NEWS AND NOTES

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2366, 2 March 1893, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

Governor Glasgow subscribed £25 to the Queensland relief iund. Mr Richard Dingle has been appointed a ranger under tbe Forests Preservation Act.

Mr. G-. Hutchison, M.H.R., will address the electors at Eltham on Tuesday, and at Normanby on Wednesday next.

The allegod " dummying " cases were

the principal topic of conversation in town yesterday, and the issue of the Stak was eagerly awaited.

The programme of the Bell Block E.G. Hack Meeting appears in this issue. The meeting will be held on April 27tb. The big event, the Cup, is endowed with 50 Boys.

The Mudgee district, in New South Wales, which a few years ago knsw nothing of co-operative farming, is now earning £20,000 a year in monthly cash dividends through its co-operative butter factories.

The lainfall at Manaia during February was 419 inches on ten days, the maximum fall being registered on the morniug of the 24tb, 204 inches. For the preceding year tho February raiofall at Manaia averaged 3*45 incheß.

At the Police Court on Wednesday, before Messrs Major and Fantham, J.P., Tame Tonga and Teakatai were brought up on remand charged with tbe larceny of a sum of money, watch, etc. from Wra. Berkett, at Normanby. On account of the youth of Teakatai, and the steps taken by his father to make restitution, tbe Bench administered a severe caution to him, and inflicted a fine of Is and costs. Tonga's case was further remanded till Friday.

Our Ngaire correspondent writes : — We bad a dance ia the hall on Thursday evening — a good one, too, considering that the gala we bave seen so much about ! came that night. Tbe attendance waR not very large, but a fair number braved the fury of the elements 011 that atrocious night, and were, they t-ay, amply repaid for all the discomfort, including the drenching on the way home. Music wa s provided by tbp ladies, Mrs. Sinclair kindly lending her piano. Mr. Corkil acted as M.C., and gave entire satisfaction. The supper was first rate, also giving entire satisfaction. In fact everything gave satisfaction — except the weather. A meeting of the General Committee of the Egmont A. and P. Association will be held on Saturday next. Egmont Farmers' Union Stratford sale to-morrow.

The Tname3 Carriage Factory have an important advertisement in this issue. Botherarn's English Levers, £5 ss, £6 6s, £Q 10a, £7 10s. and £22, at H. G. Pitcher's. Serviceable cheap Watch, 'The Egmont/ at H. G. Pitcher's. 2ls each.— Advt.

Grrand selection of Engagement and Dress Rings, at H. G. Pitcher's.— Advt.

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There was no meeting of tbe Borough Council last ©yening, owing to tbe absence of a quorum. The meeting was adjourned till tomorrow evening. The Hawera Mounted Rifles will begin their annual six days' training on 13 tb March. There are several vacancies in the troop, so that persons desirous of joining should at once apply to tbe authorities. The fact that Mr. Palmer is with tbe company which appears in tbe Town Hall on Tuesday next will cause people to remember tbe treat he gave in "Mv Sweetheart"" and " Hans, the Boatman," and the excellent company he brought to delight them in "Aunt Lucinda," and they may with confidence expect another genuinely pleasant evening's entertainment. The company is highly spoken of wherever it has been. The Star Club play a match Smokers v. Non-smokers next Saturday, commencing at 1.30 sharp. The teams will be as follow: — Smokers: Parkinson, Lucena (2), Tucker, Moran, J. Syme, McLachlan, Westenra, Rowe, Noble, and Chisholm. Non-smokers : Southey. G. Syme, Elliott (2), Livingston, Babbage, Hobson, Young. Buchanan, Bartlett, and A'Court. All members of the club are requested to roll up, and can join in the match. The following are the results of the Eltham Sports, which came off on Tuesday :— Maiden— Curry 1, Rutherford 2, Running Long Jump — S. Minninix (20ft lin) 1. Eltham Handicap (Ist event) 100yds— J. G, Rutherford 1, A. W. Curry 2. Running High Jump — J. Minninix (sft 4ic) 1. Eltbam Handicap (.2nd event) 220 yds —A. W. Curry 1, A. W. Watts 2, 1. Watts 3. Hop, Step and Jump — S. Minninix (43ft 9in) 1, J. Minninix (43ft 6in) 2. Local Handicap, 220yds— W. Bartlett 1. Obstacle Race — Rowson 1. Boys' Race — Coleman 1. Half-mile Handicap — A. Francis 1. Patting the stone— J. Glynan 1. 220 yds HurdleE — A. W. Watts 1. Two-mile Walking— C. Wilson 1. Wrestling (light weight), list — A. McLean beat W. Emmett. Eltham Handicap (3rd event), 440 yds — A. W. Curry 1, A. Francis 2, I. Watts 3. Vaulting — J. Glynan (10ft 3£m) 1, J. Mioninix, 2. One Mile— W. Cushla 1, A. Meredith 2. Girls' Raoe — Calvert 1, Four-pare Race — J. H. Hayward 1. On Wednesday evening Mr. Tennyson Smith reoited another of Gough's orations before a good audience. Mr. McFarland occupied the chair ; and tbe choir rendered hymns as intervals. The recital was splendidly given, and Mr. Tennyson Smith was heartily applauded. At the conclusion, a number of persons went forward and signed tbe pledge. Special interest will doubtless be very generally felt in the subject chosen by Mr. Tennyson Smith for his lecture tonight, viz: "Is prohibition right?" more especially as he invites discussion, and challenges tbe opponents of prohibition to state their objections to it and formulate some alternative plan for preventing the admitted evils of the liquor traffic Mr. Tennyson Smith will also give his dramatic representation of the " tug-of-war " between prohibition and the liquor traffic at the conclusion of bis lecture. His Worship the Mayor will preside. Tomorrow (Friday) nigho is the last night and the special night of the series — " The trial of a notorious criminal (alcohol)." Mr. Tennyson Smith appears as counsel for prosecution, acd, we understand, a jury will be empanelled to try tbe prisoner.