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Southland Times, Issue 2140, 25 June 1875, Page 2

Accident. — A lad, ten years of age, ' named Albert Lucas, was admitted to the Hospital on Wednesday. He is suffering from a broken thigh bone, and the injury, it appears, has been cuued by a horse which kicked him while ho was moving about its heels. The lad liveß with Mr Brenchley, near Winton, and Borne months ago ho was admitted to the Hospital while suffering from a kick received in a similar manner. The R. MJs.CoUBT. — During the last two daya the business at the Resident Magis- j trate's Court has been confined to the fining of a few " drunk and disorderlie*" of the conventional type. Pebsonal. — Mr J. A. Bonar, Superintendent of Westland, who was a passenger for Dunedin by the s.e. Maori, and who is well known to a number of residents here, spent several hours in Invercargill yesterday. Athhn^uM Concert. — The first of a oories of concerts, to be given under the auspices of the Athenffium Committee, will take place in the Theatre Royal this evening. Addsessing Lettees. — A notice has been issued by the Post Office Department to the effect that the address of every letter ought to be full and distinct. Correct delivery cannot in all cases be secured unless the name of the street and occupation, vrhon any, be added in the address of the letter to the name of the person for whom the letter is intended to be givon. Long Bush Ploughing- Match. — A little incident at the Ploughing Match at Longbush seems to have escaped the attention of our reporter. A native of the Emerald Isle, with an eye for a. straight line in his head, observed some sight sinuosities in the furrows turned by the double ploughs. Taking a spade, forthwith, he worked away to make the crooked lines straight, and with so much success flint he fancied he had fairly entered himself a? a competitor. He w.is not a little disgusted when he found that no prize was awarded o him as the workman irho had put on tho finish. Mebting or Thadesmkn.— A meeting of tradesmen interests i in public contracts, was held in the Clarendon Hotel on Thursday niiiht- The object was to protest against the manner in which the Railway Department had invited tenders for railway wagtons, and a petition drawn up in that spirit was read, and ordered to be forwarded to the proper authorities. The fallowing resoiution, also to be sent to the authorities, wan carried unarimously : — That thin meeting respectfully requests the Government to extend the time tor receiving the tenders for railway waggons, the advertisement having only appeared for four days, which time is quite insufficient for contractors here to obtain the necessary information about material. Tho meeting, which was well attended, then terminated. Habbob Board.— At the meeting of the New Rivgr Harbor Board on Thursday evening, the business was confined chit fly to the passiug of accounts. Wi9k's New Zealand Directory. — Mr Rose lias handed to us a copy of this elaborate work. Signs are continually appearing of the advance in all the products of civilization that the colony is makinjj, and this book strikes us as one of them. It is a large quarto volume, aiminj to be »iot only a Directory, but something of the nature oi v Gazeteor. It contains description* of tho different Provinces, thirty fine maps and plans, tables of statistics i\nd other generiil information. With regard to the more specific object of the. work, the names given of residents throughout the colony must be of great value to commercial men and to the community at large. We trust that the publication will meet with such success as will be an encouragement to Mr Wise to make still further improvements in his next issue, which we notice is to bo in 1877.