NEWS OF THE DAY:

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1076, 22 August 1883, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY:

The" nominations for the Mayoralty closed to-da}’-, Messrs R. A. Adams, proposed .by Mr Currie, seconded by Mr Aitcbision, and Mr S. Taplin; by Mr Doncghue, seconded by Mr Slattery, being the" candidates. The poll will be taken on Wednesday, September 5. TheWaverley arrived from Wellington this-morning. She leaves for Nelson tomorrow. The opening of .the Railway has now been definitely fixed for Tuesday next. Preparations for the festivities are being pushed on, and from what we can learn are likely to prove successful. The halls have been engaged for the luncheon and ball, the Mayor has declared a holiday in honour of the occasion. The Banks will also be closed, and all that appears to be necessary for an enjoyable clay is : fine weather. News by the mail will bo found upon our fourth page. “ Quartzopolis ■”[ has a notice to the sporting public in another column. Mr Smith has succeeded in turning out some very fair samples of salt glazed pipes. Improvements are now being effected in the kiln, and it is expected that the next “ burn ” will show that local pipes can be made superior to the imported ones. The petition for the railway siding at Wavcrley Racecourse has been taken to Wellington by Mr C F Barker, who will hand it to Mr Hutchison. The final Assembly Ball for the season will be held to-morrow evening. Mr Jackson’s Wavcrley sale will take place on Friday. Lola Montes advertises a grand Consultation on the Melbourne and New Zealand Cups. Messrs Nolan, Tonks, and Co. hold their Hawera.Sale to-morrow, at 1 p.m. The Hawera Twinhler has a funny little paragraph anent , our explanation why more shares in the Moat Company were not taken up at the first meeting. He says : “ But, seeing the Mail explains the smallness of the subscriptions by stating that the real truth is that b}' an oversight the matter was overlooked until the meeting had broken up and only a few gentlemen could be got hold of, we venture to doubt whether our information is not at least as tmstworthy as his.” Our friend is slightly mixed-in the latter part. He is, we are glad to see, venturing to doubt his own information which we once more assure him was incorrect; Had he published a Press Association telegram that: was sent him on Monday stating that nearly 600. shares had been taken up, bis “ doubts” would probably have been, dispelled altogether. If our contemporary cannot understand this little matter, it must bo because his head is too THICK.

If Professor Sample or his worthy pupil, Mr Pettit, had been in the vicinity of Patca Hill last evening they would have witnessed a, sight that would have convinced them that there was at least one horse in the district that had no need of their services to reduce him to a state of docility. Proceeding up the hill in company with his father w?s a small: boy mounted upon a steed of somewhat ancient, but undeniably respectable appearance. The united efforts of the small boy, assisted ’by a dog‘ that accompanied the party were fruitless in inchicing the “ fiery untamed” to alter his pace, which was-a gallop at the rate of about two miles an hour. The assistance of the dog, however, was questionable inasmuch as he hung on with his teeth to the' horse’s tail and was towed along comfortably. When he lot go, which ho did occasionally, he took a few snap shots at the animal’s heels and then resumed his position at the tail. But the “ noble steed” treated all his demonstrations with loft}' disdain, and pursued the even tenor of his way without varying his pace one iota. Mr Costley, whose bequest to the Auckland charities has caused so much difference of opinion, is said to have a relative ' living at Homo. This is a brother who resides in Bolton, is 75 years of age, and past.work. He is now taking stops, according to a London contemporary, to prove his relationship to his more fortunate brother, with whom ho ! has had no communication since (bey left j Ireland. 1

The meeting of gentlemen interested, in the formation of a Bowling Club in Patea, which was to have taken place last even-ing,-was adjourned (ill Saturday-evening next/ias only a few attended at ■ the" time appointed. : ■ An information which was laid by the Sheep Inspector against .Mr|A Howie, of Waverley, for, a.Jbreacli of the Sheep Act, by driving infected/ sheep- along a- high-, way , was ’ dismissed at the R.M. Court yesterday. The seizure of beer at Manutahi is explained by the Star thus ; —The simple facts are that Mr Ward sent this particlar cask, duly stamped, to a customer in Patea,' who, ’ IVdving tapped‘ it,' Thereby destroying ,tho stainp,.and finding .it notsufficiently good for his trade, re-ebrked it and sept it back.to Haw.cra.by Mr Ward’s dray. Whilst the carter was at Manutahi, on his way back, he had an opportunity to sell the beer to.the natives, and did sell it, getting the money atiOnce;Mr Ward says he is able tpyprpyhbej’tfrid-aIK -question that (he beer was stamped when it left bis premises, although it is very probable that, the stamp .may have been almost or quite 1 destroyed during the passage of the cask to Patea and back. ... In a private letter to a gentleman in town Mr Mace gives his experiences over in Nelson. He . writes Touching our. .friend Dale: !• have suffered no small amount of indignity.on his behalf this last day or two. On Tuesday there, came along a pretty old-fashioned looking chap and asked me my name. Knowing noreason why I should not tell him, as heretofore I have had nothing to be ashamed to own in connection with it,.l told him like a man. Whereupon lie declared me a prisoner of Her Most ■Gracious" Majesty, and insisted upon me going at once to Nelson with him. At first I felt like knocking the old chap down, but upon a second consideration I thought T had better not for fear he might do the same for me, so Basset and I went down, and of course he led mo, or kept so close to me that ! fell that all the respectable people passing to and fro will think I am one. of the Irish Inyincibles or informers,, and I almost longed to reach the prison to get within. theipre.cints of its walls to hide my shame.. I should have liked to have dropped across my considerate friend for whoml-stood as a sort of propitiatory. 1 think I should have broke my bonds, struck down my guard, gained access to the most vital part of his unmanly carcase, and ushered him into a future state of-being to await iny arrival. Howev.er, I managed ,to get hack to my business after 24 hours’ incarceration and much humility. It is all over now, and, as Bob Burns says, so can Odgers and I say, ‘ Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless milho-is mourn.’ ” In the House yesterday, Mr Levestam asked “if 'Government are taking any steps to arrest Dale, who recently , absconded i from Taranaki, and/ for whose appearance two gentleman gave bond to the a.moiint'of £250 each ; and further, did the bondsmen offer to pay any penses which Government might incur hi arresting the said Dale when within reach—near Melbourne—and if so,, did Government take any action in the matter ; and if not, why not ?” The reply was that every possible step had been taken .to secure Dale’s arrest in Australia, and that the bondsmen had offered to pay the expenses.

Says last night’s Herald : —There is some little anxiety in town about the non ai’rival of the steamer Oreti and the ketch Annie. The former left Oamaru for Wanganui on Wednesday last, and the latter left a week previously, and neither has been heard of since. The Annie had a full cargo of grassseed and potatoes consigned to Mr James Laird, and the Oreti had also a consignment for the same gentleman. According to the Star some one has been hoaxing the Maori landlords on the Plains. They have been told —and apparently believe -—that Mr Mackay, the reserves trustee, has received the-money to pay their rents, but has “ bolted,” and that the Government cannot yet catch him ; hence the delay in payment of the rent, An entirely new and novel feature ia being introduced into some of the schools in Canada—the establishment of a system of trade and finance among the scholars. They are encouraged to earn money in every possible honest way, by doing work, o.r selling any marketable article, and have a bank for their, own management. The object is to teach the value of money and the importance of thrift. The scholars take kindly to the scheme, and even manifest increased dilligence in their other work, it is said. The question sa, do children require to bo taught the importance of money making nowadays ? There is a possibility of canying this new idea too far, but a .‘judicious teacher can give valuable suggestions to his pupils in matters of this description, .