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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6251, 16 May 1882, Page 2

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• - - ..." (fboji otjb own coebespondent.). „;"'-- ; Waiboa, Monday. ;-; t JL well-attended meeting was held here •; on . Saturday evening on the' subject "of r;^,£) European flax. Mr Gemmell, the County Chairman, who had convened themeet-^o ing, occupied the chair. .Mr . Dayiesi * spoke at considerable length on the value of European flax as a general crop and v on the practicability of growing: it here, ; i M giving estimates of the probable yield, -.^h and cost. He said that if the settlers i would put in about 500 acres of flax two mills might be established — one at Turi- | roa and one at Te Kapu. The .cost of „ two mills with threshing machines anjd-xg engines he estimated at £500. The ruling prices for European flax in-: the Irish, market ranged from 50s tor'72s, ati'd-tS^^ demand was practically tmli'mired^lSKf^* Dayies concluded by stating thatHEougti-&i' he: was leaving for the South he -would id) come back and put a crop through the AX retting process if the Wairpa -farmers^ '« agreed to go into the industry . ;; .Messrs .'. '•■} Gemmell, Duff, Carroll, Wttliairis/Smyth/ ■-"' J and others .spoke in favor of the project^ '±-0 after which the following resolution was--carried :— " That a provisional committee ':\ :i be .formed to ascertain what area of Janet j-} 1 " the farmers will guarantee to; put J ao + tra/ _.. lib. \ flax, and if that area be sufficient '|t);f 3 warrant the importation of machin^jr'v^ tbe following to constitute a eommitt^{£l> with power to add to their, number. l,' f * Councillors Carroll, Duff, Mplony,.. a^d * r ,r I Couper, the County Chairman,' anSg^, Messrs Powdrell, Thorpe, and Williams" ,C , A vote of thanks was passed to Mr Dayies for the trouble he. had taken in the ; matter. . -,s.i " "..*,. . - ' „ '? [PBB UNITED PBBSS ASSOCIATION.]-; :^D . Blenheim, Monday., ;r^; Two slight shocks of earthquake werf>, "i felt between 12 and 12.30 this morning^ •'*' and another heavier one at 3.50. " A fire last night destroy ed the woplshed of ~r_ Mr J. Eayner at Southside. Besides wool ' J a threshing and wool-drying machines, perfectly new, were stored in the shed, and were both destroyed. The insurancie •- on the building is £150, and £200 on^the/|| average of the wool, in the Royal Office. I: f g A policy of £250 in the same office on the wool-drying machine lapsed last Thurs-,.., I day. Mr Bayner is a heavy loser. The ■'.'. 1 origin of the fire is unknown. i ■ 4 "" " Wellington, Monday* •.:.-.-., Mr Oliver has rejoined the Govern-, ,{' . ment, and was sworn in before ; the. y.r Governor at Christchurch on Friday. 7- v " A slight shock of earthquake was felt here early this morning. . The body of a child whose parentage is, : unknown has been found in a stream, at*' 1 ' Otaki. • . , :;;: ~. * The cable across Cook Strait has been,- '■> spliced, and is now in thorough working ,/ order. A slight deviation has been made ,-~ M from the previous course. The cable ---' steamer Agnes has returned to port. ' ' Walter Wiltshire Vause, against whom his wife obtained a divorce at the. Courts this morning', made a. determined attemptj.! , at suicide this evening by shooting: him*, s ■ ■ self. He proceeded to Maginnity's board- ' ing-house, where he was lodging, and '=* 3 Went upstairs apparently in his usua •' spirits. Shortly afterwards a loud report *->- s was heard, and on the landlord rushiag'; upstairs he found Vause lying pni the ,bed " partially dressed and a carbine lying, by . liis side. The landlord then ascertained that Vause had shot himself in the left lung, and the bullet after passing through. the shoulder blade stuck just inside the skin at the back. It is thought that the .0 divorce preyed oa his mind. J)r Rawson, who attended him, holds out very slight hopes of his recovery. Vause is ab6utf37 -"i yearaof age, andis well known in. Dunedin, where it is said he served a sentence" fdr U? embezzlement. : , . v , ; Patea, Monday.. '[;,': . At a meeting of farmers and commercial men on Saturday, it was resolved to -■. ? form a linseed company, to becalled;/the Pa tea Oil and Fibre Manufacturing Company (limited), with a capital of £3000 . in 600 £5 shares. Two hundred and fifty shares were taken up at the meeting. , Optjnake, Monday.., A lamentable gun accident occurred here yesterday resulting in seriously " wounding a young man named Thomas. Fowler. It appears that Fowler and another maii named Walter Staite were out shooting, when the gun accidentally. : , exploded, the shot entering the left side of the face, fracturing the upper jaw, and taking away a portion of the ear. Until the doctor reports it will not be known if there are any hopes of his recovery. Fowler was held in high estima- • tion. CHRiSTCHtmoH, Monday. 1 An inquest was held to-day on the body of a man named Rogers, who was hurt in ';.' a collision between two traps a few days : ago and died in the hospital. The vehicles, according to the evidence, were on their right sides, but nevertheless they managed to come into violent collision ;, : neither carried lights. Rogers had his ribs fractured, and delirium set in; but !it was shown that his lungs were con-? ; gested and his heart very fatty, which, really caused his death. The jury therefore returned a verdict of "Accidental death." Early yesterday morning Messrs Walker, Smith, and Co.'s drapery estab- : lishraent at Amberley was burglariously entered, and cash to the amount of £60 carried off. The thief must have had a very intimate acquaintance with the place, as besides the £60 he took some - bank notes that had been carefully put away in a drawer, which would have been overlooked by any ordinary thief. It is expected that the robber will be easily detected. Orer 4000 persons visited the Exhibition on Saturday last. Mischief is scratched for the Canterbury Jockey Club Handicap. Mr Jackson, who was so dangerously injured^ last week by an accident at Kaiapoi, is now slowly recovering. The total rainfall here during 1881 was 21-78 inches, the heaviest fall being iv July, when 407 inches fell; in June, July, and August slightly more than half the whole year's fall occurred. Bain fell on 82 days in the year. The total fall for the first four months of this year was 5-31 inches; 3*02 inches fell in January alone. In consequence of the sad calamity at Timaru, flags were hoisted half-mast today on all the vessels and principal i buildings in Lyttelton. The annual meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand was hold

here on Thursday and Friday last. Mr J. V. Ross, Christchurcb, was elected president, and Mr C. M. Brook secretary for the ensuing year. The annual subscription was reduced to one guinea, and assistants to half a guinea. One hundred pounds was voted for the purchase of books to form the necleus of a reference library, to be equally divided between Christchurch, Auckland, Dunedin, and Wellington. The introduction of medical plants for educational and industrial purposes was considered highly desirable, and the secretary was requested to write to the several Domain Boards throughout the colony asking them to co-operate. It was reported that 234 chemists and druggists had been registered.under the Pharmacy Act, and that as soon as the examinations have been established in the four centres of tha colony proceedings will be instituted against all unregistered chemists. It was resolved to hold examinations simultaneously at Aucklaud, Wellington, and Dunedin, commencing in the first week in July. The standards for examination were decided upon, and measures were adopted for securing reciprocal recognition of t the diploma with the Pharmacy Boards of Australia. The Governor leaves Lytteltou for Wellington to-morrow. Considerable excitement was caused here this morning by a rumor that Mr John Deans, the well-known owner of the Riccarton estate, had been mardered. The real facts of the case turned out to be as; follows : — Mr Deans was walking in what is known as the Riccarton bush this morning, when he met a strange man. Mr Deans thereupon enquired of the man what his business was in that place. The man retorted by asking Mr Deans who he was. Mr Deans replied that he was the owner of the estate, and proceeded to examine the man's coat, which was lying on the ground. The fellow, who was within a very few feet of Mr Deans, then drew a revolver and fired at Mr Dean's breast. The first shot inflicted no injury, but the second just grazed Mr Deans' shoulder, leaving an ugly mark. Mr Deans has been in the habit lately of carrying a revolver with the object oE shooting stray dogs, that have been worrying his sheep, and with this weapon he fired at the would-be assassin, who thereupon made off. The inmates of Mr Dean's house distinctly heard shots, but before they could arrive to render assistance the villain had decamped. He is, it is understood, ; one of three men who have for some time past been loitering about the Riecarton estate. A strong force of police were soon scouring the country in search of the man, but his capture is not yet reported. He is, however, well known to the police, by whom, it is stated, he is " wanted " on another charge. Further than the mark on his shoulder above referred to, Mr Deans has received no injury. The City Council to-night passed a resolution of condolence with Timaru on the /calamity it has sustained, and of admiration at the intrepid conduct of the men who went to the rescue of those in danger. The Governor will be formally tak9n leave of by the Mayor and Councillors at the railway station to-morrow. New Plymouth, Monday. A. meeting of Halse and Boy's creditors took place this afternoon. A report was brought up by the committee appointed to investigate thefirm's affairs, which showed that in Halse and Roy's estate the liabilities were £12,004, and the assets £2297, being the amount of the dividend in the estate ,of the late Mr Halse upon a sum ©f £10,673, the excess of that gentleman's ■withdrawals over payments. That large sum"! together with £2000 received from Mrs : Halse on the mortgage of her property, had been absorbed by Mr Halse during the three years he had been in partnership with Mr Roy. The meeting adjourned for a fortnight for the purpose of allowing Mr Roy time to make an offer of composition on his separate estate. Oaharu, Monday. Notwithstanding that the sea which rolled in to the bay yesterday was the heaviest experienced since the breakwater was commenced, that structure sustained no injury worth mentioning. The rails upon which the crane travels were torn from the sleepers by the force of the sea, but beyond this no apparent injury has been done. The shipping lay perfectly safe alongside the wharf, and in the bay under the lee of the wall. A- man named William Watson, who has obtained money from four hotelkeepers in the district, in sums varying in amount from £1 co £5, by means of valueless cheques, was to-day sentenced to six months' imprisonment upon the first and second charges, the sentences to be "cumulative. The farmers here have determined to petition Parliament regarding the small bird nuisance. They propose that the Oount'y Councils should have power to grant sums of money out of the ordinary rates '-for the purpose of abating the nuisance. Dunedin, Monday. An extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the Standard Fire and Marine Insurance Company was held this afternooa for the purpose of confirming the resolution, altering the articles of association, passed at the meeting held on the 3rd of April. The chair was taken by Mr John Reid, on whose motion it ■was unanimously agreed to confirm the resolution. At Port Chalmers on Saturday night, at 9 o'clock, John Tyler, fireman on the barque Mataura, fell over the wharf whilst going aboard. Mr D. Logan, of the" Customs Department, jumped over after him and brought him safely ashore. This is the second time within a month that Mr Logan has jumped off the pier and saved a drowning man. Messrs Thomas and Hill, of Amberley, are the successful tenderers for the Horsley Downs section of the WaikaHurunui line, north of Christchurch. The amount of their tender was £9395. The following is a list of the correct insurances on the Duke of Sutherland : — Adelaide Company, South British, Union, Standard, United, Cornwall, South Australian, and Union of Canton, £1000 each; Colouial, £1500; Commercial, £500; Universal, £3000. Messrs Guthrie and Larnach's balancesheet shows losses for the year of £249,949, due entirely to two sources, the burning down of the Paraha mills and the winding up of two large branches. Auckland, Monday. Mounted Constable Kelly arrived safely on Saturday. He had a long chase after two men wanted for burglarly, and succeeded in arresting them. At the first annual meeting of the Northern Steamship Company held today the report showed a net profit for the year of £8550 ; allowed for deprecation, £1000; insurance fund, £2000. A dividend of 10 per cent, was declared. The company have now nine steamers out of Auckland, a steamer on the stocks for the Tauranga and Bay of Plenty trade, and another, the size of the,Wellingfcon, is soon to be on the Tauranga, Russell, and Auckland trade. Mr Hales, assistant district engineer, has left for the Thames to set out the Morrisville and Te Aroha railway line for the contractors.