The Patea Mail. Established 1875. FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1883. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1044, 8 June 1883, Page 2

The Patea Mail. Established 1875. FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1883. NEWS OF THE DAY.

The charge of embezzlement against. G. Beamish was dismissed at the R.M. Court this morning. We are glad to see this, as it was evident from the outset of this case, which has now been before the Court week after week for a time, that the prosecution could not stand. Both learned counsel testified to the loose manner in which the affairs of the County Council had been managed, and His Worship evidently concurred in this, as was shown by his dismissing the case.

The Otoia Licensing 'Committee mot at Kakaramea yesterday ; present—Mr J. Slater (Chairman), Mr Brodie, and 'Mr, Delarnore. Renewals were granted to Mr O’Sullivan, Wharncliffe Hotel, and Mr Gallagher, Manutahi Hotel ; the license of the latter being extended from ten to eleven o’clock, in spite of the-strong opposition of the Police. George Moss was granted a transfer from P. Hurley for the Woodville Hotel.

Yesterday a miraculous escape took place in Bedford street at 2 o’clock, to a little son of Mr Beamish’s, publican. As he was standing in the iniddle of the road a passing dray knocked him down, the wheels being only two inches from going-over his back. Fortunately he was picked up by his brother uninjured.

Mr Frank Willmott’s Combination Company are announced to open in the Harmonic Hall on the 12th inst. Mr S; Moss* the energetic agent of the company, was in Patea yesterday, busy making arrangements for the company’s appearance. He goes on to New Plymouth to prepare the way there. It is some time since we had a taste of the “ legitimate,” so no doubt tthe company will be well received. Mr T. M. Palmer, y|ho has been acquitted of the 'murder of Sidar Khan, an Afghan in his employ, at Tooram, in Australia, is a Tasmanian, and is a brother of Mr W. H. Palmer, who was .formerly Inspector 'of the "Bank of Australasia in New. Zealand.

Nominations for membership to the Wairoa Highway Board will be received, by Mr .Fookes, Returning officer, up to noon on June 18, at Mr W. Milne’s residence, Waverley. . Mr Cowern’s sales to-morrow are horses and cattle at noon and furniture at 1.30. Full particulars are given in another column, _ ' ■

The attention of storekeepers is directed to an advertisement signed by the Mayor in this issue, - ~~~ 7

A frightful tragedy is reported from Brescia, Lombardy.' A madman under observation in the hospital managed to release himsel£ from the strait: waistcoat in which he was confined, and before he could be secured killed two patients, and mortally wounded four others. The proprietors of the Wellington ■ Biscuit Factory have just imported from England all the latest patents for making biscuits and sugar ware. According to a Northern contemporary, Tongariro is in violent eruption, not equalled for thirteen years past. The special correspondent of the Age telegraphs that the wheat crops throughout England are in a backward condition, but a good harvest is nevertheless anticipated. In America ; the yield for the present year will not be equal to that of 1882. The Mayor of Dunedin (says an ex-change)-is.a gentleman and a carpenter,every inch of him. The Hon. Mr Oliver of Duuediu, is a member of the Upper House—and wears frills—rather. When the Mayor and Mr Oliver were showing the new Governor round the town, His Excellency took advantage of a quiet tete-a-tete with the Mayor to ask him : “ Mr Thompson, how long have you known the Hon' Mr Oliver ?” “Abouttwenty years.” “What was Mr O’s position when you first knew him ?” “ Well, the first time I saw the Hon. Mr Oliver, he wore a black apron, and I wore! a white one. He was behind a counter weighing sixpence worth of nails which I was buying to repair a client’s pig-stye; with.” The annual meeting of ratepayers in the Wairoa Highway district will be held in the Town Hall, Waverley, on Saturday, June 16, at 2 p.m. The West Coast Times office at Hokitika will, in a few weeks, be lighted by the electric light. An Otago paper slates that red deer are increasing about Timaru Forest. Herds numbering from nine to twenty have lately been seen there. We find the following paragraph in the English correspondence of an Adelaide paper:—“ Sir Francis Dillon Bell, the Agent-General for New Zealand, resigns ■his post in twelve months’ time, and lie says that nothing would induce him, at his time of life to accept another term of office. The Agent-General’s office must really be laborious, especially at loan time.” A telegram from Riverton says that Harrington is willing to row Hearn, providing the latter will go to Riverton. It is understood that Hearn’s supporters . and backers demand that the race shall take place here, and they will object to their man leaving Wellington. A naval pension of £SO per annum has just fallen vacant by the death, in his 80th year, of Captain D. Craigie, C.8., R.N. The deceased veteran had seen much active service, having been engaged in the operations in New Zealand in 1815, and in the Crimean War.

_ The new Commission of the Peace was issued in a Supplementary Gazette yesterday] Government have some anticipation that there will he an attempt to hold a meeting at Parihaka this month. Steps have therefore been taken to prevent natives passing on to Parihaka, and the Opunake bridge is now guarded by half a dozen constabulary, who have instructions to turn the natives back should thej'make their appearance! There is one woman in London who has her wits about her. In the Strand a thief suddenly snatched her purse from her and instantly disappeared in the crowd. In the purse was some small money and a cheque for £lO. The lady lost no time in a fruitless attempt to catch the thief or find a policeman. She went to the nearest post office, took a telegraph blank and sent a despatch to the bank snyins, “When anyone presents a ch p que signed by—• for £lO, arrest him and detain him till I come,” She got into a cab and drove to the bank. When she got there she found a policeman explaining to a very astonished young man that he would have to wait a little, as they expected a lady visitor; The young man will have three years td get over his astonishment. The American correspondent of the Otago Times writes The Mormon Church is sending .three missionaries td New Zealand this spring, and :; 76> in all have this' year been sent out for two years’ work. They bear all their own expenses. Fifty odd sailed last week for England and Northern Europe. Three hundred Mormons landed at Castle Garden last week. One young woman turned backslider, and refused to go on to Utah. She was protected by the authorities. Utah is the most attractive .country between the Sacramento Valley and the Missouri River, and compares favourably with points east of Missouri, but its theocratic government keeps it back. Nevertheless, the Mormon people, young and old, came forward and paid their tithes to the Church, manifesting unbounded faith in its truth and divine mission. The Mormons are making great headway in the Southern States. Mormonisra is the question of the future in America.” The Nelson Licensing Bench have reduced all 12 o’clock licenses to 11 o’clock.

The Abingdon Herald of April 7, devotes a couple of columns to noticing the virtues of Alderman Edwin Payne, the Mayor of the town, whose sudden death' was the cause of much surprise and.grief to the residents. The deceased gentleman; was 67 years of age, but until four days of his death appeared to he well and hearty, Mr Payne was a mill-owner, as his father had been before him, and it will be seen that his son at Kakaramea,; although in a far off land, is following the same trade as his forefathers did. ; Asad occurrence on board the steamship Roma, while at Thursday Island, is related by the Cooktown Herald. Whilst the vessel was off Thursday Island an immigrant named Chester, who had, been acting as hospital assistant for Dr Dunkloy, went on board the steamer Catteriliun,; then lying on the other side of the hulk,; and procured from the surgeon of that vessel about 2oz of pure carbolic acid, which he gave to a man named Shepherd. The latter put the bottle in his trousers pocket and adjourned with Cowling to the single men’s bathroom, where Shepherd handed the bottle to Cowling, who tasted the contents and returned the flask to Shepherd, who drank all that remained. Cowling at once went to the surgeon, who; applied the stomach pump to both men, but in vain. Shepherd died in half an hour, and Cowling in about an homy after; their fatal nobblers.