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

Patea Mail, 31 May 1882, Page 2

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

Delivered >on . .Monday,' Wednesday, and Friday Evenings by mounted mes- ; sengers —at Hawera by 7-30 ; o’clock, at Normanby by 8-15, at Manaia and Waimate Plains by 8-30, and .Southward at Waverley . (for train) by .6 o’clock Wednesday Evening, May 31, 1882. ; Steam Tbade : between this colony,and Home is the trade of the future. .The .N, Z, Shipping Coy. recognisethiS fact; 'and have decided to convert their fleet < into steamers; the capital being increased to one million sterling for that purpose. The Education Act is not to be “ amended ” this session. The Cabinet have decided to leave ‘it Alone'as atpo troublesome question. It. is said, that when'Mr Dick made this announcement in the House, the majority of members seemed4o approve ! the decision to leave the Act alone.,. , The Debts of the late Mr Whelan, were reduced in 'amount : by contras to £183; and were sold at that amount on Saturday for £23, bought by Mr E. C. Horner. „ We understand this tp he the position of. : Mf" : Wilks s ; appbioraienfr to -Manaia school. The Education Board and the School Committee have assented, to His appointment ont ; condition; that his .reasons for leaving the scliodl in North ’Canterbury* are found to be proper and regular. A commission is appointed to report on,certain-allegations against Mr ' WiVks ? s management of the North Canterbury school, and until their reporL’.is. -known,; ment to Manaia will remain in suspense.

A Patea resident wrote' some lines ’in l blank verse on the late lively meeting about a harbor rate. They were a skit i on] iMr ; James Nichpjspn’s : want ■ of public spirit. The lines were skilfully modelled on a famous soliloquy ; but, a* the writer says, they were a “ long way after Shakespearei’’/ :.The' wriler] sent | thehi to a } newspaper i for v {publication, and they were rejected on the plea that the lines-were, not in good-taste.. : "Spe say that selfishness is a just : marki for ridicule. Perhaps a better reason for rejection is that Mr Nicholson is a subscriber to the paper.. Well, the lines are now sent to the Mail, “asa test.’ ? We decline them because we do not /insert rejected,,!addresses.” If the lines were good enough for the Mail, they should have been . sent here, firsfc The have them by calling^at the office. - . This Creditors of William Barrett . Howe,, felimongef, met at : the Court' House on" MondayMr Taplin in the chair. Liabilities were stated at .£1,469 2s the assets at £1,009 12s sd. The debtor attributed his bankj ruptey, to the prpdnce not realising- as . much as he, expected in the Home mCT’ I '. Skins, fpt, which he had paid lid each realised only 4d each. . that among the assets were 161 Bales wool in jLondon, the sale of* which ' was hot yet reported. The bank of N. &W« , had advanced on 11 l ! 6f the bales, and the remainder were sent through the . bank of the banking account having been transferred. , a question of the bank's lien on ce.eds; /The Jent of the fellmongery was £4 a ( weekj and r was in arrear.,. The debtor’s 'furniture was Valued at J and the meeting agreed to let him ke'ep • this.-asset. It was agreed to wind upthe estate in bankruptcy, and Mr Dale was appointed .creditors’ trustee. .Mr - JaTuesl 'LptfeV grocery store opposite the Court House (late Mr is (now-.<, Open; land attention is invited by advertisement to ;Mr ; /Lett's ; method of trading’} so as to give the utmost , value,, to && toraers. ’ ’•

The highest tender for the St. Kiida steamer is nhder £2OOO. Palmerston North is brisk just now, and has been so about six months. Persons are flocking to it from neighboring townships. There is a deplorable tendency to overdo the business in small towns, Patea was very* brisk until a few months ago : now we have a relapse, though there is likely to be another rush ahead very soon.

The prospectus of the new Patea company for manufacturing oil and fibre from linseed and flax appears in this issue. Qne half the shares being taken up at the start, there ought to be no doubt about the company being floated successfully by the end of. next month. Writing of the early closing move-

ment, the Lyttelton Times says that so long as the working-classes will ’persist in dojpg their shopping on Saturday and evening, so long.will shops r Joe kept open to supply them. Mr Barton, solicitor, is gazetted Crown Prosecutor for this district, vice J. Barleyman resigned. Manaia is gazetted under the Town Districts Act. ThA first election takes place on June 24th ; Mr G. A. Hurley being returning officer. Mr Thos. Geo/ Waitt 'is appointed Clerk and Receiver of Land Revenue at Patea, in place of Mr G. N, Baggett. The Messrs G. and F. Horner’s first stock sale in their new yards at Manaia. is announced for Wednesday, June 28th. An entertainment and dance take place at Kakaramea to-night. The inward ’Frisco mail arrived here to-day. . Messrs Nolan and Co’s Manaia stock sale takes place to-morrow. > ' Mr F. Read invites tenders for falling bush behind Kakaramea. Mr R. Kirk, bootmaker, notifies that he. has removed to the shop next to his former premises in Egmont-street. A tea meeting and concert are announced for Thursday at Waverley, in aid/ of the repair fund of St Andrew’s Church manse. The Patea S. S. Company have contracted to carry 208 tons of iron rails from Wellington to Patea, the period allowed being eight weeks; and ~the, Wakatu brought the first lot yesterday, 25 tons.