POKENO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10454, 28 May 1897, Page 6

POKENO.

Ox the 19 L h i nst - » most painful OM befel Mr. 6. Stewart, sen., 0{ MangSfe Valley. Upon his returning hosf«H Pokeno station, when going don ZM hills, his horse str.mbled and fell th.fjT Mr. Stewart clean, out of his trap',o»?k horses head, on to the newly metallirf He was very much cat about the heri! l sides receiving other severe bruises, tr !*§ taken into a near neighbour's wW'WI kindly did all they could for the after resting about two hours, he was?- 11 ' 1 home to his residence. It ii a woni^St theaccidentwasuotmore serious, conM ™ I the force with which he wasthtowTnnFV' air glad to say the sufferer "is slowl. -' ' proving. , vjm Although the potato crop is a f»il n ». many districts, the same cannot be S** Mangatawhiri Valley. I hear that nUI! the crops are averaging eight tons to id* but Air. William Keith has an excentioiS fine crop, averaging about thirteen acre.—[Own Correspondent.]. * I

KAGLAN. The Raglan Mutual Improvement SmLi. met on the 19th instant, when an intetSs paper entitled, " The Common OririnTnl Mankind," was read by Mr. A. Smith. J" essayist, who belongs to the monoM»2 school as regards map, stated that theuS of evolution necessitated a separate «5 for each of tie distinct races of raaokS? In support of the theory of maakjK descent from a single primitive pair iu? ments based on philology, comparatffew tomy, the qcestion of colour, and Sfefc tnral evidence, etc., were brought fotSJ Messrs. Williams, Schnackenberz. T. B. Hill, Hibbs. and J. Rendell, £s< agreement with the views expressed btW Smith, while ilr. A. L. Pegler differed fS them to a considerable extent, contend that evolutionists in place of cliiijS plurality of origin for the human «pecia?s garded the wkole question of monogen* polygeny as an open one. . ' \ It was resolved that the society decliai (• take over the management of the tet» suggested by the Jubilee Celebration Co*. mittee, and that the hall be given up to tk above committee for the occasion, Mr. T. B. Hill and a party of co-workenj. Friday last succeeded in clearing a ceti& rable part of the temetery. Mr. HilTsejjwJ in order to make this part of the toMnuhipu attractive one, are certainly to be comment* The liquor confiscated recently at Kukj was sold at publicanction by Mr. A. R, W ley on Saturday last. The weather at present is clear, with butt at night.—[Own Correspondent.! '.;.,: i