THE Kaikoura Star. Published Tuesday and Friday Evening FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1887.

Kaikoura Star, Volume VII, Issue 85, 21 October 1887, Page 2

THE Kaikoura Star. Published Tuesday and Friday Evening FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1887.

Mr Melhuish, butcher, is; first in the market this year with lamb, of excellent quality.

A general meeting, of the Racing Club is to be held on Wednesday next. A good attendance is specially desired

Report has it that both Land and Education Boards are to be abolished. This savors largely of extreme central •ism and yet it tnay prove a wise step, though we doubt it.

The County Council meets on Monday week, the thirty-first instant, and not on Monday next. The Clerk has erroneously issued notices for the 24th, instead of the 31st.

The horse “ Gold Coast ” has come in for a large share of attention by horse breeders since his arrival here on Monday last. The horse is greatly admired, though he is not in good condition for travelling.

Applications have been made for the following patents: Improved oven for the use of bakers,.- and others, to be called “Parker’s Patent Koppa Maori” ; improved counter apparatus for bottling eerated waiters ; invenion, by Burd and Rusden, Auckland, for the restoration of sight and the curing of weak eyes, short-sightedness, soreness of the lids ; for a produce preserver, by R. F. Loffler, Auckland. In order'not to clhsli With the Presby-i terian Soiree, which takes place shortly, the Good Templars have decided that their entertainment on the evening of the Prince of Wales’ Birthday, instead of taking the form of a Tea and Concert, shall he a of a Musical and Dramatic character. The first part will consist of Music. Readings and Recitations. and the second the amusing comedy entitled “ Should This Meet the Eye," a capital little piece, full of fun. The charge for admission has been fixed at the modest sum of one shilling for adults, so that a large attendance should result.

Ip'ia ro.pQntnrl 11ifot. P 1 depided to dispose itfSjßwhe Govern- 1 ment residences.

The repeal -of the Crown and Native Lands Rating Act is contemplated. One of the contemplated modes of retrenchment is the abolition of all local conveniences (except in the chief centres) not absolutely necessary, such as Land Offices, Deeds Registry Offices and stick like. The Auckland Herald bolds that so long as Sir Julius Vogel remains leader of the Opposition the position of the Ministry is assured. The following among other Bills have been read a firs' time : —To repeal the Native Land Administration Act; the Educational Franchise Bill (abolishing cumulative voting); Influx of Chinese Prevention Bill ; to provide for the election of the Governor of the Colony ; the Bible-reading in Schools Bill.

The New Zealand Times (Wellington) says that only utter dullness and stagnation can be recorded in regard to politics just now. There are various unauthenticated rumors about Ministers contemplating a revision of the tariff, and about the Opposition plotting a sensational counter-policy, but as yet nobody knows anything. The Masterton supporters of Mr A. W. Hogg, who made a grand fight in the late election, fittingly testified their esteem by presenting him with an address and a purse of sovereigns. Mr Hogg fully deserves the recognition. , *

The Mat aura Ensign, noting the inundation of lawyers in the new Parliament, says the irruption cleaHy indicates that there are a great many frozen out lawyers in the Colony with nothing to do. Mr Healy. M.P., writing in the Dublin Nation says the winter will decide a great deal. If the Irish harvest is as bad as the tenants fear, rent of course will become impossible over wide districts, and the Governmemt will have recalled to their ears later on the disregarded warnings of the late debates. Discredit will soon simply overwhelm them. A fight compared tu which that of 1881 was colorless may shortly be waged' 'in every parish, and the English will have before them, iu its reality, the alternative of the rejection of Mr Gladstone’s proposals of last year. . fhe atmosphere has been so clear of late that the Frei ch coast could be -e-mfimu U-iver with remai’kahle cli-ur-