upon his nose and broke it, also causing the man to fall forward into an unglazed window just below him without further injury. Had he fallen backwards he probably would have been killed.
Another Building Accident. On the 27th of July, Samuel Boorman, a carpenter living at 109 High Street, while at work on Mr. Cooper’s new house at Warrior Square, was knocked down by a piece of brick falling on his head from a height of three or four storeys, and was greatly injured.
Burglaries
Mr. Strickland’s corn warehouse in George street was entered by some unknown person or persons on the night of the 12th of May, and about £10 worth of silver and copper stolen. A man and woman had been seen standing in the doorway in a suspicious manner.
All Saints’ Church was broken into on the night of Sunday, July 10th, but except the opening of the parish chest of ancient records and drinking some sacramental wine, the would-be thief or thieves got nothing for their trouble.
Rowing Matches
A rowing match took place on the 23rd of May between the Albion Hotel, Hastings, and the Archway, St. Leonards. The competitors were George Brazier and Alfred Farroll in one boat, and James Hutchinson and Thos. Tutt in the other. There was a stiff breeze and lumpy water at the time, but the distance there and back was accomplished by Hutchinson and Tutt in 38 minutes, thus beating their rivals by 4½ minutes.
At the Brighton regatta on July 23rd, the Lelia, of Hastings, manned by James Hutchinson, Thomas Tutt, Hy Phillips, William Elphick and Henry Roberts, won a second prize of £7 10s. The Surprise, also of Hastings, took a third prize of £4.
A Rowing Match between James Burchell and Philip Head in one boat, and Chas. Picknell and Jas. Dicker, was eventuated on June 4th, when the former two won by a minute and a half of time.
From and to Melbourne
On the 25th of May eight passengers were landed at Hastings, who had come from Melbourne, Australia, in a ship of 450 tons, called the Artrevia. One of the passengers, it was said, had half a hundred weight of gold. They lodged for the night at the Cutter Inn.
Letter from a Hastings man at Melbourne
The foregoing paragraph is a reminder that a letter had been received by Mr. Henry Winter, of George Street, from Mr. E. L. Robinson, at one time his next door neighbour, and of the firm of Robinson and Oliver, for whom, as drapers, I was two or three times employed to write metrical advertisements. They gave up business, and Mr. Robinson emigrated to Melbourne. The letter, dated January 1853, was a very long one, and Mr. Winter believing that many families were leaving their homes in England for the Antipodes upon unsafe data, sent the letter for publication in the Hastings News. The writer, after describing his voyage of 16,000 -
