Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1898. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2080, 22 February 1898, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1898. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The death is recorded of Miss Frances Williard, American temperance advocate and authoress. (■ Mr R. McDonald Scott has resigned the secretaryship of the May QueenHauraki Q.M. Co, Th© tennis match, Paeroa v. Te Aroha, which was played at Paeroa on Saturday last, result< d in a draw. We are pleased to learn that the Rev E. J. McFarland is much better. The reverend gentleman is being attended by Dr, Smith- ; .

A farmer in. the Yarran district, Victoria, on going into his bedroom for a pair of boots the other day, was surprised that the weight of one of them bad increased. Upon looking into the boot to ascertain the reason, he found to his horror that a tiger snake had carefully stowed itself away in the interior, v. The destiny of the reptile'was speedily accomplished.

A correspondent writes :— ‘ Can you inform me whether or not the shooting season for native game has commenced or not ? I was informed the other day of one sportsman l, who secured a ‘bag y : at one of the lagoons adjacent to the township,’ [Theshooting season has not yet op.ened, but when 0 azetted we will' notify our readers'}. At the Thames on Friday last a man named Alfred Brown was charged at the Police, Court with shooting native game out of season. Defendant pleaded guilty, in addressing defendant drew his attention to the fact that he was liable to a penalty of £2O for the offence This being defendant's first offence he was fined the minimum penalty of £1 and costs £i 4s.

■ A Taranaki paper states that the Government have given notice to all the unmarried men working on the railway co-operative works that their services will not be required after the next pay day. ' This Has been done, it is understood, in the interests of the married men.

While several T.R.V. recruits were indulging; in a little firing at the range last week, one of the stray bullets met a bull-dog that was wandering in the vicinity of; the butts. The bullet made a gap in the dog’s side about an inch and a half long. The animal had a narrow escape.; .' -

A private trial of Mr Jacobsen’s newly invented safety cage, was made at the Fortuna Co.’s mine on Wednesday afternoon, in the presence of Messrs Welman and Rabe. A weigh* of 6J cwf was put in the cage, which was then let go, with the satisfactory result that it held fast to the sides of the shaft with only an inch or two drop, proving the cage to be perfeet, and of great credit to the inventor. During the past week the Very Rev Father Ginatty has been conducting a Mission at Paeroa. The mission, which was a very successful one, was held every morning and evening. The forthcoming meeting of the Ohiuemnri Jockey Club promises to be a huge sucoess, The prize money for. the meeting amounts to a tidy sum. The nominations closed yesterday, and we have every reason to believe that good fields will face the starter in each event*

At the Paeroa Police Court on Thursday last, before J. Nathan, Esq., J.P., a man named William Gibson was charged with stealing goods to the value of £2O from the sample room at Stevens’ Hotel, Waihi. Accused was undefended. Const ible Whelan appeared for the police, and ipplied for a remand as acocsi d had ■nly been arrested' the previous evenng.i A remand was accordingly granted until 10 am on WedntsJay, J3rd inst.

A young man named John Messenger was admitted to the Thames Hospital on Friday last. While working in MrDarrow’s bush at Whaiekawa ce was jammed between two logs, with ue result that his thigh was dislocated.