NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XIX, Issue 3290, 1 December 1892, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Complaint is made of the over-hanging tree nuisance. Notably at a place in Begent-street branches over tbe footpath are bo low that tall persons might he struck in the faoo on dark nights, :'□

addition to being almost drenched in wet weather. No doubt the inspector of naieanoes will attend to the matter.

The directors of the Grey Valley Company, in recognition of the services of the Greymoutb Fire Brigadejin the occasion of the fire in the Coal Pit Heath Mine, s forwarded £100 to Captain Bevington (or , distribution amongst his men, and besides i thanking the Greymouth Borough Council donated .£SO to that body for the use of its steam fire engine. i The Sooth Canterbury Refrigerating , Company propose no dividend this year, "' the profit being only £680. 76,936 sheep and 13,284 lambs were put through, but ! 19,027 sheep only were slaughtered and ' 6000 re-frozen. There has been a defi- . ciency of fat stock owing to the exportation of lambs and maiden ewee, and no purchases by Christchurch shippers. The ensuing year is expected to be good. We remind horse-owners that entries • fot Opvm&ke races close oil Saturday. We call attention to the omission of the WDT& '* handicap" from the following condition'. — "The linnet ol atyy race after the publication of the weights to carry 71b extra." It should read} •' The winner of any handicap race," &fijh?' 3%is has been omitted from poster ao» &&!«- tisement, owing to an error for whi^rafie ' olub secretary is not responsible. -skaP Mr. L. Milmoe, of Hawera, g^ggjfhe children in the convent an outjsgf on Monday. He arranged with the wfflrway authorities to put on a special firstf-class carriage and having got Mr. Tisch, of the Terminus Hotel, to provide hampers of provisions, a party of about thirty left foiL Waitara, where a picnic was held on the other side of the river. The children were - "' In charge of three of the nuns, and the Eev. Father Flood and Mr. Milmoe accompanied the party. The proprietors of the freezing works kindly showed the party over their establishment during the day. Luckily the rain held off, and the children thus had an opportunity of enjoying their pionic. — Taranaki Herald t At Masterton the other day Mr. Tennyson Smith, temperance leoturer, lectured, Mr. Hogg, M.H.R., taking the chair. In the course of his remarks on his views of temperance, Mr. Hogg touched on the political aspect of the question, and aocused the Conservatives of obstructing temperance and every other reform. He also lauded the Liberals, wbo, he said, were everywhere friends of reform. B,elerring to Bellamy's, he Baid the country now" enjoyed sober legislation, and men did not now go into the House to make laws muddled with drink. Mr. Tennyson Smith, in reply, said Mr. Hogg had taken an unfair advantage of liib position as chairman to introduce politics on a temperance platform. Dr. W. H. Hosking, the well-known local medico, challenged Mr. Hogg to sign the pledge with him. Mr. Hogg declined and the doctor signed. A meeting of the Borough Council was held on Wednesday evening, for the purpose of appointing a representative on the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Cr. Sutton moved that Mr. J". Davidson (present Mayor) be appointed, and Cr. Johnston seconded. Cr. Hood moved, as an amendment, and Cr. Adamsou seconded, that Mr. C. E. Major be appointed. The supporters of Mr. Davidson urged that it would be a proper compliment ti pay Mr. Davidson, seeing that he initiated the movement to get a new hospital, and had given a great deal of time and attention to Hospital and Charitable Aid matters ; and, on the other hand, the supporters of Mr. Major held that, as Mayor-elect, he Bhould, according to custom, be appointed. On a division, there were for Mr. Davidson — Councillors Sutton, Johnston, and Wbittington ; and for Mr. Major— Crs. Hood, Adamson, and J. E. Wilson, and the Mayor gave his casting vote against the amendment and for the motion. Tbe absent councillors were Messrs. Caplen, Winks, and Finlay. A strong movement is a-foot (the Wei lington Press says) to unite under one head tbe several Methodist bodies working in the colonies. The Wesleyan Methodists" the Free Methodists, thePrimative Methodists, etc., all have practically the same doctrines, with some slight differences of opinion in their methods, and there does not exist any insuperable reason why they should not become united, and instead of several churches more or less struggling, form one powerful and therefore more widely useful body. The Rev. W. F. James, of South Australia, has made this work of consolidation the mission of his life. He has leotured all over Australia, and the colonies there, which at one time were the block to amalgamation, are now heartily in favour of it. In Canada, we understand, the union has taken place with very beneficial resnlts, the difficulties raised having proved to have no real existence, or to quickly vanish when union was once decided upon. Mr. James is now about to open the campaign and raise the standard of unity in New Zealand. The Mataura Enßign of November 25 had the following in reference to Mr. F. S. Canning, who is settling at Kaponga : —Mr. Canning, on Monday evening, formally tendered his resignation of tbe office of councillor, and the regret with which it was accepted by the council will be widely shared by tbe public, to whose i business he has devoted so much ot his I time and undoubted ability. Mr. Canning's connection with the public affairs of Gore has been long and honorable. He has seen the town emerge from the condition of a hamlet to its present increasing importance; he helped to nurse it in itß swaddling clothes, and gave it bis counsel in its vigor. That he has not attained to the highest office in the power of the burgesses to bestow is not anything to his discredit, for it is due to his complete inability to refrain from speaking bis mmd — a failing which leans to virtue's side. Few could desire more repeated proofs of public confidence than have been reposed in him, and his advent to the new scene of his activity will be of distinct advantage to it in the shaping of its early destinies. In this capacity his lengthened experience will be of inestimable value. Like others who spoke at tbe council meeting, we have not always been on tue same side as Mr. Canning, but we have always recognised that his intentions were for tbe public benefit. There has been no difference of opinion about the goal, but ! only about the best way of getting there. In his reply to the council he spoke of the possibility of his return. We sincerely hope that he will succeed so well that he will have no desire to do so, unless it be to enjoy his acquisitions among the friends .he has made here. But we fear the sunny foot of Mt. Egmont will retain too many attractions for him, and we cannot give him a better testimonial than to assure his new neighbors that every coin he acquires will be untainted by a sordid touch. Mr. C. J. Maney, representing D.I.C. Co-operative Stores, Wellington, announces that be Trill open up samples at Egmont Hotel sample rooms, to-morrow. Farmers 5 TTnion sell stock at Straiiford to-morrow. "KEATING'S POWDER" destroys Bugs. Fleas, Moths, Beetle-, and all other insects, -whilst quite harmless to dotnontic animals. In exterminating Hetties the success of this powder is extraordlna>y. Tfc is perfectly clean ia application. See the article you purchase is "Heating's,"' as imitations are noxious and iaeffectual. Sold in tins, 63, Is, and 2s 6d each, by all hemists. IS TEA DRINKING HARMFUL ?-<- Most people believe so. And the doctor's say so. Then why drink so much? TJee CaEAEE'sA. I. Coffjee. It uids diges'ion and clears the brain. Sold everywhere ia 1 lb. and 2 Ib. tins. HIS EXCELLENCY LORD GLASGOW while partaking- of. som^-refreshments during the interval jgtb.e Opera House remarked : 'lOne $n* y^v bf>ve hero that ia good OofEeetV/^yis scn'oly necessary ' to say his Exc^P^jfrae dn'n,'<in«- Crease's A. I. Coffeei .*, f^> re 5Q and 21b tins ( 3ds* 3i * s '-:X- i