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Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 57, 27 October 1875, Page 2

A notification appears in another column Avhereby it will be seen that all horses, intended to take part in the forthcoming races, Aviil’be disqualified if they train or gallop over the course after the Ist of next .month. In connection with the races, we may state that the Club’ applied to the Superintendent for permission to fence in the Race-course reserve, and make charges for admission on race days. . This has been granted, so a fence will be put up before the races, and a small entrance fee exacted. The privileges pertaining to the course; such aabooth.sites, cards, &c., will be offered for'sale by auction on Saturday next, and from these sources a fair income is likely to/bq derived. Ll l ■ /. •• Wo are requested again tp remind our readers,-that the sale of Cattle, horses, and furniture at Kakararnea, by Mr W. Dale, Avill take place to-morrow, and in consequence of the large number of lots to be disposed of, the auctioneer intends to

commence the sale at 11.30 a.m sharp.

Enquiries haA r e been made of the authorities relative to a German immigrant, who was for some little time in the employ of-. Mr Sonthhy, but leit, as avus supposed, for New Plymouth, in July last. After burring Mr Southby the first time, he, returned and obtained some food, and subsequently replenished his provisions at M- Marchant’s. When he loft the latter’s house, in July last, ho had a swag with him, hut from that time to the present he has not, as far as the police can ascertain, b -eu heard of or seen. On Monday Mr Ma -chant brought in a swag answering somewhat to the description of the one the missing man carried when last seen, and handed it to the police. It lias evidently been exposed to the Aveather and presented just such an appearance as it Avould do had it been throAvn cloavii a few months ago. It contained merely a single blanket, some old clothes, boots, and a pannikin, buf .no document or anything whatever calculated to lead to the hlentiy .of its owner. Very frequently names afe scratched on pannikins, therebyaffording some due, but such Avas not the case in this instance. The spot where the swag Avas found Avaa only about three quarters of a mile in the bush, between Kakararnea and Mauutaiii. Sergeant Whelan with two constables left this township yesterday morning for the purpose of making a thorough search in the neighborhood. They returned last evening, hut had not been able to discover further traces whereby any light could be thrown on the subject. A person named Taylor with Avhom the man once Avorked, gives it as Ids opinion tint the swag found contained only old elotlrs that had been thrown away. He further states that, in his opinion, tin; individual has gone north. We may say that there was nothing peculiar about the missing man Avhen he left, to induce any idea of suicide ; he could hardly have lost himself in the hush at that point, and as yet it is not proved that the swag belonged to him. Possibly the find may bo the moans of explaining some, other mystery than that of the dis appearance of the German referred to. A cricket match which is exciting a great deal of interest avill bo played on Saturday next, at Carlyle, between the Hawera and Patea clubs. Play avill commence at 10 o’clock, and it is requested that those gentlemen selected to play, avill be on the. ground to time. The following are the eleven :—llawera—Jaeomb (Captain), Riddiford, Jenkins, Buitoavs, Kenny, Johnston, Mason, A’Court, Steavart, CroavImrst, Bate, and R. Dingle, (emergency man) :— Carlyle —Eraser (Captain), Mackay, Inman, Ffuncrly, Garwood. Nicholson, Baggett, Arundel!, Taplin, Torcy, and Meredith.

As our readers are already aAvarc, the measles have been sadly fatal to a large number of the natives at Pariaka, and in that district, though, thanks to the intervention of pakoha medical treatment, the plague, for so the disease might almost be called, has been stayed, and is rapidly disappearing. Though not a medical man himself, Mr Beamish, of the Oeo Hotel, obtained advice as to Loaa' the scourge should he treated, and took the natives living near him under his charge. Since he did so there has not been a fatal case, and the Maoris have resolved on presenting him Avith a testimonial in token of the gratitude they feel toAvard him. What it will consist of avo Ikaa’-c not heard, but whatever it be, it AA'ill tio doubt bo, .very gratifying to Mi Beamish to rcct.Wo it, Acts like these Avill do more towards thq maintenance of good relations between; the races than dozens of regiments. We may add, for the information of those cu.ripuS..on,;the /subject,: that the Maori; mode of combating measles has been to; dip the patient in the coldest jAATiter , procurable occasionally, and compel him or;

her to SAvalloAV a , quantity, jbf, the same fluid,’ to as great' an extent, as, possible. The medical profession will , have no difficulty in arriving at conclusions relative to the great mortality ; that the disease so treated caused.

A case, illustrative -of the truth of the proA r crb Avhiclv alleges that’wherc there is great cry there is little avool, occurred at Oeo quite recently, and it further slioavs the pigheaded qualities of the nativms where, they fancy their dignity touched. A gentleman from Grey-month, named Orr, recently paid Patea a visit fur the purpose of purchasing from 80 to 100 pigs. For this purpose be Avent to Oeo, and the natives agreed to supply the number required. In order that the utmost justice should be done, Mr Beamish acted as negotiator for Mr Orr, and Honi Pihama, a natiA r e chief, represented the, Maoris. A large pen Avas erected to store the pigs in at Opunake, and the Maoris) sent in twenty-six towards the total. Mr Orr handed over £4O to Mr Beamish as an advance in paying for the porkers ; the latter paid it to Honi .-Pihama,; and he gave it OA r er to the 'natives./ Some of the sellers, hoAvever, Avere not contented, inasmuch as they bad not all been individually consulted on' the- terihfe lof -sale,, though originally they consented to Honi Pihama acting, for them. " The, consequence ,was_ that" they gave the’ money back —an" act of honesty "that*Ave are rather surprised at -—and, carted the tAvehtyMx .pigs - away; This-may be attributeipto' wofindfetHfimity, or principle,, or folly -most egregious j- for they have since been selling them for about half what Mr Orr was _ ready to give for them. Such is Maori life and - dealing. *

A very neat manse lias been erected at Wairoja for the Rev. Mr MeCallum, Presbyterian Minister in charge of this district, and is a credit to the denomination by which it has been built.

In our notice of. those avho kindly gave their aid towards .amusing the visitors to the Catholic Temperance Soiree last aveek, we inadvertently omitted the name of Mr Derretl, of the Bank of Now South Wa'es. This gentleman presided at the piano, after Miss Coackley retired, and rendered good service. He plays well now, and bids fair to become an accomplished performer on that favorite instrument.

A meeting of Provisional Directors of the Local Steam Navigation C mipany avill be held on Saturday next, at Mr Dale’s ofiicin this township. It is specially desirable that everyone should attend, for a subsidy having been, secured for the intended local boat, it is above all things desirable that speedy action be taken towards procuring it. At the same time the directors should not forget the river navigation improvement question, for, by promptitude, it is just possible that the necessary avorks may be effected by the time the a r essel is ready to take advantage of them.

The Waitara railway seems to be in constant difficulties. The Budget of a recent date says ; —“ The afternoon train of Thursday being too heavily laden to get up the hill at the back of Broughamstreet at the first start, Avas backed to the station yard so as to be ran at a higher speed and so top the incline. The cause of going back not being at first understood, Ld to innumerable surmises, and in some cases folks got slightly agitated. To the anxious query of an old lady a comely lass of twenty summers, riding fu r the first time in a raihvay train, very confidently stated that the train was off the rails, and that it was being drawn back so that men could be got to lift it on again The old lady, frightened and in doubt asked how the young lady knew that such was the ease. 1 Oh, I can tell by the fed.’

The Roman Catholic Church at Christchurch is to be enlarged so as to hold one thousand people. Since the. case of Moss LoA-y under the Customs Act, the Auckland authorities intend to compel importers to supply a bond for the correctness of their immicos.

The Southern Cross has the following item of satisfactory flax nows :—New Zealand flax has lately come to the fore in a new diameter. Eojre, matting, and linen doth have all been manufactured from it, and uoav it comes to us in the shape of a good serviceable Avrapping paper, and cardboard, and roofing for our bouses. Fur some time past, operations baA r c been quietly going on at the Kaihu mills in the district of Northern Wairoa, Kaipara. While on the subject of births (says the Coromandel jlfail), it may be as well to refer to deaths and marriages in connection with our adA-ertisiiig scale of charges. It is always well there should be a dear understanding between parties in business inatteis. For announcing the birth of one child in the columns of the Mail onr tariff is half-a-crown. Should it be twins it AA'ill be seA'en and sixpence, Twins are a luxury ; not a necessity, and should therefore be paid for. In case of triplets we shall, in all instances, insert the notice free of charge, and as some con-

potation to the unhappy and beguiled male parent, Avo shall place him on our books as a free life subscriber. Such a domestic calamity is an event which Avill not alloAv of contemplation. There are thoughts Avhieh should bo rooted from the mind, if man is to retain his sanity, and; Avoinan is not to have her grey hairs! brought doAvn with sorrow to the grave.; The death of a Maori celebrity is thus; recorded by .the Taranaki /7<raaW:“ Another old and wellknoAvn chief named Poharama died yesterday, at Mntnroa. Several days before he died he told his relatives that he knew he should not live long, and requested that they Avould take him from • Eatapipi to his old homo at the Muturoa, which was accordingly done. The old chief Avas knoAvn as a staunch and faithful friend of the Europeans during the troublesome times. Latterly he bad become quite an infatuated believer in Te Whiti.

The following bit of hcavs taken from the Taranaki Herald Avill be appreciated here. Our contemporary says : —“Now the fine Aveather is approaching the formation of the Mountain Road between "the Moa Block and Patea is a matter of importance, and it is with pleasure Ave learn that all the hands available (some thirty men) are put on the, work so as to open up the traffic betw-een the districts to the southof .New Plymouth as speedily as possible. The advantages to be deriA-ed from opening up this road will be uncal-. enable. Not only Avill, the distance be shortened, but the road passing through a splendid agricultural country, AA’ill tend to its speedy settlement ; and therefore it becomes the more necessary that the Avork should be gone on with at once. We are glad to find, that the Government are not a .deep OArar the matter, but have entrusted, the carrying .out of the work to Mr. Robinson. , As. from past experience Mr Robinsoti has shown great energy in undertaking Avb.at has been entrusted to him, avc may expect to find the Avork .being pushed on rapidly, now it has been commenced.