LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 89, 26 July 1895, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs Freeman E. Jackson ami Co.’s Wavcrley sale takes place on Monday next. List of present entries appear in another column. Mr 33. C. Bobbins, acutioneer, of Hawera, notifies an important sale of drapery, etc., at “Excelsior House,” opposite the Albion Hotel, on Tuesday next. Tenders are invited for making additions to the Wbenuakura School. Plans, etc., may be seen at Mr Fookes’ office, Waverloy, and Mr Cowern’a office, Patea. Tenders close at noon on Friday, 9th August. A crop of 30 acres of swedes on the Olrig Station, Hawke’s Bay is reported to have provided 25U0 hoggets with feed for a month, and th m was expected to carry 1300 ewes for three or four weeks to finish up the crop. Placed end to end in a continuous line, the streets of London would extend from the Mansion House across the entire Continent of Europe and beyond the Ural Mountains into Asia. The number of inhabitants exceeds the populations of of Paris, Berlin, Vienna, and Koine put together. And yet London is one of the healthiest cities in the world. Mr J. Larking announces to-day that in order to meet the times he has reduced the charges for hair cutting fifty per cent., and will in iuture perform this very necessary operation for the small charge of sixpence. Mr Larking hopes by thus meeting his customers that no one will pass his door, but that all will pay him a visit when and as often as the hair grows long. Elsewhere appears a notice that the Eev. C. H. Garland will preach anniversary sermons in the Wesleyan Church on Sunday next, morning and evening, and will also give a lecture on “ Tennyson ” in the Harmonic Hall on Monday evening. Those who know the Eev. Mr Garland speak in the highest terms of his ability as a preacher, and the interesting nature of bis evening with Tennyson. The installation of officers of the Star of Egmont Lodge, U.A.0.D., took place on Wednesday last, when the following officers were installed :—Bro. P.A. J. A. McKenna, Arch Druid; Bro. W. Dempsey, Vice Arch ; Bro. P.A. J. Boyle, Secretary; Bro. A. Howitt, Treasurer; Bro. H. Laying, LG.; Bro. F. Wobley, 0.G.; Bros. Christiansen and G. Fairweather, A.D. Bards; Bros. A. A. Gower and A. Larking, V.A. Bards. It is stated that the Government have purchased the Clive Grange estate in Hawke’s Bay for settlement purposes. This block of land, which comprises about •1600 acres, was some time ago offered for i!i0,000, hut negotiations have been in progress since, and it is understood that terms have been agreed upon at a slight i eduction. The estate is admirably suited for settlement purposes, and if purchased and thrown open by the Government, will no doubt he rapidly taken up.—Exchange, Port Nicholson impresses one with its magnificent commercial capabilities, hut hardly conveys an impression of natural beauty. Yet when in the progress of time settlement creeps up the sides of those dismal heights, and the sombre hue of scrub and bush and cold clay gives place to the varied tints of woodlanl scenery, and villas and farmsteads soften the ragged outlines of the mountains, tbs harbour of Wellington will possess a uniqueness of beauty that will challenge the admiration of the world.—“ Colonns ” in Auckland Heiald.

Mr Arthur Bennett, who comes from Palmerston to assist at Mrs Webster s concert, has been spoken of by tbe norihera press as one of tbo most promising baritones in tbe colony, Mr Bennett made his debut a few years ago at the Thames, and both there and in Auckland made a deckled hit both in concert and oratorio. Miss Mackenzie, whose forte is comic opera, will probably contribute one or two humorous items ; and Miss Mo Alpine, who is a host in herself, will be among the soloists. Mrs Webster’s Glee Club will have the support of several outside singers. Altogether a genuine musical treat is in store for lovers of music.

The North Island District Grand Lodge of Druids holds its first half-yearly meeting at Wanganui to-day, which will be atteuied by delegates representing the whole of the lodges on the North Island, Marlborough, and two special representatives from Otago and Canterbury. Questions as to the future management of tbe Order, and a proposal for the forma tion of lodges for women, are - wo believe, included in the business agenda. Since tbe North Island lodges have begun working under their own jurisdiction, tbe Order has made considerable advance, aud a very satisfactory statement of the position is expected at the ensuing meeting. Congratulations upon securing SelfGovernment have been received by the District Grand President from American, South Australian, ami New South Wales Gran i Lodges. Messrs T. E. Hamortou, District President, aud J. A. McKenna, Past Arch aud lodge delegate, left by tt'aia this wotniug to attend the meeting.

Six thousand eight hundred sheep were sold at the recent Sydney sales, exclusive of those privately disposed of. realising £16,400 compared with 8,400 sheep last year for £26,000. Over £B,OOO went to Tasmania for 2,700 sheep while New South Wales received £3,80) for 40?) animals. A weird new disease has just reached Europe from Russia—whence the influenza came. Pathologists believe it to be the “ foot-and-mouth disease ” of cattle, probably transmitted to the human subject by diseased milk. It is a fierce fever which attacks the mouth, causing the loss of all tooth in a few hours; after which it kills or departs, leaving its victims toothless. An extraordinary accident befell Miss Ivy Jordan, of Tauranga, the other day She got on the rail of a well to mount her horse, when the cover gave way, and she was precipitated to the water at the bottom, a distance of 72 feet. She kept her bead above water until assistance was procured about twenty minutes later, and was hauled out without the slightest injury*

Mr Gladstone has given a bell to the new chapel of Selwyn College, Cambridge. Mr Gladstone was a school-fellow fit Eton and a close friend of the late Bishop Selwyn, in whose memory the college was founded. It is hoped that the chapel will be opened in October next. Nearly the whole of the cost (over £IO,QUO) had been raised by the past and present members of the college and their friends, but about £SOO still remains. i A point of interest was settle&the other day at Nelson. A tradesman, ance with a notice on his mWheads, charged interest on an overdue account and sued for the amount in Court. The S.M. said he had looked up authorities, and found several, whereby it appeared that the notice on the billheads was not sufficient to enable interest to be charged, It was not necessary that there should be an agreement between the parties, but there should be a letter or something to say that interest would be charged from a certain date in which case legal interest, 8 per cent only could be charged. Tommy Burns, the well-known Liverpool swimmer and diver, has just per* formed the extraordinary feat of diving into the Mersey from a moving train. Disguising his identity. Burns took his seat with two friends in a first-class carriage on the Electric Overhead Railway at Liverpool Pierhead. Once seated in the train, he divested himself of his overcoat, and, ailed by his companions, sprang upon the carriage roof. From this elevated position he took a header just as the train was making Nelson Dock Station, his leap being 100 feet. Successfully clearing a steamer at anchor in dock he in a moment came to the surface all right. in the House yesterday, replying to Mr Meredith, whe asked if the Minister 'of Def mce would remove officers in charge of police stations at intervals of nut more than five years to enable the licensing law to be more strictly enforced. Mr Seddon admitted such a rule was a wise one and it would assist in the enforcement of the law. When he had first taken charge of the police be had transferred all the inspectors, but the trouble was that directly he wanted to move a policeman members of the House were the first to protest against his action. The Department ware considering the advisability of following some such course as that suggested by Mr Meredith.—Exchange. - * A case which for its meanness called forth severe comment from the bench was lately heard at the City Police Court, Melbourne. A blind old man named John Trehey, who gains a livelihood by selling matches, bootlaces, and other small goods, was counting his money at the corner of Hogan’s Lane, when a young man named Cecil Crowley seized a bag of coin and made off with it. The bag contained about £2, all in threepenny pieces. Two women, neighbours of the eld man, witnessed the theft, and gave the accused into custody of the police. Crowley, who had an unfavourable record in the police books was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment. Prosecutor, on recounting his money, found it was 2s 3d short of the amount which the bag had contained, A little girl has just died at the Calcutta Orphanage who was said, once upon I a time, to have been rescued from a she bear who was nursing her with her own i

other little Drums. Auer neving oeen an object of interest for some time, and hav* ing apparently escaped being sold into j menagerie, she seems to have spent fiv« ! years in Jalpaigurl, from which she waf discharged as “ incurable.” Then she if found wandering the streets of Jalpaiguri, and this time really rescued by the manager of the Calcutta Orphanage, when she has been for about two years, trying to learn human speech and take to human food. They do not seem to haye agreed with her, and she is dead. Cooked food, it is said, and other peculiarities of home life, were unsuitable for her health, and she went into a consumption. Information was received in London recently that an English missionary bad been murdered near Mandalay, inßurmah. The telegram only contained th® words, ‘•Lambert murdered,” and was sent to his friends in London. The diseased missionary went out about five years ago. in connection with the China Inland mission, but subsequently severed his connection therewith and engaged in independent missionary labour. In a letter recently received be stated his intention of helping some Baptist missionaries a few milosjup'country from Mandalay, and itis conjectured that whilst there the natives murdered him. He was soon returning to England, and when his widowed mother and two sisters ware made acquainted with the terms of the telegram they were preparing bis room. By the death of General Feildeu the House of Commons has lost a member belonging to a class which is by no means too numerous at the present day. Having served his country well in ihe Army, he succeeded to a large fortune on the death of his father in 1870, and had he followed his own personal inclinations he would have spent the greater part of his time in the country, but the exigencies of politics were too strong for him, and he was practically compelled to become an M.P He was extremely popular in his own neighborhood, as he was wherever he was known and in 1880 such pressure was put upon him that he stood for North Lancashire, and was elected; and after the Redistribution Bill of 1881 ho stood for the Chorley Division of Lancashire, and represented it till his death. Ho di I not speak in the House, but he was a most loyal supporter of the Whips, when voting was required. He sat for fifteen years spent a very large amount of money for the party he supported, and never asked for a single faYOUj «J jehty'Q. ftljob m soai'ca,