NEWS AND NOTES

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 3085, 28 March 1892, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

We hear that some of the staunohest Te Whid-ites ridicule the idea of Te Whiti having in any way departed from his policy of forbidding any dealing with the lands. They say that at the last meeting Patea natives only reported the meeting at Patea, explaining what the Premier had said and what the natives had replied, but that Te Whiti simply said nothing. Time will soon show which of the contrary rumors is correct, for, if there has been a change of policy, no doubt the Plains natives will accept tteir rents, of which there must be nearly £2000 accrued. Hardly any of the Te Whiti-ites have taken their rents,

It' ie reported that in tbe Wairarapa owing to recent rains there will be plenty of feed all the winter.

Mr. A. Barron, of the Survey Office, has been promoted to be Under-Seoretary for Lands.

Most of the English and many American papers consider President Harrison's action mere election bluster.

Tbe report that Government is preparing another School Committees Election gill h.as been officially contradicted.

A cable message, dated 24th inst., Bays tbe appeal case Attorney-General of New Zealand v. W. B. Edwards is now being argued before the Privy Council.

It is stated that a cream separator haß been introduced in America whloh ia also a bv\Uet extractor, thus doing away with the churn, that bane ot tbe dairyman.

Tbe Wellington Acclimatisation Society is effecting an enlargement of the aviary at Masterton, the present one being found insufficient to accommodate tbe society's jqcreasing colleouon of birds.

The Ghriatoburch Pcess Bays I— One company in Christchuroh has just remitted to Australia, and two firms here have sent by the mail to England £12,000 and £17,000 respectively.

Lately, W. J. S. Hayward, of the Pioneer Bicycle Club, essayed the task of reducing the fifty-mile New Zealand road record to 3hrs. 15 mm, for a prize of 5 guineas given by the Cyclists' Alliance. The rpcqrd was gars. 29£min. held by J. W. Painter. A start was made punctually at four o'clock from tbe Biccarton Hotel, the half distance being done in lhr. 28min. The home journey from LeestOD, however, took Ihr. 56£minl to do, tbe time for tbe fall distance thus being Bhrs. 24£min, and, although Hayward did not Bucceed in gaining tbe trophy, he lowered the record by smin. He rode a pneumatics roadster j Tbe roads were pretty bad in places. j

It is understood that Mr. Begpoalci Bayley is to be transferred back to' TSiew P/ymottfb to his old office,

Persons having business at tbe sitting of tbe Supreme Court at Hew Plymouth will find a notice of interest in another column. The court will be formally opened on Thursday and then adjourned till Monday.

We understand that one of the results of tbe recent judicial changes is that District Court sittings will be held svery two months, instead of quarterly as at present. The new arrangement will probably take effect about May.

At tbe Dunedin Ram and Ewe Fair the entries largely exceeded last year's, numbering 339 rams and 575 ewes. The principal demand was for Leicestere, and treble the number entered could have been sold. The highest price was 15 guineas for a 6-tooth Leicester sheep. Romney March ranged up to 3£ge.

As giving some idea of the extent to which tbe crops have been injured by the rain in Canterbury, it is mentioned that of twenty-six trucks of grain sent down for one of the vessels at Lyttelton the other day twelve had to be refused owing to the damaged condition of the grain.

The industrial farms whioh it is proto establish in connection witti the Labour Bureau will (the Wellington Post says) be five in number. There is to be one as near as possible to each of the four large cities of tbe colony and another will be established in the neighbourhood of Invercargill.

In France one inhabitant in five is a landowner, in Italy one in 10, Belgium one in 12, Austria on 6in 14, Germany one in 16, and in England one in 146. But for her taste for glory and gunpowder, pillage and blood, and the maintenance of ber huge military and naval armaments, France would be the most bappy and proßperons country in the world.

The Taranaki News records the death of Mr. Israel Pellew, a pioneer settler, who arrived in the barque Timandra on February 24, 1843. He reached tbe ripe age of 80 years, and was in fairly good health until reoently. His family consisted five sons and five daughters, and he had 21 grandchildren. He celebrated his golden wedding last year. He took part in the Maori war, and was engaged in the battle of Waireka. He was of a genial disposition, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him.

Tbe Czar of Russia recently held a grand reunion of 250,000 of his soldiers. They marched past the Imperial Court, near the foot of Mount Elburg, in Southern Caucasus. It required two whole days for tbia immense army to file past their majasties, who wave encamped at the baaa of the mountain. Their guests, the Princess of Wales and the King of Denmark, were amazed at the sight of such a mammoth army in such an unexpected place.

On Friday afternoon Mr. N. King sold by' auction at his mart the leases of the following sections for the Education Reserves Board : — Perpetual lease for 80 years with right of- renewal— Section 9, block 9, and Kaupokpnui (320), A. Bayly, 2s 6d ; sec 61, block 11, Opunake (170), J. M. Sellers, Is 3d ; sec 69, blook 11, Opunake (162), J. Miller, Is 7d. On 21 years' lease ; town and suburban eeotions —Sections 4, 5, 47, and 48, Stratford Town (1 acre), P. A. Neilson, 6s 3d a section.

The annual report of the secretary o* the Wellington Harbour Board states that the cost of tbe artesian well boring off the end of the Queen's Wharf a short time ago was £180. As it was found impossible to get a sufficient volume of water by sinking in Wellington, it was suggested to tbe committee in oharge of tbe matter that wells should be sunk at Petone anfl tbe water there obtainable pumped into town nnder pressure to supply the needs of the board and Bbipping. This soheme would require a capital expenditure of £10,000 and an annual charge of ;815,000, for which could be obtained any 6upply up to 10,000,000 gallons a year.

At Goat Valley recently the obildren attending tbe State scbool made a presentation to Messrs. Towse and Feake, in recognition of the interest they have displayed in scbool affairs during the last four or five years as school commissioners. Tbe presentation took tbe shape of a handsome inkstand to Mr. Tawse and a dressing case to Mr. G. Peake, who iB now leaving the district, after a residence in it for about a quarter of a century. Mr. Peake, who is leaving for Hawera, will be greatly missed by the settlers of Kai Iwi, amongst whom he bas resided for so long a period, and with whom he has always cultivated the pleasantest of relations. — Chronicle,

Messrs. Budge and Good have a long list of entries for to-morrow's sale.

Mr. R. Smith has a new advertisement in this issue stating that he has a few tons of Peach Blossom potatoes on sale ; and a also calls attention to nursery stock.

We wish to draw the attention of our readers to the advertisement re winter boots just opened up by Mr Metzenthiu. Purchasers would do well to give him an early call.— Advt.