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Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 403, 26 February 1879, Page 2

The first meeting of the newly-elected TltirUor Board-was'held'on Satuiday last, when the following gentlemen were present Messrs James Southcombe ( Waver!ey Riding),-\V. Balmforth (Otoia Riding), J. Gibson (Hawera , Riding), 1 R. Horner (County Council); John Milroy and R. A. Adams (Town Board), G. F. Sherwood (nominated by Governor): The meeting was called for the election of a Chairman, to which important office Mr G; F. Sherwood was unanimously elected; We congratulate the members on their choice, for it must be admitted tnat Mr Sherwood has done his utmost to advance ■ the interests of the district since he has been a member of the. Board, which dates from its formation. After Hie election of Chairman, a special meeting ; was held, and bye-laws regulating wharves, &c., confirmed, which it is intended shortly to publish. We understand that the new Board are very hopeful of prospects •generally. The good effects of the breakwater are so evident, that there can be no doubt of success. Clear sea water now finds its way plentifully into the river, and for a long distance up, the water is quite 'green at high tide. The new hopper barge has inst been completed, and work can be pushed ahead-more rapidly. There areover 100 large concrete blocks at present seasoned, and ready to be placed in position! the large crane to be used for this purpose we are happy to say works beautifully. The new Board seems to have been launched into smooth water, and we sincerely trust they will’make the best of their time, being limited as it is to three years.

Mr H. G. Pitcher, watchmaker and jeweller,-has opened in Hawera.

We would direct attention to Messrs Bethune and Hunter’s important stock sale, to be held at Kairoi, near Wellington, on Tuesday next, 4th March. Register! Register !! Register !!! We would strongly .urge upon those who have not previously registered their votes, to be in time this year. The 31st March of each year is the date laid down by Act of Parliament. for claurfe to be sent in to the different returning offfeerk, and as the Returning Officer for this district resides in New Plymouth, it behoves those intending to register not to leave it till,too'late, otherwise they will be disqualified from taking part in any general election which may take place during the year. It is the duty df every person who has the interest of the country at heart, to put himself in the position to assist in placing suitable representatives at the helm ; and we hope all those qualified will send in their claims. Forms of registration may be obtained at tliis office, gratis.

On Friday next, Mr W. Dale will sell the whole of Mr E. J. Morgan’s stock and effects, at Manutahi, commencing at 12 o’clock. As a guide to those who intend visiting the sale, the auctioneer’s flag will be hoisted at the entrance gate, near Manawapou.

Captain Wray (Judge of the Assessment Court) will hold a sitting in the Whenuaknra Schoolhouse, on Saturday next, at 11 a.m., to hear objections to the Valuation Roll of the Patea East Road Board.

Tire following return, showing the amount of duty paid by each Bank carrying on business in tiro Colony, for the year ended 30th June, 1878, on its note' circulation, was laid on the table of the House last session, and ordered to be printed : Bank N.Z., £8,990 9s 6d; Bank of Australasia, £1,056 7s Od ; BankN.S.W.,£l,7Bol3s 3d ; Union Bank of Australia, £2,501 lls 7d ; National Bank N.Z., £2,095 10s 7d ; Colonial Bank N.Z., £1,461 10s sd. Total, £17,886 2s lOd.

The general meeting of memhersof the Hawera 1 Boating Club, called for last Saturday, having- been- adjourned, . will take place'this evening, at Lloyd’s Hotel, dt half-past seven o’clock.

At the R.M. Court on Saturday last (before C. A. Wray, Esq., R.M.,) John Lyttle, blacksmith, was brought up under the Fraudulent Debtors Act, and committed for trial at the next sitting of the District Court, bn three separate charges—two for obtaining goods under false pretences, and the third for not handing over the whole-ox ins bankrupt estate to the creditors. Mr John Gibson prosecuted on behalf of the creditors. Three other charges were withdrawn, and one dismissed. Mr S. T. Fitzherbert, of Wanganui, will prosecute at the District Sittings. Bail was allowed defendant—himself in £SO, and two sureties £25 each.—Yesterday, in the judgment summons case, T. Haywood v. E. Hankins, claim £ls lls, defendant was ordered to pay within one month, or be imprisoned for one month.

Sales of Crown Lands in the Wairoa, Richardson, Waitotara, and Okutuku Districts, are announced for the 11th March, at the District Land Office, Cailyle. Particulars can be gathered from advertisement.

The s.s. Patea left Wellington on Monday, and no doubt experienced rough weather, for she did not turn up till yesterday, too late to cross the bar. She will possibly get in by to-day’s The Patea is advertised to leave for Wellington via Nelson, to-inotrow. The next sitting of the District Court will be held on the 6th March.

A clever piece of mechanism, called “ The Little World,” will be exhibited in Carlyle, on Saturday next. Taranaki papers speak very highly of it, and being a novelty, will no doubt take well. See advertisement.