 5, Issue 253, 19 September 1861, Page 3

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The Liverpool and 'Lond9N..-A.ssuran'ce Company -—This Company, we ,are. glad, to learn, have settled A/essrs. : Taylor, Watt, aiul Co.’s claim on them, in connection with the late fire, in a perfectly satisfactory ; manner—the reference to Sydney having brought, .back instructions to pay the claim in full with interest, which lias accordingly-llpenjato'ne. Fatal Accident. —On. Wednesday evening last week, as A r ahona, a son of the A/aori chief at Aramalm, was riding up- the . river bank road at a furious pace, his mare stnmbled and fell. 7’lie rider was thrown forward 20 or 30 feet with great violence, and fell.heavily on the ground. He was immediately carried into the house of Mr. Murray, o.f . Elderslie, near which the accident .happened, and every thing possible was done for. his relief.till the] arrival of the doctor, who found tjust his collar bone was broken, and that, he h,#3 received! some severe internal injuries. VH&wa's’ con-j veyed to the Colonial hospital, where he lin-; gered till Friday morning. . His- death is at-i tributed to concussion of the He wasaj remarkably fine specimen of a A/aori, a strong active young man, and at last Rural Sports had distinguished‘himself bqth tn Wrestling and jumping. 7'he . mare' /he' ’rode, an animal for which he had refused' £6O a few days beforp, was so much injured that it was. found necessary to shoot her... ’ : ! ' •

River Encroachments.— We~-understand that an attempt is now about to'be - made to' stop the eating away of the river bank ahnvei the town by the current, a process-which if allowed to continue threatens- within no longj time to take away part of the town. It is iii-| tended to throw a pier out from tjicAmik at; Nixon’s creek 50 feet river,! to be continued 24 feet ftirthe-r in ail oblique! direction downwards. It-is. -tn bti made of piles and battens well driveA in to'The bed of the river, and strongly braced and bolted together. Behind this; wooden ;Walßare to be sunk fascines of manuka, and on the top of them a large mass of clay is to be laid'So" as to make a'broad and firm embankment that will resist the rush of the current even in, the time of a flood. The groin or pier is as high as the usual rise of the river.in a freshet, and it is expected that the' - deposit. ; qtj niud -and timber which will gradually. liA nptjje in the still water in front of the not only materially strengthen the;\york, but .will gradually change the direction of the current.. It the operation be successful; the Mine process will be gone through 'at another point higher up the river, and 'thus, not only will further encroachment bfe stopped, butpart ofj the ground that lias beeh : swe|t 'may be! reclaimed, The contract; lias; been taken by Mr. Jackson, and as Colonel 1 Murray lias, with liis usual "liberalfty, agreeil to allow some of the soldiers To lhflp iii the construction of the pier, it"will it is expected, for less : than the ; ! sum granted by the Government. ....... Sm Geo. Gre v— An address to otir hevfc Governor lies for signature at Messrs. Taylor, W Htt, and Co.’s stores,, till next Thursday.

.Wasga-nui- Rifle’ Volunteers.*— Eredericlc Parkes is gazetted as. Ensign in No. I Company. Date of commission, 2nd sept.

Private Lxsd Sa.lks.~K ; considerable amount of landed property in this neighbourhood has been disposed of during the past few weeks, two of which may be noticed, as the prices afford a fair criterion of what land in various states of cultivation is at'present Worth in this attractive part, of New- Zealand, The beautiful estate of Kai-iwi, lying eight miles out of town towards the north, and consisting of 1500 acres of very good land, about half of which is fenced and laid down iti grass, the other half, though not ploughed, being.well covered with a fine sward, has been sold by Mr. Treweek to Mr. Jas. Alexander, of this place, for £6OOO, being at the rate of £4 per acre. Mr. Alexander, we believe, also takes the stock belonging to Mr. 7’reweek, but we have not heard the price to be paid for it. ' The small farm of 32 acres, adjacent to the town reserve on the south bank of the river, with a good house standing on it, has been boright by Mr. Jas. Speed from Mr. Joseph Jones for £550. The vicinity of this land to the town will render it valuable.

The 7/eron, Capt. Laing, arrived on.the 14th from Nelson in ballast, with Messrs. Treweek, Cameron, and Lpgisten as passengers. The Heron left this three weeks ago with cattle for Auckland, but encountering heavy head winds, and twelve of the cattle having died, ran into Nelson, where the rest of the cargo, was disposed of at about 25s per 100 lbs.