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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 370, 22 May 1889, Page 1

Poetry, etc.

COQUETTE,

Because her ayes to me and you The brightest are and bluest, Shall storms arise between us two, The oldest friends and truest ? She smiles on me ; my heart is light, And yours is steeped in sorrow, And yet the flower I gave to-night, She'll throw to you to-morrow. Coquette is she r so say with me : " Let he who wins her wear her ; And fair — however fair she be, There's many a lassie fairer." But if it hap, and well it may, That each in vain has pleaded, If all my songs are thrown away, And all your sighs unheeded, We'll vow ourselves no hermit's vows, We'll crosß no foaming billow, We'llbind about our dismal brows No wreaths of mournful willow ; But show, in spite of her disdain, We yet can live without her; And joining hands, we'll laugh again r And think no more about her !

The probability of the establishment of I a line of mail steamers between Canada and these colonies appear to be growing stronger as each day passes. We are now informed by cable that the British Government has agreed to contribute a subsidy of £75,000 to Canada towards the Atlantic service in connection with the through route to China and Australia. It is intended the steamers on the line to the latter shall have a minimum speed of fifteen knots. It has not yat been decided at what uorts they shall call, but the terminus will be Sydney. It will now b*» interesting to watch the development of the competition in thismatter which is almost certain to take place between Canada and the United States, and there is but little doubt that the result will be in the increase o£ Australasian trade with the- American Con tinent. , Auckland Star of 14th inst. has the following :—": — " Our readers will probably remember, that a month or two since Mr Wood, of Te Aroha r butcher, was committed f<>r trial for assaulting a Mr Hyde, a bnsh contractor, by thrusting a stick into ftis face. In consequence, Mr Hyde, we understand, claims that the sight of one of his eyes id seiiously affected, and is in fear lest the sight of the other may also be affected, and has issued a writ for £500 damages out of the Supreme Court. The action, we ben lieve, is likely to be set down for hearing next month. Dr Laishley, acting on behalf* of Mr Napier, is, we hear, conducting the case for plaintiff, and Messrs Htsketh and Richmond for defendant." Purchase of an article at a Sheriff's sale? — Claim made to it by another person as owner — Right of latter. — A person having bought an article at a sheriff's sale another person present afterwards offered and the former accepted f1 om him £s on his bargain and the advanced money w.ia paid to the purchaser. Afterwards the article was claimed by a third party who showed that it was- his property and not that of the person cm behalf of whom the sheriff sold it. live- parties were aware that the sale took place under a writ of execution. The third party having taken possession of the article the second purchaser wished to get back the money which he had paid to the first purchaser. It was held that he could not recover the mone}', as the sale to him onh' amounted to a transfer of the right, whatever it \vas r which the first purchaser had obtained, and there was no implied warranty of title. That right had been transferred and it was no fault of the first purchaser if the second purchaser did not obtain the article in question — Mercantile and Bankruptcy Gazette. A recent issue of the Auckland Star has the following :—": — " A matter of the greatest importance to local bodies has just transpired in connection with the repeal of the Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, passed last session. By the provision" of that Act ratesleviedbeforeitspas^inghavetobeprtid on Crown lands in full, and under tliat designation are rates previously levied for the purpose of repaying or paying interest on loans ; but the Government have ignored that provision in paying rates to the Palmerston Borough Council, and only paid over half the rates, as provided by Act in the case of the ordinary rate. After some months' vigorous correspondence, Mr R. Keeling (Town Clerk) has compelled the Department to hand over half of the rates kept back over sixteen years, and a rate extending over thirty years. The total paid to the borough is nt least £3000. The action of the Department in keeping back the money Ravour-s a good deal of sharp piactice, and it is as well that other local bodies should be on their guard." The following novel calculations have been made for the purpose of enabling the public to gain a better conception of the large amount expended each year, in the United Kingdom, in drink. Last year's drink bill, as taken from English Piirlia* mentary returns, was £12-1,611,439, This amount would g,ive £3 7s per bend to the estimated populaiion of the nation ; and £16 15s for each average family. Its weight in sovereigns would be 976 tons, while it would cover i\ space of 628 acres with sovereigns laid ed ( j;etoedge. If the coins were placed face to face they would reach 115^ miles, or make a golden cord reaching from Carlisle to Liverpool or Manchester, P'nced edge to edgy,, they would extend a distance of 1,720 miles. To count these coins at one sovereign per second would take four years less, a f or,t^ night,