The Patea Mail. Established April 14, 1875. Be Just, and Fear Not. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1885. NEW OF THE DAY.

Patea Mail, Volume X, Issue 1314, 27 February 1885, Page 2

The Patea Mail. Established April 14, 1875. Be Just, and Fear Not. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1885. NEW OF THE DAY.

A man named Kenny was admitted to the Hospital on Wednesday last, suffering acutely from the effect of a truck used on tho Manawapou contract having passed over his foot, completely smashing the groat toe. A silting of the Assessment Court was held on Wednesday last, Gf, S. Bridge, Esq., J.P. occuping the Bench. There were no cases of any interest, no objectors being present, and the efforts of . the Bench were confined to making a few transfers and correcting a few numbers of sections.

The cricket match with Patea is “off,’’ the Patea people being unable to play on Saturday. The secretary of the Patea Club thinks it will be difficult to arrange a match on Saturday in future, as the Patea men cannot get away from business on that day.—Star. Mr Mitchinson, the genial host of the Waverley hotel, met with a nasty accident the other day while working on his farm at Momahaki whereby he cut his foot with his axe, inflicting an exceedingly painful are informed, necessitates his keeping to his bed Tof a bliorr time.

Good news—Mr Davidson of Whenuakura has succeeded in securing a magnificent crop of wheat, which has turned out an average of 45 bushels of milling grain to an acre, over an area of 39 acres, while Mr Syraes has trashed out an average of 78 bushels of oats to the acre. These can scarcely be considered poor averages. Everybody knows how the sudden cessation of a thundering band of music causes remarks to be shouted out in a tone like a locomotive whistle. The other night, at a hop, the band crushed out a few final bars and suddenly stopped, when the voice of a lovely little thing in pink was heard screaming at the top of her lungs : “ Don’t my bustle hang nicely ?” Wo (Wanganui Herald) learn that Mr Lundon, Collector of Customs, received yesterday a telegram from the Commissioner of Customs, requesting him to stay any further proceedings in the Woodville still business. He has therefore withdrawn his bailiff from the land, and Mr Currie, of Kai Iwi, will be allowed to resume possession of his land and cattle. One of the most remarkable features in connection with the Soudan war has not yet, so far as we (Timaru Herald) are aware, been publicly commented upon, refer to the fact that, whenever a distinguished officer fall in an engagement, it is discovered he has a second cousin, or some other relation, living at Wanganui. We fully- anticipate that if anything happens to the Madi, it will be found that he has left a bereaved mother-in-law in that town to lament his loss. It is estimated that on the bank of the Tyne, between Newcastle and Tynemouth, there are between 10,000 and 12,000 men out of work. It is reckoned that the amount of money withdrawn from the local banks for the payment of wages in the several shipyards and factories on the Tyne is less by £15,000 a week than it was a year ago. In Newcastle upwards of 1600 families are regularly in receipt of parish relief, involving a weekly expenditure of obout £240, while in addition to this, free breakfasts and dinners are given daily to about 900 children'.

The Taranald Herald says The concluding contest for Mr J. T. Davis’ gold and silver medal was held last Thursday. The result of the 6 competitions is Lye Ist, Carrington 2nd, and Mahar 3rd, with average times respectively of 49, 50, and 67secs. About twenty entered for the competition. The competitive exercise was as follows Starting from a fire plug each man had to run thirty yards to a 90ft length of hose and a hydrant, return with them to the plug, fix them on, and run out the 90ft of hose and fix on the nozzle. Close work between first and second man after six struggles. Fra Roces, the celebrated but eccentric preacher of Naples, once seared his hearers in the following way. He preached a tremendous sermon on the inevitable consequences of a sinful life. His hearers were in a convulsion of excitement with the blazing picture of a dreadful retribution before their imaginations. Ail at once he stopped in the very midst of an eloquent appeal, and cried out, “Now, all of you who sincerely repent of your sins hold up your hands.” Every hand in the assembly was up in an instant. The preacher looked upon the scene for one awful moment, and then, addressing the higher powers, exclaimed, “Holy Archangel Michael, thou who with thine adamantine sword standest at the right of the judgment seat of God, hew me off every hand which has been raised hypocritically.” In an instant nearly every hand dropped to its owner’s side.

The life of an M P.—An M.P., deploring* the evil effects of London habits on the health, said that were it not for the Hop Bittera he could not live through the irregular hours he was forced to keep. Said he : “As soon as I feel weak and exhausted from long night sessions and irregular hours, I resort to my Hop Bitters instead of stimulants. They regulate my bowels and keep ray appetite good, my brain clear, and my strength and health are preserved.” See There would be less anxiety in the minds of many of us, says the Home News, in a late issuh, as to the ultimate fate of the expedition if it were possible to put full trust in the Mudir of Dongola. There is a homely Irish proverb that seems to fit like a glove : To sweet to be wholesome.” He seems to be too much Lord Wolseley’s humble servant to command, and very good friend, promising him all sorts of things if he will only push on. But, doubtless, the English General, who wai not born j'esterday, is too cautious to trust this wily Turk j far the Mudir is not an Egyptian, and should ho turn traitor, swift justice will be meted out to him. It would.be a terrible calamity if our soldiers were led into ambush by his treachery, and cut down before they could strike a blow, or starved in the desert after conquering the perils of the watery way.

Here are some of the examination absurdities — bona fide answers, says a recent issue, of a Home paper, to questions set in renent examinations, which appear in the Journal of Education :—(1)“ First they made the Apostle’s Creed, but no one would believe it, so they made the Nicene Creed and some didn’t believe it, then they made the Athanasian Creed, and that no one could help believing (2) “ William Pitt began Hfe by playing the {cornet in the Blues (3) “ Dry den as a man in high position, Pope lower, Johnson was still lower. Johnson was a frequenter of the Cock Tavern in the Strand (4) “ Zacharias and Elizabeth had a-son named John. When he grew older he had his head cut off to please a young lady.” Mon have had their heads tamed all on account of a lady,” but cut off—never, at least by their own consent. The problem how to save money solved.—All first-class drapers at Home and in the colony have found that exhibiting goods in windows does them incalculable harm. The losses sustained by goods fading is something enormous, which the customer of course has to pay. The goods after exhibition in this manner, never possess the freshness and pristine beauty which new goods ought to possess. Ladies have found out that to their cost. Ladies and gentlemen have also found that by far the Best, Cleanest, Freshest, and Cheapest Drapers are those who do not exhibit their goods in windows. These drapers find they can carry on their business at far less cost, and consequently at far less profit. The well-known Direct Drapery Importer, Mr R. A.- Adams, has adopted this system of no window dressing, and the customers will find that it is done entirely in their interest. Customers will find the goods are cleaner, fresher, and consequently by far the cheaper than window dressers can possibly do them, as his working expenses are considerably reduced, and what lady would like to wear a bonnet or a mantle after considerable exhibition in a draper’s window'. [Advt I