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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 95, 26 July 1879, Page 2

Tin: Wkatukr. During the past week the weather has been alt igetller unseasonable. The trade wind has been exceedingly high, and occasionally it came in gusts fully half a gale in strength, accompanied by a heavy downpour ol rain.

Dlll'SK AND Ihsultnr.ul.Y.—ln the Neutral Territory Court, on Monday, before Th. Weber, Esq., (Jerinau Consul, a carpenter from thesulioouer favourite was lined v?IO for being drunk and disorderlyFine paid. (_lu niesday Nemo and Tatopail, two Samoans, were lined j.j each for being drunk and disorderly.

C'ui'lU.—The latest intelligence from Europe with regard to tho juice of copra is as follows : There is a fair deluuud and prices arc again 10s. to iUs. per ton dearer; the present value of lair to good quality in bags being £2l to -ili2 ; a,;d loose is worth '3> 10... to i:il per ton. Sli'KN'kss.—There appears to be quite an epidemic of dial rhecu and dysentery in our midst just now, both amongst children and adults, ina low casus l.iuse halo no lioul t but that thu present misuttied and uiecasuiiablo Wealliui has a Sin Aui'iif:; lii.KivjN.— By hue mails don, thu Governor oi'i'iji, will bodroupe'l at Pagapago, by the Paeitie Mail steamer about the 20th of next month. The Commodore of the Australian station has been telegraphed to to tend a ship of war to liiccl him at PagopagO on the above date. .Sir ArtUur may be expected to arrive here about the zlnd ut next mouth. A Sriu'iiiss:. — On Thursday night last a nativo got considerably frightened, so much so that he thought that the hist day had arrived, and that the earth had opened to s'.valiow him up. It appears tout while ho was running along aose t i tho Rarotongau Church some of the earth .suddenly gave way with him and precipitated him into a hole about six lei-t deep. From what we can seu this has been caused by water oosing through from the back to the sea, but tee fact of the ground thus caving in clouted tin: utmost consternation in the native mind, and they visited the hole at various times during the night with lanterns, &c. 1 The New British Consul.— By the barque Metaris, which arrived in harbour on lues..ay last, John Hicks tiraves, lisq., the newly appointed British Consul lor Samoa, put ill an appearance. We learn that he will commence bis official dtties as soon as ho can secure suitable premises for his ollices. It. S. Swumtuu, F-q., who has received Iris appointtient as Deputy Commissioner, aim who has been acting as British Cousul, will retain thu office of Deputy Commissioner. As we explained some time ago, tho of British Consul was Idled by the Foreign Ollicc, while that of Deputy CoJUUilssiouer was tilled by tho iiigh Coiueiissiouer; therefore, we presume, by the appointment of Mr. Graves, that it is intended tu keep the two Ollices bepOratC ' I

I'iiii:oN Match.—Ou Sunday, the 20th instant, at .'1 o'clock in the uitenlooji, u uuiuliur of gentlemen, resident in Apia, m well n* the Captains aud officers oithu men-of-war in harbour, assembled at Motootua to take part in the tiiitt piiiou mutch over held in Samoa. About tfty birds bail been provided, and suo'ed themselves after thu coiuini'iicvmun of tlir shooting to bo quitu lively audau ve, .so that iliu sportsmen bad ampleoporUtility to show their skill as marks) eu, After condition* bad been settled u ou, the spoil commenced and ia.-ted for a >ut two bours, thu day eventually being arried by Mi. Price, of thu I'.k.S. .-L.l b.wuima", aim Dr. Kliltel, of Jl.I.Uj .S. Bismarck. Quito a number of spt. ta-toi-s hud assembled, who aprfotu tiy watched thu sport with groat tnu mt. We hope this pigeon match will nv teo our foreign residents to get up sin lar entertainments liy wliieb our little t \vn would lon a good deal of iu usual il llIK'SS.

Postal. The nuuiuer si uiu:hmn\nl at. aid despatched from, the Samoa Post Office, !m t!u- i[i.uit. iending 30th June, is a* follows: —lie.vivc. I fr.mi Sydney 11 mail-, containing 210 letters, 20 1* oka, ami 900 uewxpapem; Victoria, II mails, containing l.'i letters, I book, ami 2tl newspaper*; Queensland, 4 mails, containing 4 letters and 2 newspapers) San Francisco, - mail-, containing l'.Ki letters and I ft* newspapers; Toiigatabu,3iuails, containing 15 letter* &ud 2 newspapers j Auckland, 2 mails, containing 34 letters, 4 books, uml 40newspapers; Fiji, 5 mails, containing !)4 letters and 2ti<i newspapers; Vavuu, I mail, containing 2 letters. Making a total .>f 8U mails, jsi letters, 23 liooks, and 14Q0 uewspapers. l>.-s----patohed t<> Sydney 7 mails, oontaiuing 22:S letters, n books, and 20d newspapers ; Fiji, (i mails, containing ~>'J letters uiul 08 newspapers; Auckland, 3 nioila, containing I+2 letters, :t books, and 112 newspapers; Sail Francisco, 1 mail, containing 17 letters 1 book, and 4 new* papers ; Tongntabu, 2 mails, containing 14 letters, I book, and 11 newspaper*; liatnvia, I mail, containing 7 letter* and L 3 newspapers j Hanbai, I mail, 1 letter and It) newspapers ; Yuvau, I mail, containing- 2 letters and •*> uewspapers. Making a total of 24 mails, 47.i letters, 13 books, and ."• ."> I newspapers. Matrimonial —Another of our old friends lias taken unto himself II wife. We refer to the marriage of Mr. Peter ltiisiniissen tn Miss I 'arolinc Cue, daughter of Mr. Jonas M. Cue, of Mntaulu, which took place on Saturday last at the tieimaii Consulate.. The party held in the evening, after the gordiau knot had been tied, was a very brilliant affair. A large marquee had been erected, adjoining the house of the bride's father, which was tastefully decorated with flowers, Hags, and evergreens. In this building dancing was vigorously kept up till the small hours. Everything connected with this evening party was so admiiably carried out that everyone, and there Were a large number of guests present, thoroughly enjoyed themselves. We beg here to add our congratulations to the many that were received by the happy pair on Saturday night, and we hope tney will , live Ion.; in enjoy each other's company.