BREVITIES.

Northland Age, Volume 2, Issue 44, 12 June 1906, Page 4

BREVITIES.

Mr. W. G. Prosser, Mangatoitoi lias a sulky for sale cheap. I Mr. E. Can-, of Waiharara, was a [visitor to Mangonui during the week. 1 A good general servant is advertised [for. Apply at once to Mrs. Jenkins. [Cable Station. j Rev. Walter Scott held divine service [in Garton’s hall, Mangonui, on Sunday [evening last, at 7 p.ra. | St aft-Sergeant Major Coleman, who [had been attending the Mounted Rifles ■encampment at Victoria Valley, returned [to Auckland by last Clansman. | The arrivals in New Zealand during [April last numbered 2599, and the deIpartureß from the colony 2828. In April, 11905, there were 2191 arrivals and 3043 [departures. | In our report of the last Mangonui [County Council meeting we stated that ■the £IOO grant for the Awjtfrfui wharf and [shed had lapsed. Subsequent enquiries [have elicited that this is not correct. • . h Constable Carmody, of Whangaroa, [lias been in charge of the Mangonui |Police Station during the past week.! ■Constable Sefton left for Kawakawa onl [Thursday to be present at the licensing] [meeting. [ The following passengers by lastj [week’s Clansman were booked at the! ■agent’s office, Mangonui: Mrs. Le| [Juez; Miss White; Messrs. J. Rogers,| |N. Hay ter, J. Gow, and Sergeant-Major) [Coleman. | We are in receipt of Messrs. Arthur) [Yates and Co.’s seed annual for 1906. The) [catalogue, which is very exhaustive and] [attractively illustrated, is now in the] [hands of all local agents, from whom] [copies may be obtained. I American potted beef is “off” sincej ■reading the cabled reports of the recent [shocking exposures. Our office boy says [he dosen’t care—he never was fond of 1“ de-viled ham” and always buys his [meat from Penney and Sons. 1 A new regulation is gazetted under the [Government Valuation of Land Act, pre[scribing the form in which objections [must be made. The objector will have to [state his reason for objecting, and to fill jin his own estimate of capital value, and [value of improvements. I Fifty-three town lots and 25 suburban [lots at Rawene (or Herd’s Point Town.) [will be submitted for sale by public [auction at the Courthouse, Rawene, on [Friday, 29th June, at 10 a.m. The areas [are from 1 rood to -If acres, and the [prices from £1 2/6 to £9 12/-. j Attention is drawn to Messrs. H. M. tSmeeton’s, Ltd., new advertisement in [this issue. The firm has now added another branch to its ironmongery departjment, viz., lamps, of which a wide selection is offered. The firm advises|customers [to send for their winter supplies before the roads get too bad. |

Though there were no police complaints!received by the Licensing Committee, JfchoS (latrines at certain of the hotels in the Bay! of Islands district are reported to be in a| [disgraceful condition. I We are in receipt of a (detailed report [of the last Houhora Court, held on May 124 and 25. We wish to thank the contributor for his kindness, but the matter has reached us too late to be of any use. Travellers from Mangonui to Kawakawa will find that a pleasant break in the journey may be made by stopping at Mrs. Payne’s hotel, Ohaeawai, where up-to-date accommodation is to be procured. See advt. elsewhere. Patronize local industry! Everyone! should, if they can obtain a good article! at a reasonable figure, and “ Irish Relish) Sauce,” manufactured in Kawakawa by! S. Boyd, is an article we can honestly re-1 commend. One trial will convince. | All public offices, excepting post and! telegraph offices, are closed to-day in] consequence of the lamentable death of] New Zealand’s Premier. All other] Government offices will only transacts urgent business until after the funeral. ] Thos. McCready, saddler and harness! maker, Mangonui, has in stock a large] assortment of horse rugs, of the best] quality, style and finish. The rug you* buy at McCready’s fits your horse am! wears satisfactorily. Call and inspect hisj Btock.* Mr. Chas. Reinhardt (late of the Man-] gonui Hotel) has removed into the new] and commodious building near the wharf.] The premises are lighted with acetlylener gas, and altogether present a very im-j posing appearance. Mr. Reinhardt’s is] one of the best appointed hotels in the] North. Mrs. Berghan has a removal notice in] our advertising columns. The old] Settlers’ Hotel will no more prove a haven] for the weary traveller, but old friends] and new will be welcomed by the popular] proprietress at the Mangonui Hotel,] where everything will be provided for the] comfort of man and beast. A meeting of householders was held in! the Council Chambers, Mangonui, on] Tuesday evening last, when the following] school committee was elected: —Messrs] R. T. Wrathall, Stephen Wrathall, W. J. Harris, Chas. Reinhardt, A. G. Quart-] ley, Joseph Penny, and F. Nawton. Mr.| R. T. Wrathall was elected chairman for] the ensuing year. Fraulein Bertha Krupp, who inherited the fortune of her late father, of gunmanufacturing fame, and derives an absolute yearly income of one million sterling, is to marry Herr Bohlon, a penniless nobleman, and secretary to the Prussian Legation at the Vatican. Fraulein Krupp is beleived to be the richest woman in the world. The “ Northern Luminary ” says : “Constable Drummond, who has been Court orderly at Auckland for some time, has been transferred to Kaitaia. Constable Sefton, who was in charge of the police station at Kaitaia, has been transferred to Mangonui.” Constable Drummond and his wife arrive by to-day’s Clansman. There are several dangerous spots on the Oruru Road. At one place there is a hole, and to prevent the wheels of vehicles from going down someone has jambed in a sapling—nice for a horse to run into in the dark. Then the portion previously referred to by us, where that tremendous log has been put across, is in a worsestate than ever. Will the Council attend to this before some unfortunate accident] happens ? Mr. T. Gillibrand discovered a hitherto unknown hapuka grond the other day, while returning per launch from Parengarenga. Those on hoard had some good sport, hauling in nine fish, varying in! weight from 25lbs. to 90lbs. One of the] [anglers, who says he had “ never pre-| Iviously caught any larger than a beer] [bottle” (why not lemonade bottle ?)] [states that “there are hapuka in pro-] ■fusion, and it’s jolly fine sport catching) S’em.” I A woman who applied at Christ church] [recently for a prohibition order to restrain] ■her husband’s drinking habits, remarked] [t hat she thought she should take an order] ■against herself as well, explaining that] ■although she did not drink, she often had] [to bring the liquor from the hotel for her] [husband, and if she were prohibited too] [the publican would have to refuse to] [supply her. This is quite a new use to] [which a prohibition order may be applied] [—Exchange. [A merchant, alone in a desolate store, | [ Sang “Willow, tit-willow, tit-willow!”] |l said to him. “Why are you pacing the] floor, | Singing “ Willow, tit-willow, tit-wil-| [ low [“ Alas !” he replied, as he smothered his] cries, [ “I thought it was nonsense to adver-] [ tise, [And now I’ve no custom at all, hut the] flies; Oh, willow, tit-willow, tit-willow !” | The concert held at Peria on Friday! night last was a great success. There! was a monster attendance, and the finan-| cial result must be very gratifying to Mr] and Mrs. H. H. White, who had gone to! so much trouble to put before the public! a school concert which could be ranked] above the ordinary. The school children! acquitted themselves very creditably in-| deed, and the audience was pleased. We| do not know the namesJof many of the) little performers, but among the girls the| singing of the Misses Overington and| Hazard, as well as theirjaptness in the) drills, was particularly noticeable. Mr.| Houston, M.H.R., presided at tho con-1 cert, and his eulogism of Mr. and Mis.) White in his remarks at the conclusion of j the evening were by no means misplaced--! they were, as he said, hut a slight tribute! to the great interest at all times displayed) by that lady and gentleman in their| pupils. It seems a pity that more enter-l tainnients of this kind are not llfeld in thej district. We know of teachers who[ might profit by the iexample of their| |Peria confreres, |