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Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 6, Issue 567, 2 December 1891, Page 2

Trewby Bros announco that their stock of Christmas toys ami novelties has arrived. Tenders fur falling forty acres of bush arc wanted immediately. Stevens and Gorton give notice of a large sale of purebred shorthorn and other emtio at their yards, Woodville, ou Friday, December 11.

Considerable t-xcpcnient ha* been oe- ! riurioned in bv the sudden ! disappearance of Ir F. U. Thompson, tho w'll-known c<au mission agent. with hi* wife -in.l famin'. They have naffcd from Lyttelton for'London by ths Tonga riro. Mr Bnick, M-HilL. ha* received the appointment of organising agent and lecturer to the propped National Federation League. It iscximctcd he will commence hi* lecturing tour at Waipawa in a fortnight's lime. At tho K.M. Court, Mastorton, on Friday last, in tho case Dickson v. Clark (a dispute between Mr P. Dickson, draper, and Mis* Clark, dr 'ssniaker. over work and material') tho Bench gave judgment (or plaintiff for 15*, each part}’ to pay their own co*ts. In tho counter-claim ClArk v. Dickson, judgment was given for tho plaintiff' with costs :21s. An order was made for tho articles and patterns to be delivered to plaintiff or LI 15* to be paid. Mr Pownall for Mr Dickson and Mr Beard for Mi*s Clark. Mr Eden George's petition against Mr Sandford's election ns member for Christchurch will be heard during the February session of the Supreme Court at Christchurch. The ndjonmed inquest on the body of Alice Margaret Howarth, who was found dead in the Christchurch Park on November 22n.1, w«* hold on Monday. Tho evidence showed that the deceased was pregnant and suffering from, influenza, and a verdict of death from exposuro was returned. The Haurofb which arrived in Wellington the other day from Sydney brought 810 passengers. They aio all coming back again. The green bug Common to manuka scrub is playing fearful havoc with the orchards in the liailgitikei district. They are to bo seen in thousands swarming on the fruit trees, and starting with the young wood they rapidly) bare tho tree of its leaves. Great loss tof fruit is anticipated. Mrs Mary Corbett, mother of our respected fellow-settlir Mr William Corbett, died at Wellington/ on Tuesday, ‘24th November. The det eased lady arrived in Wellington with ler parents when she was fifteen years of age in the Tvno in 1841, and at the ti mo of her death was 05 years of age, but s le had lived to see her family of sons and, daughters all married and comfortably si ttled in various parts of the colony. Or e son—Mr J. H. Corbett—is well kno vn in tho Wairaraps district, having re ided at Mastorton for some considerable lime. Mr Hogg, M.11.1t., has received the following communication on a subject of great importance to village settlers from the Minister of Lands:—ln reply to yeur verbal question relative to the power of the Official Assignee to take possession of village homestead settlement sections in the event of the owner becoming bankrupt, I have the honor to inform you that there is no law to prevent him from doing 36. What the Steamer of the future will be it is hard to tell, but n private Baltimore company ara at present building a steamer which they declare will be (he fastest steamer in world. They hopo to get 86 miles an( hour out of her on her trial trip. Several prominent men from Europe have been aarii3B to inspect her. Everything about jhof—both engines and hull —is of now design and has been patented. We have just opened up some Boys’ and Youths’ Flannelette) Shirts. The boys’ size wo are selling at Is, and youths’ at Is 3d. A* this is an exceptionally cheap lino we advise customers to call early, as we have only a few dozen of the shirts. Tbewßy Bros., opposite Post Office. The Bank of! New South Wales, at Charleston, was (broken into late on Friday night. The (only article stolen was a six-chambered revolver. An attempt had evidently been irjade to remove the safe. It is said the name of Mr H. D. Bell, Mayor elect, is freely mentioned as a candidate for the vacant city seat in the House. A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Saturday on behalf of Thomas Bell, of Messrs Holmes and Bell, Blenheim, praying that T. K. Macdonald, auctioneer, might be adjudged bankrupt. In consequence of this Mr Macdonald has placed in the Speaker’s hands his resignation as one ot the members for the City of Wellington in the House of Representatives. A meeting of settlers was held at Toohill’s Hotel (says our Eketahuna correspondent) on Saturday evening, November 28th, re forming an association to take up a block of land on tho western side of the Mangatainoka, at the back of the Wellington Special Settlement, when it was finally decided to go on with it at once under tho now regulations. Tho requisite number having signified their intention of becoming members, and paid their initiation fee, a committee was formed, and the secretary was instructed to forward tho names and apply for the land at once. Several other routine matters were discussed and a deputation appoin'ed to wait on the Minister of Lands re survey, and it was decided to call it the Stirling Association. When a Britisher.’settles down in a new country he builds a church; the Australian is generally Credited with inaugurating a racecourse, and tho American with starting a Biiloon. With all AngloSaxon races, however, on the first opportunity a newspaper is published, so that the colonists may ventilate their grievances, and feel thi*l they are provided with a policy. The loss of 234 sheep in the Pnlorus Sound is an event to be deplored. They were bred (says the Blenheim Express) by Mr C. De. Vero Teschemaker, and were a splendid lot of cross-bred hoggets, sold to Mr Adam Thompson, to whose place in Keneperu they were bound. It appears that the punt was overloaded, and sank before tho under-hatches conld be removed. We understand that a claim will be made on the owner of the punt to recover the loss. A spectacle as rare as it was interesting was witnessed in the Avenue on Saturday evening. A lady, who had evidently been lying in wait for her prey, inflicted a sound horsewhipping on a luckless swain of her acquaintance. Tho interview was productive of considerable dismay in the mind of the latter, to leave out all mention of phvsicial inconvenience. The castigation was not so soft-huitrted as might have been expected, and her victim if he docs not in the future fiee i her presence, will i probably decide not to do it again, supI posing he has already’ done anything—a | supposition, by tho way, of which we are ■ by no means certain.-j-Chroniclo. The latest subject for discussion among i the ladies of Pahiatua has been —where can we get our drosses well and stylishly I tnado ? The problem is solved at la*t I ! Visit Yeitch and Allan’s and interview ■ Mrs Schubert, a perfect artist in the work. Ladies can select material and | have their costumes made in the host , style at moderate prices.—A. Btsn-bV.

A lost registered letter i« advertised for. Mr J. lorn* will have pore Lincoln and Romney Marsh ram* for sale in February. Person* who intend beingVreneot at tho Ministerial banquet at Ekoti’inn.a on Inday next can get return ti|kct« at single fares by Peters’ ordinary coaches. A man in the employ of Mr. IT. Cornelius had hi* leg brA-n yesterday in the Makuri while bush-fifing. No particulars a* to how the Occident occurred are yet to hand. The man’s iffitno is T. Ryan. A meeting of tie Pahiatua Countv Licensing Committle was held yesterday. The meeting was originally fixed for noon, but had to be adjoifrncd till the evening, as there was not a quorum present at mid-day. Tho only business was the transfer of the licence of ths Dudley Arms from Alfred Cdtlerlto J. M. Richardson, and as the police offered no objection tho transfer was granted. The bench, addressing tho new licensee, requested him to bo careful as tq tho way he conducted tho house, for tho; committee Wore determined to carry out tho act in its entirety. A* Mr Richardson was new to the business they hoped he would bo careful in this matter. Mr W. F. Sinclair, of Kaitawa, had a narrow escapo from a serious accident n day or two ago. Ho was driving homo on tho fine new brake he has lately added to his plant, when a sudden jolt threw him from his seat to the ground, and before he could get out of harm's way one of the wheels passed over the upper part of one of his legs. Singlarly enough no more injury than a severe bruising was the result, and Mr Sinclair has been able to get about since the mishap, although at some inconvenience. The best and only way to avoid raosquito bites is to visit your drapers and procure a supply of mosquito net. Trewby Brothers (opposite tho Post Office) are now selling largo quantities of the same ; also cheese and butter cloth.—Advt.