LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12793, 11 June 1909, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There: was ■! clean sheet at the Police Court this morning. Attention is called to an inset with this issue, viz., the Castlecliff Railway Company's winter time-table, which commences on Sunday next, 13th inst. Readers are asked, to carefully peruse the new time-table as several alterations have been made. A Castlecliff resident informs us that about 9.10 o'clock last night, a brilliant meteor was observed at the Heads, j the sight being a most magnificent one. In its flight, which was from east to west, the meteor lit up the country for miles around, Durie Hill and other places being as plainly seen for the time as in daylight. The flight of the meteor terminated with an explosion, which sounded like the roar of artillery in the distance. The supposed meteor may have some connection with the eruption of Ngaruhoe, referred to in our telegraphic columns. A painful accident happened to Mr A. G. McLean, of the firm of Glubb and McLean, painters and paperhangers, yesterday at Aramoho. It appears that Mr McLean was handling a big square of glass, wkhich he was in the act of putting down on the ground when a piece broke off the corner which he had hold of, and entered his left temple severing an artery, with the result that he quickly lost a great quantity of blood, and serious consequences might have followed but for the fact that Mr E. Brandon fortunately arrived on the scene, and understanding something about first aid, held his thumb tightly on, the injured spot, stopping the flow of blood. Medical aid was summoned, but it was over an hour before Dr. Wall was able to reach the scene, all of which time Mr Brandon retained the steady pressure on the severed artery. Dr. Wall quickly attended to the injury, and beyond the slight weakness occasioned by the loss of blood, McLean was little the worse for the accident which might have ended fatally but for Mr Brandon's prompt and raetioal assistance, which illustrated the value of a knowledge of first aid.

The Weather Bureau reports as follows r —Westerly moderate to strong winds,. glass fall slowly, tides moderate, sea moderate, present conditions very unstable, expect unsettled weather.

A bolt occurred on Tatpo Quay about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, wliich caused a few exciting moments. A horse and trap* started off from near the bridge, but fortunately one of the wheels was chained and the hor?e could not get way on. Several persons ineffectually tried to stop the runaway, and finally a young; man very pinrkily running in front of the free wheel, managed to get hold of the reins, and pulled the horse up in front of Thaiu and Co.'s warehouse.