NEWS OF THE DAY.

Bush Advocate, 15 September 1888, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Mr W. C. Smith, M.H.H., paid a visit to Danevivke yesterday. The Wellington footballers passed through en route to Wellington by train last night. They defeated the "Napier men by four points to three. We learn that Mr E. W. Andrews, son of the popular draper of that name doing business at Makotuku, is about to leave the Bush, having received a very good appointment at Wanganui. He has leen lately assisting at the Makotuku School. We hasten to congratulate Mr Andrews, and wish him every success. We hear that MrPrescott is still suffering severely from • the effects of hisjiccident, but is slightly better. There is, however, some fear entertained that erysipelas — to which Mr Prescott appears to be particularly susceptible— is about to j*et in and cause serious complications. -We again wish Mr Prescott a speedy recovery,

Mr W. F. Knight is negociating for the freehold of his native lease at Tahoraite. Mr T. Kennedy Macdonald will be a candidate for the Wellington 'Mayoralty. . Mr Saucier will open his Hall at Norsewood on Monday; There will be a dance : in the etening< „ We remind our friends at Makotuku that a public meeting of ratepayers will be held at Mr Gasson's Hall this evening, at 8 o'clock. '■■ The attention of Bash contractors is directed to an announcement, in another column, signed by Mr G. W. Williams,* the Chief Surveyor. Messrs Pears,, the celebrated soap manufacturers, have just spent on one advertisement the sum of £20,000 1 The advertisement is a lithographed copy in various sizes of Sir J. E. MQlais's picture 11 Bubbles." And yet the firm «mphaticj ally sfty that "advertising pays." The following ladies and gentlemen ! have kindly consented to sing at the Orraondville Library Concert on the 21st inst. :— Misses Simms, Jones, and Brinkley; Mesdames Small, Hall, and Essex, and Messrs J.Andrews, Hornsby, Sargisson, Wharton, Chaldicotfc, Maynard, Brown, and Jones. The Examiner says Mr Loohey has placed the matter of jtheMaharaharaßoad Board cheque in the hands of MrHankins, of Palmeraton North. When he wenfto the Clerk of the Court to demand the money, the Board had not paid it in, and a certificate of judgment was obtained with a view to taking the matter into the Supreme Court and moving the Court -to appoint a receiver till the claim and coats are paid. After we went to press on Thursday the telephone between Norsewood and the outside world was formally opened, Mr W. C. Smith, M.H.8., sending a congratulatory message to Mr W. Small, of Nqrsewood. We beg to add our congratulations to bur friends at Norsewood upon the means of rapid communication which they now possess, and for which they are greatly indebted to Mr Smith. -The very latest addition to the. local industries of Ormondville is a sash and door factory, of which Mr Maynard will be the enterprising proprietor. The frame of the building is up, and Mr Maynard, we believe, intends to introduce some good labour-saving machinery, among which a mitre machine, boring and morticing machines, will have a place. We sincerely wish success to the new Venture. We have been requested to direct particular attention to an advertisement which . appears in the Advocate this evening having reference to,the letting or leasing of the Main-street Butohery, Danevirfee, where Mr R. T. Brighouse has been carrying on business for' some time past. A good opening is "here presented for an enterprising "knight of the cleaver " to cut in and secure some of the patronage of the good people of our thriving little township. The members of the Makotuku School Committee did not make any very great attempts to pose as orators on Thursday evening, either owing to the absence of most of the members, or the small amount of business before the meeting. There were very few unnecessary words used, and the business was very quietly got through. Perhaps the severe frost that evening had something to do with the business-like manner in which the memberl went at their work. Mr Siddells had a narrow escape from a broken leg on Thursday. He was riding past a draft horse which was grazing near Makotuku, when the horse suddenly kicked out at him. The horse Mr Siddells was riding shied away from the coming blow, and though Mr Siddells received a kick on the thigh there was no force left in it. Had he been a very few inches nearer a broken thigh would have been the result. Draught horses seem to be vicious at Makotuku ; it is not long since a little hoy there had his arm broken by one. Ormondville and Makotuku are at present receiving a visit from Mr and Mrs Macdonald, whose performances on several different instruments have been so favorably noticed by the colonial press. Mrs Macdonald plays the violin, and, amongst other instruments, the bagpipes, and it is claimed that she is the leading lady violinist in the world. Mr Maodonald is equally at home whether presiding at the organ, piano, banjo, or a host of other instruments. They intend . to open at Napier in a selection of yocal and instru- i mental music. A two-roomed house, the property of Mr Auders Halvorsen, of Nor s wood, was destroyed by fire at about 10 p.m. on Thursday. Mr Halvorsen was not at ' home at the time, and, he being a single man, there was no one to stop the flames I until too late,. Mr Halvorsen Wat everything in the way of furniture and clothes that he possessed, save his working clothes, wHioh he was wearing at the time. There was no. insurance over the building, and it is supposed that the fire originated in the chimney, Mr Halvorsen is a steady industrious settler, and it is to be hoped that he will soon get over his losb. • The Harwood Belief Committee are working hard to provide a good programme for their concert. We hope that there will be a good sale of tickets, as Mr Harwood has been very unfortunate, and has had a run of " ill luck," having been burnt out some time ago, from the effects of which occurrence he had only partially recovered when he met with the accident from which he at present suffers, .and which will prevent him from earning anything wherewith to support his young family for a long time. The Bush people are ever ready to assist the unfortunate, and in the case of an honest, sober, and industrious settler such as Mr Harwood will* we know, cheerfully respond to the call for aid. There is a land where it is always Leap Year, according to Mr Frank dishing, who writes to the San Francisco Chronicle\: — " In Zuni land the woman makes the first advances looking towards marriage. The woman raises (he family. She transmits the name. She sends to the youth she chooses a basket of meal or peaches, and if he is inclined toward3.herhe forthwith makes a present of ' primary consideralaon,' consisting of a pair of mocassins of a whole desrskin, beautifully dressed and snow-white. That signifies that she is provided with shoes for life. The only sanctification of the marriage is the formal adoption of the young man after the acceptance of the bundle. He is then the stepson of the girl's father." There are two pools of stagnant water beside the road that runs through Makotuku and near the butcher's shop. Those two pools have been there since the road wasformeoPand ha,ve caused loud complaints and long paragraphs during the past six years, and many cases have been — rightly or wrongly we are not prepared to say — attributed to their baleful breath. Yet there they remain, superior t6 fate, or Town Boards, or County Councils, and the soft moonlight loves to bathe in their placid depths, and the stars twinkle merrily when they see their laughing eyes reflected in those tit ejnblems of repose and tranquility, and when the summer breeze carries away the insects and cool refreshing odors to the weary and belated traveller, and when the moon has ceased to gaze upon them and. her beams have faded away, the traveller aforesaid sinks to rest while searching for the road, yes, and bathes in them, but he does not love them like the moon doos, and goes tn\ay wishfully, using language the reverse of grateful.

The Wo6dville butchers have raised the price of mutton £ per lb. A Burmese law student, Mr Chan Toon, is said to have learned more law before being called to the bar than any student ever learned before. He competed as a student of the Middle Temple, London, for the eight principal prizes open to law students, and gained them all. The balance-sheet of the Makotuku School Library has been made out and submitted to the Auditors, but- has not been signed by them as yet, the reason being that neither will sign without the other is present, and they have not been able to meet yet. When signed, the balance-sheet will be published in the Advocate. The police, acting on instructions from headquarters, are notifying the sawmillers that they must not discharge sawdust into any creeks or streams, and as this, in some cases, will cause increased expenditure, there is some grumbling. There is, in fact, a. strong probability of a case being brought to court in order to test the power of the police to enforce the rule. ? A very enjoyable evening was spent at Ormondville on Thursday evening, when several visitors from Takapau, Makotuku, and the surrounding district met at Skinner's Hall to be entertained by a few of the Ormondville townsfolk. Strains pt sweet music floated on the evening air, and both hosts and guests enjoyed themselves thoroughly until a late hour. The Plain and Fancy Dress Ball came off last evening at Gascon's Hall, Makotuku, about twenty-five couples taking the floor. The Hall was tastefully decoraied ' with ferns, and a wealth of greenery culled from the extensive foreat surrounding the settlement. Mr Gasson " excelled himself " as caterer, and Mr Beale provided capital music. A very enjoyable evening was spent. Amongst the characters deserving particular mention were— Mrs T. Hall, as " Starlight •" Misa Moran, as " Milkmaid ;" Miss Moles, as " Ocean ;" Mrs H. Smith, " Lady 0? the 19tth Century," and " Around Australia ;" Messrs H. Smith, " Academical Ostume ;" W. H. Wharton, as a Cricketer. H. Gasson and J. Smith, as Footballers.