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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XIII, Issue 1081, 27 March 1903, Page 3

A painful accident occurred yesterday afterhpoh to Mr R. McGregor, who was working iii the Lone Hand mine up the Karaka. A fall of earth occurred and ■ McGregor was injured jn consequence. His head was bad\y cut, and ms back badly scraped. He was conveyed to the Thames Hospital where his injuries were attended to and last night he was reported to be progressing favourably. At the meeting of the Methodist Gonfex-ence in Melbourne, on a report being read ip. cbnhectionwith the Bill to validate Methodist Union, Mi McCutcheon, MiL.A., said he was going to risk giving some members of the Conference' a "painful shock by Snaking a few• remar"ks in praise of the liomaii Catholic members of the State Parliament. He thought that they should record their appreciation of the courtesy and help which those gentlemen had given in coimeetion with the Bill. One Roman Catholic member of Parliament had told him (the speaker) that in assisting the passage of the Bill h.e'had only: done What he considered to be a Christian duty- (hear, hear)— whilst another had, when objections were made to some of the clauses, taken up the cud|els on behajf of tlie Mefhp.dieis and iiiccelsfully combated these objections. th these days, when they heard so many statements of another character Timdo against the Roman Catholics, it was their duty to recognise in a kindly way such acts asthese. (Hear, hear.)