The Opunake Times. FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1895.

Opunake Times, Volume III, Issue 115, 9 August 1895, Page 2

The Opunake Times. FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1895.

String Band promenade concert this evening.

The result of the Grand National at Christchurch yesterday was :— Mutiny Ist, Roscius 2nd, Norton 3rd ; dividend, £3 12s. Messrs D. McSweeney and F. Hickey were the successful tenderers for the hundred chains of fencing for Messrs Whitmore, and Brooker at 6s per chain.

Messrs Newman Bros notify the arrival of oats, pollard, eating and seed potatoes from the south. They have a large variety of choice seed potatoes which should meet ready sale. The Executive have unanimously decided to allow tire law to take its course on Mrs Dean, the date of her execution being left to the sheriff to fix.

Mr E. Ellery Gilbert, the well-known piano expert, tuner and repairer, will visit Opunake on the 13th instant, and may be seen at Kennedy’s Hotel.

The Parihaka Road Board gives notice that at the next meeting on 19th instant a general rate of Jd in the £ over all ratable property in the district will be levied. Mr Joe Ivess, who started the Egmont Post, Eltham Guardian, and Hawera Morning Post, has decided on starting a paper at Pahiatua, to be called the Pahiatua Argus.

Mr W. D. Scott will hold a sale of furniture, drapery and sundries at his mart tomorrow. Immediately after the above he will offer a quantity of totara timber on the section opposite the mart. The s.s. Aorere arrived on Thursday, August Bth. The whole of the inward cargo of 380 packages was consigned to Messrs Newman Eros. Exports: Rutherford and Sons, 6 bales hemp. A very successful meeting of the Band of Hope was held on Thursday evening in the Wesleyan Church, when a full programme of vocal and instrumental items was given. There were also several recitations and a dialogue.

Martin Petrie was fined Is and costs on Monday for not having paid the Wheel Tax. This is the first case of the kind that Iras been brought before the Court, and Mr Eoy, solicitor, stated that the Council wished the public to understand that the by-laws would be stringently enforced.—News. On Monday last a party of about twenty met at Stony River for a day’s coursing, and had a most successful and enjoyable day’s sport. Hares were plentiful, and there were a number of very exciting runs, and thirteen kills resulted. One of those on foot secured a puss, and a bit of a sell. To save himself the trouble of carrying it he tied it on to one of the horsemen’s saddle, and the latter, in the excitement, left for home, and did not find till he got there that puss was still in his charge. The marriage of Mr John Stewart of Opunake, and Miss Stevenson, eldest daughter of Mr John Stevenson, of Pihama, took place at the residence of the bride’s parents on Thursday, the Bth. The bride was given away by her father. She wore a handsome travelling dress, and was attended by her sister, Miss Mary Stevenson. Immediately after the wedding breakfast the bridal pair left to take the mid-day train en route for the South Island, where they spend the honey-moon. The presents were numerous and costly, including the useful aud ornamental of almost every description. Mr and Mrs Stewart have the congratulations of a very large circle of friends, who wish them a pleasant tour, and will be glad to welcome them on their return.

In the course of his reply to the brewers’ deputation, Mr Seddon said there was some force in the statement that where the number of houses is to be a fixed number, such as one in seven hundred, the question of reduction should be left to the committee. He did not think this unreasonable, and when the Bill was in committee he would not strenuously oppose an amendment in that direction. lie did nut think th-re was the slightest hope of getting the Bill altered to provide for a threefifth;- majority to cany redaction. The Home would udbeic to a luuo majority. He thought the. House would insist on the cumulation of the Prohibition aud reduct’on voles, buthe himself thought it was wrong to take the votes of those who voted for reduction and count them for prohibition. He did not think the clause providing that the first licenses to go in casosof reduction were licenses endorsed Ur breaches of the law could be expunged. He was not going to imperil fais bill by introducing clauses into it dealing with tied houses.

Tenders close to-morrow for falling 30 acres bush for Mr D. C. Simson. The Rev W. Booth, of Carterton, has made a contribution of £IOOO towards the Wellington Cathedral Fund. Tenders close this evening at 5 o’clock'for the office of caretaker of the public school for ensuing year. Mr W. D. Scott notifies that he will sell by public auction Section 11 Block 34, Town of Opunake, on August 14th, by order of the mortgagee. The returns show that the amount expended in drink in Victoria last year amounted to £3,759,000, or £3 4s per head of population.

The Commissioner of Crown Lands notifies that a number of desirable sections in this township will be leased by auction on Wednesday, August 14th, at New Plymouth. There is also one section near the English Church to be sold for cash, upset price £lO.

Mr McHardy wrote to the Council re sowing down a deviation used by the Council when the Heimama bridge was carried away. The Council decided to ask applicant to furnish an amount for which he is prepared to effect repairs.—Herald.

The 1000 Martini-Henry rifles which arrived by the Tainui will be distributed amongst the Volunteer Corps of the Colony. The Premier hopes to have the balance of the 4000 rifles ordered here by the end of the year.

We are informed that Mr Mundy is the successful tenderer for the erection of Mr J. H. Sellers’ house, to be erected on the farm recently purchased by him near Okaiawa. The following tenders were received : —Labor only: Mr Sims, £2B ; Mr Ross, £27 10s ; Mr Mundy, £26.

Dr O’Carroll, of New Plymouth, is suffering from a broken hand, occasioned by his falling off a slide on the Ist August, being the day of the severe frost in Taranaki. Being the right hand, Dr O’Carroll has been subjected to considerable inconvenience as well as pain.— Record.

We have received a sample box of a new brand of cigarettes called the “Chieftain,” which are very choice. They are manufactured in Auckland from beautifully fresh cut tobacco, and are by far the finest flavored cigarette we know of in the market. Messrs Burgess, Fraser and Co, of New Plymouth, are wholesale agents, and Messrs Newman Bros are the local agents for the of them. They are all the rage in the cities where they have been introduced.

During the hearing of a charge of insulting language brought against James Butterwoith, of New Plymouth, by Mr Runciman, J.P., accused asked Mr Runciman, who was in the witness-box, if he did not feel insulted because he called him a flathead for stating the earth was flat. Mr Runciman replied, “ Not at all. I have often been called that. I still believe the earth is flat.” Mr Bauchope, one of the presiding justices, remarked, “ We won’t go into that point just now,” which produced a general laugh.

Miss Grace Neil, female inspector of Factories, in her annual report, states that dressmaking as a trade is on a decline in New Zealand. She pomts out that although we have first-class dress-makers in New Zealand, society ladies, no doubt following “ fashion,” send to Paris, London, Melbourne, or Sydney, for dresses which can be manufactured as well and at a lower price in the colonies. As almost every girl is “ put to the dressmaking after leaving school,” the business is in a wretched condition, and wages for first-class hands have been reduced to 2s or 3s a day in some cases.

It is with deep regret that we have to record the sudden death, in Wellington, of Mrs A. B. Anderson, who will be remembered in this district where she lived a few years back. Mr Anderson, who is a brother of Mrs Macfie, was a partner with Mr Maefie, of Opua, where both families resided. After dissolving partnership Mr aud Mrs Anderson took up their residence at Oakura for some time, aud then removed to Wellington, where they have since resided. Mrs Anderson made a host of friends whilst living in this district, who will hear with deep regret of her decease. She leaves four daughters affd one son to mourn her loss.

The following extract S'om a report made by the Agent-General to the Agricultural Department will be of general interest. It is undoubted that a considerable quantity of inferior New Zealand mutton has lately been on this market, thus tending to depress all classes of frozen meat. With regard to the chilled beef on the market to-day the dressing is not first-class. This, I have before pointed out, applies to a very large proportion of the mutton as well. It is of the greatest importance that this detail should be attended to. A butcher naturally will not display in his shop an improperly dressed animal or quarter of beef, and I was assured at the market to-day that with regard to beef, good as against indifferent dressings makes a difference of Uper lb. Perhaps you will take some means of impressing this on New Zealand shippers. Now that we are faced with such keen competition it is only by careful attention to details and the best beasts for shipment that we can hope to maintain the position we now have on these markets.

Were Kaahu, who murdered his wife at Hukatere on Friday, was arrested at Waitotara oh Monday night by Constable O’Brien. The accused will be tried at Patea. Inspector Thompson leaves on Friday to prosecute. A telegram received last night states that while the native was being taken to Wanganui, aud just as the train was emerging from Kai Iwi tunnel, the Constable in charge saw the prisoner had cut his throat with a butcher’s sheath knife. He immediately took the weapon from him, and went on to the carriage platform to obtain the assistance of the guard. The man took advantage of his absence to pull down and bound through the carriage window. The Constable saw him, but was too late to stop him. The prisoner was apparently not hurt by the fall, and jumped up and ran back towards Kai Iwi. The Constable went back from the next station, and walked (o Kai Iwi, where .he found the man outside the hotel. Ho took him in charge and brought him into the Wanganui Hospital in a buggy, where the wound was stitched. So far as can be ascertained the man is likely to recover.

O. W. O. Hardman, Sheriff of Tyler Co , W. Va., appreciates a good tiling and does not hesitate to say so. He was almost prostrated with a cold when he procured a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. He says: “It gave me prompt relief. J find it to be an invaluable remedy for coughs and colds.” For sale by Newman Bros.