The Patea Mail. PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1877.

Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 210, 14 April 1877, Page 2

The Patea Mail. PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1877.

1 I <’ Service time at ihe \V;*m'ov;i:j ‘.irir.■ I> lho ir-and Winter cv-mmy is<>i;< Mr Vv. Oowcrn will hold an inip’ : .S'!'? of fm nii !!,-(■ mm effects 10-day, ill ■ ■ ia:e re.-hfmce oi’ iV W’:■ I!:c a o•;.»mctjc.ii”; al Ini f-nast one o'clock. I\h' Henry Frmii!--. Pamm-mt Bov, In; jnut. rmldislu;;!, as a emnymm l m iiio tiniest Prayer Book an.! Bible oramd a few mourns m;o, ilia emre !e-.1. vonreh i Se-rvic" in lim wij d. ti. w.mylis law hia\ iwo and a-hal>! imiioa measures In'.. ■ liit'li lit 11;uw:'is -as, mi,l may bo o. sily ca.ricm in iim waistcoat poermf. Insooctor Thompson, oi’ the Auckland Police Force, who Ins bomi appointed Police Inspector lor the Comities oi: Taranaki ami 1 hiio.a, arrived at Carlyle, a.-ci unpaid ud by Inspecior Kenny, oi! Iho Ad’. Force, iaio on Wednesday night. The police establishment was taken over and. I lie Inspector proceeded on Thursday to Vvaiioiara. 'll is likely tin reside oi' his visit will bo lint immotliiito steps for ihe erection oi! suitable police quarters and lock-up will bo commenced.

Nut a private, Iml an officer, an Inspector of the AdJ. Force, mi.yht hare been seen in full ridiny riy tramping the road between Carlyle and Ilawora, this week. It was a ca.se of Hobson’s choice. The anihorilies do not appeal' to consider it needfn! io provide paddoekmg for trooper’s horses. A horse, which was ridden to town, tethered ‘for the niyht broke away, and not being discoverable next mommy, the imforfimatc oflicor had lo tramp back. A uiaclniy ot hotelkeepers of the Pa tea ('umity wr.s held at the Albion Hotel, on Vv’cdmcsd.ay last. A society was formed to he called the Palma Lieen ml Victuallers Association, Mr T. Haywood was alerted ('hair-nan ; and Mr C. Brown, Secretary. The 'imilowhiy yentiemmn were elected a committee io carry out the rides of! the association. Messrs S. Dixon, I'. be.in tzm fl. D. Hawkins, (Too. Beamish, Chas. Bn Avn, and. Titos. Haywood. A meeting will shortly bo called to discuss the rules &v., of tin; association. A teleyram from Graham-down on lOfli April savs :—The Moana.airi re! urns lor last week were mood ounces. Shares have receded to Aid aim divided, the latter briny £2 IDs. Hold has been struck in the. Piako (formerly Bright Smile) at a. ilopili of -in!) feet. Tins iutelliyenim was mbowed by news of yold boiliy si "nek in .be Pumping A-sociation’s low !evc m inc yrouiivs o. inc lin-unu a Hill (mmy The e is ymat excitement over ib.e latter event, and shares have risen.

The rcuort.in Otago that Sir 1 >illon t-rd | is ix> have a scat in tho b ppor House is I gaining currency, ?.lr Freeman Mb Jack-ion’s' cattle sale at Waverley will Slice place 10-day Headers | are referred to catalogue in askoi ti.sing , columns. I During the lim ft l!i« ketch ‘ Wild Ibicic ; Ims boon in tho river. the skipper has had | reo-iinted. r •’ 1 1 e ‘ Duck ’ now presents j enii'e a {idv and neat appearance. | , j !n present number o! tlic id.-fL veil 1 mi i found the commencement of a. new inle ot i thrilling interest hy that c-;:!c>>raied an- | Mores:-; sirs flarri.t Lewie, cm hied "Lady j Trevor’s Secret.'’ j !iis Lordde.ip Mie T’ishop of tho Diocese j i ) j* Vdcbingiou arnved at Carlyle mi \v cd- j nesda v li’.si, hy coach Lorn Wanganui. I Lis Lordship oHiciated at a nnniage e.or- % ice ]n Sr. I jet.rg''s Gon.vo. iu liie aMeinoon, and held a. cmif rami ton service in ] ;he same place in Mie evening, Laving j again hy coach Lor Yv angamii on Thursday* A cmit-mpomry says -A held or. wheai, iIUU .acres in exfoni, is reportoil by Mia Wail.mgi Tnhtme to have yielded SO bushels r aero, 'This maims 2-!,UOv) bushels for ihc whole held, which, r.t die I Lite ef he irr bushel wmdd.givc- a rciu.n jof Abr-XiO, or T-0 pc, acre, budi farming j J a last issue the ivsnit of Major Drown's I ini.ervi.-w with Ixaiives, who hud ;ihscmmi hied in Carl vie, was made, known, Du Thnrs.lav lest an advance of T iOO was paid by Govci-iimen: iu the same Nadives n 1 1 1 e balance of confiscated land between .im Taica and ihe Mokia reserve, a mali.ei which should he a source oi satisfaction to all. who take any interest in Native affairs. 1l is to ho regretted that a largo number o.' subscribers to the Medical Society, ll.iwera, have neglected lo answer to tho cad.i niion Lhcm for their first ([nailers subscription, although they have signified their intention of calling in the doctor when any sickness Lulls upon them or Liic'r families. Let Iho-sc who know themselves to bo deiinrpi mis in this matter | take this lo heart, and i; pay np before they rondci’ themselves liable to have .heir names si ruck oil tin roll. ’ The following, amongst other ucinn in ! liPr Ifawora corespondent -i lei ter, wore mesej oin. last issue :—This fowuship, which (inring the greater part oi last- week Si-..! assumed an air of .soinir.u:ibnlanee. owing to idic exodus of many of - he inhabit an Is. who had wended (heir way to i aranahi wilii die view of being present at die ■aces liicro, has resumed iis usual lively .'i.eiss, and business is proceeding as ; ) ,r.yMv •(.; ever. Messrs G *ig and Go. held ,0! ;uiciion s.do here on IS a.:nrday. end, considering the had weather widen r.%ned supreme all day, it was v.vi Pat tended, and I iie!ie'.’c icoved a. ''air success.

An Adelaide pap--" of a rcc"". d. la sir tea that lately a man residing ai diakhnds, Vovkc Peninsula -nit. bis sou, ■> w. i a biu it fourteen. down a rad nr deep Well ,0 feleh up a bucket. Vdh m llie my !i ad descended ihe lamer io saw idios.il ihe |nodde ~f! winding him op, ordered .he boy to u,e.ke few lo I!,C mpi’. vddeh man ;;tia* bed lo a term ot bullocks and drove I hem along drawing the rupe 0v... I lie windlass, The boy was drawn lo the toy), bolh ids arms broken, am 1 he. who tme bucket, was then pvicipilatod to tiic bottom of the wed, whence he was fv.kcii nj> dead, with his neck, U is said, hndc m. ITo was buried wnhont an inquest or inquiry of any kind.

A correspondent writes—"ln passing’ through ioivti ono evening this week, and when near the Town Hall, discordant hideous sounds fell on my ears, and I si,tried in amaze and almost frigid, queryhry to myself if YV om! avoll's or some other wild boast nienegaric had suddenly boon planted in this quiet township. I ventured to approach the ILdl door, and haviny first taken the precaution to stopper up my cars, peered in at the entrance, and yetting bolder, ventured in, when a sight most fantastic opened to view. On the floor ami at the sides of the Kadi were Maoris—men, women, and children—dappiny hands, and ye!liny with deliyhl, whilst y race fully gliding in amonyst them ivcro white men on skat.-s. 'i’he nnkuahVs were giving the Natives a. treat by showing (heir own skill as skaters.

Hr Cole, of Huwera, is gaining an excellent name for himself amonyst Ins patients in that neighbourhood. One of the first cases vrhii-h was entrusted to bis care was that of Mr Perry, who had ids shoulder-cap put out by a throw from his horse, and although the injury was of a painful nature, yet the doctor managed io set him np again ” in a very .short lime, amil wo are glad to record that Mr Pony his quite recovered from bis accident Since then tins docior has had two serious cases under Ins care, —one being the case of Muster Tucker, who cut one of his big toes so badly as to necessitate amputation, which was performed in the moist satisfactory manner, and the injured foot is healing fast, and shows no signs of in" llaimuation, &c. The other ease was that of an infani child of Mr Colley's. whoso life was at one time despaired of ; however, under ibo doctor's treatment the little one is progressing favourably towards recovery.

The County Council, Hokitika, has fixed the salaries of the Chairman and Clerk at £2OO per annum Members arc be allowed £'■ 10s per diem for each sitting clay, that amount to include travelling expenses. ■ Martin Kennedy, Esq., M.11.1b, who lately" purchased the I,'oiuuial Government steamer ‘ Luna,’ for Hie Buller Goal Comp.mv, is endeavouring- to make arrangements with the aid imrities in Wellington for landing and storing West Coast coah wiHi a view to making a mai ket for New Z aiiand coal an 1 save the nee,! of importing f.0.0 New Some Wales. die' Welling.on Church Chronicle says - —“ Two sect ions of land, as sites for ehmelie- have been given by Messrs CSnn-tuii and Harding; the mm at East Town, on Hie left bank of the Wanganui River, the oilier at Aniumh*), about four miles from Wanganui ; ami a third section, as a mu*, in a rising district, has been ,-MVred. when vet|r.ircd, to erect a church thereon, ’ The April number of Church Chronicle for Hie Diocese of Wellington opens with a clearly written article concerning- the j ,)!•(.«.id; relation of the Chinch of England I iu .Sew Zealand to Mother Church, as a j reply io and correction of a letter on the I same -übjeci v, nidi appeared in the Auckland CliKrch Gay.cilc. t lie article con-einif-s 1 1 v si at mg that “The status of the i New /< aland Chureii can only be clearly nudei stood by ih.ose who recognise the lac: Hud, D is now, and has been since |. : SS, when it obtained a Metropolitan, an uideiunideiit Ecclesiastical Province, with i’nll powers to regulate its own affairs, from wlu.so Courts no appeals lie to any Court external to itself. As to Its roiaiions to Hie State, these arc precisely similar !o those of any oilier organisation which exists for Hie promotion of religious and moral objects.' We arc glad to inform the inhabitants of the Patea distric., that the Wanganui brv.u-h of the British and Foreign Bible d-.n-iet v. has opened a Sub-agency in this iuwushin at Mr T. North’s, draper, Taranaki Road. A large assortment of billies and b'slamenis, in English, Maori, German. Danish, French, &e., may be obtained at v-.-.-v reasonable prices. The, Sunday--.-eliools of the distr’et will be supplied on I ’ib.'r.d terms by Hr? depot. As tHo ! a. :y ”is purely unsectarian, we may i ivesoiiabiy Impe tiiat it will bo well I mbi-mis-*d by Hi? settlers generally j ihronghont tli? d : s! ri-'-t:. We are requested j (o slate Hi at Mr North will derive no j neeuniary us.slsta.ncc whatever in his j nrmairement o- Hr l depot, but that the ji. (icends of sales will be rcmilted to Hie | Waoganui branch, together wiHi any snbi siTii.iions he may receive from the settlers I for tli.; benefit of the Society. Uis u uni ; for collectors to be appointed m eomiec- ! tioii wiili each branch of the Society, and have no doubt Hint such an appointment will be .mide to promote the im crests of our local agency. Tin; s.s. ‘Glyd.-,’ from W-mg.-nmi, a.rnved in Hio Patea . .iver at hj o clock on i Toor day i oOiii lll g, ill vmg hot A anganui ai 1) o'Mo--k on Wednesday night, Vue sieaim-i" ai rived wilbin three mile's of Patea on Thursday morning, but on account of a westerly gale springing up site had to turn about for Wanganui. After proceeding awhile on her backward conrsa she foil in with a strong south-easter, and immediately turned about and headed again lor Hale?, arriving as above. In spite of the h.-v.vv weather experienced the cargo all lout in good, order. On Saturday last, at three o’clock in the afternoon, the w.s. ‘Clyde’ left Foxton, for Wanganui, and consequently encountered the full force of Iho heavy gale which passed along this coast. That evening tho little steamer was pretty well buffeted about and had her sails carried away. She, however, proved a good sea boat, and arrived safely at Wanganui at three o’clock next day, and with the exception of loss of sails, none the worse for tho terrible ordeal through which she had passed.

Pa tea may lake encouragement from the following item i'roin a Southern paper which says - Ae eminent engineer who formerly visited .Riverton, and appears to have (aval lavmnv.bly impressed with the natural advaniagvs fur making a deep and secure harbour with tint, little outlay, lias .■ >ct; at !y inspari('d ilu- progress made at Kak.mui, and communicated his opinion ia r letter In a resident in Riven ton as .follows: —“ There are two vessels in Kakanni Hm hour at present, and there is from U) to 20 feel; of water between the piers, whore hnt a tow weeks ago the contractor’s ilrays used to pass over the shingic. Ihe fact of the success at Kakanui, if known to the Riverton Harbour Board, 'might siimnlate them to urge the necessity lor a survey and report being made on Riverion, as I am of opinion great good could he effected there at small cost. I should mention that only six months elapsed from the commencement of the work until the opening of the harbour, where the 1 Lloyd s Herald ’ sailed in, she being the first vessel that entered after the month was oponeu. AVith such splendid success as at Kakanui, a simnnr though more hazardous worn to imdenakc than that required lor the Patea River, there should be no hesitation on the part of the Harbour Board as to at once commencing operations.

BUILDING SOCIETY MEETING. The third annual meeling - of Hie shareholders of the Patea District Land and Building Society win held on luesday evening last, at. Ganyle ; Mr S. lapliu in the chai ■. The Secretary (>-D W. Dale) read the report and balance-sheet, and inspector’s and auditors’ reports. Ihe following' is the report for the past, year :

“ In placing tins report before the shareholders. the directors can with confidence state that the results a( mined during the past year arc very satisfactory, Hie Society having" heeu enabled to advance all the funds at its disposal during the twelve monHis on good -security. At Iho completion of the second year. Hie aiuoum of capital invested was £4,(507 ; since which time further advances have been made to Hie extent of £2, lei, making a. £ (5,7(58 ; .from which must be taken £SOO (mortgages reclee nod), thus leaving at the present time £6.-OS invested. At the commencement of the yea", there was a balance of £2BO on the deposit account. During Hie year, £(l3'2 was received on this recount, making a total of £Ol2. ))r this amount, £7OO has been repaid, leaving a ba'anco on hand of £122. Tho net profit for the year amounts to £448 I9s 4d, from which the annual dividend is declared of J2s per share on 723 shares, leaving £.15 3s 4d to carried forward to next yea ’s accounts. Messrs G. N. Baggett ami F. McGuire retire from the Board of Director-', bv rule 25 section 3, but arc both eligible for re-election. Messrs G. T. Potto and lb A. Adams a'so retire by ride 25 section 11. and are eligible lOr reelection. —Sa'.h 1 el T.U'i.ix, Chairman. — Baton, New Zealand, April 10. 1877.” The Inspector (R. C. Torment, Esq.) stated in his report that he had inspected Hie books of the Society,and after checking j every payment lm- the past six months, I and. examining" all accounts necessary io a due understanding of the Society’s affairs, said “ I have to report that the books arc kept wiHi the greatoss neatness and exactitude, and reflect great credit on your manager.” The securities also were examined and found to be satisfactory. In concluding the report Mr Tennant congratulated the Directors on the satisfactory state of the Society, The Auditors. Messrs G-. N. Baggett and Samuel Taplin reported the accounts and balance sheet correct. Proposed by Mr Aitchinson, seconded by Mr Ilohham, and carried, “ That the reports as read bo adopted.” Messrs G. N. Baggett, F. McGuire, 11. A. Adams, and G. t. Potto, the retiring Directors, were reelected. Broposed by Mr Dale, seconded by Mr Adams, and carried, “That a vote of thanks be accorded to the Auditors for j their services.” ! Proposed by Mr Ailcbison, seconded by Mr Hohham. and errried, “Thai, a vote of ; thanks be accorded to the Secretary for i his services to the Society.” A vote of thanks to the chair concluded (he business.