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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 14, 19 March 1892, Page 4

, MrE.< Shaw met with.a slight aec* dent this week, somewhat .severely cutting his wrist with a heavy piece of quaitz. . „; . ,A' number of mining' celebrities passed through P,aeroa daring tho week, Messrs Porter, Chambers, .Russell, and others being of the number. Mr Thos. Russell, will arrive in Auckland from Sydney by; the next boat;; and on his. dictum will res,t whether or not the Bohm process will be erected at ,Waibi. It is whispered that so soou as this process is erected and commence work a big. lawsuit will easue. Patent right is the bone of contention. v ..,,_,

At Fleming and Co.'s weekly sale of fat cattle, which was held on the 16th inst. at'their yards, Parawai, Thames, they, report: A full market, were yarded, prices i keeping firm as ■ lastweek's quotations. Steers sold at from £4 Isa to £5 17s 6d each, being equal to 19s per lOOfibs ; heifers from.£3 to £4 15s, being equal to 16s per 10Oft>s ; cows from. £3 7s 6d, being equal to 14s 6d per IOOIbs. A full market oj sheep and lambs were penned and sold as follows :—Wethers 13/6, ewes 12/3^ lambs 8/ to 11/6 each. Oaten chafieold at £3 10s per ton. Our Katikati correspondent sends an able reply to the' absurd statement made ,by the " Australian Star" of February 10 th, which we re-published in our last issue. Owing to a piessure on our limited space, we are compelled to hold it over until next week.

It is almost superfluous to <call ajbtention to the alteration of Mr Pike's advertisement in this issue. The advertisement relates to "the remarkable electric novelties introduced by 'Dr. Scott. ' Mr'Pikeis sole agent. ■ '"■ A correct report, of the Hon.' TVIr" McKeDzie's sojourn will L be found our -sixth page. ; ; . . ( > -

George - Adams, alias Smith,, .alias-' Isaacson,,alias Brown, has been arrested; in Sydney on a charge of issuing priiteil-. papers with no imprint. This ia *Tie > enterprising gent who'runS'a,consulta-; tion ■ show under.- the name ■ of the - Sydney Jockey Turf Club. He.-wag-remanded for further evidence, ■

■Williams, suspected' of the Windsor v murder, will probably have to "answer \ for several more lives. He has'a great * advantage over "justice,>s it" is" .quiet - likely he will only, be hanged once. '. s ', j .Messrs Eleming and 00.-'s .ordinarymonthly sale will, be held at 1 o'clock c to-day, at the Jfound yards. . '. \ _ - ~;~-_

A. cabman, .named Jas. O'Flaher-fcy, quarrelled withnis wife early on Thura day morniDg, and" fired at her twice with a rifle. He missed her' but one of : the bullefs struck a house- a quarter of a. mile away, and lodged in a' bed w,here a youn^ woman was asleep, alter crashing thtough the wall and shattering the footloard'of tie*b yd., The flattened bullet wsp found the^b^ui 'Cl»thes, the inmate of the bed -having a narrow escape. - O Flaherty, who is a corporal in the Wellington Guards, says be only intended to frighten -his wife, and thought Be was using blank cartridge. . ' , '/Inspector Emerson, of Hamilton, iptiid a visit to Paeroa this week. v Wesleyan services will be ihpld to-morrow at 11 a.m., at PaeLoa. and 2.30 p.m., at Hikutaia.- Mr J, J. Calderwood^officiates at both places, i 'We understand, that'Mr'Thos. H Russell" has ' decided J to contract a tramway 1 to convey''the ore from the New Find/Komata, to the WaiteJkauvi ibaiitery.' "Mr William Nichol, of Waihi, has the contract both for the work and'the'carriage of the quartz. ' The Mohawk Minstrels gave a most -successful 'concert and dance on Race Niglxt at the Town Hall. The entertainment provided was first-class, and was woll appreciated. , t The Hon. P. Seddon, Minister of Mines and Public^ Works, will pay an .official visit 'to . this district'about 'Saturday next. He will' carefully inspect the railway works. » n

The' "spieling" brotherhood were very strong on St. Patrick's Day.l One gent promoted a'"Calcutta;" and after carefully collecting the dollars 1 cleared outwards under sealed orders for *G«am. He takes with him manygGod -wishes. ** '' '■' / ' '_ " Colonel Fraser, M.H.R.J has been staying^'afr Paeroa for the last few -days. <-' While here 'he' has been 'most assiduously looking after various Jinatters in connection with local works, and' has given the County Council -much 1 assistance in several important ' ' '

The r Secretary's report at the last "meeting of the Thames Hospital Board 'recbmmsnds that the locale of the Old Men's" Refuge, should be, -changed fronl Thames to some country district. The suggestion is an excellent one, and we think that a site might easily be obtained from Government in this -district for the purpose.' There is abundance of fair land in the goldfi elds, -and a little healthy exercise', within ' the capacity fof the old gentlemen, ■"would lhave a most beneficial effect net -only^orally^ but physically. ( Mr_H. L.' Hars'tqh, of Thames, is zat present at Paeroa on his usual tuning tour. He may be consulted at -the~ Commercial Hotel until Monday next; ' '- - „ • ' '•*