SECOND EDITION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 7874, 8 January 1904, Page 3

SECOND EDITION.

An artistic and useful wall calendar Ironu i*e Australian; Alliance Assurance Co. (Mr C. E. Major, local agent,) is to jMtnd. Ckmistible Davey, of Inglewood, h»e been plaioed in charge of the Nortnantoy district. A «ood quantity of bay in thia dis"t&ct»; : which had not been sawed in time, has been spoilt by the recent bad weather. At the Primitive Mettoodisli Conference this morning the president (Rev G. Clpmemt) delivered bis address. Among tho names at the first draft o* stations were :-Ol»rißteburab, Boy fe. W«6llox*H j Stratford and Eltham, B«v J. Cloncer ; and luglewood, Rev B. Retoiuoon. • Two pairs of Mallard -ducks were on Ttourad&y received by the Hfcwera Aocliiruutizktion Society, being part of a consignment by the Gweunment by the " Corinthie." The birds are' youuff and arrived in splendid condition. They have been jpinioned and aro at present at Mr Budge's, where •toey will probably be located: as his dani, with its surrounding shelter, altords a very good place for t/nem. In connection with the Borough Council's decision to permit th© Bawera Aobfimetisation Sooiety to connect tho fiah-poada with, the water supply it miay be meutlioned that the water is to be used V only' f°r cooling— mot filHuff th» ponds. Tbia will mean. that the ■w*ter -will only be running on very hot d&ye. The pipe is to b» « two-inch, ( with a threenfluftrter-inch tap, and the , cherfi^is to be £5 per annum. i *' TW annual meHiug of the Baweru i Kre' Police was* held on Ttauretfay 1 nig4rb in the Fire Brigade Hall. There J was "#, large attendance ana consfideraJble iuleres* displayed.' (Caiptain D»w- » ling was in the oheir. The bolaaice- J sheet showed that the corps was in a j saiisf aotory ■ financial position, the , cr^itt balance for, the year amountdn® ) to '&£ 17«.-= Thoravojniue wAs>obtaimed c from sixty-two subacriprions of 2s 6d ; each, and the balance from the pre- | vious year -amounted to • about < £8. 'j»»e expenditure amounted to £12 14» ~\ 6d xup&inly for uniforms and plant. The I etaotion of officers followed and > Captain J Dowling was re-elected. Messrs -H. ( Brown and W. T. Parldnsoh were ap- i pointed lieutenants, Messrs J. Smath s ond.S. Hodgett corporals, Mr M.-F. c Bower'treasurer, and # Mr W. T. Porkinson w«s re-elected secretary. The * standing committee for the enswing |= ,ye*r will be Sergi. Brown, PioKcemjon 1 Bidbdalo and the officers of the corps j ( ex-officio. Has Worship the Mayor was n present and 14 members were aworn in i by kirn. 6 " The power plant of the St. Louis Exposition -will include a 3QOO horse-power • « eas ontrine from Belgium, the largest «»s v engine in serv : ee. lhe Worldf's. Fair v power plant will embrace more than r 40.000 Wsepower, "but by far the most a interesting feature of this power plant n to Americans," says the Scientific Amen- 1 «m, "must ,D 9 the gas engine display. Iho 5000 horsepower gos engine above ie ferrod to has two cylinders, each having ttfdiameter ,of 15in. The length of stroke is 66in, and the revolutions per minute ■when developing 3000 horsepower will be 83. The length over all of the engine is £7ft. liin. The bed-plate or foundation proper will have a length of 77ft. 6in."^ Visitors to Dawson's Falls Mountain Blouse for week" ending ' Sunday, J B 'January 3rd were :— Thos. Allison, L: c< Christie, Bad B. Allison, of Wabgowui; ,ti Mr J. F. Wilson, Wwiverley j Mr E. n drivers, Mrs Chivers, Trissie Chivers, Meiudie Chivors, Frank Chivers, and Mies iG*; D. Pearcy, of Okaiawa ; Mr A, T. Hope, Petono; Messrs H. B. MaVioars, D. McVicars, and J. F. d( Brown, of M<anaia ; Miss J. Eastatick, • Knpouga.> Miss E. L. Crowley,/ Hoki- fc . tivii;^Misa H. M. Crowley, Waimlatei; oi Mr P.^JCrowley, Kapongm; Mr E. Anderson and Mrs Anderson, of Auckland ; Mr and Mrs Crump, of Elthem ; Mr and Mrs H- 'Bobisoo, of Eltham ; Mr and Mrs J. Steel and Miss Ajnnie Steel, of Christchui-ch ; Mr R. c 01ai*Son, of Normanby-; Mr R. v Wright and Mr JL DucHworth,. of Christchurch ; Mr and Mrs Faville and Miss Hazel Faville, of Stratford ; and Mr H. Duckworth, of Ohristohnroh. tlt is expected t*at accommodation N will be tiaxed to the utmost in Htetwena as luring the Exhibition and in order that visitors may have no difficulty in, finding plalpeb at -which they may put up the seorotary is compiling a register. Betfpns h«,vjng accommodation are. re- '■- sfgeefai . t« t cpmrnluiiicate. v with tl*e m awaretary, T>* ' ',"■ , " " -• <^ ;Jn an interview in the Transvaal a P Journal Mr B. E. Mcßac, iiNew Zealand farmer, stated that he fad been in the colony all his Hfe, that lie bed been in ' South Africa to . spy out tend, and he was returning to New {( . Smlond to' take b*& a nunHber of w Mttoticol and progressive farmers from bh&t colony to settle on a grant of 10,000 acres he was obtaining- from the Dransyaal Government : in the Etrmelo iisteict. He stated also that he hed jreat !eith in the agricultural future >{ South Airioa. . : fr< m( Wihat is called the ox eyo daisy Ms h< sported to be growing rapidly «U oyer Ui Lhe W*irarapa, and threatens to be.- 1 Hi some as. great a nuisance as r*g"W©rt. !Tear the Oorterton railway station ;he paddocks "are white with the flowers, rt>d the same state ,of things prevails tiaog s the tine at Pahiatua. Most «f lopal boddes are including ox eye schedule of noxious -weeds. :^A aorth country (England) paper advertisement reads as follows :— "For sale,,un- cr jertafcac's business, as a , going concern; Ci district j <?tath rate, 23.75 per be sent, above- average for the United King- Ll torn. Only one competitor.." , C< -' ' X

»'- CORRESPpNDENCE. th , ' — • : , . ki XJALFDONIAN SOC'.ETY CONCERT. to ' - ' . Ml • (To the Editor.) Sir,— ln reply to "Another Jock, the -° bruth is always objectionable, and your jesteemed correspondent should have iwon^ J- 1 candid, for he knows (or he is notj like v, n. good many of us) that the difference be- m tweon my figures and his is that he has a * taken the members' tickets, which of ™ course i* not correct. I am sorry^ that OI I should have hurt "Another Jock s fejlings, but, the fact is that we We in the »« town soma splendid musical talent, and an who have given their services. I mean .*= Messrs Hutchoni, Hooper, Higham, Bru- m mtte, Keen and others, wnilst others professing to be itt the same boat have been sa paid, and paid ridiculously high sums *or w services. Now I take.it that the Cale- ». donian Society wish to have funds to give « for then."Scholaiship," and it is the a-ity of the directors to be economical in their w expenditure, and I am quite sure that « we ha«J .enough people with abilities who « would' give their services for such a cause ** I know for a certainty that some of thb n Officials did not know that professional oj (or any) fees were paid to the local ama- *v tours. If the last three Jpailance-sheets were published there would be some eyeopeners with regard to the expenses of w concerto,y«tc.; lNow iar the time to pull « "A* th' gifcher," and do our utmost to\ ni rtop^ thin expenditure.-! am^U u^ n

- c< ; (To the Editor.) Sr.-^My attention has been drawn to a Venomous effusion m Wednesday s fctar ahbvh the slieltering rfom de plumfr of A Member,"^ wherein the writer seeks to advertiae the fact that the Flynn Family received remuneration, and too high remuneration, for their services at the, late concert, aad farther states an implied c falsehood by intimating that they were ir in the nabifc of being so paid liy the v Society? It i* evident that the iamily tl e'eferrod to art at '$he head and front of n offending in the jaundiced eye of A 0 Somber?? for he cheekily places them fiiMt tl on his list of "overpaid" performers at ti the "amateurish" performance ' of lpoal S l asaist&nts. No doubt "A Member <v n Smarting under the fact that some musi- o cal prodigy friend of his was ignored by t; Ahe Society. However, his letter does not h aberit » reply but for fact ihat ■ the p fals-3 impressions he seeks to convey , re- t <imre to b« corrected. 3!he Flynn Family I JIOrCT (W»*U thi» occasion) received a *ay remuneration for tbeii Services at g ih* Sociatys concerts. How gratifying it t fa U> perform gratoiitously to listeners of h '•A IJwnber**" calihre can only be Realised t uv lh«Sij who are insulted. It was the a fact, ot similar anonymous expressions cf v cTaiitode iox past servh js (Hawera see.tis c So he the «qite-mortem home of the anony- v anouß .cat tribttfor) ihat iodtt*d the family ,n «n tii : i occasioji to .lomand a fee, when aaked by the Society's Secretary to per- r rform That that fee was immediately s forthcoming, and that the performers wwre t >nco'red after each item, is consoling proof c *h*fc the great majority appreciated the $ jterrkez JWs unique band t of musicians, i 'PKa Society had ample liberty to range s li* and wide f°r their jperformers, and t if tfc«y Jwd U9t> accepted the local they t Sere perfectly 'tee tp go to-— Santa fe c Ac TJegetß, Bcnerfprward th i motto .of the iapi% m regard io public perform, <i iaces tother tlian in the interests oi char- 'a itsri will be «4»o famous Yankee one. "In x, irCJi «^_±i-ust; all others, cash 0 !" By ad^ L J'ercHiv *v? such a principle they wiil no rfiiubt'l"- Wt'n 1 afjj.reciatpd by th«- general ' tooWio. aod may also, thereby, in time > liaL de P^' (A JIHIt ' :al •il'aAen^nt ,%%■»& »i' ; lllukt> {^ 1 U( (V l' l:il)!t; t0 ( vlMl ' "A VWS-I »* **% aquv ; ;