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Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 421, 30 April 1879, Page 2

There will be no Cricket Club meeting to-morrow evening. Mr F. R. Jackson’s monthly stock sale takes place at Waverley on Friday next. Mr W. Dale will hold his monthly Patea stock sale, to-morrow (Thursday). Tenders for the purchase of the Nonnanby School teachers residence, will bo received by the Chairman of the School Committee, up to 7 p.m. to-morrow, Ist May. A special general meeting of the Patea Steam Shipping Company will be held at Messrs Jacomb and Co.’s office, to-morrow evening, Ist May. On Saturday next Mr McGuire will hold a sale of general merchandise, atSouthby’s old store, Nonnanby. Messrs McLean and Co. will hold an important sale of land, at Hawera, on Saturday. Also grass seeds. Mr VV. M. Thomson will soil by auction this day, at the school-teachers house, Hawera, furniture and effects, horses, &c., belonging to the bankrupt estate of T. W. Brooke. Tenders will be received up to to-day, for lining front offices Hawera Town Hall. The s.s. Clyde performed an extraordinary feat on Sunday last. Siie left Wanganui at 10 a.m., and arrived off the Patea bar at 2.30 p.m., nearly an hour after high water. Howevei, Captain Bonner blew the whistle, and the Pilot hoisted the signal to take the bar, which was done with the greatest of ease. This is the first lime, wo believe, that the bar has been taken at ebb tide, and hears out our previous statement, that every day an improvementis effected by the construction of the breakwater. Dr Keating, who lately arrived in the district, has made up his mind (it would appear from advertisement elsewhere) to remain amongst us. We believe Dr Keating came here on the representation of Dr Percy, who intends leaving for England some time next month, and was anxious before taking his departure that his place should bo filled by a worthy representative of the medical profession. Dr Percy is generally well liked in the district, and his skill as a doctor cannot be doubted ; therefore his recommendation should be deemed a sufficient guarantee of the ability of Dr Keating. In our report on Mr Lett’s new industry we stated that the chaff-cutteronly got through one ton a day, whereas it should be one ton an hour. We are sorry that we limited Mr Lott, as it is well known that he could easily get through more than one ton of chaff per day. They were all three run in, and tiiey did not at all like it. This is how it happened. One had a lame Lg and a little (1 Long John,” and the other two were primed with the latter, hut were fortunate as regards the former.- They wore trying to I assist the disabled man to the doctor’s, but he wouldn’t gee, when Constable Shiel came along, and appeared anxious to remove the lame man at once to the lock-up. However, as he appeared shaky on his pins, it was decided to take him to be medically examined first, which was accomplished with the assistance of one of the friends, the other following close up. Arrived at the doctor’s, the verdict , was pronounced, and the lame man was got in readiness for gaol. Here the Constable was floored for want of assistance, and again one of the friends had to help. Arrived at 'he gaol, lame man and friend disappeared, and the door locked, much to the disgust of the latter, who loudly condemned the action of the Constable, and said he would not have assisted had he known what was in store. The other friend had followed, the procession, and came in at the death with a protest against the whole proceedings, and for his pains he was quietly locked up. The three made a great noise for a short time, but eventually sleep overcame them, and they were soon quite comfortable. No doubt to-day they will have to give an account of themselves. We hear that a seam of lignite, about 5 feet thick, has been discovered on the Whenuakura side of the Patea river. It has been tried, and found to bum very well. An entertainment will be given in the Council Chambers on Friday evening, in aid of a fund for the establishment of a school library at Whenuakura. Programme, &c., will be found in another column. At the R.M. Court, yesterday (before O’ A. Wray, Esq., E.M.), William Overend’ of Waverley, was charged by Constable Barrow with a breach of the ‘‘ Arms Act, 1860,” in selling 11b of gun-powdei without a license. Mr Barleyraan appeared for the defendant, and after several witnesses were called for and against, the accused was committed to take his trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court, Wanganui ; hail being allowed in his own recognizances of £IOO. Civil cases —J. Lett v E. Buckley, claim £4 6s 6d; judgment for defendant, with 5s costs. E. Buckley vJ. Lett, claim £4 ; judgment for plaintiff, £3 ss, and 5s costs. D. Williamson v R. Erskiue, claim £l7, value of a horse unlawfully detained ; Mr Adams for plaintiff and Mr Barleyman for defendant; judgment for plaintiff for £ls or return the horse, also, costs 15s, and solicitor’s fee £1 Is. '