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Wairoa Bell, Volume IV, Issue 154, 15 July 1892, Page 4

Mr Boler’s address on Sunday afternoon will be on “ Catching Men.” Mr Rhodes has had steam up in his mill this week in order to test the machinery and we are glad to learn that everything worked well, A start at regular work will soon he made. A Rink Carnival is talked of for Aratapu to take place about the end of this month. Definite particulars will be made known later. The Coroners’ Inquests Bill which has passed its second leading in the Lower House makes provision for the payment of jurors’five shillings per day being the sum named. Mr Houston has drawn the attention of the House to the unfair competition between foreign and colonial vessels trading in our ports. The former often leave port overloaded and undermanned, there being no check upon them. A Skating Carnival was held in Mr Haynes’ Rink at Dargaville on Wednesday evening and as far as we have learned the whole proceedings were very successful. Our correspondent’s account has hot yet reached us so we must defer our notice till next issue. The Gymnasium at Aratapu has made a vigorous start and the membership is increasing fast. Messrs Stubbs and J. Smith are kept pretty busy in putting the members through their exercises three times a week. Home of the local athletes thought themselves pretty smart but they are finding out their weaknesses. Dark eyes are becoming quite fashionable. The regular meeting of the Aratapu Band of Hope was held on Tuesday evening when there was a good attendance and a good programme was gone through. Misses E. Corkill, G. stallworthy, Messrs W, Harper, Bruddcr Pompey, A. and E. Stallworthy, T, Campbell, A. Webb, A. Sowter, G. Elliott and the President each contributed to the programme. Mr Herbert Smith is about to pay this district a visit with his Grand Panorama of the World and will show at Ar a tapu on Thursday next, Dargaville on Saturday, the 23rd hist, and at Kopuru on Monday, the 25th. Mr Smith has a splendid collection of views which he shows to great advantage with a powerful lantern and those who neglect this entertainment will be sorry. Messrs Houston, R. Thompson and Palmer all voted against Mr Lawry’s Compensation to Publican’s Bill so that North Auckland is united on this question. The Premier expressed tiimself strongly in favourfof granting compensation bat said it was useless to refer the matter to the Ministry for others were opposed to it. The House decided against the compensation being allowed. The gentlemen interesting themselves in the establishment of the North Wairoa Agricultural Association have been badly treated by the weather. The Committee meeting called fell on a boisterous and wet evening, and last Friday evening for which the general meeting was called, turned out about as wet as it could do so that only half a dozen persons put in an attendance, amongst them being Messrs M. Harding and Dennin from the Arapohue side, Messrs T. Webb and T. Bassett, members of the Committee, were also present and the rulers of similar societies in other parts were gone through, after which the meeting adjourned to meet again in a month’s time. Sub-section 7 of Section S 5 of the Counties Act 1886 says:—“ No person being concerned or participating (other than as a shareholder in any incorporated company or in an association or partnership consisting of more than twenty persons) in any contract with or work to be done for the Council, if the payment of such contract or such work exceeds five pounds for any one contract or work, or ten pounds altogether in a any year if more than one contract or work.” We quote the above for the benefit of our contemporary who in attempting to lay down the law last week blundered in a point of which he, of all others, should have been most conversant. - In reference to the obituary notice which appears in another column the Auckland

‘Star’ said—“ln our obituary notices yesterday was recorded the death of A inert Henry David Hay. of Eden Terrace. “ through an accident while playing football,” It is said that some months ago, the unforfcunaro young f'Nxv, while engaged in a match, . . . injury to on ■ Ims lungs from widen he never recovered. Various medical men were consulted, but none gave any hope, and the young man gradually sank, passing away on Wednesday at the ago of twenty years. It was at the deceased’s request that the cause of the accident was stated in the death notice, Ins expressed object being to warn others against the game, which he considered too rough.”