Untitled

Opunake Times, Volume II, Issue 94, 28 May 1895, Page 2

We give a reminder of the clearing sale by Mr W. D. Scott on behalf of Mr R. H. Seccombe, which takes place on Friday next. Last week the Mayor of Dunedin wired to the Minister of Public Works that there were 250 unemployed men there. The New Plymouth coach did not arrive last night owing to the Kaihihi Eiver being in flood. It left Okato at 7.30 this morning and arrived about 11 o'clock.

On and from the first June the post and telegraph office now known aa " Pohangina " will be named " Palmer's." From the same date the designation of tho office at Pohangina will be Pohangina. It is proposed to form the area in Waimate between the railway reserve and the block line south of the Skeet Eoad into a separate ward, as the settlers in part of that area object to being included in the proposed new Eoad Board for the bush district.

A native named Pukeiti was arrested by Constable Hickman on Sunday for alleged cattle stealing. Constable Hickman brought him on to Opunake and he was brought up before Mr Breach, J.P., yesterday evening, and remanded till Wednesday. The Anglican Church is to be opened on Sunday next, when services will be held a,t 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. The services will be fully choral at both services, and we understand that the Eev. J. W. Chapman will be assisted on the occasion by clergymen from surrounding districts. , A young man named Grey Fraser was out shooting hares at Karaka, near Waitara, with a Maori, when the latter fired at an animal just as Fraser was coming out of the bush where the hare was seen, and the charge went full into Fraser's chest. Fraser is in a precarious condition. The Band of Hope will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, June sth, in the Foresters' Hall, on which occasion a very varied and interesting programme will be placed before the public. There will be no charge made for admission as it is not their object to raise fundß but merely to provide a means of amusement for the young people. There will be a collection taken up to help to defray expenses or hall hire &c.

We call the attention of our readers to Mr Harding-Mason's advertisement which appears in this issue. He has now opened up his full stock of drugs and chemicals, and is prepared to execute any orders or prescriptions with which he may be entrusted. He has also the latest and most scientific appliances for testing the sight, by which means those requiring glasses can ascertain the exact-kind of spectacles required. At a meeting in Napier the following resolution was carried :—" That tho attention of the Minister for Justice be called to the fact that Jpstices of the Peace run totalisators at Hawke's Bsvy race meetings, and this meeting protests against such practices, believing the same to be inconsistent with the position and dignity of judicial administration; and that tKis meeting requests the Hon Minister to take such steps as will cause these practices to be stopped ; that a copy of this reso. lution be signed by the chairman and forwarded to the Minister." We learn that the Misses Cannell had a narrow escape from a serious acsiient up the Eltbam Rond on Friday last. Owing to the ron gh state of one of the gaps left in the road, \vL driving over it the axle broke which caused the Dorse to bolt. The young ladies were thrown out but fortunately escaped with a few bruises. The horse got badly cat by the step of the trap on the hind legs, and it is very probable that he may have to be destroyed. We trust the Council will endeavor to get these parts of the road finished without delay as we understand" there is money in hand to do them with.

Mr W. D. Scott notifies entries for his Opunake stock sale, which takes place on Friday, June 7th. A small steamer, Waitoa, trading from Wairoa South to Auckland, struck a rock at the entrance of Tamaki River on Wednesday night. The crew were landed safely.

The Education Board, at its meeting on Wednesday, voted a sura of £6 to the New, Plymouth School Committee as a grant towards enforcing the compulsory clauses of the Act.

The Napier express engine on Thursday night ran over a large stone placed on the rails near the gasworks, and broke the cross brake shaft and did other damage. A youth named Adam Crowe has been arrested and charged with the offence.

George Peek, from Auckland, charged at Christchurch with wife desertion, Baid he had since been married in Christchurch, and also alleged that when he married complainant she knew he had a wife living in England. A remand was granted to enquire into these supposed bigamies. In consequence of Inspector Pender's visit to England, the North Island will be divided into three instead of four police districts. Inspector Hickson will remain in charga»of Auckland, and Emerson at Napier, but Thomson will return from New Plymouth to Wellington, retaining charge of part of Taranaki district.

The Wellington Post says:—" It is stated that the directors of the Bank of New Zealand have decided on a general reduction of 10 per cent in all salaries of over £2OO per annum, to commence from Ist Juue." Later news states that the 10 per cent reduction of the Bank of New Zealand will include the president, directors, and the Government auditor.

The Stock Department are directing the attention of those interested to section 42 of the Stock Act of 1893, which reads : " Every owner shall, between the Ist day of January and 30th day of May in every year, dip or caused to be dipped all longwool or crossbred sheep running on land whereof he is the occupier." Bishop Moran died on Wednesday evening, at Dunedin, at a quarter to six, after nearly two years' illness, endured with wonderful patience. He passed away very quietly, having received all the rites of the church, and being assisted in his last moments by His Grace Archbishop Redwood. His Lordship was aged 72. Fathers Lynch, Newport, Murphy and Howard were present at the death Bed.

The Australasian, which is as a rule very chary about recommending the Victorian farmers to take up any new industry, warmly eulogises the recent starting of co-operative bacon factories. Our contemporary says : " The raising of pigs and the manufacture of bacon is an old and tried practice in which there is a certainty of a profit being realised, and farmers should not hesitate about going into the business most heartily." The schooner Spray, from Mercury Bay, with timber, was driven ashore on the Gisborne beach last Wednesday. The rescue of the crew was exciting. A man named Lowndes swam through the surf with a line to the vessel, over which the seas were sweeping. The crew attempted to land in a boat, which capsized, and the cook was nearly drowned, being rescued with difficulty, and brought ashore insensible. There is a good deal of excitement among dealers in wheat at Dunedin, the price of which has rapidly advanced. At auction last week one firm sold a line of red straw from Wairuna at 3s 6d per bushel. Another firm reports the sale of Tuscan at 3s 4Jd; velvet, 3s 3:}d ; medium velvet, 3s to 3s Id. Wheat, which was difficult to place a fortnight ago above 2s 6d per bushel, is now readily saleable at 3s. Values still show an upward tendency. It is reported in Wellington (the Mauawatu Timeß says) that the principal features of the Local Government Bill, to be introduced next session will be:—l. The creation of district councils. 2. The amalgamation of county councils and road boards upon a system to be provided by the Act if the Bill should pass into law. 3. Rating upon population area. 4. A residential qualification of six months. 5. Women to be equally with men qualified to vote. A special meeting of members of the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute was held last week to consider the question of the employment and instruction of pupil teachers. Some correspondence was read between the Institute and the Board of Education, from which it appeared that, although tbe Board had been written to for a copy of the proposed regulations for the employment and training of pupil teacher*, it had refused to send a copy. This action was strongly commented on as most discourteous, and a resolution to that effect, and calling the attention of the Board to the fact that the Educational Institute of New Zealand is officially recognised by the Minister of Education and the department, was carried. It was also resolved, " That the action taken by the Auckland branch of the Educational Institute with reference to pupil teachers' regulations, and the refusal of the Board of Education to allow the branch to consider these regulations, be sent to the Minister for Education " A further resolution was passed, •' That the Minister for Education be asked to consider (a) the advisability of making uniform regulations in respect of the employment and training of pupil teachers; (b) the adoption of a colonial syllabus of instruction for these teachers."