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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1285, 15 October 1896, Page 20

There are 139 inmates in the Hospital, including 20 children.

The amount of cash standing to the credit of the iTospiibi pry-stooif js £lO3l. Yfo learn thq,t the police, with a view to ascertaining fijS extent' nature of the accommodation £yajl%hlc fpr yisijkprs during the Exhibition, are making an pf the licensed houses in the city and suburb?. It was resolved by the Hospital Trustees on luesday that the resolution to charge the Benevolent Trustees and other relief bodies fbr me,define supplied from the Hospital thke’effect iili h next, at the beginning of ijj@ P { nancial 'yeq>W ''

Captain Black (late of the Union y ! s steamer Oliau) and Mr W. MclCeegan (formerly engineer o£ "tlie s.s. llixitl) ii&ve purchased the Government paddle steamer Terranora. It is understood that the purchase iy.oi.vy was under four figures. The Wellington Education Board has had plans’ prepared for tye pew school at Kaipororo, near Eketahuda, and yill be called for'the work at the next meeting'. The school will'be '22ft by' 18ft,‘ a«d Y/iu have ueeomuiodationioY4o scholars.' On Monday afternoon Dr Young’s buggy was capsized gt the corner of Vivian street, when the shafts were b r 9ken. . The horse kicked violently, and succeeded in smashing the splash-board, but was quietened qf-QvVn before doing any other damage. The criminal returns at the Magistrate’s Court for the past quarter show that 563 persons were charged, 17 were committed for trial and 416 summarily convicted. The nu in her of civil cases heard was 773, the amount ssuec } for being .£9612 Is 41 and the amount recovered 4s 9d. At Tuesday’s ipeatang q£ lh& Hfispjtnl Trustees, a letter was fepeiveiji froiy tyr . H. Quick, giving the' opinion .that May lane, j which the City Council prdpbWd to 3yid6u ' forms no part of the Hospital endowment, and the Council must take the necessary land from the Hospital property by operation of ,layr.‘ The Trustees, added Mr Quick, have no power of fcyeir own will to part with any portion of’th? endowment e-cep,t by law.! They cannot dedicate property to fhepubkh- ; A copy of th 3 1 otter is to bp sept to the 1 Mayor.

An extremely fortunate escape from an accident that might have proved very serious .occurred to Mrs Harley on Tuesday,' just' s*t;r midday. Mr George Harley, who is a market gardener at Nai Nai, accompanied by his vvffp, Jfgd been °f»rvin"- some customers in town in tpe mcrmqa. ' > d ' they wcre J h \l in " TJ tk f ir lunch' rf ' in RoaLqrgh street. Mrs Harley was ' sgated '' U} 'jtbf and Mr Harley was r standing'when by some means the horse vva3 and bolted. After going some distance, rho horse ran into a fence, breaking it down, and'then cu to a verandah, smashing one of the posts: tfvs W W rewn a gainst the fence, and received a severe vvonud on the forehead about three inches in ©t. S iU »*<*»• W* 5».0 ¥ > lor kn ?? 3 ' besides being- vbry severely staken Rrs Mackin and Cahill were palled to attend to the woman, and the wounds were ’sown m&W honyeyed" the sufferer to a friend s house, where Sue will have to remaan for a few days. The full extent of ike in-f uyj.es to the woman’s head are not tet as'cerMned, lytih fp 'iff rfop expected that any serious results 'will eusnel The horse received' a few scratches, but the trap was uninjured.