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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8208, 6 July 1888, Page 2

Several letters to the editor, dealing with various local subjects, have to be held over. I Captain Edwin telegraphed at 1.20 p.m. to-day :—": — " North-east to North and Weat heavy gale with heavy sea, ani rain within 12 hours from now : glass further fall." At half-post 10 o'clock this (Friday) morning tho Mfokau Oomqijssion commenced their sittings here in tho' Crown Lands Ranger's office, when the evidence o£ Mr T. Humphries, Chief Survevorj was taken »b tc the history of the blook -of land in question-, from the time the whites interested commenced to negotiate with the Maoris for it. Evidence will -be '■ taken of a couple of* residents at Mokau and of New Plymouth, and also evidence of another who at one time had some interest in the affair. The Cpm mission will most likely sit at Waitarafora couplo of days to take some of this evidence before they proceed to Auckland. On Saturday last, at the breakwater, a man named Tickner got his thumb jammed and the end of it out off when gotting timber out of a steamer. His case was att9nded to by Dr. St. George. On the same day, while returning borne, T. Wills broke his collarbonu through hi* horse falling. His injury was also attended to by Dr. St. George.' An arrangement has been rrndo between the Rink Manager and Mr Garry, by which the full band will be in attendance at the Rink on Tuesday's and Friday's, and a portion of it on other nights. Mr R. Cook, of Brougham-street, reported to the police this (Friday) morning-that a oaso containing boxes of tobacco had been opened, and one box abstracted. The case, which curoe up from Wellington per Wanaka on Wednesday, was to contain eight boxes aocording to invoice and according to the packing, to all appearance, but on Mr Cock receiving it on Thursday he found that there were only seven boxes. The value of the missing tobacco is about £6 or £7. Where the case was opened cannot be kuo-vn, as 1 after being pu* ashore nt tho breakwater it'wns run into the railway goods shed for tho night. The police are instituting 1 inquiries. According to many who witnessed tho football match on thi Poverty Flat on Thursdaj^ between teams representing the East and West Ends, in whioh the former were victorious by 2 points, a number of the players were totally ignorant of tha game, which was simply turned into a 1 ' hacking " and " scragging " match. The unuEtnl number of casualties, nitaely, throe, also seemel as 'if there was too muoh goiog for the mm instead of the ball. E. Ford got a broken collarbone through a collision; G. Cock got an injured ankle; while another plwyer named E. Lister olbo got hurt, but not seriously. On Tburaday night young Ford suffered much pnio from bis broken collarbone, whioh in a nasty break, so Dr, O'Oarroll, who attended him, etttef,