OPUNAKE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 7120, 19 July 1886, Page 2

OPUNAKE.

POLICE COURT.

Jur.Y IG, 1886.— Beforo Colonel Roberts,

R.M. [FROM OUR OWN COURESPONDEKT.] Hia Wata, a native, was clur^cd on tho information of tho polico with taking from the till in the bar of tiio Club Hotel tho sam of Ids., the property of Mr. Crawford, tho landlord. Evilunce was led by Constable Toomoy, who had chaitje ou pait uf the polioo, which showed that Ilia Wata w,ts letarninir with many others fro.il tho Patea visit, when, feeling iiimself hard up on passing through Opun ike, took tho opportunity, whoa Mr. Crawford was en^a^ed in tho billiard room for a momcut, to abstract tlu c.ish from the till. On beius; searched tho amount was i'ouud on him, which tallied with the loss, lie subpei]ui'iitly almitti'd tn'<iai> lid. The Bench s- i r.t^nceil tho priMj ier to one mouth in New Plymouth ,oal.

Th? way ia which Ilia Wata was ari\ fj'ei on FiiJiy last by the solitary Opiiiriko constable in the midst of a l.irgo namber of his friends, should go far to a^&iiio settlers that iho district is under sife supervision. List year when the same stite;ncnts and threits were being uttered, there appsurod no one in tho distr.cl with sullicient authority to cope with difficulties as they mi,; lit arise, aud settlors were uatiirally anxious. Now, as soon as any trouble is reported at head-quarters, sufficient force appeals always at hand, and what mi^ht turn out to bo a &eriouß complication, becomes a fiasco. No doubt much political cipital is undo of those dis» tuibances, but tho difference between a solitary policeman coolly walking into a body oi! natives and arrebting his man, and the calling out of a body o£ armed men with all the force, pomp, and cost of military equipment will bo gratefully apparent to the pocket oC the colonial ratepayers; aud in theso hard timeß will recdivoitsduo recognition.

Jdly 17. — Owing to a frosh outburst of mumps, und the impossibility o£ carrying on tin school with safety to tho children's health in the temporary premises, tho Committee hive determ'mea to close tho school for :i foitni^ht. The attcn lance, from over GO ' Ist week, his now got un ler 30, and every day fresh families are attacked by the malady.

The contractor for tho painting and alterations at the post o.Tico lias finished Imb work, and has made a uio^t creditable j>b.

Mr. Scott ia advancing with tho school as v.ipi lly as tho Hcarcity of timber will allow. As the. work advances it becomes more apparent tlv.it it will greatly improves tho huildin; and remove its objectionable qu \iities. Mr. Scott expects to be so nearly finished as to allow the children to rcasdjinblc iv their proper quarters, when the school reopens.

About an acre and a quarter o£ water his been added to tho lake in tho Kecreation Grounds by Iho iccent excavations above the Poet's Bridge. Tho lake, which his bi'cu run off for several weeks past to admit of this extension bei.ig made, will almost immediately bo lelilled, tho only work remaining to hj done being to clear oat an accumulation of drift from tho batch -vay at tho exit. Among (he loeent French convict ai rivals at Noumea, are the doctor who tiie 1 to get 11 1 of a liv.ll medico by sendind him a piosont of tlirii.slie-; caretully soa^o ;ei! w ith stryclmino, an 1 tho notorious cii'iii.-nl '- Pfl." who pm-o.iiid several foiiial. 1 mLinliLis of his 1 ms.-lioKl. and buinod th"ir li ii'i.'s in tln> .• telu'ii slow.

Hou.nw.u" :» ,1 - — L'ln Gicat N\ed. — The blood is )N> I'"'. . ami on its purity our health as well '.sour existence depends. Tluse Pills throughly c1lmu&o tins \ital lluid from all conl.imin.itii.n-., and by that mean btrmghion an 1 i:ivi^oi.tlu the wholo s_\i-teiii, liL'uliliiK hiinii !ati' sluggish organs, leplOfcs ovcr-u v -He 1 . oti->t., anil <?slubli&li order of ciicid 1 n and hecretion tlnoughoul every part 1 tlio body. Tho balbamio nature of Hi. iloua^'a Pills exorcises mnrveliuiio in gi' ' <x tone to debi;t'Uii i>ad nervoua c^ ".itulions. Tlic^o P.ii;i diblodgo all obstructionti, both iv iho bjw>. j ls .aid elsewhere, and aio on that aoa nut, ni'kh nuiigliL ailci for promoting u^,.1,h.1\ pi iiclion n\ 0 lU4 A-iiiuiob aud doioalo pu-y c « li 1 .a.' ii.aui..ily weak, 01 have i.oui mine- caiioe- become :-o. -i

(For continuation 0/ newt see &th pagi'Tj