PATEA DAILY MAIL.

Patea Mail, 20 April 1882, Page 2

PATEA DAILY MAIL.

Published every Evening , Price Id. CIRCULATION nearly 600 DAILY. Average circulation last year, 510. Delivered every Evening by mounted mes- : sengers —at Hawera by 7-50 o’clock, at Normanby by’ 8-15, at Mauaia and Waimate Plains by 8-30, and Southward at Waverley (for train) by 6 o’clock. Thursday Evening, April 20, 1882. The first sale of stock at Manaia by Mr Freeman R. Jackson takes place to-, morrow. The entries are numerous, and Manaia is likely to be an increasing market for stock. So many auctioneers have been trying to get a footing at Manaia, that it is doubtful if there can be enough business to sustain their enterprise, until settlement has extended. The sale of the Oeo block in a short time should be a stimulus. The bush land far back from the Plains is not much in demand, and sections far removed from a good main road will sell slowly for a long time to come. Mr Wray, Land Commissioner, had left Auckland for Wellington, being recovered sufficiently to travel. He will return to Patea immediately, A ; painful accident happened this morning, near the Patea wharf, to a dray-driver named Whitcomb. The whistle of the Wakatn steamer was blown loudly, and Mr Whitcomb!s horse took fright at the unusual sound. Mr Whitcombe was knocked down, and the dray-wheel (locked) passed over his chest, crushing him seriously. If the wheel had not been locked it would have hurt him less. He was conveyed home, and attended by Dr Keating. Mr T. North applied to-day to the trustee in Mr W. Williams’s estate fur facility to inspect the books of Williams Brothers, to ascertain what evidence there may be of a partnership between Mr Williams and his sons. Mr North had obtained an order of the District Court, and now made a demand under that authority. The Judge’s order allows the trustee one week in which to procure the books for the required inspection ; and the trustee on his part has power to require from Williams Brothers the books which had been kept in the business. The trustee appears to have inspected the books, and reported on them to the creditors’ meeting; but when Mr North afterwards asked t& inspect the books, Messrs Williams Brothers declined to give them up for that purpose. Therefore Mr North applied for and obtained a Judge’s order requiring the trustee to exhibit the books on demand.

A man named Troon Ims been bitten by a poisonous katipo spider, while working for Messrs Wilkie on the Whenuakura railway section. He is now in the Patea Hospital, under Dr Keating’s treatment. Troon was bitten on the back, and the part swelled considerably. Detective Jeffery, of Wanganui, has gone to Manutahi to-day, to inquire into the death of a Maori found near Manawapon bridge yesterday morning, and supposed to have fallen off his horse while drunk. There is evidence that the deceased has had a blow on the head, possibly from some weapon used in a quarrel, or caused by falling from his horse. Messrs Gower, Whenuaknara, invite tenders for erecting a house. The contractors for building the Australasian Bank premises in Patea commenced operations to-day. Messrs Thomson and M’Lean have four months in which to complete the building, which will occupy a broad frontage to both streets, and form a handsome corner block as a vis-a-vis- to the Bank of New Zealand’s splendid premises. The polling at Hawera for or against the borough loan of £5,000 takes place to-day. The Garrick club is to meet this evening, as advertised. Messrs. Mace and Basset have commenced the erection of new premises for the Patea Club.