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Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 367, 23 October 1878, Page 2

The boundaries of land which has been set aside for a public library at Hawera, have been gazetted. Mr William Norman has been gazetted as Postmaster at Kakaramea, and Mr G. N. Curtis at Stratford-on-Patea, the latter being a newly opened office. Major Brown (Civil Commissioner) who has been on a lengthened visit to Wellington, in connection with the Waimate survey—the setting aside of reserves, and so on, returned to Carlyle on Monday night. He was expected to go to Hawera last night. The Hawera Town Board do not appear to be a very lively executive body. Works urgently requiring to be done, are allowed to remain undone week after week and month after month. W’hat little energy the Board possessed in times past appears to have run out. The cry is for new men with new ideas, and more push.

To-night has been fixed upon for a gathering of settlers in and around Hawera, to discuss the railway survey question, and to take steps to urge upon the Government the necessitj 7 of fixing upon a site for the Hawera station. If the question of route and railway were definitely fixed, it would enable all interested to settle clown properly to work, and a line of action could be decided upon to suit .circumstances.. At present industrial enterprise is somewhat, chocked, by reason of the uncertainty surrounding the matter. If the route were fixed, eveiy landowner would know what to do as regards selling or cultivating holdings. There is plenty of room for various industries, and the settlement ofUic route of railway ami site of station would allow of capital being invested in directions, which it would be folly to venture on at present, as the contiguity or otherwise of a railway station, would be the difference between profit and loss. It is likely the meeting will bo largely attended.

A meeting of the Carlyle School Committee wash<-Jd on .Friday last. XVesent, Messrs W. Ailchison (chairman), T. North, J. Patterson, J. Lett, and D. M. Harris. Correspondence included —Letter from the Kakaramea 'Committee approving of a High School being established at Carlyle, but unable to give estimate of probable attendance from Kakaramea ; from H. I Jones, that maps, &0., were being sent ; from 11. H. Dyer, asking for more desks, and school requisites, and reporting temporary increase in attendance ; report of visiting committee. —Request by Mr Dyer, to keep a cow on the reserve, on condition of its being kept clear of the play-ground, was agreed to on division, by 3 votes to 2 votes. Resolved —That only horses belonging to school children, should be allowed in the school grounds.—Certain suggested impiovements to the boy’s play ground were agreed to.—The Secretary was requested to write for quarterly school fund, and to enquire the price of desks. Proposed by Mr Aitchison. seconded by Mr Lett, and carried, —“ That during the ensuing month, should any member of the Committee get reliable infoimation respecting children who arc of school age, within the district, not attending school or receiving instruction in accordance with the Education Act, the Secretary be requested to forward one of the Board’s circulars re compulsory clauses to the parents or guardians of snch children, and see that the conditions of the circular are complied with.” Sundry accounts were passed, and the meeting adjourned. The instruments for the Hawera Band, for a long time delayed at Wanganui, have at last been shipped. Mr G. W r . Nicbolls, of Waverleyy has been canvassing the district for funds to erect an English Church. The sum collected up to the present time amounts to £l4O. The contribution from the Diocesan Fund will be £IOO. The total amount required, is £3OO. The collector is anxious for contributions towards the £6O still required. Last year Mr Nicbolls, of Waverley’ planted one potatoo, the which single potatoe yielded no less than sixty pounds of potatoes of excellent quality. We understand that Mr Foy, one of the General Government Surveyors, has been deputed to survey the Hue starting from some point on the Patea River. Mr Foy will afterwards be followed up by Mr Knorp. Mr F. H. Brett, of Normanby, is about disposing of the hotel business to .bis brother and a gentleman named Johnson, by whom the business will be carried on from the Ist November.

Larrikins, or hobb'e-de-hoyg, have latelytaken a fanc.y to lettingthehorses of country people adrift at night, on the occasions of their coining to "town to attend public meetings or entertainments, although said horses have either been securely tethered, or placed by permission in one or other of the blacksmith's shops. One stout-armed gentleman, of good constitution, vigorous, and a faithful promise-keeper, scarcely ever to be seen without a long-thongued cattle whip, vowes to make it a caution to the first meddler-with-his-horse he happens on. We advise these indiscreet youths to heed the warning now given. At the Carlyle Court, on Tuesday, before C. A. Wray, Esq., E.M., Kereopa, of Waitotara, was charged by Constable Burrow with furious riding. Fined £2, and costs 6s 6d, and one witness, 10s. —A case was also heard, in which J. Gibson, of Gailyle, sued E. Collins, of Hawera, for £3 2s 6d, tbe value of brandy entrusted to his care as a carrier, for transit toNormanby. Two cases were sent, and on being opened by Mr McGregor, it was found that four bottles contained dirty water, and that another one had been broken. It was argued on the plaintiff’s side, that proper care had not been taken of the goods, hence the claim. Mr J. E. B. Eoy appeared for defendant, and argued that there was no evidence implicating the carrier, and that the brandy had been tarn pered with previous to his client receiving it. After a lengthy hearing, judgment was given for plaintiff for 265, amount of damage proved, and costs £2, and three witnesses 495. On Thursday night last, Mr A. R. Pye, of Carlyle, was thrown from his horse near Hawera, and broke his collar bone.' Mr P. C. Moore attended the sufferer at once, and on Sunday night, Mr Pye having come on to Carlyle, Ur Warren was called upon to fix the injured limb. Mr Charles Finnerty, at present engaged on the Waimate survey, intends shortly to locate himself at Hawera, as a private surveyor.

The s.s. Clyde, having received an overhaul, loaded on Monday, and may be expected at Carlyle,as soon as the weather moderates.

Messrs Hearn and Kennedy have decided not to travel Young (Scotchman this season, but be will be open for service at the Kakaramea Farm.

Another of the many importantland sales lately held at Hawera will take place to,morrow, when Messrs Thomson & McGuire will offer 38 of the most valuable business sites in Hawera for sale by auction, as well as other properties. Te Whiti, the Maori prophet, has written to Eewi, saying that he leaves the settlement of all matters relating to the Waimate Plains, in the hands of Rewi and Mr Sheehan.

The time for receiving tenders for the Hawera Post and Telegraph Office has been extended from the 21st to the 28th instant.

Mr R. B. Hamilton’s Victory will be at Kakaramea on Mondays, at Hawera on Wednesday, and Normanby oh Thursdays, returning to Manutabi. on Fridays. The above Was received too late to be inserted in proper place, but will be added,.-to. advertisement next issue. On Friday last Mr W. Williams, Iloni Pihama, and Waitotara Natives, who bad been scouring the Plains in search of Hiroki, and who had extended their search to Parihaka (where the reception was anything but cordial), returned to Carlyle. Though the dead body of the murderer has not actually been seen, the belief of the search party is that ho has died from injuries received when shot at by Katene. The various articles'of clothing atid other properties carried by Hiroki were picked up one after another. Hiroki appears to have been several times within reach, and had the natives who were posted on the tracks where lie showed liimselir been propcrly alert or loss - fearless, there is little doubt hut the fugitive would have been captured. A large meeting was held at Waitotara on Monday,-the returned search party being present, when the whole affair of the murder and pursuit were talked over. Major Brb'wti arrived at,Waitotara from Wellington on that day, and was present with ; Mi Williams, lioni Pihama, and others. The Waitotara natives appear to have been very sore at the sort of disgrace into which they fell through the murder, and their not having secured and handed the murderer over to be dealt with according to law. It is likely now that the affair has been well talked over, and considerable effort has been used by them to make amend for their laxity in the first case, that they will settle quietly down to the usual course of things.

The sale- of what is known as the Resident Magistrate’s Reserve, Garlyie, on Saturday last, b} r Captain Wray, District Land Officer, proved thoroughly successful, and though some townsfolk had set a higher value on the land, the majority were inclined to the opinion that the prices realised evinced satisfactory progress and thorough faith in the future. The purchasers, with one exception, were local men, although a number of outsiders were present. The front sections —five in number, were sold, first—as follows, section 3, John Milroy Carlyle, ,I’6 10s pe>- foot ; section 4, Peter Wilson, Kakaramea, £7 per foot, (re-sold immediately after the sale to 11. F. Christie, Esq., Carlyle, at an advance of £2O on the total purchase money) ; section 14, 11. F. Christie, Carlyle, £6 10s per foot; sections 15 and 16, —. Stcuart, Wellington, at £7 Pis 6d, and £lO 17s 6d, respectively. The following back sections were offered at per section —section 6, upset price £65, W. Cowern, £lO5 ; section 7, upset price £75, Donald Coutts, £130; section 13, upset price £IOO, John Milroy £lO5 ; section 5, with dwelling, upset price £275, William Dale, £285. The front sections, about 55 feet each, contained in all 3 roods 4 perches, and realised £1,961 7s, or at the rate of about £2,600 per acre, the average per foot being £7 13s 7d. The back sections, comprising a little over two acres, realised at the rate of £1,400 per acre. In telegrams which appeared in Wanganui papers, the thousands were in each case omitted, thus making the result of what , was an excellent sale, appear ridiculously small. The s.s.- Ringarooma arrived at the Bluff Yesterday, with Melbourne news to the 16th iust. , ' The mail steamer was signalled at Auckland, last night, and expected to arrive about seven o’clock.