NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1711, 25 August 1887, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Mr. Goodacre, late of Hawera, purposes Btartin" a boot and shoe factory in New Plymouth.

The Waverley is expected at Patea this afternoon. She leaves for Nelson and Wellington to-morrow, at 2 p.m.

The following scratching has been made in the Wanganui Derby of 1888 : Mr. Stock's horse by Vasco de Gama, out of Sweet Briar.

A. We ttia«toa saddle* (My. J. E. Evtm^ has instituted a new proceeding m the way ot prize-giving. In front of his shop are two water-troughs, on one of which are the words, " Wai mo te hmho ; wai mo te kuri. J. E. Evaus" (water for the horse; water lor the dog). He offered a prize to the person who should write the cuost ruiutoer of Eagfeh yjotvK from ita* words on the trough (above quoted). There were several competitors, and the winner wrote out 4300 words.

At a meeting held on Tuesday, the Auckland Racing Club drew up their programme for tlie ensuing year. The tuiixl amount p/opos&d to be given away m stakes during tlio season is £7,240, appoi tinned as follows: — Spring meeting, X'lU'2o; Summer meeting, i.:584C ; Autumn meetiu», £1070; ami Wintir meeting, JL7OO. They further i (-solved to reduce the added mouey of the Cup to 4750, the distance still re\ninn\n<; at two ami a quiirter miles. After a good deal of deliberation the club decided to place the Derby on the first day's programme of the Summer meeting; the Cup race to hf run on the secoud day. This step has produced some adverse couiiuent. Besides the Derby the other princip.il race on the first day of the Summer meeting will be the Aack)ancl Eaccae; Clad fi&uu&cip uf one and a qvmvtev miles.

The other day the "Wellington Post stated that arrangements had been made for collecting land revenue through the Post and Telegraph Department, but that it was abandoned through influences beinr,' "brought to hear to retain m their billeCs certain persons whose services would no longer be required if the change were made. The Post is now informed that there is great wrath in the Ministerial camp at the facts having leaked out, and the most searching and inquisitorial investigation is bein# instituted with a view of, if possible, finding out how we became possessed of them. We do not think the Government is at all likely to be enlightened on this point, or to discover the source ot our information. The publication of the facts was no doubt highly inconvenient, and Ministers would have been glad had they been hushed up, an they may possibly form the suhject oi unpleasant comment during the elections. Unfortunately they are correct and canuot be denied, although possibly some attempt may be made to gloss them over.

Mr. A. C. Leslie, formerly of Hawera, has commenced business as a plumber in Blenheim.

It is announced that a recital of sacred music is to be given at the Chinch of Eugland, Hawera, on Friday evening, and an indication of the programme is «iven. There will \>e n collection in aid of the funds of the choir, and as the money ir expended in improving the t-tock of music, those who attend and give liberally will be helping towards g-tting up other recitals in future.

At tlie meeting of the Taranaki Education Board on Wednesday, the secretary read the results of the voting of the committees to fill the vacancy on the board c.vised by the resignation of Mr. Bluck. They are: —G. A. Adlam, 9 (Rahotu, Waiea, Okato, Oakura, New Plymouth, Bel] Block, Midhirst, Egjuont, and Mangorei); Captain Armstrong. 5 (Opunake, Frankley Road, Tikorangi, TJrenui, and Lepperton) ; J. Elliot, 3 (Waitara, Huirangi, and Fitzroy) ; G. W. Gane, 1 (Stratford). Mr. Adlam was declared to be duly elected a member of the board, the same to be notified.

One Interested writes :—": — " Would yon kindly tell me is this justice. A short time ago there was a race in Manaia, for £5 a side for 100 yards between two local men. It came off on Saturday, May 7, and resulted in a dead heat. Then A cha'lenged B to run it off again, but he declined, saying he would not run again that day, but would run again on the following Saturday. Well, the oth r side agreed to that, and, on the day namad, went up to the recrettion ground iind waited tor B, but, he did not tutu up, so they came home again, and in the cv. mug A saw the stakeholder and demanded the money from him, bn; he said it was of no use because the cheques were made out wrong and he could not net them cashed. I do not think that is justice. Excuse me lor taking up so much of your valuable space." On the writer's statement of iacts we also should say he was not well treated.

A &hort time ago we published s-ouie phenomenal faowivu» analyses, recorded in Englimd. Heve is Another side lo the story: — The high ciickpt scoring ol the past week or so (says Truth), however, enjoy .ible to the spectators and the rungetters themselves, has been very terrible as an expose of the nakedness of the laud, so far as bowhng is concerned. When one finds all sorts and conditions of batsmew p\Uug up their centimes, not now and a^iin, bnt 'so many times consecutively, one begins to feel oneself within measurable distance of the time when bowling will be a lost art. In this year of grace 1887 there are hardly a score of bowleis in the country who can be regarded as at all dno^erous, unl- ss they are assisted iv some degree by the wicket or the weather. Those who have the welfare of English cricket at heart would far rather see a few bowlers performing successfully against good batsmen on an easy wicket, than watch the breaking ot any run -getting record soever.

The Eumont Star of Saturday next will contain a full budget of mail news more than ordinarily interesting. In addition to ordinary news items, it contains an account oi the evictions at Bodyke, to which many references have been made in the cable Dews; an account of the C.ii-s cisp, an incident which cnuaeJ great excitement in England and caused a defeat oi tbe Government in ibe House ot Commons, owing to the Home Secretary refusing to f; r ' lu t iin enquiry into the manner iv winch Miss Case had been tie.tied by the London police and magistracy ; an account ol the Queen's review of die navy, a sea pageant unequalled in history; a letter from H. M. Stanley; a lady's letter from London, etc. There are further instalments of the novels now running through the Star, and a quantity of amusiug local matter. An inteiesting and instructive account of what is being done in connection with the State forests of New Zealand is also primed. Footballers willre.ul with interest a full account of the AizckianriCanterbury football match. Australian news, h full summary of cable and telegraphic news local news and reports, commercifil, &c, make up an unusually good number.

Messrs Robbins and Pierard notify the arrira) oi fresh supplies of Yates' vegetable and flower seeds.