PATEA MAIL Established 1875. CIRCULATION nearly 600 COPIES. Average circulation last year, 510. Wednesday-Evening, May 10, 1882.

Patea Mail, 10 May 1882, Page 2

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

Wednesday-Evening, May 10, 1882.

Delivered on Mondav, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings by mounted: mes--sengers •-«- at vdTaAvera " bys .7-80 ’ok£ock.‘ at Nonnanby by 8-Jsi at Manaia and Waimate Plains byJ}-30, and Southward . at’ Wayerlejf (for strain) by' 6 o’clock;

The WaKatu was to have 1 left Wellington to-night..-with full cargo, but we learn that the rough weather has prevented : the repairs being completed so soon, • She is expected here od‘Friday or Saturday. The Westport Coal Company were not at first-willing to pay the incidental expenses caused by the Ladybird running into the . Wakatu, They offered the full amount of damage, but objected to pay the: incidental loss caused- to the Patea Oompany by wages running on steamer was detained, and loss of profit" by not -working the 1 steamer.' - Alter legal consultation it was .agreed to pay these incidental expenses,"the" 'allowance' for sacrifice of profit being calculated at the average for a period. This would be less than dthe Wakatu' could have made, because full, cargoes were assured for some lime . through,! .the; ; Patea steamer being off the-trade, leaving only one steamer as against two, previously, llowever, the Patea Company have accepted ! this 1 settlement ’ rather than force an action,* at 1aw,.'... jThe : actual cost of making the Wakatu. again: seaworthy has bedn leßsithftn:£ilso,< 5 The Stoppage of locals shipping daring the pastfortniglitf by the'dis' abling of the Wakatn and the previous wjreck of the 1 Patea, has caused serious ‘ inconvenience ,;to, :t inQporters . in. this. di?T., itrict. i. Gopds have‘been 'lying at Wei-* lington awaiting some steamento bring them on, and merchants unable Jo execute, orders'* of-an urgentkind. ""The/ Patea 1 S.Sft Company f did.not find it practicable to charter a suitable ‘St/eahier foiN a-week or twq.. It is' said Mivßuthju/ proposed, to send the paddle steadier Lyttelton if others would join in making a full .cargo. - Somegoods have been sent to Wanganui for transhipment by the Clyde; but that interesting 1 leviathan 'has not been able to face,-the boisterous feather for many days, so that consignments expected a ‘week\ago;-arestilj ? W^atjh| l i£bqpnd at "Wanganui, : 'T&ftWaL*tu /ft cAj/cpw,*-. here with_.3„fall cargo On’ Friday or’ Saturday afternoon weather permitting,

. A Lemon i .mea§ui!i.ng. no less than>l2. inches across .has been on show in Dunedin. 1 It is said 1 to be a freak cf nature.

J|j!|k J) Gjbson invites attention tojiis announcement of new drapery goods, clothing, and bjoots ? jgst pp.

Sheep Inspectors Macenkzie and Gerse now t knqw. the .official decision on*. UftiTj ft iii.j Ui ; ■’ v. jr. the recent inquiry as to their conduct in this district. i4stA'hur|4 day notifies that Mr Gerse’s services are ctiipei's'ed ''With 1 / the' dismissal taking' effect r frPm thp.\d,at;e pg£\ suspension from duty. Mr W.--Mae-. kenzie is reinstated as an P^p|Qlo|,/bi|t is to bo removed to the Wellington subdivision, at a reduced safary. A Messrs Nolan and Q^ ( .njU|il sa\q o 0f f stock takes place to-morro\y #t ilaw Tfie entries are large. ' . rp . j .r.., s ]'7 Mr R. Jackson’s KakaJameft -Oo ;K( also , ..ft I♦' stopk place 1600 sheep arid catile jhemg entered. ■■ rirUTJB jl , .'>■<,>- Scarcity W Freights has caused . the N.Z. Shipping Company to cancel. the charter contract's! fur- severals vessels.;4fre’- JowneWK hf one such ship, the I Woolahra, of N.S. Wales r are sueing the cotroany for £4,000' '’compensation through /brpficlft of contract*.. It is said.., the company have also. ahft severalthousand' of pounds as-»lhdqc|m|n tfttbcancel other charters. But how does this scarcity arise,? *5 IftilfthatjigHin ia being kept in the colony, awaiting the.. rising market.?,;-, .i'OO; 1 '.ft ?'-j > :

Mr Foster, late Chief Secretary- -for Ireland, xeceivod. 400 .threatening letters last year;" ■ •*»•'■ ~n..vi .-<;/.*) - T’/T TCf 7\ ft 1 -ft ’■>* I 1 > i j

Tenders are wanted for a four-roomed house .at Waverley. Fire destroyed the. Wallingford Hotel at Tetmika on Monday.,

A Maori Petition to Parliament is being largely signed in Rotorua district, s »p;p|)B|iiig the - o(werhraent j |)plicy.. of leasing the lands for long terms by for settlement. This is a counter move to a recent lyho.-yyished to,oppose the leasing by auction.

Trials at New Plymouth are almost concluded* this beingdhe heaviest calendar in the district. Edward Spackman, for horse-stealing, was sentenced To 18 months’ hard labor., Ed)vin Barry, ‘■attempting to' stead 'kt Rawer* races, three months’ hard labor. W. Richards/; horsestealing,’ two jejirs*•bard .labor.:,, PannelJ was acquitted;, on ;the charge of attempting to outrage Gallagher’s case is reported in another column. •'To- ‘Whiti and Tohu have had more sight-seeing, their-last trip being round -about the Lyttelton shipping nnd through the gopds f sheds. These, sights are better than war. * 1/

This'death : lS'>9^brt6d v 6f'’Mr- R. J. Hunter, senior member; qf the, Auckland auctioneering fiim of Hunter & Nolan. A Memorial to the- Union-; Shipping Company' is being - promoted -.in; New Plymouth, .asking for increased, service of steamers, in It isi complained that irapqrters cannot and that exporters are hampered in sending out produce, because delay .-often-means availing market, cr J3-WJIXO Jjllsi Ci -i- UUiX

A Neav Steamer to be built for the Pa tea ; -Gompahys will qb@ * a * feyir ,^|aa^'Sr ,? * ‘/..Pjajtqa./’ > less!heaiv-ljie-n-orth head. It is at least fortunate that all the machinery and ‘fillings were! got of thq r hull r just ' J 6f* In. These saved articles are mostly considered;*® gebdbasfnPir/; the /engifies plans

of the new steamer have been sent away as to cost, and it is not •skwed Whether the hull will "1)0 built at Dunedin or Wellington. The new boat is expected to be ' finished w ithin f|ur months. In designing this steamer, past experience has enabled the proportions to jnentsof ihcaf tinder; '"giving Improved and a suitable hold for live stock. The hull is to be 1(H), feet'lohg s ':about 15 feet longer than the Paiqa, v alsp t about,; two feet broader; and though the tonnage is greater the draught will not be increased. There will be"twin to quicken the maucenvres in a narrow channel; and the engines of the former j • *V't ' "'t yX ’■ ', t O 1 steamer will in the new one. j The Company expect to get the new 1 bull for and -the whole 5 m qomplete stjearaqr _ Avill thus be under *OOO. The’ Patea cost about £5,000; i fney r ;;b.oatir fs row Resigned 1 -wiHHtre-worth to the company more than \ \he "Pa'tek 1 Was^di'lPcalli^de. Flax cultivation and manufacture are 5 treated in "air article on the fourth page, being the concluding portion of Mr C. paper - !rdad at the Farmers’ ;Glub meetifig- on Saturday. A com--mittebfappointed at the meeting Jure to meet cthid afternoon! add A puhfip meetHngifoiHtarting arebihpaHyim fi) *i»theld ;on jSafurday afternoon,; in tHe-Harmonic ,Han, at 3.3o.l e umaa A sporting young gentleman named ; Locfasrt)o|‘ ||\ squandered '"in*"’ nine mont|^ > {l&i^^g'fffn ..betting. He baa been issuing cheques bf t a|dAs now under arrest in ikid" .'fi a! 0 g i^ublicans jail- Been fdefyirigfthe qrder againstseffiag drink to* Maoris (Turing the native meeting, township WftKi'd i an^*mMve i ' t licensing district. JThpj tp. proclaim it within the Boundary at once. ■The-Borough 1 6f ; i lnyetca^iil J ; £lodoF yeaFoii i

On account of the rough state of the weather,;|he rj Wakata- will, be;unable to complete her repairs in lime to leave here on Friday, but will leave for Wellington on Sunday. A meeting to form a quadrille assembly iisrcalled at WaverleyTor Friday;.; It has been announced that the Sultan has requested Herren .Geschcr, Wctlendorf, and Bertram to report to him on the means of introducing into Turkey tKo political institutions of Prussia, and more particularly the competency of the Ministers and their situation towards the Crown. While blasting in a quarry at Greymontb, a lump of rock five hundredweight flew off and cnt off’ a man’s arm, hurting his head also. He is not expected to recover. Another quarryraan was also bruised. 'A Horrible Story is reported by the Waikato Times : A native woman gave birth to a child, which was claimed by the husband as his. There was another native however who was reputed to be the father of the child, and who when the child was born claimed parentage. Between him and the husband a

quarrel ensued as to ownership, and in the squabble each seized the unfortunate infant by a leg, and did not desist until tbey had succeeded in’-pulling it' completely in* halves. The- remains of thcr fluid were afterwards buried privately, and the horrible deed was kept quiet until the other day, when the Maori pdliceniaill sacdb'Sdetf in bringing it to light.. . -7. , --: m

A Tonnage,JRate at Dunedin is:proposed to be levied, not on bulk or measurement,\ but on the declared value. Tbjs would be heaviest on those articles which cost inost. ! The Harbor Board is in a serious fix .for hayjng (o provide for' a deficit p! abou the year. But the outcry aghinst ; this air? valorem rate is loud indeed."’"By rating" the declared.value, the two main exports of ' Otago, wopl'and gold, ! vvipuld 1 bFheavily mulcted/ For instance, Is a lon is charged on wobhat-preserit, whereasUhe nerW pi an of fating, the ’ y alu e; !wpnld increase the charge 1(5 4saton. : ; (about Is a bale). That would be indeed a. heavy harborrateon k jSlapU proto also would be hit hard by rating the ▼aloe; for thdtfgh gold is not exported 4 by the * < to.n,” l ,it woujid. be charged-at; the rate of fourpence per ounce. ■ J SH^i^synlsb’fh3^ .festing themselves in Egypt of hostility tan the part of the native population towards Europpjin residents. Several .Englishmen at SuesHvdre asskultc'clby’ an angry. mob, and, experienced some difficulty, in s:om; O-r-a '• - making then’; escape, < j', .. ,