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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 153, 27 September 1876, Page 2

The nomination of candidates from whom to elect a member for Wanganui in the place of Sir Julius Vogel, resigned, took place on Saturday last, when the Hon. W. Fox and Mr John .Morgan were duly proposed and seconded. It was thought that as Messrs Watt and Dulhie had declined to contest the election against Mr Fox no other candidate would come forward, and the nomination was looked on almost as a matter of form necessary to the return of that gentleman. At the show of hands Mr Fox obtained sixteen and his opponent ten, hut a poll was demanded on the part of Mr Morgan, and will take place this day. At present there seems every chance of Mr Fox’s return, though the country districts will give Mr Morgan large support. The transfer of Mr Espagne’s Hotel at Hawera was effected on Monday last— Messrs Dale and Greig respectively acting as valuators on the occasion. The now host has had considerable experience in the business, and will no doubt be as successful in its conduct as its late pronrictor has been.

The barracks in which the constabulary at Hawera are lodged are in a most disgraceful condition, and how the unhappy members of the force located in them manage to exist is extraordinary. The sleeping accommodation has only a very ill put on iron roof without lining or ceiling of any kind. The rain pours into the building in wet weather and the wind circulates most unpleasantly through it, thus washing and drying its inmates at the same time. Surely even the most economical Government might make the habitations of their officers at least weatherproof, which at the present time is not the case with reference to the quarters in question. Possibly an intimation of this kind may attract the attention that is really most necessary. The Wesleyan soiree, already announced, will take place this evening, when, in addition to the substantial attractions of an excellent tea, a service of song will be held and several interesting addresses delivered. The Town Hall, being more commodious than the church, will be used for the gathering. We have been requested to call the attention of our readers to the sale of a compact and beautiful little homestead at Hawera, with 9i- acres of land attached, which will be sold by Mr. Coweru at the blockhouse'to-morrow.- By the advertisement we also see there, will be a quantity of timber sold at Mr Davidson’s store on the same day.

w ■■ i -r — —— ... , It is with -very sincere regret that w,e have to record a very serious accident that happened to Mrs A. Smith of Hawera,/on. Sunday last. . A horse that she wasvichng ran awaypor at least overpowered its.x’ider and in endeavoring to scale awery slippejy and precipitous ascent, about a mile from Hawera, fell backwards with Mrs Smith Underneath it. Assistance was at once obtained and the sufferer taken home, when it was found that she was seriously injured about the back* and loins. Dr Walker was telegraphed for, and on examination found that, in addition to very severe bruises, she bad sustained fracture of one of the bones of the pelvis. All possible attention was paid to her, but she suffered great pain, and it will bo some time before she car! recover from the injuries so unfortunately received.

A native disturbance, which at one time threatened to be serious, occurred near Hawera on Monday last. It seems that Mr William Bayly leased a large section of land from the natives at Matangavara, and the agreement was duly 7 entered into by a very largo majority of the owners— Ngahina being one of the chief people interested. Recently,however, Iloni Pihama and others have questioned the lease, and by 7 way 7 of cniphasising.ythcir objections proceeded on Monday 7 last to drive off all Mr Bayly’s cattle. This roused the ire of the lessors, who, headed by Ngahina, attacked the would bo depredators, and being far superior in numbers utterly 7 routed them and remained masters of the fiehh thus preserving the integrity of the lease, and protecting then-tenant’s property most effectually 7 . Major Brown is or was to be called in, we hear, to settle the matter, but what he can do when the natives have so thoroughly adjusted matters themselves we fall to see. As a matter of course the victors celebrated the occasion-by copious libations in Hawera, and more than one of the warriors fell a victim to these after the grave struggle had terminated. The soil in the neighbourhood of Carlyle is capable of producing huge vegetables. A cauliflower grown in the Resident Magistrate’s garden, and cut yesterday 7 when trimmed ready for cooking weighed no loss than 131h5., and was a proof of the fertility of the land and the horticultural care that is bestowed on the garden in question. Mr Dyer requests us to point out to the parents of children, attending the Carlyle school , that a system of mark cards will be commenced next week. Each pupil will have one of these posted in thenreading book. The highest number of marks allowed will be five, two of which will be for attendance morning and afternoon. The other three will be the highest number allowed for lessons, well learnt and said, and proper diligence and good conduct shewn during school hours. MiDyer trusts that parents will take some interest in children attending regularly 7, and learning their evening lessons properly. It is also recommended by the Inspector, that prizes should be given yearly or half yearly to all who obtain a fixed number of marks.

The stock advertised for sale at Glen .won last Thursday did not arrive to time, and their disposal had therefore to ho deferred till Thursday October 3rd, Avhen the sale Avill he positively Avilhout reserve. We have to acknoAvledgo Avith thanks the receipt of lavo sketch maps uoav being sold by Burrett and Co., of Wellington, one of the North and the other of the South Island. They were originally furnished by the GoA’-emment in the publication of the Public Works Statement, hut have- been reproduced by the above firm in a handy form, and can he obtained at a shilling each from Mr S. Taplin, of this town. We avoulcl Avarn all Avho have any claims against the Taranaki Provincial Government to pay heed to the advertisement in another column, Avherein Mr CoAvern, Pro-A-iticial agent, requests all accounts to be sent in on or before Saturday next. If they fail to be prompt the loss of their money will be the penalty. Fifty thousand people are prepared to pay one third of their passage money from the state of Pennsylvania to Australia. Such is the announcement made to the Government of Ncav South Wales by Mr. Morris, its executive, commissioner at Philadelphia, Avho adds that information respecting these colonies is being sought for by .a considerable number of persons and that “ many first-class' mechanics, mostly farmers, with from £2OO to £4OO each, arc anxious to emigrate at their OAvn expense to Australia.” The HaAvke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society have issued the schedule of prizes to be offered at the annual sho v, to he hold on the 19th and 20th October, Avhen £720 will be offered in prizes. A A’ory sudden death occurred on hoard the Arawata on tho voyage dmvn from Melbourne. Mrs CoAvper, Avifc of Mr CoAvper of Messrs CoAVper and .Wilson, Invercargill,- on Friday morning,whilst in the ladies’ cabin, suddenly dropped dead. She had been suffering from heart disease. Her body avrs landed at the HI tiff. , A Maori has this year Avon the district champion belt annually fired for by tho Thames Volunteers. A Miss SteAvart, of Hamilton, Ontario, has rccoA’-crcd 700 dollars damages from a lover, Who forsook her after an engagement of twenty-six vtarsj

/ The Hospital Sunday subscriptions, says j a London paper, will hardly turn out so good-, as usual, but if all the London Cli'urchcS'had) Subscribed as . the Jewish congregathnlsDbubscnbed, there would be nothing’ to complain ol'i The Chief Rabbi, at tlie Great Synagogue, collected £250; tiie Portugese (Synagogue gave £Gu ; the Reformed Congregation of British Jew 8 gave £3OO ; and Dr. Adler, at I3aj‘stvaterj raised £IOO more—that is; the Cliief Rabbi got more from ins people than the preacher at St. Paul’s in the, two services together ; tiie Portuguese Synagogue raised more than the Bishop of Carlisle extracted from the congregation in Curist Church,. May. fair ; the Reformed Jews raised more than any congregation of which we have as yet seen any account; and even Dr Adler raised more than many Christian congregations of probably twice the size. It is, clear that either Jews are relatively* much richer than Christians, or they 1 have a keener sympathy'- with the physical sufferings of their fellow-creatures. As y ; et, Hospital Sunday* does not result in miracles of mercy. At the elephant hunt, in honour of the Prince of Wales, in Ceylon no reporters were permitted to be present; but one enterprising “ sjiooial” is said to have shaved his head, painted his body black) put a string around his neck and joined the beaters. While in England Sir J. Vogel was in" vited to join the Republican Club by some of its leading members, who, as ho saysi were aware that die held advanced views, and that, no more than they themselves, could he be supposed to have any superstitious reverence for royalty". lie was considered, in fact, a likely person to join them, because “ he was an earnest advocate of peace, economy, and justice, in short, something of a national reformer.” They therefore considered him a likely person to join them in the “mighty* task of overthrowing the monarchy 7.” This ho declined to do, and in an able article in the October number of Fraser's il fagazine, under the heading of“ Is Monarchy an Anachronism,” he gives the reasons for his refusal. A man in Boston, Vho recently tripped over stone steps which projected on to a sidewalk, sued .and obtained from that city* 2000 dollars damages. Legal documents are not al\Vays dry 7 reading. Here is a part of a Lincoln woman’s recent petitioxn £or divorce : ‘‘ Dark clouds of discord began to loiVer over the sky of wedded felicity 7, and the minacious lightning of disunion began to dart its lurid flames across gloomy clouds of atramcntal blackness, obscuring' every star of hope and happiness, Whose resplendent glory 7 illuminated the dawn of the first few brief years of her wedded life, when she gave her hand and an undivided heart to the defendant, who, in the sultry month of July*. 18(57, when, after having been warmly and snugly wintered within the fond embraces of her loving arms, and closely nestled to a heart that beat alone for the defe.rrdirnt, be showed Ins base, black ingratitude, by abandoning her bod and hoard without cause whatever, except the insatiable thirst for novelty*, which is the great pr •> dominant character of defendant’s nature.”

The Press says that, thanks to the generosity of the General Government the Canterbury Lunatic Asylum will shortly be in possession of a splendid pianoforte, the English price of which alone will he some 80 guineas. The present instrument is altogether ullsuited to the requirements of the Asylum, and Mr Seager, upon applying to the Government for permission to obtain another, received authority to send for whatever kind of piano he wanted.

A fearful accident happened at Meek’s flour-mill Oamaru, is thus recorded in the North Otago Times “At about six a.m. the night shift having been relieved, the machinery oiled, and the mill again started, when MhMurtrie who- was employed as oatmeal miller, went in between two pair .of stones for some purpose or other, ami a knitted Woollen jacket which he wore, he coming entangled by Un upright-shafting ho was lifted up by the machinery and grievously crushed. The mid was almost immediately Stopped and M'Murtrie extricated, when it was found that his left foot and ankle had been torn off, both legs fractured in several places, one of Ins arms broken in live places, and several ribs broken, while also there was a deep lacerated wound on the inside of the left thigh. lie was internally rinjurid. He Avas attended by t)rs Wait and De Lautour', and, by their instructions remoA’-ed to the Hospital, where he lingered in great pain till noon, Avhen death put an end to his sufferings.” It may he interesting to some, saj’S “ Atticus” in the Melbourne Leader , to learn that Mr Gately, the “finisher of the IaAV,” rcceiA r es £1 per diem when his services arc required, for flogging, without regard to the number upon whom he officiates, and £5 for each capital execution. Hut practically the fincellations and executions are performed free of cost to the country. The money is “ taken care of” for him by the prison authorities, and when liedm a day’s ■liberty he generally succeeds in running up a hill for fines and costs that cause him to' pay back to her Majesty all that she had paid him. Last Week he had in this waV to return £lB of his hard-earned money-—just equivalent to three executions and three day’s flogging. Mr Gately may bo called one of our selfsupporting civil servant^.

We take the following from the XyHelton- Times :—Quite a number of people'are leaving this district for the Kuinara rush. They; are chiefly navvies working on the raihVay, i under Mr. Wright. , They arc leaving 9s a day wages for the Uncertainty of gold-digging, but the attraction seems too powerful even under such circumstances. The new rush is having a serious effect on labor, as from other quarters complaints are made of men leaving for the West Coast. At all events if the diggings turn out profitable there will be no fear of hearing the “unemployed” cry raised for some time.

At the tecent fancy-dress ball of the Lord Mayor of London fifteen gentlemen appeared clad in white dress-coats; waistcoats, and black linen shirts, collars; and cuffs. The suggestion came from Dil Maurier, the artist in Punch.