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Waipawa Mail, Volume I, Issue 4, 25 September 1878, Page 2

Singing Class.—By advertisement in another column, it will be seen that all those favorable to the establishment of a singing class in AVaipawa are invited to attend a meeting, to be held in Mr Waite’s schoolroom to-morrow evening.

Court of Petty Sessions.—We desire to intimate to our readers that the usual monthly sitting of the Court of Petty Sessions will be held at Waipawa to-mor-row (Thursday). Earthquake.—A slight shock of earthquake was felt here at seven o’clock on Sunday evening. The “ shake” was of a very mild nature, and most of the residents did not feel it. A New Flour Mill.—lt will be seen by our advertising columns that Mr Bridge invites tenders for the construction of a flour mill at Onga Onga. This both denotes and encourages the progress of agricultural settlement, and should be regarded as a work of public importance. Government School. The long-pro-mised additions to the State school in Waipawa have been commenced. It would have been better to have a new building erected at once, as this patching and adding will cost more in the long run than the building of a really suitable structure.

Russo-Turkish Alliance.—The following telegram appeared as a special in the Telegraph last evening : —“ London, September 22.—The rumor is confirmed that Russia has submitted a treaty to Turkey of friendship and perpetual alliance, which will he entered upon as soon as Turkey makes payment to Russia of the stipulated war indemnity.”

Drunkenness. At the Magistrate’s Court, Waipawa, on Saturday, Hugh Travers, on a charge of drunkenness, was dismissed with a caution. John Farquhar, who was to appear on a similar charge yesterday, kept away from the precincts of the Court, and as a consequence forfeited his hail of twenty shillings.

Waipawa Band.—A meeting in connection with the Waipawa Band was held in the Oddfellows Hall last evening. About twenty persons were present. Mr B. Johnson occupied the chair, and stated the object of the meeting. Mr 11. Thomas proposed that a committee be formed, consisting of Messrs Robb, Johnson, Chicken, and Bickerton, to take the necessary steps for the formation of the band. This was seconded by Mr 0. H. Ayers, and carried. It was decided to call the band the Waipawa Fife and Drum Band, and Mr Moftat was appointed bandmaster. Tuesday’s and Thursdays were selected as the practice nights, Tuesday to be the full practice night. The following are the names of those who joined the band : —Messrs Moffatt, Swan, Sporle, Thomas, Richie, Ayers, Peterson, Egen, Chicken, Kerruish and Nicholls.

Horse-Stealing Case.—A man, named Andrew Taylor, was arrested at the Spit on Monday morning at daybreak, on a charge of stealing a horse from the yard of Mr Kelly’s Imperial Hotel, Waipawa, on Saturday afternoon bust. On the day of the alleged stealing the prisoner was seen attempting to catch the horse on the road close to the hotel. Mr Carpenter, of the Bank of Australasia and Mr liolson of Richmond Park, asked the prisoner if the horse was his, and on receiving an affirmative answer helped him to catch the animal. The prisoner then mounted the horse and rode away. It appears that the steed in question belonged to Mr Bovaird, of Waipukurau, who had lent it to Mr Brabazon to come to Waipawa. Whilst Mr Brabazon was engaged in some business transactions in town, he left the horse in the yard of the Imperial Hotel, but .on his return he found that the animal was missing. Suspicion immediately pointed to the man who, a short time previously, was seen with the horse by Mr Hobson and Mr Carpenter. It was not, however, until Sunday afternoon that the affair was reported to the police, when Sergeant McGuire started in pursuit of the prisoner, a description of whom had been given by Mr Hobson. The sergeant heard that Taylor had passed through Kaikora, and from thence tracked him to the Spit, where he arrested him in the Commercial Hotel, within twelve hours after receiving the information, having travelled a distance of forty-three miles in the meantime. The prisoner was brought up at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, and on the application of Sergeant McGuire, Mr Inglis remanded Taylor 111 Thursday next.

Arrival of the ’Frisco Mail.—The City of Sydney, with the English mail on board, arrived at Auckland at a quarter past six on Tuesday morning. The Napier portion of the mails will be brought down by the Hawea, which leaves Auckland this afternoon. A telegraphic summary of European and American news will be found in another column. Death of Mr Neil Campbell.—lt is our melancholy duty to record the death of an old and respected settler. We allude to the late Mr Neil Campbell, who died at his residence, Kaikora, on Saturday last, after an illness of a few days. The deceased gentleman was a native of the Island of Skye, and had been a resident of Hawke’s Bay for a period of twenty-one years. Shortly after his arrival, he was appointed overseer and paymaster of roads, a position which he held lor some time. On his resignation of this office, he received the appointment of Inspector of Police. In both his oftcial positions, Mr Campbell gave the highest satisfaction to the authorities and the public. After efficiently fulfilling the duties of inspectorship of the police, he resigned, and erected a hotel at Kaikora, which he conducted for a number of year. On retiring from the hotel business, Mr Campbell entered upon sheepfarming, in which occupation he remained till the end of his days. The deceased gentleman was universally liked and respected in the district. He was ever ready to help the distressed or afflicted, and his acts of charity were innumerable. We are informed by those who were long acquainted with Mr Mackenzie that he was never known to refuse a charitable appeal. He was generous and open-handed to a fault. The respect in which the deceased gentleman was held was fully attested by the large concourse of settlers who followed his remains to the grave on Monday afternoon. Numbers had come from a long distance to attend his funeral. Deceased was a member pf the Odd Fellows Order, and a large number of brethren were present at his funeral. The Rev. Mr Fraser officiated at the grave, and Mr B. Johnson, of the Loyal Abbotsford Lodge M.U., 1.0.0. F., read the [impressive funeral service of the Order. Mr Campbell leaves a wife and one child to mourn over their sad affliction. The deceased died at the comparatively early age of forty-two years. Waipawa Cricket Club.—A meeting of members of the above club was held last night at Baker’s Empire Hotel. Present—Messrs Greenside, O’Connor, Bodle, Harwood, Nicliolls, McGuire, Cook, Inglis, and Smith. Moved by Mr Inglis and seconded by Greenside, that Mr Bodle take the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Moved xi. M—a hy MiCook, that action relative to the laying out .the new cricket ground be sustained. Carried. Moved by Mr Cook and seconded by Mr Greenside, that Mr Inglis be requested to act as treasurer and secretary to the club for the season. Carried. The following members were proposed as a committee, viz., Messrs Greenside, Bodle, Collett, S. O’Connor, and the Secretary. Moved by Mr Cook and seconded by Mr Greenside, that the appointment of a match committee be left over in the meantime. Carried. The secretary was instructed to communicate with the secretaries of the Star Club and Waipukurau Club, enquiring when it would be convenient for them to play a friendly match with the Waipawa Club. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the business of the evening. Prodigious.—At a meeting held in London in connexion with a movement to provide “ Speech for the Dumb,” Professor Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, in the course of Ids speech, to illustrate the purely mechanical nature of speech, spoke of having received from across the Atlantic, a few days ago, one of Mr. Edison’s phonographs, and after placing the machine on a table in his Liverpool hotel, and tinning a handle, his friends who had brought the instrument, were addressed by name, and were thus greeted : “ Once for all, I wish you a pleasant voyage and a happy time in England.” These words, he said, had been spoken into the phonograph at starting, and rendered faithfully at the other shore of the ocean 3000 miles off.

The Time will Come.—The London Times thinks that women will get their rights when they ask for them. “ The right to vote and sit in Parliament will be obtained when it is wanted, just as new bonnets ami pony carriages and other little luxuries are obtained now. Brothers and husbands will be teased into granting what their female relations are wishing for, and they will be just as able to refuse one kind of petition as. another. The women will have their own way : whatever it may be. If they have not got votes it is because they do not care for them.”

Stud Horses for Wanganui. The Canterbury Press of 16th inst. says:— “ The following stud horse will be shortly shipped from Lyttelton to the Wanganui district: —Pride of Canterbury, a bay colt by Glenroy, from Jean, by Wellington, out of an imported mare. Canterbury breeders must have been foolish to allow this grand colt to slip through their fingers, as he won the first prize at the Christchurch Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s show as a tlire*’-year-old, and in fact has never been beaten when shown. It is stated, however, than an offer of £6OO for him was refused here, and therefore Wanganui in n must have bid high for him.

•Mr R. Dagg, the well-known Otago wrestler has accepted the challenge of Thomas of Victoria, to wrestle for the championship of the colonies. The match will probably take place at Dunedin in November.

Bough on the Bachelors.—M. Joubert has laid before the chamber at Versailles a projet de loi for increasing the number of marriages. He demands that every Frenchman, who between 25 and 40, still persists in remaining unmarried, shall be deprived of his rights as an elector. Value of Land in Southland.—Land speculation in Soutlilond continues with unabated force, Mr P. K. McCauglian is reported to have just bought out all the small farmers located on the West Plains, situated between Wallacetown and the New River, and about four miles from Invercargill. The prices paid are said to average from £8 to £ls per acre, and the area purchased is believed to be about 2000 acres in all. Mr McCauglian is also reported to liave purchased Scott’s Gap Farm, of about 2000 acres, near Riverton. Mr Osborne has privately disposed of Mr Lyon’s farm of 300 acres,, about five miles from Invercargill, to Mr W. J. Moffat at £9 per acre. Several large areas of Invercargill suburban land are being treated for, with a view to subdivision and re-sale in building allotments.