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Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 493, 21 January 1880, Page 2

Mr Long, Postmaster, has been appointed Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, in place of Mr Hirst. At a special meeting of the Harmonic Society on Friday last, it was decided to hold the practices for the future on Fridays instead of Wednesdays, as heretofore. The alteration was made principally to suit the convenience of the secretary. It will be seen by onr report of Harbor Board meeting, that permission has at last been given to the Boiling Down Company to erect a wharf at.their works. Wo ha\c received a lengthy letter, headed “ Hawera on Groinbio Brown,” which shall appear in our next. Mr F. R, Jackson will hold a sale of stock and laud at Waverlcy, on Friday. The Hawera settlors are advocating for a journal of their ownr If liberal support is given to it, we have no doubt the undertaking will be successful ; but our experience of the shallowness of people’s pockets at the present time would rather direct our thoughts to anything else but a newspaper. The Hawera correspondent of the Wanganui Herald , in a telegram on the above matter, says :—“ A Wellington gentleman, of large experience, offered to start a newspaper here. The announcement was received with applause, and 68 names were at once subscribed as supporters of the paper, which will probably be started in a very short time.” Ourcorrespondeut gives the number that subscribed their names at 30, and from several other sources we have heard the same. The Herald correspondent has been up to the same old game again—drawing on his imagination. A fearful accident occurred at the Kaiwarra Rifle Range, Wellington, on Saturday afternoon. A middle aged man named Francis Donald, who was marking at the butts, signalled all right, but for some unexpected reason ran out to the target again just as the shot was fired. The bullet went through Ids head, and afterwards made a centre. No blame is attributed to anyone. Messrs Williams and Sons are about to undertake another industry in connection with their coach factory—viz,_ turning out all the naves, &c., required for coach and buggy building. The lathe for this purpose has been in their possession for a eon-idorable time, but not having steam power to work it, nothing in the above line was attempted. However, we understand that it is intended to remove the lithe to Mr James Lett’s premises, where ii, will be worked oy steam in conjunction with Ids wood cutter. Operations are likely jo commence M-monow.

Mr tike-et, demist, is announced to arrive in Carlyle, to-moirow, returning to New Plymouth again on Saturday. At the R.jd, Court yesterday the following oases y.'ere heard ;—Fraser & Tregear v W. Oakes, claim £2l 2s ; judgment for plaintiffs for £2O, and £llls costs.—G. N. Baggett v S. Pavitt, judgment, summons, £0 8s ; to he paid by the end of January, or one month’s imprisonment.—Edward Dougherty was charged with disobeying an order of the Resident Magistrates sitting at Wanganui, made under “The Destitute Persons Act, 1877,” to pay the sum of 5s per week towards the support of his father, said order being disobeyed since 15th October last. It was proved that accused had paid the sum of £2 to his sister for his father, and the Court discharged him on the "payment of 80s arrears, and costs.--Tiie lirst case was heard before 11. F. Christie, Esq., and Dr Croft, J.P.’s ; and the others before C. A. Wray, Esq., R.M.

We learn that an application has just been made to allow a man named Solomon Black to be admitted into the Patoa Hospital. Solomon is an old soldier, who has proved iiis bravery very often, '..mine ten years ago ho was badly wounded or shot in the chest, as many of our readers may recollect, ami very nearly lost bis life. A few months ago he was accidentally shot, through the neck, tongue, and head, at Waihi Camp, by the discharge of a comrade’s gun, and on this occasion it seemed unlikely he would survive the olfects of ids injuries. On Christmas Eve he met with his last, disaster at Normanby, whore he was thrown flown by someone with whom he was wrestling, and sustained a compound fracture of the log—that is, the broken bones protruded through the skin. Although this is an injury winch often places life in peril, his recovery was confidently looked for, as lie had so invariably recovered from apparently more severe injuries. We loam that he lias fully justified those anticipations : his progress has been in every way most satisfactory : but as be is not now a member of the A.C. Force, and lias no claim to be maintained at Waihi Camp, application was made for his removal to our hospital, and this application having been granted, no doubt a few weeks’ rest there will once more set a brave man on his legs again. Dr Keating attended Black for Ids two last accidents.

Mr \V. Co worn has just received tlie lithograph plans of the suburban sections lie intends offering' for sale on the Whenmikura side of the Patea Hiver. Tin- plan is a very striking one, and shows in different colors—the lands to ho offered for sale by (lie auctioneer, rural farms, Government and other Reserves, lands leased, and lands sold in and around the Town of Carlyle. According to the plan, no lands are available for purchase excepting those to be offered in a short time by Mr Cowern. The greater portion of Carlyle proper is held by the Town Board, and is leased for long terms, therefore we should imagine this would be a good opportunity for persons wishing to secure freehold suburban lots. The land adjoins the Carlyle Extension, and lias a frontage to the main road. Messrs Fraser and Trcgear drew the original plan, and Messrs Lyon and Blair, of Wellington, undertook the lithographing. It is a very creditable production.