The Star.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2365, 1 March 1893, Page 2

The Star.

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WEDNESDAY, MAECH 1, 1893.

NEWS AND NOTES.

The Collet Dobson Company in " Wilfal Murder " at Normanby to-night.

Pressure on space co-day compels us to hold over leading article, country correspondence, report of meeting at Okaiawa in reference to native leases, etc.

The annual six days' training of the Hawera Mounted Eifles will be held at Hawera from Monday, 20ih, to Satnrday, 25th March.

"Bettor" inquires what horse, ran second to Auckland (9.7) when he won the Egmont Steeplechase in 1890 ? Gasparini, 9.10, got second place ; and Waipipi third. The other starters in tbe race were Orient, 11.4, Takapn, 10.0, Warlock, 9.8, and Pakaka 9.7. Orient, Takapu, and Pukaka fell daring the race.

Oar Te Eoti correspondent whites: — Most of tbe settlers in th'e^Mangamingi block have had, I heac, .\pcjfrifair. barns. There is a growing feel«#>,ia- favor of early sowing of grass seed, an^thoae who have already sown are getting very favorable weather. Cocksfoot is getting oat of favor as a grass, and very little of it is being sown ; hence the demand for it is very limited, and tbe price is falling.

The Hawera D.I C. has a new advt. in this issue.

Messrs Nolan, Tonka, & Co.'s HawereF sale tomorrow.

Owing to an unfortunate error, we are unable to publish report of Eltham sports in this issue.

The Manawatu E.C. Handicap, svae w»a by Morion (83t), with Musket^sepond, and Lottie third. Dividend, £9"8& "

Mr. W. G. White has purchased from Mr. E. O. Hendy "the Matemateaonga Block, consisting of over 12,000 acres. The price is not disclosed.

Manaia has been quite gay of late. On Monday and Taesday the Collet Dobaon Company played to good houses, and tbe circus had a very fair attendance on Tuesday night. By a preliminary notice in another column it will be seen that the Nonpareil Company, with which is associated Mr. C. J- S. Palmer {an old Hawera favorite), will opeq in tbe Town Hall on Tues-day next.

Mr J. Woods, well-known in Hawera, is about to leave here for Wellington ; and his friends have decided to tender him a farewell sooial, which is advertised to take place at the Shamrock Hotel to-morrow evening.

The Manaia school picnic has been postponed until Thursday week, on account of the boisterous etafce of the weather. It is considered that even should the rain cease to-day the grass and the gronnd will be for days too wet for the purposes of a Dicnic — o.

"^ln view of the state of the butte. ifaarket the Eltham Co- operative Factory people are congratulating themselves on having gone in for cheese instead of butter. There are 21 milk suppliers, and they ht»ve taken up about 750 shares. The supply of milk continues to be about 800 gal. a day. On Thursday last they sent to Waitara, for shipment in the s.s. Waikato, over 15 tons of cheese, consigned to Meßsrs Lovell and Christmas, London. Shareholders in the factory, with holdings of abont 50 acres, have, in some instances, realised for mi!k over £20 per month for tQe season, up to the present. — Te Eoti co^» \ressottdent. *~^ /

The Opnnake correspondent of the Taranaki News, writing of the recent floods, states that the Tangatara Eiver, about three miles beyond Opunake, rose to within 2 feet of the bridge, which is 113 feet long, and in ordinary weather the floor of the bridge is fully 15 feet above the water level. There was a volume of water 113 feet wide and 12 feet deeper than the B'dicQ y flow. Generally speaking it may be stated that from the marks of the banks the river must have, on the average, had a rise of from 18 to 20 feet, Beyond Oeo there appears to have been no great freshes in the rivers. The county foreman estimates that the damage to the county roads and bridges between Opunake and Stony Eiver cannot be less than £2000. At present the coaches diverge from the main road where the

bridgeß have been swept away, and ford

tbe rivers at tbe most suitable places. In: a few days a proper ford will be made at! /the Waiaua Biver. >^s? Tbe popular entertainment given by

Mr. Tennyson Smith drew a good house

last evening. Mr. Barton presided, and Mrs. Fairhall opened proceedings by a

pianoforte solo. Mr. Smith recited several poems with telling effeot, and in

his humorous sketches be exhibited great powers of mimicry. The recitals were interspersed with vocal items by Miss Foy (with violin obligato by Mr. Harpley), Miss Maunder, Mr. Fraser, and Mr. Smart. The accompanists were Miss Flynn, Mrs. Cannell, and Mr. Bobinson. To-night Mr. Tennyson Smith will give another of his famous Gough recitals. To-morrow nighi the lecturer's subject will be "Is prohibition right ?" when he challenges the opponents of prohibition to publicly state their objections to and difficulties in the way of prohibition, or to propose some alternative plan for preventing the evils which at present result from the liquor traffic. This, we learn, has usually proved a very interesting meeting, as the lecturer is often opposed\qn the platform and numbers of •'poserß" are put. His Worship the Mayor will preside. On Friday evening the mission will be brought to a close, when Mr. Tennyson Smith will give bis popular special subject, " The trial of a notorious criminal (alcohol)."

In the last number of the Gazette there appear regulations for leasing hitherto

unleased lands under the West Coast Settlement Eeserves Act. The lands are to be let by tender, and Uib procedure is thus prescribed : that when the Public Trustee determines to offer for leasing in manner provided by tbe said act reserves or parts thereof, he shall give pnblic notice of such intention by publication for three consecutive weeks in the New Zealand Gazette, and in the Maori and English languages in et least one local newspaper circulating in the locality in which the land to be leased is situated twice in each week for three consecutive weeks, and in such other manner as tbe Public Trustee thinks fit. The notice shall state that the lands to be leased are leased under the provisions of the said act, shall specify the reserves, allotments, or parcels of land intended to be leased by numbered lots, the upset rental determined by tbe Pnblic Trustee in respect of each lot, and the time limited for making tenders, which time shall be not lesß than thirty days from the day of the first publication of tbe notice in such local newspaper as aforesaid, and also the place where such teaders are to be delivered, which may be such place as the Public Trustee shall in Buch noticeß specify. Form of tender and of lease are set out.

The farmers of Canterbury have been suffering (the Canterbury Prees reports) to an extent which is becoming intolerable from tbe crimes of sheep stealing and stack-burning. Scarcely a week passes without our hearing of some cases of sheep being missed, and the only conclusion to be arrived at is that there exists amongst us a set of thieves who are carrying on thoir depredations on something like' a systematic scale. The culprits appear to be able to effect their theft with comparative impunity. They seldom or never get caught in the ace, and it is but rarely^ that the crime is traced home to any individual or set of individuals. Sometimes it is one part of the province which is made the field of operations, and at another time somewhere else is selected. T&,ft>net result, however, is serious loss toroie owners of flocks. In a similar way after harvest almost every year we have to report the destruction of stacks by Sre to an extent which makes it impossible to believe that the fires have been- the result of tnere accident. Last year we heard of the case of one grain grower who suffered material loss notwithstanding the utmost ■ care exercised on his part to watch his property. Of course accidents will occur during threshing time, in spite of the most vigilant watchfulness. Bat we do not refer to cases of this kind. We speak of fireE that take place as tbe evident consequence of design on the paro of the fire raisers. Whether these are the result of malice or of pure wickedness it is impossible to say. But, as we have said with respect of sheep stealing, the result ia the same — heavy loss to tbe owners of

the'property destroyed.

Thes Australian Mutual Provident Society --notify -in another column that the New Plymouth. Agency ia closed, and that a distrigfc'offlc'- las been established in Wanganui in charge of. Mr H. W. Pownall, Notice ~re' rates in Waimate Biding 13 fifiVGD.* Eltham Eoad West is blocked for traffic.

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