JOTTINGS FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 784, 6 April 1910, Page 8

JOTTINGS FROM WANGANUI.

A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

(By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) • ' Wanganui, April 5. ' The performance of "Hans the Boatman" by the amateurs last night was generally voted a big success. Air.'(x. K Fama's impersonation of Hans was particularly good, while Mrs. L. Wilkie deserves great credit for the successful portrayal of the part of the Boatman's daughter, and Mr. J. 0. Swan was at his best as YankThursby. The other parts were also well idled, and tho production was in every way a highly meritorious one. There is, another good house to-night!. . Much interest is being taken in the series of concerts to bo given hero by the "Besses o' th' Barn." .

A young man named Roy Brookie, employed at Gibbons's • Brewory,; met with a nasty accident this: morning. Ho went to shirt the belt, but in some way got caught in tho belting, and was carried round and over the shafting. Fortunately the.machinist happened to be standing near tho engine, and hearing the cries of the young man immediately stopped it. Brookie was-found to have had his leg fractured and was also considerably bruised. It is understood that he had only resumed work a day or two ago after a spell necessitated by a previous accident.

It is stated that when the Badge Road between the Wanganui and. Waitptara Rivers, is completed settlers:and,others will be able to_driyo.backwards and forwards to Pipiriki in five) hours, the distance between the two places by .that route being only 36 miles. The annual, statement of tho gas accounts for the period ending March 31 last shows that a profit of £2800 has been made for the year, a result which must be very gratifying to the manager (Mr. G.'D. Stone), who" is to bo'hoartily congratulated oh., the achieved, as he has succeeded in improving the working of this branch of the boro'igh services 'with, a" minimum of expenditure. 'The'., receipts for the year total £23,488, and tub' expenditure £21,085. Considerable' increases are shown in the sales of gas, coke, tar, and fittings. The position in regard to the borough tramways for the year shows that after paying all expenses, including interest and sinking fund, the finances are about square.'A debit'of about £279 is shown, but this is more than.compensated for by the .stocks in hand, which total £286. ' ,''•■<■'

An incipient firo was discovered 'at Foster's Hotel this overling in the coalbos, but fortunately it had not made much headway, and the hotel hose was sufficient to quench the flames, ! other-wise-'much damage might have been .caused. -..''. '"' . The typhoid fever patients and other Natives who wero ill at the up-river settlement' at Jerusalem ars now. convalescentj thanks to the : careful attention of two experienced Native nurses who were sent by the Department j and to the kindly assistance of the Roman Catholic Sisters at Jerusalem. There was a considerable amount of sickness at the pa in addition to fever.