HB Herald, Thurs. Jan. 3, 1895 In 1893 there were 37 bankruptcies in Napier. Last year the number was 26. Mr A. GOODWIN, who was injured at the Onga Onga races, has asked us to publish the following:- "Dear Sir, - Permit me through your columns to thank the Rev. Father KEEGAN, of Waipawa, for his kindness to me when I met with an accident at the Onga Onga race-course. The value of advertising in the Herald was once more exemplified yesterday morning. Mr W. CROWIE lost a purse containing a sum of money and offered a good reward. Mr R. WOOD, of Messrs CONROY and Co., immediately got his eye on the advertisement, and before 9 a.m. the purse was restored to its original owner, the finder declining the reward. Mr F.D. LUCKIE, junr., brought into Napier yesterday a splendid specimen of the wild horse, a black stallion about 14 hands 2 inches in height, which he had himself captured after an exciting chase lasting nearly six hours, on the Karangarea Plains....... A quiet wedding was solemnised at the Cathedral yesterday afternoon, Dean HOVELL being the celebrant, when Dr. ATTERBURY, of Akaroa, Canterbury, was married to Miss Ethel Jane Forster HILL, daughter of Mr Thomas HILL, late Collector of Customs at Auckland. The bride, who was attired in white, was attended by the Misses RINGWOOD and Von DADELZEN, Mr C. KENNEDY acting as the bridegroom's best man. Mr G.N. PIERCE gave the bride away. At the conclusion of the ceremony Mr Maughan BARNETT played the "Wedding March," and the bridal party drove to the residence of Mr PIERCE, where the toast of "Health, Wealth, and Prosperity" to the bride and bridgeroom was drunk with enthusiasm. Hastings - One lesson taught, at terrible cost, by the untimely death of E. MOORE is that very great care should b e taken as to the disposal of such a powerful poison as the preparations of carbolic acid as supplied for domestic use prove to be. From the medical evidence given it was seen that recovery after taking even a tablespoonful is almost an impossib ility, the partial restoration being followed in most cases by sudden collapse.......... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.1/1078 - Release Date: 10/18/2007 5:47 PM