LOCAL and GENERAL

Patea Mail, Volume XXXI, 21 May 1909, Page 2

LOCAL and GENERAL

Our readers are reminded that a euchre party will be hold in the Convent School this evening. The senior grade match Patea v Kaponga to be played on the Patea Domain to-morrow is in aid of the Bayley Memorial Fund.

A record list of charges was set down for hearing at Wavorley Police Court yesterday, no less than twenty six cases being dealt with. At Konx Presbyterian Church on Sunday next the Rev. Mr Shore will conduct the morning service and the Rev. Dr Portcous will preach in the evening. The secretary of the Patea Racing Club has received a cheque for £SO 12s, being the amount collected by the Railway Department in connection with the late races held at ITawera.

Boring for an artesian water supply will shortly be resumed at the Patea Freezing Company’s works. Operations have remained suspended for a lengthy period ponding the arrival of some necessary material from abroad.

Speaking at Alton last evening Mr Gibbs said that if they had an independent factory at Alton it would help them in getting the Hail way Department to stop ihe mail mun at Ball Road It would also help them to get saleyards at Alton and these were greatly needed. The fact that a pressman habitually carries a note-book exposes him to misconception at times. A representative of this paper was persuing his craft at a northern sports meeting recently when he was accosted by a Maori who enquired 1 you lay the odds”? The soft impeachment was instantly and cheerfully denied. The Maori looked surprised “ What for the book,”? he asked in a puzzled way. On the matter being explained to him he said “ Och!” rather disgustedly and went away.

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The Patea Tradesmen’s Association iatiMottos that business premises in Patea will remain open on Monday (Empire Dav), and will be closed on Juno 3rd.*

Good time is still being made at the Patea Freezing Company’s. works. So far this month about 325 head of cattle, .'5Ol lambs and dOO sheep have been handled. The season for sheep and lambs is now drawing to a close but the supply of cattle shows no prosaist sign of diminution.

Mr Geo. E. Nitzsche, undeterred by tho fate of Messrs Andre and Wellman, is making preparations for a dash to the North Pole in July by mems of balloons and an aeroplane. Mr Nitzsche thinks that one balloon will carry two men and the operator. Another will be used to carry a large quantify of gasoline for fuel, and still another for provisions and apparatus. The aeroplane will be used ns a scout. Tho Island of Spitsbergen will he used as a starting point, and there the steamship will await the return of the expedition.

At an extraordinary general meeting of the Norrnanby Dairy Coy, held in Normanby on Wednesday, it was resolved, “ That cheese plants bo installed at Nor.manby, Ararata, and Hirstlands, and that' tho matter of finance be left to the directors to arrange.” The chairman (Mr Goodland) promised that tho directors would go into the question of finance and see whether the project could be carried out. Personally he favoured the installation of cheese plants If they found that tho project could not be financed they would call the shareholders together again and ask them how tho financial difficulty was to be overcome.

Mr Harry Floyd, trainer of Dick Arnst, who has been doer stalking by way of variety, passed through Wellington on Wednesday on route to Wanganui to take up his old duties. Mr Floyd stated that bo hardly thought it would be necessary to camp up the river on this occasion as Arnst knew the course perfectly, and such training as the champion required could just as easily be undergone in town He could not ace how it was possible for Webb to beat his man, unless the former was a mightily improved man, but for the winner there was the attraction held out of matches with Dnrnan, of Canada, and the Englishman, Barry. Webb inquired if Arnst had fixed up a match with either of those oarsmen before he issued the challenge to re-row Webb. Tho WebbArnst race is to be rowed on June 22nd.

A distressing fatality occurred at Westmereon Wednesday afternoon about 4 o’clock, when Keith Douglas, tho nephew of Mr Stephen Foreman, of Westmere, received fatal injuries through the accidental discharge of a gun. It appears that deceased, who was fourteen years of age, had been out shooting and was returning to the homestead when the accident occurred He was getting through a fence, when the gun exploded, the charge entering the boy’s abdomen. The report of the gun and the lad’s cries were heard at the homestead and the boy was immediately carrie 1 home. Dr. Hatjierly was summoned and went to the scene of the accident without delay, but the mifortuaato lad died at 11 o’clock last night. Deceased was a very clever lad. and a great favouilte with all with whom he came in contact. He was a consistent prizewinner at school, and gave every promise of a successful future.

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