Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Saturday 19 October 1901, page 14


SOUTHPORT.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

October 15

Since last I wrote we have experiences very stormy weather. On Saturday last the storm was very .heavy, accompanied with a large quantity of rain. The wind was strong, so much so that out Benowa way many trees were uprooted. On Monday evening a storm came up very quickly, and the rain came down in torrents, about 2in being regis-

tered

At the local Police Court on Friday, before Mr Everden, J.P., n man named Woods, a stranger, was fined £2 or a month for making use of obscene language m Queen-street The fine was paid.

A party was given by Mrs J Shepherd on Friday last at The Cottage the occasion being her daugh ter's birthday. Quite a. number of young people attended and a most enjoyable afternoon and even-

nig was spent

The Biorama Company of limelighters, vocalists, &c , now touring the State in the interests of the Salvation Army, gave an entertainment in the School of Arts last evening and the hall was crowded The show was much enjoyed by all. The various songs, illustrated by lantern views were appreciated, and called forth rounds of applause. Selections by the orchestra were well received, and the kinematograph pictures were the best ever seen in Southport. Staff captain Williams accompanied the biogram artists and gave two short addresses.

Mr. J.H.C. Meyer of the Main Beach Hotel, Southport, was found dead on the railway station platform by the station-master about 9 o'clock last night. Deceased had purchased his ticket to go to Brisbane by the evening train, and had got into a carriage that was not coupled with the up train. Shortly before the closing of the office Mr. Meyer approached the station-master, and asked what time the train was going, and received a reply that it would not go till twenty past 7 next morning. Finding that he was left behind, deceased asked if he could sleep in the carriage, and was told that he could not. The station-master then closed up and went up the road for a walk, and on his return to the station found deceased stretched out on the platform, with bag and umbrella at his side. As-sistance was soon obtained, and a messenger sent for Dr. Berry, and in the meantime deceased was taken to the Railway Hotel. The doctor shortly after arrived, and pronounced life to be extinct. A post-mortem will take place this afternoon. De-ceased was a very old resident of Southport, and for many years was landlord of the Main Beach Hotel. He leaves a wife and grown-up family of sons and daughters to mourn their loss. The funeral will take place tomorrow.

A meeting of the local branch of the National Liberal Union is to be held in the Divisional Board Hall on Monday evening next. This branch is going to be a strong body.