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Opunake Times, Volume I, Issue 26, 28 September 1894, Page 2

The Taranaki County Council meets on Monday next. Mr Een. Gray, of Okato, lata of the Police Force, left last week ior Coolgardie. •

Tenders close*on Tuesday nest with Mr SV, D. Scott for felling 80 acres bush.

Nominations for one Commissioner for the Opnn ..o Town Board must be in by noon on Monday next.

A blacksmith in Palmerston North accompished a good feat recently, turning out on less than 47 horses shoes in an hour. We have to acknowledge the receipt of a complimentary ticket for the Stratford Trotting Meeting, which takes place on October 11th.

We give a reminder of Mr W. D. Scott’s Awatnna sale, which takes place on Monday, Ist October, when desirable dairy stock will be offered.

In his official report. Dr McGregor thus refers to the Wanganui Hospital:—“ This hospital is so old, so badly constructed, and so badly drained that :t ought.to be burned. There is a decided novelty running on Mr Elwin’s farm at Warea, being a three-year-old sheep with six legs. The entra legs are growing out of one shoulder, and are perfectly formed. Weasels are getting very numerous about the Okato district. One night last week Mr Levell had a prize rooster kil'ed by one, and Mr J. Caddy lost several hens through the depredations of the same unwelcome visitors.

Wakawatea, winner of th j Shorts’ Handicap p,t the Australian Jockey Club’s Spring Meeting, in the fast time of Imin IJsec (five furlongs), beating twenty-four others, is halfbrother to Fantastic, who is travelling this season between Opunaks anu Oakura.

Mr D, Nimmo-Scott informs us that he is having a great run on the new book “ John Bull and Co," by that talented author Max O’Bell, ia which he gives his impressions of the colonies and colonists as he found them. Those wishing to obtain a copy should order early to avoid disappointment. Messrs Richardson, Riordan.and Co. have obtained the contract to subdivide the Opua Block, preparatory to its being offered for set; 1 ment under “ Tho West Coast Settlemeat Reserves Act, 1802,” and have made a start with fro wo:k.

W...' c-idcaSsur, the Gaming .. , Buckjev Via tho Council that a one Maori race yi-ct Lr. which a totalizator pe - in '■ had Veen .ooueu he 1 plate’mter was Sa 6s and two bones Oi matches.

'Miffs'Lai .on lia- oeen appointed assistant mivtress at the Opu: ake Sc .00l in ..ccordance with the recommendation of the Schoo' Commissioners, and wi’ take uy he - duties here on Monday next. Miss Larron was teaching in the school previously, and bears the name of being a capable teacher, and a favourite with the pupils. Two .nstances of large payments of benefit money in friendly societies are mentioned in Auckland one :i which the Fountain of Friendshiy Lodge of Oddfellows paid £512 to a member for an illness of over 21 years, and another in which the Waikato Lodge Thames, paid £1145 to a member who h-.d been ill 21 years, and ultimately his funerr.- benefit, £25. A careful record kept at Yale University for eight years shows that non-smokers are 20 per cent taller, 25 per cent heavier and have <SO per cent more lung capacity than smokers. A recent graduating class at Amherst presented a similar difference in favor of nonsmokers, who had gained in weight 24 per over the smokers, and in height 37 per cent, and also exceeded them in lung capacity.

Lost brooch is advertised for,

Messrs . ol :i, Tonics and Co notify entries 'or their slock sa'e at Opunake on Tuesday.

Jrmes Coleman has been committed for

al at Fcilding tor the attempted murder of h’.cd Hamnett by shoot :, g at him with a revolver. h.iose in the confidence of the Government who ought to know allege that the list of the Justices of the Peace will be subjected to a revision.—Marlborough Express.

The Gazette contains a notification of the appointment of Col. Pox (late Major of the Royal AvtiVer/) as military advisqr to the Gover iment, ’xecoranrßsioa to date horn the Ist i is:. ... •

■ most determined teem A was made to burn cl r a the the Post an! Telegraph Offices at Gisborne. Kerosene had been, thrown on the weather-boarding, and at the back of the house a quantity of wood and paper saturated with kerosene was’found r n fire. Fortunately 'he blare v,as observed and the fire extinguished b'-’rre any damage was done. There : s no clu '.to the incendiary.

v A large number of Mends followed the remains cl filter A. Cross to the Cemetery on Tuesday. He was a member of the Opunake Brass Band which attended an played the “ Dead on the way to the grave. Aft.r .he buifa. service was over, at which the EoV G. T. Iff .shall officiated, a selection from the Creation was nlryed, and then the usual airs on jhoir return to town. There we e numero ii herafiful wreaths and floral designs coverlug'the coffin. We regret A have to chronicle.the death dt iiivMor Ison, i hf vSfr A, Morrison, of RahcUi. which or ;u. ed en .;imrsday morning. Mr Mo risov and family will have the sym n thy cl rh tiro settlor.: in the district, as during the'r residence here Mrs Morrison was highly es coned for her amiable disposition. The fi ncrrl w ”. leave Rahotu on Saturday, at noon, a iving at the Opunake c metery at 2 p.m. The Iruncerwilie paper says Lately Ngauruhoe was in state of great activity belching forth la; ge quantities of smoke h the daytime, and smoke and flame at night. The mountain being swow-covered to the base, nr in ■ ally presents a very pretty si'. .!. From Wrioura, the junefon of the Ohirraili and Tok a mu roads. Ruapehu, the activ e volcano Ngauruhoe, a r t Mount Egmoat ran bevm i, the latter being ninety m .os disiant as the crow flies.

There is, it seems, somethingjiko a husband famine in Melbourne, where there is an Increasing numb v of men who can, but won’t marry. o;.e writer in the Argus says there is im ev r-growing army of marriageable girls drilling slowly out surely down tbs road that ends in the shelf. Many co ■ espoudenfs Uy to solve or assist the solution of the mystery, but It is vi .olub'e. Men are not eager tc many, and the -auks of the 01. maids arc swel’l.g out of all proportion toll experience of the past. Those desirous of buying cheap drapery siioul i not miss the opportum y wii ca is oft'cie-. at Mrs Bahard’s great c.-firing sale, which commenced last Saturday. Everyth jig is marked down in pla r. figures, r o that purchasers can see for th-mselves the great reductions made. Those wanting a first choice should call ec y, as such a chance of procuring geuui :a goods at slau ht-r prices is only ofiered once a year. —Adtt.

Mr Herbert Jones, F.R.G.S., wlh give one of his brilliant dioramic lectures on Monday evening next in the Town HaM. He ba; a most beautiful selection of pictures descriptive of New Zealand scenery, which are thrown on a sheet 20 feet square by a powerin' lime-light. There will be over 120 pictures shown, and as he is al'owed to be one of the finest lecturers who has ever travelled the colonies, a perfect treat is in store for those nitendin •. It is tbe first ti ,e a lime-light exni hition has been -drown in Opuuake, fnd anyone who can should not miss the opportunity of seeing t. in Hawera a id New Ply _iouth he had crowded houses, all those attend' 113 being there- „ delighted, Hi gave two nights In New Plymouth, and oy special request repeated the lectures bn Wednesday and Thursday evenings this week. The following circu ar has been issued by the postal department to the chemists: —' be transmission of glassware, and bottles eont lining liquids, which hitherto could only be effected by parcel pot, will be permitted at sample rates under the following conditions : Glassware sqbpacked as to obvl _te risk of damage to officers or mail matte. , and bottles containing fluid (except dangerous liquids, such as acids, Arc.), if securely corked and packed I . metal or strong wooden boxes, with a sufficient quantity of cotton wool ,or other absorbent mater; 1 to prevent damage to correspondence I:; case of breakage, may be forwarded at sample rates to any place iu New Zealand and the Australian Colonies, but to no other places. Such articles must not exceed Ift. in length, 8” .1. in width, 4in. in depth, and lib. in weight; if beyond these limits they e.iu only be forwarded at parcel rates. Packets posted in contravention of any of the obove condi .ions will not be transmitted. The sample rates are : For each packet not exceeding 40z., Id.; for each additional 2oz. or fraction thereof, £d. W. Goat, Secretary. General Post Office, Wellington, Ist ..eptembo-, 1894.