NEWS AND NOTES

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XIX, Issue 3229, 20 September 1892, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

A tribute to the " sublime audacity " of our law-makers is paid by the Hon. G. F. Bich&rdson, In the Electoral Bill, be says, they have amended Creation by placing the two sexes on political equality, and in ihe Land Bill have provided for 999 years ahead. The Melbourne Age, under the heading of a " Free fight on the Baliarat football field," says the Baliarat Imperials played Baliarat, winning by four goals to, three goals. During tbe match a free fight of a disgraceful character took place amongst a number of the players. The ringleaders were finally separated.

We have been shown a very handsome photo, album, of floral design and suitably inscribed, which is to be presented to Constable and Mrs. Hickman, of Pungarehu. This is offered by several members of the police force, who recently formed the party to enforoe native dogtax, and is in recognition of the recipients' kindness on that occasion, there being no otber accommodation available.

Mr. Ernest Falkner has just had built for him a very stylish rusiio dog- cart, varnished and upholstered with corduroy. The trap has leather dash boards, lamps, lancewood shafts connected with springs to the back, qnd double sweep springs under the body. A very handsome donble buggy with steel tires and rubber steps has also just been completed to the order of Mr. M. Franklin by a Manaia firm.

A very ingenious and labor-saving contrivance has developed at the Egmont Sash and Door Factory. The planing machine is situated some distance from the boiler farnance, and it is desirable that all shavings should be burned in the furnace ; the shavings being used as fuel, besides beiug thereby cleared oat of the way. By the old method it was necessary to wheel the refuse away from the txiaghjue, tbjs mode entailing a good deal of work. A contrivance has been fixed up wL>icl) obviates this, A long wooden box is .erected along the ceiling from the planing machine to the furnace, with a broad mouth over the maobine. A little way off is a large revolving fan, and the draught oau&ed by this draws np the shavings apd blows them along to the frout of the boiler. The arrangement is not quite perfect, bnt is nevertheless a great convenience.

Mr. James Kowin, representative of the Boiilish proyision firm, who has taken qp his residence at Hawera, will be at Sjtratford to-day. A visitor sajH that 6ett!dre will bring in poultry, killed and plucked, wherpnpon Mr. Kotvin, who has had a very large experience in the London poultry business, will give practical illustrations aa to the best methods of dressiug ponltry to 6uit the market, and also o^o\y the fanner of packing fqr the freezing chamber for can veyaqce to England. He is reported to be sanguine that a very large trnde oan lie done in poultry when they are in fittest ooodition in the oolooy, as the time of their arrival Home will be the height of the London consuming season. We understand he will also be ready to give the benefit of his extensive knowledge in the way of replying to any questions put to him as to dairying and provisioning departments of the trade. ]Vfr. does not shine cqijch at speech.- making, b^t b,e j§ intensely practical and an explipifc answerer of questions, and as readily approachable by the poorest as by the wealthiest of settlers. Any perajjng interested in thaf&ttmation of a rifijr clujb in Hawera are requlbted to meet atthe Cflpmercial Hotel, oqwmrsday evening, 22pff September, at 7.30 o'itock.— Egniont Farmers' Union hold fomt fortEightly stock sale at Hawera to-morrow.

At Masterton tbe other day a number of residents were fined for not compelling their children to,' attend snhool. The racehorses Freedom and Florrie were passed in at auotion at Sydney yesterday at 400 and 500 guineas respectively. The meeting of the Horticultural Society called for last night, was postponed until Friday evening,' owing to the fact of only a few persons attending. The gross proceeds of a bazaar held in aid of the Newtown Wesleyan Church, at Wellington, amounted to £150,. besides a considerable amount of work in hand. A correspondent of the New Zealand Herald says that next month tbe operation of falling and stripping the bark from 100 acres of wattle .trees at the Rangiriri station will be proceeded with. The bark of tbe wattle is used in tanning. Mr. John Burns, of London, Bayt the strike Bword has become blunted, and they mast resort to tbe State for help. Tbey had resolved to demand from the State work for the unemployed and tbe direct veto on liquor licenses. A little girl, about ten years of age, daughter of a Woolwich police constable, has been awarded tbe Royal Humane Society's medal for saving a child from drowning by running into tbe water up to her neck. The Post says tbe first consignment of the season's clip of wool haa reaohed Wellington from Mr. A. Yule's estate, near Featherston, to care of New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. It is reported to be well grown and in good oondition. The half-yearly accounts of the Waira. rapa Farmers' Co-operative ' Association show gross profits to be £8,423 4s sd, and the total net profits £3,619 £8s 6d. £25 bonus each goes to five directors, and £273 carried forward. 4,000 new shares are to be issued at a premium of 5s a share. The News says that at tbe Taranaki Hospital and Charitable Aid Board' meeting the balance sheet for tbe year ending 31st March, 1892, was adopted. Tbe receipts for tbe year were £2904 12s; expenditure on Hospital, £1413 13s 3d ; Hawera Cottage Hospital, £150 Os 8d; Industrial School, £112 Os 6d ; charitable aid, £1251 Is. Total, £2915 19s 6d. A New York cable says: The White Caps Secret Moral Society of Knockville entered a house and seized a mother, daughter, and son belonging to a sect known as " Libertines," and having stripped them to tbeir waists, flogged them. Tbe trio were then released, but informed that worse would happen unless ! they left the country. The engineer of the Manawatu County Council having on two occasions made unfavorable reports on tbe state of tbe permanent way of the tramway, whioh is under county supervision, the late contractor for working tbe tram line is dissatisfied. He claims £150 as damages from the council for the publication of tbe objectionable statements. Tbe London correspondent of tbe Dunedin Star cays :— A story is going tbe rounds to the effeot that the extraordinary attentions paid Sir George Dibbs by great folk like tbe Cadogans, tbe Dake of Portland, and tbe Earl of Warwiok (who do not usually concern themselves with colonial visitors) were all part of a goodhumored conspiracy got up by Lord Carrington to shake the Premier of New South Wales' republican aad ultrademocratic principles. And shake them they did, if Sir George's own utterances are any criterion. Mr. George Home, who was educated at Hawera Public School and the Wanganui Collegiate School, has lately taken firstolass honors in tbe Edinburgh University examination for the degree of Baohelor of Medicine and Master in Surgery. Only five others of the 204 successful candidates who presented themselves for examination at th 9 same time took first-class honors. Mr. Home was also awarded the Frepland Barbonr Fellowship in Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology. We understand that Mr. Home will shortly be returning i to the colony.-— Chronicle, The ManawaMi Standard learns on reliable authority that some aotive developments in the way of initiating a com* prebensive scheme for the establishment of butter factories in this and the adjoining districts of Wairarapa and Taranaki will shortly fed 'made. At present we are not at liberty to mention any details, but as we are informed, an organisation is being established, quite distinot from anything whioh has yet been alluded to, with the view of commanding the whole of the produce in the butter line for whioh Wellington is tbe port of shipment. The projectors contemplate establishing dairies and creameues where necessary, both on the Enst and West Coasts of tbe Wellington province, and also in the district extending from Palmerston to Taranaki. The Chronicle explains that tbe Wanganm Technical School will be opened on Saturday next. There will be both morning and evening classes, and although the former will probably be attended by ladies chiefly, they will be open equally to the other sex. On the other hard, ladies who may wish to join the school, but are unable to attend in the morning, may do so in the evening. Last year the Minister of Eduoation suooeded in passing a small votp, part of which came to Wanganui and whioh with other funds at tbeir disposal has enabled the Education Board of this district to ereot a suitable building where technical classes are to be com* menoed. These are for the present confined to machine construction and building construction, in addition to the ordinary drawing and pa,iqting classes usually held in such a school, Ratepayers of Normanby town district are reminded of the eleotion of a new town board to-morrow. The Clydesdale horse Young Banker is at the service of breeders. Notice is given that Messrs. R. and F. Squire, painters, etc., have dissolved partnership. The business will be carried on by F. Squire.