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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 2, 26 December 1891, Page 5

A.fiin-nlar question >in ethics has arisen o«fc of the lato railway ac id-nt in the, Manawatu Gorge, when a'truck load of '"rnn"; became de'aneerl, and ran into a horseb >x The guard has "been suspended*. Ifc h sail tHafc he had neg'ected to'hook the -chins; between the trucks. It is further alleged,, however, that had 'it not been for his' fortunate 'neglect, had 'he chains bakv hooked, tlie derailed trucks must .hxve b en carried on to the bridge over the nvine, wh un th<? whole train would probably have, b^en precioitateH to the-bottom, aiid. as one officer expressed ifc, not a soiil would have been, left to tell the tale. The guar ;'s newlocv did not cause the accident, but sived the train. Shoiild he be punishel or rewarded ?

At Fleming and- Co.'a weekly sale of fat cattle which-was held on the 22nd insfc. at their yards, Parawai, Thame.?, they report a full market, t>id(iing beinsrbrisk throushoiit.Steers sold at f;om £4 15s to £5 each, b^ing equal to 17a per 100. Heifers s>ld at-'rom £310s to £4 3s 6d e»ch/be:ng «qnal to 15-t per 100. Oowa sold at from £3 153 to £5 each."being equal to T4s per 100 A full, market of sheep and .lambs wprl penned, and soM as -foUows*—wethers, -14-/9- ewes, 12/9; In-mb'.', .6/6 to 11/ each; fowls, 2/ each.

Our eo-a head coiitemporary, *he " 'Nor. 'them Liminarv," wants to know a lob of ■things in reference to the new atyl« of *Governmpnt sweitinsr, vcept and allesred io Sbo co-operative. The men on the KnuoJ Hikurantrj-rail way are going to start a happy «mew ye\r o:i the I^Sth mat. it 6 a.m , on the "liberaJ" term* : soil cutting and, jemovino*, 8d tier yard.; soil with loose ' rubble. Is per yard ; and st'ine or rock Wixkiitg 2s Pd p^ yard. !he ' Luminary" •wants fo'4cnow h ow tuuuh atninure thra will voonri to. who is goinj to piy th j storekeepe and cook, h >w long the bjy.wi'l aaree, and ■-a who'e lot of fc ings. It seern3 to us. -you know, th nKing; qu etlyov^r the nutter,! "that there is a great gulf Ht*d 'between 11 a«iiist»nced and liberality. "

W« hava /heartily to thank numerous «cnrreapni>iflan*s 'for the conyratul.ttinns on '"the success rtf nur veriwire We c*n assure "th^m, as the Divins William liah it, "our 'true in -ent is ,aJl,for the r delight." plna a ■■ltt'e dividend ."fir ourselves. One "fact * protrudes—that we shall have to enlarge our s journal. FTere we h.l* between two opinions, ;as to whether-^ve'ehall increase the six9'>f "the sh'?efc. or the number «f sheets of the sfz^. The present is a -nice handy -sz-* f»r sliTvin'j piper, but ye roe'y "lanjfe « enough for ki -..dlinat purpvses. We should 'be gUd ■fif-a jvice <m ibis mYtt r from one or 'fr<7> corre^pmdents whose recent .counsel on = sim lir mitters we have received

Masir^Pleming «nd C>. held a siiccessfnl 'i horse, oattH an I sheep sale, at the Paeroa yards on Satu'day. l»-t,'being the.'.first of 'their series of monthly sales. A 'fairly large number of nil classes of cattle were entered - and prices ruled favourably for »ellers. ..Li^ht -draught.horses rea ised £1 10^ to £10, wh'le -stnr-<.oatt.l« were more in demand, than fat.

A few sheep were sold at fail r,.tes. and a •quantity of dairy Hfcen3ils were disposed of At qpn&pnces. ■„ T-he ite:;ft sale -will be duly -announced in pur advertising columns

The newly-erected An»lunn Chnrch bnPd•ing w»s opened for the first time f«r. pubic Worship on. Sunday evening las , The Rev W. K-ittems was m-ich surdrised to find when he arrived from Ka'ika'i th»t the fDuildin« v/Msfifc f6r-oe(Mi|)*tion. The rev. gentleman pr^aehedan impressive sermon on a snhject suitable to the present season, and nnnomced tint the Bishop would short y be *liere to formally open and consec ate the sabred edifice. There "wasa very-fair c>n'gresation present, and.it would appear that with the extremely small de't remaning and the increasing conarre«ation, a good future is ia store.for the-Paeroa Anglicans.

Thatterr Wefrriifc treed:seasa. c llnqirally •known a« the " foot rot," or root fu-gus, wonl.l -sppnar to be tbnrowjhly •-atahlishpri in (his district. A well known orch^dist has shown, u« a number of trees which lie stafes w-re healthy a-H in full bearing last season, and »-c now to«se his o*nworh%, " as <ied as mutton." Ther«» are more arppareiitly dying ;and »he disease seems to be one for which there is no possible cure. The firat symptoms of the disc 83 appear when it is too late to save the -tree and the only preventive is t> .prepare t^e ground with sulphur &c when plantinjr th * yonr-g treef Trnly frnit grn We rp, nmre esppcially those who have spent fmni IS to 20 yeirs in rr P parin ft for a b nrvPsfc w Jii h turns out Dead .Sea fruit, have ahi»rd time

We .understand that me^tin^nf ihe f">hine. mari Jockey Club «ill be he'd ev]yi D .the year, to deoide on th* pro? rnnme, e*c, nf the annual meeting. We ara informed that *a» CJnb ooffew ootttefau about £27.

A confhgntion on a small s-aleoccu=red at the Juiicfc;on mill on Wednesday morning when a building known as the H 11, and a small cottage'os<.-npied by Mr H. M >ore. were destryod by fire. A small quantity o flax which was lying on tnu grass near at hand was als> conaomel, but the general fi>mv,'e done did not amount; to more than £10. There »\as noin urauce, and no inquest is considered necessarj\

Lubky Paeroa again I One of our most esteemed citizens has "struck it" in Tatter, sail's «weep for the Sutninr Cup, havinar drawnlmpuhe, an erstwhile Auckland horse. Our friend received a cablegram f'om Sydney on the 22nd inst, informing him of hi" goo-.! fortune, and later on Sydney files inform us that the horse is second favourite, thr be-t'iig on the 16^h standing thus : 8 to ,1 Prelude, 12 to 1 Impulse, Marvel, Paris, ! Althotas, Ss. Alban's ; 14 to 1 Sco 'a Grey, Sir Anthony. Vespasia:; 20 to 1 St. B'aise, Highborn, and Magnus. There are snma good /rienrls of ours mixfd up in tin's show, and we wish them astonishing' luck. The Obinemuri Brass Band nvde its first pnblio appearance on Christinas Kve whe'i the savage breasts of the-Paeroa public were snothed by their most melodious strains. Mr ] Charles Everett, the indefatigable le'der, j had charge, and the followin r ginfc'emen j took parb—Messrs C. Everett, flsfc corn«tj G. Devey ('2nd cornet), Walter Rusden (3rd ; cornet), E. Edwards (Ist baritone), RnHedge E. Braiuley (tenor horns), and last b"t not least, C. Vineenfc, (bombardon). A first* class Christmas programme was gone through,and the bandmaster and his minions were congratulated for the proficiency dia; played on this their first public appeirmce. Messrs Moore and Coote looked Well aft^r the bays;

Messrs McQtioid and ',We3<;on, "the'well" known blacksmiths of Hikutaia, have an advertisement ml this issna. They undertake wheelwright business, and are generally g-iod allround tradesmen.