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Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 677, 26 January 1894, Page 4

Tbe Middle Creek bridge is now open for traffic. Condensed Cable News and Brevities frdin Truth on page 3. Australian News and Pyne & Go's report of Addington market on page 6. Mr Sawers, Dairy expert, has arrived here. Rust is manifesting itself in the crops in the Wairarapa and other parts of the colony. Shearing, it is intended, will be recommenced at The Reserve (Clarence Runs Station) next Thursday. Three or four thousand sheep are to be boiled down at tbe Green Hills this year, and the skins of the animals fellmongered. Sir Patrick Buckley has abandoned, for the present at any rate, his proposed visit to England. Const Smart has been appointed local agent of the Public Trustee in place of Capt Davidson, who has resigned the office. A general meeting of the local branch of the Shearers' and Laborers' Union is to be held tomorrow week, the 3rd proximo. The business to be transacted is of special importance to members. The R.M. Court proceedings yesterday were very brief, Mr Bishop getting through the business in about ten minutes. Judgement for plaintiffin Melhuish v. R Miles, and Close v. Abraham. Lawrie v. II Smith adjourned for a month.

We are indebted to Mr F. Flower for copies of the office calendars, for 1894, issued by the Shaw Savill and Albion Company, and the Victoria Insurance Company, for both of which he is local agent. The Shaw-Savill calendar is quite a work of art.

The weather was wet, and the night dark on Wednesday, which circumstances probably accounted for the small attendance at the Library that evening. In consequence of this the annual meeting was adjourned until tomorrow (Saturday) evening.

The sheet Almanac issued by the Marlborough Express for 1894 is the neatest and best put out almanac we have received from the office of our Blenheim evening contempary. It surpasses some we have seen printed in much larger and more pretentious city printing houses. Mr Johnston’s store at the Clarence Bridge was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. The outbreak was discovered about midnight, and the fire was found to have such a stiong hold on the place that Mr and Mrs Johnston and Mr Old were unable to save anything. The origin of the fire is unknown. We understand that the goods and store were insured £5O. Messrs Pyne and Co’s annual sheep sale here is to be held on the 2nd of March. It has been pointed put to them that the date is rather late in the season. They say, in reply, that the date fixed is a week prior to the Culverden sale, and that to have the Kaikoura sale about the middle of February, as has been suggested, would clash with other fixtures. Messrs Pyne & Co are, therefore, studying the interests of their clients.

The licensees of badly conducted public bouses may rely upon it that, unless there is a miscarriage of justice, they will suffer, and that continuance on such a course will result iu cancellation of license. The proprietor of tbe Hill-top Hotel, Barry's

Saddle, Bank's Peninsula, has been fined £5 and had his license endorsed, for allowing ‘ riotous and disorderly conduct' in his house, until a late hour at night—or rather early in the morning—to the annoyance of lodgers, two Christchurch gentleman accompanied by their respective wives.

We strongly urge the establishment of Telephonic communication between Cheviot and Port Robinson, as a convenience urgently required. Further, it would also be a convenience were similar means of communication provided between the Post Office here and the Port. This could be done at a very small cost. Branches to the offices of the Agents of tbe steamers running could easily be arranged for.

—Sale of furniture, a/c A. Lawrie, by Maxton & Co, early date. —W II Houl, Green Hills, invites tenders for lease of property up Mt Fyffe Road.

—Wednesday 31st last day for payment of Income Tax.