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Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 9, 9 July 1886, Page 2

A petition is la-ing signed against the removal ol the Post Office from the vieinity of the printout site. l.nmi, wo believe, is to bo offered to back up the petition.

The Local Bodies Loans Bill h.ts passed its seoontl reading in the Council. A notice appears elsewhere with reference to the formation of a singing class, information regarding which can be obtained on application to this office. Mr Whitmore makes an important announcement to lau belore in this issue. 11 Wedding cakts mads to order.” Mr James Smith calls for tenders for lslb.ng six acre* of bush a: Pahintua Village Settlement. Thti amendments made in eouuuiUto to the Counties 1 ill w, re agreed to oil Wednesday, and the bill read the third tune and passed.

*1 Hi* des] itches on the New Hebrides q. >;n-u -. •. ti -i tin- English Gmeminent is not wAnlmg in diguity and strength.

A number of li tter* have boon published in(Uu li- uii wsp.tpera which show that i:> December la-t Mr (>l%d«tnue offered to co operate with the Con•ervatives in dealing with the Irish difficulty. Mr Gladstone statod be made the oiler on the ground Unit he hud received imf.iritiutjoii that the )»wir behind Mr laruell had threatened to 1 .erpe Irate ouUagM in England. htr Graham Berry has demanded J r .le-t: .i nnunt. fl’uci/lc n lands on the ground that *nrh is ■uriisixlitg to r,ili i tea, rr.nlraty to trollies, and h’l.cly to ananxiety liurtug times of tfar.

At c»iabl«hni*iit nearing uif letion. ami he hope# to commoner w.thiu n fortnight. The bit 'cry m -;i| upj.v.inu.ee, «uj uill ho fitteii up inside with every eonve uiuucut As far a we can learn the contest lor be Town l.oani election is l.kely t<> be u risk one. A largo field is mentioned, omprising Musis Howlett. Miller, iregotv. Naylor. Himie, Crimp. Lee-r. .>r%fins, Dawson, War*tnau, Crewe, 11. Sedcole. and others. It is not definitely known whether the imwlier wd! !„• five or seveft. but we would strongly recommend the latter.

Mr M ackav. Steward, has convened a meeting of the settler* of the I'aluatua A’illage Settli inenl for Monday evening, at the school hoitso, at li o'clock, w hen he will be prepared to give any information connected with the settlement that maybe required. The Chainunu of the l’ahiatua-l'ukotoi Association hits received from Mr Marchant a complete plan of the block, giving the names of selectors and acreage.

Messrs Bri*~* and Gibbs are progressing with their auction room, nnd will no doubt take out the necessary license as soon as the building is finished. Revenue for the Town Board.

Mr Hull, we believe, is making preparations for building a large boarding-house between Mr Mann's and the Post Office store.

We remind members of the Parliamentary Union ol tho meeting on Mondaynight, when the adjourned debate on tho Education Bill will be resume 1.

The meeting of Cricket Club, SjMirts Committee, and athletes m general takes place in the school-house this eveuing. The Defence Minister, in moving the second reading of the Police Force Bill on \\ ednesilay, pointed out as ail important phase of tho measure that if it became law members of the force would bo enrolled on the electoral rolls. The motion was carried. The Civil Service Reform Bill, after a somewhat lengthy debate, was on Wednesday read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-day. —The Hospital and Charitable Institutions Act Amendment Bill was read a second time, and set down for committal on Tuesday.

The latost returns of the Homo elections show that 208 Conservatives, 44 Unionists, 101 Gladstonites, and 41 PameUitos hato been elected. For Londonderry, Mr Justin McCarthy was returned by a majority of three. On the declaration of tho poll being made rioting took place, tiie Parnellites being greatly irritated at the defeats sustained by Mr Gladstone.

The Mines Statment was delivered on Tuesday evening, referring to which tiie New Zealand Times says Mr Larnach deservedly elicited warm encomiums on ail sides. It is a most able and mtresting document, conveying a vast amoiiut of valuable miforiiiatkm, and tin- Colony is much indebted to Mr Lamach for tho trouble he has taken in compiling so exhaustive a commentary on the great muling industries of the Colony. The Post says :—Tho contractors for the drive in the Duke of Wellington Claim, at Terawhiti, have now driven IliO leet in an East to West direction, and liojie to cut the reef in another 80 or 00 foot.

A curious but not novel question of privilege (says the New Zealand Times) is about to be raised by Mr. Vincent I’yke on the action of tho Legislative Council in throwing out the Gold Duty Abolition Bill. Mr Pvke has given notice that to-day he will call attention to this matter as involving a breach of tho privileges of the House of Representative*. It will be recollected that recently the l’aliiatua Road Board applied to the General Survey Office for a plan showing all the roads in the district, which could not he supplied at the time; however, it has since been forwarded, and although on a small scale, yet will be found very useful. Of the spocial settlement roads, the Tirauinea-Puketoi and WoodvilleTiraumea are shown in full, but only an outline of the others are given ; a tracing of these will be supplied if required.

The following information for the guidance of the settlers in the l’ahiatua Village Special Settlement has been supplied byMr Mackav :—The settlers must begin bushfelling immediately, and in any case where this is not done, tho Steward will report the circumstances. Those settlers who may desire advances of money in terms of the regulations will obtain l>ayinent monthly from the Steward on his valuation of the work done. Advances will be made for the combined operation of underscrubbing and bushfelling at the rate ol 25s per acre ; and for burning, grassing, fencing, and other improvements 25s per acre —in all £2 IDs tier acre up to the limit of 20 acres. The building of a house may be deferred until after the first burn, but no longer. No advances will he made on houses until the buddings are completed and ready for residence.

As a result of the recent earthquake felt in Otago, the Daily Times mentions that after the shock thousands of young fish, nearly all about 2 inches long, consisting of trout and other varieties, were cast ashore on the banks of Lake Wakatipu.

Kspiritu Santo, the largest of the New Hebrides, is 05 miles in length, and about half that in breadth. The numerous islands clustered around its shores gives it the appearance of an archi)H-lago rather | than a single island. It contains many [ good harbor*, and is thickly populated. I The productions of the island are nearly the same as those of the rest of the group, but the jiearl oyster is very abundant. Not far from Cape CiunU-rland, at the northern end. are to lie seen remains of singular buildings of great si/.u; pillars of regular shape, composed of lot ge stones, detached {sirtions of walls, and fragments ■ f cemented masonary *re acaturud over a plain three* miles in extent. Iu a settlement north east .if Ca|>e Cumberland, and snout five miles distant, are remains of a similar edifice. Tim native* are quite ignorant of the nature of these ruins and lut rely state that they are ” Tapu.” Tiie Taranaki Herald savs : — Hu Charles (lifford. formerly Speaker of the Now Zealand Parliament, presided on May Blh at a meeting held tn Exeter Hall for the I'tirpote of encouraging oir.-grauou to 1 arauaki, New Zealand. There » ere also present on the platform Sir John 11*11. the Hon. 1.0 l ert I‘harar.yn, Member of tlm I-eg -..alive Council, Mr Frodk. Young, of the itoval Colonial Institute, and others. Sir Charles indignantly denied the !*;i jiient which had 1 - ■ -i-;■ made that New Zealand a a* paying interest on her ; übltcdebt,outafloan*. Mr W.Courtney then gave a description of the colour, i which tn -ani wa» one of the iu««t healthy and salubrious, the tcmpcmlmr ranging i

m.iii :n t„ -JO degrees in the ——r end 'inly 40 in tlic< winter. Hi* detailed account n( till- fertility ami r.eourr.-s f •he country was listened to with great lUentica, and at the <do*o a n*ml«or of queaiious wore atk-l ami answered to the »at infantum of the large atkliriirc. Theae lectures cannot fail to lienetit not oijy Taranaki. but New Zealand as a whole. Attl ie Melbourne Police Court the other day a manlier thief wa* convicted of stealitiK n Watch valued at jP-10, and before sentence win passed he appealed in this manner to the stipendiary Magistrate : w Exenaa me, vrooi Vtnhb, bat Mm you yi on any further might 1 reqin-st you not to give inc hard labor, its 1 have tcall;. never done any in ail niy life." The coolueas of the request seems to have stopitjed the stipendiary, for ho omitted the much-dreaded clause, and the masher ** went-np" without hard labor. From an ably.written leader in the Mdhoume Daily Telegraph on the recent volcanic eruptions at Tarawera, we take the following:—•• Whether we shall ever be able, to determine the periodicity of such natural disturbances is some what doubtful, in the nbHonce of the liecessarv

knowledge of the forces generating in the bowels of the earth. We may be able to formulate a science of symbols by which we can, in a rough way, forecast dangerous eras, and even localities; but that is a very different thing from a knowledge of the force and speed of the tiery tides that ebb and flow in subterranean depths, or where, from weakness or other causes, the encircling wall of earth s crust is likely to give way before the accumulating and expanding forces that must find an outlet or shaltur the earth to pieces.” A Palis correspondent states that the Tribunal of Taraacon has decided to hear Jean Mistral, the millionaire, who has remained 47 years in a Montpellier madhouse. whero lie was locked up as insane bv his relatives. To allow a |»erson to plead his soundness of mind is without precedent in French jurisprudence. This ease, in particular, will excite the greatest attention, Mistral having warm supporters all over France. Him sequestration, which was brought about through political influence in a department which Louis X’hilippe wanted to gain, followed upon Mistral having made a love match and refusing to abandon his wife, and thereby enabling liis family to quash the marriage. Singular legal proceedings have recently taken place botween the Blenheim Hides and the Government. The Collector of Customs imposed 15 |ier cent, duty on uniforms imported from London, whereupon the Hines paid under protest and sued the Collector in the Supreme Court for a refund. The time given by the writ expired, and the Hides entered up judgment against the Government in default of appearance. The money has not yet been refunded, and the Hides intend to apply for a man dam us against the Collector. They claim that uniforms being accoutrements, and goods imported for her Majesty's land forces, are exempt under the Customs Act.

Referring to tho sympathetic telegram sent to Mr Gladstone by fifty-four of the New Zealand Legislature, tho Napier F,veiling News «ays : —" Tho only local M.H.li. whose signature is attached to it is that of the lion, member for Waipawa, though Mr Smith failed to get the Irish vote at the last election. Captain Hassell, Mr Urmond, mi l Mr Locke, are said to have received a block vote from the Irish electors in their soveral constituencies. Electors who sympathise with the noble efforts of Mr Gladstone in the sacrod cause of justice would do well to remern her farts when they next visit the ballot box." All the Mexican schools include in their course, reading, writing arithmetic (including the decimal metric system, Spanish grammar, orthography, constitutional political catechism, elementary geography, elements of general history, Mexican historv, urbanity, and morality. No religious instruction is allowed.

Pilgrimage in the Greek Church would seem to be conducted on sound commercial principles. Very Rev. Archpriest Hatherlv, who is about to make his third pilgrimage to Jerusalem, offers to procure water direct from the River Jordan at 5s per bottle, payable in advance. At Sydney a large meeting was held in the Masonic Hall on Monday night, for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the National Irish party. The hall was crowded, hundreds being unable to gain admission. The chair was occupied by Sir John Robertson. Among those who addressed the meeting were Sir Patrick Jennings and tho Hon. Messrs Copeland and Wise. The following resolutions were unanimously carried :—•• That the citizens of Sydney and the colonists of New South Wales in public meeting assembled, heartily approve of Mr Gladstone's }volicv of self-government for Ireland ; that the meeting hereby expross its conviction that the establishment of an Irish Parliament would not only promote the prosperity of Ireland, but would also add to the stability of the Empire."

The Wellington corre-iioiidei.i of tho Auckland Star writes :—The possibility of a coalition between Sir Robert Stout and Major Atkinson is again brought prominently forward just now, and strange as it may appear, it is regarded by many members as a settled tiling that if Sir Julius Vogel returns to England shortly I which is said to be a probable event) the rival leaders would combine and form a paty which would be likely to have an extended lease of office. I give tbe rumor with the remark that the Premier, on my mentioning it to him. assured me that this was the first he had heard of the Treasurer's intention of leaving the colony."

In an able article dealing with primary education the Tuapeku Times remarks that geography is now a days almost unnecessary. Take for instance the Kimberley goldfield. Those of ns who never learnt geography know as well where the place is as do those who were crammed to the eyebrows, and the same with reimrd to Tarawera and lbs recent eruption. Newspaper enterprise, in the present day, has, in a great measure, sup- ree.led all neetaaity for leaning g ographv at school.

It ii> not generally known that the British Government are now in effect caff owners to a very considerable extent, ami llmt there is a department in London charged with tho feeding and healthy momlonence of a large number of those useful animals, from which Tacrine is donved. The department is under the direction of a Privy Council official who receives 140 U a year for bis service*.

A somewhat amusing incident took place at the Moegtel railway elation recently (aay» and exchange.) Several members of the Salvation 4mn had arrived by Irani, uitendtug to last part in

a dom. I .'.ration styled a ** coffee supper.** While at the station they commenced is M time a cornet and a big dnun thev had' brought with them. The atatioa uinau-r was taking a lelegr qdi ninesig,- at tha time, and the tn iar nutd< by the Ann* prevented him from hearing the kck of nis instrument. Ho reqn« -*rj Uu> u amors to go further away and j lay then drum. Ae. "Is the station maatrr saved '” cried out one sol lie-. " No, he 1* not' erird another. " Then let's • ray for him !" exclaimed a third, and pray they did. with a vehemence that was astonishing. The station master now has a fare as long as a fiddle and goes to church ■even times a w\»k.