Banquet to the Agent-General.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVII, Issue 2952, 16 October 1891, Page 3

Banquet to the Agent-General.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

OHRISTOHUROH, Ootober 16. Id the banquet to Mr. Perceval, the new Agent-General, Mr. Louisson, ex-Mayor, ocoupied the chair, having the Governor and the Premier on his right, and tbe guest of the evening and tbe Speaker of tbe House of IJe.presentatives on hia left. Beaponaing t"o%^ast of Hia Excellency's 'ikviaerß, tße Wmt saia they oonia with oonfiaence rely Wat Mr. Perceval had the necessary ability ana tact to carry out the duties of Aeedt-General. The only objeotion.that had been raised was that Mr. Peroeval was too young. He aeniea this was a fonlt, and. sj?<sMng from experience, he could say, (Whenever Mr. Peroeval waa called on to perform any duties he haa risen tqrfhe occasion. Lora Onßlow thought Mr. Perceval was no unworthy successor to Sir Dillon Bell. ILe^ referrea at some lenßth to tbe duties of tbe. Agent' General, saying one was to combat ignorlbce in regard to the colony. Me hopeaxMr. Perceval would give his attentiott'^to the emigration question, and that be would get instructions to induce agricultural laborers with a smalfe capital to come out. Mr. Peroeval, in repljasaid his heart was in the work be had un]»rtaken, ana, with God's help, he woulfflcarry it out. .He would try and induce small farmers to emigrate to the colony, and tourists to view our magnificent scenery.

The Oatilfield Cap, an Australian race •aooona in importance only to the Melb&urne Cap, is to be run to-morrow. The haw electoral district created in the Nor%lslaDa under tbe recent reaistributioM|iß to be called Wellington Suburbs. T^. A memo 'ftaflSL. the Chief Surveyor--Taranaki says that the Minister of Lands has decided that no further funaß shall be antborisea for " frontage felling," ana that in future it will have to be aone oat of " thirds " grantea to local bo*ea^ Tbis will be founa a rather eerious a«ai«on to the responsibilities of local boaies in respect to bash roads. A rather serious accident happened to youna Fitzaimmona at the gymnasium on Thursday evening. It seems he waa trying to do the aislocation on tbe Roman rincß, ana by some means his hanas gave way, ana he fell witb full force on hie faoe. He was immeaiately pioked up, with blooa oozing from bis month ana nose, and conveyed over to Mr. Shaw 8 resiaence, where JUf v> Biobarfo attended him. The severe fall the lad got knookea him silly for a cbnsiaffl^p time. We, hear that ho ia in a bad^y to-day. A well-known business man in Hawera some time *ago receivea, from a reaiaent in Atscklana city, a request for information as to certain lanas likely to come into tbe market Boon ; but to : day receivea a letter in which the wntter says:— "Be bush land, my nephews frightenea, they say, by the Government Land and Taxation policy, have aeoided not to come aown here, ana I have remitted their money (some £2500), which was here, to West Australia." This reads well in connection with the report in another column of the banquet to the new Agent-General, who is to make great efforts to get farmers to come to the °° PERSONS OP DELICITE CONSTITUTION, who are obliged to abstain from ordinary Ooffee, uhoald try Cbbasb's TabaXACOTt 08, DANDW.IOH COFFXK, which IS recommended by medical authorities as a very vrluable beverage for persona who suffer from treat digestion, flatulency, and nervousness. Sold in lib and $lb Ims, is B " SATS : " After all there ia I nothing beats a cup of good coffee- It you would erijoy such, drink Creases A. 1. Cofpbe. Sold in 1 lb. and 2lb tins. Thbbbbt bmkdt fob. Indigestion. — Noetoh's Camomiijß Pills are confidently Becommended as a Simple Kemedy for Indigestion, which ia the catiso of nearly all the diseafiPß to which we are subject. Nobton's Pills, with justice called the " Natural Strengthens of the Human Stomach," act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, are mild in their operation, and safe under any circumstances. Sold in bottlea at 1b 1\&, 2b 9d, 11s, by all medicine vendors throughout the world.