NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1754, 14 October 1887, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Influenza epidenic fever is prevalent on the;Piains, ;!>; !> - „" /, >„ „' -, Manaia lowja, . Board', meets 'next! 'Wednesday. ". ' - ', '" r . We are requested to state thaijbe newproprietor of the "Railway Hotel is not! Mr.: McLaren, as .we were, led to Believe, but A.TC.ffibeJl." It was Mr. McLarpri who recited'the^'anecdote on the evening of th*! presentation to Mr. F. McGuirei but jieihtiijnblconneciipn with the Raili . way Hotel. «!**/***» r~

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Mf mberiMf the%Chdral Society jril.l_b* int^sifced^d'leaiSi tliatrthe music 6rderedl frofeSNe^irs--^iz., ''The Revenge?' i* cantata pfStanlord, and " Mendelsohn's^ 42nd«Psaliri," arrived this week, and will' b'e4>'n't iriifehearsal at once. •' During the month of September there were twenty one estates of deceased persons placed under tbe charge of the Public Trustee of a total value of £2180. The estates ranged from £1 to £550, and in only two cases were wills provod.

Russia can, it is said, now bring into the field in case of need 2,425,577 soldiers In addition she has 2,160,000 militia liable to serve, and if the term of service were reduced from five to three years, the State would in a short time be able to have 4,000,000 regular troops without having recourse to militia reserves.. The San Francisco- mail will arrive in Hawera by to-nigbt's train. In order to meet the convenience, of the public, the post office will be kept open, for the delivery of letters only, from 8 to 9 p.m. This is the first time that the 'Frisco mail will have been delivered here on the Friday. But for missing the train at Waitara this morning the mails would have been here in time for the day delivery. The Otakeho Dairy Company, Limited, have during the last week or two sent away 16 tons of cheese for the Home market, and have another 4 tons packed to go in the course of a few days. There will be still about 4 tons of the last season's cheese on hand. Work was resumed at. this factory on the first Monday in this month, suppliers receiving 2£d per gallon for their milk out of the proceeds of sales of cheese. The result of the exhibition so far as the fund which has been created for the establishment of a library in connection with the Presbyterian Church, are highly satisfactory. The takings amounted to £52, of which about £12 will be absorbed in expenses. This will leave some £40 for the purchase of books, a sum which should go far towards providing a large amount o(jiound and good literature for the yon*fcmembers of that church. The meeting of the Hawera Lawn Tennis Club, called for Wednesday, to receive the annual report and balance sheet fell throagh for want of a quorum most of the more regular tennis players being absent from town on that day. It was adjourned till Saturday at 2.30 p.m. at Mr. Major's rooms when members and intending members are requested to attend. The new ground is now well turfed and should attract players of both sexes. Despite our expressed desire thai the correspondence re eleccion troubles should cease, " Enquirer " writes asking that tbe words used by Father Mulvihill, on Sunday, September 18, be published. " Enquirer " says he is a Roman Catholic, and was present at the time, but denies that harsh treatment was meted out to Mr. McGuire. We shall be prepared to publish the substance of the words used, so that the public may be in a position to judge as to the merits of either party in the dispute, but nothing further in connection with this matter. At the R.M. Court on Wednesday the business generally was of an unimportant character. J. Redding lor allowing four cows to stray on two occasions was fined 10s and costs for each offence. F. J. Ashman and F. C. Faber for 6tray horses were fined Is each. P. Murphy for allowing two bullocks to stray was fined 5s and costs. F. J. Gane demanded sureties of the peace irora P. Christal the case was adjoarned till 26th. Sophuus Christian Twistin was charged with vagrancy, and dismissed with a caution. Adamson, Pease, and Co. claimed £6 4s Id from J. Harris, and £2 18s 9d from R. Williams. Judgment in favor of plaintiffs by detault. From J. Simon the same parties claimed £3 3s sd, which defendaut was ordered to pay by instalments of 10s per week. The Wellington Press in an article on the new young blood Ministry sa.ys : — Mr. G. F. Richardson is, in our opinion the beat bargain Major Atkinson has made. He is something like Mark Twain's jumping frog. You don't see any more pints about him than about an ornery frog. But once set him jumping, and you may safely put your, dollars on him. He is one of the few men in the House who has taken the pains, or had the technical aptitude, to master the railway ' accounts and the finance of public. works.' He is familiar, moreover, wjth tbe details -of. the administration of lands and surveys ; and we feel sure he will be able to do telling work in retrenchment in those departments. He is recognised on all sjdee in the House as a man of scrupulous honor and a mosfc gentle disposition ; and" his other good qualities are- enhanced by an uncommonly happy, wit...— He rivals Mr. Whyte for epigrams and good humored astire. % - The appeal case against the decision of the R.M. Court in respect to the legality of the New Plymouth harbor rate will be heard at the next sitting of the Supreme Court in New Plymouth. It will be remembered that it hns been contended by one or two persons in this district that it would be a misfortune if the board were prevented by a legal technicality from collecting its rates, and were sotnpelled in consequence to make default of interest on loan due to the bondholder next month. The New Zealand Times supports this view, and . says : — '* As the Board's coupo'ns^on its Joan faU.duean November, an adverse judgement will be disastrous, for there will be no time to leyy a new rate." The ratepayers on the other hand maintain that in order to obtain .redress for their grievance they are bound to protest in a way which aball ensure them receiving Parliamentary attention, and justify their non-payment of rates, and even the non- payment of interest to the JSnglish bondholders on that ground. Mr. Q. Samuel will appear as counsel for the Harbor Board, and Mr. W. T. Travers for the Ratepayers' Association. The introduction of machinery, and the training of workmen as specialists only capable of working one .special branch of their trade, has had a narrowing and degrading effect on artisans. There now seems to be a chance of this being combated and overcome by training schools. As an instance of the change that has come about, we cite the following : — Formerly, a boy sent to learn shoemaking, for example, was put through a course of training in all the branches, and came out familiar with them all. Now, there are 97 branches of shoemaking, /-, and the custom is to Jearn one and 6tick to that. ■To obviate this as much' as possible amongst their own youthful employees, Messrs. Hoe and Co., ' printing press manufacturers, of New York, opened an apprentice school for their" own establishment. They employ 250 boys, and have a night school, which each lad is expected to attend at least two nights of every week. There they are instructed and drilled with reference to tbe general trade of press-making. This school has worked, to well that a wealthy citizen of New York has opened a similar school in the city for the instruction of young mechanics, where a regular course in plumbing, carpentry, plastering} bricklaying, stonecutting, fresco-painting, and any other trade the fmpil may prefer or is adapted ,by nature for. In the old days tbe master ..taught the apprentice the use of tools, .where, and jhow to. begin, ami .then led him' step by step, into the mysteries of trade./ Now,. if. allowed at all, he must pick .tip His, knowledge as best he can. Tlje 'training school is designed to meet finis wanti . " ■ * 7 '-

lay claim to have at its entrance .the most powerful electric flight in|itbe world ; 'the next in power •being that at the Palais d 1 Industrie, Paris. 'The lamp at the" South Heads, Sydney, is of 180,000 candle power; the Paris one is of 150,000 candle power ; while the largest and most powerful electric lamp in America, at San Jose, California, is of 140,000 candle power only. . At the meeting of the Taranaki Education Board a letter was received from the Opunake School Committe stating that owing to great number of children absent through sickness, they had deemed it advisable to close the school from mid day to-day until monday next. The board approved of the action. With regard to a petition from settlers on theEUham Road, asking that a school be erected in that district, the board decided that a school for Eltham Road will be a first claim on next building grant. The necessity for Government interference between landlord and tenant has been recognised in Scotland, and the Artisans Dwellings Act, 1875, is now law. It provides power for a local trust to compulsorily purchase houses which, •' by reason of the waot of light, air, ventilation, or of proper conveniences, or from other causes, are unfit for human habitation, and fevers and diseases are constantly generated there, causing death and loss of health, not only in the courts and alleys but also in other parts." Such Improvement Trust is further empowered to erect suitable houses for the tenants who may have been displaced by their operations. The New Zealand Times says : — " There 6eems to be some matter of difference between the Gear Meat Company and the railway authorities. The company are hardly satisfied with the arrangements made by the Railway Company for the carriage of their cattle from the Manawatu district. At the latter end of last week a mob of fine bullocks from the Oroua Downs Station were brought down to j Wellington by the beach road in preference to the rails. As another large raob is i expected this week doubtless the Railway Company will see their way clear to make such arrangements aB will prevent the loss to their revenue." Settlers in this district would be very pleased to hear that tnriff rates had been reduced, they are not very hopeful however. Messrs. Nolan, Tonks, and Co.'s next Eltharu sale will be held on Wednesday 19th instead of Tuesday.