NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VI, Issue 1172, 19 November 1885, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

We do not think that any good purpose would be served by publishing the letter of •' Beeswax,"

Professor Kirk has submitted his report to the Government ott the forests in' the North laland. , ' Theoperaiions of the Taranaki Butter Company have (says the. Herald) come to a temporary, standstill through the collapse of their water engine, which will ,take some weeks to repair. Several dozen, '21b' tins of butter only Have been tinned so far.

At the annual meeting of the Mpsgiel Wboillen Factory held on Tuesday, Mr. John Roberts, chairman of directors, presided.' The report, recommending a dividend, was adopted, the chairman .expressing an opinion that the price of wool Would go Up. The suggestion we -made as to the probability of the accusation against Ministers of the " jobbing" appomtment of Mr. Reeves being due to a misunderstanding, proves to be correct. It is not Mr. W. P.Reeves who has been appointed, but Mr. Walter Reeves, who has been requested to organise an agricultural department. This gentleman, though, is a nephew of Hon. W. Reeves, and the Wellington Post says the appointment has a " nasty look." / ._she / A.C. Force will. not at present be ie^arated from ithe'.Civjl police, tyntil Wrangements have been made for stationing the Civil police in the native districts, it is not considered desirable -to separate them. By next session Mr. Ballaiice hopes . (says thp^New Zealand- Times) .that I native affairs will bVih "such a that the remainder of the force can then be merged into the ordinary police, force and the permanent artillery stationed at the principal ports of the colony. /phMSlieep fD'epiMe£t'i Js/ioalringJ vigorous efforts to stamp out scab in the Marlboiougb Provincial Bislricfc. A Wellington paper says that a telegram has been- received- from Jflt._Copper,, IJnder. Secretary; statingJtliat 50* or eOOOaheepare to be kOled on Mr. Inglis' run, an agreement having been entered into by which he is to receive the *slani"and so much per head. The House having voted a sum last session for the eradication ofsoab, the Ho^^^q^mn/s 1foX!fl& the limeMe -m&^| Wlony ' will be entirely free from scab.

We (Wellington Pre^)is«aj*(d;BdJnU^nlel ago that Mr. E. J. Riddiford had turned out a number of stoats and weasels ,on his run) and we are informed that the result .hMbe|nmo|t fjgffetory-^ad rabbjs j are tafbenietiwi&W-over JhSrtui^ 'Jffie beneficial iresufc <£« ifce fast shipment encouraged Mx gSkddjfinrd icofienO <imhm\ or^ei^'for SOO^ore^and by,^sagtjn>a^ he had advices statin? that ikh nave been sectu^a,^ana.inirnediatelw on ! the requisite nuinw temg ! "dliiSned they will be shipped, t!» last lot, will be turned out at TeAwitii

It is staged that the Governmeni&nend to have we Maori census taken ne3£year£ An Ethiopian entertainment J^^Q be.^ given, on December 2nd, Show night, xn : aid of the Hawera Town Sand. A correspondent of an Auckland paper understands that a batch of new justices will "be shortly j^zettj^-TNo'tes&j. than^ 120 applications have : beeri-made in favor^ of gentlemen desirous of of being placed on" 'tEe OonanMsaiori !"of the" Peace., , ; . s ,/{ Manaia cricketers will play Oeo at.Oeo on Saturday afclOiSO.* will represent- Manaia: — Messrs. Budge >(captain)', HilleS r MotJutchanj Sutherland,' Ford, Stewart, E. Young, Perry, Arden, Hughes, and Hurley., Emergency^©6eWe (Herald) understand that the 'directors of the Wanganui Cheese Factory have sold out the remainder of their stock, of last, season's* cheese to Mr. T. P. Curamiaa at' 6d. &Cr. Cummins has found a good market for r his., purchase in Australia, whither, it will be shipped immediately.' ' ; t '- : Advices of October '*lotb. from Tonquin to the Paris Temps describe the ; position as very gloomy. Since the. beginning of the summer 3000 FrencxirQen died -of cholera, and large numbers were daily succumbing' to that disease. The mortality" among the troops binders ihe progress t>i the campaign, reinforcements sent - ! from ' France being scarcely sufficient to fill the 'gaps r made in the ' French tanks by, the plague. Despatches of October 22nd say' say that the French troops recently made a reconnoisance from Honghoa ; to Huanquan, and found formidable, numbers of Black Flags .in the vicinity of those places. 3000 French Irbopa were about to leave France iorTonquin.. T . r . , Some time ago (says the Home News) Prince' Alexander of. Bulgaria proposed for the Hand of a Princess belonging to one of the great reigning famillies. Although the lady herself was not altogether, averse to the match, her parents scouted the idea, telling the too ambitious suitor that he must rise a good deal higher, before he would be fit to mate with their daughter. jTherPrijuje took this rebuff in good part, merely remarking, " Very well, 1 then, since you will not accept a mere Prince for a son-in-law, I must try to make myself a king. I ' ,. This -was regarded at the time' as a mere '/vaunt, but Prince Alexander's recent enterprise gives the utterance something of the character of a' prophecy. •■.'.•;

The Defence Miiiisiei- -^ays &© Post) has recently issued a circular to the police which deserves the warmest commendation. In it he directs the attention of £He members of the force to the fact that the prevention of crime is their .first and most important duty. n This Is tod often forgot-; ten, and there have even been instances where crime, which might; have been prevented, has "been actually' permitted in order that detection and capture might follow. Mr. Ballance also points out that, according to the existing regulations, promotion in the force does not necessarily depend on length of* service or good conduct, but that special services will be taken into consideration when distributing rewards or making promotions. In another part of the circular under notice Sir. Ballance says there is reason to believe that illicit distillation and smuggling, are extensively carried- on, as well as other breaches of the?; Customs laws, to the injury of the revenue,, 4 and he adds that detection of stlch Vetoes will be regarded as special service of meritorious character, but. still the members of the force are not, for, the sake of any pecuniary or personal advantage, to 1 forget that their primary dtity is to prevent crime, and they are not to subordinate this consideration, any other.