; A boy named Martin wns engaged in load ing up one of Mr F. A. Cook's grocery carts r. at ifche yard at 12.20 yesterday, when he was f suddenly thrown to the ground by reason of r - the horse suddenly jumping forward. It waa found that the boy's arm had been broken, and he was accordingly taken to thi Hospital. I The Mayor of Dvtnedin is sending out a circular letter to all the Mayors of tin < colony, inviting united action in ackuow- • ledgement of the services of Mr Pildier, of. J the Cape, in the interests of New Zealand f. troopers tuxl nurses. v ' At the montlhy meeting of the Waimaka- t " riri Harbour Board, the question ot im- Im provements to a cottage leased by the f Borough Council was referred to the Works | Committee. The signalman reported thai f the ketch Kestrel had touched tho bai | going out, and the Rock Lily had been | stranded on entering tho river. From s' the Board's large boat three oari js had been lost whilst assistance waa f being given to the latter vessel. |" The month's receipts were £13 14s 9d, the | bank balance £60 12s 7d. Accounts, £4 f v 15s sd, were passed. The Board discussed |~ the general question of the river, and ad- i journed. {, The ingenuity of some people in the dia- * i charge of their duty is great, and an in- | stance afforded a little while ago by Can stable Ryan, of Stratford, will take some ( beating (says a Now Plymouth paper). It , appears that he had a warrant for a judg- «• inent debtor, from whom both threats and 1 persuasion failed to extract anything in the f shape of coin. About that time a death '; t necessitated an inquest in the locality, and " f the constable proposed to tho debtor that if J he would make a coffin it would about / square tihe claim. Debtor consented to thejs bargain, and thus did a certain newspaper!? —we won'i mention names—have the dv-& tinction of being the first journal in thisgU country to have a subscription paid by the?- , , manufacture of a coffin. 