The Star. [PUBLISHED DAILY] THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1894. NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 2764, 5 July 1894, Page 2

The Star. [PUBLISHED DAILY] THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1894. NEWS AND NOTES.

Mr J. K. Law will read a paper on " Lord Macanlay " at the Manaia Mutual | Improvement Sooiety's meeting to-morrow evening. I The first number of tbe Opunake Times has reaohed us. It is well got up, and neatly printed. An information has been laid against IMr Wade, a looal solicitor, for using insulting language to the Invercargill Licensing Committee. A lady who was walking through the Biccarton (Canterbury) churchyard one evening last week, had the misfortune to fall into a newly-dug grave, and received a severe shaking. Fortunately for her, the choir were holding a practice in tbe oburob, and when they were leaving she managed to make her position knows, and wae promptly released. I

We have to acknowledge receipt of the railway time-table for July. The programme is published for the social to -be held in the Town Hall ori Wednesday next in aid of the Convent grounds. Tbe Catholic socials heretofore I have been always enjoyable and successful, i and this one will doubtless be equally so. Nine hotels in Cbristohnrcb, to which the renewal of licenses was refused, closed their doors on Saturday night. On Monday, 10 o'clock closing came into force. The Lyttelton licensed houses have been reduoed from eleven to eight. We remind those interested in the formation of aKifla Club of the meeting to be held at Egmont Hotel this evening. It is hoped there will be a good attendance, and a'strong club formed/as it gives those who cannot spare the time and expense of volunteering a chance of joining in the pleasant pastime of targetshooting. Complaints having been made to the agent ot the Fablic Trustee, Mr Major, that the time given for tendering in respect of the lands now being offered was too short, he has communicated with the Public Trustee, and has been informed tbat the time will be extended to the 4th August. Official notification will be duly made to that effect. Tbe following team will represent tbe Star Football Club in the matoh with Waimate to-morrow for the championship ofTaranaki: Full back— Bobinson ; threequarters — S. Humphries, L. Allen, E. Humphries ; halves — Laing, George, A. Humphries; forwards— B. Allen, Smith, O'Carroll, C. Allen, Byan, Hammond, Belfringer, and Standish. The balance sheet of the Foxton, Wanganui, and New Plymouth Bail way Sick Benefit Society shows the income to be £195 19s 8d ; expenditure on aocount of sickness and accidents, £173 14a. In addition to distributing this large amount, members and others have generously subscribed over £70 to assist tbeir comrades who have suffered from lengthened illness and severe accidents. The total membership of tbe society is 283. Surely a Hawera tbief hit upon quite a new idea when be conceived that there was something to be made by robbing the street lamps oi oil. This, at any rate, is the latest laroeny. The caretaker had been considerably puzzled at finding that certain lamps burned but for one evening instead of three, as others do, and as, indeed, these did until a few evenings ago ; but he has now discovered that oil has been abstracted as well aB the lamp chimneys. The lamps so far have not been taken. A petition iB in course of signature in Bangitikei (says tbe Advocate) for presentation through the member for the district, requesting tbe Government to carry out the undertaking entered into to keep the fences along tbe railway line in repair. When the land was purchased for the line, Mr Smith, the purchasing agent, undertook that the ■ Government should erect tbe fences on each Bide of the railway, and keep them ia repair for all time. The Bailway Commissioners have, however, refused to recognise the agreement, and the landowners interested are now endeavouring to interest tbe Government in tbeir behalf. A large proportion of carriage aooidents are caused by tbe wheel in some way becoming detached from the rest of the vehicle. In view of this fact there is clearly a field for some contrivance which will hold the wheel to tbe carriage, even when the nuts which secure it have worked off or the axle has snapped. An English inventor has patented an attachment which is intended to effect this. To the inside end of the nave he fastens a metal cap or. collar through which the axle passes. If anything should go wrong with the fastenings of the wheel, or if the axle should break inside the axle-box (where it usually does break), the wheel is prevented from coming off by this collar, whiob is too email to pass over tbe expanded part of tbe axle where it enters the bearing. The inventor states that his contrivance can be fitted to existing wheels at a small expense. Mr B. Withe! I communioates to us (Lyttelton Timeß) the result of an important experiment, one of many tbat he has been carrying out with the Brookside patent milker. For this experiment he selected two cows of similar age, breed and date of last oalving, and which bad given similar yields of milk during the season and were beginning to dry off. The milk of each was weighed carefully after each milking for eight weeks, and at the end of that time it was found that the machine-milked cow gave in tbe eighth week 631b less than id tbe first week, while tbe band-milked cow showed a falling off of 921b. Tbe weekly yields of the machine-milked cow were — first week 3881b, second week 2791b, third week 2911b, fourth week 2561b, fifth week 2521b, sixth week 2411b, seventh week 2301b, eighth week 2251b. Some variation in the yields was caused by the weather — which affected both oows alike. Tbe deduction is that tbe use of the milking maohine is conducive to the secretion of milk, even at a season when naturally the yield falls off. Mr W. D. Seotfc sells stock at Opunake to-morrow. Further particulars are published in reference to property to be auctioned in estate of late Austin O'Hara. Tenders for leasing Opunake reserves close to-morrow. Attention is directed to the advertisement of Mr L. Hill, Manaia Boot Store. . Mr John G. Dudeck, blacksmith, machinist, etc., Eitham, has a business notice in ithis issue. At Stratford to-morrow Farmers' Union sell stock. A public meeting in connection with the Eitham hall is called for to morrow night. An inset in this issue announces that Mr H. T. Jones has commenced business in Hawera as a cash butcher, and gives his list of prices. A choice dairy farm adjoining Normanby Dairy Faotory is advertised for sale. Mr J. J. Oonnell, baker and confectioner, enumerates some of the brands of bisouits he has in stock. Tenders are invited by Mr 0. W. Oldham for erection of a dairy faotory at Patea. A reward ia offered for recovery of loßfc stag. J. Murray Barclay & Co., general Commiss: on Agents, Sharebrokers and Valuators, 48 Willie-street. Wellington. Office hours : 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Loans negotiated, businesses exchanged. The Wellington Labor Bureau, foi all classes of employees and employers. House and apartments to let. Bents and debts collected. Private enquiry department for next of kin and missing friends, under the able management of an experienced expert. Fhe, life, aDd marine insurance.— Ad^t. 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