' An' accident' of ratKeip "aseribuS natiireoccurred to DeVcttive Thblrnpsbii' OnFriday afternoon, while he .was proceeding on,..duty .the Makarewa, Bridge on' ithe Oreti.^ Mr ...Thomson was riding a" very spirited horse, ; and whilft crossing the fascines near the Waitiyi ;Bush,;the horse shied, and a f ter several attempts, lhrow his- rider. -.. ;Mr -Thompson, held on to the'reins: for sometime, endeavoring to check tho horse, *wliicli","turning round; struck cut with his- -hind ' feet f at liim, '-and ; ticked :j him Several times ; on the - ; face, head, cheit J and shoulder, and/at last got away, and bolted intq., the -scrjab. -A Afte.^ he -had ..-got -.assistance and cap tured the horsev Mr Thomson waited as far [as the Hospital, where his injuries were attended; to. by Drs/M-Clure ahd Murray: ' 'The bruises 1 which Mr Thb'mp^n ? ;Vecelyod^princip.'ally" 'about **; the face and chest— -wi)l necessitate/his confinement to bed for- four or five days.t-: !**: ■■■•> -^ AA ■■■:*,*. .;o' .*- j ;A "tn'o'eti'ng was hteld.atHuihes's Grand Junction Hbtel/;bn,Saturday;afterßopn^ /or ,th"e,pu'rpbsi?'. ofdrawing the attention; of Jtlis Honor ; the Superintendent to ; that portion of 5 the Northern Road through the Waikivi Bush. The; .meeting.'. was a large and influential one. '■ Ten resolutions^ cmboclying tiio sentiments* of those"" present, "were unanimpusly ; passed.: - Tb^proceedings terminated with 'a vote' bf' thanks to" the Chairman (Mr Hughes). _ .. „,. ,^ Yesterday afternoon a man, who v as in a state of intoxication, was rolling along* in "the reserve opposite the Post Office^ and suddenly rolled down the steep bank and into the Puni Creek. Had it not been- for the timely aid of ::some.;Samaritajis, who quietly pulled liini out,' the man would probably have been drowned. Tno water cura in tbis case proved the perfect one, the roan as he walked away'appearing to be a -thoroughly' wefc,;but quite a sober ret an. \ /The "civil business of the Supr'eme'Court will commence this morning' before' 'His Honor Mr Justice GV^sson, who will hold" his Court in the hall of the Mechanics' lnstitute. We ; were r inform ed.^hat -on Saturday night a disturbance.took.placa at ,theoffice ofjllr Davies, the Railway Contraetory Dae- street, with some of the men who were being paid, and who were disputing some matters: connected either with titne or their rates of wages. The aid of the police having been called in, the men were taken into custody- fjr a-breach of ; the peace.,. •,.
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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 31, 18 January 1864, Page 3
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