ROTORUA.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXI, Issue 2907, 21 November 1892, Page 6

ROTORUA.

From ttte Hot Lakes Chronicle. Our energetic potindkceper, who loses no opportunity of attending to his official duties, had a busy day on Saturday, when no less than thirteen horses were run in. Several boys who were on the job made a fair day's pay, being allowed so much for each horse, besides the fnn, which is thrown in and forms no unimportant part of the contract. A clearing sale | will take place on Saturday next, when any person in want of a horse will have a chance of securing one at a small cost. From a visit we made to the pound we cannot guarantee the stock as showing much signs of high I breeding. We would draw Mr Clarke's i attention to our advertising columns in future when he desires to have a successful sale. It would benefit all parties concerned besides being likely to give greater satisfaction to the public. The Bishop of Waiapu preached in the Church of St. Faith on Sunday last to a large congregation, chosing for his text, Ezekiel 36, 26th verse, from which he gave an able discourse. The premises of Mr H. Kirk, butcher, were entered feloniously a few nights ago by means of a false key . The till was ransacked of its contents, and some five shillings in coppers taken. Evidence of efforts having been made to open the safe were noticed, but the thief was unsuccessful in this part of his operations. Mr Boughtbn's store is also reported to have been burglariously entered and a few articles taken away. It would be well for business people to be on their guard against visits from such unwelcome and unprofitable customers. The Members of the Brass Band are arranging for a picnic to take place on Mokoia Island on St. Andrew's Day. The owners of the ateam launch have generously dffered to place the steamer at the disposal of the Band Committee on the above date, and will make tifips to and from the island during the day. The Band will of course be in attendance and history will thus be repeated. The sweet strains of musiff such as ' The girl I left behind me,' will be wafted over the lake and Ithe fair Hinenioa's on tne mainland are sure to make straight for the scene of the ancient love legend. Sentmel-like Mokoia stands, j An island known to fame, j Proves civilized or savage race, In love affairs the same. The members of the Jockey Club intend having a social dance on the 26th of next month, Boxing Day. A subscription list in aid of the widow and children of the late Dennis Mahoney was started amongst the workmen on Messrs McLean and Sons' railway contract and the sum of .£65 was collected, to which amount the Maoris gave liberally. Mr N. McLean's aotion in this lamentable affair has been most commendable, he having defrayed the entire oost of the burial .as well as giving a good subscription, The generous manner in wnioh the Maoris subscribed shows that their sympathy in oases of distress is of a cosmopolitan! oharaoter, - The Racecourse fence is finished, and gives j the looality .& more civilized aspeot than it | formerly had. The work has been done in a substantial manner and speaks well for the native contractors, who took the work at a ! very reasonable price, viz., £37, for about 100 Chains, tha Jockey Club providing the wire only. Gates are expected to arrive shortly. On Friday last one of the springs in the Native Settlement boiled most furiously in geyiser fashion, throwing water and debris to a cdii'ii^Eirable height ala Tarawera. The spring in question has been subject to similar outbursts during the past two years, at intervals of a few months. A' peculiar case connected with the seizure of ai horse is likely to occupy the judicial attention of Mr Bush, K.M., at the monthly coutt. The pirenmstances of the case appear io be briefly as?followß.— A native, named: Ihia-Tg "vVarti^ obtained Judgment in theR.M. (ficuijt at Taupo for some .£3O against J. C. Ilan£in ; the amount of the judgment not being paid, a distress warrant was issued and a horse, the supposod property of the said J. C. (defendant), was seized by the bailiff, Constable Murray, who advertised the horse to be sold on Monday last, but Mr F. C. Clarke appears upon the scene with an interpleader summons claims the horse as his | property, having purchased it sometime ago from Mr J, C. Rankin, consequently the sale does not in the meantime come off. Mr Rankin next steps forward and takes out a summons against the bailiff, which by the way the Gonstable had to serve upon himself, claiming Is 5d damages for having an illegal document, viz., the distress warrant on which the horse was Beized. A clearing sale of household furniture and effects took place at Mr J. C. Eankin's resi- ! dence on Wednesday ; there was a fair attendance of buyers and good prices were obtained. Mr J. H. Taylor weilded the j hammer. A wonderful find of lost proporty has just | been made ; Lady Herbert, an English tourist, when on her way last summer from Rotorua to Tauranga, lost her watch and reported the game to Mr Bush, R.M., who when on his way to Rotorua yesterday to hold his monthly court received the watch from one of Mr •Douglas's children 1 , who had picked it up in the mud near the Half-way House. The tourist traffic on the whole is dull at present. At the Police Court to-day in the case of E. Douglas versus Stanley Robinson, an affiliation case, defendant was ordered to pay for maintenance £2 per month, and <£32 10s arrears and to find two sureties of .£25 each. The death of Whiripo Te Puni, which took place at Waptu last week, has 'attracted a number of-ntttiyes from here, they having gone to pay .their ieijpebta. Deceased was a person of rank, and connected with Ngatitora and Ngaftraukauwa tribes. He was a frequent visitor to Rotorua, and spent much of his tinie here. A native woman named Wena broke her arm on Wednesday last. She was on horseback j going jtcf the ! railway works, when her bridle eamdd^away and the horse bolted. $he jumped off to save herself, with the result as above stated. Messrs Lorigan and Marchessea, proprietors of the " People's Line of Coaohes," have just had a. sign-board erected, giving the scale of fares to the various places of interest around the district. It is interided to put several extra men on thje Tftupo road , so as to improve this important line of traffic. Mr pB. G. Dickson is on a visit to the Colony in the interest of several gentlemen in England who own a large tract of country at Rangitaiki, on the eastern shores of Lake Taupo. Last we*»k Mr Dickson, in company with Guide McDonald, visited the sonthern crater, the site of the once famous Rotomahana Terraces, and was much pleased with the trip. Mr and Mrs Osbome, accompanied by Guide Warbrick, were delighted with their visit to Wairoa on T uesday last. This in Mr OBborne's opinion is the trip par excellence of the district. Mr M. Corocran is the leading hotel keeper in Dargaville, and a frequent visitor to our thermal waters. Colonel Pat Boyle was driven to Tikitere by Mr Kelly, M.H.R., and although the Colonel has travelled much, it remained for Tikitere to show him something, the like he had never before seen. Mrs Masson, who derived much benefit from a previous visit and course of baths, is once more in our midst. Mrs Graham, Wairakei, is hore on a brief visit. Professor Pond, of Auckland College, arrived during the weok. He intends staying a few days, and then to go as far as Taupo, returning again this way. His visit is partly for the 'benefit of his health. Two buggy loads of tourists were at Tikitere yesterday, and Mr and Mrs* John Grice, | of Melbourne, are at Wai-o-tapu to-day.