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Opunake Times, Volume I, Issue 33, 23 October 1894, Page 2

Mr Newton King sells stock at Ealiotu tomorrow, He has a very large entry of young stock, which should be in demand for newly settled country. On our fourth page will be found an article of interest from the Yea (Victoria) Chronicle on the Coolgardie goldfield, which may afford some infonnaton to those who are struck with the gold fever. Mr E. R. Morgan, land and commission agent, Eahotu, has a notice in this issue. His intimate knowledge of the district will render his services specially valuable to all availing themselves of there.-. The cricket match, Married v. Single, which was to have-taken place on Saturday, did not come off, as rain set in in the afternoon and forced those present to beat a hasty retreat to shelter. Seventeen players turned up, and indulged in a short practice. \Ve are in receipt of the first number of tin Hawrra Morning Post, a tri-weekly paper published by Mr H. Stowell, and printed at Stratford by the printer of the Egmont Post. Hawera people will not feel complimented at being made an off-shoot of Stratford, we should imagine. The proprietary, however, notifies its intention of procuring machinery and plant for turning out the paper on the spot. The paper is very much on the same lines as the Egmont Post and Eltham Guardian, with which it is leagued. It contains a large quantity of reading matter and has a good show of local advertisemenls. It will be necessary for the editor of the Hawera Morning Post to study a little the geography of the district, which he is undertaking to champion. In his opening address he refers to the district lying to the north as far as Patea, and to the south as far ns Inglewood and the small settlements as far as Opunakc on the North. It looks almost like as if he bad got Mark Twain to draw him a map of the district on the same lines as Mark’s famous map of Paris, which, looked at in the ordinary way was upside down ; but Mark got over the difficulty by advising his readers, in order to get a right view, toeither stand on their heads os reflect it in a mirror.

On -Friday evening, when the New Plymouth coach was crossing the temporary bridge near Mr Clang’s place, one of the polers lost its footing and fell. Fortunately Mr Prenter succeeded in bringing the other horses to a standstill. He had to take all the horses out in order to get the fallen animal up. Having to do this on such a structure was exceedingly risky, as the bridge is not much wider than the coach, and is unprotected on both sides. Had the horses played up at all, there was no chance of preventing coach, horses, and passengers being precipitated into the stream. We expect that as soon as the Taranaki County Council has a claim for a few hundred pounds made on it for damages, caused by an accident at this dangerous spot, they will consider the advisability of spending the few pounds necessary to make a safe bridge culvert. The temporary bridge being erected on the side of the road, with very difficult access at both sides, makes it a wonder that some more serious accident has not happened before this.

The new £1 postal notes, which (says the Wellington Post) are to be issued on the Ist of next month, in size and general appearance are not unlike the ordinary bank note, but there will be no possibility of their ever being mistaken for such, as they are to be printed on buff paper, in inks of red-brown lake and umber. The designer and engraver is Mr A. E. Cousinc, of Wellington, who was awarded the bonus offered by the Department for this particular work. The ornamentation of the note is made to be as far as possible characteristic of the colony. The centre is under colored and contains a lettered description of the note, with the word “ one ” in large letters running across the middle. The remainder of the coloring is red brown lake. Each corner is filled by a medallion, the upper two containing in large figures the value (£1 ) and being surrounded by minute lettering, while the lower ones are loft blank for the stamp issuing and paying offices. Conspicuous amongst the ornamentation of the body of the note is a “faithful engraving of lome native taiaha, war-weapons, and malting, the latter forming the greater part of the background of the ornamental w r ork. The bordering is neat, and figured all round with the denomination of the note. There is another design on the back, somewhat similar to that which appears on a bank note—a longitudinal oval in the centre and two small transverse 0% - als on either side all being dotted with the figure one. The tinted centre of the note is engraved on boxwood, and the rest of the engraving is on a steel die. The deparP incut is well satisfied with the artistic manner in which Mr Cousins has finished his work. He has also engraved a new threc-half-penny letter card stamp, the Queen’s head in design being similar to that seen on the Jubilee coinage.

.... Mr W. D. Scott-advertiscS' a leasehold Tor sale.

It is stated that the new starting machine can be erected at a cost of £l2.

Mr W. D. Scott notifies entries for his Awatuna sale, which takes place on Monday next.

Argument in the appeal case o'f Stagpoole v, Brewer (Eltham) has been concluded, judgment being reserved.

Mr McDonald, when bringing in a load of timber, had the axle of his bullock dray .Broken, near Oaonui. Quite a number of wooden cottages have been erected by the Maoris on their reserves between Opunake and Eahotu.

Mr W. D. Scott notifies additional entries for his Opunake sale, which takes place on Friday next, . Mr Wells gave notice of motion for next meeting of the Parihaka Road Board, that all rates unpaid on 30th November be sued for yithout further notice.

The return cribbage match between Okato and Puniho resulted in a win for Okato. This being a win each a further match for the championship will have to be played.

Messrs Newcomb and Massey notify that they have now opened their drapery establishment and are showing a fine assortment of new season’s drapery and millinery. Our Puniho correspondent writes ; —I hear that the Government have placed £IOO on the Estimates for the Nawall Road, over which the settlers here are very jubilant. A farewell dance was given in the Warea School on the 12th inst., to Mr and Mrs McDonald, who left to take up their residence at Eahotu.

Dr Richards, who has been in practice for many years on the coast, died at Hawera on Saturday. The cause of death was appoplexy. A Maori race meeting is to be held at Pungarehu, on * Thursday, November 29th. Evfents are to be open to all comers which have never been nominated for an advertised race.

The b.s, Aorere arrived on Friday evening and discharged cargo on Saturday morning. Imports: Newman Bros, 128 pkgs, (18 sacks potatoes ; Mrs Ballard, 1 pkg ; Christie and Co, 1 pkg ; Wagstafl Bros, 30 pkgs ; Stitt, 13 pkgs ; Brightwell, 2 pkgs. Exports : Rutherford and Son, 66 bales flax ; Newman Bros, 5 pkgs butter, 2 bales fungus, 2 pkgs. The mission by the Vincentian Fathers was brought to a close on Friday evening last, when the whole congregation renewed their baptismal vows. The services were all attended by crowded congregations, who were delighted with the stirring sermons preached by both Fathers Hanley and Lynch. Tin y established a Temperance Society and administered the pledge to a large number.

We are informend that a most wanton act of vandalism is being perpetrated in the Opunake Cemetery. Some thoroughly disreputable person or persons must have secured a duplicate key and turned stock in at night, which have destroyed a number of trees and other improvements effected there. The matter is now being enquired into, and if the perpetrators of this outrage can be discovered steps will be taken to prosecute them. If convicted, wo hope the utmost penalty of the law will be imposed. It is hardly credible that anyone would be wilfully guilty of such a despicable act of desecration, but the fact that the fence is in order and the gate locked, leaves no other conclusion to be arrived at. We are also informed that some posts procured for the purpose of replacing part of the fence have been pilfered from the place. Such conduct is very distressing to those who have relations or friends buried there, and we trust that the efforts to discover such miscreants will be successful.