The Opunake Times TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1895.

Opunake Times, Volume II, Issue 80, 9 April 1895, Page 2

The Opunake Times TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1895.

Mr Newton King sells stock at Rahotu tomorrow.

We give a reminder of Mr W. D. Scott's sale, which takes plaoe on Friday next at Opunake, and for which large entries are notified.

We hear that Mr R.Ogden has sold out his interest in the Oeo Hotel to Mr F. Calgher, of New Plymouth, who is to take possession at the end of the month. Mr W D. Scott notifies entries for his Awatune stock sale which takes place on Wednesday next instead of Monday as usual, the latter'day being Easter Monday and a general holiday. Notice is given that the partnership existing between Messrs Wiley and Tynan as sawmillers has been dissolved. Mr Noonan has joined M r Tynan in the business, which will in future be carried on under the name of Tynan and Noonan. We give a reminder of the gift auction which takes place at Awatuna to-morrow evening ;n aid of the Hall funds. Mr W. D. Scott will weild the hammer on the occasion, and will have a busy time in getting through the large number of articles kindly donated. On Good Friday, 12th instant, a close holiday will be observed at the Post Office. On Easter Monday, 15th, both post and telegraph branches will be open from 9 to 10 a.m., anl the postal branch only from 7 to 8 p.m. Mails will be received and despatched as usual.

The new bridge over the Mangahume Stream, on the Eltham Eoad, is now comElcted, which will be welcome news to those aving to travel the road. Messrs Latham and Co were the contractors, and have turned out a first-class job. An advertisement notifying the arrival of autumn and winter goods at Mr Newcomb's establishment was received too late for insertion in this issue, but will appear in the next. There will be a grand display of seasonable novelties, which will well repay inspection.

The CDmmitfee for the plain and fancy dress social finding that all the available room in the hall will be required, have decided r n erecting a temporary supper-room in front of the hall 40 feet by 10 feet. Entrance to the supper-room will be gained through the front door of the hall, thus leaving both rooms off the stage free for dressing rooms. In the course of his late political address at Wangf nui, Captain Russell said :—" They in Parliament were accustomed to judge of a constituency by the member whom it sent up to Parliament. If a member was a man of talent and power, they thought there must be sterling men and women in the constituency which sent him up; but if he was weak and incompetent they thought what a poor constituency it must be to send such a man up." A fair audience assembled on Friday evening to witness the Pictorial exhibition given by Mr De Lacy in the Town Hall. A large number of views were shown including some very interesting viewa of Scotch scenery besides a very fine lot of pictures of wild animals. In the second part of the programme there was a number of comic pictures shown which produced continued • merriment, especially amongst the juveniles. Mr De Lacy, who is possessed of a rich baritone voice, rendered several songs during the evening in a very creditable manner and was loudly applauded. A settler on the Eltham Road complains of cattle being allowed to wander on the road doing considerable damage to the newly dug ditches there, and considers that strp.s should be taken by the Council to put tt stop to the practice so as to protect the works which are being done at such heavy expense out of loan. Settlers should bear in mind that it is to everyone's interest to do what they can to guard them, as once this money is" spent it will be a heavy charge on them if, through neglect, they are allowed to be destroyed, by suoh wanton conduct. In reference to the recently discovered Hauhau flag, Colonel McDonnell says:— "On the 25th January, 1870, my camp (Tepapa) was attacked at day dawn by Te Eooti and Hakaraia. I took a party of Arawas and went to our left rear to cut off the enemy, who were hotly engaged with the friendly Ngarauru, and soon came upon a body of men kneeling who had a flag in their midst that I took to be a Union Jack. Making certai.i they were our own people, I continbed our advance until within thirty yards of them, when they fired upon us, and eventually they retreated to the forest. A few days after this (2nd February) I came upon one of Te Eooti's camping places at Te Oro, not far from Tepapa. The enemy had vacated it within the hour, and had left everything behind them except their arm 3. In the camp I found this flag, also some ammunition. A prisoner captured by Captain Preeee some days after recognised the flag as being one of those Te Kooti had with him when he attacked us at Tepapa." We have heard of animals being named after the gentlemen who composed the New Zealand Ministries, but never before have we heard of the names being applied to the common potato. That is what an Oamaru farmer has done, and this is the description given by the local paper on the different classes of seedlings:—No. 1. Premier Seddon, a bright red potato, oval shaped, prominent eyn, promises to be a very early one. No. 2. Minister McKenzie, a dark red ruseety potato,-also very early. No. 3. Secretary Buckley, a pale red potato, rough skinned, medium early. No. 4. Ward's Telegraph, a red kidney potato, verv early; to all appearanca one that would command the early market. Mo. 5. Reeves's Education, a white skinned, elongated, oval potato, slightly russety, and fairly early. No, G. Justice Cadman, a round white potato, netted and full eyed, which should be a useful tuber with little waste. No. r /. J. Carroll, a round white potato, slightly flattened, with a transparent skin, moderately early. No. 8. W. Montgomery, a pear-shaped kidney potato, showing signs of great earliness. No. 9. A. T. Mills, kidney, fair-skinued and symmetrical.

The jockey Campbell, injured in the Novel Race in Oamaru on Thursday, is slightly better. He is suffering from concussion of the brain and a broken collarbone.

The Tainui, which left Wellington for LoudoD on Thursday, returned to port on Friday morning, having burst a steam pipe at eight o'clock the previous night, when one hundred miles out.

The Orown law officers in Wellington have given an opinion adverse to the proclamation by the Mayor of a special holiday during the week for the purpose of enabling shopkeepers to keep open during the statutory holiday.

All the sawmillers of Ha rke's Bay were present, or represented, at a meeting held in Danevirke on Friday night. The state of the timber trade was thoroughly discussed and acknowledged to be most deplorable—cutthroat competition being most disastrous. A Sawmil'ers' Association was formed, and fixed a scale of charges.

At an. inquest on Walter Mills, found dead in his house, at Ghristchurch, the post mortem showed that death was due to arsenical poison. Deceased a few days ago received notice of discharge from his employment. The jury returned a verdict that death was caused by arsenic, taken by deceased while in a state of temporary insanity. A settler of Masterton district recently brought a small flock of sheep about 50 miles to dispone of them by auction. The sum he netted was 8d per head. He returned disgusted to his farm, killed and skinned the sheep which he did not require, buried the carcases, and sold the skins for Is 3d each.— N.Z. Times.

Mr W. W. McCardle, writing in & Wairarapa paper upon the potato disease, states that a'patent is about to be taken out by a settler who has for years used a preparation which bis proved effectual against all insect peats. It is expected that the prepaiation will clean an acre for 12s 6d. The Government have decided to begin the construction of a portion of the proposed Makino Road, and the men who will be employed upon it will work on the alternate system. There are some Crown lands in the vicinity, and the road-makers will be allowed to select sections for settlement, working one half the time on the road and the other half on the sections.

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