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Opunake Times, Volume VI, Issue 254, 12 February 1897, Page 2

Mr W. D. Scott's Opunake cattle Bale stands postponed until next Friday.

Two apprentices to the dressmaking are advertised for. ,

Mr J. McKenzie notifies that he has cooking plums for sale at 2£d per lb.

Mr W. D. Scott sells stock at Awatuna on Monday.

Tenders for various works for the Parihaka Road Board close on Monday. Sale of furniture and aundries to-morrow at Mr W. D. Scott's mart.

Messrs Nolan, Tonks and Co's Opunake aheep fair takes place next Tuesday.

We give a reminder of the entertainment to be given to-monow evening, in the Bahotu public hall in. aid of the building fund.

Mr Geo. H. White, photographer, visile Rahotu on Monday, and will remain till Friday, 19th inst. The election petition against the return of Mr Buchannan for Wairarapa, has been dismissed on the ground that it was not lodged in time.

The Premier telegraphs that he has in* spected the narrow gauge lines at Tasmania, and thinks the system of a gauge might be adopted to some extent in this colony in broken irregular country. The cost is £IBOO a mile.

In the election petition case against the return of Mr Geo. Fisher for Wellintgon City, Mr Atkinson objects that 22 persons named, \;oted twice, 39 were personated, 14 members of the Women's Social League were guilty of treating, and that all votes of the members of this and other women's leagues, besides about 300 others should be struck out because they were treated. Publicans and others are objected to because they hired all the cabs in the town on election day. In many instances names are specified. Mr Fisher on his part objects to 40 votes on the ground of persecution, to 26 members of the National Association for paying for vehicles and a number of other votes as void because the papers were not stamped.

In the Australians' first match with Yorkshire, Hirst, the county bowler, knocked the visitors about in the first innings ; fast balls from him struck gruelling blows on batsmen's arms, legs, and bodies. And whenever it struck player squirmed, the fair-play crowd of Yorkshire clodhoppers, wallopers, and oafs grunted, squealed, and chuckled in ecatacy of applause. Bye and bye Yorkshire's first innings began. The crowd saw Jonas Jones run up to the crease, but it never saw the ball. It saw a winged batsmen fluttering round the wicket, and it heard the shriek of the strong Englishman in his agony. And the deadly work went on. New stumps were brought, new bats, new batsmen, to fill the gaps of the broken up and slain. The crowd couldn't stand it; the crowd roared with a din that threatened a riot: " Tak um off! play fair cricket! don't kill men 1 " To please them Jones was taken off, and the crowd heaved a sigh of relief, deep and loud as the sigh of tho ocean. But Eady was put on instead of Jones, and Eady's first ball, a terrific windjammer, struck Hiibt himself a sickening thud. " Oh-h-h," bellowed the Yorkshire herd in agony. " Tak um off, too ! That 's bad as t'other."

Tenders are called for the erection ol a Bhop.

Mr A. H. Moore informs us that the rainfall for the twenty-four hours up to 9.30 a.m. to-day was 3£ inches. From 9.30 a.m. yesterday, to 7.30 p.m. the rainfall was 2*35 inohes.

The Telegraph Office will be open at Takapuna racecourse on 13th inst., from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Money order telegrams for the secretary should be addressed to, and made payable at, Auckland.

Mr E. Ellery Gilbert, the well-known pianoforte tuner and dealer, will visit Opunake on Monday, 15th inst, and will remain in the district until the 19th inst. Orders for tuning may be left, or price lists for instruments obtained at the office of this paper.

Some time ago, when the idea of a municipal publichouse was suggested to the Town Council of West Hartlepool, it met with enthusiastic approval, but the matter becoming public the proposal received bo much ridicule, and in many quarters condemnation, that it was generally supposed the experiment would be abandoned. However, the ex-mayor, who was the original proposer of the idea, has since been very active, and as he has now the support of the Council, and even, it is said, to a great extent, of the local temperance reformers, it looks as if the scheme will be realised. As it is the nearest approximation to the Gothenberg system attempted in England, the experiment will be watched with interest.