The Patea Mail. (Published Wednesdays and Saturdays.) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1880.

Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 49, 14 January 1880, Page 2

The Patea Mail. (Published Wednesdays and Saturdays.) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1880.

Remember Mr Cowern’s Kakaramoa sloek sale to-day, at 2 p.m. A bazaar in aid of the Ilawcra Catholic Preshvlerv is announced to ho held in the Town’Hall, llawera, on the IDlh, 20th, and 21st January. On the evening of the 21st, a concert will he given, active preparations for which are being made.

Mr William Cameron, late commercial traveller, to whom mention was made in our last County Council report, died at Wait...Cara on Saturday, from cancer. The funeral took place at Wanganui,on Sunday.

Tho annual meeting of the shareholders of I lie llawera Town Hall Company will l.(!ce place in (ho I tali to-day, at o’clock.

A cart drawn by one horse, (bo properly of Mr R. Erskine, caused a lil.lc excitement in town yesterday. The horse bolted down by the Wesleyan Church, around the corner to t!ic le.lt, and brought to safely half way up the hill on the other side. No one was hurt.

Mr S. Tapi in’s fender for supplying tho A.C. stations at Wailii, Opimake, and New Plymouth, with ironmongery, Ve., for tho period ending 3lst December, 1880, lias been accepted.

Mr J. Lett inform:; ns that on Sunday morning last, whilst, bis old black dog 11 Rock” was out for a nrn with tho children, lie managed to got a dose of poison, and died during tho day. Mr Lott docs not blame anyone for wilfully killing the dog, as he thinks the animal was too well known in Carlyle to warrant sneli an act ; but coii-mkring that 11 io poison must have been lying very close to, if not on, tho main roach near his own upper paddock, induced him to make the ’matter known, so that others might 'm. 1 on their guard. Whether the act he wilful or not, makes little diJTerenec ; and steps should be. taken by tho police 1.0 find out wln> is laying poison indiscriminately about tiie district.

Wo would remind onr readers that Messrs Adams’ami Williamson’s lectures and exhibition of dissolving views will take place in the Town Hall this evening. The views are identical with those shown in the. Polytechnic in London, Slaving a diameter of 15 feet, or an area of ITG square feet for each view. The light produced by the lime ami gas is equal to that of 500 caudles. The views of London are all taken from photographs on the. spot, and the Arctic views arc snptlcnmnied witli views photographed from ho Graphic. Wo have no doubt there will he ci good attendance.

At the UAL Court yesterday (‘hoforo C. A. Wray, Esq., U.M.), the following eases were hoard :—Skolley & Co. v Leona Dare, claim T4 Gs 4d ; judgment for plaintiffs hy dct'iuilt, for amount claimed, and Gs costs.—S. Taplin v D. Carroll, claim IMG 7s 2d, dishonored promissory note ; judgment for plaintiff hy default for amount claimed and interest, 30s costs, and Hi 2s solicitor’s fee.

The r rarnnaki Herald of Saturday last says :—We have to record a melancholy accident resulting in the death of an infant eighteen mont hs old, belonging to Mr E. U. Morgan, of Urontii. The child was sitting at the tea-table with its parents, in the house of Mr Young, Dovon-st root, on Thursday evening at about 5 p.m. Airs Morgan got up from the table and left the child standing on the chair, with its hands resting on the table, and immodia-. tcly after the child upset a cup of hot tea over itself, scalding its face and right side severely. Mrs Morgan applied flour to the scalded parts, and the child was put to bed. During the night it became very ill, and Dr O’Carroll was called, but ins services were of no avail, as tho child died about five minutes after his arrival The doctor states that death was caused by the severe shock to the system sustained by the scalding. It was not considered necessary to hold an inquest.

An earthquake is not a plcsent sensation (writes the Christchurch “ Loafer.”) It lakes people, all sorts of ways, and it is curious to observe the different effects it has on different people. Tims in Port Lyttcllon the other da}’ people got ont of the train to see if any one was shaking it from underneath. At an hole! in Christchurch a man seized a gin bottle on the bar counter to save it from falling, and emptied it in his excitement. In a cottage not far from your ollicc a young gentleman, at a (pun ter to one on Monday, was embracing a lady, not his mother. lie embraced her with a deal of solicitude, owing to the earthquake shaking along at the tinm. When they had recovered from their alarm and discovered that nothing was broken. Jane was overheard to say, u Thai’s the fust earthquake I ever, felt, and I don't think they are so dreadful aftci all.”