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Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 362, 5 October 1878, Page 2

Census Returns presented to the General Assembly give the total population Patea County as 2,998, of which 1,767 are males and 1,221 females. Taranaki County, total 7,369, of which 3,907 are males and 3,462 females. Wanganui County, total 6,308, of which 8,419 are males and 2,889 females. The Electoral District of New Plymouth contains a total of 2,680, Grey and Bell 3,808, Egmont 2,962. Population of Patea County— Hawera Riding, total 985 being 600 males and 385 females; Oroia Riding, total 1,091 being 653 males and 438 females; Waverley Riding, total 912 being 514 males and 398 females. Town of Hawera contains a total of 377 being 225 males and 152 females; Carlyle 405 being 234 males and 171 females; Waverley 291 being 156 and 135 females. “Working Man” in typo.

On the occasion of the Elder Brothers’ Troupe occupying the Town Hall, lollies of. the size and shape of marbles, were very freely and forcibly thrown about amongst the audience. One of these missiles struck a lady fair in the eye, causing great pain. Such idiotic and dangerous amusements ought to be repressed. The great sale of land and cattle, for some time past announced by Messrs McLean and Broadbent, will take place on Wednesday next. Particulars of stock and properties to be offered will be seen in advertising columns.

Messrs Thomson and McGuire will sell furniture, &c., to-day, the property of the late Mr F. G Rawson.

Fresh tenders for bush falling at Stratford, will be received at New Plymouth until 2 p.m. on Monday. A Normanby correspondent under date 1st October, writes—“ An armed party consisting of Katene, Patoe, and Tumahuki start this morning from here in search of Hiroki, the murderer. They intend searching about Te Ngaere swamp, and if tracks are found leading towards Parihaka they will follow up in that direction. If not, they will conclude be has taken the track to Waikato. Katene seems confident that Hiroki will make for Parihaka.”

Ensign Isaac Bayly (New Zealand Militia) has been gazetted as Captain of the Hawera Light Horse Volunteers. Commission to date from 31st August. The N. Z. Gazette of the 26th September contains regulations issued under the Education Act by the Governor in Council as to examination of teachers, classification, and certification, definitions of Standards and for Inspection of schools, books to be used, &c.

A parade of entires will be held at Carlyle to-day, under the auspices of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association. Married v Single cricket match takes place at Carlyle to-day. General meeting at the Albion Hotel in the evening. We regret to learn that the attendance of scholars at the Carlyle School is not so regular as it ought to be. The average attendance, as compared with the actual number of names on the roll, is small. Parents do not seem fully alive to the importance, for the sake of their children, and for the credit and profit of the district, of insisting on the regular attendance of their children at school. Where attendance is irregular, it is impossible for children to acquit themselves well at examinations, or for the master to do himself or the children justice. The master, however efficient and painstaking, cannot cram two days’ work into one. Irregular attendance means a direct loss to the child, and a waste of energy and money loss to the master. A special appeal is about to be made by the School Committee to all parents, in regard to this matter.

Four hundred yards of rubble work for the Patea Breakwater has been done. Concrete blocks are now being made, which on the arrival of rails for tramway, (now daily expected from Mills’ Foundry, Wellington) will be laid in deep water. The contractor (Mr R. Dickson) has imported a powerful crane from Auckland, by which the concrete blocks will be laid. The work so far done has considerably straightened the channel inside the river heads. The channel outside is gradually working up from the eastern shore. As the work progresses, the present channel, which forms an elbow, will fill up, and a direct course to sea be scoured out. Already the good effects of the groin are apparent, and a considerable area of sand has banked up on the land side of the groin. This is exactly what was anticipated and desired.

The proprietors of the new saw mill at Kakaramea have arranged for the 14 horsepower engine which they have purchased to be brought from Nelson to Patea direct in the schooner Uno. The St. Kilda, now on her way to Dunedin, will, on her return trip, bring the planing and tongue and grooving and other machinery which is now awaiting delivery. This company is intending to seek permission from the Road Board to lay a tramway from the mill to the open land at Kakaramea so as to be able to run supplies all the winter as well as during summer. The charge ip to be 12s per 100 feet.

Such progress has been made in surveying and planning the block of land on the eastern bank of the Patea River intended for a new Township, that it is likely the sale will be announced for February next. All Pateans know the excellency of the site for the purpose of a new Township. For quality or lay of the land and aspect it would he impossible to improve upon it. A large plan has been made by Messrs Fraser & Tregear showing all the sections in the old Township and in the proposed new Township. Reserves (of which one sort or another there are a large number in the old Township) have all been picked out in different colors, and the plan itself affords a vast amount of information not generally known. A man named James Knhane, from Hawera, was admitted to Patea Hospital on the 26th September, having injured his shoulder while in an epileptic fit. On examination by the Hospital Surgeon—Dr Warren—the shoulder was found to be dislocated and was re-set on Thursday. There was a good attendance of the general public at the Carlyle Debating Society on Thursday evening, Mr Samuel Taplin in the chair. The season will wind up with an entertainment, Mr Schultz, late of the Manutahi Hotel, is reported to have purchased the leasehold property of Mr R. Erskine, Carlyle, on which he intends to erect extensive premises for a general store. Mails for Wanganui will be closed daily at Patea at 7 p.m., instead of 10 p.m.— Francis Long, Postmaster. The Harmonic Society’s Concert, announced for the 9th instant, promises to be a great success, and one calculated to suit all tastes, as programme in advertising columns will show. Some standard old English glees appear on the list, as also two or three well selected trios, and a duct by a favorite lady and gentleman. Instrumental solos and duets also appear, which, with the help of the excellent piano just imported, ought to command attention, while several well-known soloists will no doubt appear to advantage. Therefore, should Wednesday evening prove fine, we may expect to sec a bumper house. A Manutahi correspondent writes under date 4th October —The last Quadrille Assembly for the season, in connection with the Manutahi Debating and Amusement Society, took place last night. The Blockhouse was most tastefully decorated for the occasion with flowers, ferns, &c., and presented a delightfully cool and graceful appearance. Owing to the early part of the evening turning out wet, several ladies were prevented from attending, and others were late, but, shortly before nine, dancing commenced. By twelve o’clock half the dances had been disposed of, and an excellent supper provided by Messrs Carroll and Campbell, and which was laid out in the adjoining Blockhouse, was also disposed of. Dancing resumed and indulged in with spirit till about 3 a.m. this morning, when a programme of twenty-five dances, and one extra, had been gone through, and the assembly broke up after a most enjoyable evening. Thus ends the work of the Society for this year. It has endeavoured to supply a source of varied amusement to the people of the district during the past winter. Two debates, one open entertainment, and one quadrille assembly, have taken place every four weeks, affording instruction and amusement suited to all tastes. The result is that the winter seems to have passed away very quickly in spite of the exceptionally unpleasant weather experienced, and members of the Society have reason to be pleased with the succes which, has attended their efforts.

In the past, portions of the Whakarnara Block, near Manutahi, have been used as plantations by the Maoris. As a consequence under-ground kumera or potatoe pits abound. Into one of these a valuable draught mare fell the other day and died from the injuries received. The mare belonged to the Messrs Gane. Telegrams from New Plymouth mention that a man and a boy travelling along the Mountain Road, fell in with armed natives, and being probably unaware that search was being made by armed natives for Hiroki, concluded that mischief was meant and reported accordingly. We are indebted to Mr J. R. B. Roy, solicitor of Hawera, for the following telegram—“ Hawera, 4th October, 3.50 pm. —Just arrived by the Mountain Road. Report about natives stopping the road is altogether unfounded, and arose through a mistake of the boy.— J. R. B. Roy.”