PATEA MAIL Established 1875. CIRCULATION nearly 600 COPIES. Average circulation last year, 510. Monday Evening, May 29, 1882.

Patea Mail, 29 May 1882, Page 2

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

Monday Evening, May 29, 1882.

Delivered on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings 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 Waver ley (for train) by 6 o’clock

Sir George Grey surprised the House on Friday by supporting the second reading of Mr Bryce’s bill for keeping Te Whiti and Tohu away from Parihaka for a time. Te Whiti wants to visit a gold-field. Speaking of the comparative cost of goods in towns on this coast, Mr R. A. Adams made a point at the harbor rate meeing on Thursday by saying be had been told iby three ladies in this district that they could not get so good a selection of drapery goods in New Plymouth as in Patea, and that at Wanganui the prices are higher, some articles being much dearer. “ The reason is,” said Mr Adams, “ most of us here are direct importers, and can afford to sell cheaper.”

One of Mr James Nicholson’s grievances the other night was that the meeting about a harbor rate had not been properly advertised. He bad seen it announced only once. The meeting was announced three times in the Mail. We. know of only two settlers in the district who do not take the Mail, and Mr James Nicholson is one of the two irreconcilables. He “ stopped his paper ” as part of the vengeance which he vowed on the people of Patea for not letting the railway go four miles inland of the town and harbor. It is a pity that Mr )Nicholson cannot throw away his ] animosity after the friendly fight is over. ■His present attitude of soured opposition I ;to the town of Patea cannot gain himl the respect of any rational person. If| he has been disappointed, be should beau, it as other men have to do, and try to live at peace with his neighbors. Letters &c. for Manaia, Otakeho, and Opunaki are now despatched from Patea and district offices on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, by the npcoach. The ( daily despatch is expected to be resumed after the winter. - Mr F. R. Jackoif s stock sale at Hawera on Friday was largely attended. The Star says about 520 head came forward, /ihcludihg nearly 200 well-grown three and four-ycar-old bullocks, which sold at from £5. 16s to £6. Fat cows fetched £4 17s 6d; weaners, LI 17s 6d to L2 4s fid; 18-months-old steers, L 3; 18-months heifers, L2 15s i 6d. Bidding was brisk; the whole of the cattle were sold within an hour from the time of commencing. Sheep were withdrawn, the reserve price not being offered.

The inward ’Frisco mail is due to-day at Auckland.

A letter from Mr F. G-. Mace on th borough loan will appear on Wednesday On the days of publication, letters anc reports should reach us early, as the large country circulation of the Mail requires the paper to go to press by 3.30. Messrs G. and F. Horner are commencing business as auctioneers and stock salesmen,.&c., and have purchased Mr M’Rae’s new yards and warehouse at Manaia. : Votb by Ballot on the borough loan is fixed for Tuesday in next week. This leaves ample time for further discussion and consideration of the proposed expenditure. A. L.’s communication will be dealt with in next issue. The Annual Meeting of the Patea A. & F. Association next Wednesday afternoon should be numerously attended by Settlers, as the old question of a moveable show or fixed show will come up for discussion. There is a up north to grumble and hold aloof, because the annual show is at present a fixture at Patea, this having been selected as the most convenient centre, taking into account the necessity also of securing a large attendance of payers at the gate, and accommodation for country visitors. A town supplies these things better than they can be had at a rural centre. But the main thing to be'kept in view is the success of the show as to number of entries and as to attendance. The place which best secures these is the place to be preferred, when all is said for or against a moveable show. ;