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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 124, 17 June 1876, Page 2

Owing to the receipt of extra telegrams, and a pleasant pressure of late advertisements, wo are compelled to hold over several items of local and general interest, but will bring up arrears in our next issue. Mr William Cowcrn will sell this day, without the slightest reserve, three troop horses, the property of the Colonial Government. After that sate, which takes place at half-past one o’clock, ho will continue a dealing sale of various goods, amongst which will be found articles to suit all classes of buyers.

There •■will be two meetings to-night at the same place, the Albion hotel, one of the Football club, for the purpose of adopting rules, &c., and another of those interested in the formation of a Fatea Minstral Company, to aid in wiling away the long evenings of the winter months. Many are interested in both, and a suggestion haa been made, which will probably be adopted, that one shall begin immediately after the conclusion of the other. By this course they will not clash with each other, and the ends sought by both will be bettor served.

Mr William Dale will this day sell at his mart, sundry merchandise, including shingles, palings, barley, groceries, clothing, ironmongery, &c. On Friday next, those in want of splendid sheep, should bear in mind his sale at Mokoia, when he will offer 2000 cross-breds, in lots to suit purchasers.

By reference to our advertising columns, it will be seen that a large land auction sale, of Town, Suburban, and Rural lands, under “The New Zealand Settlements Act,” will bo held at New Plymouth on the 7th of July next. The blocks to be submitted are situated in Waitara East and West, and are seventeen in number. On the Bth of July thirty-nine rural allotments adjoining the Moa district, ranging from 60 to 110 acres in extent, will also be offered by auction at the same place* On the Ist of July land in the same district will be open for selection, on deferred payments, at a uniform upset price of £1 5s per acre. The araes range from 50 to 127 acres, and tbc number of allotments so thrown open are twenty-eight. We have no doubt there will beany number of applicants for the latter, and purchasers for the first, lands referred to.

A meeting of the trustees of the Carlyle Wesleyan Church was held on Wednesday evening last, to consider the tenders sent in for seating and lining the new building. Two were received, one rrom Mr Goodfellow, for £BO odd, and another from Messrs Holtharn and Warreni for £ GO 14s. The latter was accepted, and it was also resolved to call for tenders for fencing the church. The Good Templars have fixed their next Open Lodge night for Thursday the 13th proximo. As was intimated at their last entertainment, owing to the charge for the Hall being increased on these nights, and other unavoidable expenses attached to them, it lias been found necessary to make a small charge for admission, but this has been fixed at so low a rate that no one can possibly object to it, being only sixpence per head, or one shilling for a family ticket, to admit all honaficU members of any family. Special efforts, we hear will be made, to set out an improved bill for the occasion, and greater care in preparation will also be taken. Wc cordially wish our Good Templar friends all success, and think that the thanks of the public arc duo to them for inaugurating entertainments of the kind, during the present dull season. Thong]i not on Hie programme, and totally apart from the entertainment, it is considerably more than probable that a dance will supervene, to use a doctor’s word, on the concert, and form an agreeable wind up. A brother of Edwin Packer, who wasmurdered by Winiata, ft Maori, some months ago, lias arrived at Auckland for the purpose of making inquiry into the circumstances cnnnvctcd wi'.h his brother’s T,b. U is expected that he will t:-d to W.dhngt-.-O io have the ".re. 0., iuorba-- hi-n bv ri:'• J of

A perfect timber famine lias set in, and it is strange to a degree that, with a market open in which a large quantity of building material could be quitted,..in., a. few hours, at extravagant rates, no attempt has yet been made to supply the urgent demand. The 'nst sold here realised extraordinary prices, being but a drop in tbo'bucket of wiiatvvasreqnirc.i, and should any reasonable quantity arrive it would be snapped up at the same rates forthwith. We would earnestly impress these facts on those at a distance, and can assure them that a very largo number of buildings are waiting erection, solely through timber being unobtainable. At,least three or four cargoes could ho disposed of at once, and twice as many would, we believe, fetch a handsome profit to the importers. It,is to be hoped that some will have enterprise enough to feoflSlfte hnngfyTnarket, thereby ensuring returns for theinsefyos and pnttlngan end to whaßnay be termed an existing building blockade.

Another instance of bow Maoris are allowed to disport themselves with impunity is reported from the Auckland province. It appears that the Mossis Scott leased some land from the Rev. Mr Burrows, as agent for the Church Missionary Society. The farm was known as To Ngai, and was 318 acres in extent. Great expense had been incurred in effecting very extensive improvements — clearing, ditching, laying down the land in grass paddocks, &c. A few days ago> a native chief named Te Kiri disputed .Messrs Scott’s right of possession to a largo portion of the block ; but his claim not being recognised, he took away hay from 50 acres of the most valuable land. Great sympathy is felt for the Messrs Scott, who have not obtained any redress as yet. There were 95 entries for the Melbourne Cup. and 51 for the Champion Stakes, including two of Redwoods, Koran and Puriri, and the once renowned Barb. The latter, after being at the stud for some years, returns, like old Panic, to the course. Whether, like the latter, he will achieve his chief successes after his retirement remains to be seen.

A general meeting of the Roman Catholics was held in St. Mary s Cathedral, Wellington, on the 11th inst, to discuss the question of providing education for the Roman Catholic children of Wellington. Bishop Redwood occupied the chair. The following resolution was carried unanimously:—“ That the Catholics of Wellington, in union with fellow Catholics all over the world, fully appreciate the necessity of a thorough sound Catholic education for their children, and in dutiful obedience to the advice of their chief pastor, arc determined to make every sacrifice required for that sacred and useful purpose.” A resolution was also carried to the effect that immediate and efficient means bo adopted to erect a large central school worthy of the Catholic Church, and a residence for the Christian brothers who are to teach. Subscriptions were at once opened and over a thousand pounds subscribed on the spot.

The Opotiki correspondent of the Bay of Plenty Times sends the following items ; —There is a very bad sickness amongst the Maoris hereabouts, and at Whakatane ; one or two hnvc already died, while ' many have been seized. The symptoms are pains in the head, throat, breast, and arm-pits, and the victim, is carried off in less than two days. Of the Whakatoiiea, Ngaitai, and Whanauaponui, some fifty have already filed. The remedies which have been tried here and found effectual are brandy, painkiller, and chlorodync. Some of the patients are feverish, but such is not the case, with all.

The Australasian of the 27th ultimo, states that a youthful Blondin named Freeman, aged 14 years had, at Echuca, performed the sensational feat of crossing and re-crossing the Murray on a IJin. rope, with the aid of a balancing-polo. The boy safely crossed on a rope suspended over the stream, and on returning performed several of Blondiu’s feats, such as lying down on the rone, &c., He displayed wonderful nerve, considering it was in's first performance of the kind. He offered ta takc a boy on In's back and cross on the rope, but the courage of the boy to whom lie made the offer failed him at the last moment. Upwards of I,COO persons assembled on the Victorian and New South Wales banks of the river. They liberally contributed to the performer. “ /Eglcs,” in the Australasian, writes as follows; The auctioneer’s advertised reasons for selling arc ordinarily simple enough. The furniture is usually the furniture of a gentleman about to visit Europe, or giving up house-keeping. No one ever announces that he is selling big property because bo wants the money. That is a contingency too absurd to contemplate. In this week’s paper there is, however, an example of real candour. The advertiser takes the world fully into his confidence. lie throws open the closet and introduces yon to—bis mother-in-law. This is how lie prefaces his desire to sell his brewery and malt-house : —“The proprietor being about to leave the colony, on account of the estrangement in his home that has been caused by the contents of a lot ?•••»• ’. idressed to his wife and fallen into bi> ha,id•;.'as :hm t<. get rid of a nuther-in-