PATEA MAIL Established 1875. CIRCULATION nearly 600 COPIES. Average circulation, last year, 510. Monday Evening, May 8, 1882.

Patea Mail, 8 May 1882, Page 2

PATEA MAIL Established 1875. CIRCULATION nearly 600 COPIES. Average circulation, last year, 510.

Monday Evening, May 8, 1882.

Delivered on; , Monday, Wednesday; and '.‘Friday -Evenings by mounted mes> ’ &ehgei;s —at Hajvera' by 7-30 o'clock, 'at : Normanby by : 8-15, at Maiiaia arid Waimate Plains by 8-30, and Southward at Wayerley (for-train)- by, 6i o’clock.:

■ Judge Gillies dischargod a juror'aged 7i'' fadin' attendance at, the.. Supreme Court in New Plymouth, and said no person over 60 years of age should be summoned on ! a jury, j '

The Wakatn steamer is almost ready for 'sea, - and is. expected to lea ve WeL lington,on Wednesday, arriving here on Thursday with, her .first cargo since the collision, and sailing for Wellington on iFriday.- The Company made an amicable.settlement for the damage done by the .Lady bird, and the whole, cost, will not exceed £140,*

No. Dividend is likely to be paid in the bankrupt estate of W, Williams senr., until the bankrupt’s discharge has been granted, or until the - proceedings of creditors’ meetings are quashed as irregular. The bankrupt is .receiving £3 a week from the estate as allowance for maintenance., One, opposing creditor is still striving to upset the creditors’ resolutions as irregular; and we understand that the question of partnership between the bankrupt and his sons will be brought .before a*jury ini a.few days. In the R.M. Cburt on Friday, Mr Hamerton obtained judgment against Mr James Goodfellow, of Dpunaki, for £lO 10s 6d,-professional services rendered.

A Proposal was discussed at the Farmers’ Club on Saturday for starting a local mill to work up linseed, this being a prop peculiarly suited to the district. Machinery could be got for.extracting the oil and separating the flax; the fibre to be’exported Home, and the oil having ia sure market in the colony. The dis■cussion was started by a paper read by Mr 0. F. Barker, as reported in this issue.

Mr Saunders tells the electors of Wakanui. that it will not be to the terest of the colony to borrow mbre, money, as borrowing will entail future suffering. This is like saying that no man of business must get an overdraught or take a mortgage, because the money will have to be paid back, a,nd paying back means suffering. On tins doctrine,! there could be no commerce between nations. Here is a colony with an increasing revenue, a growing population, unlimited resources, and a bountiful climate. cash on this security is wicked p for though the exchange of one value for the other may be the' readiest way to increase the colony’s capacity to pay, jet, the * Prepayment iof the loan out of that increase would make the colony suffer.- Mr’ Saunders argues like a man who has wound up his worldly affairs, and has one foot in the grave. He is a soured Diogenes.

/A" telegram'Jfrpm’New Plymouth today says the-weather is very-rough,land the Union steamer had to go past without landing passengers or cargo. This has happened several times during the rough autumn weather. Mr Wray, R.M., returned from Auckland by way of Wellington "on -Friday evening. His health appears to he restored. £ .A ' V

~ A,.meeting-4o start a separate - Acclimatisation Society for Patea County is called by advertisement; Mr Teiinent and Mr Jr Black thking the initiative - . The shooting licenses are at present paid to a society 'at Hawora/ and the management ,isl practically confined to northern members.

Mr Sheet, will visit Patea next week, as advertised. He has adopted the “ laughing gas ” for painless extraction of teeth. 1 ; •

< Mr Greenwood, dentist,;hwill . visit J Patea next Wednesday and Thursday. j Messrs Nolan’s 'first monthly sale at ! Manaia - sai-. largely attended, though 1 bidding was slack, and prices ruled lower ; than usual. Sheep ‘were not in demand. ; Weaners brought 26s 6d to 30s: yearnings, £2 ; 18-mdnth-ohls, £2 17s 6d ; j store cows, £2 7s- 6d to £3 5s ; to 3- , year-old steers, £4.

Mr Notman retires from partnership in the Wanganui Ifendldy and Mr Ballance remains as sole .proprietor and manager, . ; rMr Chapman is tha,,chairmanship of Patea-County Council. He, intendsremoving. to Rahotu after some time, but will continue to be a member of the Council at present, .without chairraan’sdnties. ’