The Patea County Press. (With which is incorporated The Patea Mail.) "Be Just and Fear Not." MONDAY, SEPT. 30th 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 117, 30 September 1895, Page 2

The Patea County Press. (With which is incorporated The Patea Mail.) "Be Just and Fear Not." MONDAY, SEPT. 30th 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The County Council meets to-morrow at eleven a.m., and Hospital Board at two p.m. u | Mrs Webster begs jp intimate to her pupils that lessons resumed on Wednesday, 2nd Oetobor.-FAin'T. Capt. Edwin wired as follows at 1 p.m. to-day :—Strong southeast to south and west winds with heavy sea; glass rising, and colder weather.

The Wellington City Council has fixed the salary of its mayor (from next election) at LOO guineas a year, instead of 100 guineas as at present. Applications are invited up to the 9th October for the position of Secretary to the Waverley Co-operative Dairy Coy. Particulars will be found elsewhere.

I The next ’Frisco mail closes at the ' Patea Post Office on Thursday morning, j at ten o’clock, and is due in London on (>th November. Money order office for this mail closes to-morrow evening at four o’clock.

On Saturday last the llawora Star came out in its old size, having thus far recovered from the effects of the late fire. | Much, however, yet remains to be done, (If there is a “ lino V which fire, water and j hasty removal can knock out of time that j Hue certainly is printing.

The names of the Hon J. Bryce and Mr R C. Bruce are being mentioned m connection with the vacancy for the Rangitikei seat at the next election.— Feilding Star.

The New Boy : “ The world is round, father, is it not F” “Certainly.” “Then, if it be round, how can it possibly come to an end ?” “I think it is time that you wmt to bed, Jack.” The people of the United States use on a average 12,000,000 postage stamps of all kinds each and every day of the year, or a total of about 4,380,000,000 per annum. Sounds like a good old Yankee “ fact.’

Jimmy : ‘ YouTe ’fraid ter fight, that’s what it is-’ Thomas: "No, I ain’t; but if I fight my mother T1 know and lick mo.’ Jimmy! ‘How will she find out, eh?’ Thomas: • She’ll sec the doctor going to your bouse.’

A fashionable London tailor predicts that the donmug of knickers by whetdmen will lead to the revival of kneebreeches. It has long been apparent that many knee-breeches badly wanted reviving or making over again. The first coffee supper held by the Salvation Army in Patea takes place this evening in t'm Masonic Hall, when the record of a life from Jockey to Salvation Army, with appropriate singing, will form the basis of the entertainment,

Glasses are now supplied by the British Admiralty to the officers and sailors serv ing on fast torpedo boats, as the high speed has been found injurious to the eyes. It would not be surprising to hear that glasses had been supplied to some of our railway hands for a similar reason.

Through a temporary miibap fo (he machinery the Great Wheel at Earl’s Court, near London, suddenly stopped at half-past nine o’clock one evening recently, some of the passengers were kept 300 ft in the air for two hours. Many threw down money wrapped in telegrams which they desired to be sent to anxious friends. In one day 18,000 people made the round of the wheel.

A woman in Now York is under sou*fence of death, and several persons have offered to take her place in the electric chair. One correspondent writes:—l understand that this Marie Barbies is to die for killing her betrayer, I propose that 1 be permitted to fill this doomed woman’s place and let her go free. I think it is a disgrace on our nation for her to bo executed. Another volunteer was a woman.

The development of light railway in Belgium is proving to be a great boon to Belgian farmers. Since their introduction beet root is being cultivated to a largo extent, and consequently a large number of sugar factories are established. There are at present about 7 o such lines in BeL ginm, with a total mileage of over 83fi miles. Six of those belong to private companies, and the remainder to the National Society of Local Railways. Among the most exclusive set in Europe the men no longer offer their arm to ladies when passing from the dinings room into the drawing-room, or vice versa, but, as, used to be the custom in bygone yours, they exlend their hands to their fair partners, and lightly grasping the tipjs of th# latter’s gloved fingers they thus lead them to and from their places at the dinner-table. The new custom goes well with the beautiful costumes and head dresses of the hour.

The Sydney Morning Herald, writing upon the fact that steamers have recently reported the smoko of bush fires 000 miles from Australia, remarks : -It is on wellauthenticated record that in 1851, the year of the most fearful bush fires that over occurred in Australia, namely, those, that broke out in Victoria, the lire reached suck a,n enormous altztixcZe that ashes and burnt leaves were carried across and fell on tho coast of New Zealand, a good deal over 1000 miles distant.

A young American, sou of a millionaire, gave a dinner to 22 friends in Paris recently. Each was supplied with a p.ivatc coupe and pair to drive to and from the place of meeting. Each guest had before him a whole leg of mutton, a whole salmon, a fowl, a basket of peaches and several bottles of wine. At dessert a bag was passed round from which each guest was asked to draw a keepsake, consisting of emerald links, pearl studs and cigarette cases in gold inlaid with jewels.

A party of native wood-cutters in tho Sonderbunds had an experience tho othir day that reads like a tale out of Gordon Gumming s adventures. It appears that eleven men were out cutting wood, some of them resting whilo the others worked. Presently one of them saw a huge t'ger in the act of preparing for a spring on tho workers, and gave tho alarm. They rushed to their boat and pulled out into midstream. To their horror the tiger followed them and swam bravely for tho boat. They pulled for their lives, when presently the tiger in its turn became the pursued and was soon safe in the clutches of a huge alligator. A fierce struggle now ensued between the tiger and the alligator, which, however, the terrified men did not wait to sec finished.

A good story is going round about Sir Wilfrid Lawson—baronet, humorist, and temperance preacher. Espying a labourer one day walking along with the old familiar black bottle protruding from his pocket, he entered into conversation with him. After pointing out the misery which had resulted from the bottle, Sir Wilfrid earnestly exhorted the man to Hee from its contents. The man was so overc me that he took out the receptacle and emptied the liquor into the roai. Sir Wilfrid’s face beamed with pleasure, and, handing the man sixpence, he said, “ Take that, it will buy you something better.” The man,'to the disgust of Sir Wilfrid, entered a public-house and spent the sixpence in beer. The liquor ho had thrown away was cold tea !

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I A Wellington telegram says:—“ The { Trades Council have been informed that a I number of Chinese are on their way from Melbourne to start a coach factory in ; New Zealand. The Council urges the \ Government to burry the passage of the i Asiatic Immigrants Bill.” A wet practice of the Fire Brigade will be held this evening, when the power of I the engine to throw two jets instead of ! one will be tried, a double hose couplet having been made for the purpose. If it .is,found that the engine is sufficiently powerful to throw two jets a great ; advantage will be gained in coping wifh fire.

A singular fatality took place lately during the passage of the steamer Bellringer to Melbourne from Tasmania The weather experienced was very severe. The chief officer (Mr Graham) was on the bridge in charge of the vessel, and orders were given to set the trysail. Whilst this was being done, the flapping of the sails caused the ropes on one side to break, and the clip hooks on the cringle of the clow straightened out. The cringle was forced forward, and struck the chief officer on the temple, killing him almost instantaneously.

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