NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume X, Issue 1941, 29 May 1888, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

We are informed that Mr. E. Fake intends to open a chemist's and druggist's shop in High-street shortly. He has secured tho commodious premises now occupied by Messrs. O'Neill and Wilson. Mr. Fake has had a long experience in the business, both in England, where he served his apprenticeship, and subsequently in the United States. Mr. Fake is well and favorably lmowu to many in this district having been a member for same years of tho A.C. Force on this coast, in which he acted as dispenser of medicine. He will, no doubt, be welcomed as a townsman by his friends.

The 50 miles walking match between F. Bowen, of Christchurcb, aud D. McCune, of Wellington, for ±'2,0 aside and the championship of New Zealand, came off at Wellington on Saturday. The men were started upon their journey at ' 2 o'clock, in the presence of a lar»e number of spectators. Both men kept well together for the first 20 miles, but when tho 3Gth had been accomplished McCune, who had been showing signs of exhaustion since the 30th mile, retired from the track, and left Bowen to finish the distance alone, which he did at 10.42. The Christchurch man never left the track from start to finish, and walked the distance in 8 hours 42 minutes. He was loudly applauded on completing his walk. The finish of the match was witnessed by a large crowd of spectators. Mr. Purdy acted as timekeeper and referee. — Post.

At a soiree and concert in connection with a church at Maxwelltown (Dumfriesshire), the Rev. Graham, when pleading for financial assistance,said he had receive:! from a friend in America a description of one of the methods they adopted in that country for " raising money for the kirks." This was by means of meetings called sociables. These were of different kinds. On« was called " the crazy sociable." Tho ladies came in most fantastic costumes, and put the pickles in the sugar ba6in, and generally things were turned topsy-turvy. But the most amusing of the sociables was one at which tho ladies were put up to auction. Tho man who bid the highest had the privilege of seeing the prettiest lailv in the room home. The result was that if a lady had a sweetLeart present he forked out his last dollar rather than lot another lellow see her home.

Writing to the secretary of the New Plymouth Football Club, 'Mr. J. Lillywhite, the manager of the English Football Team, says— " Our fellows spoilt their win on Saturday by getting licked yesterday ; not by Auckland playing better than on Saturday, but through half our men being • settled ' through fast life. Half-a-dozen worked like Trojans, but that was no good. Most of the rest vere • 6tiffuns.' They might have kept quiet till the match was over. Thanks for kind wishes for our success throughout Australia, but I fear we shall not be able to play tho Victorian game woll enough to cause any excitement over it — at least, in the first few matches. After that our men might improve." Eeferring to the question of a return match with Taranaki, Lillywbite says :—": — " For a return match with Taranaki, to be played at Hawera in September. Tho railway is the difficulty." The general feeling is that a return match is desirable.

There are now seventy men wortring at the Endeavor Inlet Antimony Mines, and 30 tons of ore are awaiting shipment.

Tha new find of coal at Mount Torlesse. Canterbury, is 10ft thick, has been traced some two miles, and burns brightly.

A meeting of those who joined in the guarantee anent the late match between the English and Taranaki footballers is convened for to-morrow at the White Hart Hotel, New Plymouth.

The find ot " cheelite " (tungstate of lime) in the Nelson district is said to be an exceedingly valuable one. The mineral is worth £30 a ton, and is said to be much in demand in England and Germany.

From Wellington it is reported that a lar»e deputation of members of the Legislature will probably visit Wansanui shortly for the purpose of assisting in presenting to the Hon. John Bryce the valuable library which has been subscribed for by his political and personal friends.

The books selection committee of the Manaia Public Library meet on Saturday night, and selected about £15 worth of new bookes to be ordered, but decided that before sending the list away it should be exhibited at the library until Monday 4th June, during which time subscribers are asked to inspect it and suggest any alterations desired by them.