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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 120, 3 June 1876, Page 2

A few days ago a boy named Wright, employed at the Carlyle Meat Bazaar, met with an accident. He was carrying out orders, when the horse he was riding jammed his leg against a fence, breaking the large bone. He was taken home to his parents, who reside at Kakaramea, and Dr. Walker reports him as progressing favorably. He was a member of the Juvenile Good Templar Lodge here, and on Thursday last a subscription list was got up by that body, which, we are glad to say, was liberally contributed to.

On Thursday nest, the Carlyle Good Templar body will hold an open lodge to which all persons, whether belonging to the Order or not, are invited, and to wh'ch admission is free. There will be singing, recitations, &c., and tho Templars propose to do all in their power to amuse their visitors. At the weekly meeting of the ( o ly:e i n Thursday evening last, a deputation was appointed to wait upon his Honor Judge Kenny—who will be here then, and is an enthusiastic supporter of the cause—and ask him to take the chair on the occasion. There is every reason to believe that he will comply with the invitation, and it is hoped, deliver a brief opening address. It will bo moonlight, and, should the weather be fine, a very large attendance is certain.

Another illustration of the two wants in this district, to which we referred in our leading columns on Wednesday last, was given on Friday in the B.M. Court. When the Maori, Peter, was brought up, charged with larceny at Hawera, the services of Mr W. Williams as interpreter had agun to be in listed, and as that gentleman was compelled to leave, during the hearing ? on private business, ex-constable Wallace was engaged to act in the latter part. Both will certainly expect remuneration for their time, and if an interpreter has to be specially engaged in every Maori case f the expense at the end of the year will be as great as though a native constable were taken on altogether. Besides this, as we anticipated, the Maoris who created the disturbance and committed the unprovoked assaults on that occasion, have evaded service of the summonses issued against them, and are likely to do so, apparently. A mounted constable was diligently employed a day or two in a vain endeavor to come across these men, and so they may elude punishment for an indefinite time. Had a Maori constable been engaged the summonses would probably have been served e' - o this. Again with reference to the need for a gaol. The above prisoner has now to be sent to Taranaki in charge of a constable at an expense of, say £10» whereas had there been a place for his safekeeping here, that expense would have been saved, and his labor might have been made available in the township. We do hope that the Government, or Governments rather, will take these things into consideration, and that, as both the Maori constable and local gaol are so obviously required, they will be supplied without loss of time. The Presbyterian Church at Hawera is to be proceeded with at once. The limit placed by the committee was £IOO, an I Mr Burrow has taken the contract at something under that sum. There will, however, necessarily be some extras on the specifications, which will probably bring up the total cost to about £l2O. The Maori Peter, charged on Wednesday last with robbing Mr Douglas of watch, money, and papers, has long been a very troublesome customer, and is noted even amongst his own race, as an inveterate thief. He will now have such a lesson as will induce him to hav) clearer perceptions in future on the difference between meum and tuum.

The contractors for the Manutahi and Kakaramea schools, Messrs Holtham and Warren, have lost no time over them, and, what is more, have done their work in a most satisfactory and substantial manner. The Manutahi schoolhouse was finished last Saturday, and handed over to Mr Christie, as one of the members and representative of the Education Board, on Tuesday. The Kakaramea building will be finished to-day, and handed over early nest week. Both buildings will be speedily occupied, and will be a great boon in both places, alike to master and pupils. Though Messrs Mcßae and Nicholson are unquestionably, the possessors of three of the best steeplechase and hnrdle racers in the colony, they have had unusually bad luck of late. At Nelson, Butcher Boy, though he won with ease) was disqualified by an accident, after traversing exactly the same course as the others. The effect of this disastrous performance was to put another stone on his back for the Christchurch Grand National. At Wanganui, Medsra would have made a spread eagle of hej field, had her rider not made that unaccountable mistake, and at Christchurch despite their loads, the “Boy” and Gazelle only lost their races through mishaps in falling. In the Grand Mr Nicholson fell, and yet managed to get into a very good place with Gazelle. In the Hunt Club Cup, Butcher Boy fell, and yet was third, and in the Consolation, Gazelle did fhe same, otherwise, as admitted by the Lyttelton Times , he must have won. It is clear therefore that, though Messrs Mcßae and Nicholson’s stable has not been disgraced, and late performances prove that there are both good horses and brilliant riders to be found in the Patea district.

As Judge Kenny will deliver his promised lecture on Wednesday next, the Patea Kilwinning Masonic Lodge, will hold their monthly meeting on Tuesday, instead of the first named day. Mr Cowern will sell to-day at 12 o’clock, at the jetty, tanks, casks, and a variety of other things, also the hull of the s.s. Egmont, and 7000 feet of timber. He will also sell at 2 o’clock, at his rooms, without the slightest reserve, a quantity of goods, and some grass seed slightly damaged.

Mr W. Dale will hold a sale of general merchandise to-day at bis rooms. Amongst, other things to be submitted, are a hundred bags of prime feed oats, which will be sold in lots to suit purchasers. A man named Patrick Herlihy was found in a dying condition on a roadside in Canterbury. When found a saddle was beside him, and one of his feet Avas through the stirrup iron. He died, and it was elicited at the inquest that he had started to his destination upon a spirited mare, and the presumption is that he was thrown and dragged until the saddle girths gave way. His head Avas severely fractured. What may be done Avith a moderate sized dairy ■ is told in the North Otago Times. At Palmerston a lady exists avlio, from the milk of eleven cows, has this season made £2OO worth of butter, which she has retailed at lOd per pound. The writer mentions this by Avay of stimulant to the housewiA'cs of the Plain. If there is any young Avoman Who can go and do likeAvise, he Avonld not object to be introduced to her. He says that a girl who can make ready money deserves matri-

mony. A most valuable discovery has recently been made on the beach near Orepuki Southland. It appears that on a recent visit there of Mr John Turnbull, he noticed some very choice specimens of pearls in a possession of the Maori girls. The Matter attracted his attention, and he inquired of the Maoris and half-castes, Avho are numerous in that locality, where they had procured them, Avhen his surprise Avas intensified in a few minutes to find at least half a dozen diving in three or four fathoms of Avater and returning to the beach Avith a feAV exquisite pearls to gratify his curiosity. Returning to Invercargill, no time whs lost in procuring and fitting out a craft with diving and other appliances, which is to be hoped Avill form the nucleus of a prosperous pearl fishery, and reflects becoming credit on the energetic and enterprising manager of the New Zealand Trust and Loan Agency Company. The truth of the repeated allegation that the Pope Avas a member of the Masonic body, seems to be at length established, an Italian newspaper having published a copy of his certificate of admission into the Lodge “ Ktcrna Catena,” of Palermo. The certificate is written in Italian, and sealed Avith the great seal of Grand Lodge, “ Luce Perpertna,” of Naples. The folloAving is a translation of it ; —<* \Ve, the masters, dignitaries, and officers of the three Masonic degrees of St. John, do certify, in the name of the Supreme Master avlio directs all, that on this date, at twelve (midnight) avo have received into this lodge, Avith all the forms prescribed by its ritual, and Avith entire obedience to its constitution, Bro. John Ferretti-Mastai, native of the Pontifical States, who, after having taken the oatli in presence of all of ns, has given assurance that he belongs to no secret society except this lodge, and has paid the fees required by it. We enjoin ail the Masonic lodges of the world to recognise bim as a real and true Mason, received in a real and perfect lodge, as we. being men enlightened and honoured, do judge him and attest him ; and that all may hold this document as true, we append to it as signmanu il in Palermo, in the profane and civil year 1839, on the Ist of August—Ne Varietur, Giov. FerriteiMastai; the Yen. of the Lodge, Matted Chiavo ; the Secretary of the Lodge, Paolo Duplessis; the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Naples, Sisto Calano.” The effect of light in reviving life has recently been illustrated near Athens by Professor Hcndrc’ch. The mines , Laurium consist of the most of the scoriae produced by the workings of the ancient Greeks. Beneath these scoriae have lain in a dormant state for at least 1500 years, the seeds of a kind of poppy. The scoriae have lately been removed to furnaces for the extraction of silver ,• and this plant has sprung up with its pretty SyelloAV petals over the whole space Avhich was uncovered. UnknoAvn in modern times,it was described by Pliny and Dioscorides, and had.dis. appeared from the face oif the globe foj fifteen or twenty centuries.—-Exchange. Chevalier Blondin has been very successful in Christchurch, where he has been performing for some time past. A few evenings since, he rather astonished the crowd assembled to witness his feats. It was understood that he Avas to Avheel a barroAv, with a man in it, across a rope, at a terrible height from the ground. At the appointed time, Blondin appeared Avith his loaded barrow, and proceeded to wheel it across the rope. When about half Avay across, Blondin as if by accident upset the barrow, and its occupant Avas precipitated to the ground. On examination, it was discovered that a stuffed figure had been substituted for the man, and no more damage was done than scaringthe assembled multitude almost out of their Avits. The black Norway oat is now extensively cultivated in the Australian Colonics. It is a small, heavy, and thin skinned, and the straw makes excellent chaff. It yields Avell, and what is best of all, it is not attacked by the caterpillar. Five men and eighty dogs are killing rabbits at the rate of two hundred and fifty per day on the WantAVood run, Hokonui, Southland.

Much gossip is afloat respecting the Duke and. Duchess of Edinburgh, writes the London correspondent of the Liverpool Courier. On the Ist of April nest, the Duke will, sail for the Mediterranean, where he intends to have a two years’ cruise. About the same time the Duchess will go to Russia^where she intends to make at least a three months’ stay, but in reality the date of her return to England is very uncertain. No w, the Mediterranean is not like India, where the Princess of Wales could not very well accompany her husband ; nor is the Duke’s cruise connected with affairs of state. .The consequence is people are asking why the Duchess does not go with her husband and spend at least some portion of her long absence at one of the numerous health resorts on the shores of the Mediterranean. What makes the matter still more extraordinary is that the Duke and Duchess are discharging their servants and soiling oif stock, while Eastwell Paik will be completely shut up in a short time. It was expected that the Duchess would go on a visit to her august uareuts, but the longest period report fixed for her stay in the Russian capital was originally three or four weeks. A magnificent meteor was seen on Saturday night, sweeping through the heavens from east to west. As soon as it appeared to have passed over Napier, it changed /its brilliant white light into a vivid green, then burst, and fell in showers of stars. A writer in the Dunedin Guardian recommends the sending of Sullivan, the Nelson murderer, across to Philadelphia as a representative of the biggest scoundrel unhung New Zealand can produce.