The Star. SATURDAY, APRIL 9,1881. NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume II, Issue 103, 9 April 1881, Page 2

The Star. SATURDAY, APRIL 9,1881. NEWS AND NOTES.

The civil and bankruptcy business at Patea will be adjourned until further notice is giveu. To-day's supplement contains, besides other matter, an interesting column on agriculture ; some witty verses, entitled " Crossiug the Muse," and some better still headed •• Welcome News." There is also a very good essay on " Work " by Signor Max, from the Detroit Free Press. ,' The Alderman's Great Sorrow " is worth reading. Everyone expected that Major Atkinson's speech, at New Plj-month, would contaiu some news about the year's fiuauce ; but everyone was doomed to disappointment, as the speech contained very little that was new. "Au Old .Ratepayer " wisbe3 us to correct a printer's error, by which he was made to say that he thought the towu board never did a "worse" thing than make Mr. Foy's appointment, whereas he wrote " a wiser tiling." We have been favored by Messrs. Mason, Strutbers. and Co., the apeuts in this colony for the Deering twinebinders, with a copy of New Zealand testimonials in favor of this machine, and shall be happy to show them to any of our farmers. Mr. E. W. Mills has secured a lease of the Lion Foxindiy, iv conjunction with bis late manager, Mr. W. Cable. His many friends will be pleased to hear of his resumption of business iv the premises formerly erected and owned by him. The s.s. Patea will leave Patea for Wellingtou this day, at 4 p.m. On Thursday next she will leave for Nelsou Easter Encampment, at 8 a.m. This will allow intending visitors to Nelson four clear days there, with the chauce of a run to Welliugtou in the meautime, if desired. At a special meetiug of the Hawera School Committee, held on Wednesday eveuiug, it was decided to call for tenders for the alterations sanctioned by the Board of Education. Mr. Pinches was appointed to draw up the necessary plans and specifications. There has been some talk of a settler? bee on the Plains to wage war against the pigs, but no definite date has beeu arranged. Tweuty settlers with a score of dogs, could account for a large number of pigs, aud sweep a thousand acres or more clear of pigs iv a day. 9 A settler who was out for two days last week on the Plains hunting for loss horse*, reports that he saw no less than seven , other men engaged at the same uuproik- j able business. Many of them seemed jo i thiuk that the Maoris had helped to make i the stray stock more difficult to nud by " planting '" them in clearings in the con- I tiuuons reserve. j The Normauby Hall is now finished, j and the builders 1 accounts, against the ; directors, have all been paid. A few salss als i have been ordered, and when those have i been provided there will be very little left ro l>o done. A public meetiug has been called for Wednesday next, to elect a committed for xh<e niauj«re.juent of die proposal library and r*adiug-rv>om. On the arrival of the coach from N.^it* to-day, a by-stander remarked to tlae ?«wlim&n — " Holloa. He«ry ! bow is it you are so early ro-<?ay ? it wants twenty n:inntes to twelve." The reply came — •'The train was before its time: the manager was on board." Cousiieriug the fretjwput nnpuuemalijy of the tram, it -wtojM be conveuient if Hie manager conld be ofteuer on board. $ A lad of about sixteen, the, sou of Mr. Hasrie. of Waiuiaje, was on« pi^-bumiag on the Plaius ou Tuesday, wfieu be was charged by a wild boar, kiatvked droru. aud his arm severely ripped in iwo places. The boar stood over him while being fept at bay Xv *^ 5*5 * dogs, Inn iww Trh<we attacks die lad uiisht have fared ; badly. The boar first charged youu£ | Hasiae's eoxnp&x&ui, bat be aiaisased to j avoid the brute. i The iiieeiiug convened a* <3ie InsiMwi*. I by Mr. D. Kiasr, Cbaarman of *ke Towc ; Board, was well aueuded. There ware ! sfoant SO to -40 ratepayers present; bus i il»ere were wo. euoagU jateinbers of the TWa Board «o iWm a qoonom. Tise j r*sal>l \ras, that a piafolao jaeeritMr was ; held instead. There was swuie rather j diseussKva iireviojis i<\ aud after, j due ra&dhag of Mr. Fay's report. We j isave beea «w>iapel3©tl, i*a «w3et wj snails* K»na for 4&te Pane* C-oimly Ciwrocii iw*©tia^, to bold OT^r onr report of ifce | praoeexi&ags uill aexa issue. '

Mr. Cowern will sell about 150 head of cattle at his sale on "Wednesday next. Tenders for travelling contracts, Nos. G, 7. and 8, between Opuuake and Stoney River, close on Monday next, at noon. Many of our readers will be sorry to hear that the postmaster, Mr. Chancy, i» unwell, and had "to knock off" work yesterday. A great many of the new settlers on the Plains are harrowing their laud previous to sowiug grass seed, aud much of the land which previously seemed very rough, is now much smoother. Mr. C. F. Barker's new store and offices at Piitea is a very large and handsome building, and certainly an ornament to the main street of that township. The outside is now nearly completed. The return cricket match, between the Hawera aud Manaia teams, which was to have been played to-day, has been postponed on account of Colonel Roberts' illness. It is proposed to play the match on the sixteenth, viz ij-this day week. The census taker reports tbat he found abont 120 pcrsous actual residents upon the Waimate Plains during his ride round that district. A few of these would be men attached to the road parties. A uuinber of new eottag s are in course of erection, but not yet tenanted. At the County^ Council on Wednesday £ 45 was granted to the Hawera Egad Board for the Nonnanby-Hawera road. Two councillors opposed the forming of a road board on theiPlains, and it was delayed for another month, all expenditure being stopped. The following tenders have been received for the erection of a two-storey building in High street, near Mr. Davidson's :—: — A. Scott, Hawera , (accepted) £IS7 16 6 W. Wallace, Hawera ... 210 0 0 H. Wane & Co., Pzitea ... 215 0 0 Duffill Bros., Hawera ... 216 0 0 Mr. J. S. Adams, draper, will occupy tbe new building, the preparation of tbe plaus aud specifications for which were entrusted to Messrs. Duffill Bros. i Ou Wednesday the County Council passed a resolution to send a delegate to the proposed Wellington conference without due consideration. Mr. Bridge was Srst proposed, and then the Chairman's name as an amendment. The amendment was carried, and thus according to the rules of the Council, became the original resolution. By this time a majority of the Council had repented of their determination to send a delegate. Mr. Horuer was in the chair, but declined to put the amendment as an original resolution, because it did not suit him ; he would give no reasons, but simply sat in the chair, looked puzzled" and foggy, declared that he was in a dilemma, aud did nothing for half an hour. This delay gave the chairman a chance of proposing that no delegate be senr, aud the previous resolution was rescinded by a nuaninious vote of the Council. The half hour lost was not quite wasted, for it proved beyoud question tbat there was at least one councillor absolutely unfit to act as chairman.