The Bruce Herald. "Nemo me impune lacesset." TOKOMAIRIRO, MAY 8, 1891.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 2263, 8 May 1891, Page 2

The Bruce Herald. "Nemo me impune lacesset." TOKOMAIRIRO, MAY 8, 1891.

The population ar Victoria, according to the late censns, is 1,333,000, Mr W. N. Biaik, Eagineer-in-Chief, died at Wellington on Monday night, from disease of the kidneys, after a prolonged illness. Messes J, A. Duthie and Co,, will hold a clearing sale of groceries, drapery, boots, &c, nnder instructions from Mr Jno. Walker, oq the premises, next the National Bank, tomorrow evening. The man that will take a newspaper for a a length of time, and then send it back 11 refused " and unpaid for, would swallow a bling dog's dinner, and then stone the dog for being blind. Ik the list of nominations for the Milton Licensing Committee in our last issue, the name cf Mr W. Taylor was inadvertently omitted. He was proposed by Messrs H. M. Marryatt and E. Stewart. Two marriages were celebrated in the new Anglican Cathedral in Melbourne on April 15. They were the first to take place in that edifice . The fees for each ceremony amounted to £40, and it is said that the bridgrooms cheerfully paid them, Johnston, who murdered his wife and children in Ballarat, is to be hanged, although 40 dootors asked for a board of enquiry as to his sanity. Wilson, who committed a criminal assault on a girl, will also meet his just doom at the same time.

An attempt to provide rational ammosement for the lads on the Flat, Dunedin, and so keep them cff the streets at night, has been started, and promises to be very sue* cesful. Nearly 200 attend nightly at the gymnasium and reading-rooms.

Edward Martin", a lad of 17, was found by a constable on Wednesday night trying to open Mr Cable's store, Dunedin, with a key. He had with him a bunch of various sizad keys. He is believed to have been guilty of the other burglaries which have taken place recently.

The attention of the County Council is called to the dangerous state of the bridge over the Milburn stream which crosses the North Branch road towards Mr D. Thomson's. A horseman yesterday very nearly oatne to grief, one of his horse's feet going through the bridge in two places.

The following players will represent the Milton Football Club in the coming match against Lawrence :— Morris, Coombe, Lynch, J. Camer, Par Jane, Grant, P. Comer, Macdonald (2), A. Grant, M'Lanohlan, Mirams, Gordon, and Sbraohan. The fceani will play all comers on Saturday afternoojj

A 3ERIOTJ3 accident resulting in the lobs of. an arm, happened on Tuesday evening to William Thornton, Boh of Mr T. Thornton, of Southbridge. The belt slipped off the drum of the threshing mill, and in order to stop the drum of the empty mill frous revolving, he threw a fold of the belt over the pulley. His right arm was immediately drawn round the pulley, and probably got ; between the pulley and^ the side o£ the milt.. The arm was^fearfuJJy crushed, the flesh 1 stripped from the bone, and; the elbow jointtorn out; ihVidrum. hadiito? be rev«ro9#

before the shattered limb obnld be released.. Dr Christie, assis ted by Dr Stewart, amputated the limb about the middle of the upper arm, and the unfortunate young mm is now doing as well as pan be possibly expected. Ths"' Paßtoralißta! Review ' has obtained trustworthy; -information; that \ one., selfdenjring leader of the labor agitation, who >\olds four union Becrataryßhipß,makeßiasb £1300 a year out of the various billets. This man,' andj)thert clever loaf ers of the same description, are. the only men who do make anything out of the strike business. Dr Baer, of the Liverpool Northern Hosv pital. reports a number of oases of treatment of typhoid fever by prolonged immersion in warm water. One girl, aged 16, spent sue days in a tank, and was completely cured. A man,' aged 28, was immersed in a tank for -31 days, with successful results. The doctor states that he has treated in all twelve patients to the " water cure," and tbab the mortality has been nil. The Government have decided to propose the abolition 1 of the property tax and to establish a graduated land tax. Other taxes will, however, be necessary to make good the amount now derived from the property tax, but what form these shall take — 'whether by means of an income or other -tax — is still under consideration. Ministers have not yet settled the details of the exemptions, &c, under the land tax, or the question of how far improvements shall be rated. ' Thk curator of the Southland Acclimatisation Society has oaptnred some large fish in the estuary of the Aparima, which may be trout or may be salmon, and Professor Hutton is to be asked to decide the doubtful case. Wonder if the southern experts are sare they are not mackerel or sprats. It seems strange that after all these years nobody should know whether fish are salmon or trout. Some people will naturally aßk why, if salmon and trout are so much alike, it ahould be worth while to go to so much trouble and expense about the salmon, seeing we are sure of the trout, and have it in abundance in most of our streams.

There was a good muster of the Brnce Rifles, including 18 of the new recruits, on Wednesday evening. Col. Webb, who is in 'Charge of the district, vice Lieut. Colonel Gordon, inspected the corps, and the arms and accoutrements, and expressed himself as highly satisfied. The men were then inarched outside, and the Colonel put them through nearly two hours' hard drill. After their return, he complimented them on their appearance and efficiency, and desired them to make as good a show as they could in Danedin on the Qaeen's Birthday. Sergeant Major Towler was also present and drilled the recruits in the hall, while the other men were in charge of Colonel Webb.

An incident that showa the unwisdom of tidding the Civil Service of men who have dsfcails of the country's business at theia fingers' ends, as it were, is related by the Wellington 'Press/ On one occasion the Government had to take a portion of a railway line through private property in the Wellington district, and the owner claimed £7,000 as compensation. Mr H. J. Elliott (TJnder-Secretary for Lands) remembered the sale of the land in question, though it had taken place more than a quarter of a century before, and he produced the old plans and Conditions of the sale, and it was then discovered that the land for the railway could, according to the conditions of sale, be taken by the Government for a very small fraction bf what the owner claimed. As a matter of fact the land owner got only £250, instead of X7.000.

Fob good quality of Furniture and best value for your cash, visit J. Bremnkr's Union-street, Milton, before purchasing elsewhere.— Advt.