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Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 66, 7 August 1878, Page 2

Tho oftd intolligonco wna brought to town yofltorday morn ing of tho clonth, untlor painful otroumßtancofl, of ft mnn nnmed Willinm Lponnrd. Tho deceased was worldnf? in tho Bovivnl mine, Murrny Creole, nnd on Monday ovoning loft tho claim for his hut. An ho did not como to work ycsiordny morning, Mr Batofl, tho mining manager, sont a mnn ovor to tho hut, whioh is only a short distance nwny. On arriving nfc tho hut tho man found that ft troo had fallon aorosfl it during tho night complotoly domoliahing it, Upon cxnminntion (ho body of tho dcoonsod was (icon lying under fcho trunk of tho troo, Hfo being quito osMnofc. Farthor aasistanoo was pro* ourod, nnd the hody was takon out. It was found that tho trco hnd fnllon diagonally acrofla tho lut, and tho unfortunato man's hoad was fri«lit,fullv ahatferod. Booth muflt hnvo bcon inntantanoouß aB tho body was In tho bod olothos whon found. Tho fall of tho trco wnfl not heard by tho inmntos of any of tho adjoining hufce, tho groat dopth of snow on tho ground would probnbly account for this. ])ocoa9od'a wntoh, whioh was found near him hnd slopped at twenty minutos pa^t 4, o'olook, nnd it ia conjoeiurbd that this in tho hour of thonooidont. Tho body wnu brought into town lator in tho day and, oonvoyod to Iho hospi(al. Doooasod was ft sober intolligonfc man, nnd leaven ft wifo nnd four children who rcoido on tho Groy Road. Tho nnd aooidont oaßt a g'oom ovor tho neighbourhood, and tho minors tuinocl out promptly to assist in carrying tho body to «own, Tho funorul will tuko plnco to-dny, at 2 o olook. Tho next Knglifllt nnd European mail via San Francisco, will clono nfc tho looal ofllioo on Monday 12th August at 7 a.m, A man named William Sorvioo wns found dond in hiß bod on Sunday last, nfc tho Inangahua Junotion. Tho deeeaaod was a oarpontor by trado, and was in the employ • of Mr 0. Mintlcrmnnn. Tho unfortunate man hnd boon addiotod to drink, Ho was a nativo of Glnsgow, and wnn about 42 yonrs of ago. Ho wns woll known In Rcefton. An i itiquost will bo hold on Tuesday, (yostorday) as soon ns Mr Covonor Broad arrives. Tho Wcßtpovt mail arrivod last night. Tho '. driver (Mr Silcwc), informo ua (hat threo inohefl of snow foil in Wosfcporfc on Mondnv nighf, whioh was qnito nn unprooedontnd ' oocurronco' Ho repoi ts that (ho snowsfall in tho Innngnhua, did r.ofc rxlond beyond (ho k Innrignliua Landing, but snow in conaidor^ ablo qmntities was mot with shortly boforc ) roaohing Larry's Creole, Tho mail loft again this morning. , Owing to tho inolomonoy of tho wonthor tho ball announood to bo hold at tho Union Hotol, Caplosfon, has boon postponod. t In nnotbor column wo publish tho bnlanooshoot of tho Hopoful Company, Onploston. t Owing to prossuro upon our spaco wo aro oompollcd to hold ovor Iho lisfc of subeorip* 1 ?ions rcooWod towards tho Thompson Relief Fund, V Thosnow»fall of Monday night, was tho hcaviost ovor witneasod in Eoofton, tho quantity whioh fell along tho Buller Rond being quito two foot. In Bioadway tho full was not quite co groat,

8,» „ ',l.— .l—— !»--— _ ho Mnnnciul Statement reached us after L.to prone Hi of our readqrs will loam with rogvot HKmcwliat; fliuUon death of Mr John this city. On Friday week last Pfon, whilst, in po'rfoet lmalth, chatting i his family after dinnor; Was solsr.od with nn npoplotio lit, whioh torminntod in hie, death nfc nn early hour yootorday morning. Mr, Dixon, who who fathor-in«law to Mr Honry Maoo, of this cily, was ft pnrtnor in tho firm of Mossra Mnoo and Arlsoll, brewers, in old Oufltom-hou»o-»troct, Ho oamoto Wollington about 12 months ago, and had recently disposed of his intoroafc in hie buulnous with tho intention to rotiro into privato Hfo on a well earned oompotonoo. During tho timo ho hna boon horo ho mndo many friondfl, for ho wao of a most gonorouo und kindly di»« position. Than tho docoaiod, fow raon wore bottor known and nono moro rospootod, on tho Wcßt Const of tho Middlo Island, whoro ho was for many yonrfl an influential resident. Muoh of tho Hiiccoflo whioh has attonded qnavtr, mining at Roofton is duo to tho onorgy and porsovoranco oitho luto Mr Dixon. It was ho (together with his purlnor and Bonsinlaw, Mr Maun) who first iritroduood machinery to tho roofs, and ho spont largo euras ofmonoy in dovoloping thorn. His ontorprieo in tho Inangahua district sot a good oxamplo to ofchors, and tho roofs, in that distriot aro tho boat paying in tho Colony.— Now Zoaknder. Tho Duko of Wollington died In Soptomboif, 1852 (nays an English papor), ftud uftor ft lapse of upwards of flvonand-twonty years tho monument oroofced to his memory in St Paul's Cathedral is compicto, and has boon handed over by tho Board of Works lo Uw custody of tho Dorm and Chapter. Tho groat Duko'a military nohiovomonts oxtondod ovor aomo twonand-twonty years, so it has takon one Govornmont eomo throo yoarn longor to build him a monument than ho took bimnolf to build up his reputation as a great military oommandor. Tho Now Zoalandor says that as showing tho rosponsiblo park lawyers play in arranging Court . battlos, tho plaintiff in a oaeo boford tho Supreme Court, Wellington, stotod that ho had originally laid tho damngoo at £600, but foun 1, on arrival i 1 Wellington, that his legal advisors had modostly flxod tho olaim at £1050. Tho jury found for tho plaintiff £20 damagos. Tho Township of Goro must bo in n vory objootionnblo condition. Tho Mataura Kn» sign suggests tho holding of a rogntta thoro. ' A capital oourso/ it cays, ' could bo solootod, starting from Mr Aloxandor Maokny's blacksmith's shop, passing botwoon Mr ITchorr's bakory and this offloo, thenoo past tho roar of Mossrs Thomson and Boattio'n Htovo and tho Bank of TTow Zealand, round tho lator premises 1 and uptho Goro Canal, jtho:-thofymtyqg'p'ost-b'oin^Qp^ I Tho good timo coming for Roofton will; nssuroclly load to a oonoidorablo inoroaao in population, tho weather that has nfHiotocl tho diotriot so long having bvokon up mid din» nppoarod, and tho roads again in good work* ing ordor, will throw lifo nnl chpor fulness nround and upon this portion of Now Zealand so favorod and bo blosaod, with all that rondcrs lifo 'acfrooablo, but whtoh may and frequently do load to thoso habits whioh ongondor diseano through oxposuro to sioknosn and chills, tho hoftltlttost may bo (ifcrlokon down by RuKOM/VTrast, RitEUAUTia Gown Lumbago, Intkumittknt Fimena. Bimouhs* Unas, &0., and it Is well that all ahould know tho most roliablo euros for thoso aro tho famous Immak Mbdioinks known as 'Ghollah'j Groat Indian Cures,"— thoy oan bo had of M. It. CHimngc, Ohomist appointod solo wholosulo agent a for Roofton and distriot. Sco tostimouials in ndvortia» ing column, — Advfc It is of Vital Tmportnnon that tho pooplo should bo mado aoquaintod with tho faofc that thero havo boon plaood upon tho markofc flory compounds of a moat pornioiouß nature, imported and domostio, ropro«ntod by their unscrupulous vendors to ho tho sumo ns or 1 bottor than' ono of tho moat salutary and ngrooahlo medicinal bovoragos in oxistonoe, to wit, TJPOWHO WOT.PB'fI SOIIIBDAM AItOJtATIO SonNAMB