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Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 81, 22 January 1876, Page 2

Two days of this week, Wednesday and Thursday, have been fruitful in accidents, throe having occurred on those days. Mr John Keys, whilst culling oats in ins paddock on the Taranaki road, struck the reaping hook into his log, just below the knee, apparently severing some large vessel as 1 Ho liivniorrlmgc was great and caused him to faint. He was taken into town, and having received the necessary medical cr.ro is, we are glad to say, going on favorably. The other case was rather unusual and peculiar, though not dangerous. William McFarlane, carpenter, was working on Mr Price’s building on Thursday last. He was in the act of sawing' a board ■ through, when the wind, waieh at the time was blowing strongly, caught one part of Ike saw and buckled it, causing the bent end to catch the thumb holding the hoard, and cut the top off in an instant. Just about half of the first joint, including nail, bone, and tle.sh, was severed and the pain occasioned must, have been excruciating. Dr Croft allended in this as in the. previous case and has hopes of saving the rest of the. thumb without recourse to further amputation, the unintentional operation having been so cleanly performed by the saw. Tins should be a caution to carpenters, in windy weather, to mind where they place their thumbs. On Wednesday last, a very .serious accident happened to Mr Callcott, officer in charge of the telegraph and post-office at Wairca. He was riding a young and only partially broken horse, which suddenly started and jammed bin leg against a wall with great violence, so great us to ' fracture the limb badly below the knee. Dr Croft war. at once sent for, and found both bones broken, one of them protruding through the skin, being what, in medical • parlance, is termed a compound fracture. The limb was set at once, the doctor putting the patient under the influence of ” chloroform during the operation, which 1 otherwise must necessarily" have been a ! most painful one. The injury, as may bo * supposed, is very severe and it will be a • long time before the sufferer will fully 1 recover. K cordial sympathy wnl! assist ‘ the cure, Mr Callcott has that to the full, : from the inhabitants of AVairoa, and others 1 who know him. 1 r The Town Board of Hawera have notified that they will hear objections to the rate roll, at the Court House, Hawera, ( from noon till 3 p.m. on Monday next, and will attend during those hours for 1 the purpose. We have already warned f thorn that (he notification they have given ] is insufficient, and that they cannot Icr/ally ; -- recoA'er a sixpence in the shape of rates, c unless they strictly comply with the fj Ordinance under which they are authorised •= to levy’rates at all. They think otherwise; 1 if they choose to do so they do so at their j own risk. The ratepayers may possib.y t pay an illegal rale, but those who are un- f willing, cannot be compelled to do so in c any court of law. c As will be seen by advertisement in another column, William Aoble nas com- t menc-jd business in Hawera as a bootmaicer. » He is well known to be a skilful tradesman, and one who is thoroughly acquainted I with every branch of his trade. No doubt t the Hawera people will be -glad of such s an accession to their population,-Apd he s wall do full justice to those by whom ho v may be employed. f There' has been' no business at the Resident Magistrate's Court since our last ti issue.- ■ s

i We remind our read err- that Ihe lecture ; and concert at 1 lav,era, in aid or tin; fund to procure a be!i for the Catholic Ciuircb j there, will take place mi Tuesday next. There will be a dunce afterwards, - end the at-enhance, no doubt, will be large. In the report of the /dieted p'rjurv casjiimo;ii■ i>r in our !u*( M-m-a, an error on r u;- part occinvcd wliicb we are glad :o correct. In Mr lib.it's evidence be. in there made to say that, “ I was told by Cayley that I hadmarried lb" widow of John Sole to his brother." It should have been “ was told pubHMy.” Bayley, w.' are requested to say, had bo conversation whatever of flic kind vrhh Mr KhM. Major Brow;;, MaJvo Comm: .winner, meets the naiiv to-day, for the purpose of dually ivrangiugM: preliminaries relative to the sale of the block of land bet ween VvTiemiakun and Waitotara, comprising about 20,000 acres, 'ib’;o matter win bo comp'eted, and the advance, money paid, bite Burv-y will be proceeded with immediately. Mr Ik.rris came up yesterday by coach. Lands in the Hiiirangi distvicl, specified in advertisement in another column, will be sold by auction this dry at 12 o’clock, at the Taranaki Instil uie in Mew Plymouth. Mr W. Dale will sol! some valuable leases of land on the east side of the Patca river, and also general merchandise, at bis mart to-day. On Tuesday nerd., ho will bold a most jrnporir.nt stuck sale at Kakaramoa, to which wo referred in nnr last issue, ami paAlcnlaru of which can be seen in another column. Auckland grow;; lemons arc being exported in quantity to LM.i Francisco. The A 'f/iemvum states that Mr Seth Green wiio is the g;rc;.;'oSi authority in America on the subject ot fish mil hire, is in correspondence with Mr i ; rank Auckland concerning the best memo of preserving fish eggs during long voyages, r.ud also concerning the stocking on Mew Zealand rivers with Cali Conran Osh. There are 105 lunacies in the Auckland Asylum. Advert!-.emo-if r were a short time ago hirer; oJ in Lire ll.iil newspapers requesting information as to one Henry Champion who went to Australia in 18155. A pamper answering to ibis description, lias since boon discovered in the Hull workhouse,and on proving his identity he will be entitled to £3o,COOleft him by a Scotch nobleman. A contemno'-ary gives the following theory as an explanation of the excessive rain experienced daring the present sca- • son : — ,l According to the astronomers, there is a min cycle cvo.y twenty-eight years, caused by the conjunction ol two of the phnietr nearest the earth. Neptune and Mars arc now in con junction, exciting elc-eiricily to an unusual extent. The results in the condensation of the vapour of the atmosphere surrounding the earth, produce the copious raina v;L.cih hr.vo fallen." The licensed victuallers of Melbourne have retaliated for the blow inflicted upon ills trade by grocers selling wines and spirits, by commencing the sale of tea of unusual quality at prices that must influence to a large extent the grocers’ business. A licensed victuallers’ tea association has been floated, and the article will, in future, be oh tain able, at very reasonable rales at almost every hotel in the Colony. A Press Agency telegram from Dunedin in Southern papers says :—“Laninch now declares himself an Abolitionist, and declines to number himself with ihe Opposition.” A rather amusing rise (says the Melbourne Herald) was taken out of the Chief Judge of Insolvency on Friday morning. An insolvent —a free ‘.elector —named Bruce, applied lor Ins cc.liiio.itc. When Dio case was called on, the insolvent stood on Ihe floor of the Court near the witness box. His height was something cxhv.ordhiary, and not less than 6ft Bin, The Judge looked at the man and evidently thought he was in the witness-box, for on liis gelling into the box his Honor looked at him with amusement, lie cried out to him to refrain from getting any higher and requested him to stand on Ihe floor. The Judge appeared anxious to be rid of ( the giant’s presence ana at once granted ihe ■ desired certificate. As a proof of the real danger lurking : , in some parts of the colony, we regret to find by local journals, that a highly res- i peclable young man, Air Alexander \Vilkio ; son of a well known Kelson merchant, i died recently in Dunedin, after a very short illness, from scarlet fever. Hue ■. surrounding circumstances' were partial- 1 Ir.rly sficl. He was an enthusiastic Good < Templar and went from Kelson in the ] the capacity of delegate to Lie Southern < Conference of that body in the southern f capital, when the disease seized and carried him off. ' At Auckland, a bachelor has been sen- t tcncod to fourteen days imprisonment for < refusing to pay his education rate. i It is reported of a candidate that tmring : bis canvass in a certain’ (listriot a short 1 time since lie solicited the vote of a respectable elector, who warmly replied : “ Mo x sir; I would rather vote for the devil than n yon.” The candidate coolly and quietly c raised his hat ih recognition, and said ; e “Sir, in case your friend doesn't come to 0 the poll, perhaps you will give nr; your i support?” This was a poser. • t

\ In Swi!/<cmniul, says; l!iy’ C-jromanJrl J/«<7, a lake Isas been discovered wine;; is said- to be of the purest brandy. J! 3S halt a mile across add seventy licet deep. Strange to say, alongside this lake there apt inys from out a reck a fountain oi <Tv-,!:.i water, cold as snow, nr.t wince as bigldv -mp.egmuod with gas, so thr. I those who have visited this strange spur ar*- ,;.l>!e ♦«» ■.■ ilk.-in their brandy and soda by mixing il ho- Uicmsclvcs. The * Templars in England are- aghast at tn-* discovery. imd haw* pelitioiud the k,vrn G.iv'nm.icnt •.<> have IK* Ornnky ;U: a> pi-ieife.. into tins soil. They have eftere-’ l-i ido lie* necessary pan.phi:, eh ine-v ! ;Vr of cost. Tim -endiiiy an invitation to Qneei: Vieti.-ih' to jjtien.i ;he Oonivnnial C.T-hm-lion is strongly m-ged by the bow ioric geo. 'idle •; din;c : .ays iho coni;op; hither oi’ tins '!itindy va.i’M make ton Cords ihai land the two i-aGues not merely an elee’u ic wirg V. emmoe.rce se.eis its niemsyes ~T laar,*,.;! niter ,; a,, hit a .’ving b>* , pa! pit.-:* *-v or hi....-.] Ires'i i’ ■;);11 ido ises'-; o'.' lee; Aev*'.man people. Tim lournev ao I '-) mt, no AtKsuc u- natnow ae r, il’.fi ■• A mo.-ae,: f ’, and ;nr;; of such a greeting a 1? not *-*' on her e.o.G tore' an ! ai.iiehed eahjeet ,i orafid give ] l ■.•;•, V iemria weiTi come as ton r-vss.mg.rr m :;o';Ce ami ' : ,va:’rolio:,; v, r.f the •.(q'puty Of the iietioe..! a,Glen, eqa.my .rmpreted m the two. e.nei' rl.,s. Tin, si,.;; u>: ;£GIV war; reGiaed from the goods .g>(( pgg.egger t:J-;.* on ten lit?lt .tlaiiwfcry-td;.- the i>ur vs ■,-)■: a ..me.ng ieUi Dee ■ diC-V, hho Cor-?rn?,Tcl Jhul regrets that it is mfiawta' io a’aaw hie :h:a;r Mormon E;.dc*r-> *.i:-. wi.'iy a.Gmd A. Auckland o(T tlm whari', /hj e hie. a a y ...d da.l.mg, ,;ud la,•linea ,1 •■ ;■ nahho.i, without a ch:’e " , -,e eea .d ea or the ho'reta ie.ahy them hark to from waenr ' tie’ - ,' or. .ie. el*; kT;m: rt hr. Alhan'o, gear Christchnre’y died iasl WeA: SV-.,.;j the effects oil -d Teg pr. V.V.eh, eid'nisjasik; bicyclist, avr-vcl nt hdass: i si.:;', a , eroni D.mcdm, all or riding '.-is km ato ad ail the way, on ■her; evr-ui:!,!” mi the, thhid Decomhar. Ho ieir ]'e.;edi:i on the 1-ltb, and paid aevevel •• h-l,on hie •■each The Hobart Tarn Ifercur;/ u-hdes that in heyile-roer h.!e -a ;;r Vit-l he yd, whih: ;lrlYi:ey; r. hj i y a - a; mare ,;i a are - , }r.re::;p;,,at hav.eye ■•/-ah. , to rpv-' lie.; ; .he wi; sever:.y injured riir' ho dl-'fi, reel a 1; '■ mere was also so : : eh lard he,: it vrft"- hioityht aim ■.r. ;- . i.e-si; 1, hj ■■;• •, rr ,e; ii:• vrevor, teok r; eh •■ -■ *•;; and she so recovered hart bv d,*'- r,si* or a i>.,rh. ry in a wooud'.-Ji shoe sea', is i.rnv ;d, ■ to o .rites- al.'uut with rei or roe■n c‘d;;-s T:a has only thine feet, hie "ourih is- d’;,; be”]i amputiutsl to re rc her IT?. ; a -vas ser near fore fool rh ii;*::; jo : sn It .'■> added in an T h nh.hi paprr ;--t'cetvc,d by the dsw nan■ hrrun .'.'.•.ilhsclak;, ricernnei-ikn; a ■■?:■■ r si: idyn rrolr, rpueep malnse;' a , •; ■ .anuedi h;s A'is- ; c- : id. S hj, ; y, ~r ii,e is «i----perted to r.; T'.r Meaiaud duiiiiy tlm sent ;:e:e,i er v.te'dsoicnt, and ; in TT; :: np;'/;n w':. pn.hrh;.' brer.an hie ' py.lOrOt nf sir dii-’oe ?<■?,?'. , Tin; i)cx jenrn;;. ; ; ed ortho Piovini,in '•.v;' - vm ; i,i‘h:ed • the firri liino ‘ id IT'r*hi'] '■■■ i'nGhii.sr. It is Dyied ' ih? Erevany ITu ? ar.d. is printed by Mr < Gs-'- 'yc .T-rmetr;, hj; r pr; iotor o>L’ tbc dc- ’ fr ;■ t.A ,e;i;iaad hh.h, hr rim EoenUig Nrws ' neen e. i*. ,s, ' r.n-.o I n c" il'.t h'o-k----irind Ti o*. nn , ooe any y f v >rc.h>ic ■;> n’ejh ns 1..? I‘ol.owing ex; ••ror 1 wi -i hr-G : r,-- to its (hovin-hh ‘lr' rs "re. aa. ..old:— *• Cnahrtl ;>> j -.■-.'■. ■■are,;;' ;-.s wr hne.-vr it has Idr’nerL.r b.,on a si;;;: <"h or •lyd’-rn , amt a Lath'da to re wide;! ; ease I rn Act >:• pah eel us uiem-b-'r-’S fro a hm legal cousoqiicnccs of btiiie-y wt! corm-dion revi-als tlia ten- 3 doney o ? a system last shonid ha viewed . with susnieioo. \Ve hold that m*:u -•vlio advoc' 1c the aysreyniion of at! a unorily > at. YiViiingtoii are »u.t actuated by harm.- < obie motives ; :.hn! they iiavc eihicr scMish , ; iufcrcsl-s io serve winch cannot bs eitcctod through lire popuhminsfiintions of Pro Ti- i cb'il houm-ib;. or -ba!; they are imlutnicotl by idyl; titled centime.nta that are merely noiih -si rr-.da ;>:y. In saying so wo may offend, hot this b; to us niatfc-r of no > mmmnit w;mtov.;r; wo foarlesGy unf.uil 1 . "Arf* ■ \ G;o baonor of Provincialism, and we hold • inot in s. cc?Vii:'y where Provincial Admin--ss!raiiosj her. done so much, hie man who would hursfoidcr civil rights and previiigcs, w.hich i'r? his own end Ids children's hihhr'ylr, and this in defcft&nce to sii'y 1 son!in'.ent, or to increase the tonaciiy for bribery and corruption of a central bureau ); cracy. stir;;.'.:! be branded with infamy -os v a traitor to his country. We trust our views in this regard are saHlciently heard’ The now journal lias quarrelled with the t the Dunedin Typographical Society, am! I devotes three columns o.C small type to tiiat. bodsy and what has joasse'J berween Mr I’aid, one of the chief proprietors, and the society. To those who like nighfy flavoured avritinr, in the m't oof re c American stylo, the news wiii bft \cry \ acceptable. It is without exception on-;- 11 of the most original papers that wa bare ever seen puhlis’icd in England or any of her dependencies, but. if contains a great -leal of reading- matter and is ex- p felj-y.it'.;;- printed.' o