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Opunake Times, Volume II, Issue 54, 8 January 1895, Page 2

Tenders are called for the supply of twenty five cords of firewood.

A shark nine feet long wa3 caught in the bay this morning by Mr Ashdown and party, and later in the day another, 7ft long, was captured. Captain Edwin wired at 12.40 p.m. to-day as follows :—East to east and north-west gale after 16 hours from now; glass fall and indications of rain.

Notice is given that Mr W. D. Scott is authorised to receive all accounts owing to Mr W. W. Middleton, and also to pay any accounts owing by him. x We have to acknowledge receipt of a member's coinplim'entary ticket from the secretary of the Stratford Bacing Club for their meeting which takes place on Thursday 17th instant. Mr W. W. Middleton leaves Wellington for Sydney on his way to the " Old Country " on the 20th instant. He is booked to leave Sydney by the B.S.S. Arcadia on February 4th. We wish him a pleasant voyage.' Mr Edwin Howell, " special " for the Taranaki Herald and Budget, is on a visit to Opunake. Mr Howell was lately on the staff of the London Times, and during his sojourn in the colonies has been engaged on the principal papers as a " special " writing up the several districts and their prominent citizens and settlers. We understand that the followers of Te Whiti intend accompanying him in a body to Hawera, where he has to go to answer a summons at the instance of the D.O.A. in in connection with his indebtedness to the estate of Mr J. Stitt. What the display will mean more than a good time for the Hawera publicans and bakers we fail to see. Mr George was the successful tenderer for the bridges at Vickery's, Warner's and Waiteika, for a total of £162. Mr Latham got the Mangahume for £ 182 15s. Mr Sheerin got metalling contracts 5 (d) and 5 (c) on Eltham Eoad, and Mr B. Warner, contracts (b), for metalling on the same road. Messrs O'Donnell and Collins are to have the option of taking work on South Eoad at scehdule rates to be arranged with the engineer.

A Hawke's Bay paper says:—While shearing -was proceeding at Mangatoro a swagger called at the house where the shearers had their meals and asked for a dinner. Being refused, he sat down and rested himself till the men had returned to their work. Then he interviewed the cook. A stand-up fight resulted, in which the cook came off second best. Then the swagger helped himself to dinner, and after a substantial repast continued on his travels in the direction of Weber. The Commissioner of Police has issued a circular in which he says that the practice of members of the police force belonging to football and athletic clubs having been found to interfere considerably with discipline, it is notified for the general information and guidance of all concerned that in future no leave will be granted to enable members of tho police force to play football matches or travel with'footbal or athletic teams, and they are strongly recommended not to become members of such associations, which must iu many ways interfere with the proper performance of their duties. The diocese of Nelson has changed the designation of its parochial clergy by adopting a suggestion first made by the Synod of Christchurch last session. The titles of incumbent, curate in-charge, and assistant curate are henceforth to give place to those of rector, vicar, and curate, respectively, so that the clergy of the parochial districts who hold their cures under the Bishop will now be styled vicars, and the clergy instituted to parishes will become rectors. The Synod also made a recommendation to the General Synod that these titles should be established for the whole province. The New Zealand Farmers' Dairy Union, in view of the uncertain state of the butter rr arket at Homo have issued the following circular to shareholders:—" I regret to have to inform you that, owing to the considerable fall in colonial butter in the English market, and as the Union place the greater portion of their output upon this market, and caij only obtain an average against it equal to two-thirds of the prices ruling iu England at the time of such advance, otir directors find it neGessary to deduct 7£ per cent, from the amount to be advanced for milk supplied, during the past month. The director, however, anticipates a substantial balance from those sales, which will be returned to the suppliers i. 3 the shape of bonus upon milk supplied at the end of the season, and dusire to express a hope that the suppliers will stand loyally to the Union during the present trying times, and to remind them what without their support the Union cannot be the success that all connected with it trust that it may p?ave. The directors also desire to point out that they have decided to redupe the standard per centage from 3-8 to 3 6 in conformity with the wish of the suppliers, and feel confident that this will meet with your approval.' _..._

Tenders are called for hotel washing. The second test match between the Australian nnd English Elevens resulted in a win for the latter by 94 runs. An old miner named Tom Milliquin committed suicide at Dunganville, Greymouth, on Thursday night, by blowing his brains out.

A fearful tragedy has occurred in Paris. Three men and a woman were found mutilated under a staircase, and a man hanging by a rope. Messrs Colmer and Bradley, of Eahotu, notify that they have moved into their new smithy, where they are prepared to execute all kinds of blacksmith's work at prices to suit the times.

The Rev G. T. Marshall will preach at Rowan Road to-morrow, 9th; at Rahotu, Thursday, 10th ; and at Eltham Road, Friday, 11th; aach service commences at halfpast seven. The Auckland Star says that of every hundred tons of produce which ought to have been carried over the railways, probably not ten tons have been so carried during the regime of the Commissioners.

A Sydney paper says:—"The sleepiest man in Australia was fined 20s a few days back. He was discovered dreaming on the railway line, and explained that he had put his ear on the rail to find out if the train was coming and had dozed off."

At the sale of yearltngs, at Wellington Park, Auckland, bred by Mr Thomas Morrin, 27 brought 2782 guineas. The highest figure was 450 guineas, by G. Wright, for a bay filly by Castor from Frailty; The lowest figure was 20 guineas. The' average was over 100 guineas each. .

Is the world coming to an end, or has the bottom dropped out of hnman prejudice ? The other Sunday the Anglican, Presbyterian, and Wesleyan parsons drove down in the one buggy to conduct service at Stafford. When will they drive into the one church ? Kumara Times.

The Woodville Examiner says:—"Bush whisky is often talked of in a jocular way, but it has become a live reality, and in this Pahiatua County it is well known that a large still is in full operation. The product of the still is reported to be retailed both by licensed houses and sly.grog shops. The police have had the matter in hand for some time, but the distiller is too cute for them."

Typhoid is fairly raging at Coolgardie. One might imagine (says an exchange) that where condensed water was used typhoid should be well nigh impossible, but the disease is doubtless generated by the clouds of foul dust which find their way everywhere, and by the general filth begotten of the want of a generous water supply.

Mr J. Caddy has disposed of the hurdler Egmont to Mr C. McMaster, the price, we understand, being £so.' The negotiations were made through Mr G. W. Rogers, hon. secretary of the Opunake Racing Club. With the turn of foot possessed by Egmont, we anticipate he will give a good account of himself in some of the big cross-country events, as the Armourers are well-known stayers.

Tenders are being invited by the War Office for supplies of frozen mutton for the land forces at Malta and Gozo. The tenders are to bo sent in by the Ist February next. There is no reason why New Zealand mutton should not stand as good a chance as any other of being accepted. Indeed, its chance ought to be better, seeing that its quality is admittedly superior, and it can be supplied at a price which in relation to quality is no higher than that of the inferior River Plate or Australian meat.

Mr T. Manson, of Palmerston, who has returned from a trip to the Old Country, says : —ln regard to New Zealand produce, he did not see such a thing as New Zealand mutton or beef in Scotland. Cheese from this country is very popular in the north, and there is a large quantity used. Our butter is also greatly appreciated and fetches the highest price. Mr Manson used it all the time, the price being Is 3d per lb. The drawback to opening a trade in meat is the obsence of cool storage, but it is a wonder such a slight difficulty has not been overcome, especially when our mutton could be profitably sold at half the price of the local product.

The fact is regretfully admitted, according to a London despatoh of November 24th (a mail telegram reports), by those close to the Queen that Her Majesty must remain almost a cripple for the rest of her days. It was hoped for weeks that she would recover the use of her limb after the severe attack of rheumatism, but the disability became chronic, and it is held that never again will she be able to walk more than a few steps at a time. It is impossible for her to step up and down, even in or out of her carriage, and an inclined gangway has been provided for the latter purpose. A specially-designed chair has been provided for carrying Her Majesty up and down stairs.

Beports of floods in the country districts of Nelson are most distressing. In the Motupiko Valley the flood on Thursday was the highest on record. Gardens and crops have been destroyed, sheep drowned, fences levelled, and much land washed away. The roads are scoured in all directions. The approach on the Pigeon Valley side of the Wakefield bridge is completely carried away. Hollis lost 1200 hills of hops, Nicolls 300, and B. Lines and G. Holland many, the land being washed away. Throughout Appleby and Waimea West the crops are levelled; Considerable stock was drowned at Motueka. The country is submerged, and it was feared the river would make a new course through tho township. The Buller coach and.passengers were stuck at Hope Junction accommodation house, and the big coach from Reefton at Longford. The question as to the benefit to be derived from grooming milch cows has lately been put to a praotical test by a German professor. Two well-bred cows were chosen for the experiment, and for seven successive days they well curry-corned and brushed. After an interval of two days the cows were again well groomed for another week. The following results were obtained: Yield of milk for the fourteen days when the cows were groomed, G 3-3 gallons ; percentage of butter fat, 4-007. Yield of milk for fourteen days when the cows were not groomed, 59 gallons ; percentage of butter fat, 3 - 97<5. It will be seen from the foregoing that both the yield of milk and the percentage of butter fat were increased during the period of grooming. A similar experiment was made in Holland, and the result showing that the attention paid to the .skin of the milch cows increased the yield of milk about 4 per cent. Nothing is said of the food given to the animals during these experiments, but we may naturally conclude that the grooming would increase .their appetites.—Wanganui Herald. Some time ago a son of Mr Adam Johnstone, Okaiawa, was in the bush, when he struck his head againnt a rata limb. Not much notipc of the mishap was taken at the time, but subsequently dangerous results threatened. He became addicted to fits, being subject to as many as two in a week. It was indeed feared that his days were numbered. He was taken to New Plymouth, and placed under the care of Dr Christie. It was then seen that the only hope of saving the lad's life was by performing a critical and dangerous operation, entailing great skill on the part of tho surgeon. The operation necessitated the removal and replacing of a large portion of the skull bone, and removing the dotted blood. This operation was performed, the lad being five hours under chloroform, and it ranks as one of the greatest surgical feats performed in the colony. Dr Mackenzie, Wellington, was present during the operation. The lad is in as good health as ever he was. The anxiety of the parents durjng the lad's lpng suffering may easily be imagined, and it is satisfactory to yi?o publicity to the fact of the complete success of the operation.—Haweni Slur.