ELTHAM.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 7871, 5 January 1904, Page 3

ELTHAM.

I ; » I.'. — r- "*~ (From Our Own Correspondent.) ' A. runaway occurred here yesterday, the •'. itandem team of Mr Bleiinerhassotl boltjbig. The lioraaa ware ei&dently left un- ' guarded at the railway station, when an ' incoming train started them oft' down ! |Brjdge streeti In some peculiar manner ' {the horse in the shafts goo upset, and was • f dragged along by the leader for soin«* distance before the pair wer^ stopped. With fttie exception of the loss of a small quantity of hair and skin on j the part of the shatter no damage was d<me. . ' Messrs' Crump, Olarkson and Anderson » made an ascent pf Mount! Egmoijt during i the holidays. This is tnb first lomptete I ascent that has been nyule (this year, and as a great part of tha cliptibjug was over . the still unmelted snow itj was with some t difficulty that it was accomplished. Several other parties express > their intention of making a similar attempt before the season is over. Air Thompson, an employee :i Mr E. ■ Eevell, butcher, met ;with a slight acci- • dent yesterday. It appears that h° .was • stepping into tire cart whfle oi} his roupdj, i at Ngaire, when the hprso starred off, B and, his foot slipping, he fell, the cart g passing over him. Beyond some slight -| bruises he was, however, t unhurt, and ex- ,-! p?rU to be at work again ffhhost immedin*'"iy. J««:mary sfh.

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