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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 22, 14 May 1892, Page 7

We are glad to hear that Mr Alex Brodie, late of Thames, has recovered from,his severe illness. He will be { at ?Paeroa;\ott Monday; and is sure of a greeting)from his many local friends.

The next English and European mail via San-Francisco will close at the Paeroa office on Thursday next, 19ch'<inst,i at .10.15 a-jn. -Due in-London on 22nd June.

The bachelors do not intend to be beaten fby the-ladiesr vFhey -give /a gpand return X,eap Year Ball dt;:the; Town Hall on 2Qth insfc (Friday]next;)4 ,r Qreit preparations lire being mad«, &nd/a^ string; bandjiwilli be;in attendance^ -Messrs Rusden" and Joiies act 1 as Secretary and M.O. respectively. FirstSclass refreshments are arranged for, ; and; jprogramines will be provided.

between Paeroa and Earangahake takes place to-day- at Nash's,. Mackaytown..-.., Riisden and • Ridings skipper the teams. President Rhodes gives a silver medal for a. place and drop kick competition later on.

Mr H. R. Lawry will deliver Wesleyan services- to-merrow -as follows :-^Paeroa 11 a,,m.. i.i Hikuta,ia.2.3o?p.m.

The Rev T. A. Norrie will preach tomorrowa at Waihi 11 a.m., Waitekauri -2.30 p.m., Paeroa 7 P*** I*,

fit affords; food reflection when we^con-si-der th'afc-Mr ■Deemi'hg's head is a better marketable commodity than the head of the ■average M.H.R- ■;; [

We note that Mr W. McCullaugh succeeds Sir-F. Whita^er as Pro/ G.M. of jthe Scotch Constitution of !New^ Zealand Masons.' ..■; ,

' Messrs iFhillips'-and S^n's.new .advertisement will belfound on oursixth;|wge. One of the largest consignments of drapery arid clothing ever received here is now being opened°up by this enterprising firm, and a further lot, of Kaiapoi goods will be received shortly. A ne^ lot of earthenware and delf has also been■"opened; c6mprising-nTany:cheap lines. ?,,

•" Mother is.unhappy iquite f - - ■■■•■-•'. Says she's lost her appetite, • Says her indigestion bad is ; Her condition very sad is. Tell as what will cure her, Bill." " Hitohena' Blood Restorer will." The -estimate .given, by Mr Wv.Littlejqhn for the'foprnatiori, &c, of the'Waitawheta track was £1200. The actual was £1175.

A lad named Donnelly, working at Waihi, had the firsti joint of 'his finger .tkken off on Monday in the cog 3of a. lathe. -

re our Composition' Contest will be'found in another'column. -It is open to children attending the Paeroa, Karangahake, Owharoa, Waihi, VVaitekauri, Netherton, and flikutaia schools.j .moat be nofc longer than about 600/wqrds (a cplumo)v sand 76he subject'is' " Tte Colony we live mi" Competitors'can touch briefly on the discovery and history of New Zealand, its resosurea, industries, and modes of government. 'Composition now being a pass subject -separate from grammar the ..competition will be of utility.

Mr !John Ralph has been appointed battery ■manager at the Jubilee Battery by Mr E. X, Cooper.

'Miss Mary Maxwell, Waip-Karaka school, j^ias/been appointed assistant to Mr Oldham',; \^aifeekaur.i; 1 Sehopl.i „, - ■ /_ .

Mr Lavery, of Te Aroha, has the contract for 'erecting Messrs Bradley and Co.'s new stables at Paeroa, and will commence immediately. Most of the material was brought down by the "Erin" and barge yesterday.

One of the deok "hands ;on the p.s. Clematis seriously damaged his hand while discharging cargcat Te Aroha on Wednesday evening. One of the fingers will have to

come off.

We regret to; learn Mr Wm. sOriiffiths; the engineer of the s.s, Paeroa, 1 sustained a severe accident on the last trip up town on Wednesday. 'He. was assissing in hauling a line, when near town, when his foot slipped, arid he fell heavily,, breaking his leg near the ancle. It will be some time before he ia about again.

Mr Harry Greenslade, of the Thames Star, made a slashing speech on the miners' ri^hfc question, at the A.M.A. meeting on this vexed matter.

The Hon,Mr Cadman was deputationised by the Faeroa- leaseholders on Monday. So far as we could, gather the mattar remains much-where it was before. The blind'faith that people put in Governments and their power to assist them out of holes they get into themselves, was strongly in evidence. 1 : .

The school concert arranged for the 16th inst. promises to be a great-success. The cream of local talent is already secured, arid some excellent tableaux are !beinu arrayeld. Messrs Littlejohn, Mitchell, and Sullivan are the moving epirits. '

'Frank Maliony v. Bain half-mile to-day in Elett's-Paddock, Thames. Watch Mahoney.

At Monday's R.M. Courb Ann Noble sued Carroll. Na.sh for.£s,damages for encroachment. Defendant admitted the end judgment Avas given; for the plaintiff—costs, £2'ls; Jas.: Barrett y. E.-Jones. Judgment summons, £14 19s 2d. Defendant ordered to pay before the end of May or 2 months. Three cases were adjourned to next Court day.

rlhe Board of Review sits in the Town Hall on Monday.

• At-the-lasfc-meeting of the -Crown Lands Board the Ohinemuri Co-nnty Council whrote submitting,4, scheme for. the expenditure of thirds revenue derived from'certain sections^ in the district for expenditure on roads. The scheme was approved of by the Board, This ■applies to the deferred payment and, perpetual lease sections at Waitoa.

At the Paeroa Police Court on Monday JohniDeVare was -fined-10 3,-and «osts. 7s, for failing to register a dog. ; ■'/ Weunderstand that! it is the iptenticn of Jones ,of Waihi bo erect a- largeii and/ commodious public hall at" that'place.'" He 1 ' has purchase.! an allotment next to Mr Campbell's' .and. ■: the; vwork is ..to ; be . immediately commenced."

P. Maxwell, carter, of Waihi, was. thrown out of his dray at the Waitete early, mi the week,-and suffered severeicontusion; A hoFse placed hi 3 foot on Maxwell, and nearly drowned him in the creek. He is 'now.getting ill right. ■ . : :.\. v'; r,".0

A novel and ingenious invention, with the ] object of deadening the height and. force 'of I stopm waves, arid to supersede the -cumbrous, and complicatedmethod of floating quantities of oil as at present employed to the same en(d, has been brought under the" notice of the Central Society for-the Saving of Life in, Shipwrecks, at Paris. _1t consists in;covering the surf ace df -the-sea arounH. ah-oeudangered vessel with a thin cotton or biiken net, rendered insubmersiWe :and ever^floating -by:;' being "dipped ia "a special chemical 'preparay :tion; .The-net opposes.np-iresistance..to,the .winds, 'anil a fteur jtVeau] re»xi«,insi.a;b3Dlatdy!; intact as 4 the layers of oil, and equally diminishes '.the'damaging effectl:of 'high seas ia forcing down the crest of the billows. The' idea.{says a London paper) is evidently due to ; the fact fchat isduring Atlantic storms, \ when crossing the trackof the 1 Gulf Stream^' distinguished by the vast spreading .fields of floating seaweed-: that. mark its ! westward course, the sea within the confines of the wrack, though" unheaved by• • the -swell, remains glassy-aud smooth, anid itlie peculiarity has been noticed ia several northern latitudes. The net produced acts in the same manner as the -seaweed, and is Offered; as a substitute for-the oil usually employed in similar circumstances. Experiments with a net measuring 1000 square yards were lately; made with petfect-succes3 'during ■&• violent gale off the shore 3 of-Quiberon-and Belleisie/ . : ... ..■,..'. , v