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Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 36, 8 October 1886, Page 2

Mr Crewe has Lapstone kidney seed potatoes for sale—not Derwent.

The I'ahiatua Hoad Board meets tomorrow evening.

Mr Maekay commenced making advauces to the \ ill ago settlers to-day, and will continue doing so to-morrow and Monday. It will bo seen by advertisement elsewhere that Mr John Price has taken over the brick-vards of Messrs A. W. Sedcole Co. on tlio 'firaumea Road. Mr Price is almost a stranger in I'ahiatua, not long having arrived from Itangitikoi, where we understand ho bore the name of being a first-class brick maker. We wish him success in his new undertaking. Mr McCardle proceed* to Mastorton to morrow for the purpose of removing tlie nursery stock, in accordance with the judgment of the Court.

Mr Yeats has so far recovered that he will resume his duties at tho school ou Mouday.

We are indebted to the proprietor of the WauaraiMi Daily for the following telegram, which we received at this office on Wednesday evening:—ln the case of McCardle v. Taylor, claim £2OO, value of nursery stock illegally detained, judgment was given for plaintiff for return of stock to the value of £H4 19s ; also £2ft, value of stock disposed of, and £2O damages ; costs divided.

Mr A. Reese, as agent, advertises 75 acres of land on the Tiraumea Road for sale, on easy terms. At tho next meeting of the W r airarapa East County Council, to be held on Tuesday next, it is proposed to confirm, by special order, a resolution passed on the 1 till September, adopting gunerally within the County, the provisions of "The Local Bodies Loans Act, I8S0," such special order to lake effect upon the said confirmation.

The Masterton-Mangahao and Parkville Sjiecial Settlement Associations have undertaken jointly to banquet the lion, Mr Ballanco on his visit to Masterton on Monday next. Mr McCardle, who intends being present at the banquet, will return to I‘ahialua with Mr Ballance ou Tuesday afternoon, when no doubt n suitable reception will be accorded one who ha* the desire, if not the power, to lend a helping hand to the struggling settler. Mr Ballance wa* to have been here to-day, but circumstancea couqielled him to po*l|>ouu the visit until Tuesday.

At tho Supreme Court, Wellington, on Wednesday, To Whiti, Titokowaru, Ngahina, Te Kahu, R&ngihaeat*, Te Aka, Akeakc, Kcropangaiti, To Ktiku, and Te Iki surrendered to thoir bail on an indictment charging them with having! on the IStli of July lost, unlawfully entered upon tin* lands of Andrew llastie at Mokaka, ue.tr Mania, and wilfully injured certain property thereon. After heanngevideuce, tiie Chief J urtico sentenced Te Whiti to threo months' imprisonment, with • fine of £IOO ; and the remainder to one month each and a fine of £2O.

Messrs C. B. Headley A Co, Auctioneer*, Napier, announce elsewhere an important sale of 200 Pahiatua town and Suburban section*, situated on tlic Masterton rood, and sub-divided into quarter-acre section* and upward*. In a note the auctioneer* “ call attention to the unprecedented rue uf tins tlo-tnshing town, which i* the proper dirtibutmg centro of 200,000 acre* of tiie most fertile land between Napier and WoUi. .-' n ; it also the junction of r . pet;..- ; country u» the ear. and

\V'-t of the railway and the c.aumerviel town of aeveral large and thriving special »,uivmenu. The population of the dis triet it now very considerable, and upon completion ol the railway will rapidly increase, consequently thoee sections will greatly improve in value, thus offering to p. opl.: of small means an excellent investniont." The sale will take place on Tuesday. 1-th October, at the Hawke's Bay Wool Stores. Napier, l’lans may be ob-lainc-d on application at thM office. We have been accused of ridiculing the Town i '-oard, and otherwise exceeding our journalistic duties. Of course this is a matter of opinion, and if any member feels aggrieved at anything we have written regarding the Hoard, we shall only be too happy to allow these columns to he used in vindication. The members of the Board, like ourselves, have a duty to ]>erforui; and there is no surer method of ensuring the successful carrying out of the functions of any local body than by making members feel that their actions aro being criticised, not only by the ratepayers immediately concerned, hut by the outsido world. Men aspiring to public positions should school theinsclvss to take an occasional dose of vinegar, for it is utterly impossible for a journal to guarantee to deal only in sugar.

I)r Williams requests us to state that he has just received a large quantity of vaccine matter, the want of which has prevented him from undertaking vaccination in this district recently. Parents desirous of having their children attended to in this direction have only to communicate with the doctor. Government have offered Crawford £lO per acre for the land taken for defence purposes near Wellington.

The Nelson School Committees have resolved to grant tho use of the schools for religious instruction by ministers from V to 9JK) a.in. The Committed* will resign to test the feeling of the householders.

The Government have received an offer from a Dunedin firm to manufacture rails. They have secured a patent which will enable them to use auy sort of old iron for the purpose. The Commissioner of Police at Wellington received on Wednesday the following cable message from the Commissioner of Police in Sydney :—“ The offender in custody admits being John Caffrey. lie also states that Penn and Lizzie Graham were drowned by the capsizing of a boat in attempting to land, but the statement is doubted. A further search is being made. Mr Bracken met tho electors at Dunedin on Wednesday, on which occasion he explained the circumstances of his singing in the House, and wound up by singing tho same soug to the audience. Sir Julius Vogel has receivod the following telegram form Whakatane: — “ White Island appears to be in a state of active eruption. At 0 o'clock on Wednesday evening vast columns of smoke were thrown up some thousands of feet.'*

Tho Taranaki Herald has been requested to slate that the ba/.aar in aid of St. Mary’s Sunday School will be held during September, 1887. A large number of the lady parishioners have taken the matter in hand, and will, no doubt, carry it to a successful issue. It is to be hoped the public will accept this short notice without feeling in any way slighted.

Just as the Deputy-Registrar of the Supreme Court at Dunedin (Mr A. D. Harvey) was about leaving the Court on Tuesday he was observed to fall down, and on the liegistrar going to his assistance he expired almost immediately. A blood vessel having burst was the cause of death. The oourt-rooin was covered with blood.

“ A wonderful book for a shilling " as advertised in nearly all the New Zealand papers turns out to be a fraud. The Wanganui Herald refused the advertisement as being altogether too palpable. Enquiries made by tho Soutliland News, Sydney, has resulted in disappointment, the advertiser being non est! The Pahiatua Stab, amongst other papers, has been had.

The Auckland Bell wants to know what the Wellington papers are about that they do not publish the name of the ghost. A Yankee saw the Pope when in Rome recently, and was polite enough to ask after his wife and family.

Tho Sydney Mail states that best beef is quoted in Melbourne at 40s per 1001 b., and best crossbred sheep at ‘ids to *2B* each. Surely, says the Bruce Herald, with local prices at present quotations it would be found to tne advantage of settiers to start a trade with Victoria.

During a debate in the Sonth Australian Assembly it was mentioned that the late drought in the far north had deetroyed nearly all the rabbits, millions hsving (►ensiled, some from thirst, and others through being poisoned by the tannin from the hark of young inallee trees.

The New Australian correspondent of the Australian Banking Record says : "It is stated that no less than 1,000 mortgaged fanners in Canterbury are unnble to |>ay interest, and that in the majority of cases their estates will eoine to the hammer shortly." Spiritualistic circles in Wellington, and we are told there are many (eays the Press), will be interested to leant that Kghnlon, who has recently returned to I-ondon from Russia, contemplates visiting New Zealand next year. A London corrrs|Kiiident slates that his “ materialisations are described even by see|<ties as a nost fearsome and awe-insptring exhibition."

At the District Court, Dunedin, recently, on the jury panel being called, it was noticed that there were ten persons of the name of “ Brown," who had been summoned as jurymen. This lead to some confusion, as neither his Honor, the clerk, or counsel seemed to be able to pick out the (stnictilar Browns who were required.

At Auckland the other day a man named Charles lline was arrested for swearing at a constable as people were going to church on Sunday morning. When introduced to the bench he pleaded tliat he was a stranger, and did not know that bad language was prohibited, and that as he was suffering from neuralgia he thought it would relieve his jaw. The Court laughed, and ILne was discharged with a caution.

Lovely Cubes. They are lovely dunes and place* in which the evening zephyr* are loaded with malaria and the poison of fever and epidemics. To dwell there in health is im|>ossiblc, without a supply of Hop liittcrs at hand. These American Co's Bitters impart an equal lung strength to the system, and prevent the accumulation of deadly sport* of r-si lagioo. Be sure and see

The American Analyst, which ought to know, says that there is plenty of join made in New York, which is a very gi*,*d imitation ol raspberry, the mat. rials of which are—oil of Mlnol. impure glucose , algme, aniline, and raspberry ether.

The I-ancet, which iaa publication admirably calculated to scud nervous persons into lunatic asylums, declares that people who drink large quantities of tea first become " wildly excitable," and then " the sense of hearing goes."

It is proposes] to place a marble mesiallion of large size in tho Pools' Corner of

Westminster Abbey, as s memorial to Sir Walter Scott. The medallion, which is to bo the work of Sir John Steel, is to cost £1.17, and it will scarcely be credited that the fees to the Dean and Chapter for the site amount to the scandalously large sum of £lOl. The Stark Purchase Commissioner* have arrived at Auckland and commenced

the inquiry. Another North Shore pro J perty scandal is promised. On Monday 1 night the Radical Reform league resolved to semi a telegram to the Premier, asking to be informed whether the Government lately purchased land at Devonport from Mr Watson or Mr Holdship, and. if so. at what price. It is alleged that the price was in excess of that paid for Stark's property. In the Rrisbane Supreme Court. Robert W. Wilson, late managing director of tho Queensland Mercantile Agency Company, obtained a verdict of £1750 damages against Henry Durkin, a director of the same company. IVrrkin had spoken of Wilson as a scoundrel who had bolted from the country and would never return a free man. Wilson returned, but was obliged to go through the Insolvency Court. He then brought an action for ££o,ooo damages and was awarded £1750. At Dunedin, in the case of How Chew Sing, who pleaded guilty to ths robbery from a dwelling, Mr Galloway appeared for the defence, and asked that the prisoner be dealt with under the Fr»t Offenders Probation Act. The Judge said it was doubtful whether he could entertain the application. The Act was intendodto apply, priina facie, to British subjects, lie saw mine difficulty in the way of applying it to foreigners. He did not want to exchide them from the benefits of the measure; but, prinui facie, he should say the legislature had not their caee in view. The case was ordered to stand over.

The Wellington correspondent of the Napier Telegraph writes : —Mr Wishart, a clerk in the local branch of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, who is well known in Napier, met with an unpleasant adventure early the other morning. As he was returning from a fancy dress ball, where he had been impersonating the character of a clown, ho was set upon bytwo men employed by the night-soil contractors, under the impression he was tho " ghost," an apparition which liad been appearing in \\ olhiigton off and on for the past mouth. Mr Wishart was somewhat roughly handled before he could explain matters, and it is stated he intends taking proceedings against the men for assault. The Daily Telegraph, in an article on Government contract*, notes the fact that during last year £159,91‘2 was paid to foreign firms for preserved and salt pork, and wants to know whv New Zealand, where pigs thrive as lustily as they do in Ohio or Michigan, did not }fet the benefit of these orders. The existing depression in the colony might, it is pointed out, bo at any rate partially relieved if the frozen and preserved meat trade Could be largely supplemented by a consistent demand for salt pork, and an opportunity should bo afforded the New Zealand firms to tender for Government contracts, and a strong preference be given to them over Americans and foreigners for compressed meat, too. The Telegraph point* out that no loss than £*££o,ooo was last year paid to foreign firms. Can none of our colonies supply this commodity and prevent the lin[>erial Government from putting this large sum of money into German and Yankee pockets T Passengers on tho Wairnrapa line (say* a Wellington oxchange) generally complain of the Iliuiutaka tunnels, but one of the travellers on Saturday evening held a different opinion. He was a young man all the way from Christchurch, who was wending his way towards Woodville, accompanied by his newly-wedded bride. The sea voyage had created a disagreeable hiatus in the honeymoon, and “spoons,” undismayed by the flavour of rual de mer, accepted the opportunity of the first tun nel on the hill to imprint a dozen kisses on the lipe of his fair young partner. They were still hugging and mugging when the train suddenly emerged into daylight, and the couple blushed crimson when their ears met the boisterous laughter of their fellow passengers. " Disagreeable things tunnels are ?" suggested the son of a Wellington confectioner, offering young Itenediot a few conversation lollies. “Just a trifle too short," was the reply, and there was another roar from the passengers.

The Rev. Mr Killan, whose wish to become a lawyer was discussed at last meeting of the Auckland Presbytery, wrote a lengthy letter tendering his resignation of the charge of Whangarei to the Presbytery, and in the course of hit letter statc-l " In doing so I wish iny resignation to be regarded as a protest —the strongest one I can make—against (1) The inadequacy of stipend provided for country ministers in the Presbyterian Churches of New Zealand. (1) Tho unworthy mean* that are resorted to in order to raise that inadequate stipend. (8| The ueglect of outlying country districts bv stronger and wealthier chargee. (4) Ttie breach of the I’ourth Commandment occasioned by ministers haring to take long journeys and conduct numerous services in their scattered preaching stations on each Lord's day.” Several members of the Presbytery strongly dissented from the sentiments contained in the letter.

The Government printer has just issued a work entitled. "Notes on tliu Progress of New Zealand for Twenty Year*,'' of which Sir Robert Stout is the author The Wellington Evening Prsee renews the book in rather rough language, and dismisses the subject by say uig :—"lt is ill-wntlen, ill-arranged. IU-pniiled. and ill bound, and we strongly recommend the Premier, when be next wants to bring out such a public Alien, to entrust its compilation to some amort clerk with a literary turn, and ita publication to a private ftrtii. and to contribute nothing to it huuaelf but his name.”

Referring to the Hon. J. Italian re's departure from Auckland by the a s <i*ir loeb for New I'lvne.iilh. the Auckland Herald aava:—Mr Ball at ice UaLs that this la now Ute quickest route to Welling ton. besidee ph-a-uilly diversifying the Voyage. The steamer leaving On.-huuga ■ in the evening gi-u d.-wu t,. Nrw I'lyue tt 1 in tunc for passenger* to cau h lue tuorn

mg train and go on. iv.vci.ing 1 aimer** n that night. Next morn.: g th- tram ft m IVliiverston to Wellmgt* '..ikes th.tn n to Ute latter city, tfca passag* from A... »• land to Wallingttjn urcupying not q *'.•• two day*, and at the aim- time ei.v ... visitors tc* see th# Wfß Coast act net - . settlements. There t» a gap of £-! in the railroad oosnmunicatiesi from <*'• to l'atkakariki. but this gap is coach* d in three* hours. This connecting link will bo c«*tnj4rted in November next, when there will then be through communication. A telegram from Ihinedin in Wedne* dav save:—lll connection m ilh the anaiv of Captain Cam's remains, all who t,*. * part or witnessed the analysis were p it on their honor not to divulge an\ tin *g m connection therewith until the proper time came. Any number of rwiu**c* itave been current since the analysis t >* pV ,-. but none of these have any defitr.l ant 1 nty. home persons say that the r»-**dt was divulged undar pled#*- of Seen*.. .. | though there may be good reas.. ~ to | suppose that such niav he the rax. it .. evident that the statement wai**A lli-m under thoee circumstance*. was discovered, is scarcely ■ffici,-fitly reliable to b# trustworthy. Og»ton distinetlv declines to si » yss or nay on tho subject, and the Alton ■ . General has instructed all others not to divulge anything until peniutud to J r

An Auckland telegram eays :—Th.* » » A raw-* la which arrived at Kusse:! n Tuesday morning from the Fris. r ■ that the island of Ntiafri. in the I'ong-* group, ha* burst out as an active volcano. Two thirds of the island has disappeared, and the remaining portion is cover,-,! * t:, volcanic dust. Many lives are ret .'to 1 lost. The as. Suva was chartered by the Tongan Government to visit the scene of the eruption. Tho criminal proceedings for 1.. .1 brought by Sir Julius Vogel against A J. Hoskins, proprietor of s small * *. v Cper named the Wellington Advertiser, ve been withdrawn, ths aoruead bavin ; signed the following apologyTo : Hon. Sir Julius Vogel,—l beg k*t; to you for tlw publican,si in the W. lII*, ton Advertiser of live I7th July. lee*-. , f an article and a cartoon by which v, I were charged with corrupt ari l inipr conduct in connection with tile pur n of certain District Railway C :.i >' debentures, and I heg unreserv e! A to withdraw the imputation conveyed a ,r.*t you by thoee publications, fair winch 1 am nominally respousihla.—Aethi'b Jam.* Hoskins." Says the Wellington Press;—“l* l blow," was the advice Anthony Tr gave the colonists : and prehap* h, ~ .. right. Tho Australian cricketers h»\.. not made nearly such a sensation t- -

late tour as they did at first. They :.*** played well, as they always do but : t nave met their match more .ft- t. . i not. The Englishmen have acted • ..„ wise principle of the ancients ui war , they have learned how to conquer f* their conquerors. The Australian* I ,1 just as well as ever; but lit# Kngi - i I nave improved their baiting so vv ->•. i**r. fully that they no longer have an . ,g to fear. There's no doubt Spoftorti lulled a funk on his first trip; but t ,t all over now. Some of the Engl - ting in the recent matches wa> phenomenal. For instance in the S rev match two of the Surrey tuen score ■ :-. rrun* by 88, off their own bats, in _ innings, tluui the whole Austral . u , did iu two. Aastraha in the first inn scored 185, and in the second 107. l t 89X. In the one Surrey innings. M» - Read scored 188. and Ahel 144. together 8.40. This might happ,; b , fluke, of course, in any ordinars match , but it is pronounced a curiosity, ir. svi.lv without |svr*llel, in first-class cricket. The utilisation of the crater of M -it Eden in Auckland as a water roscri -r, for which work a tender hod haen acr, i t i by the City Council, is character >. d l*. the Auckland Bell as a tempting of l*n*, ilence. It says events have cun. u* sinoe the idea was first pro}***-. I with u. to say the least, have shown that \v,> - finding entrance by a fissure into sn , , tinct or slumbering volcano is all t required to awake ite donna.:' ell, rs. and it desire* to place on record it* j lost against the work. A woman at Ihtuburg mat- a t*rr. mistake the other day isayt an I journal). She became greatly ti. iui i when a ternble stonu hrok* . o -r • . town, and ran up to her bclehiu"** rf * * vase of buly water with winch to -j ri -. herself. In the excitement of Ui.-i she seized a bottle filled sri'h euli—acid, and dashed the routent* in face and over her head. The physt-ia-w who alienile-1 her say that she will in *,ll probability lose her eyesight, and that > or face may be disfigured. The and hi eaten into the flesh before its course vvs staved.

The Freneh seriously mtitrinplw ----,V ing a canal to join the Atlantic Ocean t , the Misliterranean. One of the re v- » urgi-d for tui lertaking this w fi a I would greatly increase the naval p*-»<r of France, by enabling her to send t- *rpedo buata and perhaps cn.irr, saf ,v and et|M>dib,Misly from one sea t > an **. i, r. Tlien. a* a Paris paper observe*, it w be all ovar with Gibraltar. " that f #•:. i able English fortress which cl **

entrace to ths Mediterranean and »!. can sweep with th* 500 brazen in .* of its guns any fleet bold enough *: tempt to force the straita” This rvv. made, England w.eild kw* the krv of t-:* “ French lake." The Italians itiav i w take exception to Kogtan i » neighlsira terming the MeliUrr* * | French lake. The idea of joining fie two seas, if It did nut take ;U rise, v . much encouraged by the tnp of a l r boat. r Sir Julius Vogal has writt* n to the *«.■*. Zealand Woolgntwers* Aa,*cirl..n si Christchurch in reply to a letter « ing a suggestion from the AV . ’ * Assnrialion of Vtctorva to rwuAi t' i t.uus duties on certain Am-riiM ; - linns in return lur the a>liin*..>Vi f A Italian woul into the b ui te-1 St.u .... urging the benefit of a Min Jar ari - m,-ui in this colony. Sir J .. , ,| . I‘srlistnetit would agree to rria-ol tb. 1 • 0(1 keruaeue. especially as Ui*n *• *--. d' be a fair probability of iu h. ing ' ,- in Urge quantities m New Z,>a..i ~ considered that the rainissiu!. would be of any use unless the d tv on ». .! m Ui* United Stales were I be*'* lom-ouslv reduced. It won! i be extr waskneee to make the ram:**. i I*. lees under a specific agree:.it t. si W action would lea*i to a remission of t * a****: duly. S.r J-.ilm. Yog foiloars: —“The poei*.i*«i then con , Una. tlisi if the United S* - ■‘(ant we re #fuj*,weeei to rnt*w I.IV, . rangi inctile lor reducing ;he rate of J on Austral.an W ools, would tl>e eel / f

replying that I consider tho importance of oktainiiiK a market for Colonial wool* • strict**! by tile preterit heavy dutie* i - rich that the colony would readily endeavor to lueet the vihwh of the Governlueut of the United State* ii|>ori any pro)total of a mutually fair nature.” An attached memorandum from the secretary of the department of Trade and Customs stales that the duty collected on keroaene fur IHmS wan £36.1191, and for the six year* preceding it averaged £ 19,097 per year. The following it from the Sydney Mail: —A refrethmg piece of new* come* from Wellington, New Zealand. ThoMayorof that city l>a* announced that he will not •laud for re-election hecauae extraordinary reaaon —the mayor* of colonial rapitala are likely to be knighted in the jubilee year. Sfr Brown —that i* the singular name of thia remarkable man—ha* no objartmn to knighthood per *e, but he think* “there are other people who deaerve that honor more than he doea, % and will he able to accept the concomitant better than he could." # ..ich inodetty and self abnegation aa thi* %-re quite phenomena]. What a lea»on Mr Brown give* to the Bnsistos and other Exhibition linnimirie* who have made the British dominion*, from oue end to the other, reaound with their crir* of grief and indignation because they have not received the honor which the Wellington Mumr *• becomingly pnt* a*idn. The force of example i* great, and it i* tmeeihle that the chief eitie* of Australia will «i|ien*-nee dilficnitn-a of no ordinary kind in filling the mayoral office during the jubilee year. We shall see. Malauai. Fkvkr. Malarial fever*, constipation, toqiiditv of the liver and kidneys, general debility, nervousness and neuralgic ailment* yield readily to this great disea** coni|ueror, Amsrtcmn Ilop Hitter*. It repair* the ravage* of <iisea*« ky converting the food into rich blood, aad it give* new life and vigor to the aged and infirm. See