The Patea Mail. Established 1875. FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1883. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1077, 24 August 1883, Page 2

The Patea Mail. Established 1875. FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1883. NEWS OF THE DAY.

There was one very youthful sailor on board the Waverley during her trip down to the bar yesterday. Mrs Hinds, who has been visiting her parents here for some months past, started yesterday on her return journey to India, with her little boy, who was just seven days old. But Captain Gibbons thought it was too rough for the ship as well as for the youngest hand on board, and Master Hinds will not now start on the voyage of life until the weather moderates a little. We are informed that a party of ladies and gentlemen are preparing a dramatic 1 performance which is likely to be well patronised, and the proceeds of which are intended to be devoted to the benefit of the Hospital. The advertisement of.the salo-nfJeasea on September ‘6 has been withdrawn for the present. The reason is that a bill is before Parliament, which, if passed, will enable the Public Trustee to grant leases for a tenure of thirty years instead of twenty-one years. So soon as the Bill! has has been disposed of, fresh tenders will be invited, and ample time will be allowed intending tenderers to forward their offers. The Taranaki Jockey Club have issued the programme for their spring meeting on November 9. There are seven events, the principal being the Spring Handicap, If miles, 126 sovs, and the Flying Handicap of 75 sovs, 1 mile. A heavy hailstorm passed over town at half-past twelve 10-day. The Waverley made a start for Wellington yesterday, but did not go out owing to the rough weather. The following passengers were on hoard : —Mrs Hinds and two nurses and two children, Mrs Holmes and five children, Mrs Klink, Mrs Payton and children, Mr Northover, Misses Murphy (two), Mr and Mrs Bassett and two children. According to the Star, a disgraceful piece of larrikiniara was perpetrated in Hawera on Tuesday night. Mr Pritchard, chemist, had tied his horse up to the verandah post about nine o’clock in the evening, and on going out to where he left the horse, after closing his shop, found the saddle in the gutter, the leather girth having been cutthrongh with a knife, 'the horse and bridle were gone, and have not j T et been recovered. The matter is in the hands of the police. Applications for shares in the West Coast Meat and Produce Export Company are coming in. Amongst the latest received is one from the Hon. Major Atkinson who has applied for twenty shares. A public meeting is to he held at Hawera to-night to discuss railway matters. The intention is to urge upon the Government the necessity of at once calling for tenders to complete the line from Hawera to Manawapou. The vote has now been passed and therefore Government has no excuse for not going on with the work. We direct the attention of settlers to the sale at Mr Wallace’s farm, Wiiakamara, which will ho held by Mr F K Jackson to-morrow. Sale commences at one o’clock, and there are some very good lots to bo offered. Interesting reading matter will he found on our fourth page, A public meeting will he held on St. James’ Hall this evening to receive and consider the report of the Hospital Committee. At the present time £125 have been promised in addition to the £SO voted by the Borough Council. It is expected that the County Council will contribute LSO, and the Committee think that with other revenue, such as Hospital Sunday, Concerts, &c„ they can rely upon receiving about L 250 per annum. Government will no doubt make no difficulty in finding the rest of the money required, Mr Milroy has resigned from the Committee. The last San Francisco mail brought a large quantity of neatly done up packages bearing the Glasgow post-mark, and addressed to well-known residents _ here. Many of these had had no communication with Home for a long time, and visions of remittances from loug-forgotten relatives were amongst the pleasing thoughts called up by the receipt of their parcels. But hope in this direction was quickly dashed when the packages were opened and found to contain—copies of Spurgeon s sermons. Amongst some of the hotels and stores just now there are bargains in the way of sermons to be had cheap.

The Wanganui Dairy Factory Company lias decided to accept the offer of Mr Bowron of a plant now on the way out from Home. A start will be made with the factory building immediately. The first portion of the frozen meat by the Chimborazo has been sold at London for 6£d per lb. Tuesday next will probably be observed as a public holiday in Hawera, and if so we may expect a good many of our Northern friends to be here at the opening of the line. Increasing irritation is being manifested in England with regard to the Anglo French difficulty in Madagascar, and the reticence of the Govcnmvnt on the subject, is being warmly attacked in political and other circles. The London wool sales opened on August 21. The attendance was large, but the prices realised were generally one half penny lower than the closing rates of the Juno sale. Faulty and low crossbreds suffered most. Tho Wanganui A. and P. Association has decided not to wind up,' but, instead, to sue members who arc twelve months in anear with llieir subscriptions. Members of the Palea Society please note. The Affirmations and Dedal at ions Bill fins been read a third time in the House. Division—49 for, 10 against. That, useful local institution, the Hawera Mercantile Union lias been devoting some consideration to tho question of lighting the town. Electricity has been discarded in favour of gas, and it has been resolved to ask the Borough Council to lake the necessary steps for starting the Works. There was a short debate in the House on Wednesday over tho second reading of the West Coast Peace Observance Act Continuance Bill. Some members thought that the Bill was unnecessary, hut Mr Bryce said that efforts were still occasionally made to hold meetings at Parihaka, and spoke strongly as to the necessity of preventing their resumption. The second reading was carried by 36 to 12. The infant daughter of a butcher named Reeves was run over by- a bus at Auckland and killed. Unemployed meetings are being held in Dunedin. The Mayor has 'made a representation to Government upon the subject. The Bankruptcy Bill has been read a third time in the Council and passed. Government do not intend to proceed with the Impounding Bill this session, or to introduce a Hospital and Charitable Aid Bill. There was only one creditor in attendance at tbe adjourned meeting of Mr R. Jacomb’s creditors on Wednesday. Tbe Egmont Cowrie?’, the newspaper to be published at Opunake, will make its appearance on September 1. The Taranaki Acclimatisation Society has granted LlO to the Bell Block Farmers Club and L 5 to the Moa Farmers Club towards exterminating the small birds. This pest of farmers will make itself felt severely in this district before long, andMt ought to bo dealt with before it has grown too strong. One hundred people have .been killed by a tornado which has just passed over tho American Continent.