SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

Patea Mail, 27 November 1880, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

RECEIVED LAST NIGHT. PROTEST PROM TARANAKI. New Plymouth, Friday. A public meeting held here last night, passed a strong resolution as to inefficiency of railway accommodation and working plant. Petition to be forwarded, and if not attended to another meeting to be called. MINISTERIAL. Wellington, Friday. Mr Bryce and Mr Rolleston are expected to arrive from Foxton to-night, THE GOVERNOR’S ARRIVAL. Wellington, Friday. The new Governor is not now expected till Monday, when a public reception will be arranged for his lauding. DROWNED. Dunedin, Friday. Captain Jno. Robertson, signal-master at Port Chalmers, was drowned last night. He fell from the gangway of the ship Dunedin into the water, was soon picked up, but all efforts to restore consciousness were without avail.

WAVERLEY. The Mail has over 80 subscribers between Whenuakura and Wailoturu.

BRANCH OFFICE OF THE MAIL , Friday Evening.

I.O.G.T.—The fortnightly meeting of this lodge was held in the old Town Hall yesterday evening, and was fairly attended. Two new members were initiated and a pleasant evening was spent.

Shooting. —The match between the Wanganui City Rifles and the Waverley Rifles has fallen through. It is several months since the City Rifles challenged the Waverley Rifles, but owing to defects in Waverley butts at that time the challenge could not be accepted. As the butts are in good order again, the Waverley team agreed to accept the challenge, and notice was sent to the City Rifles to that effect, naming Saturday (to-morrow) as the day for firing, but no answer has been received.

The Waverley Rifles challenged the Cavalry, and Captain Walkinton put the challenge before the troop, who agreed to postpone accepting it till the harvest and shearing time are over.

It is reported, with a certain degree of accuracy, that one of our store-keepers is about to transfer his business to a gentleman from Wellington.

KAKARAMEA. (I’llOJI OUU (JO UEE SPO ND E NT.)

Friday Evening.

Road Board. —A special meeting of Patea West ratepayers was held in the Town Hall on Thursday, for considering the advisability of closing certain roads within this district. The attendance was very small. It was resolved, after some discussion, that portions of Garsed, Taumaha, and Lower Kakaramca roads be closed. The question of closing Wilson road stands over for a public meeting on the 9th December. Rau.wav. —Mr Poll has finished his three culverts, I believe to the satisfaction of the supervising engineer. Messrs Mace & Bassett are getting on well with No. 4 culvert. The sub-contractor, Mr Buddy, deserves commendation for the energetic way he carries on the work. Thursday saw the Manutahi camp shifted to the Kakaramca portion of the road. Lately themunbar of unemployed lias been greatly diminished. Out of 150 men there arc now only about 48. One would infer from this that the labor market is greatly improving.

Shearing is now in full swing throughout the district, the settlers taking advantage of the fine weather. There is a scarcity of competent bauds, although general laborers are more plentiful than in former years. Man}' of the best Maori shearers, upon whom the fanners depended in past time, are now in prison.

The Library committee met on Thursday, the principal business being the election of a secretary and librarian. Mr W. Ginger was chosen secretary and Mr Hinde was appointed librarian.

The annual examination of the school hy the Inspector, Mr Foulis, is fixed for the 15th of next month.

Mr Hansen, who met with a terrible accident some time ago, still suffers severely from its effects. Of late lie has been confined to his room.

In a walking match at Islington, Lowell, an English pedestrian, accomplished the feat of walking 310 miles in 70 hours.

It is said the Irish absentee landowners draw six and a half millions annually as vent.

The Marquis of Bute has built a villa on the site of the Mount of Olives, overlooking Jerusalem, where he occasionally inends spending the winter. An English turfman laid £IOOO to £2OO, at the Wcllington-stroct Club, against Trickett, and offered to back Haitian for £SOOO more if be could get a trifle better odds.

A gentleman, seeing an Irishman staggering home from a fair, observed to him, “ Ah, Pat, I’m afraid you’ll find the road you’re going is rather a longer one than you think.”—“ Sure, you’re honor,” replied Pat, “ it’s not the length of tho road I care about ; it’s the breadth of it that’s destroying me.”

Disclosing Nihilist Plots. —ln the Nihilist trials which have taken place, Goldcnberg,the assassin of General Krapitonc,turned approver. Before he committed suicide he revealed the whole system and the various plots to murder thcEmpcrorof Russia. He assigned as a reason for revealing the system that it was not calculated to effect the objects of establishing constitutional government in Russia