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South Canterbury Times, Issue 6051, 30 October 1889, Page 4

' A meeting of the Waimate Public Library Trußt was held on Monday evening laßt. There were present Mr F. Slee (chairman), and Messrs Sinclair, A. Watt, J. Cameron, Mitchell, and Jones. It was decided that the works committee of the Borough Council draw up a report on the proposed alteration of the room in the library. Accounts amounting ! to £2l lis 3d were passed for payment, and there being no other business, the meeting closed. Yesterday Mr C. Newbury, of the Epworth wool works, Temuka, was the recipient of the earliest clip for scouring that has yet arrived at Temuka. The wool is of good quality, but the owners are satisfied from past experience that scouring pays if entrusted to reliable men. It is a satisfactory sign of the times that the Epworth works, which have been established over ten years, should have required enlargement this season. The shed room and drying grounds are now extensive A young man named David Mcßeth had his arm broken on Saturday by his horse bolting and coming down with him. Dr Morris reduced the fracture. The accident occurred at Mr Mee's farm about three miles from Pleasant Point. Yesterday at the Besident Magistrates Court, Waimate, before Messrs F. Slee and J.Manchester, J.Ps, Rose Loper was charged with stealing a lady's black skirt, and some underclothing. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was placed under the First Offenders Probation Act for three months. An accident of a peculiar and most painful character occurred at Pleasant Point on Saturday afternoon. While Mr John Crawford was pursuing his avocation of bootmaker the thread which he was pulling broke, and the awl which he held in his hand striking upwards lacerated the eyelid and wounded the eyeball. Dr Morris was promptly in attendance. What the permanent injury will be it is impossible to say, but grave fears are entertained that loss of Bight in that eye will result. Sergeant-Major Mason received a report yeßterday morning from Pleasant Point, that a girl named Susan Thomas, aged 13£ years,, daughter of Mr John Thomas, Pleasant Point, was accidentally killed at 8.30 that morning by being run over by a Cambridge roller. The body was removed to her parents' house, where an inquest was held in the afternoon. C. A. Wray, Esq., coroner, presided, and Mr T. Geaney was foreman. Evidence was given by Tobin, driver of the roller, a girl named O'Neil who was also on the roller, by Mr Brosnahan and Constable, Stanley. A verdict of accidental death was returned, no blame being attached to the driver.

FOREIGN PARCEL POST. PARCEL POST BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND & THE UNITED KINGDOM The following are the regulations under which parcels will be accepted and transmitted to the United Kingdom s Parcels will only be forwarded by the steamers of the New Zealand Shipping Company, Limited, and the Shaw-Saville-Albion Company, Limited. A parcel for transmission must not exceed 111 b in weight, 3ft 6in. in length, or 6ft. in length and girth combined. Parcels of the maximum size and weight i will only be received at, or delivered from, New Zealand post offices at places accessible by railway, steamer or mail coach. Erom places in New Zealand not served by railway steamer or mail-coach (list at page 67 of Postal Guide) only parcels not exceeding 51b in weight and not measuring more than 2ft. in length or Ift, in breadth or depth may be accepted. Parcels should be securely and substantially packed and closed by the sender. If wax is used, it should be of the special quality which resists the heat of a hot climate. _ Parcels must not be posted in a postingbox, but should be presented at the postoffice counter. Parcels will be liable to the Customs, laws, duties, and regulations of the colony and the United Kingdom respectively. The sender of each parcel will be required to make a Customs declaration (on a form to be obtained at parcel post offices), describing the contents and stating the value thereof, and also giving the name of the place to which the parcel is addressed and the sender’s signature and residence, Raise declaration involves forfeiture of parcels and renders sender liable to prosecution. Where not repugnant to the foregoing rules the general regulations of the Inland Parcel Post will apply. Parcels are received and forwarded at owner’s risk, and the Postmaster-General is not liable for any loss of or damage to any parcel. On payment of a fee of 4d, the sender can at time of posting receive a certificate of posting. The certificate imposes no liability on the department, and is merely intended as evidence of posting. For a parcel not exceeding 2lb. in weight, Is 6d ; for every additional pound Or fraction thereof, 0d extra. Postage must be fully prepaid by means of postage stamps affixed to the parcels. Insufficiently-prepaid parcels will not be accepted. Parcels for transmission to the United Kingdom must be posted or delivered at the parcel post office at the port where the steamer takes her final departure at least eight hours before the close of the ordinary letter-mail. The hour for closing parcel-post mail elsewhere will be duly notified by Postmasters.

Each parcel should be plainly directed; the direction should give name and full address of the person for whom the parcel is intended. The words “ Parcel Post ” should be written on the upper left-hand corner, and also the name and address of the sender. No parcel containing dangerous articles, perishable articles, articles likely to injure other parcels, liquids, unless securely packed in proper cases, or any contraband articles or substances will be accepted. Parcels found to contain forbidden articles, and parcels the contents of which have been falsely declared, will be dealt with in accordance with the Customs and other laws and regulations. Tobacco cannot be sent to the United Kingdom by parcel post. A parcel must not contain a letter, neither must it contain another parcel addressed to a person other than the addressee of the first-named parcel. If such an enclosure be discovered, it will be charged with a separate rate of postage.

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