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Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 318, 4 May 1878, Page 2

Monday is the day on which applications will be received at the Local Laud Office, Carlyle,.for deferred payment sections in the Wlmkamam. Block; There can be no cavilling in the present case at the quality of land being offered on deferred payments for four of the 'sections are. really the cream of the block. The •complaint is rather from would-be cash purchasers who consider that the best sections instead of being -all set aside as deferred payment land or reserved, should have boon equally divided as deferred payment and cash land, and so -have enabled the Board properly to judge of the value. However, the error, if any, is in-favor of .bona 'fide settlers as against speculators and maybe over-looked —though in the pricing of similar lands*in the future it might be recollected that a thoroughly fair division would leave no cause for complaint on cither side. The Wakamara Block has been thoroughly well ins neoted. am! ..we ljxiyo uo.yloubt but.the lot will be taken up at fair prices. The want of a trafficable road will for a Time be a drawback, to settlement, but if the land falls into good hands that drawback will soon bo overcome as the surveyed lines for roads are good. ■ Forms of application can ba obtained and will be received at Carlyle, where plans may be inspected,

The coach’from -Taranaki ,011 Tuesday last, which usually arrives at Hawera between five and six o’clock same evening, did not turn up until half-past two o’clock nest morning. It appears that the coach got off the track —was in fact lost lor several hours on the Plains between Oeo and Waingongoro, and experience;! the full force of the pelting storm which passed over the district that night. The lights got blown out, and all tiic efforts of the driver-to re-light them proved futile. There was one passenger only Miss Humphries, a Taranaki lady. , The Hon W. Fox arrived at Waverley on Tuesday last, and on Wednesday addressed a crowded meeting of his constituents in the-. School-room. G. S, Bridge, Esq., in the, chair. The hou gentleman spoke for about two .hours, and defended the Atkinson government, at- the same Time pointing out how utterly unreliable were statements made by Sir George Grey and his party, who had obtained their -present position in spite' of the most solemn promises that neither Sir George Grey nor any one 'holding-his extreme views should form part of the new Ministry m case of the Atkinson Ministry, being turned: out. Mr J. W. Ivon ah moved a vote of thanks and confidence, which ‘was seconded by Mr McLean, and carried unanimously.. On Wednesday last the Waverley constable had one or two cases 1 of fighting and being drank—one was dismissed: in the other case the usual fine was indicted. On the, last occasion of one of the-fighters figuring in an unenviable position, and for the reason that a correspondent called special attention to certain doings, said fighting man, with hat aslouch ? aggressive look, and heavy riding •■■"whip in hand, stepped into the Mail Office to interview the editor or proprietor, apd begged to know- —demand wo think was the word —- the name of the writer of the letter. He didn’t,get it. As our fighting man playfully rolled over a. footballer last week and'nearly'killed him, and, in consequence, isn’t over cheerful just now, nor in good trim,We refrain from publishing names in case we. might get lynched. Coffin makers arc scarce in tliesc parts. ,

A general meeting of members .of the Patea Agricultural Society will beheld at the Kakaramea Town Hall on Monday next, at three o’clock, when amongst other business the important question of incorporating the Society will be .considered. There should be a good roll up.

Tenders for formation of 92 chains of Mountain Road through Normality will be received by the County Council up to 4 p.m. on Monday, the Gth instant. Tenders for bush clearing, Okutuku,Will be received by the Patea East Bead Board until 2 p.m/on Monday. , ’Tenders for Hospital supplies will-be received by the Coumy Council until 1 noaday next. - W-t W- ,: /■"'

Fencing tenders for Mr E. M. Honeyfield, will be received until noon to-day.

Members of the Patea Rowing Club are requested to meet at the Albion Hotel, on Monday afternoon.

Wo are pleased to see that steps are at lasi, being taken to form a committee with a view to deciding what shall be done ; ,to cynnnemorate the laying' of the foundation stone of the Patea breakwater. Once the ball is set moving, we believe .all parts of the County,will respond'heard!y, and_ that a gathering worthy of tip occasion will be. the result. • It,.basibeecv^gge;ste'd,>-'arid'the idea seems to hud favor, llrat the laying of tiis: foilndatibn stoiie whi|h will take place .'during the afternoon, alicpld- be : followed in the evening by a (Jouity Ball. dir Robert Foulis, the newly-appointed Inspector of Schools for ’Wanganui Educational District, left Carjylo, on Wednesdaymorning last, making his .first call at Wavorley. where hte inspected the school. Ho will inspect schools .in Carlyle, and Hawera, on his return from a similar duty south of Wanganui.

At the R.M., Court, Carlyle, on Wednesday. Inst, before C. A. Wray, Esq.. R.M., ’and li.-F. Christie, Esq. J-.P., a case was heard under file Impounding Act. Job Saunders v John Me Ginnis. • Plaintiff’s cattle had been impounded by defendant, and' a claim of £l.O for special damages imrJ I>eoi3 - ppel’eri'od on account.’ oJH: S£U<3 cattle haying.got into garden, and destroyed a quantity of toinafosf iii addition to winch the.ordinary impounding fees, amounting to 10s were charged. : Plaintiff objected to. pay the special damages on the ground of their being excessive, and referred the case to Court, in accordance with -the Impounding Act. Plaintiff was adjudged to pay £2 special damages, 10s ordinary poundage fees, 19s Court costs and. £1 solicitor’s fee.—Dale v T. J. Torry ; claim £9 2s oid. Judgment by default, for plaintiff, for amount and .costs 14s. —Two other debt cases were down for healing, one of which was settled out of Court, and in the other, summons had not been served.

We are indebted to the Postmaster forth 6 following information : —“ Mails leave Batavia for Singapore, on tlio 6th, 15th ami 29th instants, . and leave Singapore for Batavia on the 9th. 12th, 20th,: and 28th instants. Communication with Port Darwin was restored yesterday. The Wanganui'. Chronicle says We have received from the Enumerator the following figures, showing thp population* and number of dwelling houses in the electoral district of Wanganui : —Borough of Wanganui—l,9oß males, 1,737 females, total 3,643 ; dwelling's, 773. Wangaehu Highway District—B33 males, G44 females,, total 1,477 ; dwellings,-29G. .Wanganui and Waitotara Highway District.—GS-k males. 488 females, total; 1,172 ; dwellings, 233. Part of Patea County in Electoral District of Wanganui—B23 males, G2G females, total, 1,446 ; dwellings, 290. Shipping of Wanganui—l3. That- part of Patea County in Egmont Electoral District —940 males, 586 females, total, 1,526 ; dwellings, 348. Total for the Electoral District of Wanganui—4,24G males, 0,49G females, total, 7,741. It,will be seen from the above that the total for Patea County is, males,, 1,763 ; females, 1,212 —total, 2,975. The number-of dwellings within the Countv is G3B. ‘

Mr W. Dale, who is relinquishing lol’diichcs b3: lils rotn.il -wviil lw>U-l large clearing out sale, commencing at eleven o’clock to-day.. Lunch provided. Mr W. Dale lias secured conveniently situated land near Carlyle, on which he intends erecting commodious stock yards, for the purpose of holding regular sales. Tendcs for erection of yards will be received to-day.

The Wanganui Chronicle says : —A pair of very handsome statuettes and other articles were presented on Wednesday by the girls of Waverley school to Mrs Hansard, on her retirement from the assistant teachership of the school. It was quite a spontaneous act on the part of the little girls, and no one out of their parents know what they were going to-do until the eldest girl presented the articles, expressing a wish'on the part of the girls for Mrs Hansard’s health and prosperity on'retiring from the school.

Mr V. Pyke, M.H.R., points out a contemporary, is a lucky man. He gets £4OO a year as County Chairman, County of Vincent, .£250 for Parliamentary honorarium, and his constituents have given him £2OO. ■

Notice is given in the N. Z.Gazette tliat, that, in terms of a resolution of the House of -Representatives, the Government of New Zealand will paj T , :hy way of bonus, the, sum of £5009 .to any individual or company who shall first produce not less than 500 tons of marketable sugar from best grown and manufactured in the North Island.

The Hawke’s Bay Herald , quoting from Agricultural returns,' says—There is a large increase in the number of acres under crop both in the Napier and Clive districts, the total number being 404,558:]- acres this year against 315.908 acres last year, showing an increase.of acres. ,: The N. Z. Times of the 27th instant says: Most-of the -MinistersAre;now in Welling-; ton, and the rest are expected here shortly. From this time hntil the commencement of the session they will be, 1 it is presumed, busy preparing their Bills for next session. Amongst the most prominent of, these are a Representation'Bill, a Native Lands Bill, a Land Tax Bill, and a Bill to amend the Licensing Act. All these will doubtless create much discussion. It is said to be the intention of the Premier, if they succeed in having their own way, to make the ensuing session a short one, to be followed by a’dissolution. But whether this;prograinrne. will be-carried out- or not depends on several contingencies, which ■ may' or may not happen. It is .expected that Parliament will' be called together for the despatch of business early in July. ' <£ Say, mister,” said a small boy to one of the assistants of the’ public library,. “I can’t find the ,books I want to git into these here catalogues. I wish yer’d find :’em for me.” What work do you wish to draw ?” paternally enquired ’the; official, i “ Well, hay yer got ‘ Mulligan the -Masher, or the. Glory Galoot of the Galtees’?” The man -shook Ids head. “ Well, I’d like ‘ RedIlcadcd Ralph, the Ranger of the .Roaring Rialto.’” “Wo don’t keep any-of that land of trash, iny hoy.” ‘‘ WoLsort of a iibery is lids, any way ?” nhorted- the ganfin ;::‘*,wy it’s just every : thin’ else in thus country —run for the rich, an’the poor working-man gits no show at all.”