SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

Patea Mail, 31 December 1880, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

RECEIVED THIS DAY.

GOVERNOR AND TE WHITI Wellington, Friday.

To Whiti’s answer to the invitation of Captain Knollys, that he should visit the Governor, is being variously interpreted. The four words constituting To Whiti’s sentence are, “ Kua mu nga taiwa,” the literal meaning of which is that the potato is ripe. May not this lyulosirablo suggestion he the true solution ol the Maori proverb, “Whaka tangi,” which by inference may mean that Maoris never make war until their potatoes and kumaras are ripe ? Ie Whiti also proclaimed that his prophecy was fulfilled, for that the Governor had to come to him at last. INFECTED SHIP. Wellington, Friday. Two more cases ol measles broke out at Somes Island after tbe Northumberland left quarantine for the wharf. CRICKET. Wellington, Friday. The Nelson cricket team are whipping the eyes out of the Wellington team. The Governor visits the cricket ground this afternoon, and li society ’ is turning out for the occasion. OPUNAKI SETTLEMENT. Wellington, Friday. A money-order office and savings bank will be opened at Opnuaki on the Ist January. THE HANGMAN. Wellington, Friday, It is now explained why Marshall gotthe preference in hanging Tnhi. Marshall’s was the lowest tender: he received £IU for the job, and got drunk in thc_ city the day after, ami disgraced himself. He has now left town for his rural seat in the Wairarapa. Stonge Caku. —Take of powdered lump sugar the weight of six eggs in their shells) and take half that weight of potato Hour ; separate the white, from the yolks of the oags, beat up the latter with the sugar, adding the grated rind of the lemon. Whisk the whites to a stiff froth, mix the two together, and incorporale with the mixture quickly and effectually, the potato flour, beating it all the time with the egg whisk. Pour the mixture in a buttered mould, and bake in the oven until done. When cold turn it out and trim it to make it stand even. Cancer in the Tongue.— Mr R. H. Matthews, of Mangonui, underwent a severe operation in the District Hospital, Auckland, and now lies in a precarious condition. He was a heavy smoker, and some nine months ago, ho got the underside of his tongue poisoned by the use of a dirty pipe. Since then there has been a nasty sore. As it continued to got worse, he wont to Auckland for advice. Dr Phil son was consulted, and for a week or so he thought the sore might be checked by the use of caustic, but seeing that true cancer indications wore setting in, it was dfifitled to excise the diseased portion. The operation was performed, and it will bo impossible for some time, to say how the patient may get on. The doctor, before tbe operation was made, considered that the disease would result in death in the course of three months ; and should he recover from the effects of the operation he will probably enjoy many years of life. Miss Marian Wright, a young lady of Boston, not yet quite twenty, had pictures this year in the Paris Salon.