AMONG OUR EXCHANGES.

Northern Advocate, 9 July 1887, Page 2

AMONG OUR EXCHANGES.

. The droughf is the worst ever experienced in die North' of ' England. , Farmers are i compelled to sacrifice their stock of fruits, and root crops are Buffering severely. The Busaiflcation of the Bal,ttq provinces, is exciting anger in Germany. ! ; ' ' • At the Taranaki Iron Works, the smelting of the iron sana on Sunday last appears to have been a great success, and it appears that this great difficulty is at last overcome., . ~ .. The Queen's Head 'Hotel,' wife destroyed .by fire bit Sunday the* result of V girl throwing, on a bedroom floof an uhextinguished match. • .-■ : • ■ • ''■■ • » :; ' ' ; . ; ; At Sydney, on Monday, a sculling race ' took place between Kemp and Matterson, resulting in a victory, for Kemp Who won as he liked. ' / • ' Things ; have : heen i managed ■ better ' South than in Auckland. At Chrwtchurch at the annual meeting of, the Farmer's, CfO-qperative Association oh Saturday, |he' balance-sheet showed a profit of £4000. : It was decided to pay a devidend -of 9 per cent., 2\ per cent, bonus on caUed-up capital, , and 2J. 'per' cenj^ bonusto.shareholaeirsonpurchaß.es and commissions.'' -«' ".'.'.,:■] . \:\ <.-.\r.-r-i :'■: A grand march j past of 30,000 -volunteers took place' on Friday beforts the Queen,' at palace. The display was mosU brilliant, and the marching of the volunteers excellent. Much enthusiasm was displayed by. crowds gathered- near the palace/ '•'•' : ; '/ , :John McDermot, charged at the' B. Ml Court at Masterton, with having an unlicensed still apparatus in his. .possession,, and also- witlv having a quantity 'of spirits 6n which' lio' 'duty had been paid, was fined dBoO on each charge, or twelve months imprisonment. . -..■ ■ A serious outbreak of measles has occurred at Parihaka, and several natives have died.' It is feared the disease will spread among the uatives all' over the district, as the Parihaka meeting has just broke up and the natives have returned to their own settlement*, .pep-, carrying their own tontagibri 1 with' them? ; At Timartr, at the iriqu'est'oia the firo at. the that they considered there wero *sh*cag olemeU^Lpf suspicion, and added, a. rider,. that InsilraftftKomP an '.P? did n6t eiercise Biifficienfc care in acoepfiog^ risks. The - coroner ; concurred. .'"':' The Hon. Mr Ballanc^R^l go to Auckland about the middle of this mTJSthjWhen _ he will defend his land settlement sohemoT" The pension payable to Mr Seed upon liia ? retirement from "the secretaryship, of the'^ iGustoms and Marine Department is specifically stated at £666 2s 4d a year, and to Mr Hackway, upon his retirement from the collectorship of Customs at Dunedin, £<$5 Us; a year.i Te.KodtiJß going about the country with a following amounting to several hundreds oi natives, nearly all of whom, no doubt, are armed with guns. In some cases he appears at European settlements with a larger number of followers than the whole .place . could r'niuW ter if he chose, to be, disorderly.! To Kootif we believe, has no. intention to be -anything but peaceable, but the residents of such places as Opotiki, for instance, where he is now, cannot be expected to feel comfortable. They are absolutely at the merpy of the isng which, follows this notorious man,' aha if these 'fellows/ became riotous and ungovernable, could , nojf .oppose them. •■' ' " '' .■ ' ' .'*,','■" •