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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 141, 16 August 1876, Page 2

We hear that there is going to be compefftion in fie bread trade of Carlyle, and that ano her bakery will be in full work bore at the beginning of'the next month. We do not know who the “ coming man ” is, neither are we in a position to offer an opinion as to there being an opening, for another of the trade within our rery limited community.

In the R.M. Court on Monday last, an unfortunate man named Wood, was charged with being of unsound mind, but as the malady appeared to bo of a passing kind lie was remanded for twenty-four hours to see what effect that period of seclusion would have upon his disturbed faculties. Judgment was given by the Resident Magistrate in a case, Quinlivan v. Dale, heard by him at liawera a short time ago, but held over for consideration. The defendant, in his capacity as auctioneer, some months ago, sold property for the plaintiff, Quinlivan, and charged 5 per cent for services rendered on sales effected. Account sales were duly furnished, and the transaction brought to a close, but plaintiff subsequently thought that the charge of 5 per cent was excessive on a sale of £SOO, and demanded half the sum bad?; again. On this being refused; the action'll! question was brought. The Resident Magistrate gave a verdict for the defendant, and in doing so, said that there was no law to restrict auctioneers’ commission, and that custom only could bo a criterion, as to what was fair or otherwise. He found that in Wanganui, and throughout the pro" viucc of Wellington, 5 per cent was the usual commission allowed, and hence the defendant’s charge was not exorbit,ink The clerk of the Bench was directed to notify the decision to plaintiff and defen dant, neither of whom were present when judgment was given. This was all the business and the Court adjourned.

We sincerely regret to record a serious accident to tlie Rev. J-. Law, that occurred on Sunday morning last. He was about to start on horseback to hold service at Wairoa but on mounting, his horse became restive and plunged violently, throwing Mr Law on to the fence with great force. He was not only greatly bruised and shaken by the fall, but received a severe scalp wound on the side of the head. Dr Walker was called in, and dressed the injury, and we are glad to say that the reverend gentleman is progressing favorably. He was of course unable to hold services on that day, and laymen filled the vacancies hero and elsewhere.

At a sitting of the Resident Magistrate’s Court held at liawera on Saturday last, Dr Croft and J. Livingstone, Esqs., J.P.’s occupied the, Bench, Major Turner being unwell and unable to sit. A summons bad been issued against a native named Ngaluinga, for creating a disturbance and broach of the peace, but the son of the soil had evaded service, and the case was necessarily adjourned. T. Quinlivan v. Sherwood was a disputed account of £9 3s, and the case occupied the Court for a long time. Eventually a verdict was given for the amount claimed, loss 17s 6d, with costs £1 14s. In the unavoidable absence of the Resident Magistrate who hoard the case, judgment in Quinlivan v. Dale was remitted to lyle, F. IT. Brett was charged with two offences under the Public House Ordinance, one for having his hotel open on Sunday, and the other for not having a lamp alight at night in front of his house. Tbo police failed to prove the first charge, and defendant on the second was discharged with a caution. Verdicts by default were given in J. Davidson v. G. B. Worgan £7 9s Bdj and in Winks v. Forster £lO 17s 7d, with £2 19s costs in the latter case. W. Treweck charged a Maori, of the Brown family, with having assaulted him. It seemed that the defendant had owed complainant a sum of eighteen shillings for eight jmars, for some steelyards, and after this prolonged indebtedness paid th° amount one day, giving Treweck a £1 note, out of which the latter gave back two shillings change. Brown declined' to re-

ceive this, threw the coins on the ground and demanded five shillings declaring that the sum due was only fifteen shillings. On Treweck declining to give more, the Maori struck the former’s horse several times on the head, and hence the assault complained of. After hearing both sides the Bench dismissed the information, each party to pay his own costs. This was all the business and the Court then adjourned. The next liawera R.M. Court will be held on the 9th of September next.

The following are the names of the gentlemen who have been definitely chosen to play against Wanganui on Saturday next Messrs G. Bayly, F. Bayly, Cowan, Baggett, Grant, .Hargood, Helps, Inman, Lucas, Meredith, Riddiford, Roche, Symes, Thurston, and Turner. Waiting men— Gray and Nicholson. We have been requested to state that arrangements have been made with Mr Erskine, of this town, to convey such members of the team as wish to drive to Wanganui, and, his charges there and back are most reasonable as wo expect that the majority of the tea n will avail themselves of this means of transit. The time of starting will be between 2 and 3 o’clock on Friday afternoon. We cordially wish our champions every success, and hope to see them return, if not elated with victory, at all events crowned with hard won laurels.

As will -be seen by advertisement in another column, applications are invited by the Patea Education Board, for the mastership of the Ketemarea school, which is about to be re-opened. The salary is £l5O per annum, and a free house. The residents in the Ketemarae district will no doubt be glad to have so early a prospect of their educational requirements being attended to.

A whare at Wairo.a Creek, formerly used for ilax dressing, and known as Jacl.son’s mill, was burnt down a day or two ago by some; malicious person or persons, whose names are at present unknown. It contained tools and other things, all of which were consumed, destroyed, or stolen. No one was living in the premises, and the perpetrators had therefore an easy time of it. A whare adjoining was also broken open, but not otherwise injured, but there was nothing in it, and the would be spoilers were therefore baulked in that direction. The police are on the track ( and it is to be hoped that these rascally petty thieves and fire raisers will yet meet With the reward that they have so richly earned. ,

Owing to a series of "misapprehensions, first as to the correct time, next as to the date, and lastly as to the exact business to be discussed, the hospital meeting called for Monday night last, fell through. Some thought the hour fixed was 7 o’clock, and after Waiting some time went away, others Were misled or at least left in doubt through an error in the advertisement which was for Monday the 16tli s an error for 14th, and the objects of the meeting were hardly Understood by many, who after hearing them when too late, said that they would have given them hearty support. The consequence was that though a good many mustered a short time after 8 o’clock, the intended meeting had been postponed at that time. We are glad however, to say that the subject is not to bo allowed to drop and that another meeting—to be attended, we hope, with better results—will be held on Saturday next. From the spirit expressed of late {here can hardly be a doubt of a successful issue on the second attempt, and that a committee, to inaugurate a temporary hospital at ail events, will then be chosen.

On Saturday next Mr Wm. Dale will sell by auction Mr Hutton’s furniture &c. The sale will he absohrtely without reserve, Mr Hutton leaving for -Wellington at once ; and some valuable .articles well worth the attention of parties, furnishing, will be found in the inventory to be offered. On the same clay he will, sell at his mart, shrubs and fruit-trees, as well as merchandise. The New Zealand Wesleyan thus refers to a Taranaki publication, in which many of our readers are iky doubt' interested : “The enterprising Methodists of Taranaki have stolen a march on all the other circuits in New Zealand, by publishing the first number of ‘/a quarterly record of Church work,” under the title of the New Plymouth Wesleyan-Chronicle, The scheme has, no doubt,- - been .initiated by our esteemed brother, the ■ Rev. E. VV. Isitt, who has made % a -very excellent impression indeed in the? “ first impression” of this journal. Perhaps u our friends in some of the larger circuits ,w;ould be glad to follow so good an example; but are not able to see how the necessary Expenses, arc to be paid. The Taranaki plan begins with the printing and gratuitous circulation of 600 copies per quarter among the Christian public of the New Plymouth circuit, This renders the paper Valuable to business men as a medium.for general, advertising. Three pages of advertisements in this first number reduce the actual cost of printing to the sum of £2, ! \vhile a further saving is effected in the item of the circuit plan, by devoting a page to it in this little magazine, instead of printing it separately. The remaining eight pages are well filled up with reports of “ movements more intimately connected with the spiritual prosperity of the Church,” general religious information, and well-selected extracts on social and religious topics. We may add that the appearance and “ getting up ” of the Chronicle do credit to the printers, Messrs Edmundson and Avery.”

From the Sydney papers we gather that the news of Trickett’s victory over Saddler has excited great enthusiasm in that city. When the telegram was expected, giving the result of the match. Punch’s Hotel was crowded, and there was great excitement on the news being announced. Subscriptions are being raised for a substantial testimonial, and Parliament is asked to vote £SOO.

The following mode of killing fish in the Inangahua river ought to be brought under the notice of the Acclimatisation Societj’-. At Home this style of fishing is punishable with fine or imprisonment. The local Times says:—“ The application of explosive compounds has recently been made in Iteefton in a very novel direction. For some weeks past large numbers of fish, of the grayling species, have been observed in the clear water of the Inangaliua river. As is usually the case at this season of the year, the fish obstinately refuse to be tempted by the most seductive of baits of tlie most patient of anglers. On a recent date a'small experiment was tried; a charge of dynamite was exploded under the water. The result was surprising—every fish within a radius of ten or twenty yards of the explosion was killed instantly aud came to. the surface, where they were netted in large quantities. The process has since been repeated several times, and on each occasion large quantities of fish were obtained. The fish are likely to have a hard time of it for the future.” The Melbourne Cricket Club propose to, borrow £7OOO on debentures for the purpose of erecting a two-storey pavilion, as well as an open-air skating Jand bowling green.

The Fiji Argus, haa-the 'following : “ The natives are fully carrying out Cakobau’s orders Which he gave after the measles epidemic, for ‘all the marriageable part off ho population—figuratively speaking—to reduce themselves by one-half, that is by every couple (male and female) being made orle ;’ and, to judge from the number of marriages registered since the beginning of the year—nearly 140—the different native ministers in the various parts of the Gfroup have had rather a busy time of it. Apropos of this we heard a gentleman, a resident of Koro, remark the other day, that he believed the native population of Koro is now in excess of what it was before the measles epidemic—and it Was not sparing at Koro. This shows that the Fijians are not altogether void of energy after all,”

A subscriber writing from Taupo to the Bay of Plenty Times of the 29th ult. f says :—“The earthquake of last Wednesday Week Was simply awful. All thechimnies were knocked down, aiid I was pitched clean out of bed. The shock occurred between four and five o’clock in the morning.” The Resident Magistrate at Dunedin in a recent case, decided that items of a grocer’s bill representing spirituous liquors, could not be recovered if they were supplied with other goods. The Wellington Argus of the 2nd August says : —“ Upwards of thirty officers, professional and clerical, in the Public Woiks Department have, we believe, received notice of the termination a£ their engagements. The new County Councils will therefore have no difficulty in providing themselves with engineers and surveyors.” The Budget has tho following :—“No offer will be refused” was yesterday announced by a tradesman who is leaving the Province. A gentleman promptly presented himself last earning, and placing a £1 note on the counter, said, “ Give me twenty pairs of watertights—there’s the cash—no offer refused—l’ll take twenty pairs for the pound.” An alteration has been made in the announcement.” Tho first cricket match of the expected All-England Eleven will take place in Melbourne on Boxing day. The team will be captained by the renowned James Lillywhite. The Rangiora Standard Saf s':—There are a number of men going about just now in search of employment. No less than a hundred and eighty-six applications for work have been received at the Christchurch Domain in one day during the past week. This over supply of labor hj ®ot limited' to unskilled labor alone, but extends to trades. Considerable difficulty, we understand, is also experienced in procuring employment for new comers. The Chairman of an election meeting at Sandridge, Victoria, recently told those present that if they had any questions to ask the candidate they Were to do so, and if he did not answer them right, lie would give him a smack in the eye. 4 ltisto be presumed,’ says the Argus , 1 that the answers to the questions were right, as the threatened punishment did AOt take- place.’

The Southern Cross writes :—“ Alter A'll there was something new uttered by Mr Hoes. He spoke of “ closing up the Southern Cross," and intimated that it was “ a disgrace to the city and country.” Poor fellow ! If the Cross is a disgrace to the city, then we suppose Mr Rees is an honour to the profession he thinks ho adorns! As for closing it up, why the Cross was in existence when he was a baby, and it will one day contain the obituary notice of a charlatan.' Mr Kees termed Ministers “ mere adventurers.” If the statement is true, what then is Mr Rees ? A home paper says :—“ A stranger (Mr Wilkie) in London, who came all the way from New Zealand to be tricked in the wicked world of London, fell in with two men in Oxford-street. One of them represented himself as an Irish farmer, and said ho had gained a verdict for a very large sum of money against a railway company? and he would give each of the others £IOO to distribute amongst objects of charity, if they would show an equivalent amount for him to see that they had means of their own, and would not use the money he gave them for themselves. He also said that he would give them each £lO for the trouble of distributing the money. The stranger from New Zealand drew out £9O from the bank, and then went to an hotel at Islington, where hfe again met the two ( duffers.’ ■ They had a long conversation about charitable gifts, and then one of the fellows asked the other lend him his pocket-book as a proof of his confidence in him. He did so, and left, but soon re turned, and gave it back to him. He then asked the * stranger ’ to do the same, and he did so. The two prisoners went away, and he saw no more of them until he saw them in Newgate, when he picked them out from several others. He gave one prisoner a ring of the value of £3 as a return for the i£lo he was going to give him for distributing the £IOO. At the Old Bailey the prisoners failed to prove the purity of their philanthropic intentions, and one was sentenced to seven years’ penal servitude, and the other to two years’ hard labor. The London Times has completed its telegraphic arrangements for receiving! news one day old from all parts of the globe, except, perhaps, from Australasia-