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Waikato Independent, Volume V, Issue 328, 24 January 1907, Page 4

The next ’Frisco mail closes at Cambridge at 11.40 a.m. on the 31st inst. A successful sale of the furniture and household effects of Mr Geo. Page was conducted by Mr W. C. Davis yesterday afternoon, all the lots being quitted at good prices. During the interruption of the railway line the Cambridge post office will be kept open for half an hour after the arrival of the mails, between 7 and 8 p.m. This concession has been granted by the Chief Postmaster, Auckland, as the result of a suggestion made to him by the Deputy-Mayor (Mr E. J. Wilkinson) at the request of a number of local residents. Mr Geo. Henson, carter, met with a peculiar accident yesterday afternoon. Workmen employed in laying the gas mains in Duke-street were assisting him 7 to load a dray with dirt, when one of their number accidentally struck him on the forehead with the blade of a shovel, Mr Henson sustaining a rather nasty wound. The injury was attended to by a medical man. Mr and Mrs J. Young will have the sympathy of the community in the death of their youngest son, Arthur, which occurred to-day under sad circumstances. The lad succumbed as the result of a cut he received to a vein in the mouth, whilst playing leapfrog with his little sister a few days ago. Profuse bleeding set in, and the child practically bled to death, despite the unremitting skill of Dr. Roberts. The funeral will leave the residence of Mr McCrea, Williamson-st., o-morr ow afternoon at 3 o’clock. The quarterly meeting of St. Paul’s Methodist Church was held last evening, the Rev. W. H. Beck presiding. The Circuit Stewards’ Balance Sheet showed an increase in the offertories for the quarter, leaving a balance to the credit of the Circut., It was decided to hold the usual Harvest Thanksgiving Service on February 24th. The officers were all selected for the ensuing year. Messrs Reynolds and Marfell were elected representative and alternate representative at the Conference to be held in Christchurch during the first week in March. The attention of farmers, storekeepers, and others interested is drawn to the advertisement now appearing in these columns, concerning a shipment of Kainit and Thomas’ phosphate landing in Auckland shortly to the order of Messrs Kempthorne, Prosser and Co., Ltd. These manures it is claimed are coming more and more into favor among farmers in the North Island, being found especially beneficial for top-dressing grass lands, improving both the quality and the quantity of the herbage. Kempthorne, Prosser and Co. are already experiencing a desire on the part of users to book for forward delivery, and expect to clear the bulk of the cargo before the vessels arrives in Auckland, so that those wishing to secure the high grade manures from the “ Sophie Charlotte ” should book early. Rheumo cures rheumatism and kindred complaints. It eliminates the excess uric acid and purifies the blood. All chemists and stores 2/6 and 4/6. Try it.

A meeting of the Cambridge Eechabite Lodge was held last evening. One new member was received by initiation. Correspondence was received from the Hospital Committee and others, also from Tent No. 1626, Eusholme. A young man named A. Comes was admitted to the Waikato Hospital from Waihi, on Wednesday. He fell off a dray, with the result that his arm was broken between the wrist and the elbow. A Hamilton resident named Harwood was summoned for cruelty to a mare. The evidence showed that he had led the mare in question behind a dray to the blacksmith to get her shod. He experienced no trouble in getting her there, but when-he went to take her home in the same way she pulled back two or three times, and eventually fell down and was dragged along the road for some yards. The case was dismissed.