NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1780, 15 November 1887, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

A good number of members attended tbe meetiDg of Oddfellows on Monday night. The usual an.ount of business was dealt with; three candidates were initiated into the order, and two proposed.

Trout are reported to be numerous in the Waiokura stream. One gentleman caught eight or nine with the artificial fiy a day or two ago, but returned four or five as they were just under under Jthe regulation size, viz., 8 inches.

Mr. ODea informs us that he proceeds to Patea to-day in order to superintend the commencement to-morrow of the erection of Mr. Oldham's tinning works. In the first place sheds sufficient only to allow a start to be made early in January will be erected ; more elaborate and complete factory buildings will ba erected thereafter. Mr. Oldham is tied to time, and has been subject to considerable delays already, bence the necessity for temporary accommodation.

In the course of conversation with the gentlemen appointed to arrange terms with Mr. Oldham re the Tinning Works, the latter said he could reduce the temperature of a building several degrees by simply allowing a small stream of water to trickle from the ceiling to the floor. Iv hot climates we have read of a device by which rooms are kept quite cool by the evaporation of water from thick drapery of wool or cotton hung over opposite window openings and kept moist by a continual supply of water dropping on to them. Possibly this device might prove effectual for cooling meat at Patea in summer time.

The Evening Post says: — Though the canvass of the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce for subscriptions towards the cost of purchasing a steam fire engine for the city resulted in its beiDg found that the £400 required could easily be raised, and though the City Council agreed to provide a similar sum, the Fire Underwriters' Association, who are largely interested in the matter.bave proved less liberal. At last night's meeting of the Chamber a letter was read from the secretary of tbe Association, intimating that that body had decided not to take any further steps towards procuring an engine at the preseut time. Commenting upon the subject, the President of the Chamber expressed the opinion that the position taken up by the Underwriters was an unsouud one. They simply said to the community — " If you do dot provide the means of extinguishing fires we will charge you high rates, and we may increase those rates if the risks increase." It seemed to him that they lacked a proper appreciation of their position towards tbe public.

We regret to hear of Mr. M. Hunter's 1086, under very painful circumstances, of a fine healthy child about nint 1 months old. It appeals that the boy was being fed with some mutton broth, and the mother had taken a small fv&gmtnt of bone ovrt. oi tbe spoon, anfl placed it on the table. It is believed lbat tbe child took this piece of bone, and put it in its moutb. When it attempted to swallow the piece, it choked. An attempt was at once made to extract the bone, but it was unsuccessful, and tbe piece either passed or was forced down the throat. It was noticed that the child coughed a little blood afterwards, and lost its voice, so medical assistance was at once procured. The doctors who attended, after a careful examination of the larynx, agreed that the bone had been swallowed , but did not anticipate any serious results. As the child rapidly grew worse, Dr. Alexander was called in ; he consulted with Dr. Lightbourne, but though every effort was made, the infant boy died within 30 hours of the accident. The burial took place on Monday.

Mr. Newton King sells stock at Stony River on Wednesday and at Waiwakaiho on Thursday.

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