The Other Provinces.

Bruce Herald, Volume x, Issue 957, 13 November 1877, Page 3

The Other Provinces.

An JndusirM E?hikttjpn . is projected at Napier. i' "I The Wanganui papers allege that scab has broken out in that district", #od urge that more active Btepa gfaould bestafcen to prevent its spread. * , ' ,- ? ' " Genera lisßimo" whites urginjs; ,the Auckland Volunteers to follow ,the. ex- ;- pnip]e of their Thames comrades, aed get vp v ri^« i^atpheß ''to excite a spirit) of emulation amocgetlthft-members.'- ■ ,' X coilpb of etampwa rjjtf tp \f faf-

warded by the steamer Maori to Jack'ion?B"~Bayr^mth* * the view of further testing' the value of the quartz discovery recently made in that district. 1 Some of the' children at' Taranaki organised a fancy bazaar for the assistance of the Indian Famiide Relief Fund. -The LowVy Bay-Estate has : been jpurJcbaißed foj* £3500. ■'■' ■■■ ' ;

, ',The ; Hon.vMri^Wa!terhouße is going jto? considerable expense in,; order, to get rid of rabbits. lie i is about to enclose the .w hole of . his fun with wire netting so as ! to vi pTeVefat ■ fresh arrivals: 1 -He ?i appears" c6nvinced<tbat beis : able to "ex terminate i them ;pn ; ' his .own; run. vL ,- : . ■;**■• «; ■■: ' _ ? ; ..A ; g^ / ;Man'g ,Clv,b y-. has. been opened in a, commojlious , house in ,Gli»eSquare," Napier,:;' The" CjtaT' has 'members^ ; fcix6y ' Beibg honorary!- - L "i-\ ; ' A return^drawn up" -bytheiOhieif Su.ryeyror;of; : Auckland i ishpfwsjthat; ;thejre are 47,700 acres of kauri timber in the hands, of the, Govern menjf. and 1 1 0,500 acres in : th^'hßtn|is'6iP private persons or companies. Th^s area *tiil owned by the Natives !is npt.ascertainable., :. ■:', \ '. „,\ T? , . : The;- ; Gireymptf£h -Gasjj^ Qpjoapany haß paid at aividerid'of seven and a half pißr cent, for the half-year just ended, making .nfteen-:per;.,ceu.t.-'f9is-i..t.hei;pa.p|t;v.yje.ar f and. leaving a, balance p.f.a|)put,£2oo to carry; forward/ . ' .

- Mr Eccles, of Bienh6im,haß been idiptenough to say "something uncommonly like the; ■truth— 1 ' School iCpinmittees arc chosen like juries and parsons in England. They chooae. the biggest donTteyS;'"''., "'V'/'.'V'. .' ,' .^:" ''"!!'/;■'■■'.:.. ':'- .'"",.,-;' 'f ' i .' ' ' 'I \ "It is ; Btated that .a" "ton i >weight of ,whit<p£ajft.bas b<een caught in the Waimakariri and Styx river^.for the iphristchurbK/ market alone; On. .an afternoon Ittely spme, fishermen at-tbeStyx in ; a few hours, caught about 2^: 'cwt.j and that stream, wasquitealive with this -delicate, fiSh during the afternoon. - : ;ii '*. The colonial extract of malt is usually designated by a: very Uulgar epithet, more expressive than polite, 7 and it has been reserved for a Nelson ■ man to place our nat ional beverage - in 5' } a - poetic light. froth" dancing over aY aim ber sea "r is theC latest designajiiori of a pfdt 6f,-^B'ay\B ü b: and Co.'s Treble Sr bottled by Hogj>. :: - } " '"'"' Ati eruption of Tcmgariro at the beginniDg of the month is said to have beeV pri ; a larger sca'e than any that have occurred for a long time past. It is 'stated in the 'northern papers that Judge Rogari; of the Native Lands Court, has ' been; requested to retire ; on his pension. ■ ■ A 'medicat practitionep named Rudolph Von^Mirbach^ was fined £3 in Wellington district for^as^aultand battery! S& country 'settler of Otaki is about to attempt I'the1 ' the experiment of rice growing. At tbe recent sitting of the Supreme Cotirt Jin/ Wanganui, a man "of- weak intellect named Walter Burrow was convicted of forgery^ -and sentenced to im-r prisonment for:orie. day: ; An unknown fish jumped on board the steamer Te Aroha, in the Hauraki Gulf, creating considerable alarm by iis : sudden appearance; :vj " y '- : - '■'"'■ ' ■ "■"". ''"- """ Damage to the Napier harbour works, to the extenfcjp^> £2000, .was caused by a recent^ heavy^sea, The pile-driving engine and monkey, with their platform, were ; carried away, and 32 pilea torn outV : . Th^Map^i-king =, has ■ been \ .invited by VheyTaupp tribes .tpyisi^ ( the Lakes, snd> has" accepted the- invitation. A great demonstration is expected. The visit of ■ the (Prince of Wales*eemr'uricertain| The amount ; of wool shipped from ♦Wellington' during ' the season 187(3-77 consisted of 42,508, bales and packages, weighing 12,120,094 lbs, and valued at M/ 1 Reader Wood recently Btated in the -House that .the Committee on railway management had taken a large amoUnt &f eviuericeaS W the propriety ; or otherwise of pleasing the constructed railways "of fhe'Gplony/- " :si ' V; ' : "'' .'- >; '; "' ' '■' | ■ ;. > commi?Bioli of -enquiry as to public works. ab Grrejmou.th- is; to.be; appointed^ .._ •. A\ telegram, from Sir .Kennedy iiiTeferenpe to the recent, collapse of, the Grey barbour work?, nays' that "the Go-, vern merit will appoint such a commission "-to* take evidence from all available sources as to the system, of construction' allowed to be adopted." .The, people up'*north are talking, of getting^a'bust' of Sir 'G. Grey executed, tb;b ! e J plaeed ; in the Aticklarid museum-: < r f^bat a luxury. .In v the published repprtpf :the .piQcesan Syno4 on. bupial fees-it is stated— ''.Rev, .H..8-: Cocks thought every' parishioner was entitled to il place jn'th'e cHijif phyard' ' without any fee being paid. Of course, in the prise, of luxuries, Biich^aß'V»ultßj- then ;j it waa. right that Jfpes should be paid." ' A yoluhteer Rocket Brigade- is in course. of formation at Timaru, the Harbour Board having 'iuridertakenlo bear; the necessary eijifinspS; ;.■,-;. -„ : ■•■ ; '■££ &eeift6ri,' a case against a' billiards saloon deeper was- dismissed, in consequence of the police, only having b,een "furnished with a manuscript bopy" of the 'Billiard- tab' le-f Regulation Ordinance of the foriper^^elson province. ;: ;• ' . - aThe : proposal tps apprpprfote a sum of in sid of and pastoral Bpcjetles waa^rejected by the Aesembly by : 2^ : to''B^ f " : " ''^ J '[ 1 2-, .. T M ' .. ■ V; : "The first aßpbalte ifootpath ai; the^ Thames has been laid in frpht' of the Bank of New Zealand in Brown^strelet, ,iA- i lit tie • girl - BUBtained concussion .of :f;j}e,[}rain by jumping p,ut of a pa?t pe^r Auckland. At the inquest it yas shown tbaflej* fm^dicaliipen badj .refused: 'tx> at— fend tbe ?«9P. The seventh, aefced, Qoldsbro, went at once, p .^;,'on. i 'the:.,oce.aßipn^ of the visit of the temperanQe the members of the Catholic f congregation is inarched • in .prbicip.Bßion rdund;a portion /of the .town of Wangaßui^orie evening; The gathering

dred, the school' chiidreh : being tastefully attired in white. . i

A nian named Edward Sullivao, says I the 'Mariborough Express,' who was supposed to have been drowned in the Wairau Kiver when crossing to Langley Dale on ; Nov. 27 last; has^ lately written to his mother in Ireland informing her that he would shortly remit' Her some money and' that lie was quite well. , > \>. ~ ■■/ \ ? Hekitika, whose ..marvellous mushroom growth was only equallecl by its* galloping ; cyi-n'su'mpti'bn\-declin'e^B i: 'g6|ng ! 'to-emuTate. the phoenix' bfftntiq'uity, and endeavour to raise itself from the sashes by? borrowing ,tpo sum of for .■;p,ub]ic ;; w.orkp; of Various iießcri plions. The ban kers of the Borough ftTe going to float the loari,'which is expected to float prjosperity. \