A PAINFUL SCENE. MAN DROWNED AT WANGANUI. (PBB PBESS ASSOCIATION.) Wanoandi, October 8. A painful Bensation was caused about noon to-day, when George Watts, a carter, aged about 40, was drowned while attempting to rescue a young woman who jumped off the town bridge. Watts jumped oft the wharf and Bvram out some distance, and seeing a boat going to the assistance of the woman turned back, and sank. A sailor named Miller also jumped of the wharf, and rescued the woman before she sank, holding her up till the boat reaohed them. The body of Watts was found three-quarters of an hour afterwards, and attempts were made at resuscitation. Restoratives had to be applied to Miller, who was in an exhausted condition. The 1 woman's name is unknown. MUNICIPAL GAS WORKS. < ■» (pbb prbss assooiation.l Gbbymouth, ' Ootober 2. The Greymouth Gas Works were formally taken over by the Grey Borough Council to-day, when £16,000 was paid for the plant and goodwill and £850 for stook in hand, which bad not been used, making a total of ,£16,850. THE STOKE ORPHANAGE. THE NEW APPOINTMENTS. (per press association.) Nelson, Ootober 2. The following appointments to the new seoulat staff of the Stoke Industrial Sohool have been made by Dean Mahoney : — Master and Matron, Mr and Mrs Fitzgerald (ohief attendants Hokitika Asylum) ; Assistant-Masters, W. L. Beeoh (of Ohario, Wellington), and F. J. Mulhill (of Thames Farm) ; Manager, D. Hight (manager for MoMUlan, Sonthbridge). The new staff take up their duties on the 13th inst, when the Marist Brothers take their leave. IMPORTANT TO MOTHERS. One of the advantages of having a Sellers Washer is, yon oan let your boy or girl work the handle and practically do the washing while you are doing something else : try one. Dizon and Bates. — Advt.jg WHAT I SALE CONTINUING? Mr 3. Brunette, jeweller, has deoided to still further reduce his valuable stock of Watoheß, Jewellery, Clocks, and Plate during month of Ootober, at the enormous reduotion of 4s in the £ discount for cash. No puff about this, and no fancy prices.— Advt. RCST IMPOSSIBLE. No fear of rust, no nails or study jlocks of any kind on inside like other washers. Sellers' toto wife's Rustless Dolly will last a life time. In other Washers of ease, similar Kinds they are of wood, and are the firßt parts comfobt, to give way. Sellers brought out the Rustless Dolly. health, These Washes save time health, patience. Give Sellers' Washer a trial. Messrs Dixon and Bates patience Hawera, Bole agents fof Taranaki Everybody ought to know that Messrs Hardley and Sons have on view the largest and best selection of cooking ranges in the distriot, including among others Barningham's and Shaoklock's, makes of high and low pressure, suitable for briok chimneys or open kitchens at Dunedin prices. — Advt Buy the Kickapoo Indian Remedies at Scott's, the Bookseller. — Advt. v\ ade's Worm Figs are most effective and not unpleasant; children thrive after taking them. Price. Is.— Advt. townlJall, okaiawa. PLAIN AND FANCY DRESS BaLli. LAST OP Tii SEASON. FRIDAY, OOTOBEB 5. Good music, good floor, good supper* Commence at 8 o'olook sharp. Admission: Gentlemen, 8s; ladies, 2s, 8,4 W. WRIGHT, Hon. Seo. AWATUNA PUBLIO HALL. A PLAIN AND FANCY DRESS BALL will be held on WEDNEBDAY, OuTOBER 10. Dancing at 8.80 p.m. Double tickets 4s. 0. HUOKSTEP, Hon. Seo. TOWN HALL. NORMANBY~ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8. ANNUAL TEA and CONOERT in aid of the Wesleyan Church Trust Fund. Tea on table from 6to 7.80. To be followed by a good ooncert, for which a first- cla^s programme has been arranged, including items from Mesdames Dixon, Misses MoAlpine, White (Te Roti) Washer (Inaha), Winks, Canning, and Messrs Batten Sowerby, MoAlpine, and Hutohens (2), Admission — Tea and Conoert 1/6, either Tea or Ooncert 1/-. Children half price. T^TEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS HAWKE'S BAY SHOW. HOLIDAY EXCURSION TICKETS will be issued to Napier and Hastings from New Plymouth, Brunswick, and intermediate stations from sth to 9th Ootober, inclusive, available for return till 20th Ootober. 8^ BY OBDEB. KAPUNI HALL. PLAIN AND FANCY DRESS * BALL. THURSDAY, OOTOBER 4. Admission: Gentlemen 4s, ladies free. W. STODDART, Hon. Sec. G. A. HCRIiEY, LAND AGENT AND SHAREBROKER, Grey-street, Wellington. MONEY on Freeholds with good margin, easily obtainable, at 4^ per cent., and with ordinary margin at 5 per cent. Telegrams, Hurley, Wellington. EGMONT A. AND P. ASSOCIATION. MR DICK, representing the Westfield Chemical Works, Auckland, will deliver a Lecture, under the auspices of the above association, upon matters of great interest to farmers, in the Borough Chambers, Hawera, on Saturday, the 6th inst., at 2 p.m. Full attendance is requested. O. A. BUDGE, Secretary. THE Girl he left behind him may soon inspect the furniture at ARTHUR'S, as her Soldier Boy will soon return. Queen Anne Pair Washstand and Dressing Table beautifully covered at £5 3,03 OALF MEAL. CALFMEAL. EOWE'S CALF MEAL has proved superior to any calf foods in the market. The meal is specially prepared to correct tie acidity in the stomachs of calves, and to form both flesh and musole. 4s ezpenee on this meal produces a strong healthy oalf in three months. Price 10s pec W0 lbs.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 70454, 3 October 1900, Page 3
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