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Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 383, 18 December 1878, Page 2

The steamer Zealandia, with the British mails, via San Francisco, arrived at Auckland on Monday night, bringing European news to the 25th November. The chief items of news have been anticipated by cable. Letters and telegrams from the Patea Council to Government for various items voted for road works within the County, have failed to secure more than £3,000 for the Mountain Road. The latest telegram contained the very unsatisfactory information that nothing had been determined as tojthe expenditure of the vote Waitotara to Stony River. Particulars next issue. Intimation has been received from Christchurch that the blind man Jordan, who was sent from Patea, has been successfully operated upon. The opthalrnic surgeon to the Christchurch Hospital, Dr Llewellyn Powell, reported as follows, under date 10th December:—“ In reference to Jordan’s case, I have the honor to report that he was suffering from double cataract, and that he was operated upon successfully, last Wednesday, and that if he continues to progress as favourably as up to the present date, he will be able to leave the hospital in about three weeks.” For the Bazaar in aid of the Hawera Wesleyan Church Trust Fund, and which will be held on Thursday and Friday, everything has been provided which forethought could suggest. A large quantity of novelties have been specially obtained, and which will be on view and for sale. Fine weather should be ail required to ensure success.

On Saturday last, as some cattle were being driven to the Pound, from what is known as Major Turner’s run, seaward of Carlyle, one of the Messrs Schultz happened to ride between a cow and her calf, whereupon the cow charged the horse and ran its horn into the horses’ body till it reached the lungs. The horse died. The second day of the Carlyle Harmonic Society’s bazaar, held on Friday last, was satisfactory in the highest degree, the Hall being well filled during the afternoon and thronged in the evening. The first day’s takings amounted to £7O 8s 3d ; second day, £62 Is—giving a gross total of £122 9s 3d. Expenses will have to be deducted which it is expected will leave sufficient cash to cover the cost of piano, which with freight and other charges amounted to £llO. The committee appear highly gratified with the result, and thankful to all who aided. Tenders for road works, Valuators, and Secretary, will be received by the Hawera Road Board m.td Friday.

On Saturday evening there was a fair number of settlers at the Albion Hotel, in response to advertisement convening meeting to consider the advisability of forming a Cavalry Corps. Captain Wray, R.M., was voted to the chair. Mr E. Greenway explained that before taking upon himself the responsibility of calling the meeting he had consulted others, sixteen of whom had signified their intention of joining should a Cavalry Corps be formed. Proposed by Mr E. Greenway, seconded by F. O’S. McCarthy, and carried, “That it is desirable to form a Light Horse Volunteer Corps, and that the settlers at Carlyle and adjoining districts be invited to enrol therein.” On the motion of Dr. Croft, seconded by Mr W. Derrett, jun., all persons willing to join were invited to give in their names. Proposed by Mr Taplin, seconded by Mr James Lett, and carried, “ That Mr E. Greenway be requested to act as Secretary pro tem. and that he forward lists for signature to Kakararnea and Manutahi, and receive all names which may be given to him at Carlyle.” We understand that Mr E. D. Bell whom we reported a short time ago as having been placed in possession of a lease on the Whenuakura River, belonging to Mr Alfred Gower, has'been reluctantly compelled to alter his intention of immediately settling in the district. we believe it to be his detennation to return at no distant date and become a resident in this most flourishing part of New Zealand. Meanwhile we are glad to be able to state that Mr Gower will continue to hold the land referred to.

About four years ago, Mr Robert Wilson introduced into the Patea District, an eight-horse-power steam engine and saw-mill plant which was laid down and has ever since been in operation at Ketemarae. The Messrs Robson are, now carrying on the saw-mills. Mr Wilson may also take credit for having introduced the first Steam Threshing Machine to the district, besides several lots of new and useful labor-saving agricultural implements. Mr Wilson lias again given evidence of bis enterprise, by introducing a fourteen-horse power Steam Engine, which passed through Carlyle on Monday, and which is intended to drive saw-rnill machinery, also introduced by Mr Wilson, which has been laid down at Kakararnea. The engine is one by the well-known makers, Marshall, Sons, and Co., Gainsborough, and weighs about seven tons. The saw-rnill machinery, which comprises all appliances for planing-, tongue and grooving, as well as for cutting ordinary boards and scantlings, has been obtained partly from Wellington and partly from-Dunedin. Sawing operations, it is expected, will commence next week, and after the immediate requirements of the mill have been supplied, the general public will be able to get all their timber wants supplied at much lower rates than have hitherto ruled. Very great credit is due to Mr Wilson for the pluck and enterprise he has now and previously shown. With timber obtainable at moderate cost, building operations at and around Carlyle will proceed at a rattling pace. The following are the names of the Team chosen to play in the Cricket Match — Carlyle v Hawera—on Saturday next, the 21st instant : —Messrs Fraser (captain), Jacomb, Fetch, Tennent, Taplin, W. Dixon, F. T. Horner, W. Cowern, Baggett, Coutts, W. Dasent. Waiting men—Messrs H. Nicholson, and A. May. The match will be played on the Carlyle ground. Play to commence fit 10 a.m. sharp. A few weeks ago fowls mysteriously disappeared from their roosts from several places in town, during the night time, and left not a trace behind to denote their fate. There are some wonderfully wellbred sportsmen’s dogs in Carlyle, and twolegged thieves were scarcely suspected. The dogs got the credit or blame of having carried away and eaten the fowls, feathers and all. On Friday night last, the Rev. P. W. Fairclough, who, amongst other

poultry, had seven or eight nice young pullets, was aroused from his slumbers by a disturbance in the fowl house, and managed to turn out just in time to sight some fellow in the distance hurrying away. Examination of the poultry showed that the choicest of the eatable pullets bad disappeared. The thieves are two-legged ones, and the Police will doubtless soon get a clue.

Messrs McLean and Co. will hold a cattle sale at Hawera to-day. Members of the A. 0. F. are requested to meet to night at Carlyle on important business. Nominations for t.vo members for the Hawera Town Board, will be received before noon to-morrow.

The Roman Catholic body announce that a.picnic will be held at Mr Gilligan’s paddock, near Carlyle, on Boxing-day, when entertainment will be provided to suit both young folks and adults. Crops around Kakaramea are looking excellently well. Sixty acres of the Mokoia Racecourse Reserve down in grain promises well. One Kakaramea firm—new comers—are believed to have fully 200 acres in grain crops. A large paddock at Kakaramea, which last year was all thistles, this year, carries wheat, which bids fair to yield up to sixty bushels the acre.

From Wellington we learn that the Committee of the New Zealand Rifle Association will in a few days meet to draw up the programme for the meeting at Nelson.

A Wellington telegram mentions that Government have’ received information that the wife of the suspected murderer Hiroki died on Sunday night from grief at her husband’s position. The Wanganui Herald says :—From the men employed on the training wall contract of the Harbour Board- we learn lhat already a change for the better is apparent. Near the wall just started a scour of quite two feet has been made shewing up a vast number of small snags. This satisfactory commencement of the work may be accepted as an earnest of the good that is to follow.

At a well attended preliminary meeting at Wellington on Friday last, of persons interested in the exclusion of Chinese from the, New Zealand Labor market, the following resolutions were drawn up for submission to a public meeting to be held later on : 1. That the citizens of Wellington, in public meeting assembled, desire to oppose the introduction of Chinese labor into the Colony. 2. That this meeting adopts to the fullest extent the policy of the antiChinese petition. 3. That all towns and districts in New Zealand be heartily welcomed to co-operate with Wellington in the cause. A special cable message to the Wanganui Herald dated London, December 15th says, “Princess Alice is dead.”

In June last we announced that a land transaction on a stupendous scale had just then taken place at Carlyle, by which 200,000 acres of land lying . between the Waitotara and Whenuakura Rivers hadbeen purchased for private parties, through Mr W. Williams, from the Ngaruru tribe. Subsequent! y we announced that Government haying had the refusal of the block decided to take it over. Later on tenders were called for the survey of the block. | On Friday last, the successful tenderer (Mr Tisdall, of Napier) arrived in the district with a staff of about twenty men, and started inland for fhe block, to be in readiness to commence surveying on Monday, Mr W. Williams, Land Purchase Commissioned-, left Carlyle yesterday, to formally start the survey. The land is known as the Kaitangiwhina .Block. We hope shortly to hear favorable reports as to the quality of the land. The block is believed to contain land of excellent quality. We understand that 23 names have been handed in to Mr Greenway by persons desiring to join the Light Horse Volunteers. With additions from Manutahi and Whenuakura, the full number should be made up by Saturday, upon which application will be' made to Government for enrolment. The New Zealander contains the following report of sale of land on east bank of the Patea River :—At Mr Duncan’s land on the 10th instant of the Patea Township, the following sections were sold at the prices affixed, to the gentlemen named : Section No. 36, C. .Knight £95 ; section . No. 35, J. MlKorrow, £9O ; section No. 34" W._ North over;- £BS y - section No. .- 33, C. Knight, £BS ; section No. 32, R. Port, £75 ; section No. 31; R. Port £75 ; section No. 30, R. Port £56; section No. 29, C. White, £3O ; section No. 44, R. Port, £65 ; section No. 46, Carr £7O ; section No. 47, G. Crawford, £7O ; section No. 48, J. P. Maxwell, £BS ; section No. 49, R. J. Duncan, £4O ; section No. 80, R. Port,. £7O ; section No. 81, C, White, £65. Amongst changes lately announced in the Police Department, it was mentioned that Sub-Inspector Bullet), of the Thames, would be removed, and be placed in charge of the Taranaki District. A late number of the Thames Star contains a two and a half column report of proceedings on the occasion of a complimentary banquet given at the Thames to Sub-Inspector Bullen, before his departure, at which about one hundred gentlemen were present, including all the leading residents of the Thames, and some who wore in attendance, from Auckland. The banquet was a thorough j success, and the complimentary tone of the j speeches evidenced high appreciation of j the guest of the evening. In responding to the toast to himself, which had been j proposed by His Worship the Mayor, Mr j Bullen, on rising, was received witlrchcers, which continued for several seconds. On | quiet being restored, he said that since he had been in the room he had several times | asked himself what he had done to merit such a demonstration as that. (A voice : Everything.! He was not aware of his having done anything but his duty, which he had certainly performed to the best of his ability ; and while he might concede that others would have done better, he would yield to none in honesty of purpose.

In a recent article on the hospital management at Christchurch, after saying that it heartily approved of an effort to make the hospital self-supporting, the Globe draws attention to.the following case : —“ It appears that .some celebrity has accrued to a well-known medical gentleman of Christchurch, one of the hospital staff, from his successful treatment of ophthalmic diseases, and a person suffering in that way has b,een sent down from Patca to obtain the benefit of that gentleman’s services, being the while lodged in the hospital. The Board agreed to take charge of the patient, and iixed the payment to be made by him. at £2 2s. per week. Why the particular sum of two guineas should be charged is not apparent, and it would puzzle any of the gentlemen who passed it to explain why £2 would not do as well as two guineas. Still we may pause here and inquire if it really does cost two guineas or £2 to feed, lodge, and cure any patient (except in very exceptional cases?) In short the charge seems to us to be very exorbitant, and without having statistics at hand to back our opinion, we have no hesitation in saying that the cost to.the institution of the case quoted will not be more than half that sum. We feel sure that it is only necessary to draw the attention of the Board to this seeming overcharge, to have it corrected if necessary, or wo shall not be in the least displeased to be set right if we are wrong.”

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