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Wairoa Bell, Volume IV, Issue 155, 22 July 1892, Page 4

The Pahi mill has been stopped for want of logs. Mr J. A. Tele has been appointed Crown Prosecutor in Auckland. The opposition to the Wesleyan Methodists’ Trust Bill will lead to its being thrown out. Mr TI. L. Wilfred Lawson gives two addresses in Auckland this week. His father is one of the best known men in England. Albeitland North is to have anew school building as soon as the site is placed in possession of the Educational Board. The pearling ketch Eon has arrived safely at Tnursday Island after a passage of twenty-three days. The Kopuru Football Minstrels played at Dargaville last Saturday evening and were favoured with a very good house. The gentler sex seems to be now thoroughly in earnest in demanding a voice in politics; 19,284 women over twenty-one years of age have petitioned the House in favour of Female Franchise. The Admiralty intend erecting workshops and store buildings on the naval reserve near the Calliope Dock, N th Shore. Auckland is to be the naval head-quarters in New Zealand. There are now over 100 diggers on the gumfieids at Wellsford and Port Albert will in all likelihood be able to bring a strong football team to the Wairoa, It is to be hoped they will have liner weather than on their last visit. The Aratapu Minstrels give a varied entertainment in the Aratapu hall tomorrow evening in aid of the local Brass Band. Localised songs, new hits, fresh gags and songs and a lively farce ‘ He would be an actor ’ make up the programme. Mr Makininni will give a jockey hornpipe and take a prominent part in the farce, a work in which lie excels. The trapeze work and wire rope walking will be done by a gentleman from Tokatoka way. The Auckland Ministers’ Association have written to the Aratapu Baud of Hope asking them to make anti-gainbling a part of their pledge, The question will be referred to Band of Hope members on Tuesday evening next at the ordinary meeting for an expression of opinion, A grand Fancy Dress Skating Carnival is to be held in the Rotunda Rink, Aratapu on Wednesday, August 3rd. Dancing will follow the skating and will be continued till 1 a.rn. The Aratapu Brass Band will be in attendance and Mr Jones can be dependee upon to make the evening an attractivd one. The Aratapu Sunday School Anniversary meeting has been fixed for Friday, August sth. The children will have some new and taiv.' n £ hymns ready as well as other pieces and the Itev. <JP/s e ph Blight has consented to preside on the ccGASlon. Ihs public may look forward to a pleasant evening of an out—of-the-ordiuary character- There is to be no charge for admission but a collection will be made at the close. A General Meeting of the members of the Kaihu Valley Railway Company, in liquidation, will be held at Auckland, on Wednesday, the 10th day of August next, for the purpose of having an account laid

before them showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the property of the Company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation that may be given. The timber export trade is becoming somewhat more active of late, a number of outward charters for baulk timber freights to Sydney and Melbourne from various minor ports in this province having been lately fixed by the Kauri Timber Company Within the last few days about a dozen vessels have been fixed to load back from Auckland and other ports to Australia with timber. There has been a temporary slackness in the lumber trade between Puget Sound and Australian ports. The week-night service at Aratapu on Tuesday evening was of more than ordinary interest although the weather was damp. Rev. Joseph Blight was present as usual but he placed the conduct of the meeting in the hands of Mr G. Field who had been accredited by the Primitive Methodists of Auckland to conduct services amongst the gumdiggers in this district. Rev. Hauraki Paul vvas also present and gave an interesting address in a very quiet and impressive manner. The other gentlemen named also took a part in the meeting. An import duty on Islaud fruit was advocated in the House by Mr R. Thompson, who said that he had received much representation from fruit growers on the subject, and it had been pointed out that the imported fruit often brought into the colony scale and other objectionable blights. The Hon. Mr McKenzie said the matter was one of great importance and would ye carefully considered by the Government. With regard to the blight on Is l and fruit, Mr Hanlon, the Government expert, who was now in the North, would be instructed to make enquiries and report, and if necessary a measure would be introduced this session bearing on the matter. The Hokianga County Council have made a raid against Maori dogs, and the owners of several such have been fined for not registering the same. The registration fee in that County is only half—a-crown. While on this subject we might say that our remarks on the recent dog cases against Natives at Dargaville were in no way aimed at Mr Pulham, the local Registrar. That gentleman has done his work thoroughly and with very little friction. The cas<’s recently taken into Court in this and other Counties will probably prevent any future trouble. Several hundred Native owned dogs are now registered in the different Counties. R. W. Neal of Port Albert, M. M. East - gate, Maggie Worth and Jane Stewart of Helensville, Margaret Stewart of Kaukapakapa, Edith Cooksey of Matakohe and Edith Herrich are amongst those who passed the pupil teachers examination held last month. Mr Rice, the Secretary, stated that 25 out of 39 males had passed the examination and 59 out of 109 females. Mr Grant remarked that the examination was satisfactory as the successful candidates were well scattered. We congratulare Mr Mefcge of Helensville on his three successes. Of those named above Misses Herrich and Worth are old pupils of the Aratapu School. The following table of exports shows something of the progress of our country during a decade. The first column gives the value of the named exports for 1881, and the latter the same for 1890. 1881. 1890. Wool £2,908,760 £4.150,599. Frozen meat £22,391 £1,238,644. Butter £55,086 £122,690 Cheese £6,112 £B4 396. Grain £995,700 £1,007,825.