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Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 123, 30 August 1887, Page 2

Mr Gregory announces brick* and lime for sale.

A mooting of tho Cemetery Trustoes was to have been hold last night, but owing to the absence of several members tho meeting was adjourned to Monday night next. Tho election of tho Woodville Borough Councillors has been annulled oil the petition of Messrs it. 11. Kliudea, C. ll rss, and G. Mason.

V Committee meeting of the Bush Wanderers' Cricket Club is to be hold at Stewart's Hotel on Friday at 4 p.m., to make final arrangements with regard to the Club and for opening the season. Intending members are invited to be present, as the Committee will bo glad to hear mig ation* from anyone interested in the success of the newly formed Club. With commendable promptitude the l’ahiiitua Foresters bare decided to give an entertainment in aid of Mr and Mr* Marsh, who last week suffered such serious loss through the total destruction of their dwelling-house and contents. Elsewhere appears the preliminary announcement, and we feel sure such a worthy appeal will meet with a hearty response from the public. As bushfelling progresses so do accident*. and aluio-t every week someone is brought in for surgical assistance. On Saturday John Close, who was engaged btishfelling in the Tiraumea, about eight miles from Paliiatua, managed to cut a de<-p gash in his right foot with an axe. which completely disabled him. Fortunately he was not alone, and his fellowworkmen at once proceeded to bring him in to town, having to carry him to the Tiraum- a road ; but owing to the roughness of the track on which they had to travel they did not reach here until rests day morning, remaining Sunday night at Mr I xttemail's. Mr Veals was callsi on. and lie. on looking nt tho foot (which, by the way, Ua-i been studied in two nl> -c.

one of the men), advised them to tako

Close to Woodvillo to see i \ doctor. The advice wm acle l upon. l>r Rranting was interviewed, who, after examination, considered the stitches already put in sufficient. lie therefore dre-sod the wound as it was, and to prevent any possibility of it reopening securely strapped it. Close has suffered a good deal of pain from the ent, hut wo trust he will soou bo sufficiently recovered to follow his usual occupation. Mr I). Knight has some dairy heifers for sale.

A change is about to be made in the coach service between Mangaiuahoe and W oodville. On and after Thursday Mr Vile will suspend the running of his coaches from Mangaiuahoe to Pahmtua, and instead will run between Pahiatua and Woodville, taking over Mr Macara's morning and evening service. The latter has purchased Mr Vile’s interest in the Hast well Clearing toll-gate, and in future will only run the daily mad coach from the railway station to Woodville. The service established by Mr Macara botween Pahiatua and Woodville is a most convenient one, and we trust Mr Vile will meet with libernl support m taking it over. In the efiange many in i'ahiatua will miss the familiar faco of Alex. Cameron, whose obliging disposition has stamped him as quite a favorite during the time ho has been plying the whip for Mr Macara. So far as we know* at present Mr Vile will make no alteration in the time-table; his coach will loave here at 9.30 a.m., leaving Woodville on the return at 4 p.m. Tho Wellington Opera House had another escape on Saturday morning. One of tho shops of the front building was discovered on fire, but was extinguished before much damage was done. Tho following telegram lias been received by the Marine department from the Harbor Master. Kaipara :—“About sundown on Wednesday a ketch, supposed to bo the Kecamia, of Lyttelton, was seen standing in the trough of tho breakers outside the Tory Shoal on the south side of tho channel during the S.S.E. gale. She is supposed to have capsized, as nothing has been seen of her since. Quito tho most sensational autobiography of the autumn publishing season will be that of the Tichborne Claimant, who is just putting the final touches to his work in New York. It is thought some difficulty may bo found in securing a London publisher. If so it will be brought out first in America.

From private advices received in the colony from Buenos Ayres, a dreadful account is given of La Plata. The writer says:—“ Every day brings worse news from the rural departments, and tells of an impending drought. We are menaced with the loss of millions of cows and sheep as in the terrible year 1859. Thousands of the said cows are undergoing skinning, and the beef is left to rot on tho plains, and beef in a month will bo dearer in Buenos Ayres than in London. The drought which has already caused heavy Josses in Chili, is now becoming general in this province, and every day sees 50,000 sheepskins arrive by rail in this city.”

A backwoods printer, who expected a gang of lynchers to come for him about midnight, took himself to the c*llor, leaving * pot grizzly bear in his bed. Tho lynchers, who did not bring any lights, made a plucky attempt to carry off the printer, but gave it up after three of them had lost an oyo apiece, two ha 1 their thumbs chewed off, and the other six lost a deal of skin. That printer has new great reputation as a tighter.

An attempt, backed up by the influence of Lord Houghton, is being made to revive the Dukedom of York, and to urge that it ho bestowed upon one of the Queen's grandsons in this juiblee year. The duke loui was first created some 500 years ago, the first duke being Edmund l’lantagenet, surnamed De Langlv, who was tho fifth son of Edward 111. The title expired with Fre iorick, second ton of George 111., in 1807, and has since remained in abeyance.

There is a growing belief (says the Napier Telegraph) that Mr Smith does not intend to stand after all for the Woodville seat. It is known that Sir Robert Stout and Mr Ballance aro supporting Mr McCardle's candidature, and that is tho cause of the rumor that tho Government have thrown Mr Smith over. It is believed that Mr J. ll irker has simply been put up as a warming-pan to keep the Smith party together, and then on the nomination day Mr Smith will hoist his true colors, an l Mr ftarker will haul his down. Mr Lascelles may or may not be working on his own account, but everybody knows lie does not stand a shadow of a show of getting into Parliament, and Ins candidature is intended to injure botli Messrs Sutton and Tanner, to make it all the easier for Mr Smith.

Mr Ballance was not satisfied with the Post s account of the arrangements made for tho collection of land revenue through tho Post-office, and caused the correspondence on the subject to bo submitted to the editor for perusal. The Post summarises tliis correspondence, which appears to have been very lengthy—and which, by the way, seems, to have proved everything that Sir Ballance disputed—and thus concludes :— •* The pajxT* before us illustrate most happily the system of circumlocution and red tape under which all Government business is conducted. Here, over a most simple matter, such as in a bank or large mercantile establishment would bo settled by a personal conference between the responsible officers, gives occasion to a memorandumiad extending over some months, earned on between Ministers and officials of three departments, and ultimately ending in nothing being done. The Secretaries of the Treasury ami Postoffice and Undersecretary of Lands should have been able, by meeting together, in the course of an hour to have devised perfectly effective machinery for effecting the change which was desired. A very little personal communication would no doubt have smoothed away all technical difficulties, but instead of this we have interminable memos, in red and black ink. notes, references, Ac., occupying sheela of foolscap, and then, when after all the result is * As you wore,’ the final imperative minute is • File !* *' The London corr»**j>oiideiit of the \\ estem Daily Mail tells a story which l* going about regarding six Scotch bailie* who came up to town to present an address of congratulation to her Majesty. They asked, he says, what they had to do on entering the Queen’s preseiie* and were told they should kiss hands. Thereupon Ba lie No. 1, as he soclmnly stalked past the throne, raise 1 his band to his mouth and blew her M sjesty a kiss. The remaining five followed - i . till the Queen ha i a fit of the heaviest aughter »*io has