NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2317, 4 January 1893, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

At the court this morning, the only case was Adamson, Pease, and Go. v. O'Keefe, claim for 16s 3d, in which judgment was for plaintiff by default. Among the curiosities in tbe mines and mining building at the Cbioago Exhibition will be a solid gold brick weighing 500lbs, and worth £30,000. It will be exhibited by a mine owner. The new year has opened very badly in respect of weather; H Q .y crops especially where not carted will Buffer from the torrents of rain whiob have fallen during the past twenty-tour hours. Four of the Mayors round Wellington harbor were born in New Zealand, and are all sons of old and distinguished colonists, and the other two — Mr. Cameron, of Onalow, and Mr. Lancaster, ofKarori — are two of the oldest colonists in the districts. The essay prize at tbe Canterbury College was for a paper on " The past and future of the Maori race." Tbe prize was won by Apirana Turupu Ngata, of the Waiapu, a Maori boy, who matriculated at Te Aute College.

The Stratford Raoing Club have decided to add to their programme a Handicap Hack Hurdle Race of 20 soys. for horses that have never won an ad-

vertised race of more that JB2O in value. Particulars are printed in another column. Acceptances and general entries for tbeae races closa on Tuesday next, at 9 p.m.

One of Dnnedin'e oldest inhabitants

(says the New Zealand Herald) who is still hale and healthy, has owned one of the corner seotions in tbe city ever since the first aale of town land took place, soon after the fonndation of tbe settlement. The original price was only £12 10s, but it is now worth at least £50,000.

It will be seen by preliminary announcement in another colmrin that the date of the Taranaki Regatta, to be held* on Waitara river, has been fixed for Thursday, 9th March. It is tbe one event in respeot of which Waitara is alone and unapproachable, and it is a feature which, as times goes on, is sura to grow in its attractiveness to tbe people of the whole province.

Mr. Cbeeseman, of tbe Opnnake road, met with a painful accident on Sunday last. Whilst engaged in milking and letting a cow out of tbe bail it turned sharply round, running one of its horns in tbe inside of his thigb, making a very nasty sash. Dr. Watts was sent for and dressed the wound, but, as Mr. Cheeseman had no one with him wbo could nurse bim, the doctor advised him to go to the New Plymouth Hospital, which we believe he has done.

At the inquest on the body of a man found on tbe Fitzherbert road, near Palmerston, there was no evidenoe of identification. It was evident deceased shot himself with a revolver.

At a Sunday school picnic at Potter's Paddock, Auckland,- on Tuesday, a boy 10 years old, named Bruce, son of the shipping reporter on the New Zealand Herald, was klled by a tank falling on him.

As the weather at Auckland on Tuesday was again very unfavourable, the opening of the Bowling Tournament was further postponed till Wednesday, and Caledonian sports were also adjourned. A number of water excursions were proposed, but were spoiled by the bad weather.

The Hawke's Bay Herald states that the residence of Mr. John Chambers, jun., Mokopeka, and all the station buildings, are now brilliantly lighted by electricity, generated by a power obtained from a turbine. This is arranged by a diversion of the Maraetotaro Creek, which furnishes, comparatively speaking, unlimited energy. Mr. Chambers intends to drive bis shearing machines by electricity next season, and to supply sufficient electricity to Mr. Mason Chambers, a? Te Mata, and Mr. Bernard Chambers, Tauroa, to enable those gentlemen to light their residences and drive their shearing machinery.

The Wellington correspondent of tbe New Zealand Heraid telegraphed on Thursday : — This city has been muoh exercised to-day by rumors that have reached here from the South of the failure of an eminent legal firm for a sum of nearly one hundred thousand pounds. These rumors have been supplemented by apprehensions of interested clients, who are involved in tbe fate of tbe firm as representing trust money to very large amounts. It is said tbat trustees have been pressing for a lons time for explanations, and that they have been anything but satisfied when the explanations were vouchsafed. At present it would be premature to indicate by name the firm of which suoh rumors are ourrent. The public will know in a very few days all about this serious oase.

On Saturday evening the Normanby Sports Committee met to deal with a charge made by |Jaspar Riddell, tbat one H. H. Ford, running under the name of F. Derry, had purposely spiked him when running the 440 yards race at Normanby on Boxing Day. Ford bad been given notice, but replied tbat he could not come down from New Plymouth to attend. He further stated it was an aocident, and that the accident was unavoidable. Tbe evidenoe was taken of Jaspar Riddell, C. R. Bayley, A. Alexander, John Hay ward, Vero Riddell, and C. Hunger ; and the committee then unanimously agreed to disqualify the person complained of from again running at sports under the direction of the committee, and Messrs Qnin and Meredith were appointed to interview the Hawera Caledonian Society and ask them to also disqualify. The members of the committee present were : Messrs. O'Keefe, J. T, Quin, P. Meredith, Gwynne, H. J. Rowe, J. Wilson, F. Meredith, and the hon. sec, E. C. Meredith.

A Sydney correspondent writes to tbe Melbourne Argus: —"I have received from Vancouver by the last San Francisco mail information bearing on the speed of steamers now running on the North Pacific, and as similar vessels are likely to run to Australia in tbe near future, the following may be of interest : — The Cana-dian-Pacific Royal Mail steamer Empress of Japan left Yokohama for Victoria and Vancouver on the 20th of October, the weather being favorable and sea heavy at the outS6t. Dflßpite this she made an average run of 17 knots per hour all the way through, the daily logs being as follow: — October 20, 77 miles; October 21, 387 ; Ootober 22, 426 ; October 23, 390; Ootober 24, 436 ; October 24 (meridian), 396 ; Ootober 25, 395 ; Ootober 26, 383 ; October 27, 397 ; October 28, 396 ; Ootober 29, 397 ; October 30, 211 miles to Victoria, V.I. With vessels of such a clasß running between Sydney and Vancouver, coupled with the proposed faßt Atlantic service between Halifax and Southampton, our mails and passengers could be landed m London within 25 days of leaving Sydney — about the same time as now occupied from this port to San Francisco."

Hawera County Council invite tenders for works.

Mr. Blackhall announces continuance of of cheap sale of boots.

Tenders are invited by Waimate Eoad Board. Serviceable cheap Watch, "The Egmont," at H. G. Pitcher's. 21s each.— Advt.