NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 2755, 25 June 1894, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Mr C. E. Major reports the sale of two sections in Wilson street from Mr J. Dabinett to Mr ti-eo, Curtis.

The weekly meeting of the Manaia Mutual Improvement Association was held on Friday, and being the monthly musical evening the following programme was submitted .'-—Piano solo, Miss Fairman ; song, " Tit for tat," Mrs Barnard ; song, " Flower of the forest," Mrs MaoLennan ; instrumental trio, Miss Beid and Mr Stevenson (piano) and Mona. Hiilse (violin) ; autoharp selection, Mr Benporath; rsoitation, "Bingen on the Rhine," Mr Maibeson. In the second part — Instrumental selection, Miss Beid and Mr Stevenson (piano) and Mons. Hiilse (violin) ; recitation, " The last shot," Mr Siggs ; song, " The girls in blae," Mrs Matheson ; reading seleotion, "Wolsey's address to Cromwell" and "Tell to bis native hills," Mr Hurley; violin solo, " The mocking bird," and, as an encore, " Home, sweet home," Mons. Htilse ; song, •• The Bells of Seville," Mrs King ; selections on the flute, Mr Benporath ; vocal duet, " Dreaming of angels," Mrs Barnard and Mrs Menli. There were about sixty ladies and gentlemen present, and the evening's entertainment was very enjoyable. — Manaia correspondent. Writing to a friend in Hawera, under date May 11, Mr James Kowin says : — I know that you take great interest in matters relating to dairying, sol will give you my opinion of the prospects of the dairy produce markets here, and of the present position. The goods Trom New Zealand have arrived in much better j condition than laßt season, and taken all round the quality has been much better. The great difficulty has been that the arrivals have been so uncertain ; caused by the irregularity of the shipments, it so repeatedly happening that no sufficient spaoe was available. We are putting on all the pressure possible here to alter this, and I hope that all interested in the development of 'the trade in the colony will do the same there. These irregularities have cost the colonials thousands of pounds this season. We also bad a great misfortune by the breakdown of the Duke of Westminster, the goods being three months on the road, and arriving after the prioeß had dropped 30 or 40 per cent. The cheese was none the worse, and came to a good market, bat the butter was tallowy from age, and met an already over-supplied market, and showed a loss. I think yon will remember that I have persistently advocated cheese making as a less risky and more profitable business than making butter, and this season, at any rate, will bear out my remarks. The Kaikonra arrived yesterday with a large quantity of cheese, and, if the quality and condition are good, whioh there is no reason to doubt, it will all realise good prices, for the demand is good, and prioes are advancing, and there wil! be no good new American on the market for the next three or four weeks, and when they do arrive they will not be as good as our New Zealand article. The butter market just now is fairly glutted, Irish making 64b to 84b per cwt. This does not give the colonial muoh of a obanoe, and an enormous quantity is being put away in cold storage to await a better state of things, but if too muoh is stored I fear it will tend to prevent any appreciable rise, bat we hope for the best. The colonies have certainly given the Danes a bard knock this season, for it is not possible for them to produce their fodder article at the prioes they have been obliged to take and show any profit. There are still large quantities coming from Australia, and the people there say that tbey have still a lot to ship. I expect to leave London by the Doric, June 14th, so that ". shall probably be at Hawera early in August. I expect to be in a position to offer a prize, on bebalf of the firm, for quality and style of factory cheese at the next Egmont A. and P. Show, and I fcbiDki it should bring forward a large number of good exhibits.

Mr Bobbins returned irom his trip to tbe Soath Island to-day. Professor Stagpoole did not bold bis boxin Exhibition at Manaia on Saturday night.^ln account of insufficient attendance. Two deaths of old settlers in New Plymouth are reported. Mr Herbert Fora, saddler, died on Saturday ; and Mr H. J. Goodman, commission agent, on Sunday. Both were highly esteemed. It will be seen by tbe preliminary notice in another column tbat another of the popular and enjoyable socials organised in aid of tbe Convent grounds is to be beid on 11th July. Tbe programme is to appear in a future issue. It is stated tbat a couple of type-setting machines will be shortly set op in tbe New Zealand Herald office. This will be the first office in New Zealand to make use of machinery for type-setting. Passengers who intend travelling in tbe next trip of the Gothic will be glad to hear tbat Mr Kowin, who by her in tbe first trip Home, says : — " The method of construction adopted seems to have done away with tbe pitching and rolling, so that, except for tbe slight vibration from the engines, there was scarcely any .motion perceptible." ; Tenders for survey of Mr A. Goodson's property at Waihi are invited. A dairy farm on Skeet road is offered for sale or lease. ESSAY ON COFFEE.— They say that Coffee comes from an Island called Ceylon, Dut my mother says tbe beat Coffee she ever bought comes from her grocer who sells Ckeask's Al Coffse.