LOCAL NEWS AND NOTES.

Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 2, Issue 125, 15 May 1895, Page 2

LOCAL NEWS AND NOTES.

The second batch of unemployed, consisting of 47 men, for work on tlie roads about Galatea, arrived last night. A service of song entitled " Uncle Tom's Cabin," in aid of the funds of the Presby- . terinn Church, takes place next week. Private letters received from Mr Molfroy convey the pleasing intelligence that he has benifitted by his passage to Sydney and left there for Albury on the 9th host. " Mr B. S. Corlett, architect and!building surveyor, is the local agent for the National Fire and Murine Insurance Company. Mr \Y. G >od\vin, of the Educational Department, paid a visit to the local school on Friday last and expressed himself as satisfied with bis inspection. The Union Steamship Company announce the proposed dates of departure of their various vessels for Sydney and the Southern ports. A reduced scale of fares is now in foroo. Those in search of legal advice or desirous of raising money at a low rate of interest will do well to glance at the advertisement of Mr W. J. Napier, banister and solicitor, which appears elsewhere. Sir Patrick Buckley and his private secretary, Mr Govetr, left for Auckland on Monday morning. Sir Patrick who has been suffering from rheumatic go" passes a warm eulogium on the efH aC of the baths for that complaint. - Ullc y A meeting of the Urewera '.. have taken place at To W l '.L- t.7 "V" last to consider the sit.'F ui ? on """*s* the road works noV ia " m ln r ?S ar 2 to It is understood *" unl(! '' c°nstr.uctl°na share of the people are anxious for The follov ' .. , . . out shooting gentlomen hayo taken fn rl'itc - 'S licenses for tins district un Danse ~ F - Civ. shire, H. W. Martin, W. we ji//and J.-H>Taylor. It may be as r , r L to mention that persons with no liBnses accompanying others who have run a risk of being fined. Mr M. Simon, practical tailor, late] of Melbourne, has commenced business in the old township and solicits a share of the support which good workmanship and low prices should command'. His promises are next to those of Mr Larkin, bootmaker. Messrs A. and G. Brook, bootmakers of Parnoll and Newmarket, make reference in our business columns to their branch establishment recently opened in Fentoii St., under the management of Mr: S. E. Fordyce. Besides a large assortment of Home and colonial goods, boots of evory description are made od the premises.

Fourteen more unemployed will arrive c by train to-morrow night. They will bo g niet at the Ngongotaha station by the E surveyor, Mr Paterson, and mil proceed , to tho half-way house where they will t commence making the road through to 1 To Puke, which will be a boon tD settlors. Operations will in future bo carried on ; at the Rotoiti Sawmill with an increaso ] of vigor, the natural outcome of the i (•hinge of management which has lately i taken place. The business will be con- i ducted under the style of the Rotorua Sawmill Company. Mr W. Henshaw j continues to act as manager here. i The amount of cash received for baths : taken at the Sanatorium during tho ' month of April wus £4!) 7s i) as compared J with £32 (is (id for the same month of the previous year. Since December last the < total amount received is £325 IGs 9d ' showing an excess of £lO9 ITs 9d in that period comparod with the previous year. Those who have experienced the painstaking courtesy invariably extended to people having business at tho Railway Station will regret te hear that Mr W. P. "Williams who has been in charge hero since the opening of the line is about to resume his old duties of relieving officer and will return to Auckland. Mr Williams' successor, Mr Wainhouse of Nelson, is expected here on to-morrow's train. Tho following is the team chosen to play against Tauranga on Saturday next. FULL-BACK: Huka; TitREE-QrAßTEß-iiacics : W. Dansey, Aporo, and To Wiremu; HALT-BACKS : Webber. G. Dansey, and Martin ; FORWARDS: Wera. Rangitnhi, Teo, D. Daltou, Wilson. Ngaroata, j Gareghty, and Arawhata; Emergencies, HACKS : R. Graham and Pelhain ; FOB- | WARDS ; T. Petene, Hoyes. Play will I commence at 3 o'clock. Messrs Jeckliu and Cotter, butchers, of Arawu Street have an announcement in another column thanking the public for the measure of support they have received I since entering into business here. That j such is merited is evidenced by the quality of meat exposed for sale and tho cleanli- j ness and order apparent throughout their premises. Such qualifications are sure to receive the patronage of the public. For tho year e.ided 31st March last 70 patients were treated at the. Sanatorium which shows an increase of 20 over the previous year. Of this number .'ill were cured 30 wore relieved and 7 left unimproved their complaints being chronic. Tho cost of rations for the year it may be stated gave an average of 3d per head per . day as compared with-lAd for the previous year. This satisfactory result is attributed to the increased number of patients and better household management. A meeting of the Library Committee took place on Wednesday night last when there were present Messrs Purcell (chairman,) Corlett, Kirk. Neighbour, Prothcro ; Williams rid Seddon. (secretary). The treasurer's statement showed that- the balance in bank and in hand amounted to £ls 13s 3d. Accounts amounting to £2 8s were passed for payment. A vote of thanks was accorded to Mr Prothcro for mounting and varnishing certain maps in tho reading room. It was decided that a deputation should wait on Sir Patrick Buckley on the following day with a view t > receiving some assistance at the hands of the Government. Mr G. Me.Auley, plumber and general mechanic of Tutunekai Streets, suffers from the idiosyncrasies of the gentle printer. His announcement which partially appears on our back page does not sufficiently disclose his identity, but if any of tho Chronicle roadors who may have a hydraulic engine to repair or a musical box of erratic tendencies to fix will call at his workshop they will find the owner fully equal to the occasion. Mr Me.Auley is' a versatile artificer and nothing which goes on wheels or derives its motion from wind,-, steam, water or manual power, is beyond his ken. A visit to his place is an education in the mechanical arts. Judging from the programmo of the concert to lie given to-night in the Pulceroa Hall in aid of tho local Football Club. patrons may cxpeetn thoroughly pleasant evening. Mrs Koir and Misso? Dansey, Thomson and Griffiths and Mr ('. Clarke, will contribute songs so'itimontal and otherwise, and, in a lighter vein, so will Messrs Mayes, Fordyco and Cotter. "A i Comedy of Marriage," a dramatic sketch is also promised by a quartette of juveniles i and the performance will conclude with the convent ional screaming farce by Messrs Fordyco and Hoyes. MrLandells will preside at the piano and a dance will take place after the concert. In order to prevent as little misconstruction as possible in the minds of tho public in regard to the hour of delivery of , mails the following notice has been posted , up :-—" Mails are sorted into private letter boxes immediately upon arrival. The . counter is open for delivery of letters only • as follow : -Tuesdays 7 to 7.30, Thursdays and Saturdays—half an hour only upon completion of sorting tho Auckland mails, about 7.40 p.m. or later." The ' omission of the word " about '•' would 1 make the notice as near perfection as can I be attained in the meantime. Whatever ' may be tho circumstances the delivery window should not be opened before a - specified hour. f A meeting called by the Official As- - signee was held in Auckland or. '■-.- , r day last to consider tl. • .-'* , x v liii tfiio position ot certain liens lie!' -., TT t-,t m-i i n ov Mr 11. U . Mitchell. • surveyor,.ov "•> ...,.,.,.,, , ~ i i. i ':. . .er some 3<j0,000 acres of native i. • in the Rotorua and adjacent dis- , „ricts. Till! lions had been ottered to the Government in order that thoy mightpay them off and acquire the land. The Government, however, required that, these liens should lie registered, and implied that the Official Assignee had no power to dispose of the land covered by them. The meeting determined that before anything further shall be done, the opinion of counsel be taken upon the matter, and that after the opinion has been received, a meeting be called to consider what steps the creditors in the estate should take.