NEWS AND NOTES

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 3201, 17 August 1892, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

Goats have eaten up all the trees recently planted at Castlecliff, Wanganui. Probably owing to the bad state of the weather on Tuesday night, only a few persons attended the meeting of the Debating Society. The lecture by Mr. T. Hutchison was in consequence postponed until next Tuesday evening. Dr. Richards has forwarded a note explaining in surgical phraseology the exact nature of the injuries sustained through the recent baggy accident. It will, jhowever, be sufficient lot friends to learn that the injuries are less serious than at first anticipated. The testimonial presented to Judge Bawson, and which has so greatly pleased that gentleman, was originally designed and produced by Mr. W. Swinburne, of Hawera. It is a pity the first should have been burnt, and the other mishaps should have caused so long a delay in presentation. The following shows the position of the various Courts of Foresters in the Tars-

naki Province on 30th Jane, 1892: — Court of Tatanaki, 78 members, £1538 4a lid ; Waireka, 150, £2135 9s ; Inglewood Forest, 102, .£691 3s 8d ; Patea, 54, £338 ; Raleigh, 27, £188 13s 6d ; Egrnont, 41, £383 lls 9d ; Stratford, 21, £67 14s Id ; Juveniles, 27, £150 9s 6d. Totals, 500 members, £5794 5s lid. A very old woman, famished, rag clad, and penniless, was accused of vagrancy in Melbourne (writea the Bulletin), and the bench kindly offered to let her go free " if she wonld promise not to repeat the offence." The irony of it ! She was charged with being poor and old and hungry and homeless, aad she waß asked to promise that Bhe would straighten up and not be old and homeless any more. As she didn't see h6r way to manage it, she got " three months' hard."

The Native Land Court, during its recent sittings for the adjustment of native claims, has been making the shares equal. The subdivision, as previously arranged by the Pablic Trustee, would only be recognised where it could be shown that all the grantees were agreeable. The equal sharing proved generally acceptable. In connection with the business brought before toe court, it is elated that the present adjustment of native titles is one of the best things ever happened for both races on this coast, as the rich Maori stockowners will not now be able to run stock on the land of the poor ones.

Mr. Samuel Willie and Mr. Walter Lausly, says an Australian exchange, have gone on a tour of inspection to the remote pastoral country in South Australia, known as the Nullabar Plains, lying at the hdpi of the Australian Bight, midway between Eucla and Fowler's Bay. Five yeatß ago Mr. Willia took up on a 35 years' lease It JO square miles of land in this district, End stocked it with firstcfass^sheep. At that time it was extremely doubtfull whether a proper supply of water could be obtained. Under the direction of the manager of the station, an artesian bore was put down 1000 ft, with a result that an unlimited supply of water was secured. Since then the property has proved to be admirably adapted for cheep and also for camels, which are being bred in large numbers.

At the anniversary of the blue ribbon movement at Bulls, the Advocate reports Mr. George Grant as having given a capital addresß on the " Biggest evil in the world." He said they had all heard of various " biggest things," but the biggest evil in the worlfl was that described on the Society's baaa'er, " Wine is a mocker." Mr. Grant'said that for every ebilfiapj put j a the ohnrch plate 100 shillings were pat upon the publican's counter, while for every shilling paid for books 255. were paid for drink. The drink consumed by the people of England alone in one year— and every year — would , make a river from Balls to Wanganui, a distance of 33 miles, 44 feet wide, and six feet deep. For every £1 paid as rent in London 30s went for drink. One was sometimes led to think that ifc wonld be a very nice state of things if every working man in New Zealand had jG2OO a year. There were 200,000 people in New Zeatanu who earned wages every we6tei anS if the money that is spent in drink in England every year were to be distributed amongst fcheee 200,000 working men in New Zealand, each man would get £ 800 | per year.

The manager of the Hawera Gym* nasfnm propoaes giving an exhibition with his talented pupils at Manaia shortly.

A Palmerston paper is crowing over the possession of a painter from the Royal Academy, a Mr. Haycock. The paper ia painting the painter.

A London doctor got a man off a charge of theft by stating that the accused's arm was paralysed, and that be was not responsible for the actions of tbe said arm.

An institution for the blind in London has just received a legacy amounting to iglo3o, whiob had been left by will over 100 years ago, but which, owing to 6ome technicality, had not been paid till now.

At Timaru, T. Carruth, laborer, was convicted for falsely representing himBelf as a traveller in two hotels on Sunday, 17th July, and thereby obtaining liquor. Pined £2 10s on each charge.

A match between teams representing Patea and Alton was played at Patea on Saturduy. 0. Hawken captained Patea, and Cornthwaite Alton. The Rev. Father Mc&enna acted as referee. A well-played game resulted in a win for Patea by 7 points to 2.

Among the business arrangements to be noted /or to- morrow readers will doubtless bear in mind the meeting convened by the Mayor of Hawera, at 4 o'clock, to consider ways and means in connection with the proposed memorial tablet to the late Sir H. A. Atkinson.

John Burns, talking on sweating in Government factories, said Bkilled workmen in arsenals and dockyards are revelling in the luxurious wage of 15s to 193 per week. And these men forge engines of human destruction to keep other starveJings in subjection, and sing " Rule Britannia " to show how they like it.

Tbe Newt York Sun says that nobody really tastecT coffee who has not drunk it in alternate moutbfnls with strawberries, ant\ nobody knows the Brawberry flavor except immediately after the clearing of tbe taste which comes from drinking coffee. The beßt oi Btrawbemes with the best ot coffee makes the supreme refinement of indulgence in tbe fruit.

The important sale of land wbioh has for Borne time past been announced by Messrs. Nolan, Tonka aud Co. will take place at their Hawera yards to-morrow. The land is oja the Makino road, and only some ten miles from Hawera Railway Station, while its quality it well attested by the analysis of Boils as shown in adjacent lands. Tbe areas are a\\ of cotmtnent size and well watered. I la the Masterton case of craelty the | 1 E.M., on Monday last sentenced the fe.mala prisoner, Elizabeth Goodgauie, to four months' imprisonment with hard labour, and the male prisoner, Thomas Goodgame, to three months' bard labour. The sentences were received with applause in Court. Tbe magistrate, in pronouncing sentence, Baid such unnatural cruelty on the part of parents to a child was hardly conceivable. "Parent" writes:— "lt is with groat satisfaction I bail tbe abolition of ' borne Ibbbous ' — hitbetto a periect nightmare to the majority of our children. There are no doubt a few parents who approve of the (to my mind) vicious system of home lessons, in order to force dull children to pass examinations — totally ignoring the health and welfare ot their children so long as they pass ; but the more thoughtful will, I am confident, hail the change as a bleesing. If ohildren's evenings are taken up with lessons at home they have no time to receive instruction in little nncessary household duties, learn music, etc. Fancy a working man being asked to take up duty after his day'd work is done, and all for nothing, too I "Would n' t there be suctions." The County Ptess, referring to proposed night train, says : — " It is impossible that the extension can injure Hawera in any way; indeed, if any town — simply as a town — be injured at all, it will be Patea ; and Patea is quite prepared to take all rißk of such injury if the Department will run tbe trains. Under present time-table, Patea, which is only twenty miles further away from the capital of the Provincial District than is Hawera, is virtually two whole days further away. This does not sound easy to believe ; but it is, nevertheless, a substantial fact." This ib shows by quoting the railway time-table. It then goes on to say: " Settlers south of Hawera cannot use the train for attending Hawera or any other northern cattle sales. They cannot go beyond Hawera at all to reach anywhere in time for a eale, and by going a single mile beyond Hawera return is entirely cut off for that day. It must be seen, therefore, that, as at present run, Patea town and district residents are exceedingly heavily handicapped in 'the matter of train service ; while, as a feeder of the port, the trains as at' present ran are far from sufficient or satisfactory durinflshe pressure of the wool season." |jft JVolan, Touts and Co. hold a stock sale at their Hawera yards at 12.30 to-morrow. There is a large entry. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES enre Coughs. Asthma, Bronchitis. M dical te-tiraony states that do other medicine is so effectual in the cure of these dangerous maladies. One Lozenge alrne gives ease, one or two at bedtime en-urea rest. For relieving difficulty of breathing they are invaluable. They contain no opium nor any violent drug. Sold by all chemists, in tins, Is IJd and as 9d each. Subscribe to IS. Z. ediUon oi London TIT BITS. Pu blished by McKee & Gam ble, Wellington. THE DRINK QUESTION would soon be Gettied if every one drank Crease's A. I. Coffee, which is prepared with the greatest care and skill and is undoubtedly the best in the market. Sold by all grocers and storekeepers in 1 lb. and 2 lb. tins.