NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 7047, 8 October 1900, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

It was 131 years on Saturday since Captain Cook landed in New Zealand.

Mr W. Lucena is reported to have purchased the freehold of the Commercial Hotel property, Normanby.

The Revs. Hammond and Bopata Tahu Potiki will address a pubho meeting in connexion with Wesleyan Home Missions in the church this evening, at 7.30.

"A fine meeting-room, but no ventilation," remarked a farmer at the lecture in the Borough Chamber on Saturday. "The councillors must ventilate it with their speeches," dryly observed another settler. The ideal weather of Sunday prompted quite a large number of townspeople to have a run into the country. The beach at the Zig-Zag was also well patronised, but the track could be greatly improved at a small expenditure.

Mr Thomas Eobinson, a well-known and highly respected commercial traveller, of Dunedin, died at Gisborne last week. The deceased had many friends in this distriot who will regret his death. Mr Robinson was comparatively a young man.

Tho Bey. A. M. Beattie preached at the Presbyterian Church yesterday, there being large congregations, at both services. It was announced that the Bey. W. Bitchie, of Carterton, would preach at Hawera on Sunday next.

Melbourne papers report that the respondent in the divorce case Wilkie v. Wilkie is applying for a new trial on several grounds— among others, that the judgment was against the weight of evidence, and that certain evidence was improperly admitted by the presiding judge.

Mr T. Higginson, recently of the Kakaramea Hotel, and formerly carrier at Hawera, has taken over the livery and bait stables of the late Mr George Grant, and intends leaving nothing undone in the matter of catering for the requirements of customers. Mr Higginson is well known on the plains and in and around Hawera, and no doubt his many customers will be pleased to find him in business again in this district. An advertisement appears in another column.

A scientific expedition of great zoological interest (writes a London correspondent) is about to be despatched to Java and the Celebes, under the charge of Professor Haeckel, the eminent German biologist, of Jena University, with a view to the discovery of further remains of the " Pithecanthropus erectus," .or " missing link," which Dr Dubois, a surgeon in the Dutch army, declared he had found in Java some six years ago.

Public meetings at Hawera are proverbial for the audience coming in behind the appointed hour. Mr Dick's lecture on

Saturday did not differ from preceding public functions. Just at the commencement of the lecture there was a very poor attendance ;*o poor, in fact, that the chairman commented strongly on the

sparse audience. As he was speaking, the late birds flocked in, until the council room was crowded. In connection with the proposal of the Government to proclaim the Prince of Wales' Birthday as peace celebration holiday, the Mayor of Christchurch has sent the following telegram to the Premier :— " Doubtless, in fixing the date for the peace celebration, the fact that November 9th is the people's show day here escaped your notice. I hear that any attempt to carry out the celebrations would result in failuve, and prove hurtful to the show. Would respectfully suggest that Canterbury be exempted from the proclamation, and that the celebration be held on anniversary day." Mr Trist * assistant at Gibson's warehouse, met with a nasty accident on Sunday. He was riding out with several friends, and when going along Glover road at an ea3y canter his horse shied, and Mr Trist got a bad fall. He was severely shaken, and his face was badly cut and bruised.

Mr Hector Sutherland was the victim of a bad accident on Saturday. He was driving cattle along the Oeo road to his farm, and when near Mr Mellor's he got too close to the ditch on the side of the road. Some of the earth gave way, and the horse slipped, and fell into the ditch, shooting bis rider over, but, unfortunately, Mr Sutherland had one foot entangled in a stirrup, and before he could get clear the horse kicked him on the left leg, breaking it. Mr Mellor brought him into the hospital, where it was found that compound fracture had be»n inflicted, bui to-day the sufferer's condition was very favourable,

At Kaponga, on Friday last, Mr C. E. Major, at the invitation of the Victoria Park trustees, performed the function of opening the bazaar held for the purpose of raising funds to improve the Park. Among the statements made incidental to the occasion, the speaker mentioned that the carrying out of works of the present and like nature was one of the surest indications of civic wakefulness, and of the town's prosperity. He urged his audience to first consider the town and district's interests, and there would then be better chances for the personal interests of all. Something over £30 was made on Friday, and with the takings on Saturday a respectable sum will be placed in the hands of the trustees to credit the improvement account with.

\^s&ss£s&. < Ss&k§smt£n -was "Siscoverea )oa Wednesday. Whea the train reaebed ( \ the Co.\ouataa-&tmt oxasais^ *»&> 4s^V \ &o\ira to exrtraf ibe bljimob, it struck a piece I oi steel raii which had been jammed into 1 I the blind noints to keep them a^tv % o. sl-.A^a ' / hammer being so fixed as to close the other i

side of the points. Fortunately the engine, ■which skidded over the steel r&U, kept on the line, though the driver and fireman experienced a considerable shook. The engine then struck a sleeper which had been placed across the line, and carried it along on the cowcatcher tight up to the station platform. There is a curve just at the spot where the obstruction was placed, and had the engino gone over the first portion of the train must have been wreoked. The watchman on the crossing had not observed anyone about. Some months ago logs were placed across the line about the same spot. FISHING SEASON 1 !

F. J. Wrigley is now landing for this season, imported direct from best makers a splendid assortment of wooden and steel rods, split cane rods, Bristol steel rods, greenheart, lancewood and hickory rods at all prices from 10s 6d to £3. Steel telescopio rods a speciality. A completely new stock of casts, traces, lines, flies, minnows, nets, gaffs, etc., etc., to select from. Several special new flies and minnows that all fishermen should inspect. Fishing licenses issued. F. J. Wiiglej, Hawera. — Advt. D. Nimmo Scott has been appointed agent for the Kickapoo Indian Remedies, and has a full line. — Advt.