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Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 250, 1 September 1877, Page 2

A correspondent from Hawera writes — “ Our streets are a disgrace to the Town Board. It is high time, something was done towards effecting improvements. If the Board does not know how the work is to be done, advice should be sought, or what would perhaps be better, the Board should retire and let other persons take their places who would endeavour to set matters right. The heavy traffic is only on a short portion of the road, so that the work could be done with a very small overdraft at the Bank. No , really expensive work would be required for some years. It is quite time the old identity spirit ‘was extinguished. Let the Board at once wake up to a sense of duty, and make the town something more than, a mud flat.”

A match will be played at Waverly; to-day between Carlyle .and .WaYerieyFootball Teams. Play to commence at half-past two o 7 clock. ? The following areCarlyle representatives: Backs—-Teniient; Williams, Bagget; Quarter-backs—Qoutts, Baddely; Forwards-—Marchant, C. Dasent, Hutchinson, Hargreaves, Corrigan, Weiss, Bourke, Turner, Baddeley, B. Dasent, and, Harris. AH' the team are requested to be on the ground punctually. . - We call special attention to tlie important sale of leasehold land which will be held by Mr William Cowern, at Carlyle, on Thursday next. Carlyle Town Board Reserves comprise seventy-six sections and four blocks, besides which a valuable leasehold property at Ketemarae will be auctioned. Intending purchasers should take an early opportunity of inspecting the plans.

Tenders for work for the Education Board must be sent in to the Secretary by ten o’clock on Monday morning. ,

The Kumara Times of the 10th August, says Early this morning it was rumoured that the Bank of New South Wales had been ‘ stuck up,’ and the news caused no little excitement. . The facts, as far as we hqve been able to ascertain them, show that a deliberate attempt to secure a large booty has been made, and that the attempt, would have been successful but for the plucky behavior of the agent in charge, Mr Hogg. This gentleman, who sleeps in a room at the back, had been wakened by something very light touching his face. He thought it was a mouse and went to sleep again. About an hour later he was again -awakened- by hearing a noise near the safe in the Bank. Ho at once felt for his revolver, which he had placed under his pillow as usual. It was not thereA detailed account is then given of how Mr Hogg secured another revolver, fired at a retreating figure, chased the burglars', picked up a bag of gold and other portions of the booty, on which were blood stains, thus proving that some of the shots had been effective. It was supposed that one of the burglars had been concealed under the bed, and had by that means secured the keys of the safe, which were kept under the mattress. A Press Agency Telegram received yesterday, and dated Kumara, August 31st, says—li. M. Hogg, late Agent in charge of the Bank of New South Wales, was examined before the Magistrate yesterday. The evidence showed that the prisoner confessed that he alone had concocted the robbeay. He was thereupon committed to take his trial at the next criminal sitting of the Supreme Court

The Canterbury Times says ; —14,266,292 acres, comprised in 1099 runs are at present under, lease in. the Colony for depastui'ing purposes, the rent and assessments upon them being £118,318, or a small fraction under 2d an acre. In Canterbury on 568 runs, containing 4,676,400 acres, the rents and assessments are £41,876 16s, or a little over 2d per acre. The Canterbury Times reports of the Ploughing match lately held at Ashburton, the weather being very unfavourable, that 40 out of the 44 teams entered appeared on the ground, and took up their allotted stations, and 17 of the ploughs were double-furrows. The Triple-furrow class had only one representative, but the work done by it was of excellent quality. The Thames Star is now. printed - by water power. The completion of water race is allowing water power to be largely used. In report re Wesleyan Entertainment held at Waverlcy on the 24th instant, our correspondent inadvertently omitted to mention the valuable services rendered by the choir, and also by Miss Hansard who presided at the harmonium in a veiy creditable manner. Several of the pieces sung during the evening in which Messrs Taylor and Bridge took a promineut part were deservedly encored. At the close of the entertainment the Rev. J. Law expressed his indebtedness to the choir and to Miss Hansard for contributing so ably towards its success.

Partly through, the Unfavourable ap-i pearance of the weather, but chiefly, through tßefilin&s v.6£ one >'o£ 'Che Shiefj performers, the Christy Minstrel Entertainment, to take place sti Garlylo f on last, Was postponed* till/ riext- Thursday, the 6th. September*- f ‘- s -