The Opunake Times. FRIDAY, JULY, 16, 1897.

Opunake Times, Volume VII, Issue 298, 16 July 1897, Page 2

The Opunake Times. FRIDAY, JULY, 16, 1897.

Messrs Nolan, Touks and Co.’s Opunake stock sale takes place on next Tuesday. Tenders close on Monday for erection of dairy factory at Pihama. Tenders are called for cutting a race for the Oaonui Co-Operative Dairy Company. A report of the parishioners’ meeting, held last evening, will appear on Tuesday. As will be seen by advestisement Messrs Dudley and Mitchell have dissolved partnership as general carriers. The business will in future be carried on by Mr Walter Dudley only. We give a reminder of the concert and dance at Oaonui ou Monday evening next. Given a fine night there should be a good house, as a first-class programme has been arranged, and the object is a deserving one. It was mentioned at the meeting of the Philosophical Society, at Wellington, the other night, that Mr Ernest Rutherford, a graduate of Canterbury University, and now resident in England, is “ likely to be one of the leading scientific men in the world within the next few years.

An old constituent of Mr Seddon’s says that if he were to appear anywhere in the vicinity of the celebrated Kumara sludge channel in his Court guise, his digger friends would want to pan him out to see how many pennyweights he would go to the dish.— H.B. Herald.

The following cable was forwarded by the Southland Frozen Meat Company on the sth inst. to the Premier in London :—“ The shipping companies have greatly reduced the freights on frozen meat. Hope you will do likewise with railway freight. Anxious for reply by cable." No reply has yet been received.

Mr C. Jephson, representative of Messrs Finn, Chrishoim and Co, notifies that ho will visit Awatnna on Saturday, 17th inst; Opunake, on Monday, 19th ; and Pihama, on Tuesday, 20th. He will have on view, the Sharplesa Separator and Tester, for which his firm are agents. Hh will also exhibit it working and givo any information to those requiring it.

Messrs Parkes and Brooker, proprietors of the Waimate sawmill, have an advertisement in this issue to which we call the attention of our readers. Having a very complete plant they are prepared to execute orders for all kinds of timber for building and bridge purposes. They are in a position to supply builders with every description of sawn an d dressed timber, mouldings, doors, sashes, Ac., and those about to build would do well to obtain quotations and particulars from them before sending their orders and money out of the district. Support local industry.

Mr Ward resigned his seat as member for Awarua, The Post says: —Mr Ward’s resignation thus forstalled his compulsory vacation of his seat, and at the same time facilitated the issue of the necessary writ for a new election. This writ must be forthwith issued, and is returnable within 21 days. Mr Lee Smith has been suggested as the probable Government candidate, and the name of Mr R. McNab, ex-M.H.R, for Mataura, at present on a trip Home, has also been mentioned, it had been reported that he had already been cabled for. The probable Opposition candidate will, we are told be found in either Mr Cuthbert Gowan, Mr Ward’s opponent at the last election, or Mr Bevan, Both gentleman are local settlers.

Mr F. W. Bond, Surgeon Dentist, of Hawera, paid a visit to Parihaka and extracted six teeth for Te Whiti the Maori prophet. The old gentleman submitted himself patiently to Mr Bond's skilful hands and in a very short time he had the work completed Mr Bond then took a mould of the prophet’s gums with a view to supplying him with a new set of teeth. Te Whiti may be a believer in and teacher of ancient Maori cir - toms, but he evidently is determined to up with the times in availing himself cf the advance of civilisation and its artificial conveniences. The wahines did a weep when they saw the blood drawn from the -M gentleman and were eager to annex no discarded molars but we understand Mr Bond retained them as mementos of Ihe occasion. When in the course of time it conies to scraping Te Whiti’s bones to permanently lay them away to rest we anticipate seeing Mr Bond’s surgery raided for ths ivorys.

A meeting of ladies and gentlemen is convened for Tuesday eveuiug next re farewell social to Mr and Mrs Eason.

A strange story comes to hand from Bangor, U.S.A. A householder who had failed to impress on his maidservant the need of locking all the doors at night, determined to frighten her by impersonating a burglar. But when he put hia plan into execution she caught him by the throat and pummeled him severely before he could establish his identity. The settlers at Hawera are moving in the direction of establishing the pork industry in that district, and at a meeting of the Camber of Commerce it was resolved —“ That the chairman of the chamber confer with President of the A. and P. Association with view of Bending a letter to the Government requesting information in reference to the industry, and if not that the Department be asked to communicate with Mr Seddon if necessary.

We regret to learn from Mr Samuel that ou Wednesday afternoon the seat on which the six-inch casing rests at 871 feet gave way again whilst drilling was progressing at the depth of 901 feet.” The water from outside the 6-inch casing at once flooded the bore, which had previously been dry. Drilling has been again suspended, and attempts will be once more made to shut off water, but Mr Samuel does not express himself as at all sanguine of success, as the papa, however hard it appears when drilled through, becomes soft and turns to mud when exposed for a time to water, whilst the streaks of sandstone met with are too shallow to afford a secure rest for the casing.—News.

Mr O. Cummins has just completed the purchase of a warehouse traveller’s samples at a large discount for net cash ; also several job lines previous to warehouse stock-taking. They are new opened up in the show-room, and will be ofl'ered to the public separately from general stock at less than wholesale prices. Mr O. Cummins has arranged for another lot, which will be delivered at the end of this month.