NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7627, 13 December 1902, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Tbe total takings at tbe b.ind Carnival amounted to JCIO3, und the ne 1; piofit is £89 17s. Forms of the certificates to bo filL d in and signed in order that exemptions from return f«rc3 may bo obtained by owners travelling horses, caltle sheep and dogs for stud purpose are published in the Gazette. ) A large number of Maoris avcivtd in town this morning by coaches, etc., from down the Coast. They congregate here and proceed on together to Farihaku, where a large meeting is about to take place. A splendid shearing record was put up a few days ago in the Tarata district by a Maori named Kimi, who shora by hand 101 sheep between 6.10 o.m. and noon, out of which tune he had half an hour for breaskfasfc and ten minutes" smoke oh." The work was done thoroughly, and without cut ing the animals — Taranaki News. The Taranaki Herald s^ys : —Tie frequent use of the word "Egmont " in this district will eventually leiid 10 a good deal of confusion, We have old Egmont, of whom all T*rauaki is proud; then we have the Egmont electorate to tho .north ; we have the Egmoiit county to the south ■' «p have the Kgmont Racing Club at IlaWbva, and there are Egmont road* andstr. ets. At any rale, tbe names of the elector j(o and county are a dashing of i.aincd that should not be tolerated. " A Wellington business man who has just returned from a trip to England, says that sufficient i fLrts are not being made to. advertise New Zealand meat in London and other English cilbr. Theio are only a few bhops in which the meat is sold, and the placards announcing it at these shops aio too siniijl He holds that many rnoro shops ought to be established for the sale of ihc meat, and that a comprehensive system of advertising it ought to be adopted. New Zea land meat is more than holding its own in London, he says, and is very popular wherever it bas been tried. The Napier Telegraph Hast: ng3 correspondent writes: —Mr W. K. Wallace, who was for a long time in charge of the branch business of Mr A Ecel.s, chenr'st, left this morning f«.r Hawera, where lie has purchased a business. Just before .the departure of the express, Mr Wallace was met at O'Reilly's Hotel by a few friends to wish him good-bye. Mr M. Johnson acted as spokesman for tbe party and presented him with a silvermounted Morocco leather writing case. The speaker expressed the regret of a large number of Hastings residents at losing Mr Wallace, and wished him success his new venture. Mr Johnston referred to the interest Mr Wullnco had taken in tennis, bowling, and amateur dramatic clubs, in all of wh<ch he had been a valuable member. Mr Wallace made a brief but suitable acknowledgement and hoped 10 see tbem again. He bad spent a happy lime in Hasting', and would always remember (bo place and its people. Mr R. Williams, Upper Palmer Road, Mahoe, is the winner of the extra Id per 1b given by Messrs W. Dimock and Co., Wellington, for the best quality pigs delivered at their factory for the week ending December 11th, 1902, having secured 40 points. At> tho inquest on the body of Mr. Taylor, one of the oldest residents of Kakaramea, who was found deal on the floor of his house, the medical evidence was to the effect that death* was duo to poisoning by Cooper's Sheep Dip—an arsenical preparation. The jury returned the verdict that deceased committed suicide but there is no evidence to account fpr the act. This evening, at his rooms, BegenJ> street, Mr. W. Cowern (in conjunction with the Egmont Farmers' Union) will offer for sale fifteen valuable freehold building allotments, about a quarter acre each, at Nolantown, and close to the z-ailway station. The opportunity is one that those who want sections in a good position should be eager to avail themselves of, and we expect compettion to bo keen. In ad-, dition Mr. Cowern wi,l oiler sections 1 in Union and High streets, as well as the goodwill of lease of four acres within the borough. REMEMBER! THAT IN IURCHASING A Wbbthbiu The price of it is not EX Sewing PENDITURE; it is an Machine INVESTMENT, wbieb will surely return itself manifold. It will soon EARN Us cost, which no article of your furniture ever did. It will be a comfort Ito the lady of the houso and n benefit to all within your home. Send to and Bates tct catalogae.—Adv4 Wade's Worm Figs — the- Wonderfa Worm Worriers •— are a safe and sure remedy, ia is fogxea sold everywhere.— Advt.