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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3179, 6 September 1881, Page 2

Hastings oan nov 'i.ajt of two steam flour mills, Messrs E. Beck's new one having been set in motion to-day. Mr Fergussou, the proprietor of the Criterion Hotel, has made a great improvement in that liouse by removing the partition between rooms Nos. 1 and 2, and converting tho apartment into an extra commercial and general boarders' room. Mr Thomas Foreman's little boy was brought into town last night with a very severe cut on Uie forehead, caused through being run over by a horse at Hastings. Dr de Lisle sewed the wound up, but it is not quite certain whether the skull is fractured. Amongst the recommendations passed at the Municipal Publio Works Committee la9t night was that tenders be invited for No. 7 contract. This will be th 6 final oontract in connection with the drainage works, and in» eludes the drainage of all the cross streets leading into the main sewers. The quarterly meeting of the Ngaruroro Licensing Bench was held this morning at the Supreme Court House. Present: Messrs. J. A. Smith (in the chair), J*. N. Williams, Batham, and Tuke. The only business before the bench was an application for a transfer of license from J. Madden to R. Hughes for the Konini Hotel. The application was granted. The news of the finding of a body on Mr Beamish's run has been so telegraphed to the press of the colony that it is referred to as the >{ Okawa murder." As this is not the big gooseberry season the circulation of such a sensation is pretty good for an average reporter. It happens that the body was that of the old demented native who, some weeks ago, wandered from his pa, and whose remains, being found on tbe hill, were ordered by Mr Beamish to be buried on the spot. The quarterly meeting of the Licensing Bench for the Napier district was held this morning at the Supreme Court House. Present: Messrs J. A. Smith (in the chair), Tuke, and Batham. An application made for the transfer of the Masonic Hotel license from T. Shirley to J. Hislop was granted. The report of the Inspector in reference to the complaints of the condition of certain licensed houses was satisfactory, the required improvements having been made. A case of sudden death occurred last night. A man of the name of Parr, a locksmith, residing near the Catholic Church, on the Shakespeare-road, during the evening was apparently in his usual health, but at a quarter to ten o'clock was taken suddenly ill and died almost immediately. Dr de Lisle was sent for at the first alarm, but on arrival found that life was extinct. Parr had been suffering for the last two years from asthma, and had been treated as a hospital out-patient. He leaves a widow and five children utterly destitute. An unfortunate accident happened to Mr Ben B. Johnson at Waipawa yesterday, whereby a small bone of his leg was broken just below the knee. It appears that Mr Johnson was engaged capturing a horse in Messrs Miller and Potts' paddock near the railway station, and had run the animal into a corner, when it made a furious kick, catching Mr Johnson a severe blow on the calf of his leg, with the result above stated. The sufferer was at once driven to his residence, and Dr. Mirbach. sent for, who, on his arrival, set the injured limb. The patient is now progressing favorably, and general sympathy is expressed for him on account of the accident.

Pollard's Liliputian Opera Company in " Les Cloches de Corneville" to-night at 8. Tenders for tho erection of a building for Messrs Knight Bros., Hastings, must be sent in by to-morrow. Tenders are invited for painting and paperhanging. Messrs Neal and Close liavo made special reductions in their stock of kid gloves. A special meeting of tho Hawke's Bay Jockey Club will be held on the 15th. instant. Found a parcel. Accounts against the Napier Eire Brigade are to be rendered without delay. Consignees for 150 drums of sheep dip are wanted by the agent of the New Zealand Shipping Company. Miss Best, of Dunedin, and Miss Bernard, of Wellington, have taken charge of the millinery and dressmaking departments in Blythe and Co.'s establishment. The Artillery Volunteers parade at the Protestant Hall to-morrow evening, at 7.30, when they will receive their new arms. Rehearsal for St. Paul's choir concert takes place at Mr Aplin's residence to-night at 7.30. Fortnightly meeting Temperance Mutual Improvement Society to-morrow at 8 p.m. Several now advertisements will be found in our "Wanted" column.