Untitled

Grey River Argus, Volume LVII, Issue 10263, 20 April 1899, Page 2

At a meeting of t-he Hospital trustees last night — Messrs Nancarrow (chair) Petriej McCarthy and Gieseking- (present) it was decided to lay the foundation stone • of the new hospital on the 26th inst. The ( schoolchildren of both the State and . Catholic Schools will be requested to sing ',;... the New Zealand Anthem at the begin^ ■ ning of the- proceedings, and at the conclusion to sing the National Anthem, i The procession headed by the : fire i brigade and friendly societies (Messrs West and Vincent being marshalls) will leave Boundary street at 2 o'clock andproceed to the Hospital. The country people -". are especially requested to he . present I The townspeople are certaiifto attend]*-in ; force. Special train arrangements. are to be made to suit the occasion. „-"''."-. The Premier left Wellington for Grey-mouth.-.laisfcnight. ' :-. ij Yesterday we were shown a troufr afcout ; a l|lb in weight which was caught in the j river opposite the Albion Hotel. • This is ! proof that the trout imported by the AcI climatisation Society are in?king their way downstream. . > ,: At the Court this morning ah inforina- : tion for laying "tote" odds a* the recent '. races will be heard. -,•':/' An old miner residing at Welshman's ' had his week's stores, boots,-clothingretc, j robbed last week. On searching the locality his belongings were; found -:in- the, • hut of a Chinaman. The " almond-eyed" scoundrels at it again. . . : „ ' ; : " .', Messrs Friend and Thompson arriyecf : from Okarito on Tuesday. Theyirepor* that operations are still. proceeding 7 on the Waipara and the contractors yet hope to lift her. They have the sheer, legs in position" and are proposing to raise-the bow first. • , :.. ; ■■"■■ Constable Hole, of Wellington, has been retired from the policejforce, on account of failing health, and granted a compassionate allowance equal, to one year's pay. Constable Hole has served twenty years in the force in New Zealand, and was previously in th« Victorian gervice. Contractors in the Manawatu district; seem to be fully engaged at present.' In Wo or three cases:local bodies have advertised in vain for tenders for various works. ... - . V On Thursday afternoon's shift afc>the ' Progress Mine (says the; Inangahua Times) an accident; occurred *whicH might Bave terminated with fatal results. It appears that the cage Vaa rungip be lowered at/No 7 level, 'and the chamber-man at No £ had left the chairs open which caused the cage to rest there and when he discovered it" there was some 100 odd feet of slack rope on top of the cage. He; then pulled out thechairsand Ist: t^'&ge^ drop, the result was i§ jfeUtp.the bottom breaking the couplings" and seriously damaging the cage... For-, tunately the men. working in the shaft had just fired and went up in No 7 chamber otherwise a most serious and fatal accident must have happened. Ife is understood that the cages are fitted up with safety catches but on this occasion they could not have acted. This goes to prove the wisdom of the rider lately passed at the inquest; ~ That as b ace arid chambermatt have great; responsibilities none but practical men should be employed.