COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10131, 14 May 1896, Page 6

COUNTRY NEWS.

[from our own correspondents.] Hamilton, Wednesday. 1?F . The loth of May, being the anniversary o\ ;' ■ the death of the late Hira te Puke, who died £', last year, a tangi, to which all natives are ;

invited, will be held at Hukanui, new.':' Hamilton, in commemoration of that event.

A misprint occurred in my report in Tuesday's Herald of the schoolboys' football match. The match was won by the Hamilton East School, not the West School as printed, the score being two points to nil. The present wintry weather which is now setting in, has called forth the sympathy for the needy, of whom there are manv amongst us. _ The Hamilton Christian Endeavour , Society is forming a missionary committee among the lady members of the Society to make up garments to distribute to those who need them. Any such articles of clothing sent addressed "Christian Endeavour Society," care of Mr. N. R, Cox, Hamilton, will be most thankfully received. At McNicol and Co.'s cattle sale on Saturday 390 head of cattle, of all classes, were .'■ penned, and nearly all sold. There were a ■ number of well-bred cattle from the Para- . tere run, and 146 of them, four and five- ;■■, year-old bullocks, realised from £5 63 to £5 . 16s per head ; two-year-old heifers sold for . . £1 Bs, and steers of the same age £2 '2s; . strong weaned calves fetched from 10s to £1 . • {bt TELEGRAPH.— CORBESFOSDtST,} Paeroa, Wednesday. . When on his way to Te Aroha, Mr. H. McLetman, contractor, of Waitekauri, was thrown from his horse and received a severe fracture of his leg. The sufferer is now- progressing as favourably as can be expected. A rather sudden death occurred at Waihi yesterday, the victim being Mr. William Dixon. The decewed, it appears, was working in the Waihi Company's mine, and on Friday afternoon last he strained or rioked his back, though no one saw him fall or slip at the time. On Saturday, at noon, lie was seized with severe choking, and he was immediately taken to the local hospital, where Dr. Wright found it necessary to perform tracheotomy in order to insert a silver tube for breathing purposes. This gave relief for a time, but gradually the sufferer got woree, and he passed away yesterday morning. The patient before his death stated that just prior to his sudden illness he had received a blow on the back of hi( neck. The doctor's opinion is that the cause of death was paralysis of the throat, produced by the bursting of a blood vessel in th« cavity of the brain. Another death took place at Karangahake, where a man named Joseph Little succumbed , rather suddenly. He was a comparative stranger in the district, having only worked for a short time at stone-breaking for a contractor at Waitekauri, and had just returned from the Thames, where he had been in the Hospital for about 15 weeks, suffering from pneumonia. As Dr. Williams telegraphed that he was able to certify as to the cause of the death, no inquest was considered necessary.