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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1050, 17 April 1882, Page 2

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: ONITED PRESS ASSOCIATION,)' THE PROPERTY TAX, Wkllitoton, this day. About a dozen persona were sued for the property tax and ten per cent, The cases were set down for hearing. this. morning, when all had paid but two, against whom orders were made. .S.S. PATEA ABANDONED. Patea, this day. The a.s. Patea was abandoned to the Underwriters yesterday. Captain Bendall arrived on Saturday/with appliances and attempted to get her off By the evening's tide, but she was hurled violently against the cliff, a quantity of which fell upon her, and the hull beirg-stove in, she filled with water and sand. The water running in and out, There was: a miraculous'escape of the donkey engine bursting, Tho Patea was insured for half its value as follows: Union LIOOG, South British LIOOO, Colonial LSOO.

SUDDEN DEATH:OF:, AN OLD ' 'COLONIST, Wangakui, April, 16. The funeral of Mr Frank Parkes (who died vory suddenly of heart desease at Ngaire on Friday evening) took plac9 here at 3 o'clock to-day. There was a large following, the deceased being very generally respected. Ho was one of the oldest settlors in this district, his parents having arrived in the olony in lff42, when he was only sevon years of age, no leaves a wife and family mostly grown up, to mourn his loss. The sad intelligence of his death when it reached the town on Saturday caused very general sorrow and regret,

DARING ROBBERY... SUCCESS. OF THE EXHIBITION. CHRISTCHURGH JOCKEY CLUB. CiißiSTcricKCH, This day. Early on Sunday morning Martin's Black Horse Hotel, next to tho Sunny Side Asylum was burglariously entered and an iron safe containing about £3OO and several detds was carried off from a room opening on to the bar. An examination of the premises leads to the belief that an entrance waß effected through a window and .that the bar door was opened from tho Inside, The safe must have been taken through tho door, and there are indications of it having been rolled over and over from the door to a, cart in which it was carried away. A cart belonging to a farmer named. James Carrick, which bad been, left opposite th&' hotel on the previous night,' is now miss-' ing, and'ahorse-belonging. to-Mr Martins' sonrin-law, which it is believed was used in the cart was yesterday afternoon found by the ; policeon the South Town Belt.

• On Saturday a boy named Henry Limns 11 yeai'B of m was arrested for sticking up another boy and robbing hiin of 2s. O : ier6000 people visited the oxhibilion on Saturday. The total receipts for the week exceeded those of tho Adelaide Exhibition by £350, It is rumored tljat H, P. Xranco hap followed Mr Stead'e example' and re-" signed his appointment in C, J.C, handicapping Oommittee.