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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2319, 6 January 1893, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES. 3 D ', 3 . : I ■ i 1 [ ! i , ' , , ,

. A few plants of eisal hemp from America have been planted in the Auckland district. Mr. C. E. Major reports the Bale of a town section at Kaponga, from Nancarrin's estate to Mr. £. Cullinan, of Kaponga. Mr. Harkness, M.H.R. for Nelson, has informed tbe Manawatu Standard that he has determined to contest the seat occupied by Mr. E. M. Smith. The Rev. E. Wethered, at present on a visit to Otakebo, will conduot Church of England service at Otakeho on Sundayi and the Rev. O. L. Tube will officiate at Opunake. The Prohibition party in Wellington had the towD, on New Year's Eve, placarded with " dodgers" bearing the following.' —"Women franchise thrown out, 1892; cairied, 1893; prohibition, 1894." Mr. Bruce (inspector of stook for New South Wales) has furnished the Governroent with a comprehensive report on the New Zealand frozen meat trade. He recommends the reiotroduction of the Bsnns Bill. It is estimated that tbe expenses of eaoh Party in the late Presidental eleotion in the States amounted to at least from its general political fund. | Id addition to this there were immense j contributions from looal fands. The printing bill of each side is set down at £125,000, and postages at .£20,000. Lady Glasgow has issued a circular to the Wellington clergy and others wishing them to attend a meeting for the purpose I of establishing a New Zealand Mothers' Union, the object of the union being to awaken in mothers a sense of their great responsibility as mothers in training their boys and girls. * Extra strong Silver Case Kotherams at H. G. Pitcher's. Price. £6 6s, £S 10s.—Ad. Serviceable cheap Watch, "The Egmont," at H. G. Pitcher's. 21s each.—Advt. PROFESSOR LIEBEG siys: — "We shall never know how men were first directed to the use of Coffee, but we may consider the article so remarkable for itß action on the braze and the substance of the organs of motion as an element of food for organs yet unknown, which ure destined to convert the blood into nervous substances and thus recruit the energy of the movingr and tHiilribgr faculties." If you wish to" benefit yourself you could not do better than drink Cubase's Al Coxvbi. Sold everywhere in lib and 21b tins. For it is the best.

It is freely stated (the Manawatu Times reports) that a Wellington firm will net no less than £20,000 by their recent heavy speculations in New Zealand hemp.

The New Zealand Times learns that it is the intention of tbe Government to have four State farms — one in Canterbury, one in Otago, one in Wellington, and one in Auckland. The rules are now baing drafted for the one in Wellington, and it is the intention of the Minister of Labour to have a thoroughly practical man placed over each as manager.

Mr. J. T. Matson hue received a letter from England (says the Christohurch Press) which conveys the gratifying intelligence that inquiries are being made in London for farms and properties in New Zealand. Tbe letter further states that the distance and expense prevents many farmers coming out here, but notwithstanding this numbers of farmers and small capitalists have made up their minds to come out. This should be welcome news to tbe colonists' in New Zealand.

A committee of the Taranaki County Counoil has reported that tbe following tenders for lease ot tollgates for 1893 had been received : — Puniho : M. J. Maoßeynolds, £17 10s per month. Heimama: M. J. Maoßeynolds, £12 per month ; M. Irwin (for three months), £19 5e per month. Omata : E. Pufct, £29 12s 6d per month; C. Mailer, £32 5s per month. The tender of M. Irwin for Heimama gate was accepted ; M. J. Maoßeynolds' tender for Puniho and C. Muller's for Omata were also accepted- Tbe action of the committee was confirmed by the council.

The Washers and Manglers Act has caused (the Home correspondent of tbe New Zealand Times says) a good deal of fun on this side. It was a real joke, and has been much appreciated. But, funniest of all, the skit was taken quite seriously by one or two papers ; the Chronicle, for instance, putting a paragraph into its 11 Greater Britain " columns headed " Grandmotherly Legislation," and oommen ting gravely on the silliness of tbe Bill. One or two other journals inserted " pars." about it- quite seriously, but the New Zealand correspondent of tbe Pall Mall has sent that paper an explanation of tbe matter and also a copy of the " Act," with the result that all London is laughing.

At a railway station within easy distance of the Temnka post office a few days ago (pays the Temtika Leader) a much abused Minister of the Crown met the leader of the Opposition-, who greeted him in a fraternal manner, and wished him the compliments of the season. The Minister returned the salutation in his own peculiar genial style', and asked how things were prospering? The leader of the Opposition replied, " Oh, very well ; I had nine bales of wool more than I expected." " That," said the Minister, Mis the effect of a Liberal Government," and the leader of the Opposition agreed that no doubt it was. A smile went round among those who were within hearing, and the_ politicians shook hands and parted with many wishes for eaoh other's welfare during tbe coming year.

Mr. C. E. Edwards writing to tbe Napier Telegraph encloses tbe following extract from a letter received by him from a correspondent in London, which is as follows : — '• I went to the Dairy Show in the Agricultural Hall, in London, and was much pleased to see there New Zealand butter, • sweet and fresh as the best Danish.' I ate is with several biscuits (with different degrees of salt in the butter) and could find no fault in it. If regular and uniform suppliea of such butter from New Zealand could be depended upon, I am sure it would be a good thing all round. The Danish people are making great efforts to hold the advantage ground they have gained. For butter, eggs, and milk there exists almost an unlimited market in England. Cereal growing seems likely to diminish rapidly here. Frnit and dairy products are likely, on the other hand, to increase almost indefinitely, but scarcely likely, if ever, to overtake tbe demand."

The day when it will be possible to travel from Melbourne to London in less than a fortnight (writes the London correspondent of the Melbourne Argus) is apparently not so remote as people imagine. A London weekly journal discusses the project as being well within the limits of practicable enterprise. In view of the attention that has been given of late years to intercolonial railway construction from the Imperial point of view, it is maintained that the question of connecting Australia with tbe East by means of a railway across Asia will before long become a leading point of British - Australian railway polioy. It is pointed out that to connect Melbourne with London via Malacca by rail would not involve the construction of more than 37,000 miles of rails. This is admittedly " a big order," but not too big for an age that has witnessed the completion of several transcontinental railway schemes. The Indian railways would co-operate m the working of this grand Imperial route, and so would the Porte, through whose territory for 1000 miles the line would run. The advantages of suoh a quick route in maintaining, and strengthening the commercial relations between Great Britain and the colonies are held to be a strong justification for the early execution of the pxajeot.

\t is interesting to note (a correspondent writes) the various statements made in reference to the wealth of the late Jay Gould. A short time before his death he was said to be, without doubt, the richest man m tbe world, and that his total accumulations amounted to no less a enm than seventy million pounds sterling • it was computed by a New York paper that he could give nearly a shilling each to every man, woman, and child on the face tbe earth, Then we had the etatement of that his wealth amounted in all to eleven millions ; later fifteen millions ; and in an item in yesterday's Star it was set down at one hundred million dollars, or abont twenty million pounds. No doubt the fact is that if the man possessed the lowest amount mentioned, such wealth would bear sufficient influence to enable the owner to control the largest sum named. Most of the paragraphs relating to the matter contain sarcastio passages noting tbe fact that no charitable institutions had bene- J fited by the will. Gould's family nnmber eleven, besides probably many other relatives, whom; it is admitted, have not been forgotten. Therefore it is hardly likely that each (excepting perhaps tbe eldest son) will have more than', one million. To what extent do many of the millionaires contribute towards oharitable institutions? Very little, I am atraid. Jay has dooe his duty by his family and relatives, and this, I contend, is any man's first duty before all others under similar ciroumstances. Still, of course-, after having amply provided for his family, he could have largely assisted deserving charities.