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Opunake Times, Volume IV, Issue 157, 3 January 1896, Page 2

Nominations for the vacancy on the Town Board close on Monday nest at noon. Messrs Nolan, Tonks and Co will hold their Opunake slock sale on Tuesday next, for which they notify additional entries. A prohibition order against Kahukura (Jumbo) has been renewed for another 12 months. Two boys named Becker were drowned in the Ida Valley, near Clyde. Thmedin, on Tuesday night. Mr C. A. Trotter notifies that ho has been appointed agent for Booth, McDonald and Go’s agricultural implements and is prepared to receive orders. All longwool or crossbred sheep must be dipped between the Ist February and the 30th April. Penalty 'om three pence to two shillings per head, Mr 1!. Pepper J 1 snore four sheep which clipped an average of 13| lbs. They were cull lambs given to his b .v as they were too wee!; to stand d.ivmg. \,'o have to acknowledge the receipt of the ,>tar Almanack and Wert Coast Direotoi y for IblMl. It well maintains ?ts standard of excellence as the busina-s mui’s and fa mors’ guide book. There are 22 first acceptances for the flack Derby, to bo run at the Taranaki Jockey Club’s Meeting on Boxing Day, 181(0. South Taranaki owners represent ;l are Messrs I Shove, McGovern, Orchard, 11. It. Nolan, 1). Knight, J. Goodson, W. Young. The Christchurch Prohibition League has written to the Minister of Justice cxprucsing indignation at the utterance of Mr Hawkins, S. AI., at Clulha, arid asking the Minister to remove him. In reply, the Minister declines to remove Mr Hawks.:?, and states that in his opinion it would he highly undesirable for the Government to begin punishing Magistrates for oxerM-irs" freedom of «peech on (he B r. h.

Tenders for metalling close with the County Council on Monday next.

Tenders for additions to Eahotu school house close on Tuesday, January 7th.

Two horses and a foal seized under distraint in the toll gate case against Eeraini will bo sold by auction to-morrow. The Te Whitiites are jubilant over the downfall of Tohus’ men in the case and have named one of the horses seized “ throe ponce ” and the other “ toll gate.” The Stock Act Amendment past last session provides that every person who slaughters sheep for human consumption or for boiling daws or tor uis&t Reserving shall, on or before the fourteenth day of May in every year, deliver or cause to be delivered a return of such sheep tot the proceeding 12 months under a penalty not exceeding £2O. The jockey Stevenson, who rode Auraria in the Melbourne Cup, will not have an opportunity of riding that filly in the Champion Stakes, owing to being disqualified at the Boeing Day Meeting for three months Stevenson showed his contempt for the crowd who made a demonstration against the horse by extending his fingers at his nose to them. The Bulletin publishes the following extract from a private letter from Coolgardie : —“ Water has gone up to 9d a gallon. Two water camels which had been dry for a week cost me £3 18s. It is all rot about the camel being able to go without waters He can keep his thirst for a week, but when he gets his next drink he makes up for all back time.”

About sixty couples attended the New Year’s eve ball at Bahotu, which proved a most enjoyable and successful social gathering. Mr J, Colmer carried out the duties of M.C. very efficiently, and everyone was thoroughly pleased with the turn-out. Good music was supplied and the floor was in capital order for dancing. Eefreshrnents were provided on a sumptions scale and were done full justice to.

A Gisborne contractor named Michael Kielly, on a holiday visit to Auckland, met with an awfully sudden death on Sunday. He was staying at the Victoria Hotel, and whilst having his tea some of the boarders observed his head fall forward, and his knife and fork drop. The landlord had him laid on a couch, but just as he was laid down he threw up a quantity of blood and expired immediately. An inquest was held on the remains of the late Mr S. Prosser on Tuesday, when a verdict of death from natural causes was returned. The funeral took place on Thursday and was attended by a very large number of people, who thus showed their last mark of respect and the esteem in which deceased was held throughout the district. The Kev J. W. Chapman officiated at the grave. The coffin was covered with a number of very beautiful wreaths.

Under date, November 9th, Messrs Lovell and Christmas, writing to their agent, Mr Kowin, says:—“During the past month enormous shipments of American creamerv butter have come to England, fairly good some of it, but not equal in any way to New' Zealand and Australian. Utiil it has had the effect of lowering the market very much —15,000 pails are due this week, and 30,000 more are on the way. Directly heavy lots of colonial butter arrive tire American will be knocked clean out, and then the bakei s will have a chance.”

Ail accident of a very painful nature is reported by the Press as having occurred at the Canvillc Freezing Works, Patea, the other day, whereby Mr Oldham and (ho engineer had a rather narrow escape. The refrigerator was-running for the purpose of manufacturing ice for the Government, and while at work close by, an ammonia pipe burst and discharged a jet of gas into the faces of the two men. The engineer was somewhat badly scorched across the face including the left eye, the corner of which shows considerable abrasion. The sight, however, is uninjured save by sympathetic inflammation, which under ordinary circumstances will abate in a few days. Mr Oldham was also slightly burned, the principal danger, however, being suffocation, from which both men had an exceedingly narrow escape being absolutely unable to move for several seconds, but ultimately both got out of reach of the noxious gas, and the engineer was at once conveyed to Dr Campbell’s, who did all possible for the relief of the unfortunate man. Mr Oldham was taken home, his injury being chiefly the shock from temporary suffocation, and both are now on the road to rapid recovery. A boy named James Mather Heston, fourth son of Mr G, S. Heston, gaoler of Mount Eden Gaol, lost his life while bathing at Pine Island on Boxing Day, under peculiar distressing circumstances. He had gone up (the N.Z. Herald reports) in one of the excursion steamers with Mrs Heston and one of his younger brothers. After dinner he went with two of the sons of Mr Smith, of s.s. Clansman to bathe, and shortly after he swam oni a little, lie cried out that he was gelling cramped, and began to get into diiliculties. The other lads were unable to do anything towards his rescue, and so they raised an alarm, and some persons came to render assistance as he soon sank. It is stated he was only a short distance out when he .vent down. Mr Christian, mate of the steamer Stella, who knew the lad well and was very fond of him, came, over from the, steamer to lire spot and divtil for half an hour, till he. was thoroughly exhausted and had to be lifted into the boat, butunavailibgly,asalsodid the other men. Drags were got out, and the foreshore was dragged for some distance, but without success. At 7 o’clock at night just as the steamers were coming away, having given up all hope of recovery of the body, two young men who were cruising about in a boat noticed the body lying at a shelving ledge washed la by the tide. Certainly the best medicine known is Saxiimi and Sox.’s Eucalypti Extiuct. Test its eminently powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza ; the relief is instantaneous. In serious cases, and accidents of all lands, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, utilises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflamu tion of the lungs, swellings, A’c. ; diarri: e.;, dysentry, diseases of the kidneys, and urinary organs. In use at hospitals and medica’ clinics all over the globe ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medical and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article, and reject ah others. Chamberlain's is the beV of all, Vincent J. Barkl, of Danbury, lowa, lias used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy whenever in need of a medicine for coughs and golds, for the past five years and says: “it always helps me out. If anyone asked mo what kind of cough medicine 1 mo, I reply, Chamberlain’s, tint is Richest of all." I; I '!' sale by .Newman Jh'o9.