The Star. [published daily]

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2434, 23 May 1893, Page 2

The Star. [published daily]

TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1893. NEWS AND NOTES The Inglewood " highwayman " waß let off with a fine of 3s. Dr Paget has been appointed to be an additional public vaccinator for the district of Stratford. Thirty welUbrsd shorthorn cows from Mr W. Douglas' herd were sold on Friday at Napier for 800 guineas.

On the fourth page we print a letter by Mr George Fisher, M.H.R., on the Atkin« son Memorial. The Patea Press reports that tbe Rev. A. P. Clarke is leaving Patea for Taradale, Hawke'e Bay, very shortly. Measles are becoming prevalent. The Napier schools will probably have to be closed, and schools in Otago have already closed on that account. The loss to the board of the latter district will be £1000 this quarter. Tbe Postal Department has agreed to a regulation by which circulars posted at one time and of a minimum 2000 in number may be paid for over the counter and need not have stamps affixed, the word " paid " being merely stamped across them instead. The request that tbe number be reduced to 500 was not entertained. Mr O'Regan, one of the candidates for Inangahua, speaking at Reefton the other evening, scathingly condemned the income tax, saying it was wrong in principle and could not work right in practice. The tax was harsh, inquisitorial and inequitable, and was often evaded by those on whom it was intended to fall. He urged the immediate remission of taxes on the neoossaries of life, and farther taxation on improved land values. He received a vote of thanks and confidence almost unanimously. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agenoy Company (Limited) have received from their London office the following cable message, dated May 19 : — Frozen Meats — Market qniet ; quotations unohanged since last telegram. Tallow — Quotations unchanged since last telegram. There is & good demand for common qualities ; other descriptions are slow of sale. A new scale of fares, rates, and charges on tbe railways will come into operation on the sth proximo. On the NapierTaranaki and Wellington section goods of Class D, which are at present charged at Class C rates, are to be charged at the D rates. The effect of this reduction on the sections named is as follows : — Twentyfive miles, reduced from 12s 8d per ton to 10s lOd ; tSOt 50 miles, from 22s lid to 17s sd ; 75 miles, from 293 8d to 23s 2d ; 100 miles, from 33s 7d to 26b 6d. Mr B. M. Smitb, M.H.R., has issued tbe following notice: — The political barometer has recorded the death of my Jate worthy chief, and it has registered a change in the Ministry, brought about by that sad event. It also indicates a near approach of tbe session. Such being the case, I have tbe honor acd pleasure to ask you to meet me at the Alexandra Hall on Monday, the 29th May, when I will deliver a political addreas. Electors and non-electors are requested to attend. Ladies are specially invited. Doors open at 7.30 o'clock, to commence at 8 sharp. " Vigilant," in the New Zealand Mail, in discussing tbe late Egmont Winter Meeting, cays : — It would be thought from this extraordinary chapter of accidents tbat the Egmont steeplechase course is an exceedingly stiff one, but curious to relate it is not. A friend of mine, a good judge of racing, was at the meetiDg, and his explanation is tbat the jumps, although really noc at all difficult, look more formidable than they are, and the horses, who from the early date of the fixture are not quite accustomed to the work, fight shy ot them. I think his theory is very likely the correct one, for there is no doubt the jumps are quite fair ones, and yet both last year and this year only two or three horses got round. My iriend Buggests tbat it the stewards made tbe jumps a bit more tempting without actually rendering them too easy they would ensure a much more satisfactory meeting, and get a lot more money put through the maohine. As it is, people are wary about backing their fancy, as there is such probability of an aocident preventing them having a run for their money. M.v McGuire, M.H.E., will be at Te Roti to-night. On Thursday the rink will be again opened in the Hawera Drill Hall. A. new advertisement from Messrs H. Collier and Co. arrived too late for insertion to-day. The firm have exhibits of pianos at the Exhibition, of which some particulars are given in an inset in to-day's paper. Messrs Nolan, Tonks and Co's Hawera sale on Thursday. In another column Mr A. J. Kirk notifies that he has sold his bakery business to Mr J. J. Connell, for whom he solicits a continuance of favors. Mr Connell (who is well-known in the district) hopes, by strict attention to business, to merit a share of patronage. Mr W. T. Styles, oil and colorman, notifies that he has on sale the celebrated patent New Zealand terra cotta paint* which ia manufactured from metallic ore at tbe works, Anahau, in Nelson, is guaranteed to stand better than any known paint in use. Eotherham's English Levers, £5 6s, JEG 6s, £Q 10s, £8 10s. and J6lB, at H. G. Pitcher's. Chronographs, nickle, 50s ; Ascot, £6 5s and £8 10a; Waltham, £12. At H. G. Pitcher's. — Advt. The Egmont, 21d each, a cheap and serviceable watch, at H. GK Pitcher's. — Ad. Subscribe to N. Z. edition f London TIT BITS. Published byMcKee & Gamble Wellinpfon. j