The Opunake Times FRIDAY, DEBRUARY 7,1896.

Opunake Times, Volume IV, Issue 167, 7 February 1896, Page 2

The Opunake Times FRIDAY, DEBRUARY 7,1896.

Mr McGuire, M.H.8., has taken up 25 shares in the Opunake Wharf Co. Sir W. Perceval, London, will appoint a butter expert for New Zealand. The railway traffic up to January 4th — that is, for the first three-quarters of the financial year—shows a substantial increase both on goods and passengers. Messrs Nolan, Touks and Co notify that their cattle sale, which was to be held on Monday, the 17th, will be hold on the same day as the sheep fair. The Wairarapa Star says :—lf every charitable aid board in the colony were to determine to publish the names of those in receipt of relief there would in a very short space of time be a reduced demand upon the public purse, and the suspicion, which is too frequently well founded, that the benevolent societies are encouraging indolence, discouraging thrift, and creating paupers, would be removed.

An old Maori, Chief Euawhiti, al3o known as Ropiha, who played a prominent part in the turbulent days of the district, passed away at his residence near the Mangaone pah on Friday. lie must have been a very old man' many inclining to belief that he was a centenarian. Euawhiti, at the time of the Harriet wreck near Opunake, protected Mrs Guard and her two children, who were subsequently taken away by the H.M.S. Alligator.

The annual picnic in connection with the Wesleyan Sunday School will take place on next Wednesday, on Mr Ebbett's farm, on the Eltham ltoacl. Members and children of all denominations are cordially invited to attend. Brakes will be running from the town to the grounds for the convenience of ladies and children. The arrangements are in the hands of an energetic committee and a very pleasant day's outing may be anticipated.

A shocking tram accident occurred at Dunedin on Saturday evening, by which a countyman named William Martin lost his lifo in Princos-street. He was proceeding up Frinces-street incline, which the tram car takes at a hand gallop. As usual there were four horses abreast in the car, and as the boarding in front of the Government Insurance building drives people into the street, the railed pathway left being quite inadequate the place is very dangerous. Martin was knocked down by one of the horses, and disappeared under the tram car. Before it could be pulled up, the front wheels passed over him, terribly mutilating his face and legs. He was breathing when the car was lifted off him, but died a few minutes later. Martin was a married man, and lived at Fairfield, near Green Island. The N.Z. Times has the following :—We have much pleasure in chronicling a fact which throws vast light on the prosperity of the western district. The fact is that some GOO tenants of these reserves have already paid their rent in advance to the Public Trustee. All, in short, have paid except six. If the late Mr Ballance, who took so much trouble over the Settlements Act, which made this prosperity possible, were alive, he would be the proudest man in New Zealand to-day. The act settled a long-standing, well-nigh insuperable difficulty. It replaced chaos by order, it satisfied everybody concerned by adjusting conflicting interests, and it has demonstrated the feasibility of entrusting a great work to a state department. The Act is one of the best things, by universal consent, that was done by the Ballance Government, to which all the members of the present administration belonged. A vast and prosperous settlement has come out of it and its future contains even greater possibilities. Its working is a tribute also to the tact and practical ability of the Public Trustee, and has given valuable testimony that the true method of utilising the lands now in the hands of the natives to the advantage of both races has been found and applied.

Second-hand express is advertised for sale. A notice from the Eahotu poundkeeper appears in this issue. The Christchurch election is fixed for February 13th. A man named George Algie was killed near Toko, Stratford, on Tuesday evening through a fall from a horse which had bolted.

A few account sales in respect of butter came to hand by the mail on Saturday, and in every case, we are glad to say, show a substantial surplus over advances received by shippers.—Star. It is with deep regret we have to chronicle the death of Mrs Caddy, mother of Mr Joseph Caddy, of Puniho, who passed away at her son's residence this morning at the advanced age of 86 years. She was one of the oldest settlers in the district and very highly respected by all who knew her. The New Zealand Pine Company's Colac Bay sawmills, the finest and most complete in Southland, were totally destroyed by fire. Insurances—Commercial Union, £1000; Phoenix, £IOOO ; Imperial and New Zealand, £SOO each. A large number of men will be thrown out of employment. News from Samoa on January 11 reports alarming volcanic disturbances in the group on Christmas Day. The eruption took place in the Fatalima district. Twenty people lost their lives by being burned in the falling ashes. No further details are to hand. At Fagaloa harbor the water in the bay was irritated and very hot. There was also a heavy earthquake and a submarine explosion.

The following return of the tollgate receipts in the Taranaki County was laid on the table at the Council meeting on Monday : Inglewood South, per month, £2l; per year, £252 ; Mountain Eoad, £6 12s 6d, £79 10s; Junction Eoad, £l4, £168; Waiwakaiho, £47 12s 6d, £571 10s ; Omata, £3l 6s, £375 ; Puniho, £ls, £180; Heimama, £l3 15s, £165. The total amounts derived in the respective ridings are : Moa, £449105; Waitara, £571 10s ; Omata, £375 ; Parihaka, £315.

Normanby Trotting Club v. E. G. Marsh, a case in which a good deal of interest has been taken by Normanby people, was before Mr Brabant. It is understood to arise out of the allegation that defendant received £ll of £l2 of the club's money, which he disputes his liability to account for, on the ground that if he received it he lost it while acting as treasurer for the club, and that the club and not he should bear the loss. When the case was called on at the Court, defendant who said he regarded the action as an attack on his character, asked for an adjournment until 4th March, on the ground of no liability, and that he had been too busy, owing to intended removal of shop to Hawera, to enter into the case ; also that he had to obtain evidence from outside the district in the person of the secretary of the New Plymouth Trotting Club. Mr Barton, for the Club, objected to the adjournment, and stated that he had evidence that defendant had admitted the liability. Eventually, Mr Barton agreed to an adjournment on payment by defendant of coats, which was agreed to. Mr Barton, however, opposed a further adjournment than until next sitting, and the S.M. said no reason had been shown for further adjournment than that. The case would be set down for hearing at next sitting.—Star.

The Premier left for South on Thursday evening, and there is now not a single member of the Ministry in Wollmgton, unless the Hon J. Carroll be considered as such. We (Post) understand that it was the intention of the Premier to proceed direct to Dunedin by express on Friday morning, the ostensible reason given being his desire to attend the Medical Conference there, and our own impression is that being there he will find it convenient and desirable to call a Cabinet Council of his colleagues, the Colonial Treasurer and Minister for Lands, who it is understood are in Dunedin at the present time. At that Cabinet meeting there is reason to suppose that very important matters will be considered, including probably the questions of additions to the Cabinet. It may be mentioned that in dealing with the question the Cabinet may have the benefit of the presence of Mr Downie Stewart, a probable Attorney-General, who is also in Dunedin, and who will no doubt assist at the deliberations of Ministers should they desire it. In connection with Cabinet reconstruction and the Attorney-Generalship, there is a report in usually well informed circles that a distinguished leader of tho Auckland bar has been approached, with a view to his assuming this office. It is contended by those who accept this report that such an appointment would placate Auckland, and at the same time leave the portfolio held by Mr Reeves still vacant for disposal either to a representative of the West Coast or Canterbury or Dunedin, all of which districts, it is understood, vigorously contend for Cabinet representation at the present time. Certainly the best medicine known is Sander and Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminently powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza; the relief is instantaneous. In serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swellingno inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swellings, &c. ; diarrhoea, dysentry, diseases of the kidneys, and urinary organs. In use at hospitals and medical 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 all others.

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