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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 203, 21 March 1877, Page 2

Reports from Grahamslown, mention tliat the Moanatairi yield for the last fortnight was 4,912 ounces The reef is still looking well. Mr George Tait has just commenced business in Hawora as a baker and fancy biscuit maker, and solicits a share of public patronage. Some of the sailor-men in port on Sunday, took a run ashore in their Sunday-go-to-mcctings. The sunshine told a little on them. Several important discoveries were made. One sailor found a swamp. It was easy enough getting into it, but a very difficult matter to find his way out. On the Agricultural Show grounds, yesterday, Mr Dale offered for sale hy auction several lots of prize cattle. Mr JRatterbury, of New Plymouth, was the purchaser, at nineteen guineas, of Mr ID S. Peacock’s bull calf, which took the first prize in its class, and the Champion prize for best bull in the yard. The Wanganui Chronicle says :—Nineteen hundred years ago there was a great disturbance in Jerusalem about the water supply, which was not sufficient, and the Roman governor, who was anxious to get a proper supply for the city, proposed to bring it from a distance of fifty miles. The Jews refused the money for the purpose, whereupon the governor—Pontius Pilate —seized upon the sacred treasury, and.made an aqueduct through the solid rock, thus carrying water to and this exists to the present day, We wish we had Pontius Pilate to take control of the Wanganui Borcugh finance administration, and act in a similarly prompt, energetic, and practical manner with regard to our water supply.

Mr W. Dale will hold a st/'ck sale at Kakaramoa on Friday, the 23rd instant, Mr John Whelan having made arrangements for obtaining supplies of fruit, has commenced business in his new premises) nearly opposite the Immigration Barracks. The big sale of horses announced by Mr F. It. Jackson for the 21st instant, has been deferred till Thursday, 20L1 1 instant. See advertisement. Tenders have lately boon called in Wellington for the conveyance to Waitara of about 1 07 tons rails. 20 tons fastenings, and 10 sots of points and crossings, for the Inglewood railway. On Saturday last the Football season was opened in Carlyle by a scratch mulch. On Saturday next, a scratch match will be played at Manutahi, commencing at throe o’clock in the afternoon. The N.Z. 'Times says that Captain Campbell Walker’s term of engagement as Conservator of State Forests expires with the termination of the present month. It says nothing will be dune in the way of organising a department until his report lias been laid before t’arliameut. Captain Walker leaves the colony on a visit to Australia and Tasmania next month.

(A A. Wray, Esq., Judge of the Assessment Court for the Patea Comity, gave his decision re Lett and others, on Carlyle Town Board valuation, on Monday lastlie said he had gone carefully into the subject, and examined the various points raised by the objectors, and would give his decision that the valuation rate imposed by the Board remain intact. Messrs Lett and Hirst appeared, and wished to explain further the conditions under which the Town Board leased the various sections ; but it was stated that the case could not bo re-oponed.

Two prisoners were forwarded, under charge of Constable Shiels, per coach to New Plymouth on Monday last. One of them was Wright “ an old trapper,” aged about Cl years, who had been sentenced on that day to twelve months in the Taranaki gaol for breaking into Mr Dixon’s store ; and the other was named Scdar, who was sentenced at the Hawera B.M. Court last week to one months imprisonment for indecent exposure.

From the Taranaki Herald report of the Waste Lands Board meeting, held in New Plymouth on Monday, the 12 th instant, we clip the following : —Mr Kelly said it was desirable that Patca should he declared a land district under clause 14 of the Waste Lands Act, he would therefore move, “That the Government ho recommended to gazette Carlyle a laud district under clause 14 of the Taranaki "Waste Lands Act, and that one of; the. Surveyors be in attendance at an office in Carlyle on Saturday in each week from ten till four o’clock to give information to the public, and that during tiio other days of the week that one of the officers of the Government at Carlyle he instructed to take charge of the office to show plans, and give any information that may ho required.”—Mr Stamlish seconded the resolution, which was carried.

Hogarty’s Combination Troupe is spoken of ns follows by the Rangitikci Advocate : — “ Ilcgarty’s talented Combination Troupe gave one of their excellent entertainments in the Town Hall on Saturday evening, to a very fair house. The astonishing conjuring tricks of Professor Heneckie, the ventriloquism of Mr Power, the singing of .Mrs Harrison, and the graceful aerial posings of Madame Stella, elicited frequent bursts of applause. Of the wondeiful Arabian Box Mystery, we cannot speak too highly ; it is par excellence the most wonderful trick ever performed.” The above troupe has just finished a most successful season in Wanganui, and announce two night’s performances in Carlyle for Saturday and Monday next. As there has been nothing in the show line here of late, this talented troupe ought to be well patronised. A performance will also bo given at Wavcrley on Friday night, and the Troupe will appca r at Hawera on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. At a meeting of (be standing committee of the Hawera Medical Society) held in the Block-house, Hawera, on Saturday, the 17th instant, the agreement between the Committee and Dr Colo was brought forward, commented upon, and (after considerable discussion) duly signed and attested. One of the main points under discussion was the advisability of placing an extra fee (over and above the married subscription fee) in accouchment eases. Dr Cole pointed out (and we think very fairly) that in all Benefit societies) &c., an extra fee was always supposed to be charged in such cases. This the Committee quite agreed with, but unfortunately could not sec their way to impose the fee, as no stipulation to this effect had been decided upon at the general meeting of subscribers ; and, moreover, they considcred that it such fee was insisted upon’ many of the subscribers would object to it. Dr Cole, however, waived the point* and remarked that he thought that if the subscribers bad known the usual custom in such cases, they would not have included midwifery attendance in thenstipulation. It is to be hoped that all subscribers will see the justice of the doctor's remarks.

James Rhaw, of New Plymouth, aged 57 years, was found dead in Ids own house on the looming of the 13th instant. I'rom I evidence given a t the inquest, it appeared that lie had gone home the night previous in a state of intoxication, and in getting in or out of bed, had fallen and broke his neck. When found, ho was in the position of a person trying to stand on his head. Tiio following cutting from the Wellington 7W has been forwarded by Dr Wilford :—“ In onr issue of Tuesday hist, we stated on trio authority of the PaTka Mail, that Dr Wilford, of the Ilntt, was about to leave that place for the purpose of settling at Carlyle. We are now requested by Dr Wilford to state that there is Tin ti nth in the report, and that he has no intention to leave the Unit at present.