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Opunake Times, Volume XXV, Issue 946, 5 February 1907, Page 2

The New Plymouth harbour loan matures in May, 1909.

Nominations for running and bicycle events at the Oaonui Sports will bo received up till Tuesday next.

The partnership hitherto existing between Messrs Augustus and Leonard Jackush has been dissolved by mutual consent.

" It is astouishing how rapidly the tide comes in," said a bather on the looal beach the other morning, when he came out and found bis clothes floating about.

Mr Alfred Vanderbilt sends 20 horses to compete at the International Horse Show in London in June. The value of his exhibits, with coaches and accessories, i 3 £IO,OOO.

At the Magistrate's Court, Wellington, W. O'Brien and Palmer Spry were committed to the Supreme Court for trial on a charge of manslaughter, arising out of the deuth of Mrs Amy Kensington.

Mr M. Glaister, who has been associated with Mr G. P. Wake in legal business in Eltham and Kaponga for some time, has decided to commence practico on his own account in Auckland, whence ho leaves shortly.

Alexander Watt Purvis, late secretary and master of the Benevolent Institution, was brought bi'foro Mr Justice Cooper at the Supreme Court, at Wellington, -for sentence on twelve charges of theft and false pretences connected with the funds of the institution and was sentenced to one years' imprisonment.

When the Native Land Court was sitting on Saturday, a reporter was going in, when a native said : " You go in to take the korcro all the same you did when the Maori get killed." The reporter answered in the aflirmative. "By golly," said the native, " the time the Maori get drunk on ' raspberry' I think you can't tell what ho say."

In the new batch of Legislative Councillors, the Nativo member seems to be the pick of the bunch. A Southern exchange writes of him as follows : "Wi Pere is romarkablo mainly for some of his extraordinary speeches as a member of the Lower House, one of his last being an impassioned condemnation of the European settlers. He wound up his speech with the emphatio remark, ' Ko te helle te pakeha,' which sentence, however, the interpreter refused to translate." There is a vigorous honesty about Wi Pere, a fearless, outspoken tone, which we do not find amongst his colleagues. •' Ko te helle Wi Rere " is evidently worthy of the honorable position in which he ha s been pitchforked. Would we could say the same of the other appointees.

An erstwhile New Zealander, in writing to a resident of Ashhurst from Santiago says :—" This is a most wonderful country ; the farmers here, who work their land in the crudest form, make money very easily. One man in Trajuen, who has 2000 acres of land, puts 1000 acres in wheat each year, and it returns him 40,000 dollars (about £2500) net. He simply lets the other half remain idle for two years, and then rests the first cropped piece for two years, and so on. They never think of using any quantity of manure or sowing grass seed. For enterprising people Chili offers more encouragement than any place I know of. There is unlimited room here for millions of farmers and manufacturers. Laiiour is so cheap—--40 cents in winter and 80 cents in summer and beans (food) for farm laborers. They get through a lot of work, too."

A lost watch chain is advertised for,

Mr Newton King will sell stock at Rahotu on Thursday next.

The Exhibition aggregate attendance has reached 1.073,514.

Tenders for works for the County Council close on Friday at noon.

At tennis on Saturday Hawera beat Waver ley II by 136 to 134 games.

Messrs J. R. Stewart and Co., notify their stock sale for Monday next.

P. Dunoan, of the firm of P. and D, Duncan, implement makers, died at Christchurch, aged 68.

Pahiatua possesses 29 empty dwellings. Pity a few of them (says the Foxton Herald) could not be transferred;to~Foxton.

A chimney sweep was charged at the Eltham Court recently with allowing a chimney in his house to catch fire.

On the fourth. page will be found an article on the land question, being a pronouncement by the New Zealand Farmers' Union,

The colony's revenue in 1897—ten years ago was £4,798,708. It is confidently expected this year to reach the sum of £8,276,000.

The completed figures show that the total value of the Taranaki butter and cheese shipped from New Plymouth and Patea during January amounts to £210,250.

"In my opinion the system of rating on unimproved value has not had the effect of cheapening the price of land," said the Mayor of Petone (Wellington) the other evening at a meeting of the Borough Council.

The purse that was presented to Mrs R. W. Hornby, at her farewell in Manaia last week bore the recipient's name in bas-relief silver letters. The work came from the establishment of Mr J. Brunette, and was much admired by people attending the social.—Hawera Star.

Owing to the famine and disease at Kazan, Russia, several parents sold their daughters at from 6 to 12 guineas each. The Smshkofi Zernstvo Relief Commission states that hundreds of thousands are on the verge of starvation, aud two millions are dependent on charity.

Mrs Martha Hunt, of Kansas, who is 105 years of age, has applied to the courts for a divorce. She says she is tired of bearing the name of her husband whom she turned out when he was 97. The man is her third husband, but she informed an officer of the court that she has no intention of re-marry-ing.

An absent-minded young man whose soulful gaze was rivetted on a bevy of pretty girls, was brought rudely back to a realisation of common things at the SlratLrd railway station a day or so ago, when he came a nasty cropper through walking into a cattle-stop. And the cruel maidens merely laughed.—Stratford Post.

The most serious grass fires experienced for years occurred near Christenurch on Sunday. The fires are the largest ever known on Cashmere Hills. The fires are confined to two owners—the property of Cashmere estate, and that of G. Maon. No buildings have been .burnt, and only a few sheep, but the loss of feed is very great.

There is (says the Wellington Times) a prospect of a match for £IOOO aside being arrangod betwaen Mr G. G. Stead's rnar* Munjeet and Mr E. P. Fullerton's colt Piuk 'Un, At the recent Trenthara meeting Munjeet won the Handicap on ths first day, Pink 'Un being unplaced. On the last day of the meeting Fink 'Un won the Metropolitan Handicap, when Munjeet was unplaced.

The Mangatoki Athletic Club's sports are to be held on Thursday, March 21, The trained athletes should find sufficient engagements next month to induce them to keep this side of the mountain for about five weeks, Commencing with Oaonui on the 20th of this month, then follows, Rahotu, Pihama, Warea, Mangatoki, Opunake and probably Te Kiri and Manaia.- There should be a few nest eggs about this lot.

In the course of his remarks at a meeting in New Plymouth Mr Connett pointed cut that it used to cost £2 per ton to send their butter to Wellington by rail; now it cost 10s; and the saving was due to the breakwater, without which there would be no freezing works at Moturoa. Yet there were dairy fanners who were saving this and yet growled at having to pay a farthing rate which enabled them to do it.—Taranaki Herald.

Many people, who have no music in them, fail to appreciate the bagpipes uuless they are played at a distance. Conversely to the true Hiolander the brazen row from the best of bands is an outrage to the artistic soul. A returned tripper from Christchurch relates that a piper was skirling joyfully on the Exhibition grounds, when the Besses o' th' Barn Btruck up. A kilted bystander immediately discontinued tapping the time with his toe, and, turning an agonised face to the bandmaster, exclaimed : " Stap ! Stap t' nise ! We want t' hear t' music 1 "

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Scotland defeated Wales at football by two ,riea to a penalty goal.

The profits of the South African football team tour totalled about £6OOO.

The Hon. Dr Findlay, Attorney-General, is now Minister in charge of the Exhibition.

The sura of £33 was taken at the inaugural sports meeting of the Inglewood Caledonian Society last Thursday. Abbott won the short events, DeLauney the quarter, Ryan the half and mile events.

The monthly meeting of the Opunake branch of the Farmers' Union was held on Saturday, when there was a good attendance. Routine business was gone through, and several sums were received for the fund to fight the Land Bill.

The garden party, to be held on Mr R. Ching*s property tomorrow, promises to be very successful. A number of novelty races will be got off, and there will also be games. On account of so many children going it has been decided to give a school holiday. Luncheon and afternoon tea will be supplied. Conveyances will leave the town at 10,30.

The entries for the Horticultural Show close on Saturday next. The sub-committee appointed to look after the baby show has decided to have three classes, viz., from seven to twelve months, twelve to eighteen months, and from eighteen months to two years. Three silver spoons have been donated as prizes. Baby entries olose the night before the show, and the method of judging will be announced next isaue.

A burglary was committed at the house of MrR. Pepperill's, Ihaia road, on Saturday night between 8 and 10 o'clock. Mr and Mrs Pepperill had gone to Manaia, and the members of the family were in the town. When the family returned to the house they found that the rooms had been disarranged, and that the sum of £l2 had been taken from a draw, through being forced open. From appearances it appears as if the culprit knew the run of the house.

Mr W. Duffill announces that he has purchased the well-established bakery business from Mr Mark Finn. Mr Duffill has been brought up in the town, and is known by everyone as being very courteous and attentive. He intends to keep the business up to its present high Btandard. Mr Finn thanks the public for the support accorded him during the time he has been in business, and solicits a continuance of the v same for his successor.

The second interim report of the Royal Commission, including the late Sir W. B. Foster, M.D., declares that the result of elaborate experiments show that bovine animals and man can be reciprocally infeo. ted by tuberculosis. Cows' miik containing bovine tubercule bacilli, clearly cause tuberculosis in man. A very large proportion of tuberculosis is contracted from tubercole bacilli of bovine origin. The report states that more Bttingent measures are required for the inspection and sale of milk.

Two more nuggets, one of 206 and one of 85 ounces, have been found at the Posiedon rush in Victoria.

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