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Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1013, 28 May 1878, Page 5

The sale of Dr Kogeirs's furniture and effects by Mr Capstick, is postponed until Saturday next. The railway siding from the Balclutha Bailway Station to the river has given way. ■ A mass of stuff over 12ft in length by 4ft in depth has slipped quite from under the rails and fallen into the river and in another place a slip has occurred for some 16ft. . A series of important resolutions concerning the road to the coast have been given notice of, by Mr Wayne at the Glenledi Eoad Board, which wjll come on for consideration at a meeting to be held on the 13th of June next, at which ratepayers are invited to be present: ? There i 3 some probability that those who attend the sitting of the Milton B.M. Court this morning in hopes to have some fun out of h§aring the evidence in the poaching case .may be disappointed. . ThY ease ?may present itself for settlement without the necessity for, taking evidence. • ; "-;■ . : . Messrs J. J. Lane and Harry Marryatt hate been;, nominated as auditors for the Borough of Milton for the ensuing year.. . As no other nominations have been made these gentlemen will be declared duly elected. Messrs George Capstick and James Dickson/ whilst driving in a buggy from Milburn last night/; met with a somewhat serious accident. Their vehicle came in contact with. -acart (showing no. lights by the way), and the result was a smash of the buggy to pieces, vthe breaking of a couple of ribs by Mr Oapstick, and the injury- of,Mr Dickson to an extent that; wiU confine Mm to. his bed for at least a,; couple of days. . The sefctlers interested have resolved upon themselves undertaking the formation of a canal from the river to the Titri Bailway Station. The work will not be a very lengthy one, but its utility will be great. It will afford easy water communication with the stations from all round Lake Waihola, away to Waipori and down the Taieri river to the north, and will be of enormous benefit. The settlers who have undertaken its construction deserve every praise for their public spirit. The Canal will be 17ft wide at top, 14ft at bottom, and sftd cc.p. Mr Eric Sinclair is the contractor for the work, which is to be completed in one month, by which time we hope the Government will have erected a siding to facilitate the ■ traffic that will doubtless be attracted to -the spot. A crane will also be required. . . An old and faithful servant of the police— a horse — was killed by the down midnight train on Thursday. The animal got' upon the crossing in the Police Paddock and stood there. The train came. along and smashed him. - The first of a series of Sixpenny Beadings was given at the Court-house, Mataura Bridge, on -Friday evening, the 17th instant, in aid of the Church of England Funds. Several readings, recitations, and songs were rendered in first-class stylo. The attendance, in consequence of the inclemency of the weather, was 'not very large ; between forty and fifty, However the character of these entertainments is so well known at the Bridge that the residents there will fully ap predate the efforts of the Committee who purpose providing an evening's amusement each alternate Friday. Mr James M'Donaid, of Milburn, *is having a lime kiln eirected"at ; the Lime Stone Hills beyond Winton, lately leased by him from the Southland Waste Lands Board, and purposes at once, commencing the manufacture of lime on the spot for the supply of Invercargill and the Southland district generally. We wish our enterprising fellowsettlers every success in his new ( venture. The vertebral bones of , a large animal were recently discovered in the Limestone Bock being operated upon at Mr M'Donald's Lime Works, Milburn. Our knowledge of the animal world does not enable us to say exactly to what species the remains belong, but they appear like Moa bones. However, as they lie on Mr M'Donald's garden wall, perhaps some savant will shortly visit the spot and let us know all about them. A meeting of the Tokomairiro Farmer's Club Committee will be held on Wednesday evening next, at tlie Commercial Hotel to take steps for carrying out the Annual Ploughing Match, and also to consider a communication in reference to a National Society for the Middle Island. The subject of securing the services of a flrst-claas draught sire to travel the district, whether by bonus or premium will also be brought up. Thb Metropolitan Coursing Club's second meeting as will be seen by our advertising columns, will be held in this district on the 7th ultimo. The stakes are not bad, the dogs running ought to be numerous and good, and the sport should be fiwfccla»,

We regret to learn that M. A. H, Jack, the well-known and respected Manager of the National Insucance Company was seriously ill on Sunday last, and that his [health was prayed for in several of the Dunedin churches. Our city contemporaries of yesterday morning contained no notice of this circumstance, whence it may be con • eluded, perhaps, that Mr Jack had late on Sunday night taken a turn for the better. | Several letters have reached us in reference to the early closing- movement. The writers all allege that in consequence of the late closing by one tradesman who signed the agreement to close at a particular hour. The whole thing is likely to fall through. It is to b» hoped that there is some mistake in the matter for we should regret having to dp a duty w» performed here once before and point out the shopkeeper who, fox a fancied gain, broke down a system only fair to employees worked for already sufficiently long- honra. '-. . r J: The weather in the Wairuna district has been very rough and boisterous this last fortnight, and has a general aspect of winter, the hills being all covered with show. Thrashing is the chief work among the farmers, and neither the -sample nor yield are up to former years, owing to the very bad "harvest. An accident happened in the district last Tuesday which might have been fatal Mangus Mosley and Andrew Dickson were lining and flooring a mew barn belonging to Mr Martin Eae; when the sides -snddenly gave way, and the roof, which consisted only of a few tons of snow- grass, fell in on the top of the men. Happily they were soon extricated from the debris, frightened, but nothing more. The remains of the late Mr Allan M'Master of Saddle Hill, who met his d«ath by his. horse accidentally falling on him at the Brighton Bridge, were interred in the East Taieri Cemetery yesterday. When the funeral procession quitted his late residence on the banks of the Kaikora river, there were some 50 people in vehicles and 150 horsemen in attendance, and these numbers were added to at every cross-road, until over 300 persons were present. Mr M'Master arrived in New Zealand by the ship Moultan in 1850, and after a short sojourn in Dunedin, he selected a farm at Saddle Hill, on the Coast, which he occupied until his death, and on which he most assiduously stuck to his land, working and improving it.: His present family were born, brought-up, and educated on his selection, and are now (although left fatherless) well provided for. The funeral cortege, which must have been fully half a mile long, was a sufficient guarantee as to the estimation in which Mr M'Master was held in the Taieri and Saddle Hill districts. In times of trouble in his immediate vicinity he was always to the . front with his reaidy assistance, botii in the shape of money and counsel. Prior to the cortege leaving the house, the Key. Mr Innes officiated in prayer ; also at ♦•he grave. Mr M'Master leaves three, children and his wife. The youngest 19 and the oldest about 26 years.