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Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 55, 20 October 1875, Page 2

In another column a letter appears from a llawcra correspondent, in which he shows the educational loss occasioned by incessant changes of masters at the scho cq there. Every one must cordially endorse what he says on the matter, and wo feel convinced that the Board will admit the force of iiis argument. In choosing tho future master, members, we are sure, will take warning by the past, and will exercise their utmost judgment to secure a gentleman who will retain cilice for some time, and that they will not allow cither local chums or personal friendship to inteilcie with what is clearly their duty, via., to select the host man, whomcr lm nuj he, from whatever place ho comes, or whatever may be the religion he professes. If the selection should be a had one lasting injury will he done to the school. “ Coming events cast their shadows be. fore, it is'truly said. Already the competitors at the ensuing races begin lo muster, and in a few days a great many horses will he located sound Wairoa. Yesterday Mr Quinlivan’s mares, Maid of the Mill and Maid of the Mountain, passed this township cii route for Wairoa. Iney will ho located at Lloyd’s establishment till the races, and will take their breath, ings over the W'airoa comso, I>olh aic looking in first-rate fettle,and their owner's chances for the handicap are of the rosiest We see that Maid of the Mountain is entered for the Wellington Cup, and Maid, of the Mill for the Wellington Derby, and need hardly say that we wish them success. The special providence that is said to watch over drunken men, and tools, was illustrated here on Saturday evening. Two men both in a “ happy condition, apparently, came racing rip from the the bridge, and despite sundry swaying* on either side, arrived safely at the turn into the main street. The leading horse took a rather sharp curve at this pourL which proved too much for the equihbnum ox its rider, who came to the ground with great force, flat on his back. 1’ ortunaley the place of landing was comparatively soft, and, beyond a shaking, no harm was done, but the escape was a narrow one. Mr. J, Paterson’s tender of -ill for works on Paterson Road was accepted on Saturday last, by the Patea AVcst Road Board.

A temperance soiree will he held in the Immigration Barracks this evening - in aid of the fund for improving - the Catholic Church here. An excellent tea will he provided for visitors, by ladies who have uuleriaken to furnish the tables, and no doubt numbers will do full justice to the good things before them. We omitted to sav that tea will be ready at half-past six o’clock sharp. Should the weather prove line, a number of guests from the outlying districts are expected ; in so good a cause, it is to be Imped, even it’ the olein aits be unfavorable, that a little rain will imt, deter t hem. 1 la' t'-a-crown, with a reduction of a shilling to youngsters under fourteen years of age, is the admission money.

As to the or iinancc just, issued by the Governor of Fiji giving him power to prohibit settlement in particular districts, the Fiji Tinier saj - s— -i The colonists oi Fiji arc impoverished not from any wanton extravagances on their part or idleness, as is clearly shown by their indelatigable labours. All we. depend upon is extraneous aid ; by risk of life, by perseverance, by honesty and integrity we have acquired the land ; we are wanting the capital to

develop it. How can wc obtain it i not by being arbitrary and cruel in our enactments, but simply by being conciliatory, by giving a fair and equitable land tenure to a planter, and by making rich and iiuor alike. We believe in blood, but not in despotism ; wc love loyalty, truly and honestly, and no move faithtul subjects of the Queen exist than the colonists of Fiji, but as Britishers we detest coercion, we revolt at the idea of lining made slaves to the fancy and behest of any one, and hy our right that wo claim, as true subjects wo dare any interference with onr liberty.’,

A woman named Eliza Cinskoy, a poulterer, residing in Dunlin, fell suddenly in her shop, repeating l!ie Words u I am going.” Her daughter Margaret, aged 2!, also foil immediately after her mother. When examined both mother and daughter were found to ho dead. It is a singular fact that several relations of the deceased women died under almost similar circumstances.

An Auckland merchant, a Mr. Moss Levy, imported certain goods liable to wl valorem duty, lie presented an invoice to the Customs authorities, setting forth the value of these goods at a certain amount. This, according to law, he swore to as being correct in every particular, and ho paid duty accordingly as per invoice pre. sented. Owing' to some oversight on the part of one of the Custom House officers on the wharf, who had neglected to take a note of certain numbers, Mr. Levy was i-equested to send down the invoice, and 1,,',, -U „cv.«. invoice .u .* higher rate of prices for the same goods. The whole thing was then discoveredThe first invoice that was sworn to was an altered and not the real one, the second was the proper document. The Collector of the Customs laid an information for an attempt to evade the Customs duties, and sued for treble the value of the g00d5,£225 ,£225 2s. 6J. At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Mr. Levy’s counsel pleaded guilty on his behalf, but said that, though legally guihv, ho was not so morally. This

however, could only be explained by the defendant on his oath, and it was not possible to do this, his month being shut. It was then arranged that a fine of .£IOO, with costs, should be paid. This was tho case, and as has been said, the report of it was suppressed in all the papers. The Xeto Zealand Times in concluding a strongly condemnatory article says —“ It attaches such a stigma to journalism in Auckland as it will take a long time to efface. In the meantime its results may teach some braggarts of spurious independence to bo loss hasty in discovering in others the motives by which they themselves are really actuated, but which they profess to scorn.”

The Napier Daily Telegraph says that a good many silver and gold Gorman coins arc in circulation in town, that were introduced by the immigrants by the ship Friedburg. In hurriedly taking money over the counter, tradespeople may be deceived.

Some practical jokers at Charleston says the Westport Times, are likely to get into trouble over their tricks at the Good Templar’s anniversary banquet. A female lecturer, in California, speaking in behalf of her sex, says:—“ Man’s pleasures would never suit, us, and his profits we have. Wo allow him to dress respectably, and to take us to lectures and othe,. intellectual circuses ; but the bulk of his

income we appropriate ’

A recent return states that the amount of suitors’ stock and cash in the hands of tire Court of Chancery, is £00,4.25,000, the unclaimed dividends in tin* Bank of England reach to over a million, and ahmit a million and a half lies to the credit of the intestate Estates Fund.

The following is a copy of a written address on the envelope of a letter received at the Hokitika Post Office: — "Mr Chrislifor Shomes Okiclitickoy, Crimbo New Zealand, in haste.” The writer’s idea of the way to spell Hokitika is unique. The pedestrian feat of walking 112 miles in 48 consecutive hours, carrying sGlb. weight, has been successfully accomplished at Hamilton by Mr. Danvers, of the Armed Constabulary.

Lieutenant Feulou. one o'; the eight Irish competitors at the great, rille.contest between America and Ireland, and who carried oil! the cup offered by the members of Lloyd’s, formerly resided at Cores mandel. His parents are residing there* Fenton also took the great prize at Dudley, with a score of 44 out of a possible 50 at. 1,000 yards. Newspaper advertising is now recognised by business men having faitn in their own wares as the most clfeetive means tor securing fur their goods a wine recognition of their merits. Newspaper advertising impels impdry, and when the article offered is of good quality and at a fair price, the natural result is increased sales. Newspaper advertising is a permanent addition to the reputation of goods advertised, because it is a permanent iulluenee always at work in their interest. Newspaper advertising promotes trade, for even in the dullest times advertisers secure by far (ho largest share of what as being dune.—i <dm Manning.

Any fears that might have been interlained of (he return to our shores, of the murderer Sullivan of Maungatapn notoriety, are dispelled by his own act in violently assaulting one of bis old associates in crime, and according to the latest Melbourne advices, he will probably receive a tolerably severe sentence for so doing. A dispute arose at Pentridgo, between Sullivan and two convicts when the New Zealand murderer attacked his opponents with a mallet, striking both ol: them violently on the head with the weapon, lie was about to repeat his blows, when ho was diwarmrd by the other prisoners.

Since the committal of the prisoner Smith, at Auckland, for passing valueless cheques, advices have been received that, by the death of a parent, he is now entitled to a half-share in the proprietary of the Chester Chronicle , one of the oldest newspapers in England-

Tho "Waikato Times says on good authority, that Inspector Northcroft’s servant has just walked with his arms and accoutrements on the old mail track from Kihikihi to Taupo, through the heart of the King country, accomplishing the journey in two days, and being everywhere hospitably treated by the natives.

The following advertisement appeal'd in the Edinburgh Scotsman recently : —A gentleman having- too many sons will gladly exchange one eight months old for a girl. Good home. —Tatcr, Post-office, Hawick.”

Tim Budget of the 13th says :—Travellers along the coast from the Smith report a loose state ot a Hairs in regard to .Maori misdoings. Jllack mail is allowed to be levied pretty freely. It can hardly be called thieving, although it is very near akin. A native takes a fancy to some one or other article owned by a white man It may bo a coat, an axe, a sheep, or a pig, It mutters but little so long as it comes within Ids carrying capacity. In such cases of appropriation there there is but little attempt at concealment, but rather a desire shown for the owner to know of' it so that a compromise may bo effected, and money or grog extorted. Cases of this sort arc said to be of frequent occurrence, while at the same time a body of about fifteen of the Armed Constabulary and eight or ten native policemen aie stationed at Opunakc, and no attempt appears to be made to bring offenders to justice.

An accident occured on the railway ai "Waimca South, says the Nelaon Mail to a mail named IPMurrray, who was easing the trucks into the ballast pit, when, in attempting to put is foot on the brake, he missed his footing and fell across the rail, the trucks passing over one of his legcutting it completely off below the knee. As a sample of the speed of the Atlantic steamers wc take the following from a Home paper:—“ A (puck run has b-e i made across the Atlantic by the Inman royal mail steamer City of Richmond, which left Roche’s Point —Queenstown harbour — at 4.45 p.m. on Friday, the IGth, arriving at Sandy Hook —the entrance to New York harbour—at 12,30 p.m. on Saturday, the 24th inst. The highest day’s steaming was 380 miles, the lowest 300, averaging 3G5 nautical miles per day, or over 15 knots an hour ; a performance never equalled by any steamer afloat,

The New Zealand Herald ”of a late date has the following "There was great indignation at the Onehiinga "wharf yesterday, wli m the captain of the Taupo steamed away in ignorance, we hope, ol the fact that there was a boat within twenty yards of his ship, having on board a poor woman with a child in arms, whose husband with the other children was on board as a passenger. The wife was late. She arrived with the child in the cal) just as the .steamer put off from the: wharf. They got into a boat and pulled after the .steamer, which had stopped a hundred yards away from the wharf to clear the screw from a rope entangling it. When within only 20 yards of the steamer at the furthest she began to forge ahead, and continued doing so heedless of the cries and gesticulations of the unfortunate passenger left behind. We cannot believe this to have been intentional. It was too callous for that, but surelv some one on board must have observed the boat and its charges so close at hand. We believe in punctuality, but wo have some (gi’h in hue unity also, and hope to hear that it was purely by accident this poor woman with her child was left behind,”