NEWS AND NOTES

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XIX, Issue 2306, 17 December 1892, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

Horse-owners and trainers are reminded that nominations for Egmont, Racing Club Summer Meeting are due on Tuesday nest. 20th December, at 9 p.m. In view of the capital programme and the good prizes offered by this popular racing club, no doubt the secretary will have a busy time of it on Tuesday. The races which will claim the attention of sporting men are Waimate Handicap of 60 soys. (1 soy) ; First Handicap Hurdles, of 100, which is 25 soys. more than that given last year, (1 60 v. ); Egmont Handicap, of 800 soys. ll soy.) ; Atkinson Memorial Stakes, of 200 boys. (1 bovb). This is an innovation, and is certain to be a popular race. Hawera Welter Handicap (1 soy.) ; Flying Handicap, of 100 soys. (1 soy.) ; here there is an increase of 25 boys. on last year's race. Normanby Stakes Handicap, of 50 soys. (1 soy.) ; Second Handicap Hurdles, of 80 soya., (1 soy). It will be observed that the nomination fee is fixed at a very low figure ; aud it is confidently anticipated that chose interested will nominate freely for the foregoing events, and that the result will be a record in the annals of the club. The nomination for other events on tbe programme will take place later on, of which notice wili be given.

A. press vute from Auckland states that Stepniak has been scratched for all engagements at the Auckland B.C. summer meeting;

It is expected that the Bey. Mr. Chapman, who is to take oharge of the Waimate Plains Church of England district, will arrive by the first train from Wanganui on Monday.

It is stated that Messrs Nelson Bros, are making a new departure. At the end of next month they will commence the manufacture of oleomargarine for export to the Old Country.

Mr. Major, agent of the Public Trustee, has received a telegram from the Public Trustee stating, " I have now arranged to proceed with applications for new lease on deposit reduced to £1 10s from holders ot Public Trustee leases, and form of lease has been amended so as to provide generally for taking metals, minerals, stone, land for roads, etc., instead of making euch provisions special."

On Friday afternoon the Manaia Rifle Club shot off their first match for a silver cap at 200, 300, and 500 yards.- The following are the scores : — C. Wordsworth, Bch, 31', W.McGavty, 7 points, 28; W. Lewis, 7 points, 22; P. D. McCatthv, 10 points, 21; A. Henderson, scb, 18; J. Hicks, scb, 18; M. Stevenson, seh, 17; Crowhuret, sch, 15 ; C. Stott, 7 pointß, 11.

The crioket match Hawera Club y. Stars is being played to-day. The senior club appear to be in for a whipping this time. In their first innings, when we went to press they had lost nine wickets for about 15 runs, Southey having been very destructive. The Stars had not batted. In the match Star Second v. Manaia Second, the latter were all out for 55. The reserve wears a bnsy appearance with two matches proceeding. The Napier police have taken proceedings against the proprietor of the hotel in which it is apparently supposed the gambling school of which young Dalton, who recently committed suicide through his losses was a member, used to meet; Some of his former associates, when placed in the witness-box, were afflicted with a sudden and extraordinary losb of memory. They could not remember or be sure of anything. Some other desired witnesses had, it was stated, gone away to avoid giving evidence. The case wag I adjourned to enable the police to find the m\Bß\ias links. One has smce \the telegrams state) been arrested in Giaborae \ and brought to Napier, charged with trying to evade service of a Bummons. He has been remanded on bis own recognizance until the day of resuming the hearing ot the main case. Two other witnesses are stated to have been found in Dunedin, and have agreed to come back. At the meeting of the Stratford County Council on Friday (the Settler reports), the Chairman reported that he had, at the request of a large meeting of settlers, visited. Wellington, and with the member for the district, interviewed the Hon. Miniatex of Lan&B, ana coioßidereo' there wag a fairly good prospect of getting the metalling oontinued to Toko and to the end of CouttB 1 swamp. The Minister could not give a definite answer until he had laid the matter before the Cabinet, #bich he had promised to do. This morning he had received the following telegram from the Minister of Lands : — " Mr. W. Monkhouse, Chairman County Council, Stratford. Unable to give Mr. McGuire final answer re East road owing to absence of Minister. Have considered the whole matter, and will submit same to full meeting of Cabinet to be held next week, and will then let you know result. — John McKenzie, "Wellington."

Laßt session Mr, E. M. Smith, M.H.R., of New Plymouth, designed a clasp which [ he was anxious sliouJd be granted by the Imperial authorities to thoße who had fought at Waireka. This design the Government forwarded to the War Office along with representation made on the ' subject, and the Imperial authorities have jnst replied declining the request. The affair, they Bay occurred so long ago and so many meritorious engagements have been fought since, that they cannot Bee their J way clear to make a distinction. An ap- ' plication was also made to the War Office to extend to those who fought in the Maori war pensions similar to those awarded to 1 participants in the Crimean war and Indian , mutiny. This was &\bo refused, on the ground that the Crimean and Indian | campaigns were quite exceptional, besides it would entail a very heavy burden on the revenue without sufficient justification. The Taranaki Herald reports that at a meeting of the Vestry of St. Mary's Church, New Plymouth, held on Wednesday evening) a letter was read in which the writer said : — Gentlemen. — As I understand there is a certainty of the enlargement of St. Mary's Churoh being proceeded with, I would ask that the two windows at the east end should be memorial ones to the late Sir H. A. Atkinson. My own opinion is that it would be disgraceful for this particular district not to erect some memorial to the memory of the greatest New Zealand statesman we have had, associated as he was with us by so many ties, besides being a member of our church, and for a long time one of the church trustees If a public subscription is made at least .£SO ought to be raised, but I do not think more than £15 would be wanted. Should, however, there be no desire on the part of the public to do anything of the kind I myself will gladly undertake to put up windows to Sir H. A.. Atkinson' b memory withio two years, of not less beauty (and I hope j more), than those at the north end of the ' newpart of the church. — Yours truly, " It was resolved that a memorial window or windows be placed in the new portion j of the building, and that the public be invited to subscribe. To-day a fresh advertisement occupies the space reserved for Gibson's Cash : Warehouse. HIS EXCELLENCY LOED GLASGOW J while partaking <>£ some refreshments during the interval afc the Opera House remarked : " One thing yor have hero that * is good CoSee. " It is scarcely necessary I to say in'a Excellency was drinking Crease's * A. I. Coffee. Sold everywhere in 1 and 21b * tins s Subscribe to N. Z. edition of London * TITBITS. Published byMcKee& Gamble ° Wellington. v