M J. White, son of Mr T. H. White, architect, gob his leg broken on Dec. 19 at Taupiri, through being kicked by a horse. He mounted to drive in other horses, when the horse bucked, and White jumped off, when the animal turned round sud denly, tearing tho reins out of White's hands, and kicked at him, hitting his leg on the shin midway between the knee and instep, breaking both bones.
A somewhat sudden death occurred at Hamilton on December 3, when a son of Mr Charlos Rogers, aged nine years, passed away, with but little warning. It appears that in tho early part of the week the lad ate a quantity of green fruib, which made him ill. Dr Brewis was called in, bub had little hopes of the patient's recovery, as ho was suffering severely from inflammation of tho bowels, and it had run too far.
On December 27th tho body of a woman was discovered floating in the harbour near the Queen-street Wharf. The body having been secured and convoyed over to tho morgue, it was thore identified by the police as that of a women named Mary Bennett, or Barry, aged about 34 years. The deceased was a well-known personage to tho police, unci for a little while past has been residing on the gum fields.
