NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 2761, 2 July 1894, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

The friendß of Mr Fitohett, who for some years has been linesman in this district, will be glad to hear that he has received well-deserved promotion by being appointed postmaster at Katikati, East * The Normanby Trotting Club intend reconsidering their disqualification of Mr P. Keith and the horse Le Oorbeau and the fining o£ Mr E. Lucena, owner of the horse, for alleged wrongful practices at the recent trotting meeting. J A poor family in Derby are Baid to have become entitled to a fortune of foor millions sterling by the death of a distant relative in America. The Clarendon Hotel, Waverley, was totally destroyed by fire at 4 a.m. this morning. Nothing was saved. Mr Alex. Dickie had disposed of his interest in the bouse to Mr Palmer, who Waß to take possession to-morrow. A telegram from Wellington Bays:— It iB stated that a member of Parliament was rescued about 5.30 this morning from the water ntear the Railway Wharf by the night watchman and a constable. The name is not divulged. After drying bis olothes on one of the vessels he proceeded home. A London correspondent writes of the recent earthquake in Greece: — A sad incident is reported from the beautiful village of Proskyna, wbiob has been totally destroyed. Forty children were [ in church at the time of the accident, when the roof fell in, killing 28 of them and injuring the others. The Government is doing what it can to render aid to the distressed inhabitants, but such is the magnitude of the disaster that it is im> possible to cope with it effectually, towns and villages being in ruins. At Normanby to-morrow Farmers' Union sell, without reserve, balance of Mr Rowe'a nursery stocK.

The Gothic has arrived at Port Chalmers. Traffic on the Manawatu railway line has beea delayed by a slip, which, however, is not very serious. Captain Edwin wired at 12.40 : — Strong ; north-weet to west and Bouth winds, with heavy sea, after twelve hours from now, and the glasß will rise. At a meeting of the creditors ia tbe Ralston estate to-day an adjournment was made till Saturday without any busineßß being done. Owing to the extremely wet night Professor Stagpoole'B athletic display fixed for Saturday evenmg bad to bo poutponed till this evening. Young Ellerm was brought before Messrs Young and Crowhurst, Justices, at Manaia this morning, and convicted on a oharge of theft, but was admitted to probation under tbe First Offenders Aot. At Coolgardie the wages paid are— 4 Firat class miners 80s, second olaes 70s; laborers 545, carpenters 34s to 725, plumbers 90s per week, general black* smiths 14s per day of eight hoars. Tbe Compressed Fodder Association of Ballarat have decided to offer a bonus of £150 for the construction of a machine capable of compressing 20 tons of fodder in 10 hours. A youtig clerk to a banking firm in Paris bas, in the oddest manner, been the victim of a sad calamity in connection with the recent issue of the municipal loan. So great was the rage to obtain scrip that representatives of tbe principal financial firms were sent to wait all eight outside the doors of the Credit Lyonnais, to be first at the counters. The clerk_^in questioD, Wimann by name, was ~tolS off for this duty, and entrusted with a very large sum of money in bank notes. All night he manfully stood his ground anxiously clutching a portfolio containing the notes for fear of being robbed. Tw strain upon his system caused by fm long waiting and his apprehensions wfip too much for him, and the following day he showed signs of., mental derangement. At present 1 he is an inmate of a lunatic asylum.' The rush for the loan it may be menfcfqned*HMr,,wa£fßubscribed literally hundreds 6H1B&68 o^ir^fwas due to the gambling eTe'ifetent ipj'tne matter, the holder of stock being entitled not only to his interest, but to a chance in a lottery drawing every bix months. j I Messrs Nolan, Tonfcs and Co. sell stock tat their Eltham yards to-morro .v. • J. Murray Barclay & Co.. general Commisson Agents, Sharebroktrs and Valuators, 48 Willis-street. Wellington. Office hours : 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Loans negotiated, businesses exchanged. The Wellington Labor Bureau, for all classes of employees' and employers. House and apartments to let. Rents and debts collected. Private enquiry department for next of kin and mifcsmg friends, under Ihe able management of an experenced expert. Fire, life, and marine insurance. — Ad*t. Certainly the best medicine known it Sander and Sops' Eucalypti Extract. Teas its eminently powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza-the relief is instantaneous. In serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, acaldintjs, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — do swelling, no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of tho lung, .swellings, etc. ; diarrhoea, dyaentry, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. In use at hospitals and u?ed>cal clinics rU over the grlpbe ; patronised by His Majesty th& King of Itafar • crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trult in this approved article, and reject all osiers.

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