The Star. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1893. NEWS AND NOTES

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2339, 30 January 1893, Page 2

The Star. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1893. NEWS AND NOTES

Report of Stratford County Council is printed on fourth page. The Colonial Sugar Befining Company have reduced the prices of sagar, Nos. 1 and 2,10a per ton. The Premier's condition (the Wellington Post says) has been causing considerable uneasiness lately, but be has been again improving within the past few days. Mr. John Cole, Begent-street, has been very ill for some time, through an attack of paralysis. Yesterday, however, the patient was slightly better. At Sunday morning's service in the Catholic Church, the Very Eev. Father Mnlvibill stated that during the present year steps will be taken to erect a new convent building in Hawera. Builders generally anticipate a good, deal of work during the next few months. Besides jobs already let, others templated. Several old buildings in the town have been fixed op as impromptu carpenters' workshops.

Where the young trout go! Mr. Geo. MoLeap the other day shot a ehag, and, on catting off the neck, found an eighteen inch trout in coarse of being digested. According to a report of the British Registrar-General of Friendly Sooieties, the savings of the working classes in the various bodies with which the Registrar's office has to deal amount to nearly £213,000,000. The Peruvian papers are describing the miraculous escape of a soldier who fought in the recent little unpleasantness with Chili. The deadly billet of a bullet was deprived of its mortal sting by a pack ot playing cards. Tb.9 declaration of the weignts for the Taranaki J.C. meeting has been postponed till Tuesday, in order to allow the handicapper to see the performance of some of the horses at Takapuna on Saturday and iO'day. A man in America made a promise that, if Mr. Cleveland should be elected for the Presidency, he would swallow a small turtle alive. He did so, and has since been in great pain, all the efforts of the doctors to kill the disturber being unavailing. It is a common practice to drive an axe into the top of a log for safety, but it is not always successful in securing safetv- The other day a child of Mr Ryley, of Eltham, lidding an axe in this position, began handling it, with the result that the axe came out and fell, inflicting a nasty gash on the child's foot. - Apples infected with codlin moth are being sold openly in Napier. They are locally grown. At the same time all apples coming from outside the colony are subjected to rigid examination, and if ever so slightly infected have to be destroyed. This (says the Herald) is a ridiculous anomaly. The Taieri Advocate says:—Wβ learn that there was a terrible mortality amongst the sheep at the Lee Flat station this year. The animals were shorn so close by the machines that they were unable to stand the frosty weather that followed upon the shearing, and they perished by hundreds. Our informant states that nearly 4000 sheep died—a big mortality bill, certainly. The privileges in connection with the the forthcoming Egmont Eacing Club Summer meeting were sold by Messrs. Nolan, Tonks and Co. on Saturday, and realized the following prices :—Gates, £211, C. E. Bayley ', inside booth, £44, T. Keane; outside booth, £40, T. Keane ; cards, £40 10s, P. Colman; refreshment and fruifc stall, £17, Mrs. Falkner; horse paddock, £13 10s, W. Nichol. The total amount being £366. Arthur Henderson, saddler, of Manaia, a bankrupt, in his statement to the Deputy Official Assignee, said thai; he had been in business in Manaia for the last 14 months. Had no capital whatever when he started, obtained goods from Butler Bros., and gave them promissory note for amount. The bankrupt gave an account of his payments and the processes against him, and seated that if a warrant of distress by Butler had been served upon him durirjg November he could have paid the amount disstrained for, as he then had money available. He had no offer to make. An intellectual amusement, recently devised, consists of writing a capital D on a sheet of paper while standing at a table, and trying to make the right foot swing in the opposite direction from that which the pencil is following on the paper; No one seems to be able to perform the feat. You get your foot swinging nicely in the opposite direction from that in which you know- you are going to make the big loop of the D, and firmly resolve that you will keep it going the same way while yon are writing; but as soon as you get started on the letter, your foot turns and goes the other way. The victorious career of La Fleche made it certain some time ago that Baron Dβ Hirsoh would head the list of winning owners for 1892, and the final reckoning credits him with the large sum of £33,383. Sir J. Blundell Maple follows with £18,161, Colonel North is third with £15,589, and to three suoceed in order the Duke of Westminister, £14,613; Mr. C. Eose, £12,042 ; and General Owen Williams, £11,051. Mr. J. Charlton and M. J. Hi Houldsworth have each won over £10,000, while Lord Eosslyn and Mr. H. Milner have each secured more than £9000. The distance travelled in dances has been calculated by some statistical mind. An average waltz cakes one over about three-quarters of a mile. A square dance makes you cover about half a mile, while a rapid gallop will oblige you to traverse just about one mile. It will thus be seen that if a girl with a well-filled programme dances from eighteen to twenty dances in an evening, the result is really appalling. Say there are twelve waltzes—a fair average—this alone makes it nine miles. Three gallops added to this makes it twelve miles, while from three to five other dances at half a mile apiece bring her close upon thirteen or fifteen miles. This is exclusive of the usual promenade and " extras." At the annual meeting of the Auckland Employers' Association Mr. A. Clark wae elected President for the coming year. Toe retiring President, Mr. A. H. Nathan, in his address, said that the relations between employers and employed in Auckland were harmonious, and that any differences that had occurred during the I year had originated in other parts of the colony. Speaking of Miss Morrison's visit, be said she bad endeavoured to create dissension, but had been unsuccessful, becauß9 thß workpeople were satisfied with their condition. He took exception to the action of the Government in consulting the labour organisations with regard to the Labour Bills while ignoring the Employers' Associations, which were equally interested in the 6ubject. Another canal project. Tbis time (says the Lyttelton Times) for connecting New York-with Montreal in an almost direct line, and thence making connection with Lake Erie. It is probable that the Canai dian Parliament, which has been asked to [ sanction the project, will do so; for Canada has firm faith in its system of canal, river, and lake communication, representing a total length of 2700 mileß. Three years ago, more thau fifty-five , million dollars had been expended in canal construction, and one of those waters already connects the foot ot Lake Erie with York. The enlargement of tbis canal—the work was put in hand in 1871—gave the main channel a surface width of from 50ft to 60ft, a main bottom width of 50ft, and a depth of 10ft. The canal now projected, however, will have a northerly instead of a westerly route from New York, and will evidently ran pretty olosely alongside the Hudson river railway. Brooch, lost. Budge & Good hold usual monthly stock sale nt Waimate yards to-morrow. Mr. A. Douglas Gray, dentist, advertises datas of next visits to Hawera and Patea. Messrs. Hodgson & Co. announce that they have commenced business as plumbers, &c. in Princes-street, and solicit a share of support. Serviceable cheap Watch, "The Egmont/' at H. G. Pitcher's. 21a each.—Advt. Extra strong Silver Case Kotherams at H. G. Pitcher's. Price. .£6,65, .£6los.—Ad. New Year's Gifts and Christmas Presents at H. G. Pitcher's.—Advt. Mr, J. Higham, professor of music, desires to notify pupils that the next term for instruction will • begin on Monday, ; January 15th.—Advt. •

A press telegram says that it is underParliament will not meet until the middle of Jane. A eervice of song, entitled " Frozen to Death" will be given in the Weeleyan Cburob on Thursday evening. "We understand that, after a deal of negotiation on the part of a syndicate of our townsmen, arrangements have been made for " Max O'Rell " (Mons. Blonett) to deliver one of his leotures at Hawera shortly. There is no necessity to enlarge upon the intellectual treat in store for those who are fortunate enough to hear this famonslpersonage author and lecturer. The Bank of England's doors are now eo finely balanced that the clerk, by pressing a knob under his desk, can close the outer doors instantly, and they cannot be opened again except by special process. This is done to prevent the daring and ingenious unemployed of the great metropolis from robbing the famous institution. The bullion department of this aud other great English banking establishments are nightly submerged in several feet of water by the action of the machinery. In some of the London banks the bullion departments an connected with the manager's sleeping, rooms, and an entrance cannot be effected Without setting off an alarm near the person's head. If a dishonest official during the day or night should take even A3 much as one from a pile of one thousand sovereigns the whole pile would instantly sink and a pool of water take its place, fcesides letting every person in tbi establishment know of the theft.

In a recent communication, the London correspondent ot the Farmer wrote as follows concerning the prospects of the colonial butter trade in London:—" A certain Glasgow firm of produce factors issued laet week a report in which is given a glowing prophecy as to the outlook for New Zealand butter and cheese coming on to the Home market this season. As I mentioned laet week the chances of butter are good, but not by any means so good as our Glasgow man would have you believe, and I warn New Zealanders to digest reports which speak of butter as likely to fetoh 130s to 132s per cwt., with a grain of salt. Such prioes may, of course, be achieved by specially fine lots during the early part of the season if the weather rules favourably, i.e., fine and cold, but the majority of butters will, I think, rule a good deal lower. I suppose the sending out of such roseate reports is done simply with an eye to persuading New Zealand producers to send their stuff to Glasgow agents for sale. Against this plan I have already had my say, but may give as an additional argument the fact that at the fag end of last season a consignment of 1,000 cases of New Zealani cheese, which was sent to a Glasgow house, was eventually Isold by a Tooley-street firm. 1