FALL THROUGH A SKYLIGHT.

Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 49, 26 August 1905, Page 6

FALL THROUGH A SKYLIGHT.

[press association.! PALMERSTON N., This Day. Geoffrey Read, an employee in the Royal Hotel, and a Teoent arrival in the colony, fell through a skylight in the New Zealand Clothing Factory -pre- I mjses this morning, and sustained a frac- | tured thigh and internal injuries. He ' waa removed to .the Hospital in a critical state. MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION. The Returning Officer (Mr. James Ames) publishes particulars concerning the election for the vacancy in the City Council caused by the death of Mr. G. Wiltshire. There are six. candidates for the seat— Messrs. J. P. Luke, G. H. Baylis, W. C. Noot, A. H. Fullford, M. H. Biggs, and N. M'Guinness — and there will be twelve polling booths. The election is to be held next Thursday, the, booths being open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. ■ In another conlumn Mr. Biggs publishes a notice to ratepayers regarding his candidature. Mr. G. H. Baylis is to give an address to electors in Heginbotham's Hall next Monday evening. A notice to electors is published in another column by Mr. A. H. Fullford. Mr. John P. Luko publishes an intimation to electors that he is a candidate for the vacancy. Mr. Luke was a member of the last City Council. To-day a. cart laden with coal, "while coming down the incline leading to Plim-mer's-steps, carried the horse away. Approaching the steps the how© fell to one side, thus escaping destruction, Hut smashing the fences on either side. Mrs. Gale, ,a middle-aged lady, who was on the steps below, ran to escape the impending danger, and fell on the steps, inflicting several sever© wounds on the face and head, including a broken hoeo. She was attended by Dr. Collins. Mr. ana Mrs. Gale intended leaving for Sydney this_ afternoon, but the trip is now postponed. The Pencarrow light this morning formed the subject of a deputation from ■the Merchant Service Guild to the Hon. W. Hall-Jones, MinisteT of Marine. Thes ) deputation 'brought a petition praying I that the present Pencarrow light be left where it is, and that it be supplemented by a low-level light. The Secretary ('Mr. Watson) explainid that snipmasteM had suffered inconvenience from the fact that the high light was often obscured oy fog, while for 25ft above high-water mark the weather T/as often clear. Captains Eckford, North, and Hart also urged that there should be no 'interference -with ihe present light. A lower light Avas .the one most Tequired in. foggy weather, and though the present light ■was often obscured a light half-way down would be more often obscured. It was also pointed out that the present light was easily picked up in daylight against the hills behind, but it could not bo so picked up if it were half-way down. Moreover, the present light wan required for vessels leaving the 'harbour after leaving Somes Island ,i#:<»rn. 'me Minister said that he preferred to have the light high rather than a low one, on account of the superior range. The position ihe Department took up was that as a coastal light the- present one could not be improved upon, but if a harbour light were required it was the duty di the HaTbour Board to provide it. He had been told in the past that the top of the cliff was often obscured, and that -was why he thought it better to place the light lower down, and had had a report supplied on a good site 90ft above high-water. He would look into the matter again, however, but ha concluded by reiterating that the present position waa the best for a coastal light. So far as the dancers are concerned, the Coloured Lancers and Bal-Poudre which is to be held in the Town Hal 1 next Wednesday evening is an assured success. There will be 300 dancers in the. Grand Ji'uxh with which the ball is to open at 8 o'clock, and for this march, by the way, a rehearsal is to be held on Tuesday afternoon. A very large number of entries has been received for the Lancers competition, 'ihe iets entered include a Government House set (in which Lord and Lady Plunket will take part), a Parliamentary Mjt (which will include the Premier and Mrs. Seddon), a set from Hnwke's Bay, and others of a representative nature. The Lancerß contest is to be voted upon by the patrons who witness the spectacle, and his Excellency the Governor has offered a prize for each lady in tue winning set. The Government House party will not be in the contest. There are to be minuets and Sir Roger de Coverley dances also. An the dancers are all to be in fancy costume, nnd each set will have uniformity of dressing, the sight should be a most attractive one for the non-dancing public, who can view the scene from the gallery and the platform, where seats may be obtained at 5s and 2r 6d. The ball has been organised as a means of raising a substantial contribution to the Veterans' Home. The hon. secretary (Mr«. Arthur Pearce) publishes a notice- of interest to those who intend taking part in the balL

LATE SHIPPING. ENTEREIr OUtwARDS. iugust 26— Wimmera, bs, 1872 tons, Wyllie, for Svdncy. Tassenseis : Saloon — MiS3e3 Craig," Beard, Kirk, Westerfcon (2), Mitchell, Su'.lUne, Johns (2), ilesdjiiifis Dwan and child, Beard, Derrick, Vuughan and child, M'Duugall and two children, Piirsons, Gale, Habc and cliild, Kendall, Westerton, Sexton, Holder, Johns and 2 children, Captain Grainger, Rev. Fathers Mnrian, Fcnoyl, Di. Dodd, Messis. Dwan, Beard, Derrick, Foster, Gale, Rube, Ecolcs, Kendall, Tanling, AVesterton (2), Stephenson, Discacmti, Brindley, Hislop, Malan, Dutton, Lambie, Mitchell, Ramsden, Enckson, Johns, Clark, Border, Young, and Curran; 35 steerage. BY TELEGRAPH." SYDNEY, 26th August. Arrived,— Manurewa, from Kaipara; Elverland, from Auckland; Star of England, from Dunedin. Sailed— Pegasus, for New Hebrides. * KEWCASTLT3, 26th August. Sailed — Alexa, for Nelson; Elizabeth Graham, for Wellington; Kathleen Hilda for Auckland. . • „ « MELBOURNE, 26th August. Arrived-Star of New Zealand, from London AUCKLAND, 26th August. ' Sailed-Taiawera, for Southern ports. Paieengcra for Wellington-Misses Maselev, G^lSStll; S'Lean. ennet> "^ BlU ' to » "» d «». (Il.iq p.m.), for Wellington.