The Star. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1881. NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 88, 16 February 1881, Page 2

The Star. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1881. NEWS AND NOTES.

No applications were received either at Hawera or Carlyle for any of the deferred payment sections at Warea in the Paribaka block. Of course, it is quite probable that many of the sections were applied for at New Plymouth, but the fact that there were no applications here shows that intending settlers are not very favorably impressed with the character of the land. The Taranaki Herald wishes to know why double fares are charged on the railway between the Ngaire and Eltham. Property tax will be payable on the Bth and 22nd March, at the office of the Deputy Property Tax Commissioner, Wellington. Full particulars of the terms of sale on deferred payments of the village and small farm allotments in the village of Warea, Parihaka, are gazetted. 9 Thirty-two quarter-acre sections in the township of Opuuake are gazetted as reserved for municipal endowments ; twelve town sections and one suburban section for education reserves ; four quarter-acre sections for a school site, and fourteen quarter-acre sections, and four larger sections, also one five-acre allotment for harbor purposes. At the County Council meeting, on Monday, it was decided to allow the question of the amalgamation of the Upper and Lower Ngaire Road Districts' stand over for the present. The chairman's salary was fixed at £25 per annum ; a sum of £10 was granted to the chairman for damage done to his property by excavation of gravel ; a number of contracts for carting metal on to the county road were let, and Councillor Homer was re-elected a representative on the Harbor Board. The concluding portion of our full report is unavoidably held over. In a former issue we pointed out that it would be necessary for some action to be taken, without delay, in respect to a Maori track from Ahipaipa to the mouth of the Inaha, which had bean fenced across by one of the new settlers on the Plains. A gentleman of some influence, and who frequently does business with the natives, urged them not to do anything rashly, nor to pull down the fence, as they threatened to do, and he promised to lay the matter before the West Coast Commission. We are informed that this has been done, and that a crossing will be made over the creek which at present stops the traffic along the road line which is intended to serve as an outlet for all persons, whether white settlers or Maoris, who desire to ride from Ahipaipa to the main road at the Inaha,

Tenders are called for painting the Government offices, Hfiwera. Mr. O'Reilly, bavirpj opened the City Dining B^oms in Hawera, advertises board and lodging for £1 per week. The framework is now going tip of three new buildings ?t Mannia. Mr. Lloyd's Hotel is one, and two others.. The time for receiving tenders for the Norinanby station formation has been extended up to the 22nd instant. Captain Wilson is at present acting as land officer at Hawera during the absence of Mr. Wilkinson. A notice is gazetted that sparrows and linnets may be killed throughout the colony. g Mr. A. 0. Langley, land and com mismission agent at Manaia, announces that he has rural land on Waimate for sale, and town sections in Manaia. Messrs. De G. Fraser and T. Anderson have been appointed Government surveyors under Captain Skeet, Chief Surveyor of the West Coast Land District. It is announced that on March Ist a lecture will be given by the Rev. Mr. Torry in aid of the incidental expenses of the National School at Hawera. Messrs. Pease and Adamson, having erected large and commodious butchering premises in Hawera, which they propose to open to-morrow, solicit a share of the public patronage. Mr. Huff, the proprietor of the American Photo Rooms, of Wanganui, proposes to visit Hawera shortly. He has established a reputation in Wanganui, and will doubtless be well patronised by the Hawera and Normanby folk. The inhalation of air charged with animoniacal vapors, as a remedy for whooping cough, has been tried in France with success. One of the methods of application employed is boiling strong ammonia in the room where the patient is. "We believe it is the intention of Captain Harvey, who has purchased the P.S. Samson, to run her between Wellington and Manawatu, calling at Wanganui and Waitara. She is expected in Waitara to-day — Wednesday. On Friday next Messrs. Stevens and Gorton's large sale of pure bred sheep, Lincolns, Leicesters and Romney Marsh, will be at Bulls, Rangitikei. About 6,000 sheep have been catalogued, and a considerable attendance may reasonably be anticipated. On March the first Mr. Torry will deliver a lecture in aid of the National School incidental expenses. The evening's entertainment will be varied by a little music, several ladies and gentlemen having kindly promised to give every assistance in their power to the committee. Sir W. Fox has consented to take the chair. The following is the result of the polling for the Patea Harbor Board : — H. S. Peacock, 94 ; F. OS. McCarthy, 80 ; D. Coutts, 39. Mr. Peacock will represent the Otoia Riding, whilst Messrs. G. W. Gane and G". S. Newland were returned unopposed for the Hawera and Waverley Ridings, and Mr. R. Homer was unanimously re-elected by the County Council. Mr. W. Pinches, architect, has taken temporary offices in Hawera, at Mr. Armstrong's. There is a good opening for an architect here at the present time, and Mr. Pinches will start with a fair field, and without any opposition to contend against. We have reason to believe that the vacancy lately left in the ranks of the profession at Hawera could not be better filled. Great complaints are being made by residents in the vicinity, of a nuisance which is allowed to exist in Mr. Winks' paddock on the Carlyle road. The nuisance arises from some carcases lying about the paddock, and it is high time something was done in the matter. It might be advisable for some of the residents to write to the inspector of nuisances for the county. On Friday next Mr. Freeman R. Jackson will hold an important sale of stud sheep at the Waverley saleyards. A few pure bred Lincoln rams from the flocks of Messrs W. Wilson, David Peat, and David Hunter will be offered for sale. They are all two-tootli sheep and the names of the breeders are a guarantee of their quality. In addition to the above, about 2,400 sheep, 40 head of cattle, and some horses are advertised to be sold at the same date. At a meeting of the committee of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association held lately it was decided " That this association communicate with kindred societies in New Zealand, with the view of collecting statistics and samples of agricultural productions of the colony, to be exhibited at the next Royal Agricultural Society Show in England, and that the government be asked to aid in the cost of collecting." The children of the Hawera and Normanby Presbyterian Sunday schools had a field-day amongst the peach-groves of the Messrs. Finlayson on Saturday last. Carts, expresses, spring traps, buggies, and saddle horses, were in requisition, the result being a muster of about one hundred and fifty children and fifty adults. Dainties of every description were provided, but the peaches were of course the great attraction, both with old and young. The consumption was estimated at from eight to thousand peaches. Dr. W. S. Munro, of Wellington, has applied for a patent for making cement. From the Evening Post we learn that the proposed pat nt is for the manufacture of cement from iron sand and a mixture of volcanic matter treated by a simple chemical process. He has had the opinion of various contractors and others acquainted with cements, and these assert that the specimens made by him are superior to anything they have seen. It is calculated the blocks will bear a pressure of fully 4001bs to the square inch, and that about 10s per ton would about cover all expenses. We have been favored with a copy of an excellent catalogue of the stock to be sold at the Ruatangata station near Wanganui, on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of March next. The pamphlet is excellently arranged and contains full pedigrees of all the well-bred cattle. On the opposite page there is space left for the name of the buyer, and a separate column for the price paid. The catalogue covers 174 pages, and the sale will last for three days. Arrangements have been made for special trains to convey intending purchasers to the sale. The auctioneers instructions are to sell without reserve.

The new Bnllot Act, if pished, throws the cost of elections on the electors. The population of the United States is unofficially given as 50,152,559. The sale of Mr. Chas. Allen's furnitiro and effects takes place at Normanby to-day at 12 noon. Mr. G. W. Woon has been appointed census enumerator for the counties of Wanganui and Patea. To-morrow Mr. W. Courtney will sell at his yards, Glonavon, about 200 head of cattle. A large number of calves are advertised. It is said that the property left by Geo. North, in Wellington, will be sufficient to pay a fair dividend on all his ordinary trade debts. The Post Office Department is now ready to establish telephone service throughout England. It has ordered 200,000 for immediate use. At five minutes to twelve o'clock yesterday we posted outside the Star Office the result of the great boat race, rowed on the Thames some 24 hours previously, between Hanlan and Laycock. Mr. F. McGuire reports having sold two sections in Regent street, nearly opposite the Star Office, for Mr. A. J. Rutherford, of Wellington, at an advance of 50 per cent, on the original purchase money. The police buildings at Manutahi are to be removed to Hawera. Notice either has been, or is to be given to the person in charge of the buildings at Manutahi to the above effect, and the removal will be commenced shortly. The contractors of the St. Gothard tunnel have applied to the Federal tribunal to prolong by 700. days the time originally fixed for the completion of the undertaking. Instead of being ready early next year, it would thus not be open for traffic until late in 18S2. To-morrow the cash land in the Parihaka Block including an area of some 4,500 aores will be offered for sale at New Plymouth. Judging by the slack demand for deferred payment sections the land will probably not s.ll for much above the upset price. The Manawapou road through Mr. Quinlivan's paddock, leased from the Education Board, is now being opened up. The ditches have been cleaned out, and the thistles, &c, on the road side trimmed. This road will be a convenience to those who have occasion to travel from the beach towards the Plains. Tennyson attained his seventy-first birthday on August sth. A few of the intimate friends the Laureate allows himself — including Browning, Matthew Arnold, and James R. Lowell — called on him at his London residence in King street, Mayfair. Browning recited a congratulatory ode. Bonnor, of the Australian Eleven, hit a ball 147 yards in practice at Mitchan Green, the distance being marked and chained by the late James Sontherton. The late G. F. Grace caught Bonnor out in the match at the Oval at the distance of 115 yards, supposed to be the longest and highest catch ever seen. On Saturday next the sports at Pungai'ehu, under the-pafcronage of the A.C.'s, will come off. A very good programme has been arranged, and a liberal prizelist is announced. Last week we published the handicaps, which showed an unusually la-ge number of entries. We look forward to a very successful meeting at Pungarehu. By Gazette proclamation published on Fobruary 10, all the land between Oeo and Waingongoro has been excluded from the operation of the dog tax. The County Council might have shown a little more politeness to Sir W. Fox, and a little consideration for the difficulties of the pioneer settlers on the Plains, if they had known of this proclamation. The exemption will be allowed up to the Ist August.