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Waipawa Mail, Volume I, Issue 8, 9 October 1878, Page 2

We desire to inform our readers that in future a supplement will be issued every Saturday in connexion with the Waipawa Maii.i Oi\r last supplement was published oil Wednesday, owing to pressure upon our ordinary space. Waipawa Cricket Club.—A meeting of the Waipawa Cricket Chib will be held his evening at 7.30 at Baker’s Empire Hotel.

Concert.—By aduertisement in another column, it will be seen that a concert will be given in the Oddfellows’ Hall on Tuesday next, the proceeds of which will be in aid of St. Patrick’s Church.

Holiday.—Tt is notified by an advertisement in another column that several leading business men in Waipawa have agreed to close their places of business on Thursday next.

An Exhibit.—We are glad to hear that local industry will be represented at the Agricultural Show, which will he held today and Thursday at Hastings. MrShanly sends down this morning a handsome double-seated buggy of Waipawa manufacture. Mr Shanly is the oldest exhibitor in his line in the province, and has taken

numerous prizes. Billiards.—Tnere was a billiard match at Baker’s Empire Hotel on Monday which created considerable interest amongst the lovers of the cue. The match was be- - :nlft VC —CTnTTi lininCtT TTTI CT The stakes were £5 a side, 200 up. The game resulted in the Maori winning by four points In a match arranged afterwards between the same parties Abrahams beat his opponent by forty-two points.

Tiie Law’s Delay.—Loud were the complaints made yesterday about the action of the Resident Magistrate in hurriedly adjourning the Court for a month, and leaving a number of cases unheard.

' c In one case there were seven witnesses t j who had come from Norsewood, a good c day’s journey, and the postponement of c the case for a month is simply a cruel e hardship. It would be infinitely better if o Mr Stuart did not visit this district at all. * We do not wish to allege anything against* s his ability or impartiality, but lie is evi- " dcntly a gentleman exceedingly fond of suiting his own convenience, and that is a 0 very undesirable feature in a public p servant. There would he less disappointment if it could be arranged so that the local justices could do the work. Mr 1 Stuart’s monthly trip to Waipawa is a 5 farce. Ilis reason for adjourning the 7 Court yesterday was that he had to sit on 1 the Bench at Napier to-day. 110 appears to have no regard for the public interest, j He could have sat a few hours longer yesterday without the good people of [ Napier losing his valuable services for more than the short space of half-an-hour. He could have left by the train this morning, when he would have arrived in Napier by half-past ten o’clock. However, half-an-hour’s delay to Napier is regarded as of more importance than serious loss and inconvenience to a very large district. Mr Stewart may be an estimable gentleman, but he is a long way off being an accommodating magistrate. His desire to get home yesterday afternoon lias cost unfortunate litigants in this district a good round sum. Out of fifteen cases set down for hearing yesterday only four were dealt with. It is exceedingly difficult to refer to this matter in mild language. The Agricultural Snow.—From the Herald of yesterday we learn that the entries for the forthcoming show exceed those of last year by G 4, the numbers being 516 for this show against 452 at the ] previous one. Those numbers are exclu- ; sive of the entries for the champion cups, j of which there are 72, as against G2 last \ year. Of horses there are 108 entries, T against G 3 last year ; cattle, 47 against 58; , merino sheep, G2 against 69 ; longwools, t 135 against 155 ; pigs, 8 against G ; sheep < dogs, 29 against 9 ; poultry, 25 against } 13 ; implements, 42 against 30 ; buggies 1 and other carriages, 1G against 7 ; dairy 1 produce, 9 against 11 ; beer, 2 against 0 ; ( saddlery, 3 against 2 ; wool, 2 against 3 ' x extra exhibits, 18 against 19, . 1

A 'Hopeful is about to have erected a hotel. This (says the Wellington Chronicle) is a hopeful sign for that terribly City Of the Sandhills. Public Reading-room and Library. —t in consequence of the premises not being available, the reading-room could not be opened on. Saturday, as we mentioned in our last issue, but we are now glad to state that through the indefatigable exertions of the committee, arrangements are so far complete that on this (Wednesday) evening, at seven o’clock p.m., the read-ing-room and libfcfry will be opened, and have no doubt will receive general support and patronage on the part of the inhabitants of Waipawa, to wliom such an institution will prove a great boon.

Friendly Societies Bill.—We learn by telegraph that the Attorney-General yesterday afternoon moved the second reading of the Friendly Society’s Act Amendment Bill. Mr Rolleston suggested that a Conference of delegates from the various societies should be held during the recess to frame recommendations for the guidance of the Government. He proposed to constitute separate funds for cost of management and sick and benefit funds. Ht would not allow societies to register unless they could prove they were in a solveni state. The Bill was read a second time.

County Council Elections.—There appeal’s to he some doubt in the minds oJ

Councillors as to the appointments in connection with the forthcoming elections. It was first thought that it was only necessary for the Council to appoint a Returning Officer for the County, when that gentleman could appoint deputies for the various ridings. However, the advice of a lawyer has been taken on the matter, and the professional opinion is that it will be necessary for the Council itself to appoint the returning officers for the several ridings. We believe that members of the legal profession are divided on the question, some holding that the chief returning officer can appoint deputies to take the poll in the several ridings. That Certainly is the general impression, and it appears to be in accordance with the lett t and spirit of the Act. The question is of more importance than appears at first glance, for a mistake might invalidate the whole of the elections.

c English Cricketers. —A contemporary says that a letter has been received from v Boyle, the Victorian cricketer in England, c “ stating that Mr I. D. Walker has rc- " linquished the idea of bringing out bis r team of gentlemen cricketers in conse--11 quence of the supsriority shown by the Australians. Mr Boyle, however, states 1 that the I. Zingari Club intend sending I* a team to the colonies. Surely the vaunted ° pluck of Englishmen has diminished if fear of a thrashing prevents the gentlemen fancy that there must be something more in the alteration than the dread of a beatv ing. Besides, the Melbomne Club have already entered into engagements for H them. The Upper House and the Electoral Bill.—The following is from the New - Zealander, the recognised organ of the - Ministry : —Rumor has it that the Legisla- , tive Council is about to forego the prestige . which it enjoys of being uninfluenced by * party feelings, and that it is about to dis--1 tinguish itself by a bold move in relation ' to the Electoral Bill. Strange it may apI pear that the arena to be chosen for the first struggle with popular and liberal sentiments should he a measure not dealing * with its own Chamber but the other branch of the Legislature ; but if rumor is to he credited, an effort is to he made in the Council to throw out the measure. It is said that Mr Rolleston and the Canterbury members generally are engaged in vigorous lobbying of the Upper House, and that these gentlemen having ridiculously failed in their own Chamber, are quite jubilant in the expectation that they can use the paws of the lion, members of the Upper House to pull the nuts out of the fire. It is rather a subordinate arid somewhat questionable position to which it is attempted to reduce our Chamber of Peers, but the effort shows the estimation in which they probably are held, and the uses to which they are supposed capable of being applied, by certain members of the House of Representatives. Wairoa’s Little Bill.—The people of \\ airoa, in the Province of Hawke’s Bay, may he congratulated, says the New Zealander, on the prospect of having a Harbor Board for that place. The Bill introduced by Mr Sutton was referred to the Waste Lands Committee, and they have not altered a clause relating to the constitution of a Harbor Board, so that possibly the I revise will sanction the measure. The only alteration made in the Bill—and this, of course cannot affect the constitution of the Board—has been the striking out of 1 four short clauses, the first of which sets forth, “ Upon the constitution of the * Board, the lands described in the schedule 1 hereto shall, without any conveyance or 1 assurance, vest in the Board for an estate ' in fee-simple, and shall he held by it for 1 the purposes of this Act.” The Com- ' mittee had an objection to this little order 1 upon the Government, and knocked off * the schedule, which comprised only 83 quarter-acre town sections and the modest ' area of 30,000 acres in the Ruakituri 1 Block. However, Wairoa may get its r Harbor Board, and this must console the s district for the loss of endowments upon , which, to raise funds. The harbor funds * will have lo consist of wharfage rate, and ! 1 = harbor improvement rates. j j.

The Australian Eleven. —The following matches are arranged to be played in America:—St. George’s Club, New Y r ork,

Ist and 2nd October; German Town Club, Philadelphia, 3rd, 4th, and sth October : Toronto, 7th and Bth October ; Detroit, 9th and 10th October; Chicago, 12th and 14th Dctober ; St. Louis, 16tli and 17tli October ; perhaps one day at Salt Lake ; and finish up at ’Frisco on 24th, 25th, and 26th October, and leave for Austratia on the 28th October, arriving in Sydney about the end of November. A private letter received from Mr D. Gregory, captain of Australian Eleven, states that Mr W. G. Grace had written him a very humble apology for his conduct in connexion with the Middlesex match.

Breach of Promise.—An action for breach of promise of marriage was brought against a farmer named Stock by the daughter of a grocer of Charnoek Richard, at the Liverpool assizes recently. Judgment had been allowed to go l>y default, and the only question was as to damages. The plaintiff said she had “kept company” with the defendant since 1864, and the result had been the birth of four children, for which she had obtained affiliation orders against him. He had promised to marry her from time to time, but in May last year he ceased to pay her any attention. Upon beieg* threatened with legal proceedings, he got a neighbor to write to the plaintiff asking her to stop them, and directing her to Matthew v. 7 —“ Blessed are the merciful ; for they shall obtain mercy.” The plaintiff said she did not take proceedings against him sooner “ because she loved him, and because she thought lie loved the children.” The jury gave her £SOO damages.

Australian Horse in England.—ln the Oriental Magazine of June last there is a notice of an Australian horse named Blackboy, who has been distinguishing himself in hunters’ races in the old country under big weights. It appears that, first of all, he was raced successfully in India, thence was sent to England in 1874, and for some time before being put in training was regularly hunted there. Altogether he has started for seven steeplechases in England, winning five, his best performance being in a hunters’ race in Cheshire, distance throe miles. Though carrying 13st 31b, and giving weight to every horse in the race, yet he won cleverly. N. Z. Sheep for Japan.—The Japanese Government has been busying itself lately inquiring into the merits of our colonial sheep, with the result that a large order has been sent to Australia and New Zealand for ewes and rams. Speaking of the sheep sent, a Sydney paper says : —•“ Perhaps the gems of the consignment are a lot of grand Lincoln rams, selected from New Zealand, whose sheep will surely make a great name, by the help of these these now being sent to the Flowery Land as representatives, for they are really a good lot.”

A Warning.—Amateur gasmakers, beware ! A fatal accident occurred recent] - at Greystone, a village near Sheffield. An engine tender named Lloyd had constructed outside his house a contrivance for making gas. The gas when made and purified, was conducted by pipes into a web, which was covered with a wooden air-tight tub. On Wednesday night Lloyd made bis first successful experiment. He then attempted to remove the tub in order to substitute a metal covering, but, the air and gas coming in contact, an explosion occurred, and the tub was blown about 30 yards away, and Lloyd was killed.

England’s Rule.—The occupation of Cyprus seems to be very generally regarded by the press and public at home, as indeed it is in the colonies, with very general satisfaction. “We have shown,” said Lord Salisbury, at a banquet on the 27th August, “in governing India that were English rule and English influence extend, peace and order revive, wealth and prosperity increase.” Hence lie argued the readiness and joy with which the people of Cyprus accepted the new regime, and the best omen we could have for success in our new venture. This sentiment appears to be echoed throughout the country. Mummy Peas.—Bv the last Suez mail a gentleman in Melbourne received a packet of peas, which were taken from the folds of an Egyptian mummy,

enrolled in the British Museum, 3000 years old. On receiving them he placed some of the them in a glass of * water, and in twenty-four hours they had swelled considerably. They were then taken out and planted in pots, with good manure, and are now springing into life.

A Novel Present.—A presentation of rather unusual character was made to the Dunedin City Council the other day. It consisted of several pieces of “ road metal ” taken from Maclaggan street, said road metal consisting of sharp flinty stones, about 6even or eight inches in length, four or five inches wide, and which, by a stretch of some roadmaker’s imagination, were supposed to have passed through a two and a half-inch ring.

The Timber Interest.—The estimated weekly revenue to the town of Feilding from timber sources alone is calculated as representing £IOOO a week. With such a source of revenue it is not surprising that Feilding is advancing rapidly, and that in value-.