POLICE PROTECTION.

Opunake Times, Volume I, Issue 14, 17 August 1894, Page 2

POLICE PROTECTION.

We would draw the attention of the authorities to the inconvenience caused by the temporary transfer ofOonstable Twoomey to Manaia, to take the place of Constable Salmon, who is ill. It is very complimentary, no doubt, to Opunake to be considered so law abiding that it can be left to take care of itself, the nearest protection being fifteen miles on one side and twenty on the other, whilst Manaia is only nine and a-half miles from Hawera, where there are two men and also a Clerk of the Court. We think it is from one of the centres that a relieving officer should be drawn. Constable Twoomey is Clerk of the Court for Opunake, and should a summons, information or other process of law be required, people might come in a long distance only to find that their journey was fruitless. We protest most emphatically against such disregard of the interests of the public.

We give a reminder of Messrs : Nolan, Tonks and Co's sale on Tuesday next. Parihaka Eoad Board meet on Monday nest at Eahotu. A new wheel having been put into the 'Pungdrehu it has resumed work. Mr Orchard new advertisement will appear in next issue. .. The Eltham Gugrdian urges its town folks to go in for a borough instead of a town district. Mr Cox, wlHrwas in charge of Mr George's Eatanui factory, has been appointed manager of the Awatuna Co-operative Factory. • Mr B. Thompson,; M.H.8., about hit the nail on the head when he said in Parliament, " It is all very well to talk about Liberalism, Toryism, or anything else, but to a country settler politics mean roads." The Scotch mail train, oh 13th instant, dashed into the buffers at St. Pancrass station owing to the brakes failing, and two carriages were telescoped, and twenty-two passengers injured. The Premier has concluded arrangements with Col. Fox whereby the latter re-enters tbe public service as advising military officer to the Government, at the former salary of £7OO a year. ',; Mr Dawson, who, we understand, is a brother to the late Mr Dawson, postmaster, of Manaia, has been appointed manager of the Otakeho Dairy Factory in lieu of Mr Hart, who has resigned to take up farming. Mr Hart has taken up a farm pn the Auroa Eoad, and is having a residence erected. Mr D. Nimmo Scott notifies that he has received a fresh consignment of the highly sensational and popular books "A Modern Buccaneer," " Thrown Away," and " The King's Stockbroker." There is a great run on these books, and those not wishing to be disappointed should order early. 0 ;f' Mr Joseph Gallagher, who was for some time assistant at the Manaia Dairy Factory, has been appointed~manager of the new factory erected by-Messrs Joll Bros, oh'the lower Duthie Eoad. We congratulate Mr'Gallagher on his appointment, and feel sure that his extensive knowledge of the business will prove bepeficial and profitable to his employers. ....';, .':•. ~l ■ It is with deep regret we have to chronicle the death of Mr Wfn.-McCarty (of McCarty and Co, blacksmiths), Manaia, He met with an accident to his arm on Saturday last which necessitated amputation. This was performed on : Tuesday, but he never recovered the shock, and expired on Wednesday morning. He>..leaves a wife and one child to mourn his loss. Ait the Parihaka' Eoad Board meeting on "Monday next Mr Maxwell -willmove, That a id tate.be struck. Mr''Morrison.: is.-to.move and Mr Wright is to second a motion, (That the ranger receive notice dispensing : with his services. The latter member is also to move, That the clerk obtain an estimate for laying a steel tramway up the Ihaia Eoad, with six inches, of. metal between, the rails ; "A 'correspondent writes i—Ja. Auckland a draper -was fined for employing girls 45 minutes after hours.; another for not giving a new hand a "half-holiday. Mow, compare this with a poor woman having to trudge on foot five miles,, then express" it six miles to Opunake, to get a month's extension to pay a fine inflicted on Her husband, who has since been ill and out of work. On the return journey the five miles on foot had to be done, not only in the darkness but also in the thunderstorm and rain of Thursday night week, through a bush road so bad that some time since a settler refused to allow one of his di'augbjt -horses to pack two fifties of flour. .Of course uuoh a thing could not possibly' occur in the Parihaka Road Board's district f A marvellous escape from a fatal accident occurred on Monday at Westport. A man named Michael Leydon was using dynamite at work. 'He placed 12 plugs on a sheet of metal and warmed it oyer the fire. He was removing the dynamite from the lirp when it exploded. His face was cut and bruised, and also his chest. His eyes were iujured, but not seriously. The hat Leydon was wearing was torn to tatters by the force of the explosion, and his shirt was torn off his shoulders. He was taken to the hospital, but did »Qt lose conciousness. Blood came from hie nose, ears, and niouth. His sight will probably not suffer, but: b;,B hearing is impaired

Messrs Dickson and Co. are the successful tenderers for the Mohakatina bridge*

Messrs Nolan, Tonks and Co will, in addition to household furniture, sell a firstclass piano almost new on Tuesday. The meeting to consider the proposed loan for the Ihaia Eoad will take place tomorrow evening at Mr Affleck's residence. A Maori named Pumipi hanged himself at New Plymouth on Sunday. Disappointed love 1 There was a very heavy fall of hail this morning at Awatuna, the 'ground being covered some inches deep. We call our readers' attention to an alteration in Mr MacEeynolds' advertisement in this issue. Captain Edwin wired at 12.44 p.m- to-day : —" West to eouth and south-east heavy gale with rain and very heavy sea, with very high tides. Glass rise and weather very cold." The following tenders were received for the erection of the Anglican Church yesterday : E. Coley and Co, £275 17s 6d; E. Fitton, £303; Carroll and Artindale, £349. E. Coley and Co's tender was accepted. Messrs Brightwell and Son are opening their bakery on Monday next, and have engaged the services of a first-class baker. Householders will be called upon on Monday morning, and the favor of their patronage is respectfully solicited. —Advt. The Opunake School Commissioners met on Tuesday evening to consider applications for the post of assistant mistress. Two names were submitted, and on the motion of Mr McGregor, seconded by Mr Guy, it was resolved to recommend Miss Lorimer to the Board for appointment. Miss Lorimer is at present engaged teaching a school at Cannington, South Canterbury, and has firstclass testimonials, holding a D 4 certificate. She was trained at the Christcnurch Normal School, and taught for some years in the Kaiapoi school. It is reported that the proprietors of the Waitara works have definitely decided to open the works on Ist November for the freezing of meat and butter. The mail steamers will call at Waitara fortnightly, taking the produce above mentioned, and also wool, which, it is claimed, can be sent more cheaply from Waitara than from any other port. Mr Pirani, M.H.R., objected to the practice of bringing out from Home persons to act as experts. He said that Mr Valentine, who had been brought out as chief dairy expert, really knows less about dairying matters than he did. Mr Valentine's lectures were the laughingstock of the farmers. He might have been " a good masher," but he never was intended to be a dairy expert. Mr Charlton, another importation, had also not proved a success. A tragedy is reported from Merrivale digs gings, near Otautau, Southland. A miner named Frederick Hooker shot a man named Reynolds dead, and then committed suicide. Subsequent to shooting the father he fired at a boy of Reynolds', but missed him, and then fired at Miss Reynolds, who is aged 18, shattering the right forearm and blowing the left thumb off. Seyeral pellets also lodged in her breast. Mrs Reynolds is missing, and is either shot or lost in the bush. Hooker was found dead in his hut about a mile from Reynolds' place. Reynolds was shot through the temple. Jealousy is supposed to be the cause of the tragedy. Miss Reynolds was taken to -the Riverton Hospital, where she died the next day (Monday). The police are searching for Mrs Reynolds. The murderer is said to have boarded with Reynolds, although he had a hut of his own.