LATE ITEMS.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1036, 18 May 1883, Page 3

LATE ITEMS.

Gisborne folk are going to make bay while the sunshines. His Excellency the Governor will visit there on the 28th, and the residents intend to bring the necessity for harbour accomodation under bis notice. The adjourned meeting of the Harbour Board will be held on Monday afternoon. Last night’s escort brought down £25,000. worth of .gold To Dunedin. • . Mr Green, M.H.B.,.received, a vote of confidence-at Waikpuaiti last night. Ho said .he -should oppose Major Atkinson’s National Insurance scheme and the Land Tax, from whatever side, of the House it comes. The s.s. Napier leaves Wellington for this port to-day, and will sail on the return trip on Sunday "morning. She has been undergoing an overhaul. The visit of the Under-Secretary was for the purpose of taking . over the Hospital. Butter.and cheese, factories are occupying a large share of attention, just now. Mr Bowron, -.the gentleman engaged by Government, 'met the farmers at Hawera yesterday ; and iri the co.urst of his remarks said that for richness of soil,.yield of milk per cow, and quality of milk, he had seen nothing to equal Taranaki. Such an opinion from a man of Mr Bowron’s experience is most encouraging. Wo share the advantages mentioned by him with the addition of a port for shipment. Can we not therefore move in the direction of establishing a factory here V The Star records that a nasty accident occurred at the Manawapou on Wednesday. A dray was coming over the hill, conveying-goods for Mr Heslop, and met the coach. By some misadventure one of the wheels of the dray was allowed to get over the edge, and horses, dray, and everything went toppling down. The horses were rescued alive, but the dray and goods were badly damaged; We hear on very good authority that a hitch has arisen that may delay the sailing of the Waverley. The contractors are some two months overtime and decline to give the vessel up unless the Shipping Company consent :to:remit, penalties; It is to be hoped that the matter will he speedily settled. 7 < " u The route of the trunk railway to Auckland will be a bone of contention in the coming Session of the-Assembly. Wellington is making a .vigorous effort to get all sorts of arguments together in favour of the central route, and is being ably assisted by the Wanganui Herald, which, with its weekly offshoot, the Yeoman, is; the journalistic enemy of this district. On the other hand the Auckland people are not asleep, and threaten to secure the removal of the Seat of Government to Christchurch if the .Wellington people don’t mind their own business. 1 -Local; interest in the question is beginning to be aroused, and at Hawera last night a public meeting resolved to solicit the co-operation of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce in: agitating for the main line to come by way: of Mokau. This is a matter in which Patea district is interested, and residents would do well to assist in the coming struggle.