The Patea County Press. {With which is incorporated The Patea Mail.) "Be Just and Fear Not." WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20th 1897. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Patea Mail, Volume X, Issue 121, 20 October 1897, Page 2

The Patea County Press. {With which is incorporated The Patea Mail.) "Be Just and Fear Not." WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20th 1897. LOCAL AND GENERAL

e—■ -—- Among tlic passengers by the lonic was Mr Tunbridge, the new Commissioner of Police (says a Wellington wire). At Auckland the other day, John William Denbiu was fined £l, or 7 days’ imprisonment, for travelling by the Gairloch from New Plymouth to Onohimga, without previously paying his fare. The number of unemployed assisted by the Labour Department during the month was 142. There were altogether 2755 artisans and laborers employed on cooperative works under Government depart' meats. ' A Perth cable supplies the information that the murdered woman, the discovery of a portion of whoso body was cabled on Monday, is the wife of O’Brien, a uigidman, who has been arrested. How near prohibition, when it touches “ home,” is in the present Houses of Parliament was amply shown by the vote taken as to the abolishment of intoxi' cants from Bellamy’s, when out of a. hundred and one members voting, seventy six stuck to whisky and twenty live to water-—an excellent proportion for internal use hut scarcely a prohibition vote. A gentleman visiting Liverpool was DC' ing shown around by a citizen, who said: ‘‘Now, let’s go and see the ‘Widow's Home.’ ” The gentleman put his finger to the side of his nose, and -winked, and ti.cn said; “ No, thanks ; I saw a widow home once, and she sued me for breach of promise, and proved it on me. It cost mu a matter of £l2O. No sir; send the widows home in a cab.” The question as to whether homing pigeons can find their way by instinct or depend on the knowledge of locality is now being discussed in Europe owing to (•he report that a pigeon -with a message from Heir Andgw had been picked up at sea. Most of the aufciioriti.ei; agpc that i bore is not the slightest probability of any pigeon finding its way back from the bulluoa if anywhere near the Jfojrty Bole-

The Wellington Homing Pigeon Society held a race from Aramoho on Saturday, the first bird flying 1000 yards tier minute. A novel ploughing team has been working in a paddock at Eitzroy the last] day or two, a bull and a horse being harnessed together, driven by a Maori. The pair seemed to pull together all right.—Tara naki Herald. Judge Kettle has suggested that everyperson against whom a prohibition order is made should, while the order is in fore be compelled to wear a badge consisting of a large red button with the letter ‘ P in black on it, or a red band round the arm, in order that hotelkeepers and their servants and others may know thi persons who are prohibited, Of Sir George Grey (says a Loudon correspondent) I regret very much to say that I have a poor account to give. His health has, in fact, broken down altogether. and his present condition is exceedingly grave. His illness latterly has taken a very distressing form, and his condition is a source of the deepest anxiety to bis many friends. An authority on cattle breeding gives the following hint as to picking a good heifer calf There is one point in a cow to look at first, and the same point in the calf, which is this, with the eye measure the distance from the tail, about halfway down from the rump, as it drops straight clown, to the rear end of the thigh, and the greater the distance between these points and the more curving the thigh the better the cow.

The spinning-wheel has been taken up by New society, and it is now quite the fad to be able to spin even as dexterously as women of a century ago. Golf is said to be indirectly responsible for the fad. and golf stockings are now no longer bought in the shops or even made to order; they are spun at home by the industrious dames of swelldom. The Princess of Wales learned to spin some time ago, and it may bo that the example of Her .Royal Highness may have had something to do with the beginning of the custom in America,

The milking of those blessed cows must be done, as the following illustrates: Scene —A. Wimmera chapel, and during the sermon the preacher is annoyed at the restlessness of one of the worshippers continually turning round to look at the clock. The preacher (who can stand it no longer)—l desire to inform my restless friend that it is exactly twenty-throe minutes past four, and i’ll he finished within the next twenty minutes.. 1 Then ITi get ye to excuse me, sir, I’m off, the rest of the sermon wouldn’t be any good to me; those blessed cows is got to be milked.” The Berlin police have prohibited the performance of Herr Hermann Sunderniann’s latest drama’ ‘Johannes,” which was looked forward to as one of the dramatic events of the forthcoming season because it is based on the story ol John the Baptist. The dramatist has appealed against this decision, and will give a recital of his drama before an iu - vited audience consisting of literary men. The police, in the order issued by ‘hem, strangely enough state that pieces taken from the Old and New Testaments will not bo allowed to ’be performed. _ The decision creates considerable surprise, as a Passion play is allowed both at Oberammergan and Stieldorf. The total salaries paid to New Zealand light-house keepers during the year ended March 31st, was £9OOO 19s 4d. Oil cos' £1335 9s 3d, stores and contingencies £2871 10s 83, and the gross amount spent on lighthouses totalled £15,774 11s Id. The largest quantity of oil burnt at a single lighthouse was at Stephen’s Island, where 1733 gallons, valued at £129 12s 6d, were consumed iu the year, Cuvier Island and Cape Maria Van Diemau coming next with 1270 gallons and 1005 gallons respectively. The statistics _ with reference to the Cape Eguiont Lighthouse ars as follows Salaries, £3lO 13s 4d ; oil consumed, 473 gallons, valued at £42 19s Cd; stores and contingencies, £483 6s sd. In his annual report to the Marine Department, Captain Allman states that the new Cape Palliser Lighthouse is admirably situated for all purposes, and would make an excellent look-out station in the event of war for reporting passingvessels. In time of piece it would be equally serviceable for the same purpose if connected by telegraph. If this were done, the four corners of Cook Strait would be within hail, so to speak, of mariners. At the western entrance of the Strait Cape Farewell and Cape Egmout light stations arc connected by wire. Cape Campbell, which commands the south-eastern entrance, is also connected by wire. Next to Cape Farewell station, Captain Allman thinks Cape Palliser the most important station for reporting passing vessels and vessels navigating Cook Strait. The light will be shown from Wednesday, October 27th. It is 258 ft above the sea, and is a dioptric involving whole light of the second order. While pursuing his experiments iu Southern Queensland, Mr Pound, the Government bacteriologist (reports a contemporary), found that the rabbits there are rapidly developing an instinct for climbing trees, and he produces numerous photographs which leave no doubt upon the point. One of these shows a rabbit in the act. One tree which, he says, they are particularly fond of, is the hop bush, and he has a photograph of onesof these trees which the rabbits had denuded of all vegetation up to 14ft from the ground. The special capacity of “ Master Bunny ” he has been aided in developing by the fact that iu a sandy country the rabbits, have no need to burrow to the same extent as in hard soil, and their claws, not being worn, grow long, and have the tendency to curve inwards like the talons of a bird. Mr Pound has presented specimens with remarkably' developed hook claws, His experience has also proved to him that I rabbits become good swimmers, and that though the predominant colour is a kind of groy r , they frequently develop a colour similar to that of the soil in which they operate, and that iu the red sand country they often become quite red. Not a few who read what Mr Robert Rowls, cf Hollands, Va., lias to say' below, will remember their own experience under like circumstances : “ Last winter I had la grippe which left, me iu a low state of health. I tried numerous remedies, none of which did me any good, until J was induced to try a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Homedyn The first bottle of it so far relieved mo that I was enabled to I attend to my work, and the second bottle I effected a cine.” For Mr |T Hood,- chemi&C

Wheat at Mark Lane (London) i: quoted 6d dearer. The Queen has given £SO to the fund started for the relief of the typhoid sufferers at Maidstone.

We give a final reminder of the Ee Mr Morley’s iecture which takes place ir the Wesleyan Church this evening. The local Salvation Army succeeded ii. amassing a sum of slightly over £ Orff uring their week of Self Denial. Mahony & Co.’s new advertisement appears on our front page to day, amt should be read by all heads of families A London cable states that the National Liberal Club, at the instance of the Earl of Cairington, has elected Premiers Ecid and Soddon honorary life members. Martin the American cyclist, was sent to gaol for 14 days for assault on an official of the League of Wheelmen. Martin declared he would never raci :igain in Australia (says an Adelaide cable). The next English and European Mail via San Francisco will close at the local Post Office on Thursday, 28th October, at 10 a.m. Money Orders, Tuesday 26th, at 4 p.m. This mail will he due in London, December Ist. On the arm of a young woman in New York is a photograph, placed there by lightning. She is a telegraph operator, and while she was sending a message to St, John’s during a storm she felt an acute pain in her arm, and on looking at it found the exact representation of a leaf. The terrible rate of mortality in Cuba may be guagecl by a message from Havana, published by the Imparcial. According to official returns, the town of Gaines, which had 12,000 inhabitants, lost during the months of April and May no fewer than 2399 by the ravages of yellow fever and other diseases. Madruga, a town of 6000 inhabitants, suffered to the extent of 1172 deaths. In Artemisa, 1170 died out of a population of 5000, and in Juruga, 1007 out of 7000, during the same two mouths.

A report lias bee a received by tlie Marine Department from Messrs D and C. Stevenson, of Edinburgh, engineers to the Fovthern Board of Lighthouses, to the effect that, after instituting a series of experiments with the view of devising burners for the consumption of mineral colza oil, they regretto say that the result is not encouraging, and that they are forced to the conclusion that the burners now in use in the colony arc the best that can be devised. Under such circumstances it is not desirable to use the oil, as when it was tried with the present burners at several lighthouses the results were not satisfactory.

Most of our readers will regret to notice that Mr J. Mnrgatroyd is leaving Patea for Auckland, Avhore the firm intend to have their headquarters for this Island. The departure of Mr Mnrgatroyd will he a distinct loss to the town, as by r his strict business integrity and hearty genial manner ho has secured a legion of friends by whom he will be very much missed. Fortunately for the district, fellmongery will be carried on as before under his own supervision, as his visits will be made at very short intervals ; while in his absence his representative here will conduct all business under instructions and on the same lines as heretofore.

Capt. Edwin, wired at 1.30 p.m. to-day as follows :—Wind between northeast and north and west at all places northward East Cape, Tauranga and Raglan, and between north and west and southwest at all other places. Barometer fall at all other places northward of East Cape, Tauranga and Raglan ; further fall, but rising atfer 12 hours, from thence southward to Lyttelton and Hokitika; rise from thence southward. Sea heavy on all western coasts of both Islands, and after 12 hours ou eastern coasts south of East Cape. Tides high ou western coast of North Island; good ■on all eastern coasts Strong northerly winds are to be expected at all places north of East Cape, Taupo and Raglan, and westerly gales with rain everywhere else.

The distinction of running “ the fastest train in the world ” now belongs to the Atlantic City llailroad. The new service was inaugurated by a train which, in spite of the fact that it started two and a half minutes late, reached Atlantic City one and a half minute ahead of time, the 551 miles being run off in 48 minutes, or at the fate of (39'135 miles per hour. The train sheet shows that the 4'B miles between Egg Harbour and Brigantine Junction were covered at a speed of 82'26 miles per hour. This was an excellent performance, for the train weighed 820,3001b5, and much of the distance was run against head winds and in a heavy thunderstorm. The train was hauled by a Baldwin four-cylinder compound, and the total weight of engine and train was about 278.V tons.

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