The Patea Mail. Established 1875. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1883. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1079, 29 August 1883, Page 2

The Patea Mail. Established 1875. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1883. NEWS OF THE DAY.

The football match between Patca and Wanganui, came off on the Recreation Reserve at tlio la.l tor place yesterday .*.The following composed the Patoa team t- 1 Tonks and Paterson, full-"backs,-■ Carey, W. Kitcliing; and Sergeant, half-backs W. Locker and Hyams, quarter-backs ; Adamson (3), Sim, Howie, Powell, Locker, and Harden ; J, Adamson,- (captain)/The game which was played in four spells of fifteen minutes, each exhibited no points of special mention; and resulted in a victory for Wanganui by two tries to nothing. The inquest oh the body of the fireman John Henderson who was shot on a train near Wairuna on the 23rd inst, took place at Clinton on Monday. The engine driver, Peter Dunn, deposed to the circumstances attending the case, and Detective Henderson to the arresting of James and Alexander Hoy for the shooting of the deceased, and of their brother John as being an accessory. After a deliberation of nearly an hour the jury returned a verdict tantamount to manslaughter against the two.lads-Japms afid Alexander Roy, and they -were bound over in two .sureties of £260 each, To appear before the local 'Resident''Magistrate to-day. Wo bear that a paper in connection with the Patea Debating Society is to bo published: on the 6th September.: The paper will bo of a critical, satirical; and amusing nature. The N.Z. Shipping Company’s ship Wairoa from London arrived at Wellington this morning after a passage of 101 days. A sharp, shock of earthquake was experienced at ten minutes 'past four this morning. The steamers Napier and Waverley sailed about 5 half-past six this morning, the former for Welliogton direct, the latter for Nelson and Wellington. The NortherWairoa Gazette says :■ — “ A gentleman from India who lias great experience in tc?. planting, and who possesses large capital, is about taking a trip to see the land in the Kaihu Valley with a .view of its adaptability for tea raising. Should ho succeed in getting a suitable site, he proposes to utilise coolie labours in its production. That tea can ho grown in this North Auckland climate is a fact established beyond a doubt. Hitherto, the labor and cost of its manufacture ..has been its objection, but if coolie -or other cheap labor can ho introduced, there is no doubt that a wide .field for capital and enterprise, will'ho opened up, and the many thousands of acres of good land lying idle in the.sunny north .will yield a rich return- of revenues to its owners.” At Greymouth yesterday a woman named Mrs Peebles tried to bang herself in the lockup by a handkerchief tied to the bar of her cell ventilator. Who was purple in the face when cut down. Unpleasantness with her friends .she alleged was the cause,, and she expressed regret for what she did, She was committed for trial at the Supreme Court. A curious case was decided in the House of Lords recently. It- appears that a number of shares of a company were fully paid up, whilst others wore paid up 5s only, the value of the shares being £l. The articles of association directed that dividends should be paid to the members in proportion to their shares. The Scotch Court decided thnl the shareholders must participate equally in the dividends without regard to the amount paid up, and llie House of L 'lds unanimously upheld this decision.

Mr Woiss, we notice, is prepared to open evening classes in Waverley, in answer to, a demand which he has been informed exists there.

, A commission has i.een sent by Japan to give a report of the influence of Christianity upon morals in England. After 18 months of life the decision was that Christianity had less restraint over crime, and especially drunkenness, than Buddhism or the religion of fehinto, so the public religion of Japan will remain unchanged,

Lord Shaftesbury says that not two per cent of the working classes of England attend any church service. The Wharcama correspondent of the Wadraraj/a Star, writing on Friday, says “ The mainmast apparently of a steamer was washed ashore on the Wairongo beach. The mast is 7G feet long, and had some pf the rigging attached. Near the same spot part of a boat and two ash oars were also found but no name.”

The Premier slipped on the floor of the Legislative Council on Thursday night and fell ; but fortunately sustained no injury though he had a narrow escape from falling against one of the tables. The 1 Vairarapa Standard calls the attention of the authorities to iho horrible manner in which a dog was done to death a few days ago on the train between Kaitoke and the Upper Hutt. A passenger having a dog wiln him joined the train at Kaitoke., The guard told him tint he must book the dog and have it put in the dog-box. The man- would not do this. While the attention of the guard was called to something else,the man got a piece of rope,- and creeping under the guard’s van, tied the dog to some of the ironwork ol: the carriage—the rope being attached to the dog’s collar, and giving him room to move about. The train started, and at once there were heard howls of agony; but nobody could make out where they came from, as the man had not been seen to tie the dog under the van. At the Upper Hutt a search was made to ascertain the cause of the howling, and there was found attached to the under part,of (he guard’s van a piece of rope, a dog collar, and some part-of the mangled remains of a dog, squeezed into a mass of hair, pulp, and blood. The poor dog tried to keep, up with the train while it was at speed, but. being tied up, was knocked in and out of culverts and against bridges till ho was battered into, a shapeless mass. •

The Homo papers to hand by the mail give ; lengthy accounts of the special excursion from Holyhead to Ghfivesend, made by the New. Zealand Shipping Company’s chartered steamer Doric, with a distinguished company on board. The size and beauty of the ship arc referred to in terms of enthusiastic praise, and she is pronounced “ a perfect specimen'of what may be done for the comfort of each class of passengers.” The'run was 600 mi'es, which .was done, under, easy steam, in 47 hours. Among, the guests wero the Duke of Sutherland, the Bishop of Newcastle, 1 Admiral Dent, and other notabilities.

A gentleman now on a visit to England, sends the following interesting particulars as to his Homeward Translantic passage —“ We bad to wait 15 days- at Now York before : we . could get berths, all tin* steamers being so full. Wo. came across in the Fulda; a new steamer belonging, to the North Ge man Lloyd’s line. Sbe is 6200 tons, 460 feet in length, and consumption of coal about 120 tons for. 24 hours. Splendid accomodation for passengers, a capita! table. A band of nine performers played every morning for an hour, and during dinner, from 5 to halfpast 6. It, was very enjoyable. Our lowest day’s run was 390 miles, and onr two highest 403 ami 400. We reached Southampton, 3190' miles, in eight days. This is something like travelling, coir sidcring that wc had very foggy weather after leaving New York, which necessitated our going slow at tiiries.