NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVII, Issue 2955, 19 October 1891, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

The dispute in reßpect of Normanby Hotel is ~t> be brought before the Resident Magistrate probably on Friday.

The Dunedin Jockey Club has decided to pay the totalisator tax out of the umal 10 per cen& commission. The delegates to the Metropolitan Clubs' Conference were instructed to oppose the creation of a New Zealand Jockey Club.

Ah Shim, a Chinese miner at Greymonth, broke into a European miner's place and stole a silver watch and £1. A policeman beirg informed, got on the track of the Chinaman, who banged himself. At the inquest a verdict of temporary insanity was returned.

The railway returns for the four -weekly period ending 12th September, show a tptal revenue of £72,641, and an expenditure of 4154,854. The total receipts of the department for the finantial year to date were £484,685, while the expenditure was £326,034 or 67*27 per cent of the revenue.

Mr Saundere, M.H.U. for Selwyn, condemned the financial policy of the Government and the Payment of Members Bill, and supported Mr McKenzie's Land Bill and the land and income tax. Jpfa, expressed bjmsplf prepared to give the Government an independent support.

The last football match of the season was played on the Hawera ground, when teams representing Town and Country met. The game was one of the moat eveoly contested witnessed on the ground, the Country turning the tables on their opponents, winning by 4 points (1 goal and £ try] to 1 point (1 try),

THERE ?S ONE THING}- every housewife should kDow and that is that Hercules Baking Powder is the best. Why ? It is the cheapest because the Beat for making breads, pastry, cakes puddings, aeones, &o. Beautifully light and wholesome. In 6i and Is tinß. From all grocers.

The School beat Wanganui at criokefc on Saturday by one run, scores being 53 and 52. G. Marshall made 28 for the School.

The Payne Family had a large house in New Plymouth on Saturday evening and the entertainment was voted a great success. They appear in Hawera on Wednesday.

We hear that a meeting of farmers will shortly be convened for the purpose of considering the position as to the supply of -stock to the Waitara freezing works for the next twelve months.

Mr. Weetman, Chief Surveyor, in his report on roads in Taranaki, speaks of ihe bridge over the Mango whero-iti stream as having been done by one of the best bridge-builders on the coast, and as the material is excellent the bridge should last for over 30 years.

The payments to local bodies in Taranaki from " thirds " of deferred payment money and psrpetual lease last year amounted to £4269; of which Hawera County drew .£1164, Waimate Boad Board J61245, Ngaire Eoad Board £464, and Manganui Boad Board £552.

O£ the consignment of brown trout, which were forwarded to thia district some week ago, nearly the whole of the contents of one can, containing 1000, were dead. On being made aware of this fact, Mr. Ayson, the manager of the fish hatcheries at Masterton, very generously arranged to make good the loss, and a telegram has jusc been received stating that the fish will arrive by the through train to-morrow.

The Woodville correspondent of the Poet says : — We are to have a large political gathering at Woodville on Prince of Wales' birthday, under the auspices of the Knights of Labour of the bush districts. Messrs Ballance, Smith, Hogg, Seddon, and M'Kenzie are expected to be here and address the meeting. Deputations from the district all round will avail themselves of the opportunity of interviewing Ministers on matters of local importance. — After the public meeting, there will be a "social," to which the ladies are cordially invited. The Knights of Labour will be thus utilising one of their principal planksequal rights to both sexes. We (Timaru Herald) had a paragraph on Saturday on the smallness of the wheat surplus in the colony, and a suggestion by a Ghristchuroh man that there is a possibility of a " squeeze " being worked by grain dealers before next harvest. A well-known grain merchant here ridicules this idea. He says the calculation on which the warning was founded reckoned the stocks against the time between now and the next harvest in New Zealand, ignoring the fact that if need be new wheat or new flour can be had from Port Pirie early in December, so that any " operators " on New Zealand wheat supplies, leaving South Australia out of account, must burn their fingers, as a number of people did in 1877. or thereabouts. The forces of the Salvation Army throughout the world now number a total of 10,781 officers, of whom 4778 are in the United Kingdom and 6003 in other countries. — The Salvage Brigade, one of the most important parts of the Darkest England scheme, will shortly be commenced. A commodious wharf has been secured at Battersea, and fleets oi Salvation barges will soon run between Battersea and Hadleigh, carrying salvage material down the river, and bringing produce up. — Sir William Fox will preside at a select invitation meeting in Auckland, when General Booth will propound his great social scheme. The Bey. Dr. Stuart will take the ohair at a similar meeting in Dunedin. — Lyttelton proposes to give General Booth a great public reception on the arrival of the Takapuna on the morning of Thursday, the 29th inst. We, New Zealand Times have it on good authority that the Primate has expressed his determination to resign at an early date, offing to his increasing years and infirmities. He attained the age of 77 years a few day ago, and has suffered much lately from weakness of the heart's aotion, which caused him much inconvenience during the recent sitting of the Synod. It is almost certain that the resignation will be announced during the session of the General Synod in February next. As to who is to succeed him, it is stated that the Bey. J. Still would have Btood a good chance for the vacanoy, but he leaves almost immediately for his new living at Netheravon, in Wilt-

shire, to which he was nominated by the Bight Hon. Sir Michael Hicksbeaoh. [ A telegram reports that the statement is Unfounded.]

A Bettler at Birmingham writing to the Manawatu Timeß on the sheep disease, says : — Some settlers believe the cause to be the result of old foul pasture. This district bad been grasßed from two to four years. I have Been several sheep on my own and adjoining farms, which seem to have laid down and died without the least struggle. Immediately after death the carcase becomes discoloured and bloated and Bmells putrid, the wool in some cases coming away very easy. I found one to-day quite warm, had been dead about an hour, very bloated, and frothing at the mouth. On being opened quite a gallon of diacoloured water was found in the chest and throughout the carcase; the heart was about twice itß natural size ; the liver appeared quite decayed ; the membrance on the liver bad the appearance of being spraned; part of the liver pitted, as though some corrosive substance had been at work. The gall was quite white, and nearly severed from the liver; tho intestines discoloured with foamy mucus adhering.

We hear that the Manaia School Committee met on Saturday evening, but eat with closed doors, the press being excluded. It is reported that a letter was received from Mr Law expressing regret at having punished a boy too severely, which letter was favorably received by the committee. A letter was, we believe, also received from Mr. Bogue, who, it is reported, has stayed proceedings taken against tlie master for damages tor the assault, and has accepted payment of a Bum sufficient to more than cover all expenses incurred. From another source | we learn that thero was one little girl i who saw ypung Bogue kick Vincent on i the head cutting his head badly, and she said " Oh, you cruel boy, Dan Bogue !" and it was on the strength of her evidence that the offender was thrashed. Impartial persons will probably be glad to learn that the scandal of a oourt eaße is likely to be avoided, as the reputation and discipline of a school necessarily suffer by any such proceedings. It is generally agreed that the teaching at the Manaia echool has been thorough, and that the headmaster nor his assistants have never spared themselves in their efforts to keep the school and scholars in the front rank ; and no doubt this fact had great weight with the committee when dealing with the matter.

Mills' Spanish Polish is the only article in the market for permanently obliterating scratches in furniture. Try it.— Advt.

Mrs. Thompson, having taken over the feuit and confectionery business lately carried on by Mr. Morrale, trusts by keeping a good supply of fruit and lollies, to merit a continuance of support — Advt.

Samuel Allsopp and Sons, Limtd., Bur-ton-on-Trent, Sparkling Ale on draught* Commercial Hotel, Hawera. — Advtj.