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Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 169, 3 February 1888, Page 2

Mr Tatter-all invites tenders for about 80 chains of fencing, specifications for which can be seen at this office. Mr Tattersall's laud adjoins Mr Rhodes’, who is now inviting tenders for fencing. Mr Manns, in a letter elsewhere "goes for" tiie County Council, and he asks to*' th** assistance of his follow-rat-payits to work tlie downfall of that monstrous institution. Mr Manns, having for several years occupied the position of roadman in this district, knows something about the manner in w hicli County affairs are managed. Ho can tell a few tales, and what he says may be thoroughly relied on. \\ e have received the February number ot 1 i/o from tbe publisher, Mr K. C. Herding, Napier. It is fully up to its usual standard.

There was another frost on Wednesday morning, since which it tuts done nothing but blow big guns. This morning the wind was terrific, but fortunately there was a little rain w ith it to lay the dust. Ihe sum of XSMO 13* 3d has been forwarde 1 to the Receiver of I.and Revenue by the M.t-turton Mangaliao Special Settlement Association m payment of the town and suburban blocks and instalments on the rural sections.

Messrs Batuke & Hughes give notice that they intend to apply to the County Council for a slaughtering license. The annual eleotion of the Pahiatua Licensing Committee is announced to take place on Monday, the "Oth February. Nominations will be received up to noon on tile liUli instant.

The adjourned meeting of the Pahiatua Town Board was held on Wednesday night. Present —Messrs Crewe (in the chair), lteese, Wakcman, and Burrows. On the motion ot Mr Crewe, seconded by Mr Burrows, it was resolved to again write to the Minister of Public Works re survey of railway line through Pahiatua, no satisfactory answer having yot been received.—lnstructions were given to the Returning Officer to proceed with the annual election of the Licensing Committee.—This was all the business.

Messrs Miller (in tbe cliairl. Whitcombe, Gregg, Wakcman. and Corbett attended the Works Committee meeting of the Pahiatua lioad Board on Tuesday evening. The business was the re-defining of the boundaries for the proposed new County, and the drafting of a petition for presentation to Parliament to paits a speoioi Act constituting the Pahiatua County. Both matters were satisfactorily attended to, and a notice elsewhere sets forth the boundaries.

The liangitikei Advocate states that Mr id. Hutchison, M.11.R., has handed to the Hon. John Bryce a bdl for between d 7 00 and i.soo, as costs in the recent eleotion petition.

Owing to tbe recent accident to the tram ai Pigeon Bush, when the wind lifted the carriages and trucks off the line, it Ims been decided to erect a breakwind on tbe west side of the line, to extend for 41) chains. An arrangement will also be made to have the trains passing that particular sj>ot in windy weather well ballasted.

The Anrangi has brought letters patent from f1.K.11. the Prince of Wales, (irand Master of English Freemasons, appointing 90 Hil • mkinw to the high office of I' -tricl Grand Master for the district of Wellington, to which office he w as elected some months ago in succession to Bro. C. J. Toxward. who was the successor of the late Br*». Sir Donald M'Lean, the first Deputy Grand Master of the District Grand Lodge. Wish Polly.—" For ten years nr wife was coniine*! to her lied w ith such a combination of ailment* that no doctor could tell what was the matter or cure her. and 1 used up a small fortune in humbug stuff. Six month* ago 1 saw an American flag w h American Co'* Hop Bitters on it, and 1 tie ighl I would be a fool once more. I lie ! it. but my folly proved to be wisdom. Two bottles cured her, she is now well and strong os any man's wife, ond it coat me only tw o dollars."—ll. W„ Detroit Mich. Read

The L-v.k of securing signatures to th* County petition has been entrusted to Mr A. W. Ss.lcolc, who will do all in the power of u:*mUat man to get every elector m the district to sign. The trouble won't be iu getting signatures, but in finding the electors, who are scattered over a large extent of country; but Mr Scdcole will hunt them up, wc feel sure. Town electors who vole on Monday at the local option poll u ill find the petition all ready lor signature, and it will save a good deal of liouble if they kill two buds with one stone—vote and sign.

At Oamaru on Tuesday a boy named T. llird. aged 11. was killed by falling from the tower of a windmill. He was birdnesting with a younger brother, and after tlie accuieul tbe latter dragged ins elder brother into a corner and covered him with bags, lie then went to school and was crying all day. but would not tell tlio reason, fie afterwards told a **■ bool mate, who told the parents. The elder brother must have bceu killed instantaneously by the fail.

Harry Ijtiiig, the boxing man. was arrested at Bull* on a charge of robbery, nn*i remanded to Palmerston. The charge is said to be a serious one, arising out ol a gambling dispute, when Lniug turned his opponent upside dow n nnd thus shook the money out of his pockets. Kenneth Bayne, the well-known pedestrian. ran a match against time for AMO on Tuesday night. Tbe distance was from Danevirke to Woodviile, 17 miles ; tho time allowed being two hours. Bayne won, notwithstanding that fie was running against a heaiy wind, by two minutes under time.

A number of officials in tbe public service in Auckland have received notice that iu consequence of the necessity for retrenchment their services will be dispensed with. Amongst tlioir number is Mr D. A. Tole, Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands, who has been in the service bO years. He has receivod one month's notice of dismissal.

Eduard Hodgkins, omnibus driver, got bis leg broken by falling from an omnibus when returning from the Takapuna iAuckland) races on Saturday evening. The bone was badly smashed by the wheels going over it, and the surgeons at the Hospital said that amputation was the only chance ot saving the injured man's life. Hodgkins however, steadily refused to permit amputation, and died oil Tuesday, mortification having set in. A Chinese woman, about 89 years of age, has given birtli to triplets. ForInnately they are females, for, according to Chinese law, if they were all boys tlioy would have to be presented to the authorities, and ail would be beheaded, as it is supposed that one of the three is the future invader of the empire. The Waikato farmers (says the Auckland Bell) have found out that tho wholesale slaughter of small birds in which they have indulged in for some years was a mistake. When scattering the poison along the highways and byeways, over stubble and meadow laud, or swaggering about with a double-barrell shot-gun, they did not, or would not, remember the time when their grain crops nnd clover used to be ravaged by the omnivorous caterpillar, which came like an Egyptain plague and blighted the country in all directions, but a fresh taste of the terror lias awakened them from their dream of security. They soo now that it is better to let tbe chirping sparrow and the roystering lark take their little tribute than to hand the whole concern over to the tender mercies of the phlegmatic caterpillar.

The follow ing mounful story is related by a Melbourne physician in the columns of the Argus:—A young man, hale, healthy, and in full vigor of manhood, was married on the 7th day of Jnnuary. He took a small cottage. The night before his weeding he slept in it. On the morning of his wedding day he got up early and thought ho would clean the right-of-way at the back of his house. It was a brick gutter. The gutter was in a terribly filthy condition, and had not evidently been cleaned for ages. The man cleaned it, and after doing so felt deadly sick. In spite of this lie went through his marriage ceremony, but on the day after he found he was so sick, so full of pains and aches, that he consulted his medical adviser. By this gentleman's advice lie went to one of the metropolitan hospitals, and was found to have typhoid fever, due to the direct inhalation of the filth tho local board of health should have had removed. The attack was so intense that he never rullied, nnd died the Saturday after his wedding from the typhoid fever.

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