PATEA MAIL. Established 1875. CIRCULATION nearly 600 COPIES. Average circulation last year, 510. Monday Evening, June 5, 1882.

Patea Mail, 5 June 1882, Page 2

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

Monday Evening, June 5, 1882.

Delivered on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings by mounted , messengers —.at , Hawera by 7-30 o’clock, 1 ' at-• Nornianby- by 8-15, at - Manaia 1 and Waimate Plains by .8-30, and. Southwardat 'Waverley (for train) .by 6 o’clock;

1 A public hall is v to be erected at New Plymouth, ‘ the tender of P, Gardiner (Opunaki) being accepted, for, ,£3IOO.

Mr Cowern held a successful auction of Mr Mitchinson’s trees and shrubs on Saturday.' They were a fine lot, and a feW remain on hand.

Report of Wairoa Highway Board meeting is received, and will appear in next issue. v Tenders received for Watkin road were S. Kennedy f£6o, M. Keating £9O, J. Hughes ; £7O, .M. Olsen £l2O. . Also tender for Kohi road, J. Hughes £SB ss. Waverley School Committee applied to the Education Board for swings to be erected, and other improvements. The Board refused, but .agreed to improve the master’s residence. '

The “ contempt of Court ”by Messrs Williams Brothers, in not obeying a Judge’s order to submit books for inspection of a creditor, was inquired into on Friday at New Plymouth, = The Judge ordered the books to be produced within five days, or imprisonment for contempt wiirfollow. ; =

Parliament. —■ The West Coast Peace Bill was read a second timq. on Friday by 52 to 14. Mr pressed pleasure at the noble and generous stand taken by Sir George Grey, and the valuable ■. assistance received from Mr Sheehan. He said Te Whiti had expressly denied that Wi Parata had any authority to engage counsel for him. Sir George Grey said he,felt it,a duty tp God and man toward in solving the unhappy differences von the West Coast. *; The House defused a motion for hearing Te Whiti’s counsel at the bar of the Chamber.

Woodville School Committee recommended the Education Board to enlarge the school, it being too small. At the Boardls ;meeting Mr Bridge said he ; was informed there are 35 in Woodville school district, but. some of them were kept at home gathering fungus. He thought it was not necessary to enlarge the school at present. Mr Coutts remarked that it was: only 12£t. by 18. On the motion of Mr Coutts, it was. agreed -that Mr Willis receive'£s a quarter as alio wahpe for house rent ; that the Board will prbvide suitable accommodation when the attendance warrants it ; and, that the Committee be asked to procure the- present school site for the Board. . ! : i Debt Gases were ;heard in the R. M. [Court on as follow i—O’Dea v. Stonej claim £2 12s. Verdict for arhpunt' and costs. The trustee in; Skelly’s estate sued T.- Ifwin, carpenter, for £6 19s Bd, but defendant pleaded a set-off of £lO 14s. i After hearing - evidence judgment was [given against him for £2 I3s and costs., W. Hobbs was sued by the same for £8 2s lid, and judgment given by default for, amount and costs. Mr { Potto sued Mr Haase for value of some harness &c. supplied. Defendant did not appear, and judgment’ was given for amount and costs. Mr Haase ; was also summoned by Messrs Doueghue, Chisholm, and Smith, of the Coach Factory, for a claim. Judgment by default for amount and costs.

The Financial Statement is to be delivered to-morrow evening. Major Atkinson has a pleasing story to tell of reviving prosperity and increasing revenue ; of the railway profits rising to 4 per cent. ; and imports greatly exceeding the estimated figures. He has a surplus, and some remissions of taxation can be made. Between the property tax and the beer tax there will be much clamoring. One important part of the budget speech will be a%proppsal for another loan—probably three millions. Mr Cowern’s usual monthly stock sale takes place on Wednesday at Patea. The entries are numerous.