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Southland Times, Issue 90106, 4 January 1886, Page 2

■ Dbowned.— Jaa. Clarke, one of the crew df the i.8.-;Mountaineer,. was, drowned in Eake Wakatipu on New Year's Day. - ; : Fatavity.— Mr Daniel Tnrrier, at ©re 'time local uianiger for the New Zealand Insurance Company in this district, was killed ■by. a fall from a horae near Wellington on Saturday. V HQSPiTAii.— In-patienta remaining from last week,. 12 males add i females ; admitted during the week, 4 males ; discharged during v the week, 3 males and 2 females ; outpatients treated- dnrinjj the weekj 21 males r and 17 females. Visiting Conamitjee for the week, Messi s Fox and A. I. Wilson. Holiday Offbbings.— The Committee .of th« eouthland Hospital desire to thank those who kindly allowed their exhibits at the 1 Horticultural Society'a show to be sent to the Hospital ; also the promoters of the Bt. Paul's Presbyterian Sunday School picnic for a hamper of " surplus Btores " sent in for the use of the inmates. Fijian News.— At LevuVa on 20ta December.a firedistroyed Kraaft'snew store,and Whitside's store ad joining, with the contents. The insurances were— Kraaft's £160, and Wbitnde's £500.— The planters have snf« fered considerable loss through immense bash fires extending to the plantations.— The long-continued drought is affecting the native food supplies, Tb.9 copra crop will be a partial failure, and it is feared that the yams will suffer also. A Dasfakdly Act.-— lt appears tb«t even in our community there are some of those individuals who consider the destruction of other people's property an intensely^masing and very facetious form of recreation. On New Year's Eve,r for instance, a recently-painted front fence on the property of Mr J. Stewart, at Appleby, was tarred all over, the injury done being considerable.' The matter has been placed in the hands of the police, and it is tc be hoped that the perpetrators of this siean and contemptible trick will be discovered and suitably punished. This is the second time this fence has been disfigured in the same manner; "•The Diobama.— There was again a large number present at Sloan's Theatre on Saturday evening when the Diorama of Scottish scenery was exhibited. The vocal musio passed off very successfully, several encores having to be responded to. At the close of the performance it was announced that Mr Lingard had decided to reduce the paces of admwßion, t0,.25, la, and 0d during the remamdeir; Of bia stay here, and this we fetj sure will induce large numbers to visit and revisit the entertainment, An additional at? traction is promised in the shape of an elocutionary contest on Wednesday evening, entries yfor which must be in by Tuesday night with Mr Lingard. TSB Major's Warning.— ln the meantime, however, we may say we believe, says theKvening Press, tbe leader of the Oppo« sition has giVen the country the right watchword with regard.to Sir Julius VogelV polidy, Sir Julius' tfogel," he declares, has not yet produced his real policy, because he ' has not yet seen] his opportunity. Ever since his *eturnin the early part of last year, he has been temporising, biding his time, and dissembling his intentions, Now he is beginning to, take ft bolder coarse,; and if be deems the circumstances favourable next seaaloD) then for thefirst time he will propound the policy which he has had in his mind all along. It is simply a scheme for borrowing an enormous sum of money for railway construction, without paying any interest until the railways are completed. We hare not i the slightest doubt that Major Atkiuson has hit the nail on the head there j and we think that if his speech contained nothing* else of ,- importance besidfs that disclosure, it would nevertheless be of great public value. • Why Did SBb DIE ?— According to the railway regulations (writes the correspondent of a contemporary) a minimum charge of £1 i is Made for carrying corpses. A native woman, travelling from FeUding. died in the train before getting to Helcombe, and the friends of the deceased were, of course, rather put about by the occurrence. Not S3 , ; the guard ) his bright intellect at once Strapped tbe situation, and he informed the : i natives present tint the regulations provided that for a t orpse there was a special rate, and thereforetha body would either have to be removed at tbe first station or £l paid for its conveyance to its destination. Deceased had of .course paid her fare to be conveyed to her destination, bit then, when in coarse of transit 6he b-icame a corpse, a question of casuistry at once arose whether sac was not entitled to be dealt with and charged as such. The immediate difficulty was got over, 1 believe,;by a gentleman making himself resporißiblVfor the money, Since then it is believed that the question has given. great trouble in the general manager's office iD "Wellington. The difficulty was that the relr * tives of the deceased could not be charged for a corpse. They did not embark her on the train as such Finally, I believe, it was • determined with a sigh to suffer the loss. I wonder what the natives thought of the working of the railway system, and of civilisation in general, apropos of this incident. Foolhabdy. — Considerable excitement was caused among the passengers of the 6,25 p.m. excursion train from the Buff on Saturday by a report that one of the passengers had fallen from a carriage between Greenhills and Wotfdend. On tbe arrival of the tnin in town tbe affair was reported to the officials, and two men were at once despatched on one of the railway tricycles to ascertain what truth 'l here was in this statement. Nearing Woodend the passengers by the following train were startled, by the ap. pecrance of a m,an on the line waring a red flag. The train pulled up,arid inquiries were ; made hb to whether anything had been seen - of a man on the w»y up, but nothing unusual had .been observe . Later iv the evening the affair waV explained.- The wflggpners who have been carting fromjhe Blufifhave been camped on theland formcily occupied by Mr ; Matthew Thomas, about mil way between the above-mentioned stations, and one of them named Ferrier was a passenger by the Iran. As he did not wish to walk from either it«tion he jumped from the carriage while the train was travelling very fa -t, and Bfl;he fell somewhat after the fashion of Darius Green with his flying machine, those who witn ssed the foolish act inferred that a serious : accident had occurred. We have not been able to ascertain whether Ferrier was Wt, Tiut he would: appear Jq h^ be§« ab|e to wajk %m>- . :■■■ ■■■ ■: ■■ :^J;

Bank Stupidity.— We «re informed that a lady passenger to tbe Bluff on Saturday had a foot severely if not permanently 'injured by tbe ,act of a man Yyho -was sot a railway official, and therefore had nobusioea* to interfere with the rolling stock.-. 'He opened the heavy side door of- one cf the' truefcs used for passenger traffic and dropped it on the unfortunate' lady's instep, causing her excruciating pain. With no desire to be Ttacßaritable we tfciiik that if t¥cre is a lair to punish such recklessnesi it should be put ■it force in this instance^ % § i ? ;v. 4 FdR the TroMDATS.— Men's^ Yonths', "and Boys' Colonial Clothing. It is well cut j looks "well .; 'wears~"^el!7 ! and is' mbdeSte^in 'jTriceT' Every one Bbould wear colonial clothing; it is •not only better and better looking than the imported, but cheaper'; and we offer extra value Pas oar goods being made under special arrangements. A fine assortment of Japanese goods,, «fee, opened, suitable for presents.. — Thomson & ..BjEATTjCB. _. A LovkltOhaplißT.— A late fashion report says :—" Nothing can be prettier than a cbaplet of hop vines in blossom." A recent medical review says :— " Nottiing can be a better renovator of the health than American Hop Bitters. They aid in all the operations of 'nature ; tonine up the stomach, assisting tho fopjd v to become properly assimilated, and promote healthy action : n all the organs. The dictates of faghion, as well as the laws of health, alike favour a right application of hops." . Bead. /;*;> ; '..