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Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 99, 22 March 1876, Page 2

At the Resident Magistrate’s Court, on Monday lasi, John Thompson was charged on the information of Henry Wilson, master of the ketch Hunter, with having deserted that vessel. He was sentenced to forty eight, hours imprisonment. An action brought by the same defendant against the captain to recover £4 17s Gd, wages alleged to he due, was dismissed. The Maori-Dickie Wairoa outrage lias advanced another step, and it is to be hoped that, this will be the final one. The Maoris occupying the land have lately taking to burning the scrub and indulged in other acts of defiance-, so Mr Dickie on Monday last, laid an iuforniamation before the Resident Magistrate in order to have them dealt with according to law, as trespassers. As may be supposed their ejectment, under the circumstances, caused Major 'Junior some perplexity, and ho telegraphed for instructions to the Native Minister. Up to the hour of going to press wc had heard of no result, but that the shame should he. longer suhirfittcd to is a disgrace to the whole of the law-abiding population. The course adopted by Mr Dickie seems a most sensible one, for if the Maoris have rights of substantial kind, a court of law would determine them ; if, as is the fact, they have pone, and are more’y acting with a hope to be bought off they should bo turned off, as well as being punished in such a maimer as will prove a warning in time to come.

In our lasi isme wc ga\c Ilia names of the prize-takers at the Agricultural Show, on Friday lust, hut omittecl lo mention all the winners of the different special prizes offered on that occasion. -Mr R. E. MTlae and Mr >f. S Peacock, having taken a similar number of 1 st class prizes are on even terms for the prize of £5 5s offered h}’ the President of the Association, \V. Wilson, Esq,, to the exhibitor who took the greatest number of first-class prizes in sheep! cattle, and horses collectively. Mr P. Wilson being the winner of the first prize for wheat exhibited takes the prize of £2 2s offered by D. Coutts Esq., for the •best sample of wheat grown in the district’. Messrs W. and G. Newland were the winners of Messrs Morton and Lupton’s prize of a silver medal, value £3 3s, for the best foal by Young Wellington. For R.'E. Mcßae’s prize of £3 3s for the best foal by Wonderful Lad, there was no competition.

Notification has been received by the Patea Tcwn Board, from the Confiscated Lands' office, to the effect that the reserves .are now capable of being dealt with by that body. In order to make them at once available, Mr Finnerty, one of the Government surveyors, was yesterday engaged in marking out the boundaries,' and tiie Board will no doubt deal with them 1 at the monthly meeting on the 3rd of April. But for the necessity for some rc-survcy the Board would have probably been called together, in accordance with thh resolution of the last meeting,at once.’, As it is, though that body is authorised' to deal with life lands, it seems that some special legislation on the subject will have to be passed through Parliament, hut Major Atkinson has undertaken to do all that, and the Board can at once deal with their property. The Resident Magistrate’s Reserve is likely to fctch'a high rent, all the sections being in such excellent business positions, and the other reserves will probably very greatly swell the annual income of the he handed over, rug win he r<* srvml Tor the Harbor Lour!.:, when ( .. .'V .1. The funds Thu- made Almost imm-rdia: wy available wdi he welcome to 1m ‘mmc.

Mr Adams, Solicitor, of Kelson, is at present on a visit to Patea. We understand he has resolved to settle in Carlyle, and commence piaetice in his profession. We received telegrams last evening! but they came to hand so late Unit we were unable to publish them. A sitting of the Resident Magistrate’s Court was held at Hawera on Saturday last, before Major Turner, K.M. The following civil cases Were disposed of : Furlong v. Lipman, claim £2 IBs lid. Verdict for amount, to be-paid within one week, or in default tii: ee mouth's imprisonment. 11. Adams v. J. Fitzsimmons, claim £2 18s od. Verdict for 'amount, to be paid within one week, or in default two month’s imprisonment. We hear that the ketch Blackball has arrived in Wellington alter a very stormy passage from this port. She was loaded with grass seed and wool. The agent of the National Insurance Company lnr e received notice last evening that the wool was being landed in a damaged eond'tion, so we presume the grass seed will he in a similar state from salt water.

it is with great regret that we have to chronicle the death, under most: mysterious circumstances; of Mr .). Iv. Price, of Wairoa. There are many rumors in connection' with the unfortunate event, all however certain is that on Saturday evening last,- ho either intentionally o r accidentally fell from the Wanganui bridge and was drowned. The body was re' covered on Sunday last. Deceased’s life was insured for ;£7O(X

Mr Cnorgc Darrell has been risking his nock by being carried on Biondin’s back ac ross the tight rope. In l reference to which the Now Zealand Times says : —-‘ At the conclusion of the drama, Mrßlondin went through his pbffonuanccs on the- tight rope and further, lie carried Mr Darrel! across on his buck. Opinions were divided as to who deserved the'most —Blomlin or his burden. Mr Darrell looked more composed, and even bland, tTiah'aman miacnstonie I to that style of riding could reasonably be supposed to do ;■ but ho took occasion to remark afteiwkirds'that it was the first ropb he had ever travelled across and rather thought it would be last.” The best mode of securing newly planted trees having long slender' stems and lull heads from danger of being loosened by winds is one of some moment to planters. The common method of fixing three stout, stakes in a triangle,- the apex of which is secured to the stem of the tree by haybands, is decidedly objectionable, as presenting an unsightly appearance In the course of some planting whi6h has been extensively done at (Jneiiersbnry, the residence of Baron L. de Rothschild,during the winter, and especially id' the case of planting exposed mounds;- d simple plan was adopted, which appears likely to answer every purpose, and is carried out with rapidity—an important consideration when tlie weather is unsettled and operation are liable, to ficqiient suspension. Throe stout stakes, the width of the hole in which the tree was planted, Were so laid below the snrlaee of the soil as to form a triangle which gripped the stem of the tree just above the collar, and were then trodden firmly into the soil. The stem may sway about with th’; wind, hut there is no loosening of the roots,'and by the time the tree is firmly establish© 1 in the soil the grip on the stem 10-'Senc through the effects of rot. There is a paper published at the Thames called Enoch, which is devote*,! to what it calls the spirit of prophecy. It is evidently intended J’oina religions journal, and bristles with quotations from the Bible;' in fact it is carried to such an extent that it becomes really blasphemous when used in connection with the advertisements. We give a few as a specimen. “ ! I am the Bread of Life.’ Thames Steam Biscuit Factory : Messrs Mennie and Day, bakers and confectioners, Queen-street, Grahams - town.”—“Owe no man anything, but love one another.’ A pair of trowsers for a guinea.”—“ ‘The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.’ F. A. Smith, wholesale and retail storekeeper, Pollen-street.” “ ‘ Your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.’ R. Scott, bootmaker, Pollen-street, Grahamstown.” Thomas Waytc Gudgeon & Co., auctioneers, head their advertisement, “ Distress of nations with perplexity.” A Mr Woods offers a cottage belonging to a Mr Henry Clayton for sale, and prefixes it with the quotation “ Sell that ye have, and give alms but wc very much doubt if Mr Clayton’s idea in disposing of his property takes such a charitable form. “Take the helm t of salvation,” is the quotation that heads a hatters advertisement, and “ Another book was opened, which is the Book of Life” for a stationer and bookseller. But perhaps the most comical advertisement is that of an undertaker’s widow, who intends carrying on her husband’s business, which is “ ‘ He (Christ) will swallow up up death in victory.’ Funeral ostahlish-iM'-n! P Aw. Sho:“!nd. M AjriWn A.;.:, r.n .Aug s' '. - i , continuance or ... ling very spiriiua •1 in seven farni- . r: v- ' A time within one

; A monthly temperance paper is about to be started in Wellington. ~- The American Post mast or-Gen end has addressed a note to the British authorities demanding- 33 cents per lb fur the con. vcyanee of mails across the American continent to cumauuence in Janiuuiry last ‘- Very few people” (remarks the Southern Crons) “ have any knowledge of the progress which the belief in ‘ spiritism has been quietly making in Auckland during the past three or four months. During this pe’iod, ,s trance* have been held almo'-i nightly in many places in Auckland, at which many converts have been m ule ; and the movement has spread to such an extent that family seance* are becoming quite common. We learn, however, that an Auckland clergyman—whose reputation stands high for scientific research in the discussion of polemical subjects has determined to investigate the phenomena of spiritual manifestations, and with this object has been holding reduces, to which the most a Ivanced spiritists in Auckland have been invited.”

Trade picnics are the rage in Christ church just now. The bakers and carrieis have had good turns out ; and now tie butchers are going to follow suit, Ahulv writug from London to a Dunedin friend (says the Times) a few days before Chris m says that the prices ol provisions were never higher. A turkey winch had been obtained for the Christinas dinner cost fifty shillings, and it was seldom that a joint appeared on the table that cost less than a pound. Mr Gladstone completed his Guih year on December 28 ; Mr Disraeli was 70 on the 31st December, 1875. Being asked what made him so dirty, an unwashed street Arab’s reply was, “1 was made has they tells me, of dust, and I s’pose it works oul.” There were some most ludicrous scenes at the lauding of pigs ox Wallabi, at Grey mouth, thus described by the Argus ; —The more the more the boatmen who had brought them over from the steamer wanted to get them ashore they wouldn’t go, and one porker, after taking to the river, swam across the lagoon, and on being chased galloped over the beach and ran down into the sea, and was last seen about two miles out .steering a good course for Melbourne. The Nelson Mail state's that the first cable message received from Melbourne was from the Superintendent of Detectives to the Inspector of Police iiilonuing him flint a warrant had been issued lor the arrest of an absconder who had bolted With TWO, the fluids of a cerlain lodge, ami had proceeded to New Zealand by the Ringarooiua. Intelligence received from the Philipines announces that a terrible hurrica e sWept over the pruvinees of Alhay and CaimiriA'es, in the southern part of the Island of Manila, on the 30th of November. Two hundred ami iifly persons arc slated to hare Been killed, and 3,500 inhabited housi-s, the crops, and a considerable nhndx'r of animals wcie destroyed. A genera! consternation prevailed in Manila.

The' Fort Darwin of the South Australian Adveriinnr furnishes tiie following account of a supposed attempt at double suicide by a Melbourne captain and £ vAlfi'fftfi' 1 bn ‘board bis ship ; —“ Tiie proceedings of police courts are public propbrt Vj and as the subjects in the court here are the same, Captain Johnston, of: the schooner F orinda, a lato arrival from Melbourne, lias been a matter ot gossip tor some days. He appeared on the charge of attempting to commit suicide ; but the proceedings went to show an attempt to commit something more, to take with him to the other world a fair companion. It leaned the captain had on board an engineer, who had a wife ■ —a Mrs Ramsey, and as she and the captain were much in one another’s society, the rough breast of the’ mariner was not proof against the tender passion. From the evidence it appeared that lie had even gone so far ns to avow his love, and to swear that he loved Mrs Ramsey as he never loved woman ; but then, ? c sighed, there was an impediment. Shortly after the arrival of the schooner in the harbor the captain and Mrs Ramsey went on shore to visit Palmers,ton,"anrl while there they enjoyed themselves. In fact, the lady in giving her evidence, said that v hen they returned on board they were both slightly the worse for something - . However, after they ..did return, one of the crew, on going down into the cabin,' found them sitting, nearly asleep at the .table,' with their arms lovingly twined around one another,' and an empty laudanum bottle alongside of them. The police were sent for, and the stomach-pump. The instrument happened to be used in time, and at last they awoke on the stage from which they considered they had so romantically retired. One would have thought that the exhibition the captatn made of himself would have lie cam. l , • generously orte fen - husband* a revolver, and requested him to, blow out his (the' captain’s) Trains, which Ramsey ungratefully 1 refused'to do. 1 ”

An exchange of the ‘2sth nit. iv.-f .rt9 upon a certain ■ employer’ in the Omotuinotu that u a ease which reflects but small credit district if the evidence given is correct, came ua for hearing at the Resident Magistral e'sGoH't, tireymouth, on' Wednesday last. Two boys, aged sixteen and eleven years respectively, were charged with larceny, and it was proved that one of them was in the employ of a man named W. Coates, who agreed to give himboard and clothing for his labour, but that, the only food supplied to the buy was a bag - of damaged Hour, and a lit tic tea, without sugar, and he slept on somesome sticks. The complainant in the’ case, deposed that as he knew that the boy wtis in a state of starvation, he thought he might break into bis room, and returned home, in tne middie of the day, when he found that the door had been forced open with an axe, and that a purse containing £2, had been stolen. His Worship reserved his decision. The telegraph litis again been successful in leading to an important arrest. Three men some time since stole at Rio do Janeiro a quantity of diamonds valued at T22,U00, and then left for the .Mauritius.

The cable brought the PanV, Wiicnce it was sent to .Madcim, and then —there being no telegraphic communication between there and South Africa —it was taken by steamer to Cape' Town. The result was that the men were captured at Port Elizabeth. A number of gentlemen attended by invitation at the billiard room of the Theatre Royal Cafe, Melbourne, on tho 2 ttli February for the purpose of witnessing a private exhibition of M. Pierre Canoe’s skill as a player of the F'-cncb game of billiaids, which Is described by the Argus,' is something wonderful. The table used on this occasion was a new one, without pockets, made by .Messrs Alcoek and Co. Though much smaller than the ordinary English fable, it is the full size of the Continental billiard tables. M. Camus explained that from the si/.c of the table it was generally thought that making' cannons would be a very easy thing, but this was a great mistake, and none but very skilful players could make a large break on tho French tables. M. Carme then gave an illustration of his skill by performing some very intricate strokes which, until he had accomplished them’ appeared to be impossible. He made cannons with the balls placed in all sorts of cramped positions on tho table, then lie cannoned on to a ball held in the marker’s hand, 18iu, above the (able, and, Anally, on to a ball on the head of a boy standing a c tuple of yards away from the table. M. Canne’s skill in playing from under flic cushion, .‘and putting a strange and fanciful “ screw” on the ball, is something marvellous, and very frequently he was most heartily cheered. M. Carme then played a game with Mr Albers for 200 camions, in which tiic former scored game to Ids opponent’s 3(5. The largest breakmade by M. Carme was 44- cannons, but in practice during the morning he made no less than 140 cannons running. No play like that of M. Carme has been seen in the colony before. It is stated that the younger Roberts is about to visit Australia, and M. Carme announces that should tho English champion come to Melbourne ho will be prepared to play a match with him, giving him 200 out of 1000.

Chapman, the pauper in the Hu!! workhouse, who was advertised for as having gone to Australia thirty years ago, lias been pronounced to be the real pinion Pure, and therefore entitled to a fortune of £30,000. He had been Jive years rathe workhouse, and the Guardians purpose making - him disgorge sufficient of his newly acquired wealth to repay’ them the cost of his maintenance for twelve months.