GENERAL NEWS.

Wanganui Chronicle, 18 July 1901, Page 1

GENERAL NEWS.

Tha Feiiding School. Committee have nominated Messrs Spurdle;.(Wanganui) and WV T. Wood (Palmereton) for the" vacant seats on the Wahganui Education Board., Two. Austrians were landed, on a mud bank-near Port Albert, over a week ago. As they did- not arrive in camp, a. search was made, • and foot-marks1 found in the mud, and •it is supposed the men - have been drowned. ' . l . , \ Th(T Maroro Golf' Club hold. a, Stroke Handicap on Saturday-;nexl>.; Play|.-will rtartr ax 2.15. •, The recent snow-, and- frost have had'the effect' of 'cutting- down grass through the course, .and good'^scofes should. be registered. The' .caretaker' has spent a lot'of time on the "greens,-which y' in" first-class order. Handicaps will be posted in the Golf House. •. ; » ■■ «■ .. -* < ■ ' ■ i' .;. The inquest was' concluded on Tuesday fbjiching' the circumstances connected with the, death of the three men "killed, by the fait pf'eartß at Inch .Vahey'.Lime KJiln Worksl The jury a. verdict to the effect that the death' of the 'deceased was'caused by want of proper precautions and'appliances, dve° to culDable negligence of duty by George Francis' Robinson, engineer in charge of the work for the Government. If is not known if any further proceedings will be taken. ■" . ._ • ." -1' novel case came before the, Wellington Stipendiai-y Magistrate's''Court' yesterday. .It appeared'that a firm of grocers received continuous .compiamts '_ about orders sent' by-eiephone not being fulfilled. •Inquiries were made, and it wasl alleged thaji' a;. discovery .was Made . thai; clients were sometimes being 'switched on to an oyster dealer.,. The' latter ' Was 'said to have been in $c habit of replying that he was the grocerj took the orders, and said no more about them. The plaintiff claimed £1 19s damages for misuse of the telephone. After ' a long, argument the plaintiff was non-suited. The Magistrate expressed; the' 'opinion ', i-afc tke oyster man may have been annoyed ,by' the constant' mistakes " in' 't elephonib connection and answered' in the way stated. -Says the Wairoa-Reli andl Northern Adviertiser :-^-A mischief-loving- miss, who arrived from. Wanganui last week, , and put up at the cosy domicile of her sister, got into sad trouble through a foolish and impulsive \; freak.'- Her brothef-in-law prides himself on" his long chin hair, and the visiting lady, during dinner exercise, threatened to 'cut. some of it off, as,it looked so : ■ nnuch . like a new. American broom: He .laughingly dared her to do so, i.and,:"-.whe4~he was, taking an after-, dinner nap on ; the parlotxr couch, she carried out her-.threat, mentally wondering what he would "say. when next he mirrowed himself in Jus bedroom. He said something, all right; his remai-ks were impregnated with sulphur ami. brimstone, and he ended up by firing his loving sistier-uv-law and her baggage! put of the house.' The angered■ man would1 not'listen to the entreaties of his wife and the crestfallen girl, who had *oi framp round looking- for suitable lodgings. The high prices .asked disgusted Her,' and she cleared off to'Wanganui next" day, without seeing his Royal Highness and; his fair laefy1! ' '' "" ; A case which came before, .the Auckland Charitable Aid Board the other; day shows the effect ..of Compensation .for Accidents Act. An: employer,, near Auckland, had a man in his 1 establishment , who was subject to' fits, and consequently was specially .Bable! to actidjent' in', the course, of his work;...-The employer "read the Act above-referred to, and found that he was running considerable risk by.. emplojyjmg .such- a mm.: He therefore told him,i;hat..he must. go. The man said that- he was doing his, work well enough. ;The master admitted ']. this, but said he was nob'going to run, any mk which he could avoid. . The man; found, after trying .fora week or two, that he could not" get another situation, and was compelled .to agply to the Charitable Aid Board.., If a man,,TO seized with a fit while working -a machine; and was injured in consequence, the master,wpuld:be liable to the extent of ,£4OO, because in. Rio . place can the employer: escape liability; for an accident .'uhdess he can prove that the accident was ."directly -attributable! to the ser ' and wilful . :misc»nduct of tlie w ' ; .' '■ ' •' --."•' > < -~. ■_ ■