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New Zealand Mail, Issue 916, 20 September 1889, Page 16

The London Strike. —There is consider, able sympathy expressed .throughout the whole ot Australia with the dock, labourers on Btrike in Loudon. Not only have the various trades unions subscribed large sums, but the employes of private firms are collecting good sums, in many cases supplemented by a subsidy of £ for £ by the employers. Several members of the New South Wales Government have also added their quota to the funds. Sir Henry Parkes sends £5 and a letter, in which he says—- “ Considering the drains upon my limited income I am one of the poorest of men, but 1 gladly contribute my mite toward the mitigation of the sufferings of the families of the men.” Mr G. H. Reid, M.L.A. states that a friend of his has offered to contribute the sum of £IOO to the fund, on condition that nine others will give a like sum. - Thorndgn Recreation Ground. A meeting of the Thorudon Recreation Ground Committee was held on Wednesday night, Dr Newman in the ehair. The committee were very phased with tbesuccess of their efforts in stimulating the Corporation to obtain a new cemetery. Under the Act just passed the City Council can without delay obtain a new site, and when this is done the Counoil will become possessed of the cemetery reserve now included in the Botanical Gardens. A large part of the proposed recreation ground will then be vested in the Council, and under the Reserves Act just passed it will have power to exchange land with the Botanioal Garden Board of Governors for the necessary land at the head of the Sydney-street gully. The meeting was very unanimous, and was delighted with the progress of their work and the extent to which their efforts have been successful. It was reselved that the secretary, Mr George Anderson, , should presently arrange another deputation to the Council to take further steps. Fire, —-A nine-roomed two-storied dwelling, occupied and owned by Mr W. C< Webb, builder, of Mausfield-street, Newtown, hada narrow escape from destruction by fire on Wednesday, Sept. 18, About half.past three a carpenter named Alf. Martin, who was working close by, observed smoke issuing from the building, and he at once gave an alarm. The firebell was rung, and tha Newtown contingent of the Fire Brigade were soon in attendance and'*were successful in subduing the flames before they got a firm hold of the building. The fire seems to have broken out in the kitchen in a cupboard alongside the range, and it quickly spread up the wall to the ceiling. Had it not been for the prompt efforts of the Brigade the building would alm,ost certainly have been destroyed. The cause of the fire is not known. There was no one in the bouse when the outbreak occurred, Mr Webb and his family having gone to Island Bay for a drive. When they left about 2 o’clock everything appeared safe, and they are quite unabie to account for the origin of the fixe*. The damage done by fire and water is estimated at between £2O! and £3O. The building, is insured ia the Colonial office for £3so> and the furniture for £3OO in the same office. Valuable assistance | was lent by the neighbours in removing the furniture when the fire was first discovered.

Crown Lands Sale. —Wo direct attention to an advertisement-of a sale of Crown lands on page 20. Trout.— Mr Bruce, .M.H.R., obtained 3GOO American Brook char from the fish ponds at Masterton to place in a lake near his property at Hunterville. He also took a consignment of 5000 brown trout and 1000 Loch Leven trout for the Rangitikei Acclimatisation Society when he left on Thursday morning. Forgery. —The young man named John Southee, alias Williams, alias Street, who is charged with forging and uttering a cheque at C4reytown, was brought before Colonel Roberts at Grey town on Wednesday morning, and further remanded for one week. The accused was brought to town on Wednesday night by Constable Eccleton, and taken to the Terrace Gaol. Criminal Sittings. —The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court will commence on the 7th of next month. Up till the present the following cases are set down for bearing :—R. Bullen, assault and breaking and Entering ; Charles E. Beckman, fraudulent bankruptcy; William E. Bannister, misappropriating Government moneys ; Waata Rewi, murder; Airini Donnelly, forcible entry ; Wiremu Broughton, forcible entry. The bill against Chief Detective Benjamin will also go before the Grand Jury. Resident Magistrate's Court. —Mr C. C. Graham, R.M., presided at yesterday’s sitting of the Resident Magistrate’s Court. Three first offenders were dealt with in the customary way. Same Holmes, charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct, was Sued 5s ard costs. In civil cases, judgment was given for plaintiff as follows : Thos. Dickson v. EL Roberts, £l2 lls Id, and costs £1 ;S. Myers v. Alex. McLean, £lO 6s 6d, and costs £1 ss. In the case of E. D. Goodinge v. C. French, claim £2 153 for work done, the plaintiff was nonsuited. Serious Accident. —A young man named Edward Stuckey, employee! as billiard marker at the Club Hotel, Lambton-quay, met with an accident yesterday morning about a quarter to 10, by which he sustained injuries of a very serious nature. It appears that he was engaged in cleaning one of the bedroom windows on the top story of the building when he suddenly lost his balance and fell backward on to the concrete pavement beneath, a distance of between 30 and 40ft. The unfortunate fellow was immediately picked up by some passers-by and carried into the hotel. Dr Goff was at once sent for, and on his arrival he examined the injured man and found that he had sustained a severe injury to his spine, and he was also suffering from concussion of the brain. Several of his teeth in the upper jaw were broken, and others were loosened, while the lower row had cut clean through his lip. One of his eyes was closed np, and he also had a number of bruises about the arms and body. On hearing the serious nature of the man’s injuries Dr Goff ordered his removal to the hospital, whither he was at once taken. Stuckey was not observed to fall by anyone in the hotel, but it is sup. posed that he was sitting on the window sill with his hack'to the street and his legs inside the room, and must have been in the acr, of trying to reach the outside top panes of the window when he lost his balance.