The Star.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1792, 29 November 1887, Page 2

The Star.

NEWS AND NOTES. ♦ —

DAILT.) TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1887.

Tomorrow being show day, the Star will be published at one o'clock. Advertisers are requested to bring in. their wlver-tiafciosttts not. iatet than twelve o'clock noon. To-morrow being St. Andrew's day is a bank holiday. The Mayor, at the request of the burgesses, has declared a halfholiday for to-morrow in order to enable the shops and business places to be closed, so that all hands may be able to visit the show ground. The Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company are issuing Saturday return tickets to-day and to-morrow, available until Thursday. This will be in favor of visitors coming from Wellington and the South to the Egmont show. Mr. W. H. Denne, of Pibama, has forwarded us some fine samples of early potatoes and peas. The potatoes resemble the Silver Kidney, and are prize specimens for shape and size. They are the tecond crop grown without manure on the same plot of ground. We notice that a yearling Clydesdale colt by Taieri Tom gained first prize both at the North Canterbury and also at the Metropolitan Canterbury shows. He was bred by Messrs. Anderson and Mcßeath. The colt is by the same sire as Mr. Ward's Glasgow Geordie. The New Zealand Times says that a marked feature of Friday afternoon's Bitting of the Houbo of Representatives was a farther demonstration by the Young New Zealand party against the Harbor Loans Bills. This party, which is now a power in the House, has determined, it is said, that the frightful waste of money which has been going on in the foolish attempts to make costly harbors of every mud creek shall cease.

' Dr. Laishley has been asked to select 2000 volumes as a nucleus for the lending department of a free library at Anckland. 1 SMr, J. "Ballaace, M.H.8., is now In Wanganui, having been subpoenaed as a witness in the Waitotara election petition case, and will remain tbere during the hearing, or at any rate till his own evidence is donewitb. The following Manaia cricket team has been selected to play against Opunake on Saturday next at Opunake : — Messrs. Parsons, Deacon, Bayly, Budge, Hilles, Newenham, Sutherland, Young, Glenn, Homer, and Hurley. j "We have received a letter from our Rahotu correspondent containing tbe representations sent by the Taranaki Education Board to the chairman of the conference of school committees. The substance of the reply sent was already in hand in a report taken from the Taranaki Herald, and appears elsewhere. In the course of the debate on the bill for the reduction of Minister's salaries last night a Press Association message reports that Mr. Turnbull said that from a return laid on the table last night it appeared that one-tenth of the taxable real and personal property in New Zealand was owned by 1140 absentees living in England. Mr. Major, the secretary of the Tennis Club, received a wire last evening from the secretary of the New Plymouth Club, saying they were sorry they were unable to send a team to play here to-day. The following gentlemen and ladies have been elected members of the Hawera Club : — Messrs. Clark, W. and E. Luceua v Burlace» O'LougMva, Heftntiug, and Barton, and ' the Misses McGuiie. The match committee of the Manaia Tennis Club met on Monday evening, the 28th inst., when the following tournament sets were arranged, the matches to commence on Monday, the sth proximo : — Hilles and F. Bayly to play Hurley and Newenham, Godsal and Wilks to play Lovejoy and Good, Foord and Field to play L. Rogers and Yorke, Mclntosh and Stewart to play Woodward and Smart, and W. Hair, 6en., and G. R. Homer to play E. Dingle and J. W. Falkner. Yesterday morning the police received an intimation that Mrs. Leask, whose arm had been broken on Saturday, met with the accident through violence at the hands of a Maori. They at once" proceeded to Okaiawa aud arrested the native, and he was charged before C. E. Major and F. McGuire. Justices of the Peace, with inflicting grievous bodly harm on Amy Leask, last evening. He was remanded for further evidence, until Wednesday 7th. His name is Te Kepa, a son of Konrini a chief. "We hear that tenders tor the evectiaa of meat-tiaaing works at Patea have been accepted. For the building the tender of a Mr. Arthur is reported to have been considered the most eligible. A second tender in connection with the works is also said to have been let, though our informant was not clear as to whether it was for erection of machinery and tinning plant or not. The buildings are to be completed within three weeks, subject to a penalty of .£2 per day for every day over time. Murphy, the light weight pugilist, has issued a challenge to all-comers. He complains that damaging statements, which have no foundation in fact, have been made against him, and is willing to prove his readiness to give satisfaction to any dissatisfied pugilist. He states, further, that tliQ referee's decision in his recent match with. Fake was given against him because he did not return to his corner after knocking his opponeut down, and not because there was any " foul." The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company recently sold their magnificent stores and offices in Collinsstreet, West Melbourne, for a sum approaching a quarter of a million sterling. The company, however, retains possession of the block (which covered about au acre and a quarter) for several years. This is said to be one of the largest, if not the largest, transactions of landed property yet completed in these colonies. The site was becoming too valuable for mere storage purposes ; besides, the company wish to locate themselves nearer the railways. Victor IX YYhjie w&s to-day charged, I before Mr. C. E. Major, J.P., with resisting the police in the execution of a warrant. The accused had just been released from the New Plymouth gaol, aud was now called on to answer the above charge. Evidence as to the nature of the ofience was given by the constable, and the bench inflicted a fine of .£3 and costs. Accused offered to pay the money to the police if they would go with him to the Palmer road on the Waimate Plains. But to this objection was raised. He was ordered to pay the money not later than Thursday, or undergo fourteen days' imprisonment. Some idea of the extent to which mechanical ingenuity and efficiency have advanced may be had from the following statements :—": — " It is possible to construct a complete sewing machine in a minute, or sixty in one hour: a reaper every 15 minute, or less; 300 watches & 2>ay, complete in all their appointments. More important than this even, is the fact that it is possible to construct a locomotive in a day. From the plans of the draughtsman to the execution of them by the workmen, every wheel, lever, valve, aud rod may be constructed from the metal to the engine intact. Every rivet may be driven in the boiler, every tube in the tube-sheets, and from the smoke stack to the ashpan a locomotive may be turned out in a working day completely equipped ready to do the work of 1000 horses." It is said that the time for the late championship match on the Nepean is the fastest ever recorded for a championship, the best before that being Hanlan's 21m. 215., when he beat Elliott in 1879 on the Tyne. The best time from Putney to Mortlake is 22nj. 2fts M made by Beach when he beat Gaudaur. Beach, as is pretty well known, is a native of Surrey, and was 37 years of age in September last. He is a blacksmith by trade. Beach would row about 12st on the day of the race. Beach has now beaten Hanlan three times, and can well afford to retire on his laurels. Beach evidently thinks that his trainer, Kemp, is a good man, or he would never have handed the championship belt over to him. Mr. Oldham has informed one of the guarantors of the Meat Company that, from correspondence lately received by bim, he has reason to believe that he either is or will be the successful tenderer for a large French contract for tinned meat. He tendered to supply half the quantity asked for, and a Queensland firm tendered for the other half. If halt the total contract falls to Mr. Oldham, his hands will be full for two years to come at the rate of supply guaranteed. Should the Queensland firm not take up its tender — a not improbable contingency — then Mr. Oldham expects to be offered the right of 1 taking up the contract in full. This would apparently necessitate his extending the size of his works and tho whole scope of his ua&erlaUing. Mr. Skeot, dentist, notifies dates on which he may be consulted at Patea and Hawera. Messrs. Nolan, Tonks, and Co. publish entries for stock sale at Opunake on Saturday, 3rd December. Messrs. F. R. Jackson and Co. advortiso entries for Waverloy stock sale on Monday. Dinner will be served at Burkes Hawera Hotel at 12 noon to«morrow for tho convenience of visitors to tho cattle show.