WITHIN THE COLONY.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume I, Issue 72, 8 November 1893, Page 3

WITHIN THE COLONY.

NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.

♦ Per I*reee Association.) A Cancer Ward Wanted. Wr.LLisfOTox, This Day. The Benevolent Trustee* endorsed the 1 resolution pulsed bv the Christchurch j ♦ haritabh- Aid Board on the (mention of improving charitable aid legislation. The j Benevolent I niotees think tin* time has , arrived when a cancer ward should be: establislMsl in Wellingioii. I hen* is a i cancer caw it the lienevoknt home at ] the present time. For the sake of other j i imate« it is neeessaiy to separate such , hm-. »mi lh futhn reteee i«> p-l a 1 certificate for admission to the hospital. { Tlie question therefore arises what into h»-coine of the man. Tlie matter will j prid.iiblv !*•' considered at the next uieet- I :ig of ihe Hospital Uoani. Mr Ward at Milton. Immu .iiuull. This Day. | , M Ward. Colonial Treasurer, ad- |, dressed the Milton * lectors last night. He ! ( replied to Mr Mitchelson’s Divonpoii L speech, and denied that utilising the sink- ' ; ing fund oi X~2.itf.tlUM wan borrowing. j Kvervone knew tliat money was required , t I p*-n»u> colony, and would it not have , Is,n an insane act not to have used j j money lying at credit, instead of doing i what their opponents would have liked. lj borrowed. Mr Mitehelaon had not told j them that his own Government not only ] borrowed in tin ordinary way. hilt levied f a larger sum in extra taxation through | tlie i ntfwni Whether money was lair- , rowed or not the indebtedness of tin* j , colony won Id increase. Mr Ward showed i thr.t the present Government had largely reduced expenditure, and had kept the j finances strong. He reviewed tlie Go- j \«*r?ini«*nt measures of last session, and j urged the necessity for reform in parliamentary procedure. \ ote* of thanks and I confide nee w« r» Scobie on the Stump. Dunedin. This Day. .vobit McKenzie addressed tile | electors at Palmerston South last night. ) lie denounced the Lalml< for Settlement i Bill. He declared himself a strong supporter of the education sy stem, and nil opponent of all grants. \ Minister should, he thought, be resposibk for the managetueut of the Railways. If defeated he would retire into private life without, n*> j far aa he knew , any need to la ashamed of any action he had taken. A vote of confidence was carried. Boating Accident at Rotorua. Auckland. Thia Dit. A terrible boating accident occurred on Rotorua lake about four o’clock yesterday afternoon resulting in the drowning of aeven Maoris, ;dl men. Their names are Feins Pakina. fcyupa Hikahuio, Aralapa and- his son Henry Kruti. Tutaini Hireuiai. Ttikehemangn. and Gilbert Karaka. The last named wa> once ; a pupil at the Three Kings College, j The party were returning from tlie I burial of Ilori kaiaka. and were vrithin i vt cap- i nixed quickly going to the bottom, leaving | the occupants struggling in tin* water. . A boat went to the rescue and picked up 1 about 18 of the entire party, which issup- i to have numbered *2U: but it is impossible to give the exact number saved, ns the natives art* in a wild state of excitement. The sound of wailing is ringing from end t# end of the pah. The ac-ruk-ul in said to liave been due to the bust having jibbed. shim* of tin occupants having had a souabble over the steering. Terrible Accident. \rcKLAM>, This Day. An accukot of the most distressing nature, which will probublv end fatally, occurred at Ondlutiiga Inst night. MaggieCoatta, the dnught* r of an engineer, at the Onchunga Woolen Mills, started for a ride. Her h**rs© l»ei*atne imiimnngeable. mini dadi«.«l away at s galop. Mis* Coutts U gan to lose her seat. As she was falling off the hors** and rider swept fatal a square t*-lepl»oiie pat. 'Hi** girl struck lli*- pxt with terrific force and nearly the whole of her face was cut uwav as with a knife. Hie base of the brain was Urturol, tlx- iiom; was almost entirely severed from the face, tlie mouth was fearfully lacerated, ;*tul one eve was completely destroyed. Mis* Coutt* was only 1H veers of age and was of an unusually bright, spirited temperament.