PATEA DAILY MAIL.

Patea Mail, 4 March 1882, Page 2

PATEA DAILY MAIL.

Published every Evening, Price \d. CIRCULATION nearly 600 DAILY, Average circulation last quarter, 510. Delivered every Evening by mounted messengers at Hawera by 7-30 o’clock, at Normanby by 8-15, at Manaia and Waimate Plains by 8-30, and Southward at Waverley (for train) by 6 o’clock. Saturday Evening 1 , March 4, 1882. As to the condition of Manawapou bridge, the County Engineer reports as follows :—Manawapou hill on south side is having a coating of black sand sufficient to carry the traffic over the winter. Temporary struts have been placed under the weaker portions of the Manapou bridge for the safety of traffic, pending the construction of a new bridge, which should be proceeded with with as little delay as possible, the chords in the old bridge being in many places rotten. There has been talk of arranging a rota for the attendance of justices of the peace on Court days. Judging by yesterday’s proceedings, there will be some local curiosity to know which are the days fixed for Dr Croft’s attendance as the presiding Solon and Merry Andrew. Hisjndicial burlesque yesterday was more comical than usual. The secretary of the Egmont Racing Club notifies that nominations for the Handicap Hurdles, Flying Handicap, Egmont Handicap, and District Race Handicap, will close on the 6th March, at 9 p.m. Weights declared on 13ih March. Acceptances and general entries will close on 18th March, at 9 p.m. The Patea ss left Wellinton for Patea at 1 p.m. to-day. The amount of award in the arbitration case Brett v. Young, arising out of the coach rccident at Manawapou bridge, is £550. Mr D. Peat acted as umpire, the two arbitrators being unable to agree. Thousands of young men in thi* country would become millionaires if they could accomplish it by standing at street corners with their hands in their pockets, spitting tobacco juice on the walks, and making themselves both unornamental and obnoxious. Never cry over spilt milk. There is enough water in it already. A man recently tried soft soap to smooth the harshness of his wife’s tongue. It took off a little of the roughness, but made it run faster.