PATEA DAILY MAIL.

Patea Mail, 19 April 1882, Page 2

PATEA DAILY MAIL.

VaHished every Evening, Price Id.

CIRCULATION nearly 600 DAILY. Average circulation last year, 510.

Dcliy&rcl every-Evening by- mounted messengers Hnwera ’by , 7-30 o’clock, at Nonnanby by 8-15. at Manaia and y'ailn'ate Id|iins, by , 8-3(), and Southward tat (for train) by (>. o’clock.

-Wednesday Evening April 19, 1882.

The Pfttea''Librafy Tfi improving’ in -popn 1 ari ty/dfrongh 'not to an cx te nnl ia t will enable the committee lo purchase so large a stbck'“ofj n#/literal title -'as i.§ : desirajjle.v / A considerable number .of new books, chiefly of the class for recreation ,and amusement, have been added since the new committee commenced (hy renovation of'..the. Imnitntc. Tin* reading room w also jnado more tiJltrijHjve, uvi U nov/ vrojl lighted amf comfmuhfo (or <-y<-nmg readers, Fires are U> be w<di -•AU'-UfMj'ip w wfoter, , iha iWfdtyq : - J# to ■ te •» plms&ai wswi for Afomi s<) tew jwu&i-.tiwi imUbu«-\ vt’t xh'.a- i tie-wise : is <mh « .stna’iil pari of »(,»** ppsAtei WAb tki y,yl' Many boote ttel ted teen ar/ay Loro thk i mi'A.nL; for fong'perteJs, tbrnngh a foz zysUnti, are nor/ returned to the a he! vea; and the more attract ive works arc. much easier to obtain, by their 1 return at short intervals, thus avoiding the former uncertainty. and long periods of waiting. The committee are obtaining additional new books p und it is hoped -t.he, public will appreciate’ the coinmdneejs ‘effoftsjn .securing, freshness giyd variety for the -library., rn .. . q

Mark Twain offered to give a practical i 1.1 nstration of how the/Fiji canniba 1 s eat*‘ their ehbruies; Advancing r to the an'djencft.,he, said,: .Will.a)iy, lady lend' me a baby ?” ' V <-j

During the absence of the Land CQmniissi ; oiier> from Patea,* ; inost distncl maps v have bheiHremoyed-itb.the : New -Plymouth office, ostensibly to niakd cbf rections, • 1 Cfficials ’' Ne’p'. Plymouth hayef get these plans *awhy ' frbtfi Patea, in.. order to centralise all law business - Qt thal-place.-These working tracings' 'of “the*district are indispensable to the business of the West Coast ‘ Land Commissioner's office, and almost daily inconvenience is now caused by inability to make exact .references to the distrjcjt.survevs, , /. u" . .-- ?. , J- '..> -i f- ■ .A, ..tick 1 islt subject camC fbefore |the : committee of the Patea Institute last night. . Objection, had . beeu.j .raised against two -peculiar papers which l 'had been placed by, .subscribers on the tables of the reading rooni. These papers being now brought under the cpinmit}tde’is. notice, 'various opinions were ess pressed as to the policy of permitting literature of a rpecnliar, ;pr on atheistical character to be placed in the reading , room, r .by. iadiyiduals;,;wbp x desire to promulgate the particular opinions. It -wasjlrelolyedijtbat apy newspaper or print not ordered by thp ctinirnittee 1 iri i£ regular ! cbniW shall be first .approved by the ■cpmmjttee -befpre it can lie on the table. The-papers-to-which some objection haddje^n|exp|'bss|d _ A will now have to be forwarded to the committee for approval,,if it is desired to have them im the readihgroom. ~,t Dredging in the Wanganui . river 13= being resumed ; the steani ’erane having been carriea out in a freshet, but ...uoav , recovered*and repaired, t ,,, 1 f Another batch: of Chinese, .are,., bn the way to California, to ' £ get in ” before the new .can bp. passed., _Thei> Fresfdeht- -stopped* tbe^ e-febliision' biH -with his veto, but a similar - measure is now before Congress, theye being a strong, feeling'" inj the; Western S|ates,!’andpspepialjy salsornia, against the grinding effect of Chinese comO j, '" . *-p ' J7- t petition with white Jifb’br. ageslin. the shoe trade have been lowered about

half, by ilia largQ gf Chinese ; the cigar-making is almost entirely in> their Iranis isL being also monopolised by them. Wages' fiji’‘thWe'itades hate faljeu about 50: per. cent.

The jury list for tin’s district has been revised, several names of absentees being

struck off.

A farmers’ delegate from the Essex Agricultural Association is now in this district. Mr Brittan Pash has visited jAacklnnd ; ajad^ ilfat©» districts, and is now coming south through Taranaki and the WaimnUfe Plains.

Captain Bendalj’s official repprt,,Q,f the Patea wreck was telegraphed to the . underwriters .at > ■ Wdllrngtoii : in these wWQfids: ■■gaweldPatea astern, and when within 30 feet of safety, .pi |teafy~pe§- dashcdyiilr against the cliff and stove in her side and bilgq. ; She now lies with the base of the cliff .into the forth 01d,”.. ~ .■ A public entertainment is to be promoted in aid of, funds ..of jhe -P-atea LmliUiU). The new -committee . Lave pledged their credit at thc'bahk'io raise funds for increasing tjjts-iibrary and imthe reading room. It is now / jemmhlo. Yj relieve the financial strain : te teMd.e ndp: and the public can give bites-(Jidpr te an agreeable form by ' j i g«ner«nfcly supporting an entertainment to ha given «Ytotx}y/ |Tht' idea/ i|s to make it a musical and dramatic mixture, by conjoining .the best ]oca 1 talent that may be available;.. A' fub-cpmißlttee is appointed to promote the entertainment, comprising Messrs and the i>Mr.u Wilkinson. Offers of assistance-'will: be gratefully received, t •

Twenty-two horses; r: were shipped to Chmtchiircli' in the’ Wahafti Steamer, by Mr . Ri&ely, and .Mr. A .Hunter,, and -were r sold willy modejate.£uoees& The Wakatiris cdnsmereil smtabie^for cattle shipment, judging by ,this trip. ) r .- -The Rev. J. L; Keating, of Palmerston is a t present. :Patea. We>believe it is Mr Keating’s intention f I f r " i ' to remain in Patea over Sunday, and .that, he will conduct the services at .SJyGemge’s CBowihv''/ W OljLOJn The vacancy in the Crown Lands ■Office ; at caused/ r bylthe stiHdeh'‘-clenTh’yof Mr : Hbhr/esdti Patea, is filled by Mr Amelins Smith, late private secretary to the Premier. The''-passenger traffic by the ’Frisco route, overland to and from Europe-, is huhibers ' b|ing remarkably large lately. All the berths by the outgoing steamer leaving next week <are engaged;, i'»- ~> , % rpf ill”. J. 7W. iCciVah is Cleaving the n r; 5 » s iicuai.iuA . s.a° Kohl 'district next week, removing to another. property ..close, 40, Palmerston .. Jsfprtii f V t of magistrates in th&dlstiSctv * Mr Kbriah is distinguished for decided opinions and intrepid advocacy. T IR q-j-nTTP