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Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 342, 27 July 1878, Page 2

Messrs Thomson and McGuire will bo’d produce sale at Hir.vera, this day, at noon

Mr R. A. Adams advertises extension of In’s great drapery sale for 14 days longer.

Attention is called to J. Magmas’ advertisement in another column, in connection with the mattress making business. Mr F. J. Smith lias been appointed agent for Patea, and we should imagine, from inspection of the mattresses, &c., made by Mr Mageuis, that they’ would meet with ready sale.

Mr W, Dale will hold auction sale at his mart, this day. At the Carlyle Debating Society’s meeting on Thursday evening (Captain Wray’ presiding), Mr Tregear read a very’ interesting essay on “The influence of chivalry on modern customs,” The essay’ throughout, was listened to with the greatest attention, and Mr Tregear received a hearty’ vote of thanks for the careful manner in which he had prepared the essay’. In order to till up the time, recitations were given by’ Messrs Tennant and Tregear, after which an improptu debate was brought on by Mr Tennant, supported by’ Mr Fairclough breach of promise of marriage be abolished.” Mr Finnerty took the negative, supported by Messrs Tregear and Tapi in. After the question had been fully’ ventilated, the President put it to the vote, when the negatives gained the day’. The fair sex present seemed to be deeply interested in the debate, and on the result being made known, could not conceal their satisfaction. The next meeting will take place on Thursday, Bth August, when the longlooked for debate of “ Woman’s Rights,’’ will be brought on by Mr Dale, MrGuthrie, of Manutahi, taking the negative. A public meeting will be held at Hawcra, on Wednesday next, 31st instant, at &.30 p.m., to urge upon the Government the necessity of completing the railway’ from Wanganui to New Plymouth without delay’.

At the annual general meeting of the Carlyle Harmonic Society,held on Monday last, the- Secretary took the occasion to congratulate the Society on the increase in the number of the members, on the general succcssof the concerts, and the progress evinced by members iu the rendering of music. Iu reviewing the financial con* dition of the Society, he remarked that there was a balance to their credit of £4 Gs 2d ; that music had been acquired worth £l2 15s 3d ; and property in the shape of forms, cupboard, lamps, &c., worth at least £l2. He drew the attention of the Society to the fact that about £2O had been expended in the hire of a piano, and urged the necessity of special efforts to procure an instrument suitable to their purpose. The report was accepted by the Society.

A beautiful meteor was observed falling due east from Carlyle last night. The Auckland Star perpetrates the following nondescript libel : “ There is a .miserable little ra*f in in a bucolic? region called Ashburton, which is known to the hal f-a-score of squatters who keep the tiling’going as the Ashurtou Mail, The print is about the dimensions of an ordinary sheet of foolscap, and contains two small local paragraphs, a little telegram, two-or three scraps which have been cut out of newspapers three or four mouths old, and a handful of quack medicine and dummy advertisements. On the principle that little curs bark the most,, this puny little rag—which is hardly large enough to contain a pat of butter—has Intel}’ set itself up as the censor of men and morals.”

At a meeting held in London, in-connec. Hon with a movement- to provide “ Speech for the dumb,” Professor Graham- Bell, inventor of the telephone, in the course of his speech,said : To illustrate the purely mechanical nature of speech, he spoke of having received from- across the Atlantic a few days ago, one of Mr Edison’s phonogiaphs, and after placing the machine on a table in bis Liverpool hotel,, and turning a handle, his friends, who had brought the instrument, were addressed by name, and were thus greeted, “ Once for all,. I wish you a pleasant voyage, and a happy time n Eng'and.” These words, he said, had been spoken into the phonograph at starting, and rendered faitfully at the other shore of the ocean 8000 miles off. The New Zealand Sun says : The Temuka Leader is now defunct. It succeeded in vegetating for a few’ weeks, and while in articulo-mortis-, it shrieked forth as follows, in reference to the Eastern question ;—“ In the meantime we can only w’ait ; this state of things cannot continue many days longer,and the sooner we know whether it is peace or war, the sooner shall we be put out of suspense. If it is peace, W’e shall be glad ; if war, we shall know what steps to put ourselves in a state of preparedness.” What a terrible little man this editor must have been.

Messrs Goldsbrough report in their Monthly Circular, which was published in Melbourne, on the Bth July During the month 1402 bales have been catalogued at the auction sales, of which 1230 bales have been disposed of at firm prices, the rates obtained being fully-equal to those rulinglast month. The lots offered have been chiefly consignments from the Darling, and parcels of scoured. The English advices received during the past two or three weeks, have been of a more encouraging character—increased firmness being-notice-able at the London sales now in progression —an advance equal to Id a per pound on the opening rates having been established. The decline at the opening of the sales, lias thus been gradually recovered, until prices may now be considered as being about equal to those ruling in February and March. No doubt the result of the Congress has caused this favourable turn in the market; and with the certainty of peace, we may reasonably look forward to an improvement in trade, and good prices for wool. The prospect of an abundant harvest has also doubtless had a beneficial influence. Our up-country advices are, on the whole, satisfactory, and there will evidently be an excellent clip from Riverina, the fleeces being in many instances, reported exceptionally well grown and sound. This was to be expected from ihe fine season and abundance of feed, the sheep having thus been kept in excellent condition, which will of course ensure a good growth of wool. From other parts of the colonies the accounts are not altogether satisfactory, rain being much wanted in some of the northern districts, mo;-o especially on the Darling and its tributaries. That river is again closed ; hut at this season of the year a heavy rainfall may bo expected, in which ease it will no doubt soon become navigable for the steamers. The clips, so long detained, having now been all shipped, we areenahled to institute a closer comparison in the return of shipments ; and we find the deficient;}' to date, from Victoria alone, is 33,058 bales, or a reduction of about 104 per cent, on the quantity shipped at this date las year. There is also a deficiency of 9225 bales, in the exports from New South Wales. The shipments from South Australia having bean augmented by the wool from the Darling, are now about equal to last year, the difference being very trifling. Queensland does not show any alteration worth noting. There is thus a total deficiency of 42,283 bales, in place of the usual increase, which should tend to relieve the market.