The Patea County Press, (With which is incorporated The Patea Mail.) “Be Just and Fear Not.” FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 43, 5 April 1895, Page 2

The Patea County Press, (With which is incorporated The Patea Mail.) “Be Just and Fear Not.” FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL

] Acceptances for Patea races close tomorrow. j The Rev. Mr T. G* Hammond returned ; from the Conference at Nelson by the l evening train yesterday. j Tenders for the erection of a building on the Catholic grounds, at Waver 1 ey, close at noon to-morrow (Saturday). Messrs Jackson and Co.’s Waverley sale takes place on Monday next. The entries are numerous and attractive, and i list of same may be seen in our advertising columns. Out of twenty-four entries from all parts of New Zealand in tbe competition for Messrs Lovell and Christmas’ Challenge Cup for 2 cwt of cheese suitable for the London market, irrespective of color or shape—the judging was by points, the ‘'possible ’* being 100—The Mataura , Dairy Factory took first place with 96 points; Waikonaiti second with 95; and Hurleyville third with 94. This means practically that Hurleyville has beaten the whole of the North Island of New Zealand, and many dairies in the South Island, This is something for Mr Bohiu to be proud of, and for the Hurvilleites to remember and crow over.

The Grand Lodge meeting of the 1.0. G.T. which commences its sittings on the IGth instant, in Dunedin, promises to be tbe largest and most interesting meet*iug held for some years. Most of the leaders of the Temperance movement in New Zealand are expected to be present. A large reception committee has been appointed to receive delegates from the North Island- The Union Company has granted special travelling facilities to all those attending; hut tbe arrangements made with the Railway Department are practically of little use to delegates, unless they travel with their wives ajid familes. The Patea delegate ‘ ‘ ain’t got one.

One of those tall yams which has jnst a particle of truth in it is going the rounds of a certain locality just at present. A young baker desiriug to see a hit of the world, left for the Old Country ao that ho would arrive there just in the I middle of winter. Iljs visit was ill-timed, ■ because when he got bp tppk sick and died; the cold woather had bpep too ' much for him. Not having any money, his feflow craftsmen thought that the cheapest way to get rid of him would bo to put him into an oven and cremate him. Ho was put in and the fires set going, jf/hjfe his friends stood around with tearful eyes, jQno anxious to sec how the operation was getting op, slightly opened the door; but what was his surprise ,ybcn there came a muffled voice through the; flames; “Shut that door, you fool, you! make a devil of a draught; I never felt so pinch at home since I landed on your shores/’’ Tpp poor fellow had only been frozetp and the hea* put some life into him again,' and he happyij The above will shew the severity of tlie last Triutej-,

All first and second-class railway stationmasters are to wear uniforms in order that they can be easily distinguished on a crowded platform.

The Australian and New Zealand Mortgage Agency Company has decided to alter its articles of Association so as to enable itto give debenture holders a specific charge on the uncalled capital. The chairman congratulated the Company on its success, and declared the future prospects were bright.

The gullibility of the English public is evidenced in the promoters of a new King Solomon’s Mines Companv, stating that ore bearing gold to the value of £112,000 is already in sight, and all they ask for the mine is £55,000. A writer on the London money market says “ I should consider it wrong to take advantage of such generosity.”

An effort to preserve rabbits on the spot for export to London is being made by an Adelaide firm, who are sending to the River Murray a small canning plant, which can be easily moved from place to place along the banks as circumstances require. It is believed that the industry will prove profitable, as it is anticipated that the whole coat of canning and placing on the market in London will not exceed 6d per 21b tin.

The opinion of Charlie Turner, expressed in the Review of Reviews by the Surrey Batsman, is shared by nearly every English cricketer:—“l have met,’ says Brockwell, many break-back bow* iers, but Turner has one supreme advantage over them all; it lies in his tremendous pace from the pitch. How he commands it is a puzzle to me. Bowlers of this calibre create a school, and this fact is sufficient to ensure the cricketing future of the colonies.”

The Union Steamship Company has recently issued to the masters and engi neers in their employ a circular which breathes the lesson taught by the Wairarapa calamity in every line. Special stress is laid upon the benefits of total abstinence, and it is closely laid down that all other things being equal the preference will, in giving promotion, be shown to officers who are total abstainers. The term “wine mohey ” is abolished, though the allowance will still be con*, tinned to captains of steamers as “personal expenses.” The circular shows plainly enough Lb at the management of the company suspect that liquor had something to do with the loss of the Wairarapa, though it would never do to say so. —Exchange.

An amusing story reaches me, says the Wellington correspondent of the W.D. Times, concerning a well-known Church of England clergyman, who is a firm be--1 liever in the celibacy of the clergy, and has strictly acted up to his principles by remaining a lone and solitary bachelor well into middle life. It appears our celibate went to pay bis respects to a high dignity of the church, newly arrived in the colony and aftersome pleasant opening remarks the dignitary blandly hoped that Mrs was not unwell, as she had not come with Mr . The visitor somewhat shortly remarked ha was unmarried. “Ob,” said the dignitary, turning to his wife, who was also present, “we must find Mr a nice girl who will supply that deficiency!” The horror and speechless indignation of the celibate curate may well be imagined, as etiquette prevented him from telling his superior what his principles were, and what made it all the more aggravating, was the fact that the dignitary’s wife smilingly assented to her lord and master’s proposition.

One of those astounding legal paradoxes which puzzle the lay mind and bring grist to th« mill of the legal fraternity. came to light the other day in an application to Mr Justice Connoly, in chambers, for letters pf administration in the estate of a deceased woman. The facis disclosed that up to the time of passing the Women’s Property Act of 1884, a woman could not make a will without | the consent of her husband, and on her death, without a will, all her estate became his absolute property. Under the oircnrai stances, a (woman owning valuable property, say in Mount Eden, died. Her husband took out letters of adrainistra-

• tion, he himself being sole legatee, add the property was as much absolutely his own, to deal as be liked, as if he had purchased it with his own money. But in course of time he died without having dealt with this property. Prior to his death he made a will. The executor nnd fi r that will gave a title to a portion of this ( property. This it now appears he had no power to do, Our wonderful land law

stepped in, and said ‘f No," It js true the property belonged to the busbapd, apd he could have disposed of it, or dealt with it in any way. But not having done so, you, hjs executor, must not touch it. You must find the deceased woman’s next of kin who was alive at the tjme of her death. He or she alone can give a yqjfid transfer of the estate,’’ The proposition at first sight is an astopudipg one, but is law, —N,Z. Herald/

Mr F. Helps, land and insurance agent, was victimised pn Wednesday. He was (says the JPahiatua Herald) sitting meditatively in h|s office, when a stranger walked in—a well-dressed, smart, prosperousidopkiag stranger ho was, too ' He soon stated his business and Mr Helps was alertness itself in a jiffy. He was just out from England, with a few thousand pounds, to settle in the Colony. He had insured his life for £2OOO in the old country and could get £6OO by surrendering. Having dppidpd to insure in thjs Cplopy he had made inquiries of an agent of the Mutual Life Association in Hawke’s Bay concerning two one thousand pound policies, one a whole life apd jtlio pther up endowment policy under the A. 11, table, He had inquired jntp the A.M.P. conditions, and now wished to compare these with the Government Insurance Department’s rates, in order that he might select an office with which to insure for £2OOO. Ho also wished to invest his ready cash, and would be glad to purchase g, section in this district, ope about hip apres for p£p|’creiicp. Of pqurse our agopt was full of anq quoted insurance rates and land values with all the volubility of which he was capable, The stranger sat quietly and listened in tcntly for an hour ; then got up and left, saying ho would lot it all soak in and would return on Saturday. After he had gone Mr Helps was seized with the conviction that the gorgeous stranger knew ralher too miiilh about insurance business to be quite as verdant' as 'he 'wished to appear. He accordingly made inquiries, ■md discovered that lus imagined ’-ictim was a district insui’ance agent himself, out for "a lark.” It isn’t safe to quote insurance to Mv just

Mr and Mrs Long and family leave for their new home by Express train this evening, and thus Patea loses another of its landmarks, as Mr Long has been in charge of the Postal Department here for

over nineteen years, and leaves now to take over charge of the Department at Hamilton. As a courteous and obliging officer Mr Long has few equals and no superiors, and leaves Patea after his long residence here without ever having made an enemy, and he will be much missed for some tine to come; while Mrs Long and himself will bo remembered by Pateans as friends through all time Says the Hawke’s Bay Herald : —“A Maori maiden, clad in the bifurcated garments of the New Woman, was the cynosure of all eyes at Napier Park yestorday; in fact, occasionally the attention she attracted must have been de« cidedly embarrassing to her. At times quite a crowd gathered round the interpid native and stared, and stared, and stared again ; and then she would move on, only to be cornered by admiring males in another quarter. The ladies, of course viewed the innovation with considerable interest, ai.d quite an array of field glasses, with female eyes behind them, could occasionally be observed scanning the damsel’s comely proportions from the vantage of the grandstand. The young lady pedalled to the course in the morning on a bicycle j made for one, and the pace she got out of her machine as she went buzzing by them on the return journey rather startled somo of the old hands.”

A young man—one who prides himself on being able to “ use his dooks ” —was dropped on the other evening. It happened in this way. A well-known citizen was taking a constitutional along Devon Sticet, when he was greeted with a remark, sufficiently offensive to arouse the ‘‘British lion.” He called out the young man, and threatened to apply his paternal boot to a certain portion of the offender’s anatomy, Thinking he had a “ snip ” on, the man of cheek took up the challenge, and a lively set to ensued. When hostilities had ceased the young man had some difficulty in engineering his proboscis into its normal position, and his left sight seeing organ was set in a background of a very sable hue, while tha citizen was not marked. The amateur Sullivan is now rusticating in the colony, a sadder and—it is to be hoped—wiser man.—Daily News.

An Englist contemporat y states that the wages of ordinary farm labourers in some of the principal corn-growing counties are now lower than they have ' been for many years past. In Lincolnshire, as a rule, the weakly wages are now 12s to 10s 6d. showing a considerable drop since the summer, when they were 13s to Jos. In East Suffolk the

rates are 9s to 10s, in West Suffolk 10s to 1 Is, generally, or even 8s in a vet} 7 few cases. In 1892 when an Assistant Commissioner to th* Eoyal Commission

on Labour visited Suffolk, the wages were generally 12s, In East Norfolk the wages are 10s to 11s, and in West Norfolk 9s to 10s generally, but lls in some cases; whereas lls to 13s were the rates returned to the Labour Commission about two years ago. In Cambridgeshire the range is 10s to 13s, t'ie lower rate being a recent decrease. Essex wages are commonly 9s to 11s, but 12s in some districts, while Us to 12s was the range in 1892 in one of the districts in which wages are always lowest. In the Bauintree district, it is reported, some able-bodied men are

now getting only 8s a week. Of course these weekly wages do not represent average earnings, which are usually 2 s to 4s a week higher, harvest and piecework, extras and payments iu kind being reckoned. Moreover, the wages of horsemen and stockmen are higher. But still the rate# are very low, and the statement given confirms the remarks recently made as to depression Jhaving* at J«st reached the agricultural labourers. Certainly the best medicine known i Sanpeh & Son’s Eucalypti Extracx

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