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Waipawa Mail, Volume I, Issue 21, 23 November 1878, Page 2

Divine Services.—The Rev. J. Parkin will preach on Sunday, at Kaikora at 11 a.m., at Patangata at 2.30 p.m., and at Waipawa at 7 p.m. Auction.—We direct attention to Mr Coward’s sale of colonial produce, Tennent’s ale, and eleetio-plated goods, which takes place this day at twelve o’clock.

County Council.—ln the list of the names of the gentlemen composing the new Council for the Waipawa County, the name of Mr John White, who was returned unopposed for the Porangahau Riding, was inadvertently omitted. Town and Country Jockey Club.—A meeting of the members of the Town and Country Jockey Club is convened for this evening at Mr Hickey’s Hotel, Kaikora, at half-past seven o’clock. The business is to draw out a programme and arrange for races to take place at Kaikora on next New Year’s Day. Litigation.—We are informed that Mr Corrigan has instituted proceedings against Mr R. Harding, of the Mount Vernon Fellmongery, to recover £2,000. The cause of action is that Mr Corrigan claims a proprietary interest in the business, whilst Mr Harding holds that he was only a servant. Mr Lascelles, counsel, of Napier, has been retained for the plaintiff.

County Works. —ln our advertising columns it will be seen that the County Engineer, Mr E. H. Bold, invites tenders for the erection of two thirty-feet truss bridges near Woodville. Tenders are also required for bush clearing on the Porangahau road, and also for the formation of 105 chains of the Waipawa-Tamumu road. The latter work is of considerable importance to Waipawa, and it will bring the town into closer connexion with a large extent of country. Circus.—Hayes and Benhamo’s circus will perform here on Tuesday and Wednesday next. In addition to the usual evening performances, there will be one held on Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock, to enable children and visitors from the country to attend the circus. By our exchanges we notice that the troupe have been highly spoken of, and have been exceedingly well patronised in all the towns they have visited. They appeared for three weeks in Wellington, and drew large audiences during their whole stay. Sale of Stock.— In another column will be found the prices realised at Mr Coward’s stock sales on Wednesday last. There was a good attendance of buyers, some settlers having travelled forty or fifty miles to attend the sale. We understand that it is Mr Coward’s intention to hold these sales regularly in future. They will be an undoubted gain to both buyers and sellers, especially the latter, who, when they want to dispose of their surplus cattle and sheep, are virtually at the mercy of travelling 6tock jobbers, who name their own price, which is generally about 25 or 30 per cent below the marketable value. The “ middleman,” in fact, makes a profit out of both buyer and seller. Open competition by auction does away with this state of things. The only wonder is that in a pastoral district like this the settlers have not long ago fully recognised the advantages of buying and selling in an open market. A good start has now been made, and in the interests of the settlers themselves it is to be hoped that the Waipawa stock sales will continue to increase in importance. A great deal depends upon stockowners, for if they ensure a regular supply of animals, here wil] be no lark of buyer#,

Drunk.—An inebriate named John Boyle, who had been arrested the previous evening in Waipajya, was brought up before Mr Inglis, «LP., yesterday morning, and discharged with a caution.

The City of Auckland Disaster.— The decision of the Board of Inquiry into the wreck of the ship City of Auckland was delivered in Wellington on Thursday. The Court held that nothing in the conduct of the captain and officers of the ship required the slightest censure, and their certificates were returned.

Race. A horse race took place at Kopua on Wednesday between Mr Barron’s horse Kopua and Mr Johnson’s horse Fairy. The race was won by Kopua. A race has been arranged to come off between the same horses on Wednesday next for £4O. J

Railway Construction.—By a Press Agency telegram we learn that the Wellington Chronicle (a journal in the confidence of Ministers) states that the construction of the Wellington Foxton railway will be undertaken without delay. This will be one of the best paying lines in the colony, for over it the whole of the traffic between Hawke’s Bay and Wellington will pass, in fact it will form a portion of the main trunk line of the North Island.

Late Closing.—During the past three or four months the principal stores in Waipawa closed at six o’clock, but a change has taken place within the past day or two, through, we hear, one of the storekeepers desiring to keep his store open to a later hour. Of course, in a comparatively small community like this, if one of the principal shops keeps open to a late hour, the other must follow suit. Such lias been the case in Waipawa, and the assistants have a couple of hours’ extra work devolved upon them. It i 3 needless to say that they feel particularly grieved in consequence. A Row.—A number of drunken Maoris kicked up a fearful row, as far as noise went, in Waipawa last night. The most obstreperous of the crowd was arrested by Constable Murphy, but the guardian of the peace, being rushed by a mob of excited natives, was compelled to let go his man. He went for assistance, and Constable Maddigan accompanied him back. Both were armed with batons. By this time, the offender was on horseback, but he was quickly unseated and taken in charge. Another attempt was made at a rescue, but a few taps from the batons kept the aboriginals off. The constables succeeded in running their man in, and thus the majesty of the law was vindicated.

Sale of Onga Onga.—The sale of allotments in Onga Onga was held at the Criterion Hotel, Napier, yesterday. Mr J. Turley was the auctioneer. The following were the prices realised: —No. 1, H. Monteith, 2 21; 2, Robert Hope, 2 61; 3. H. Monteith, 25/; 4, McLeod, 21/; 5, J ? . Pettit, 24/; 6, J. Chambers, 21/; 7, B. Waldron, 19/; 8, E. Tucker, 21/; 9 McLeod, 18/; 10, C. Palmer, 18/; 11, G.’ E. Sainsbury, 33/ ; 12, 11. Monteith, 15/ ; 13, H. Monteith, 15/; 14, Cole, 12/ ; 15, B. Waldron, 12/; 16, Sydney 12/; 17, Sydney Johnston, 12/; 18, J. Pettit, 22/ ; 19, A. Manoy, 44/; 20, N. Harwood, 20/; 21, E. Tucker, 12/; 32, J. Pettit, 16/; 33, Glcnny, 73/; 37, H. Monteith, 12/ ; 39, E. Tucker, 12/; 40, B. Waldron, 12/; 41, Harwood, 12/; 42, C. Palmer, 10/. The following sections were withdrawn, and are now open for sale at the fixed upset price : —Nos. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,31, 34, 35, 36, 38, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, and 51.

Local Industries.—The cordial and lemonade manufactory of Mr Brignouse is well worty of a visit. It is replete with the most modern appliances for carrying on the business in which lie is engaged. His “ bottling rack ” is unique in the extreme, being one of Horne and Baker’s, and is so expeditious and simple that the veriest tyro in such matters could work it with ease. It is a decided impro vement upon the old style of bottling, and not only a great saving in labor but a positive remedy against the many serious accidents which took place under the old system. His establishment in all its departments will bear favorable comparison with any in the provinc al district, and the articles produced are, it is well known, of the best quality. The buildings are substantially erected, and commensurate with the requirements of the district. There are four wells upon the ground and a force pump on the second storey of the bottling department. From this pump water is carried by vulcanized india rubber tubing to the vats and refining tanks with only an infinitessimal expenditure of labor Everything is carried out upon truly systematic principles. There are several out buildings in connection with this establishment that are all in keeping and well built. The cottage residence with its flower garden is a perfect gem, displaying both taste and care. Mr Brighouse employs a considerable amount of labor, and for this reason, as well as the excellent quality of the articles he turns out, he should receive the patronage of the surrounding districts.

The Inevitable at Hand.—-All the Australian colonies have leaned heavily for support upon their territorial estate. The latest complete returns to band, says tha Melbourne Argus, are not very recent, coming down only to the beginning of 1876, but they show the amount realised from the sale of land to be as follows : Victoria, .£17,416,200 ; New South Wales £10,235,766; South Australia, £6,643,444Queensland, £2,102,620. Victoria has by far the smallest estate, and she has made the largest encroachment upon her domain, and upon her, therefore, in the first ininstance will devolve the novel and important, and by no means easy, undertaking of governing an Australian colony without the aid of a land fund.

The Piako District.—A Hamilton correspondent writes to the Auckland Herald : —“ A recent visit to the Piako district convinces me that ere many years pass the place will be one of the most prosperous portions of the colony. Everything necessary for complete draining, tillage, fencing, and successful farming has been undertaken and carried out, and the aspect of to-day, as compared to the past, is marvellous, and highly creditable to the proprietors of this extensive area of country. The Waitoa estate, belonging to the managing director of the Loan Company, Mr Larkworthy, of London, is a magnificenr property, and the judicious outlay, which has taken place upon it must rank it, at no distant date, as one of the best farms which could be met with in any part of New Zealand,”

_of the Volunteers.”—The W aitangi Tribune says that while on their way to the recent review at Dunedin, some volunteers “ valiantly charged a table at the Waimate Junction refreshment saloon, clearing off all the edibles in double quick time. The exploit must be pronounced a most noble one indeed—especially when the fact that the brave men refused to pay for what they had unlawfully appropriated is taken into considera- • tion. But that is not the only feature of the gallant charge. When the unprotected lady in the saloon requested payment, the brave warriors gave her insolence, and one sergeant even went so far as to make use of most unbecoming language.” A Wesleyan Resignation.—A Wesleyan minister, the Rev. William Impey, has just resigned his office as general superintendent of the Wesleyan missions in South Africa. Some time ago the rev. gentleman wrote to the mission secretaries in London, stating that he could no longer enforce on his brethren, or on the Kaffir converts, the “plain grammatical sense ” of the words in the Methodist standards which require it to be taught that “ hell is a dark bottomless pit, full of fire and brimstone, in which the wicked will be punished for ever and ever by having their bodies tormented with fire and their souls by a sense of the wrath of God.” At the request of the secretaries he came to London, and, as the result of his conference with them, he resigned his position of Wesleyan minister, which he has held for forty years. The Bank of Glasgow Failure.—A London telegram to the Times of India gives the following important paiticulars regarding the failure of the City of Glasgow Bank : —“ London, 4th October. In connexion with the suspension of the City of Glasgow Bank, the city article in today s Times says that Smith, Fleming, uud Co. are liable for cash advances amounting to £853,000, and for acceptances to the value of £900,000 sterling. Another firm owes the bank £770,000 for advances, and £1,600,000 for acceptances. A third figures in the list for £1,200,000 for cash and acceptances. A fourth exhibits a debt of £500,000 sterling, making a total of £5,823,000 lent by the bank directly or indirectly to four firms, the reputation of one or two of which has been anything but good for some years back. The advances granted to these four firms, coupled with the negligent system of general mismanagement, is the direct cause of the suspension, and is hardly short of criminal. It is now estimated that the bank will show a deficit of £3,000,000, which to the knowledge of the directors and managers has been accumulating from year to year. Yet the dividends had been steadily increasing.” The Kerosene Scare—The news of the kerosene scare in New Zealand having reached English and American shippers in due course, communications have been received from some of them by their constituents in New Zealand. Storer and Co., of Glasgow, write to a Wellington constituent : —“ The oil we have .been sending has been sold on its fire test, and not on its flash test. The trade in this country use the open instrument, and the fire test required is 110’. In England they use the close instrument, which makes a very great difference. We are now packing a considerable quantity of oil to meet the requirements of the New Zealand market viz., no- flaeh test. W« Gave to 150* fire test by our instrument to stand 110 flash by their instrument. The cost, is, of course, materially increased.” The Devoe Manufactory Co. writes :—“ The oil which is now so loudly condemned is precisely the same which we have supplied so long, and with so much satisfaction to the world as to secure for us a business taxing our full capacity to meet. The method of test employed here —viz., the ‘ burning test’—is more accurate than that by which it is now proposed in New Zealand to condemn oil which has stood the test of 60 many years. Under the ‘ flashing test’ uniform results are scarcely possible, as witness the published reports, in which a variation of 20* to 30’ is made in oil which will not vary more than 2* or 3* in ‘ burning point.’ It is not possible to make oil which will be free from accidents when used with gross carelessness ; but on the other hand, with anything like proper handling, oil which will stand the 4 burning test’ of 110- Fahrenheit will be entirely safe.