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Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 7, 2 July 1886, Page 2

Last week the cutter Hannah was capiized off the coast of the Middle Island near Havelock. The crew got ashore in the boat.

The sculling match between George Bubear, of England, and Christian Nelsou, of Australia, on the Brd June, over tho Thames championship course, was won by Bubear by two lengths. The match was for £IOO a side.

Messrs Gibbs and Briggs advertise for land.

Mr Whitmore's first hatch of bread wan delivered yesterday, and both externally and internally was all that could be desired. A month ago we were dependant upon supplies from Woodviile; now we can return tho compliment. Some time ago the Chairman of the rahiatua-Buketoi Special Settlement Aeeociation applied to the Survey Department for tracings of the block, to which the Commissioner has just replied that they will be forwarded os soon as time can be found to attend to the matter.

Tho hot springs at big Wanganui ltiver, 40 miles south of Hokitika, have risen to a boiling ]>oint, and greatly increased in number.

Tho fire mania has again broken out at Auckland, and during the past week six or sevan have taken place. A man and his wife havo been arrested on suspicion of being the authors of one which took place on Tuesday.

Elsewhere will be found an advertisewent from Mr John Webb, who we might state is one of the successful applicants in the Paliiatua Village hettleweul. We remind the members of the Pahiatua Hiding Committee of the meeting at the Hoad Board office to mom w evening. The Napier Telegraph says it has received a batch of papers by the last mail addressed, " Daily Telegrah Office, Nopier, New South Wales." Tho charge of murder against William Howland commenced at Gisborne on Monday. Tin jury wire locked up all night, and being unable to agree in their verdiet were discharged. A new trial was ordered. Various stories are told of the census returns, but the Masterion man who wrote under “ thrashing machines," •• mv wife," takun the (mini os yeC We direct attention to an advertisement iimi. Mr McKenrje elsewhere.

Mr Ihdii advertises two brak<M and hanie«ffir sale. _ Mr Mdiis. »hd-tuis been absent from ralnatjaa week in connection with the sale of bis Matajwi business, returned vestepfcy, bringing Mr* l’-imie and family. Tho utrownr wt Maloiwi took poHseneion Qn Friday last. A tenßoes jthenoniea* was observable in Pobiams lost night. Verson* walking about appeared when at a little distance to be giants in stature, and the only reason to be assigned for the sudden growth of the human race was that a dense fog was rising. The time for receiving tenders for building, painting and papering fias been extended by Mr Crewe to Monday. The new telegraph forms were issued at tho Paliiatua Post Office yesterday, and we congratulate the Government Printer on the production of a very superior article to that hitherto in use. Thero should be no swearing now, as there is no danger of the pen going through the paper at everv letter. Old forms are now useless, for which we should all be truly thankful. Austria and Germany have sent communications to Russia warning her against taking independent action in regard to Bulgaria.

Mount Etna was in eruption on May 22nd. Earthquake shocks were frequent, and the inhabitants had fled from Meolosi, near Catania, before streams of molten lava.

The Ixmdon correspondent of the Duneden Star says that in political circles in London the name of Bir William Hart Dyke is mentioned as a probable successor of Sir W. F. Jervois as Governor of New Zealand.

The break up of the drought in Adelaide, and the news of the increase of the price of wool, ha* caused commercial excitenient throughout the colony. Tho aspect of affairs is considered more hopeful.

Referring to the destruction of the Terraces at Rotomahann, a Napier paper says : —“ Human lives can be replaced, houses built, but those famous terraces cannot be restored ” The Felican, a vessel of C 9 tons, timber laden, has been washed ashore at Wftitotara beach. All hands supposed to be lost. No doubt this is one of the casuaiities caused by the fierce gale laßt week. A late cablegram from London states that the writs for the general election have been issued, and Parliament is summoned to meet on the sth of August. It is generally expected that the elections will result in tho material strengthening of Mr Gladstone's party, and that a majority will be returned to the House of Commons pledged to support the Irish policy of tho Liberal leader.

A largo mass of roughs interfered with a Unionist meeting which was being held at Islington on Monday, and violence was used against tho Duke of Norfolk and Mr Llewellyn, a candidate. Tho shook to tho system of the latter gentleman was so great that he has died from its effect. The Dunedin City Council have settled Mr Irwin’R claim, arising from the death of his wife from the blasting accident, for kl6oo. Some new claims are understood to have srisen.

A complaint hits reached us that the committee appointed by the members of the Paliiatua-Puketoi Association to secure a boat for the Tiranmoa, have not carried out their instructions. Possibly the members of tho committee reside on tile Pahiatua side of the river, otherwise they would no doubt have attended to the matter oro this. It is stated thnt during the very wet weather last week, many settlers were prevented from crossing owing to the flood, and in some cases articles of food were urgently needed. Wo trust tho committee will at once do something.

Iu Committee of Supply on Tumlay, the renewal of deficiency hills to the extent of .£375,000 was authorised.

A meeting of those interested in the formation of a town band was held in Mr Miller's shop on Tuesday evening, about fourteen person’s being present. It was agreed to form a brass band, of nine instruments in the meantime, and Messrs Shelboume, Wilson, and Robinson were appointed a committee to ascertain the cost of instruments and terms of payment. It was also decided to give a minstrel entertainment in about six weeks in aid of the funds, Messrs Wainwright, Robinson, Elliot, and McGuinesa being entrusted with the management.

Mr Wakemau, who takes a groat interest in the stocking of our rivers with serviceable fish, ha* received a letter from a prominent member of the Masterton Acclimatisation Society, from which we extract the following :—“ I have been to Wainui collecting ova. I got a nice lot —about 10,000. We shall have a large quantity here, and hope to bo able to spare yon a nice lot of fry in the spring." From enquiries we learn that all the rivers in the district are most suitable for salmon trout and other fish which have been introduced into the colony, and we hope steps will be taken to benefit from the kindness of the Masterton Association. It is only fnir to mention that, the Association is not financially in a very good position, and would be glad of any assistance, so that if any here feel disposed to assist, Mr Wakemau (who by tho way is a member) will undertake to forward the amount to Masterton. It cannot be denied tliat in time the culture of ftsli will be a source of great pleasure_and profit to the country, and the sooner we set about stocking our rivers the better.

Speaking in committee on the Local Bodies Loans Bill, Mr Montgomery said Major Atkinson's attitude now os leader of the Opposition was vory different from that he used to take up when he was leader of the House with a good majority at his back. Then, he was a brave man; now, with the Colonial Treasurer to come after him, he was just as wild.

Both the North and South trains between Dunedin and Invercargill were delayed on Monday between Waipahi and Pukerau, where nine miles of the line was more or less covered with water. The train for Dunedin left the rails, but no one was injured.

In the House on Tuaday Mr Johnston asked the following questions: —1. W hat ha* been the result of the Government telegram to the Agent-General on the subject of New Zealand tinned meats ? 2. If Government will take steps ui the di recliou of obtaining permission lor the contractors for the supply of frisdi meat t« the Imperial troops ui England to supply New Zealand mutton ? The Premier said he communicated with the Agent-

General on the matier in July lasi, and hod not received an answer. He would again bring the matter before him, especially the second |>*« of the question.

1 Thar.- was a heavy fall ufsor>" -A. rough>ut Ifarlborongh «u i.ifoy night last, ovwfng tii# stf-et* in UiroiH iin wml Pinion, ant Hunr inches deep on Dm terronnding inUa. No such occurreno* u r. rordwl 111 Maribotwogh -kßcelHtjO.’ Tt* anow waa tallow.-i by h. avj^tun. Mr Jama* Tt aider l’.aMbroafc thb4 masterof tk* W-llaagtcii (V!!eg*/|)few|he left side or hi* fn«* away un Morning with a rifle, death being listen tanoous. At the inquest, the J’lfAli' turned a verdict that deceased allot hiiWflM while in a state of insanity caused bv overwork. The anticipations expressed by Fir Jaime Vogel in the Financial Htatement as to an early and sharp rally of price in the woo! market have been ventied (says a Wellington paper) ui the moot striking manner. The rise which has talced place i* a very marked one, and is likely, apparently, to be maintained, if not increased. Its inijiortance to this colony will be nnderatood when we say that every penny per lb. for wool represents upwards of £300,000 to our colonial flock owners.

Governor Cleveland. President of the United States, and Mias Francis Pol so me were married at the White House, Washington, o.i June 2nd. The young lady was the President’s ward, and is about 22 years of age, whilo he is 49, The ceremony was quiet and unostentatious. Queen Victoria sent a message of congratulation.

The Taranaki Budget says:—“ Amongst our exchanges we find a new candidate for public favor which has been started by a ‘ New Plymouth boy’ in a town somewhere on the East Coast of this island. The name of the paper is tho l'ahiatuu Star and Lkctnhuna Advertiser, and is 1 printed and published at the registered office of tliis paper, by Alexander Block, Main Road, Pahiatua.' We must acknowledge that till we saw the paper we were not aware that there was a town in New Zealand bearing the euphonious title of Pahiatua. But we find it a place of some importune*, for it boasts of a Parliamentary Union.” We frankly forgive onr contemporary for calling us •* A New Plymouth boy,” but to plead ignorance of such an important township as Pnhiatua is an admission we wore hardly prepared for, and we find it hard to overlook such a want of knowledge of the geography of Now Zealand. M. Meonier, a French naturalist, wellknown for his works on animal intelligence, has just published a book on “The Perfectibility of Species," in which ho records his conviction that certain of the mammnlia. such as tho dog for instance, may ultimately be trained not only to comprehend articulate language, hut to speak it. Professor Roujon, writing to him, is equally sanguine on the subject, and says, “ I have no doubt that, by judicious selection, we shall bo able to form races of dogs and cats capable of exclaiming, * I am hungry ; I want some food.’"

Maxwell's confession to the St. Louis murder was mode to Detective McCullough, who gnined confidence in the character of a fellow prisoner. Maxwell said that after l’reller joined him at St. Louis he told hitn that it would be impossible for him (I’reller) to pay Maxwell's way to Auckland, whither they had arranged to go together. This greatly angered him, and ho determined to “ fix” Treller ou the following night. Ho and Preller were sitting in the former’s room, wheu the latter complained of severe pains in his side. Maxwell said, “ Oh, I can fix that all right; I have treated such cases before.” lie then injected hypodermically to hit friend’s arm, and sufficient morphia to render him unconscious. Aftor having been in that condition for some time, he bound a cloth, completely saturated with choir-form, about the victim's head, and “ thus ended tho business." He took Preller's money (MOO dollars) and personal effects and made his escape.

The nnilleas horse shoo, which is about to be brought under public notice by a company, is one of the most humane and practically useful inventions of tho time. This ntfw invention obviates all risks and evils. The shoe—fitted with a joint a little removed from the front, placed in a position that wears least—is adjusted to the hoof, and with its two or three clamps or flanges catches the hoof an inch or two from tho base, and being tightened t v a screw connecting the two rear ends of the shoe, is secured with a grip that keeps it firmly attached ; and just as a man takes off his boots to go to bed, the horse shoe can he removed almost as quickly, if it is desired to let the animal go barefoot for a few days at grass or otherw*iso. Iu the circumstances, the casting of a shoe in a lonely place, where tho sound of the anvil is not heard, is no inconvenience, for the driver with a few Bharp shoes in his vehicle can descend and fix another to the hoof in three or four minutes.

“ Wo must expect sorno hypocrisy in the Church wh»n there is so much in the world," said the Rev. D. M. Hodge, of the Second Univ ersalist Church, in 127th Street. “ But one man's failure is no proof that the Church is made up of such scoundrels, but I don't set down every bald-headed man for a scoundrel. There is not as many chtirrh members as nonchurch members in the police court*, among the saloon keeps, the gamblers, the dead heats, and the prostitutes of the city. I will say from my own observation that the people whom I have married at the request of police justices, and whoar marriage was slightly overdue, were not church members. The people who ask the minister to officiate at a funeral and do not pay his car fare or even thank hun are not church members. The people who get married and want to pay tlie minister next week—which never mans—are not church members."—New York Sun. v

In the Appeal Court Wellington. Mr Justice ltichmond observed that it would be a good thing if an officer were appointed by the suite to conduct all cases where a suitor had a good cose and was without funds to ca-ry it on, and Mr Jellicoe, who was argmug the cob- then before the Court, Went a step further, and said he advocated that all litigation should be conducted bv the State, who ought to provide tile public with common justice graciously m the same manner as it provided the Army and Navy. The liberty id the subject was involved ui each ca-e, but the difficulty would lie in appointing persons free from suspicion and influence.

A new sweetening agent has been pro, dti-ed from cool tor, kuowr. to cln mist - as “ bi r.royl sulphuric iiuide,” but it is proposed to name it ” saccharine." It pro. B nts tho appearance of a white powder, and rrystalli.es from its aqueous soltit. n in thick, short prisms, which are with difficulty soluble in cold water, but uiors easily in worm. Its la*to in di!.,ted solution* is intense!v sweet, *■„ Bitch «c. that

ono part will give a very rwec> t vdß to 10,000 parts of water. Saccharine Me--#alls. all of whic •Mchanne last* -dll'- is f- ‘ »-'h and is not doc-urn*"mT in Bp intßir system, but «lunin<V* (r.tkAl 9*iyd without undergoing eaj c I MB# -J It >* •about 230 times ->*#■** ti4K itfflk*Mnc or beet root W of Mceliarioe will therefore be n< nfci.lv as a probable substitute for sugar, but it may even be spoiled to uodicinal purposes J where sugar is nut permissible. One pert, of sacrlianne added lo 1,(100 parts ,of forms a mixture quite as swj et as ordinary cane sugar. The lire war* Guar dian says : ” This new compound will be of great interest to brewers, for not only is it perfectly wholesome, but it possesses, in addition to Its islsnilj sws*t taste, decided antiseptic properties, and therefore may be usefully and advantageously added to beer." Messrs Caverltill and Speedy, against whom writs were recently issued, st the instance of Mr C. loci aoU, fur certain defamatory statements made at a meeting of Hutt householders, have sworn, vt (Now- Zealand Tunis' understand, two mformntions against Mr Richards, charging him with having, while headmaster of the Hull School, mdecsMlly assaulted certain female children in December last, while they were attending his school. The cwses will probably be hoard in Wellington, bnt the ante has not vet been fined. Mr Travers bos, we Iciiru. b«-oii migagod fur the prosecution, and Mr (or tho defence. The Tnumnga New* has the folios uig : —■" In one of the Home papers there is an account of a prophecy mail • by n tii nuaa professor of geology, who has made tin* his life's study. In the course of a lecture delivered at Treves for Trier), on the Moselle i Mosel), n trihntarv of the Rhine, lie predicted the St. Thomas' earthquake three years ago, which cuiue true, and also that in May or June, 18b*i. and September and October of the some year, there wonld be terrible upheavals and volcanic eruptions, reaching from Eng land to the North of Wellington, New Zealand. He. further stated 1 hat the months of September and October would witness the worst earthquakes which hod occurred over fiOOO yeanvpast. The paper in which the above appeared said that the professor had ' prophesied a number of minor eruptions, which had all come to pass."

Mr Brotluvm in the Napier Land Administration Bill is reported by Hansard to have said :—Sir Rol* rt Stout will -find this : There is a very large area of New Zealand which cannot possibly be occupied under our present land regulations. lam convinced of that from my knowledge of the matter. Ido not wish to depreciate the honorable gentleman’s knowledge, because I admit that he is a most brilliant lawyer ; but I must confess that, if I had a form to let, or if I wished to engage an overseer for my farm, it would not be the Premier I should go to; I should go to some one who understood something about it. Ido not think, cither, that I could conscientiously engage the Native Minister. He (nay ntatsi fluently, no doubt; but managing a new paper, and managing, to a certain • xxent, the affairs of his department, ar, different things from wrestling out of the soil that whicn Nature plods there, and which requires a certain management to wrest from it.

With reference to the remarks by tie Public Works Minister in Ins Six'. mint, that the bridges on tlie New Plymouth lino have caused heavy expenditure through rinnt being used when constructing them, attention ho* been called to the fact bv the Taranaki Herald that the railway bridges on tho line are all of white birch, which Was inmorted by tho contractor from the Middle Island, and that a good deal of it had sap in it. The bridges built by tho Provincial Government years ago were constructed ofrimti. and aro still in excellent condition. The Minister of Public Works has been miunformod respecting the rirau. ,

With regard to the manifesto issued by Mr Gladstone to. hit constituents on the Irish question, the Times pronounc-s it as a public document of on almost unique type. It is, in substance, a ooufesaion of his inability to carry Home Rule bv an act of imperioM authority and an alliance with the forces of Mr I’arnell. The Standard anticipates that Mr Gladstone's manifesto will cause infinitely more dismay to his friends than concern to Ins opponents. Uis a cry of angry das pair. The Daily Ti-SgMph affirms tiidt, apart from all question os to its probable enhot upon the future of the Disruption BUI, fe document ho startliug ui character, so unmeasured in its assertions, and so undis-guiM-dlv demagogic in its spirit, has n«vw before been flung like a gauntlet of defiance into the political arena. It is not so much au electoral address as a plebisciUyj appeal.

11. M. Brooks, alias Maxwell, brought 1 flick from Auckland on the charge of murdering C. Arthur Preller. lately o* trial in St Louis, whore the murder was committed made a statement, on May M. that he k ,11yd i'reller by accident, while acting as his physician, through giving hitn an overdose of cholorofonn.