The Opunake Times. TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1895.

Opunake Times, Volume III, Issue 106, 9 July 1895, Page 2

The Opunake Times. TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1895.

Tenders close on Saturday nest for falling 50 acres, of bush for E. Malcolm, on the Ngan'ki Eoad.

The Taungatara bridge is now complete, and reflects great credit on the builders, it being a very substantial structure.

A shepherd named W. M. Johnson, aged 50, on Tully’s run, near Martinborough, was found dead on Thursday last.

The Hawera County Council are declaring all roads in Waimate district roads. They will now be all under the control of the Eoad Eoad.

Messrs White and Carter have a replace advertisement in this issue, to which we direct the attention of those requiring clothing and woollen goods for winter. There were twelve tenders in for Mr McHardy’s bushfalliug contract on last Saturday, Messrs C. Mills and Co being the successful tenderers at 21s 6d per acre.

Mr J. Stevenson has been at Eahotu for several days in connection with obtaining shares for the Opunake jetty. He was very successful in his canvas, booking over fifty shares. This makes over 100 shares which that part of the district has contributed so far.

We give a reminder of the first scries of promenade conderts, under the auspices of the String Band, which takes place on Friday evening. A very good programme has been arranged for the occasion and we expect a bumper house will greet them. A good dance programme will be provided, the Band supplying the requisite music. The s.s. Kanieri arrived from North on Monday, Bth July. Imports : Harvey (Eahotu), 12pkgs ; Newman Bros, Slpkgs; MacEeynolds, 67pkgs; Swinnerton, 28pkgs; Christie and Co, Slpkgs ; Pettigrew, Ipkg ; McGufiln, 2pkgs; Wilkie, 3 ploughs. Exports : G. W. Eogers, 56 hides and 7 bundles skins.

This past fortnight we have been experiencing exceptionally bad weather, which must be very trying to stock. Ou Saturday evening we were treated to a heavy hailstorm, hailstones the, size of marbles falling until the ground became quite white them. Fortunately there was very little wind at the time, or all windows on the weather side would have fared badly.

On Friday last Mr Gofton, who was working on* a bushfalling contract on the Kina Eoad, had a very narrow escape. A limb of a tree, which was being taken down by his mate, fell on him, inflicting a very severe scalp wound. Fortunately it caught him on the side of the head, otherwise it is almost a certainty that it would have, fractured his skull. He was driven in to Dr King, who attended to his injuries.

Mr W. D. Scott notifies that he will hold a clearing sale of trees on behalf of Mr E. Smith, of the Pioneer Nursery, Manaia, who is retiring from the business. Mr Smith’s trees are fully acclimatised, by being grown in the district, for withstanding the weather such plantations are subjected to, and therefore those desirous of planting would do well to avail themselves of this opportunity.

The Eiley Novelty Company met with a good reception last night in the Town Hall, The performance opened with the ancient chair business, in which the members well sustained their reputations. The second part consisted of character songs, sand jigs, horn pipes, Ac. In this part Mr Eiley assumed various characters aud kept the audience in roars of laughter, beiug encored for every item. Professor Hulse played two violin solos during the evening, and was encored for each. He is quite a master of the instrument. A very efficient orchestra accompanied the troupe.

The information charging G. J. Bruce with having committed perjury during the hearing of the application for the renewal of the license of Coker’s Hotel before the Christchurch Licensing Committee, on June 21th, was heard in the Police Court on Thursday, The alleged perjury consisted in a statement made by Bruce in his evidence, that he had seen from the window of his lodgings in Man* Chester Street, a number of men and women who came tumbling out of the George Street bar of Coker’s Hofei, locked in each others arms, and using bad language. It was shown that it was impossible to see within 56 feet of the bar from the window in question. Accussed, who reserved his defence, was committed for trial and admitted to bail.

Germany has a very amusing way of dealing with wife beaters. The brutal husband is made to work all the week, then turn over his wages to his wife at the end of the week, and go to gaol on Saturday and Sunday. About two weeks of this sort of experience has a most salutary effect on a savage wife beater.

We regret to hear that Mrs Morey, of Pihama, met with an accident tm Friday last. She was proceeding to her daughter’s place on horseback, when she was attacked by a slight stroke of paralysis, and becoming helpless fell off her horse. Dr King was sent for aud attended to her. We hear she is making favorable progress.

At the Parliamentary Union, which holds its first meeting to-morrow evening, Mr Brennan will introduce a Bill to place a tax on bachelors ; Mr Guy will introduce a Land Bill to promote settlement on very favorable terms ; Mr J. Stewart will give notice of a Bill granting Parliamentary privileges to women, which will be debated at the next sitting. A five-roomed house, owned and occupied by Mr Patrick Murphy, Kakaramea, was totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. The fire started about eight o’clock, and the flames quickly spreading held complete mastery, nothing whatever being saved. The origin of the fire is unknown. Mr •Murphy being absent at Stratford, the insurances are not ascertainable. —Wanganui Herald.

A strange incident is told in connection with the work of clearing away the debris of a recently-wrecked bridge. One day a diver remained beneath the surface for more than an hour. As he did not answer any of the signals much uneasiness was felt. At length the diver who was to relieve him reported for and was sent down to ascertain what was wrong. In a few minutes both men came up. The first diver had been found seated on a pile of iron asleep.

A school teacher in America received the following extraordinary letter from th father of one of his pupils named Sampson :—“ Eespected Maddum, —It is neither my desire nor my wish that my son Sampson persoo the study of grammer, nor any of the dead langwidges. He can get along with plain English, and he aint ever likely to be a physickian he aint no need too persoo the study of fizzyology either, and I dont think them skillitons is a proper thing for children to study, and I prefer that Sampson be konfined to ’rithmetic, reading, gogerty, and ’riting, and the names of the presidents of our country.”

Letters from Mr James Kowin arrived last evening, announcing that he expected to leave London for New Zealand on 17th July. In the course of the letter he says:—“ I am sorry to confirm what you have doubtless already heard: that our markets are completely demoralised, and that the goods are making shocking prices, cheese selling at 34s to 40s which last season made 565, and even 58s. Ooey and Co, are selling good, sound New Zealand butter at 40s. It is not impossible to see the end of it yet, but we are all eagerly looking forward for a glimpse of light. We are getting a lot of capital poultry from Australia, and it is selling well at good prices. I had hoped to have started a curing factory at Hawera on my return, but fine Danish bacon is selling here at from 35s to 40s. This would effectually prevent any export from New Zealand, .where the people tell me that it does not pay to cure bacon at 6d, and I fear that the colonial demand is not large enough to warrant starting operations '•f any magnitude, but no one can see into the xuture, and we may yet see New Zealand bacon and hams on the English market.”—Star.