District and General.

Bush Advocate, Issue 356, 21 August 1890, Page 2

District and General.

The Ormondville recreation ground is very nearly finished, that is, the logging up, and so far the contractors seem to have been yery thorough in their work. ,A self-appointed committee went over the ground to-day with a view of ascertaining what sort t of a cricket, pitch would be obtainable for the coming Reason, and found that a small square tor. practising could be made by levelling off and laying turf. It is probable that a meeting will be called' for the purpose of forming a cricket club at an early date so ..that the, ground can be properly .fixed before the season commences. The Danevirke, Braw Band will, weather permitting, give a sacred concert on Sunday afternoon next, in Mr Henderson's paddock at 'the rear of Mr Prior's, commencing at 2.30 o'clock. Seats will be provided for the ladies. The following programme will be gone through :— Sacred march, "Memories, of Galilee "; fanta.sja, "Land Beyond the River';: sacred march, "Sunday in Camp ; grand selection, ".Starry Crowns of Heaven"; fantasia, "Chim*, <>h Chime, thou Merry Belis"; march, Away." It will be noticed from an advertisement in. another column that the first meeting of the Danevjrke Quadr#le. Assembly takes,, place to-opqrrpw, evening. „ ■; , '". The Danevirke Debating Society meets this evening. Mr Bierre has 1 let Mr 'Amundsen's Property (lat«ly owned by Mr J. W. iaker) ,to Mr ; W. Morison; \ / Efforts are being made to establish . a Native sphpol at Tahowtjte. There are over 100 children about the pah, and a school is urgently, needed. " ' ,At ( the, interproyincial , f opt ball match played at Napier yesterday Taranaki defeated Hawke's Bay by two points to nothing. ' 5 ' ■ The entrance to the Ormondville scbdol has been newly metalled, and when the culvert in front is properly covered it will make a decided improvement to the appearance , of 1 tjie ' school as well as to the comfort of the youngsters. No attempt as yet has been made to carry the ditch through the old road. No one seems to know whose duty it is to do it. We have again to call attention to the state :of the ground where the old hotel used to stand in Ormondville. The cellar is still uncovered, and should any accident take place an action 'WiilMie against some pei'Botior persons.: , • , - . ; ■ Now that the fin 3 weather is conY ing on, the Railway. Department, may perhaps turn their 'attention to 1 the state of Papatu siding. Its present condition is simply awful, and drays carting to the siding have been capsized in the station premises owing to the ruts and holes. Very great difficulty is experienced in unloading, the approach to the trucks being so bad. The numerous friends in the colony social and political, of Sir Julius Yogel will be glad to learn that ai company which he is promoting in London fqr the purpose ©f constructing the Simplon railway and tunnel (in Switzerland) is, likely to prove a great success. We understand that Sir Julius Vogel's own share of the promoters' , profits will be £25,000. If he is fortunate enough, to get this— and we sincerely hope lie will— we may expect to see him out in New. Zealand again befere very long, taking an active part in political affairs. Ha would have no difficulty in obtaining a seat, and it dots not require a prophet to say that he would be an important "factor " in the. future.-— Post. • :' . • There must be a fine prospect before these bush districts, for we learn that aGernjan professor does not despair of ; being al)|e to make; breadjirom \yedd. ..Chemistry, it is thought, willenable 1 "us to convert the, wood, of our forest?, grass, and straw into human food. -i' ; • ; : Victorian', farmers who hitherto have been : prejudiced against dairy factories are ho\v' assisting in the opening of factories and: are readily subscribing eapltali. • ....•' Mrs Edith G. Overendj a New Zealand lady, now .on' a visit to some friends in Ireland, writes to the Freeman's . Journal complaining bitterly of the practice of "shadowing." Mrs Overend, who is sister-in-law to the rector of En uiskillen, says: "I find some of the customs of this country very strange. I am here on , a visit from New Zealand, and I' am not two days in, town before the police make inquiries, about me, even in such a public place as the bank, as if I were an escaped convict or suspected of felony. Why should lor any lady be subjected to such an indignity? Need I say I am a Prote.stunt ? and, while my polities should not deprive me of the liberties of a citizen, they are not Nationalists— for being a colonist, I know little of Irish controversy. The modern form of a tobacco pipe is now 500 years old. Up to the year 1690 tba qnly medium through which the soothing ' fumes of the precious herb could be enjoyed was a cylin;drlcal instrument rudely fashioned from the clay, and clearly indicating by its strong argillaceous odour its earthly origin. The inventor. of the present combination of bowl, tube and mouthpiece was Dr Johnann Franz Jicob Vallarius, who practised as a physician in Vienna during the latter half of the I7th # century. In the year of the invention (1690) the first tobacco-pipe manufactory was started in Vienna by some smoking friends of the ingenious doctor. In Bend Or's Derby year the enormous sum of £27,062 was subscribed in India towards a single sweep, and in Silvio's year a still larger sweep was drawn. It is calculated that in London alone there are 10,000 Derby ■sweeps. Every club, theatre, music .hall, and many shops, warehouses, manufactories, and printing offices, ■ have their own sweeps, and the amounts vary from hundreds of pounds in the great Pall Mall clubs to a few shillings in a working man's " free and easy ". at the East End. The Danevivke branch of the N;Z. Timber Workers' Union has over 100 members.

Messrs W. and T. Hunter require six good axemen. We have been requested to state that children will be admitted to the Parish Gathering on Saturday evenipg at halffrate— ninepence) .'. v : ' Some indignation has been aroused in a town in Central Otago through a clergyman neglecting to attend at a burial ceremony, after consenting to do so. A painful half-hour, was passed at tfte grave by the mourners waiting for him, still he did not appear. Someone was sent in search of him, but he could not be found, and at least another half-hour went by before a lay reader could be procured to go through the ceremony. A* the time the Minister shauld have been conducting , the service, he, was seen by several riding leisurely to the post for his letters. A contemporary remarks that this, it is said, is not the first time this man has wantonly neglected- a, similar , duty, . and it-is hoped that his conduct may be thoroughly enquired into by those in authority. ' '" ' " i! A number of Auckland shopkeeper's' have formed ah association j having as its ics main object opposition to the Shop Houts'Bill, and with the purpose also of protecting the interests of trade. ,: , . . A -Wellington telegram states that the political platform of the Knights of Labor and federated trades is as follows :— Repea.l of the property tax, and substitution therefore of a land tax, and a reduction o£ Customs duties on thd necessaries of life. A public meeting was held at Wellington* 6n Tuesday 'night, -w^en' resolutions adverse to the admission of Chinese into the colony were carried. Notice is given by tke'dlerk of the Danevirke Town Board of the, inte.ntiori of the Board to make a rate of one shilling in the £;.' '■'<'. • We remind everybody of the greatsale of Daneyirke propeaties to .be held ott Mohday next by Messrs C, B. Hoadl^yjand Co., Napier. . There 1 are 138 sections to be offered, and the land is amongst the "very best "in quality and, situation, to be found in the township. The auctioneers have just issued a large plan of Daneyirke, which besides showing. the position of the land to be sold will prove of 'general ''use' for reference purposbs. We have a number of these maps, at; our office for free distribution, and early application for them should be made. The sale will take , place -at : Messrs Hoadiey's Land Marc ;at 2 p.m. Messrs R. Hannah and Co., the well-known boot-importers, have a new advertisement in to-day's issue. The firm have recently issued its first half-yearly priced catalogue, a copy of i which has reached us. Wejhave been requested to mention that a copy will 1 * :be forwarded to anyone who will 'write for it. The enterprising G.B.P. are evidently :firmly 'convinced that there is nothing like leather. The mail contracts for a period of ;two years commencing from June 1 next, are now advertised. Those in this immediate neighborhood are : — Danevirke and Weber, via Waipatiki, weekly ; Ormondville and Norsewood, daily ; Woodville and Kumeroa twice weekly. Tenders are due with the Cliief Postmaster, Napier, Oh •Saturday Oct. 4.. The approaching collapse of American competition is ' predicted; and British farmers and Irish graziers are told to take heart, as the troubles and ruin resulting from exeefesiye competition of American produce will soon be a thing of the past. If this ne^sbe true,: says a contemporary, ! the conditions of the agriculture will once more be revolutionised in these islands, and the influence of the change wl,! be felt in New- Zealand. ,U is; contended that American competition, so far as. wheat and meat are concerned is pn its last legs, and that :in'a very short tirn.e, Anieripa will have to import wheat to feed her own population. It is calculated that within five years from 'January 1 last,' domestic consumption in Americawill, absorb the entire product of cereals;. ■ : „ \,\"'\\: '.i.ir'rV't ' The heat flf the inqpni-ij^ow being registered. The warmth which we receive from it is equal to that given out by - a eau<jlle, at twenty one jfe'efc distance. We don't/ vouch for t|e truth of this itemi but as it appeared in a newspaper it is bound to be correct. /('■ \j ■■ ;. .i ' ; I', 'v>K