NEWS OF THE DAY

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1102, 22 October 1883, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

Wo notice that 'Captain Tapi in has beenawarded the New Zealand war medal for services rendered during the Native war of 1868 at the attack on (lie Wereroa redoubt, lie being one of the defenders when that place was unsuccessfully assaulted by Titokowaru.

Programmes for the forthcoming Agricultural Show may now bo obtained from Mr Eyton, (he Secretary of the Society.

The river was in heavy fresh on Saturday and Sunday. The water was still great I}’ discoloured this morning. Messrs B'yley and Mitchell lirvo been nominated far a vacancy on tlio Manaia Town Board.

A special meeting of the.Paten Domain Board look place bn Thursday last to consider C. F. Barker’s lease. The chairman (Mr Tnplin), Messrs Tenncnt, and Horner were present. The authority from the Government to deal with this matter having been road, it was resolved that the Chairman take steps to re enter and determine the lease, also to take the necessary steps to re-leasc. The 'sittings of the Supremo Court at Wanganui will lake place to-morrow-' Among oilier'cases set down for hearing is that of Joseph Gildon, committed for arson of a stack at Waverlcy. Passengers by the evening train from* Wanganui on Saturday evening experienced a considerable fright. It appears that at one point of the line known as Wilson’s cutting, a slip, which blocked up the gutter, took place. ’ The result was (hat the .water ovei flowed the rails arid washed away some of the ballast from underneath .-.the sleepers. On the train going, across the part of the line in question the rails sank down and caused,n concussion so violent that nearly all the passengers wore thrown from their seats. The damage was. quickly rectified, and the morning train proceeded to Wanganui as usual to-day. The Taupiri coal mine at Auckland has narrowly escaped flooding. The miners were close to the surface approaching the lake, when the ground broke and.the water burst into the workings. The men rushed Out precipitately. Mr William Derritt, who left' for the Old Country, a short while back by the lonic, arrived in London on dept,4, and when the mail left was staying near Horsham, Sussex. A case of supposed murder occurred at Lyttelton on Saturday night, when a boat man named Durham was found strangled in his hpuae. A man named Angus, withwhom the deceased had been living has been arrested on a charge of committing the

crime. It is understood that Mr Bryce will again visit Kawbia within a few days. The net proceeds of the bazaar held at Wellington in aid of the Convent was £B7O. The chess tournament with living pieces, however, proved a loss. Nominations for the Wellington Spring Meeting close this evening. At a mooting of butchers held in Christchurch on Thursday night it was resolved to raise the price of mutton by one penny per pound. The s.s. lonic arrived at the (Jape of Good Hope on the 16th inst en route for Wellington. The Irishmen of Christchurch presented the Messrs Redmond with an address on Friday last. The New Zealand Shipping Company have received a cablegram that their new steamship Tongariro lias left the Clyde for London. On her trial trip which took place on October ,17th, she averaged 14.6 knots, and has a seagoing speed of not less than 13 knots. Her gross register is 4615 tons. She will leave London for Port (Jbaimers or Lj’ttelton this month.

The Otago Daily Times of September 27 has the following.* “ The following address from a number of parishonbrs has been presented to the Rev, Llyod Keating by residents in the North-East Valley on the eve. of his departure for Auckland. Mr. Keating has succeeded in erecting a very creditable church in the Valley during his short stay of one year in Dunedin, and leaves the Valley, we are informed, simply because the Anglican population is small :— ‘ Roy. and Dear Sir, Wo learn with regret that you intend shortly to sever your connection with the North-East Valley district. Though we fully recognise the difficulties with which you have had to contend,during the short time you have been in Dunedin, your success has•been evident, and should influence you, wc think, to remain. ' In a district where the Church : of England community is neither • wealthy nor numerous, your energy has resulted already in the erection of a commodious church and the formation of a large Sunday-school. Wo should be sorry to see the district, the congregation, and the school revert to the condition in which yon found them. The injury which must ensue upon your departure to the good works which yon have begun, and in addition to our esteem for youtself, and the goodwill which is felt towards you bymembers of other denominations, are the reasons which prompt us to ask you to cast in your lot with us and remain in the Valley.

Mr John Road writes to the Chairman of the Oamaru Harbour Board that he has chartered the steamer Delhi, of 2000 tons, to make six voyages from Oamaru and Port Chalmers to London, and he urges the Board to bo prepared to receive her. The steamer Do|hi, which was formerly a Peninsular and OiientaJ boat, has been fitted up with new engines and boiler. She will have refrigerating machinery and be capable of carrying about 24,000 carcases of sheep each voyage. She is to commence loading her first cargo in February next; It is anticipated that a berth will to ready for the Delhi by that time, and that, the Oamaru Freezing Company will be (hen in operation.