Railway Returns.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 7269, 24 July 1893, Page 3

Railway Returns.

From the Commissioners' report for 1892-3 we take the following figures, showing the revenue at the several stations in South Canterbury for the last financial year (shillings and pence omitted) : Eangitata £1976 Orari 3373 Winchester 1456 Temuka 5846 Washdyke 2734 Pleasant Point 1728 A K>ury 1142 Fairlie 2592 Timuru (coaching)... ... 9123 » (goods) 12 692 „ (whart) 2060 St. Andrews 2197 Makikibi 1887 Studholme 2306 Waimato 4758 Waitaki North 1377 Total ... £57,267 The traffic (office and yard) expenses at all these stations amounted to £8619 6s lid.

Wo are requested to remind our readers of the high-class concert to be given this evening in St. Mary's schoolroom, Bank Street, in aid of the prize funds.

A friend in Sydney sands us a specimen of the Morning Herald, now published at one penny, a Saturday number of sixteen large pages. It is literally a monstrous paper.

We have received two or three hints from Sydney in the ihape of marked papers, tha*" Fitzgerald’s circus and menagerie proposes to visit New Zealand soon. Fillis’s circus is also in Sydney.

Captain Edwin last week foretold northerly gales, with rain, for yesterday. A message to-day shows that the event has been postponed till later in the week. The usual excuse must bo made—" on account of the weather,”

A “ firat offender,” an old resident in the district, arrested for drunkenness on Saturday, was fined sa. His wife appeared to apply for a prohibition order, and defendant making no objection, the order was made.

The record published in our columns having been questioned, Mr D. Mahoney, one of the timekeepers in the bicycle road race to Winchester and back on Thursday last, supplies us witlr Parr's actual time on the road. He started at 2.10 p.m. and arrived back at 4,10.46 pm , the time occupied by him in doing the distance thus being 2hrs 46sec.

An accident happened in the Main Boad close to Shepherd’s corner this morning. A groom from Mr E. H. Bhodes, Hlueoliffs estate, was riding into town, when in turning the corner named a collision occurred between his horse and Bvans’ dray. The shaft of the dray struck the horse well forward of the quarter, so violently that tne point of the shaft was broken off. The wound made was a very serious one, and the horse was taken to Shaw’s stables, where the wound was dressed by Mr Marquis. The suddenness of the collision quite dezed the man in the dray and the man on horseback, and it is not clear which was to blame for the accident. The horse hurt is a valuable one, and with care Mr Marquis expects the wound to heal all right-

Husband : “ Didn’t yon promise to obey me at the altar ?” Wife : “ Yes, but we're not there now.”

Ano*her or sj of a brutal step mother was brought before the Christchurch Resident Magistrate on Friday last, a woman named Oribb being charged witn persistent cruelty to a step daughter aged 12 years. The medical witnesses stated that she was much emaciated, and covered with bruises. The parties live at Lincoln.

Some members o* Pollard’s Opera Company went on to Dunedin by express to day, and some were left behind. It had been arranged that all should go by the s.s. Hauroto, to. night, but later it was found that the steamer has to call at Camaru, and the plan was changed to the journey by rail- In the meantime a number of the party had gone down the coast to see the Elginshire, and they had not got back when the train passed through.

The railway officers have determined to re* grade the roadway alongside the goods shed, and as there is a good bit of stuff to be moved it has been arranged to tip it at the end of the crane track. This will commence the filling up of an obstructive hole there, and be an in* etalment of the future road alongside the mole. The big crane got up steam to-day to clear away some ironwork lying there.

The Golden Fleece Hotel at Ohristohuroh had a narrow escape from being burned on Friday. A fire started in a disused workroom above the shop of Walsh, draper, adjoining the hotel. The first hint of the fire was from smoke appearing in the hotel, and five child* ren were got out of an upper room full of smoke. For a long while people were groping about in the dense smoke searching for the seat of the fire, and at one time there was so much smoke about that people could not get along Colombo street. Not much of value actually burned, but Walsh’s stock was damaged by water. The fire burned through i a door and destroyad fthe contents of one of the bedrooms of the hotel.

On the business premise# of Mr Wagstaff' I bookseller, and Mr 0, Bowker, bootmaker’ opening this morning, it was found that someone had cut the window blinds in a most wanton manner. The blinds to Mr Wagstaff’u windows are slashed in all directions, and made totally useless for their purpose ; while those to Mr Bowker’s windows are cut across and lengthwise, and the leather binding is hacked about. The police report that the blinds were all right up till late on Saturday night, and that the damage must have been done during the small hours of Sunday morning. The act is a most malicious one, and with a view of finding out who has done it Mr Wagstaff offers a reward of £l.

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