The Patea Mail. PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS DWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1877.

Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 270, 14 November 1877, Page 2

The Patea Mail. PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS DWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1877.

Hoc’F.a in regard to the Agricultural Show, to beheld at Warerley to-morrow, ran high. The very large number of enterics given in to the secretary (Mr F. Co'.\> rn) have sot all doubts at rest. All now required is fine weather, and os there will be both quantity and quality

in cadi of the classes of stock, tliere should bo no lack of visitors. The committee arc working well together, and are sparing no pains to have arrangements as complete as possible. Enterics number nearly 200. As produce exhibits may be entered up to 10 a.m. on the morning of the Show, it is not unlikely the total exhibits will be over 200. In the class horses there will ho a very fine show—the greatest number of entenes being under the heading Colonial draft entires and mares. Of ladies hacks there arc nine enterics; hacks carrying 1G stone, eight enterics; seven 12 stone carrying hacks, seven pair plough horses, six single buggy horses, four blood horses, besides enterics under other headings. There will be some very good specimens of pedigree stock, new to the district, which arc bound to attract attention. Shorthorns tot up well, while in sheep there will be a good variety. Sixteen enterics have been made under the head of extra stock. Wanganui people have been In no way backward in entering stock, and many visitors may be expected from that direction. A special telegram in another column notifies the departure of Judges who are expected to arrive in Carlyle from New Plymouth to-day. Taranaki cricketers have also started and will be present at the Show. Altogether prospects arc bright, and wo trust residents in the Pa tea County from Normanby downwards will turn out in force, and by their presence strengthen the hands of the committee who have worked so well, and show appreciation of the attention paid by outsiders to this splendid district.

Quibbling in the House of Representatives on the Privilege Question, was recommenced on Monday afternoon, on Major Atkinson moving that the debate be adjourned for a week, on the ground that the matter had been fairly placed before the Government and the House and replied to. Monday evening found the Privilege question still the bone of contention, the Opposition asserting that the House had asserted its privileges and that the question to be considered was the constitutional position of Ministers. On the Government side it was urged that the adjournment was sought because Major Atkinson found his party would not follow Mr Travers. A division was ultimately taken 88 voting with the Opposition for adjournment and 37 with the Government against. Mr Gisborne moved that the debate bo resumed on Friday, which was lost by SS to 37. Then the question of when the debate should be adjourned to was served out hot on both sides and concluded at 12.40, when motion for adjournment of the. House was agreed to. The whole matter will therefore lapse.

The Taranaki Herald of Gfch November, contains a very fall report of the applications for Patca land by the Small Farm Association and by H. F, Christie, Esq. From the tall opinion expressed by Mr Standish of the value of the land, and the protest made by him against it being offered at a reasonable price, we have little hope, unless other members of the Board are very determined in the mattei, that anything like favourable terms will bo arranged, Mr Standish is reported to have said that the price should be fixed at £2 per acre for deferred payment land, That would simply mean that he does not intend that the land shall be settled at present. Mr Standish appears to have the happy or unhappy knack of always stepping forward with some obstructive notion at a time when above all there should be harmonious working. Protesting appears to be his strong point. His protests unfortunately arc against progressivism. Lost in a crowd his only chance of gaining distinction or notoriety appears to bo as a protestor—sotting himself in opposition to the decisions and opinions of a body or bodies of equally qualified and experienced or even abler men. Pity such men should be placed in positions where the power to do harm is great. The Chief Surveyor (Mr Humphries) Judging by the report docs not appear to have been very decided as to the value of the land. Ho is reported to have said “If Mr Fookes’ land was worth £l, that applied for by Mr Christie was certainly worth £1 55.” • Later on the same gentleman being referred to said he thought the land would fetch £1 10s per aero for cash. Wo hear that a surveyor has reported on the land on behalf of Mr Christie, and that in consequence ho has declined to entertain the offer of land at 27s Gd, the price, asked by the Board. Application in another form has been sent in, and it is now questionable if the land previously under offer w'ould be accepted at more than £1 per acre. We wore pleased to observe that the Commissioner of Lands (Mr Whitcombe) took a business-like view of special settlement schemes, and considered them helpful to the Board, the Land Board “ having no power to ■make roads those settlements gave them power to open up the land to at present a (dosed district: and the more roads they had in the district the better it would bo to get the land settled. The road through Mr Fookes’ settlement would enable them to get more land at the Lack.” The Messrs Gano are reported to have made application for 5,000 acres bush land as a special settlement. Of course these gentlemen have a very different idea of the value of the land to that entertained by Mr Standish. The Board, however, considering there are sufficieni*special settlement applications in hand have declined to entertain the application..

The local paper saya-M 1 Masterton (Wairarapa) is beginning to be something more than one street with a few straggling shops and now and then a cottage in the background . There are now a number of other streets which arc of not a little importance, and these arc being rapidly lined with dwelling-houses, which are for the most part very superior to the average iu the district. It is calculated that at the present rate of progress the number will be doubled in less than three years.” With all the progress in that thriving district the effort to keep two newspapers afloat has failed. The News and News Letter proprietors have agreed to work together, and are now jointly the proprietors of a new paper The Register. A Wellington exchange referring to the alteration says —“The proprietors state as one of their reasons for the change, that at present the place is not large enough to support two papers, that both papers have been carried on at a loss, and that life in business is not over pleasant when it contains nothing but hard work and bare existence.” People in Patea County who are so buroiogly anxious for another paper ought to make a note of the above. Hawcra people of course want a paper for themselves, and there are people iu Carlyle who consider it high time a second paper was started in the Township. Yet, at the same time, some of the Hoad Boards and other public bodies which ought to ho the best supporters, are at all times chary of patronising the local organ, and for the most part indulge in written notices for tenders and the like, which ought to get that publicity which only can be secured in a welleirculatcd newspaper. We hear that one Board has decided not to advertise any more for the reason that the paper being now an established institution, the advertising price should be lowered. It may be information for the growlers to know that the same charge per inch for first insertions is made in the Wairarapa as is now charged in the Patea Mail. The Patea West Board sets a very fair example, which it would be better for the newspaper and the district if other Boards and public bodies would follow. We intend shortly to test public bodies, and see if a reduction in charges, after the first insertion, will induce them to act differently. If the local paper is well nourished it will yield good fruit.

The Inspector of Schools for Patea County (Robert Lee, Esq.) will be in attendance for school examinations as follows Patea, 20th and 21st November ; Manutahi, 22nd ; llawera, 23rd ; Novmanby, 24th ; Kakaramea, 26th ; Wlienuakura, 27th. A correspondent at Wavcrly lias kindly teiegrapncu tlio result ot Air Roberts' first billiard match at Mrs Prices’ Welcome Stranger Hotel, and which will be found amongst our telegrams. The boat shed, near Mr Guyatt’s, where boating club’s skiff lies, is reported to have been blown down. The skiff is sadly iu need of attention, the oars, and parts of the boat arc lying about is various directions. The following’ gentlemen have been chosen to do battle for the Patea Club against the Tikorangi Team in the forthcoming match: —Messrs Jacomb (captain), Fraser, Peteh, Taplin, Dr Croft, Tonnent, F T. Horner, Major Baddely, Baggett, W. Dixon, 11. Contis. Waiting Men—Messrs B. and C. Dasent, Cowcm, Hargraves and Kitchen. Changes have been made in the Tikorangi Team, and we are unable in present issue to give correct list. The match will take place at Carlyle on Friday. Wickets to be pitched at nine o’clock sharp.

On Saturday last as a loaded dray was passing- over Kakaramea culvert, a rotten Stion caved in. Posts were immediately over die hole to prevent accidents, and Mr Delamoro rode into Carlyle for the Foreman of Works (County Council). Precautions were taken to prevent accidents during the night, and on Sunday timber was procured from reserve at Tongahoe Bridge. Workmen were employed in repairs and the broken culvert was made safe by about two o ? clockon Monday afternoon. The need of a new culvert was brought prominently before the Council by Mr Wright at its last sitting, and the accident shows that he had advised wisely when recommending that a new culvert should be made.

In the District Court, Wanganni, on Monday last, before His Honor Judge Kenny, the Trustees under the assigned estate of George Brown, watchmaker, brought an action to recover the value.of a quantity of jewellery seized by Mr Sherwood, Carlyle, for rent of premises occupied by Brown at the begining of present year with damages amounting to £9B. The case having been heard, and counsel on each side, judgment was given that the goods should be returned, or £25 paid with Is damages on or before the 25th November to the plaintiffs agent at Carlyle with costs. The case was a complicated one. Mr Brown admitted to having agreed to pay £1 a week for premises, but had not actually signed agreement or paid any rent up to the time an asigmnent of his property was made. . A large quantity of Salmon ova, brought from San Francisco by the last mail, has been successfully distributed over the colony. The ova proved to be in splendid condition. We trust the lately formed Acclimatisation Society will endeavour to procure some of the nest importation for Patea Eivers. The soiree, in celebration of the induction of the Bev J. Tofry to the charge of the Presbyterian Church, Hawera, will take place at 5;30 p.m, this, evening. The induction ceremony, at which the Presbytery of the, district will bo present, will take place at 2.80 p.m. The soiree is expected to bo very successful. Lady members of the congregation are providingliberally,in anticipation of-a largo attendance. Tickets for admission to the tea meeting may be obtained from Messrs Furlong, Davidson, Groig, Winks, and King & Son.

The Banka at Carlyle will be Closed on Thursday (Agricultural Show day.) On Saturday last, Mr W. Cowcrn sold the right to the gates at the Agricultural Show to Mr G. W. Gane for £l2 ss. The booth was bought by Mr F. O’S. McCarthy for ss. Clarence Rennell, Esq., has been gazetted Auditor of the Courts of Law Trusts Accounts, New Plymouth. Air W. Cowern will hold his usual stock sale at Lakaramea at two o’clock to-day. Mr F. K. Jackson will hold cattle sale at Wavcrley on Friday at one o’clock. Nominations for members for Hawera Riding of the Patea County Council, will be received from 10 ami. to 12 noon, at the Native office, Hawera, on Saturday. Mr Joseph who started the Patea Mail, is at present on a visit to this district. Mr F. Long.' Postmaster, Carlyle, ha s kindly furnished the following information —A supplementary British mail, via San Francisco, will be made up at the Patea Post Office on Friday, the 16th instant, at 1.45 p.m. The Rev Father Hennoberry Ims been very successful in New Plymouth, nearly all the congregation at the Catholic Church took the pledge. It is said that fully 400 persons have taken the pledge at his hands. Pro .'codings on Court day at Hawera held over.

Air John W, Alitchcll, a member of the Colonial Advising Board of the Scottish and New Zealand Investment Company (Limited), passed through Carlyle by coach on Tuesday from New Plymouth. His visit is for the purpose of obtaining as much information as' possible respecting the resources of the district, and with a view to opening branch offices of the company he represents. Air Alitchcll expressed liimself as favorably impressed with the Patea county. Air G. W. Stockman, of New Plymouth, returning from Wanganui, got thrown from his horse near Waitotara, about one o’clock on Saturday morning last, and sustained a compound fracture of the left arm. Air Stockman, who was accompanied by another gentleman, walked on to Garlyle, arriving at Dr Warren’s about half-past six o’clock. The broken limb was set, and a small piece of the bone removed, after which Air Stockman proceeded on his journey to New Plymouth by way of the Mountain Road. Air Stockman showed great hardiness throughout. On arriving at Dr Warren’s, the coat sleeve in which the broken arm was being carried was nearly full of blood. Air William Dale, of Carlyle, anxious, with many more in this district, to see land thrown open for settlement, wrote lately to the Taranaki Waste Lands Board, calling attention to sections (thirteen in number) remaining unsold in the Otoia-Opaku Block, and suggesting that the same might be offered for sale—stating that “the land being all bush, it would bo better to sell on deferred payments. There are a num - ber of persons here who would be willing to take up land on those terms, who arc all unable to buy for cash, but who could improve the land quicker than if it got into the hands of speculators.” Air Dale mentioned the matter to Captain Wray, District Land Officer, who readily fell in with the suggestion, and recommended the same for adoption by the Board. The result is that the Board have agreed to the recommendation, and it may be expected that 4,000 acres of laud in that block will shortly be thrown open for settlement. If the Waste Lands Bill at present before the Assembly passes, the laud will be offered as at present surveyed, in blocks ranging from 50 to 464 acres. Should the Bill referred to not pass, then the larger sections will be divided to suit the provisions of the Act now in force. We arc glad indeed to record this desirable result, and credit is due to Air Dale for taking the action he has done.

To-morrow evening the Carlyle Harmonic Society wall make its first public appearance in the Town Hall. Of course many of the performers have previously been before the Carlyle public. The effort to form the Harmonic Society has proved eminently successful, and there is every reason to believe that to-morrow night’s concert will go off well. A full and attractive programme has been prepared. Practices have been generally Avell attended, and wo hope to he able to record a full attendance on the part of the general public. Efforts to provide a good class of entertainment ought to be well encouraged. The Wanganui Chronicle says—The ketch Agnes put into our port on Saturday. She is bound for Patea, hut after hanging off that port for two days, was unable to take the bar, and the wind increasing in force, she ran down to this port for shelter. She is now in company with the Elizabeth, which vessel has been here over a mouth awaiting a chance for Patea.—We learn that Mr Leslie, who owned the Jane Elkin, lately wrecked at Patea, has purchased the smart little ketch Falcon, to fill the place of the lost craft in the Patea trade. The Falcon is a centreboard vessel, of about 30 tons, and well adapted to ,the trade she is to take up. One of the coach horses objected to move ahead from Haywood’s Hotel, Carlyle, yesterday. It persisted in hacking, and broke the swingle tree. A splice was quickly made, and the objecting animal, under judicious persuasion from the experienced driver, was made to pull fair. To-morrow is the last day on which applications for allotments in the Midhirst Special Settlement will be received. Mr William Cowern, of Carlyle, will give all information and receive deposits. Mr F. McGuire is agent at Hawera.