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Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 168, 21 October 1892, Page 5

The subject of Mr Boler’s address on Sunday evening will be “ All Saints.” Very heavy rain fell last Sunday and also on Wednesday placing us in the middle of winter as far as watery surroundings can. The Motukaraka people and other Hokianga settlers are looking forward to the opening of the overland route to Wairoa for rapid communication to Auckland. In another column may be found Mr H. Smeaton’s notice to all consumers of groceries. His prices when seen will draw attention and no doubt bring grist to his mill. Hook up the new advertisement. Mr James Barbour has gone to Thursday Island to see what has become of the Eon and Dad as he has heard nothing of them since their arrival on the fishing grounds. The brig Vision is loading coal at Mount Kembla for Auckland. On arrival and discharging there she proceeds to the Kai—para to load timber for Adelaide, The Board of Education are removing Miss A. M. Devin from tbe Mareretu school to Wellesley-street school, Auekland. The Bay of Islands Pastoral Association’s Spring Show is to be held at Waimate on November 9th, next. Schedules and list of prizes can be had from the Secretary, or seen at our office. Vol, Kruse of Wanganui won first prize of £7 in first stage of Queen’s Match, New South Wales, Ross ot Napier, Doughty of Auckland, and Weir of Thames, were also prize winners, Subscription lists in aid of the Atkinson and Vaile memorials were before the County Council oil Wednesday but neither received any assistance. The parliamentary vote of £3OOO to the widow of the late Hon. H. Atkinson was considered memorial sufficient. Messrs Patterson & Co find they have been paying too dearly for the Auckland tramways, and being unable to secure sat-

isfactory terms from the B,N Z. Assets Co. ■they have relinquished them. They announce thot on and after Monday next they will run an opposition bus service to the tramways on all circuits. The number of persons who arrived in the colony during September was 1,147 against 696 departures; The arrivals were; —From the United Kingdom, 176 ; New South Wales, 520 ; Victoria, 314 ; Tasmania 72 ; other places, 65 ; total, 1,147. The departures were ;—To United Kingdom, 60 ; New South Wales, 332 ; Victoria, 210 ; Tasmania, 18 ; other places, 76 ; total, 696. Mr R. Ball, engineer at Aratapu, is evidently an energetic gardener. A few weeks ago his enclosure was covered thick in sawdust, where now beans, cabbages and other vegetables are well advanced and looking extremely healthy. Mr Ball did not disturb the sawdust but simply placed earth and manure on top and at once sowed his seeds, The plan has so far proved decidedly successful. Mr W. Bradley of Te Kopuru, reports that on Wednesday last, whilst at anchor near Tangi, he observed the black topmast of a sunken yacht passing by ; it appeared to have jib set. The weather was so bad and rough he could not venture out to it. The mast was passing down the river, it being an hour after high water. There is no report of any persons missing. All the fishermen have been seen, also Mr Burdett, who promised to be on the look out for the sunken yacht. A Hokianga correspondent says, — 1 The cattle trade has revived again, and I am informed that several thousand head will be shipped this spring for Waitara, to the order of Mr Young. Most of the cattle are bought in the rural districts of the Bay of Islands, and driven to Rawene, where they are shipped. At Mr Webster’s wharf, Oponni, every facility is afforded for shipping live stock, and no doubt local cattle owners will avail themselves of this opportunity by clearing off their surplus stock. Mr Snazelle, after announcing performances at Dargaville and Aratapu by advertisement and flaring posters, has decided not to visit the Wairoa. The Helensville people evidently did not give him much encouragement so he decided to come no further. Many of the Aratapu people and those around were put to much trouble by the Dobson-Kennedy Company’s very coarse treatment of them, and now although Mr Snazelle’s bills all through the district are loudly announcing his appearance in this district he has no intention evidently of doing so. No doubt we can do very well without Mr Snazelle, but we could also have done without this bit of foolery. The smart Sydney-owned brigantine Peerless arrived at Sydney on the 12th from Kaipara with a cargo of kauri. She left there on the 24th September, and some bad weather from N.E. set in soon after leaving, increasing to fierce squalls. There was a fearful sea running, and though the Peerless is recognised as one of the best bad weather vessels of her size on the coast, she had a terrible time of it. Oil bags from the cathead were hung out, and by that means the sea was to some extent prevented from breaking and washing off the deck cargo. During a sudden change to west the foresail, lowertopsail, mainstaysail, jib, and some other canvas went. Right from the New Zealand coast to the Sydney Heads fine weather prevailed only on two days.