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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 43, 24 June 1890, Page 2

A lecture will be delivered in Canvastown school room by Mr E. Ensor on South Africa next Monday week, after which a vocal concert will be given. The lecture will commence at 8 o'clock. The members of the Waimea Road Board have received a lawyer's letter, issued under the instructions of the Auditor-General, demanding from each the sum of £ls, being the total amount drawn by all the members as travelling expenses. The Wellington co-operative butchery have started business,

There has been a public meeting held at Eeefton to take steps to prevent auriferous country falling into the hands of the Midland Eailway Company. The people of the South, and New Zealand in general, will yet have cause to regret that they ever allowed the land to be given to this Company. The above meeting is not the only one that will be held with regard to this matter. Verily New Zealand should hold the premier position for blundering and mismanagement.

We have to congratulate the Reefton Guardian on appearing in an enlarged form. The Guardian is ably conducted from a litarary point of view, and we are not surprised at the proprietor keeping pace with the times by increasing its size. At the R. M. Court, Blenheim, on Saturday, Thos. McGuire was fined <£s or 14 days 1 imprisonment for cruelty to a horse. Up to date over 3,000 tons of potatoes were exported from Napier since February, and a large quantity await shipment. An old man, George Mays, was felling a ti-tree at Hamilton, Auckland, with his son, when he slipped and fell in front of his son's axe, which nearly severed his arm above the wrist. Church services will be held at St. Peter's Church, Havelock, by the Rev. T. Grace, on Sunday next (St. Peter's Day) at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Holy Communion in the morning.

Mr T. H. Scott invited a number of his old pupils to a dance at his house on Friday last, and the opportunity was taken advantage of by a number of young men presenting Mr Scott with a gold watch-key to keep in remembrance of the pleasant evenings they had spent together, and as a small token of their great esteem. The address, which accompanied the presentation, concluded with wishing Mr and Mrs Scott and family long life, happiness, and prosperity. The Joint Stock Bank at Sydney have recovered the sum of £7,357 from the Bank of New Zealand, on a dishonoured cheque in connection with the Thomas frauds. Some of our readers Avill remember a person passing through Havolock by the name of Harris, who, according to an advertisement in a Blenheim paper, had settled here as a barrister and solicitor. It appears he had been travelling about the country issuing valueless cheques, but his career in that line was brought to an end at Christchurch the other day, where he was arrested.

The question of forming a New Zealand Jockey Club is to be discussed in Wellington at a meeting of racing delegates on the 15th August.

Mr John Crump, of Blenheim, met with a serious accident on Friday while carrying coal and falling on a scraper, and is not expected to recover. We have to express our sympathy with Mr and Mrs Smith, of the Commercial Hotel, in the loss of their youngest daughter, who died after a very short illness on Sunday evening. Mr Macarthur, who is travelling through the Colony on behalf of Australian capitalists, was refused a free railway pass by the Commissioners, a concession which would have been readily granted in the other Colonies. As Mr Macarthur's visit may be the means of introducing capital into the country we think the Commissioners acted in a very unwise manner, but it is nevertheless characteristic of the bad management for which this country is noted.

In an article soma time ago we pointed out that there was a lot of land up the Wanganui River on which people were anxious to settle, but the Government would not take the trouble to survey it. We find that a public meeting has been held in that district, at which resolutions were passed asking the Government to have it opened up for settlement. The Government make a lot out of the fact that settlement has been more rapid since they took office than previously, but that does not alter the fact that it would have been still more rapid if they had been in earnest in regard to land settlement.

It is stated that there is to be a new steam service between Picton and the Grove and other parts of the Sounds. We gather from the Post that there was a good deal of excitement over the strike of the Wellington Tramway employees. To prevent the trams from being patronised all the express drivers took passengers from one end of the town to the other free of charge after 5 o'clock. One arrest was made, in the person of a little boy, who threw an orange at one of the tramway inspectors. The inspector showed his manliness (?) by giving the boy in charge. Mr S. Bolton, of Nelson, has an announcement in this issue of interest to fruit-growers and others. Mr Bolton has a very large variety, and persons requiring fruit or ornamental trees should have no difficulty in obtaining what fchey require.

The late Mr Francis James Garrick's will was proved at Christchurch on Friday, the estate being sworn under £IIO,OOO.

We regret to hear that Mr Hart, schoolmaster at Canvastown, has been seriously ill. Mr Hart is now slowly reccovering, and hopes to be again in harness in a week or two.

Mr James Campbell announces that he will be happy to carry parcels, &o. from either the Picton or the MahakipaAva side of the Grove, as he meets both steamer and boats with a brake.