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Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 35, 5 October 1886, Page 2

Mr Crewe advertises soed potatoes for sale.

An important notice to ownors of stock wandering at large is inserted by Mr Davie.

Since Sunday tho rain has boon continuous, and all the low-lying country is flooded.

Miss Reese, sister of our respected townsman, has been appointed assistant teacher to tho Pahiatua school.

Tho roport of the meeting of members o f the Pahiatua-Pukoloi Special Settlement Association, held on Satusday night, will appear in next issue. Tenders aro invited by Mr Reese for the erection of a seven-roomed shop and dwelling-house.

Measles have made their appearance in Pahiatua, the first victim being Mr lloaney, who is now confined to liis bed. We regret to learn that Mr Teats is suffering from a severe attack of quinsy, which has necessitated the public school being closed until he has sufficiently recovered to return to his duties.

Tho cricket match—married v. single—did not come off 011 Saturday, owing principally to the vory unfavorable wea ti.er.

The Hon. Mr Dal Lance is expected to arnvo in pahiatua on Friday afternoon, at 8 o'clock. It is not unlikely that during tiie evening a r< Id collation will bo l..id al the Pahiatua Hotel. aft< r which various matters of importance to the district will be brought undor Mr Ballanoe's notice.

In the Sydney Parliament the other night a member swore he would pass the New South Wales Customs Dulles Rill, or keep the House silling till “ Hell was frozen over." That's the man for i'al.iatua; be'il sca n get a Post Office.

Miuunt Fever. Malaria! fevers, constipation, torpidity of the liver and kidnevs. general debility, nervousneu and neuralgic ailtiiiiite yield readily to this groat disease conquer >r, American Co d' Hop Bitter*. It repaint the ravage* jf disease by converting the food into rich blood, and it give* now life and vigor to tee aged aim intlrm. See

A now building l.a* boon i rented in front of Mr Bales' shop. which adds consider ably to the a] pearnnco of the town. It U not the size which take* the eye, but the architecture. There is one room, of sentry-box shape. and on the door ia written " V.R., I’aluatna I’oet Office," (t'i - " hates ” you Iwtor.) The building has been there s» < ral days now, eo we suppose it ia a fixture. One tuan at any rate bus found out a use for the threechain road.

A 1. a hr in a Scotch pajior prod need the followmi; gem :—So long aa Ireland was silent (•iidor her wrongs, England waa deaf to her cries.

In one of our country districts (aaya the Taranaki Herald) some of the young •laniards an gelling up a dance, and aa a postscript to the gentleman's invitations arc tlio words “ I'leaso bring a pot of jam with you." Tho New Zealand Herald notices in terms of warm commendation the efforts being male by Mr Ballancs as Minister of Lands to establish village settlements in Auckland. It seems to think that they will prove highly successful.

The Bluff Harbour Board at their last meeting received twenty-five applications for two cadotshnw in tne pilot and trig cervices of the Board, at TOO a year, some from men of iff) to 40 years, and including shepherds, farm labourers, blacksmiths, clerks, an 1 teachers. Two lads belonging to the district were appointed.

The Tunaru Herald understands that tho Tiniaru Harbor Board has been served w ith a w rit for the sum of £40,000 by Shaw, Savill and Co., as damages in connection with the wreck of the Lyttelton in Tiniaru harbor.

Tho most extraordinary takes of salmon ever recorded have been made in the Dee at Connah’s Quay, a few miles below Cheater. Tho lish came up the rivor in hundreds, and the fishermen, who had been almost starving, were soon at work. At every cast fish were landed, and it is computed that salmon to the weight of two tons were captured and despatched to various centres.

Rabbits aro appearing in Rangitikei. The Advocate says :—“ We learn, on reliable authority, that a short tuns ago no leas than eight wild rabbits were killed in a paddock adjoining the continuation of the Pukepapa road, only a few miles from Morton ; that a number of the vermin have since been discovered in the same locality ; and that along the gorse hedges in this neighborhood rabbit bur Tows are quite numerous. This is a matter which demands very prompt and very decisive action on the part of the rabbit inspector for the district."

When interviewed by the Manawatu Standard representative, Mr Ballance said tho Representation Bill would certainly be brought forward early next session, and the population representation would l»o firmly ndhered to. There had been a great deal sai l about the population basir, being mado smaller in country electorates, but he was entirely opposed to any distinction of the kind.

Tho prisoners Thomas Hall and Margaret Graham Houston were taken from Tiniaru to Christchurch on Saturday morning by the early train. As it was not generally known that they would leave Tunaru at that time, there were very few people at the station. Nothing has been allowed to transpire ae to the result of tho exhiunation of the remains of Captain Cain. On tho application of the Crown Prosecutor at Christchurch Mr Justice Johnston grantnd a special jury in tho Timaru poisoning case. Mr R. C. Bruce, M.H.R., has shown us (Raugitikoi Advocate) a feather, about twelvo inches long, which was dug up from a depth of seven feet on the property of tho Minister of .Mines in Otago. The feathor, which is in an excellent state of preservation, is supposed to belong to a moa. If this should be correct, it will we believe, bo the first of the kind ever found since tho advent of the white race to Now Zealand.

The gigantic proportions of the business of a big daily newspaper may be gathered from .i statement lately published in the Now York Herald :— -Between the hours of 9 o'clock a. m. and midnight the Herald received one Monday morning 114,200 letters in answer to advertisements in Sunday's paper. An analysis of the ordinary dadv correspondence of a newspaper w uld ho very interesting to the general public. One London daily was so overcrowded some time ago with correeponue.uve mat it was compelled to engage a staff of half a dozen men to assist in opening and dealing with the letters by tho mormug mails.— Reporters' Magazine.

A Tall inn cablegram un:—The Rev. Field I* lowers Goo, M.A., who has accopied the bishopric of Melbourne ie e gentleman possessed of large private moans, uud is a very eloquent preacher, lie m a very generous man, and hae expended among the poor of hia congregation tho wiiole of hia stipend. The curates of the diocese of tit George's Church, to which Mr Goe waa Hector, art' cf opinion that he is highly pleased with tho appointment. A good story is told of the Comte de Beam, a well known Parisian, who has just been gathered to his fathers. lis waa at one time an inveterate card-player, and always came home from his dub in tho early hours of the morning. The Countsaa complained and threatened all sorts of things unless he reformed, bo the Count had a lay-figure made, and ordered hia vallot to place it in his bed every night about eleven. His wife who waa in ths liahit of [H oming into his bedroom to see if he was there, was thus imposed on for some time. One night however, haring important news to communicate to him.

»ho resolved to wake him up, end thu* discovered thu trick. The Countses Mid nothing, hut (I. uruitncd to turn the tables on her husband. She accordingly placed the Is v tijp.ru upright behind the door. The Count, returning home ss usual in the darkness of the night, knocked down ihe , end the next second the whols •1 by cries of: Thieves 7 thieve* ? help ? help 7 Of coarse, when lights were brought, the Count stood abashed, and .siting his wifs’s pardon, swore lie would tum over s new leaf. The story says lie kept his word. Mr Gladstone, before the elections, exulted that ho had the whole “civilised w arid " with him. Appropus of thu, Mr Matthew Arnold write# from America:— 1 siip]>. we in no country is the unanimity in hi» favor stronger than in the United Slaus. And yet, even here, if you weigh opinions, instead of counting them, tits balance of opinion is against Mr Glad stone's Insh |*»licy. ll.s uilclhgetireand wide knowledge are rare everywhere, they are rare in America. Moreover, it is notorious lint m no country do the newspaper* so little re; resent tlx. best

mind of the country u they do lure. But vet, even here, whenever you uieet w :th » man of high intelligence and wide knowledge, you will alir.<-.*t certainly hud him a disbeliever in the wisdom of Mr Gladstone's Irieh Policy. •' I admire Mr Gladetono " he will probably say. " bnt I think be ia making a raistaiie in Ireland." I have myaelf found but one sta u.ch supporter « pf Mr Gladstone's Irak policy whom I ahould call a man of high inn ih K»-noe and wide knowledge. Mr Oodkin. the well-known editor of the Kvonmg Po»t and the Nation. And Mr G oik in ia an Irishman. The Hon. Thomaa Pick haa issued the following remarkable address to the elector* of Dunedin Central:—Gentlemen— It appear* that you have the rho.ee of several gentlemen to represent yon. among other*. Mr Wales, a gentleman of I merit, integrity, and experience; Mr | Bracken, a gentleman who can *ing a [ *ong, recite poetry, an l write rhymes; Mr Chapman, a young a.licit. r. who has yet to win hi* apur*; Mr Hutchison, an old campaigner. Aa thia election can only be tor one short aoeeion. it is waste of power to enter into a violent contest. I therefore withdraw.—Yours obediently, Thomas Pick."

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