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Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 79, 15 January 1876, Page 2

A in in, named William (dark, was mulei-ed al jiia Hesid ni .'d:’;;'isf I’a! (■ s (Mun mi V. etln.'s.'iay las!, in ihe usual penalty. mliii !1m u-ual aionrnive, I'm- /ye! liny d nnik. Tie- police vail! he ec! ive, we ieair. in aiaitlny imiamee-mha! ex:-.;! in ilm i’i ilie snap- ni' uvenlmvina; e.- ssponls. !i-m ei' Sim jieMle. ’-■>■■‘lk!y (-• 11!; ■i- la 1111! 11 ••!il;s nf a eie-ap kind, a(. wlm-h ("very mie shmdd assist. ifi hmuyh a! (Im lime, lad: we are nlad In say, lias heeii revived and may v«-l fake sukstanlial shape, A jmviiuy ~i' those im-iin- d In lint her ihe ranee wiil ii ■ railed in a few days, and it is to in- hoped SiiaL 1 h■ ■ idea wiil lie earned inlo effeef. Tir> prim ITiny compel i! hm ky the aii'mi Hide Vohinfeem look |daee on Thursday last, a I Waima. wild (lr> fn! lowing results :—?.iasmi. H I ; -I. Milne, 71 ; A. .Milne, m> ; Howie, ;TS ; IT I'.u km id. Tiiis urine; (-ndiraees ihe Ham.Tiki i'l- Waima Cava'iy lei i-lar ■ mi Tu.-*dav

>•> : I Viva/- ! I m. ! : (’■ >rr> sad 1, in. 1, I)-’. The i'< liirih are Jt' • t Vet roin dmm I>ii! 11mt.■ is i:U!e (i'-iils:; :m Jo lim district In ing worthily r;-i'}■>.■ -;-iii:l ai ihe .umiiai in in w townships, new iii<!ia-l ri,nr ;!d----;1111m■ 111<■!1 1 in (‘ii In r of liu-m. ;iii:i we are lad to i-;,y that Ihe ph asant iaC; is '■ v in ai ■ms ai V-M-jij nt ’u ( 'ai'l y !c. Am-eigu us. \v may mention Mr Thomas ( b.rd"ii, lAc ksmil ii, v> In) Las lately hni!t a nar aiiiialiirc for ilic purposes iif Ins (raiic. on 1 iic Taranaki road. uni is likely to he well patronised. ila is not only wd! q11a!i1 i■■ s 1 !o fi-lill (lie ordinary rcqniiemcids of Lis calling, hut is in addition a lirst-elass engineer, and. as saeli, can put togeihcr, repair, or do oiherwise wind is necessary in agricultural implemenis. Messrs (Jam; ]>nillicrs had, williin a Low days, to submit a reaping maciiiuo to Ids handling, and the way lie turned it out was a credit, 'idle said machine is. hy 1 lie way, one of (lie hast in the district and farmers in the neighborhood might do worse than make a note of lids intimation. Ills new premises. we may say, are on den. Taranaki road, a liitlo distance .from this ofiiee. .Major Drown is now on a visit to Jus district, in connection with native aifali a The polling for a Western district native nr-mher will taka place to- lay* There are, three candidates, Wi j Lira la, tin; old memh a-, Major hj ..m; , and another, hut the struggle really lies between tho two naim d. At Wanganui on tie; 4th inst., the gallant major got a large majority ami it is likely that, despite services ivndcicd in the past, Vfi i’arata will sulfer defeat to-day. We have had the following question submitted to ns, hut Hoyle, ’ tha invariable authority on such questions, is silent, on Dm subject, and wo have to app- a! some good-natured person, who has an acquaintanceship with " poker/’ to Word ns the required information. It runs as {’o’;lows : —*‘ Four people are playing at ! poker.’ A. gyms, sixpence blind, D. straddles it witii u shiliing, how much do sit take r, to come in/’ A sohnion oi the above problem for publication m our u. ; ;ct isaie will grealiy oblige A flue porcli, weighing 3ihs, was caught witii a rod and line in the Dunedin rerwrvoir the other dav.

The ti:!o seems in b ■ lummy; in I \ ietoria ayainst payment of membersPeople there are beyhmhy jo find onf, I hat they do not ycl a Itofl (• r class of representatives l>y it; that they do not ye! (he work of Parliament baiter done ; tai I that. on !iic a\ hide, (ho larye r-;n11 Vo'urli the system co-!:; 11 1■ ■ conniry is spent io no e; tl od purpose, lad rather with the CilVet of damayiny Iheyharaeter and ekiecnicy i,j- Parliamentary yovernm m!. Th ' electors of (deeioee- hiive, passed a srii’S of resolutions on the anujeef. condemning - payment of mom hers in the most unreserved mann’-r. pveii with unpaid members, the way in vrhieii some men apeak .and vole, desert their friends, fraternise with opnonents, and (urn lli.-ir backs upon themselves, is a mystery. vVill; |i:ivini‘:i!, iiicre nwy be less of mystery ; bat the fact tied transact :o is of' i his sort ha ye t ie-ir OAplanai ion eertainly does not lessen their misehiev.lnlbieueeParty e'ovcniee’!!t is hard in any yas ?to maintain in ihese colonics, hid. will! payment of memhers it seems to be impossible. Tim dealh of a. veteran member or the fourth estate is thus noticed |,y (he //ir/wdvV fur/ Jicrn!;! : —“ \V « deeply rcyn t to learn that iideilie; nice has arrived of tin*, death of mir Jam highlv respected fallo’.V(ownsmaii, Mr dames Wood, formerly proprietor of this journal. Wo hi:',a; reeeived no pml ienlars. iml even of lime or place, bn: we fear that Ihc informal ion is from whicii Mr Wood was si; Iferhy when lie Tape r, ii was known must ere hay prove fa!ah and 1 1<dhi;iy but tin unusual si "euyih of! hi s eenslil idiou ■ n,dic’d him to bear up np ayainsi i! so i * nip’ as he has done, lie arrived hi idc'ory of id,; career would b.; tiie history a hae; time a member of lie.; Provincial ('mined, me! tilled for some years must chief ii! ly the important post of (.'hairman any Vvork which cal!ml for a mnnib’dado:; of public spirit, and there are many of his old fiienda among its Mill, by whom his loss will be filt as a personal bereavement.*’ An interesting discovery was made the other da v by hi r A 1 lernM by, t radii e manager of the Fusion and Palmerston i ram way. While i. it! in tlic bn si i, a few tidies from Poxion. Mr Abernciliy eamo upon a veritable specimen of the Kiighsh oak. The 1 reo is about lifteen inches in diameter; and growt perfectly straight for some t wciii v sect I’rom Pie ground. and gnarled as is generally the ease with lie; oak. \\ c aie. ;riven to understand tied about forty years ago some of the liret misdona: i”S cave the natives a ml of seeils oi various

| ]i is Tgribim-l. -j he ap;.earam-o of Cm | iree w mid dedue- lids as hj dug ins age, | allowance being made for its quicker I growth in Xew Zealand tlian in the, oid coll I it I' V. i IVh.ee oi' Wale-;’ vi-h to Ind.a mat no! hj ; j lad lie genera. 1 iy kimv. m A lai'ge amount in variou - parts of ilm country, an I the life of his imv;, 1 ! iglin'-ss has h.-en in very ilm tea son being iha! it can imver dn >p wiiil'Uli ill.- i’aei becoming klloWll to boil) lessor and iesm \ l,esas>- ; ai'e in tic- habit frequently of effecting a policy on the Prince's life to protect themselves against the contingency of his death avoiding the lease. I have just had a notice from an insurance, nine; in regard to one of these policies, to tin; eilect, that (he prince’s visit f o India necessitates an additional prem.um for extra risk, and which must lie paid before 1m Rails. Xo one can llnd fault with his Royal Highness forgoing where he, will, an.l ho is, of course, no party to tin; use so freely male of Jus name ; hut it is an unlooked-for oceuri".■ 11 1 ■ ■ tlial Ids movements should unconsciously have* important pecuniary etfeeis on so many people, and operate a# no small windfall to the iu.suimice offices. The “ Intelligent Vagrant” in tho New Zuxhmtl Ti;nrx , says, “ Mr Fit/.herhort is not easily taken aback. On nomination day, at the Uutt, so soon as ho. had done speaking lie lit a cigarette and put a box of matches in his pocket, where they presently took lire. An excited friend rushed up to him, and informed tho man had s f ' often set tho Colony ablaze tV ' i } e hii self was alight. Mr Fitzherbfit did net stir or jump, but quietly pei ting to Mi- Hutchison, who was talking political toast and w it or, said, • Can vr,._ wonder if 1 light up nnd ;r th* influence of such fiery eloquence.” Ii is understood that a criminal action for libel wit! shortly be brought forward. The phdiiWf is Mr V imam Hutch’",on Henry Amb-rson, nmil n <-.;ntiy employed now Kditor of 1 he Wellington P-.>;•.t. Tim ailedgir i libel is conie.itied in a telegram sent by Mr Anders.m iu il.e Wanganui Chronicle, and in part inserted in that paper. The paper has since apologised, and given up llionamcof itscommpomknt.

Europe lias live millions of soldiers nil ready for Jigiiting, with lift ecu thousand camions, and a million and a ipiarlor oi horses : its nnite;! fleets consist of 2,Pi;!) vessels, manned by 28!>.(>(K> sailors, and carrying I b.i.H>. I guns, Tim cost of those immense armam iiC is .live hundred and sixty millions of dollars annually, threeliflhs of the : 111 !.ii 1 1. being cotHe-.Taled to the armies. Quite a romantic termination to a liMbe love Cory was aecon»p!is!ied lately a! file j legist rar’s oliiee, Napier. Some of onr readers will recollect (he accoum in .mr columns <>!’ (lie bad ! real men! received by a vomig man named (Jeorge Ibnsh-m a; lie- hands of she authorities i.i Poverty Pay, Timy may also remember that, a dusky belle Kadsbia PM was flic means of getting him info trouble, and who, when sic - saw the mischief she had done, bebrimo wild wiiii grief, refused to allow the line fid to b'- paid, and came up wiiii Purslem to town determined to share the stockade with him. Ibirslem was acquitted, but: bis true low. hail io put iier si>; inoniiis in tie- slock ad.;. Yesb-niay her lime hail expired. and Pursiem. who is now doing well at M'-rcury Pay. came up to meet her when she came out of gaol, and her constancy was rewarded by her union with him in the h-m-ls of Hymen. The < ioveriimciif have taken no action whatever in regard to the rcpea.ted complaints regarding (lie dispensation of ju-Ju-e in Poverty Hey, end we now hearthai {.'upturn Kennedy Vi house was broken into lately for the purpose oi. (akiug out, by force a Maori girl v, ho refused to marry a md. very handsome pakeha, and yet through certain inlbieiiees the aiitiioiitie.s. upon the damage being made good, failed to fake any aePon to punish I he p -rp'dr.itor of (lie outrage. The \\ airarapa rla.n/ard concludes a paragraph aimoimeing a coming rein oj picnic wii hj (he following atl rnctivc rug., g. siim; ;— •* d’lm customary sports end indulged in. Mr Pharazyn, we believe, is ex peeled to come end kiss the babies, :-:i «i Mr Ibmuy the "girls. At least since lie (durlerton meeting, inserted in another eolmmi. an impression of (Ids kind has got about.' 1 At Pie meeting referred Up it; is ft.-ifed ihaf Mr Pbarazya “spoke of kissing babies as one of the tilings be never would do in contesting ati election,’’., while Mr Punny, who spoke later, said. ‘ As for kissing baliii s, be did not think Pie babies would care much for being kissed by Mr Pharazyn. lie. bimsel f would prefer kissing otlier than babies.” Yes ; bill would the other ‘‘other Hum babies’ prefer to be kissed by Mr Punny V If so Meetioneeilng in the Wairarapa must be far from an nupie.-mut op audion. .A somewhat novel incident, savoring a good deal of claptrap, occurred in Dunedin llie op! -r day. (hr- humlred and fifty men in the employ of Messrs (Piiiirie ami Larnaek, presented Air I.arnaeh with a handsome i!!nmina‘ed address, expre.-King

General Assembly.