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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume I, Issue 14, 11 March 1890, Page 2

It is with great pleasure we draw attention to the announcement that Mr Maccabe, of world-wide fame, and Mddle. Minnia will appear at the Town Hall, Havelock, on Friday. It is seldom the settlers of this district are afforded the opportunity of seeing such a high class entertainment, and we fully anticipate the Town Hall will be crowded on the occasion. We have known people who saw Mr Maccabe in England ride a distance of fifty miles for the purpose of seeing him again on his arrival in the colony. Mr Maccabe possesses a wonderful grasp of human nature, and he has the ability to portray it in such a humorous and natural manner that one and all are bound to be amused. He is assisted by Mddle. Minnia, whose dancing is simply perfect, and those who wish to see the Highland Fling as it should be danced should not miss going to the Town Hall on Friday next. Cricketers are reminded of the match with Wairau on Monday next. A meeting to make arrangements will be he'd at Reader's Masonic Hotel on Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. sharp. Mr R. Rush gave an entertainment in the Town Hall on Friday last, and was fairly well patronised. The first part consisted of some excellent views of Scotland shown by a magic lantern. After a short interval Mr Rush gave an interesting and instructive lecture on "heads and faces," and proved himself to be well acquainted with the subject. We notice that Mr George Fisher, M.H.R., has been writing to a friend in Auckland expressing his views on the present political situation. He favours the establishment of a party on purely democratic principles, and we presume Mr Fisher is to be the leader qf that party, although he does not say so. How often are we to hear that old old tale djshed up in every conceivable form and on every possible occasion. We had a sad experience of the so-called Liberal Party some years ago, and we have no doubt this talked of democratic party would end in the same great talking and very little doing as that did. An advertisement of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, Limited, appears in to-day's issue. The progress of this Society has been most remarkable, but to quote from the European Mail, " this is in no way surprismg to those who know the solidity of the basis on which the Society stands, and the extraordinary advantages it offers to insurers." The principles of the Society are as liberal as they are sound, and as comprehensive as they are liberal. The Society has a powerful directorate in this polony and in Australia, and in its organisation has complete within, itself the true principles of federation, We quote again from the Mining News (N. K.), "There is no question as to the absolute security that the Colonial Mutual offer its policy holders, and the bonuses it makes are large and liberal. On the whole there cannot be a better investment in this world than one of its policies." Mr W. T. Erskine has been appointed local agent for Havelock. Hammond, who, was notoriously connected witn the West End scandal, and who subsequently fled to New York, j threatens to make a sensational confession. I

The s.s. Waitapu, Captain Westrupp, left Wellington at two o'clock on Sunday afternoon and arrived at Havelock yesterday morning' at nine o'clock. She sailed again soon after for Picton, and from thence she will proceed to Nelson.' This steamer is becoming a great convenience to the settlers'in 'this' disfajut, and we hope it will not' be long before sufficient inducement is offered for her to make more frequent trips between this port and Wellington,

A slight shock of earthquake was felt here on Friday at 5.85 p.m.

The Glencairn sailed from Blackball on Sunday with 40,000 feet of timber for Lyttelton. On Saturday last we paid a visit to the first section of the contract for gravelling the Rai Valley road. About one mile and a half out of the seven has been finished, the contractor is evidently making up for lost time, sometimes having as many as seven teams on the move.

At the Supreme Court, Nelson, the breach of promise case of Mills v. Hyams, the plaintiff being a servant girl, and the defendant a clerk in Hayman & Co.'s, merchants, Wellington, was heard on Saturday. The cross-examination of the plaintiff caused much amusement. The jury just retired and returned a verdict of £l5O. Costs were allowed on the lowest scale.

Harry Goodman leaves Dunedin for Sydney next month with Belvidere and Blizzard, both of which are entered for the principal events at Randwick.

We direct attention to an advertisement in another column convening a meeting of those interested in developing the mineral resources of the district. The meeting will be held in the large room of the Commercial 'Hotel on Thursday evening. The object is a good one, and if carried out energetically may be the means of benefitting the district very materially. Owing to pressure on our space by a large number of new advertisements we are..compelled to hold over a quantity of interesting reading matter.

A dance will be held in the Town Hall to-night. Dancing will commence at eight o'clock. The house turned down at Kaituna was occupied by Mr David Watson. Neither house nor furniture was insured, and as very little was saved Mr Watson,is "a considerable loser, particularly "as he had only just started in the farming line.

A Maori woman has been discovered in Canvastown\in a terrible state from disease and negleot. Messrs Rutland and Mills, members of the Charitable Aid Board, directed Dr Chilton to proceed to Canvastown to visit the woman. It is not a oase that could be admitted to the hospital. Dr Chilton hopes to get a woman from the pah to nurse her.

A very good story is told of Maccabe, the great ventriloquist, who will visit Hrvelock next Friday; He was a' passenger one cold day on board one of the river steamers plying on the Eiver Thames at London, and to while away the time leaned against the skylight gazing at the engines bobbing up and down, when by-and-bye the engine began to squeak, the engineer climbed up and oiled the crank; a little while after it squeaked again, when the oiling prqcess was again gone through. This was repeated several tinges, to the annoyance and bewilderment of the poor engineer, when a louder squeak than before caused him to climb high up, and he then sharply poured a considerable quantity of oil downMaccabe's neck with the remark, reckon it won't squeak any more." It didn't.