The Opunake Times. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1895.

Opunake Times, Volume II, Issue 67, 26 February 1895, Page 2

The Opunake Times. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1895.

Mr Breach has sent us a "specimen cucumber which measures 22 inches in length. The reduction in the railway tariff for the carriage of sheep lakes place this week, when the special charge for double floor trucks will be abolished. The Kanieri arrived from and left for the North on Thursday last. Imports—H. H. Seccombe, 10pkg9; 0. McGregor, Ipkg; Stitt, lOpkgs; Christie and Co., lOpkga; Pettigrew, 3pkgs ; Mcßeynolds, 70pkgs ; McCarthy! Vpkgs; Ogden, Spkgs.

It has been definitely Redded that the Easter encampment for Vvfflingtou, Hawke's Bay, and Taranaki volunteers will be held at Feilding. Encampments will also be held in Nelson, Westland, Canterbury, Otago, and Auckland.

Tho Oaonui school picnic is to be held on Wednesday, 6th March. Great preparations are under weigh to make it as great a success as previous ones held in connection with this school. Wednesday has been chosen on account of it being the half-holi-day in Opunake, so as to permit of as many as possible attending from the town. The Observer says : —G. Hutchison is coming with a flourish of Tory trumpets to enlighten us on the political situation. Let us hope that George will also enlighten us about that thousand guinea fee from the Bank of New Zealand in connection with those validation cases at Gisborne. We must look for .thousand guinea opinions of the Bank of New Zealand from tho spectacledJGeorge now. The monthly meeting of the Manaia School Committee was held on Friday evening, Messrs Stott (chairman), Hornby, Pring, Pull, and Meuli being present. It was decided to vote for Messrs Carson, Fry, and Robbins for the three vacancies on the Board. Accounts : Lowe, £1 ss; Cullen, 13s; Tait, 15s 6d ; Franklin, -Is. The meeting then adjourned until next Monday to consider the question of giving prizes.— Star.

In regard to the case against Mr Floyd, of Ohingai.i, who was fined for a breach of the Licensing Act, it may be pointed out that Mr Floyd acted in good faith, and the charge was for vending liquor in a district where he was not licensed to sell. Had he taken the orders for his Christmas hampers at his hotel and delivered them he would not have been liable, but he employed an agent who took the orders and received payment on delivery in another licensing district.—Standard.

The Wanganui Herald fays:—There are hundreds of abler and more sensible women than Mrs Yates in New Zealand, from whom half a dozen could be selected as members of the House of Representatives who would be a distinct advance on some of those loquacious male"chatterb.)ses who now waste the time of the Legislature and bring its proceedings into contempt by tiieir ignorance and conceit, for they possess these undesirable qualities in an amazing degree, and arc too dense to realise the fact, or to remain silent when such an act of self-denial would be distinctly to their advantage. We legret to have to record the serieus illness of tho Very Rev Father Mulvihill, who is at present confined to his bed at Kennedy's Hotel. He came to Opunake at the beginning of the week to prepare the chilurtn for confirmation, and on Friday was taken ill, having caught a severe cold. On Saturday and Sunday, feeling a little improved, he went out again to attend to his duties and got a relapse, which has resulted in inflammation of the lungs. Dr Reed was sent for and attended yesterday, and a nurse has been procured'from Hawera to attend on him. We hope for his speedy Mrs Kennedy has done everything possiblo to attend to his comfort.

The offences reported during last year in the Wellington Police District—which extends up the West Coast p.s fur as Foxton and Feilding, and along the East Coast as far as Castlepoiut, also lakss in Woodville and Marlborough—numbered 3318, as against 30*0 in 1803, or an increase" of 23.*-!. j n the cases heard, 131 malts and 10 females were committed for trial, "2170 males and 29'.) females wero summarily convicted, and 391 males and 50 females were dismissed. Of those committed for trial, 59 males and 5 females were convicted in the Supreme Court, and 15 males aud 1 female are still awaiting trial. The returns show a decrease of 71 cases of drunkenness, and an increase of 58 cases of theft.—Evening Post. A correspondent informs the Waugauui Chronicle that one day last week at Karioi a resident picked up a pocket-book containing a draft for £'2oo and a first-class travelling ticket from New Zealand to New South Wales. The articles belonged to a tourist who had left, by coach some time previously, and the fiuder lost no time in hiring a horse and following in pursuit. He found the loser at Eaciihi bei'ore he was aware of his loss, aud promptly delivered up his find. The globetrotter was very much obliged, said he did not know what he should have done without the draft, and generously gave the finder—who had only had to pay horse hire, bed and board, rido thirty-four miles, and lose two days' work—the magnificent 2Uin of 5s sterling. A man named Clark committed suicide at Hunterville last week by hanging himself. A platelayer (named Hennessy) on thp railway found the body hanging by a strap to the roof of a house, and obtained the assistance of Constable Croy.ier, and Messrs Campbell, Meldrum and Ashcroft. The body was cut down, and a starch was then made for any letter the deceased might have left, or any other clue vhich might reveal the motive for the deed, but nothing of the kind was obtainable. At the inquest a verdict that the deceased committed suicide while temporarily insane was returned. Unfortunately his family of seven is left totally unprovided for, and as the elde.t is only 14 years of age the earning capacity of its members is very small. The eldest boy is earning a few shillings per week at the Turalfiqa Post Oilice. —Advocate.

Mr Martin, y.M.,gave an important ruling under the Shops an.l Shops Assistants Act on Friday at Wellington. The defendant, a pork butcher, who was not assistccl by any other person than his wife, was charged with a breach of the Act in keeping his shop open on Wednesday afternoon, 6th instant. Mr Caiew had decided in a similar ease in Dunedin that his wife-was an assistant, but Mr Martin put a different construction on the Act, and held that the wife could not bo rc-£-ard«4 as an assistant. He therefore dismissed the information, holding that defendant was entitled to keep opjn his shop. Iu another case, against an ironmonger \yl»o docs not employ an assistant or reside on the premises, Mr Martin ruied that defendant was exempt. His Worship held that so long as a man did not employ ah assistant he used not close. It is understood that tbe Government intern} to appeal against the decision of Mr Martin iv'hen be rulc.l that a wife was not an assistant within the mean•nj/ o? She Shou Assists Act,

Mr Newton King sells stock at Stony River to-morrow. Mr McGuire, M.H.R., will address his constituents at Oaonui this evening, and at Opunake to-morrow evening. The chair will be taken at 8 o'clock. A meeting of settlers in the Oaonni district will be held on Thursday forenoon at 11 o'clock to consider the rebuilding o| the Opunake jetty. It has been decided to hold meetings at the various centres and to appoint local canvassers, and by this means endeavour to make a thorough canvass of the district, and it is therefore requested that all who can will make a point of attending the meeting so as to facilitate the work. Tho Very Rev R. J. Allsworth, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, who was on a visit to Opunake, conducted service at the Wesleyan Church on Sabbath evening last, and preached a very impressive sermon, taking for his text Luke XIV, 22ud verse— ,: And yet there is room." The rev gentleman was welcomed by his old friends in Opunake, who were very pleased to see him looking so well.. He left for home on Monday morning. The Very Rev. Father Mulvihil and the committee desire to thank all those who so kindly assisted in entertaining visitors to Opunake on Sunday last, especially Mrs Kennedy, who entertained the Hawera choir at breakfast and tea, and all the other visitors at dinner, as her guests. The choir were entertained at dinner at'Mr Knowles' hotel. They also desire to thank Mr D. McGregor for the use of the organ kindly lent for the occasion, and the Town Board for the use of the seats from the Town Hall.

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