NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7543, 19 August 1902, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

A special meeting of the Borough Council will be held on Friday evening, when the question of officer! and salaries will be discussed.

A meeting of the Townspeople's Committee of the Borough Band will be held this evening, at 7.30 sharp, when a full attendance is requested.

The Hawera School is the last Dr Symth, Chief Inspector, will inspect prior to his departure for Australia, which is expected to take place in about ten days.

As far as Dr Mason is aware, there are only two oases of leprosy in the colony.

Sulphur dust, which is believed to have been carried by the wind from Botorua, has fallen on the houses at the Thames.

Bumored that Mr Glass, late organising secretary of the Farmers' Union, will be a candidate for Bay of Islands seat at the general election.

The Napier Telegraph's Parliamentary correspondent Bays : — A southern member, whoa© interjections were frequent and more or less irrelevant, yielded to persuasion and left the Chamber late last night before a threatened "incident " had time to ooonr.

The late Mr Gledbill, killed in the traction engine accident at Inglewood, was for some years the caretaker of the Palmerston Bowling Green, and was extremely popular with bowlers.

A Wellington firm, which a few day 3 ago was instructed to buy £10,000 worth of poultry in London, has now received an order for 100 tons of dressed turkeys for the London Christmas market.

The death of the Primate of New Zealand was much felt by Lord Roberts, who met Bishop Cowie at Lady Onslow's garden- j party in the Diamond Jubilee year, that being their first meeting since they were, serving together in the British Army in' India, Lord Roberts as a military officer, and the late Primate as a military chaplain.

A military veteran present at the Cbristchurch Coronation celebrations had served in the Blaok Watch in some famous fights, having joined the regiment in 1853. On being invalided out of the service he went to America, and served for ten years with the American Army. He saw a "ot of service amongst the redskins while in Uncle Sam's territory.

A native township, to be called Hokio, is to be formed in the Horowhenua No. 42 native block, and an area of 39 acres has been set aside for it.

At Wanganui, Staff-Sergeant-Major Burr, well-known to the mounted corps on this coast, was entertained and made the recipient; of a present on the eve of his* marriage.

Mr Spence, of The Economic, was the successful tenderer for the late Mrs Sandeman's stock, and will offer it for sale at The Economic on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd inst.

" Advanced New Zealand : The Land that Leads the World," is the heading of an article which is being quoted in London from the New York Evening Post.

The Public Works Department has accepted a tender for the erection of a Customs House at Wellington : — W. H. Bennett, £26,998.

The Aorere arrived at Patea, from Wellington, on Sunday, sailed again for Wellington on Monday morning, is expected back to-morrow morning, and sails in the evening.

The death is announced of Mrs Cowie, relict of the late Bißhop of Auckland. The deceased lady was very much liked, and her loss will be deplored by many not only in Auckland, but throughout the colony.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Normanby Town Board, which should have been held last night, lapsed for want of a quorum, only two members putting in an appearance, Comrs. Howe and Stewart. The meeting will take place on Monday next.

Mr D. D. Hyde, Government Poultry expert, has received a letter from Major Pilcher, Government agent at Cape Town, informing him that at the time of writing fowls were selling at 10s per pair at Cape Town, and eggs at from 2s 6d to 3s per dozen.

At a meeting of the Liberal delegates at Ohingaiti on Friday night, it was unanimously decided that the looal branch of the Liberal Association should support Mr Kemington for the Wangaehu seat at the forthcoming general elections.

An interesting article on " A \oung Maori Party," by Mr O. T. J. Alpers, appears in the July number of the Empire Beview. Mr Alpers hopes that the " Kotahitanga," or " Oneness " movement, " may enable the race to snatch from the new civilisation something of its buoyanoy, and to float en the eddying current that threatened to engulf it."

Mr John H. Taifc, manager for the famous musician, Jean Gerardy, who is conceded to be the most distinguished artist who has ever visited the Southern Hemisphere, stayed at Hawera on Saturday evening and Sunday.' Mr Tait informs us that there will be no possibility of Gerardy visiting Hawera unless he arranges to return to Melbourne via Auckland instead of via Bluff, in which event it may be possible to give a concert about the end cf September, but the chance of his no doing is very remote.

The Chief Justice gave judgment on Saturday, at Wellington, as to the right of an ex-prisoner to sue Dr Teare, gaol surgeon, for £2300 damages for alleged unskilful treatment while in gaol. The defence contended that the action was prevented by the Statute of Limitations, over six years having elapsed, tne plaintiff having been a prisoner in gaol during that period. His honor held that the convict was civilly dead while in gaol, and the Statute of Limitations could not therefore apply.

At the last meeting of the Taranaki School Commissioners, it was resolved that the Treasurer be empowered to divide a sum of £1000 between the Taranaki and Wanganui Education Boards without waiting for the amended population figures, this authority to supersede the vote of £750 passed on June 20th, The Banger reported on the sand encroachment at Patea complained of by the Patea Hospital Board, and drew attention to the fact that the public were using the reserve as a thoroughfare. A copy of the report will be forwarded to the Patea Hospital Board, and the question of thoroughfare was referred to the Board's solioitor.