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Opunake Times, Volume IV, Issue 175, 6 March 1896, Page 2

Mr Hawkins, S.M., lias ruled that a conditional license for a publican’s booth can be legally granted by any two members of a licensing committee.

We give a reminder of Mr Newton King’s Rahotu sale which takes place on Wednesday. Messrs Colmer and Bradley, of Rahotu, have an opening for a boy who wishes to learn the trade. It is stated on pretty reliable authority that a Magisterial change is in contemplation in the Wairarapa. A meeting of Sydney bankers decided to reduce interest of rates on deposit to percent for six months, and to three per cent for twelve mouths. Prince von Bismarck has expressed himself against the abolition of slavery in German colonial territory, on the ground that the negroes are something of the nature of the horse or dog, and have a different destiny to the whites.

According to the cable messages the London Times has advised Spain to grant Home Rule to Cuba. To be consistent the Times will now have to recommend Lord Salisbury to grant Home Rule to Ireland.—N.Z. Times. The Rahotu School picnic is to be held at Mr A. Morrison’s place on next Thursday. These annual gatherings in the past have proved extremely enjoyable, and every effort is being put forward to make this year’s turnout beat the record. Visitors may rely on every hospitality being accorded to them. Mr George Williamson Hall, eldest brother of the Hon Sir John Hall, died at his residence in Christchurch on Thursday, in his seventy-eighth year. He was a native of Scarborough, and in early life went to sea. For many years he followed pastoral pursuits in Canterbury. An Oamaru citizen has received a letter from a friend who is a commercial traveller for a Home firm, to which the following P.S. is appended :—“ What is your New Zealand Government coming to ? They are are now treating Englishmen like Chinamen, polltaxing them as soon as they land in the colony. I had to disburse £SO in Invercargill. The rainfall at Otakeho (Mr Wilkie’s) for the month of February registered 1-52 inches. Rain fell on 5 days)' the maximum, 066 being registered on the morning of the 3rd. For the corresponding month in 1895, 6-28 in fell, the maximum, 2-36 in., on tht 6th. Rain fell on six days. In 1894, 2-43 in fell; maximum o's9in on the 27th; rain fell on 7 days.

We hear that Messrs Palmer and Co have set to work to replace their mill and expect to be in full swing again in a few week’s time. They are fulfilling all orders which were placed with them. They also are prepared for further orders for all kinds of timber except dressed, unless people requiring this latter kind can wait a few weeks for their orders to be executed. This shows their energy and faith in the district.

We hear that the waterwheel at the Pungarehu factory collapsed on Sunday, when most of the suppliers had to bring on their milk to Oaonui. An engine was procured from Messrs Rutherford and Son and work resumed on Tuesday. On Tuesday, however, something had gone wrong with the works at Waiweranui, necessitating some of the suppliers of that factory going to Pungarehu, and still sending some of the Pungarehu men to Oaonui.

A gentleman who has just returned from the Canterbury district informs the Wanganui Herald that the harvest is one of the best experienced for years. A South Island firm are making large purchases of wheat at from 3s 4d to 3s fid per bushel. It is understood that they are acting under instructions from an English firm, and that a large quantity of this is intended for export. At the County Council meeting on Monday, Mr McGloin moved that distress warrants be taken out against the Natives in arrear with the wheel tax; and that the police be requested to render all the assistance in their power. He stated that, as matters were at present, the Maoris ignored the Council, and willingly went to gaol if they thought they could escape payment. The motion was seconded by Mr Okey, and carried. The weekly produce train from New Plymouth to Wellington has been discontinued owing to the fact that it did not pay the cost of running. The principal reason for the falling off in the freights was the institution of freezing works at Waitara to which a large quantitj- of the batter was sent which used to come through to Wellington. Next season there will be freezing works at Moturoa, near New Plymouth. Meanwhile special produce trains will be run as required. A new method of balloting for Crown lands is described in the last “Gazette.” All applications are to be numbered in order of receipt, and the first ball drawn from the box decides the ownership of the land, as it will bear one of the rotation numbers. The regulations are still defective (writes an exchange in that they do not set forth who is to take the ball out of the box. The new method is however, “sudden death,” and should put an end to some queer allegations as to what was possible under the old wantof-system. “It is notable,” says the Loudon Daily Chronicle, “ That in the eloquent address which Canon Gore delivered on the responsibility of England with regard to Armenia, the passage that was, perhaps, more cheered than any other by a large audience was one jn which he said it was the solemn duty of the Government, as they could not fulfil their engagements themselves to allow Russia to take over the Armenian provinces if she would do so. What, at any rate, England was bound to do at once was to give up Cyprus and to refuse any longer to bloster up the tottering Turkish Empire.” Of course, this solution of the difficulty would be the best, even from the colonial point of view. But Lord Salisbury has been checkmated, and his checkmate shows that the “Peace with honor” which he and his chief, Lord Beaconsfield, engineered in 1878 was peace without honor. The tory prestige in foreign affairs turns out to bo no better than a brass band, full of sound and fury, The Wesleyan Conference opened at Auckland on Tuesday evening. Rev Wm. Baumber was elected President, and Rev W. J. Williams, Secretary. Tbs Rev. Mr Perryman was unanimously received into the Ministry. The question of Methodist Union was referred to a committee for fuller consideration. The report of the committee was brought up, and a series of resolutions were adopted by 74 out of 90 representatives, giving effect to the union between the Wesleyan Free Methodist, and Bible Christian Churches throughout the colony. No votes were recorded against the resolutions. Delegates from the Free Methodist Church and Bible Christian Church are to attend the sessions of the conference on and after Thursday. The Helping Hand Mission is to be separated from the Pitt street circuit. Hastings is to be separated from the Napier circuit and made a separate circuit, to include Clive and Papakura.

Mr S. Durham, M.E.C.S., an inspector undf.r the Dairy and Stock Acts, is now making a tour of inspection of factories and dairy herds in the Taranaki district, travelling southward. The action between Messrs Quinlivan and Douglas over the ownership of Brooklet, winner of the Wellington Cup, has been withdrawn from the Supreme Court and referred to arbitration. A new chum on a Queensland run was lately lost for days, and when found was telling of his sufferings from thirst. “ But,” interrupted the manager, you must have passed the big waterhole on the track you took.” “ Oh, yes so I did,” said the lost one, “ but I had no pannikin to dip it up dont you know.” The stewards of the Sandon (Palmerston) Hack Eacing Club have cancelled their programme for the 17th March meeting, owing to their inability to procure a totalisator permit. The Manawatu Eacing Club committee have decided to re-open the cases of disqualification of Eangipai and the rider of Gleuelg at the recent meeting. At the conclusion of an address at Dunedin on Saturday night, Mr Earnsbaw received a vote of confidence. He asserted that dummyism was more rampart than ever before. The last Gazette showed that 44,000 acres of picked land in one district was being dummied. It was certain a loan would bo proposed, but nothing short of five millions would suffice to complete the railways in hand. The Government were not to be trusted. Their administration was bad, and instead of being democratic it was autocratic being ruled by one man, who considered not the good of the country, but the retention of power. Working men must banish drink, without doing which they would never improve their condition whatever. 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, sealdings, .-bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swellings, &c.; diarrhoea, dysentry, diseases of the kidneys, and uiinary 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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