SECOND EDITION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8102, 4 October 1904, Page 3

SECOND EDITION.

Hawera Swimming Club annual nm\ ing is, fixed on Thursday evening. In consequence of the collapse of th culvert near the To Uoti school, th Hkeet road, from Boylan road to Te Roti hat be«n uloeed fo* traffic Mr T. Stevenson, F.R.A.S., of Auck land, predict* a seismic period about th •ecoud week in October. Ut D. Cucldie, Acting-Dairy Cemmis •loner, Uin Hawera to-day. He view the outlook for tho dairying industry witl satisfaction. Pohutu geyser, at Whakarewarewa Which hoi ben quiet for quite a year, com menced to play on Tuesday, and for fullj an hour and a half sent columns of watci into the air to a height of 60ft, Mt W. McLachlan, ton of tho membci for Ashburton, it spoken of (says the Taja naki Herald) at a probable candidate 101 the Taranaki seat at the next general elec tion. Mr 0. E. Major, M.H.R., who had been In town since Friday evening, returned to Wellington this morning. Ho expeots to return to Hawera again next Saturday evening. A copy of the Wuirarapa Leader, published in Carterton, which on tl.e Ut mat. entered the ranks of the "dailies, is to hand. The Leader is a well-printed and vigorously-written paper, and should win • prominent place in Wairarapa journalism.... A full list of furniture and effects to be sold on account of Mr C. Wrisberg » given in today's issue. The furniture is all in good order, and the piano is a fine one, well worth inspection by anyono desiring to purchase a high-class instrument. The following dairy produce was exported from the grading works at Patea during September: Butter, 4088 boxes, value £8684; cheese, 417 cases, value £1809. There was no cheese exported during the corresponding period of 1903, but 3171 boxes of butter valued at £6659 were sent away.' In tho Magistrate's Court this morning, before Mr A. Turnbull, S.M., several parents were fined for having failed to sand their children to school regularly. In th© case, C. S. Smith v. W. Flynn, claim for £2 ss, judgment was given for plaintiff by default, with costs. The. machinery for th» Moturoa Freezing Works was landed on Saturday. It is hoped (th© Herald says) that the works will be ready to receive butter in* about a fortnight. "in. the Pfttca S.M. Court on Monday jnorning, before Mr A. Turnbull, August Wtesen was charged with selling to a Mapri »wo bottles of whisky to be drunk off th© ? premises, without being licensed so to do. Defendant, who pleaded guilty, said he thought he was doing right, as it was th© travelling public he was serving. Mr Turnbull said that as;it was the first offence and the police wished to bring the matter before th© public, he would fine accused £1 and costs lls 6d. A caw of alleged supplying Maori women with liquor was begun in th© Pafeea S.M. Court on Monday, but after certain evidence had been taken *" J^™"* until the 17th inst. lhe accused are Tutangl Waionui and Te Ropiha, who, it » alleged, purchased a quantity of spirits, j and subsequently gave some to their wives and other relatives. A laush was raised in the Court this morning by a rather curious confusion. Korai fiangi, * native, was sued for not Ending hw »U«g«d child, R»ngiwhauo, £ scSiol. It »übtequenUy turned out that Korai was the brother of the child, whose name was really Kariri M"*** and that Rangiwhaiao was the father's name. ConVeqwntly there w*. wue anomaly of a ion being i««l «•* not having sent his father to school. The correspondent of a southern paper has reason to believo that Captain Henuah brother-in-law of the Premier, and the present chief of the Government mesonge Staff,' will be offered the appoint, rneut of inspector of Fire Brigades of the colony. He was at one time captain of the Ballarat Fire Brigade, and on the start of tho Victorian Fire Brigades Board. Blackquarter was a subject of discussion the W.itotara County Coral's !««»<ncr on Monday. The Chronicle reBJMrffie(Chair^ to Wanganui district being included withIS the prohibited area, as there was no Waokquirter In the district. . It was confitted to the Taranaki province, and no cafaes were found south of Hawora. This was a very serious matter. How was 2? to SPthe age of the cattle! One could not examine their mouths or keep a register of their births. The provisions of the proclamation would inflict a great hardship on farmers. They might as well cTthefr calves' throats, a. they could jot take them over the river. Mr Ritchie added that he had heard of a case n which a No. 8 ydung cattle to a saleyard in Wanganm, md Bad been unable to take them^ack. The disease was the mult of puttuig badly wintered calves on "high feed. About six or eight weeks afterwards a rush of blood to one of the hind quarters took place t it was a kind of apoplexy. It was not, the speaker thought, infectious, but was a deadly dfeease. How frightened the people at Home were of iU infectiottsness might be gathered from the fact that when an animal was affected it wu killed, the diseased quarter was thrown away, and the rest eaten. We had had a plague scare, a smallpox scare. noxious weeds troubles, and others, and they had all flaaled out. It was resolved, That this Council protests against the incluiion in the proclaimed area of the dis♦rict between the Wellington Provincial boundary and the Wanganui river. We»t Coast Farmers' Trading Association idvertiie the sale by auction on Saturday of the lease, goodwill and furniture of CI M? A. C^Atkinson returns thanks to all who assisted In extinguishing; the fire in his bojlding on Sunday evening. When $ank Hutchens played before PaderewsM last Tuesday, the great pianist commented <m the teaching the lad had nSfirvAT He considered it very good, and enquired who wa» his teacher. The lad wluTtaughl by Ms father, Mr R. L. Hutchens.— Advt. Good for Athletes.-Red Bird Cycle Depot, Bendlgo, Vie, Aug. 12, 1901. .1 HVve pleasure in statbg what benefit I derived from using Chamberlain s Pain Balm. I have used it freely in training lor various bicycle events and have every confidence in recommending it to all athletes aa performing all that is claimed for U. — HiC. Forbes. For sale by W. K. .Wallace, chemist.— Advt.