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Opunake Times, Volume I, Issue 36, 2 November 1894, Page 2

MrF. S.Canninghas been appointed a trustee for the Kaponga Cemetery. The annual general meeting of the Puugarehu Hack Racing Club will be held in the school room, Puugarehu, on Saturday, November 10th.

Negotiations for the purchase of Middleton's Hotel have been completed by Mr J. Kennedy, who takes possession on November 22nd.

We give a reminder that tenders for properties situated in the Cape Survey District close on Monday next with Mr M. J. Maeßcynolds.

The Gazette contains a notice vesting Section 113, Block XII, Cape Survey District, containing 1 acre 1 rood and 33 perches in the Parihaka Itoad Board as a drainage reserve.

TheEgmont Settler which, on the establishment of the Egmont Post, at Stratford, beoarae a daily paper, ha* found the step taken to be premature, and has reverted to publishing tri-weekly from Monday last. Mr Packer, publisher of the Age, Melbourne, has been mulcted in a fino of £l5O for contempt of Court in publishing a speech made by Mr Syme on the occasion of a presentation Do the latter by sympathisers during the progress of the Speight-Syme libel action. The Hawkes Bay Herald says:—" The Government will not assist Napier in its work of building a harbor of refuge, nor even allow the cement used in making it to come in duty free but they put £IOOO on the Estimates for dredging in that little hole . dignilied by the title of Nelson harbor."

Mr L. H. Whale has a nice display of tweeds suitable for the coming season on view at his shop, Main Street, Opnnake. Mr Clarke is in charge of the Opnnake branch. His fitting and workmanship give every satisfaction, and consequently ho Jintls trade rolling in. He makes a speciality of dyeing and renewing clothing and costumes. Mr Bobert Morton, whose body was found floating in Wellington harbor o* Sunday last, was a well-known resident having for the last 25 years, taught schools in the YVellington district. He was very near sighted and is supposed that whilst walking on the wharf he fell over into the harbor. He was somewhat dispirited of late, owing to financial troubles, but showed no symptoms which would cause anxiety.

The •' starting machine " used at the Caulfield races, so far as can be made out from imperfect descriptions of it, consists of two bands of webbing, 4 inches wide, stretched across the course, the upper at tho height of a horse's nose, the other a foot below. The ends of these are fixed to frames, which, when the signal is given, slide up inclined planes straight away from the horses, to a height of 11 feet.

An epidemic which is bamtng the doctors has occurred at Avoca, A miner by the name of French brought his son to the Hobart hospital, and while there the father was seized with a short severe illness and died. The mother camo to see her husband and both she and her son died. French's brother attended the funeral, and after a short, painful illness he died, too. A girl living in Avoca died in the same way, and the matron of tho hospital was Blrio'iou but I r euvgrinjj.