n ** -i pany would be studying theirot™ r/J- om ' >• ft they would ma"ke theS2_ftS-?S cession at once to the .*** n they defer taking this step tfllctffl?,-. 11 fc The funeral of boor CaSev; th« vim ' ■ the late accident on the BrenneriSS * '•* took place last Sunday afternoon tb ßffA -J 20Q0 people followed hi, SJt * the grave, of whom 400 ws£«lLr the Brunnerton district, therebysbnt^ l the estimation in which heTwL ySS9 * the community. The accMu* l' t attributed to the wants otli R htsfln»v ! bridge, it would thus appear thaUnnti* !• life has been sacrificed owing W ' parsimonious and cheeseparing %<ZL, our railway management, thß«Sz jury having added a rider to \ of acciaental death, that IhraT X. \ lamps be placed Immediately ■ «" [l bridge. I suppose the sUKgertlto W£! j acted upon; at the same UmMiiS*!- k preposterous that these mattM»Si li neglected till a serious xr fatal afcfoS | occurs. ' \i Notwithstanding the late conHoaaa V fine weather, the barometer lA f fell steadily till. Saturday list JS * it reached 28.80, the lowest readta ever recorded here; the sky nt this t%» f became overcast and ominous lookine m' tending the occurrence of somethlnzVer, ' unusual, indeed many people feared u< earthquake or a tornado. On Sandn 1 morning the sea, which, had been %y. smooth as a lake for three or four weeks.' began' to make, writhing w of the a] proach of a westerly gale. This brob upon us on Sunday night, accompany; with violent squalls of hail and rain, bam peals of thunder and very vivid lightning; the tides at the same time being'!&' jnensely high. Taken altogether, jji was the neaviest storm we naval experienced for a considerable time.' the low glass was therefore easfijf accounted for. The sea ali along tha em t ran very high for two or three days t& ■ fequently, putting a complete atop torf f shipping movements. [ Government have appointed an officer fee ' take over the control of all buildings in the Colony, this official!«?! directed the Resident Engineer to repas t upon the present, condition of the pubfe' edifices In this town. 