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Waipawa Mail, Volume 2, Issue 114, 15 October 1879, Page 2

Owno to the late hour at which the Treasurer’s speech was received last night, we arc unable to report it in full. Divine Services. —On Sunday next, Presbyterian church services will be hold as follows :—By tho Rev. R. Fraser, at Porangahau at 11 a.m., and at Wallingford at 3.30 p.in. By Mr W. F. Wilson, at Woodville at 11 a.m., and at Tahoraite at 3.30 p.m. By the Rev. J. U. Spence at Warpukurau at 11 a.m., at Knikora at 3 p.m„ and at Waipawa at 7 p.m. We call attention to the alteration in the date of Messrs Coward and Co’s stock sale from Wednesday, 22nd, to Tuesday, the 21st inst. Shearing has now commenced on many of tho runs and the fine w-eather which seems to have set in should make a quick shearing. The number of swagsmen to bo met on the country roads has been very great- From now till the end of the summer, at any rate, there should be no lack of employment for good men. A meeting of subscribers to the Waipawa Library was held on Monday evening, at the Oddfellows’ Ilall. There were about fifteen present. The meoting was convened to consider the advisability of reducing the subscription to the library. After some discussion, it was unanimously resolved that the subsbription be not reduced.

The rain which was falling up to a late hour last evening, will do a great amount of good. Already the country was beginning to feel the effects of the frosts and the dry winds we have had lately. Tlr. rainfall yesterday, though not heavy, will freshen up the grass and growing crops in the district.

It will be «een by our advertising columns that the Waipukurau Christy Minstrels make their last appearance this season at the Town Hall, Waipukurau, to-night. The programme is a long and varied one.

A SEitrors fire took place at Kaikora on Sunday night, in which Mr Bowden’s house was burnt to tiie ground. The fire originated in the kitchen, from what cause is not known. Mrs Bowden, her daughter, and youngest son, were sitting in the front room, and were startled by a crackling noise coming from the kitchen. On running to that room, which is quite at the hack of the house, they found it a irfass of flame, the fire having well established itself along the walls and ceiling of the room. There was no hope of saving the building, so the startled inmates gathered what few pieces of furniture they could together, and placed them out of reach of the fire. Mr Aldred Bowden was away at Waipawa, at the time, and returned only to find a smouldering heap where his really pretty house had stood some few hours before. The house was insured for £450 in the New Zealand Insurance Co., and the furniture for £IOO in the same company. Mr Bowden estimates his loss at £2OO over the amount insured for.

We learn from a correspondent that the subscriptions in aid of the Ormond ville Catholic Chapel Building Fund are coming in well. Messrs Daly and Cairns received over £lO last Sunday in contributions from members of other religious bodies. Judging from the energy with which the matter has been taken up, the Ormondvillc Roman Catholics should soon have a comfortable building to worship in. A meeting of the Patangata Road Board was held on the 11th October. Present t—Messrs A, Dillon (chairman), Witherow, and White. The minutes of former meeting were read and confirmed. A petition from several settlers in Patangata, also copy of a letter from District Survey Office, addressed to Chairman of Waipawa County Council re the Homewood bridge road, were read. It was proposed by Mr Dillon, seconded by Mr Witherow, that the motion standing on 29th March, 1879, re distribution of funds, be rescinded, and the timber for bridge ordered in connexion therewith, be sold to Waipawa County Council.—Carried. Proposed by Mr Dillon, seconded by Mr Witherow, that the Board, after reading the following petition, take into consideration the advisability of carrying out the prayer of said petition ; also that a bridge required in connexion therewith be erected over the Homewood creek at a cost not exceeding £SO. —Carried, Mr White dissenting. The following is a copy of tho

petition:—“To the Chairman of Patanguta Road Board.—We, the undersigned settlers and ratepayers of the Patangata Road Board District, respectfully pray that your Board will cause to be opened the Government roads running through the properties of Messrs Lawrence, Dinwiddie, Tod, and Dillon, the said roads being now closed by fencing ;"anti that 3-orir Board will ace and .place a bridge

over the Homewood creek by Mr Lawrence’s woolshed. The said roads will be A saving of a considerable distance to the railway station for the Oeroand Patangata settlers.— (Signed) W. 11. Small, Robert Ward, James Collins, Charles Limpus.”

Local Industries. —The exhibits shown by Messrs Corskie and Robb and F. Sliunly at the Hastings Show bear evidence of the fact that our local tradesmen can compete in every way with tradesmen of other parts of tho colony. Mr Shanly (who we may mention was one of the first coaclibuilders in the province who exhibited at our annual shows) sent from his workshop a very handsome Stanhope waggonette, designed and made by him for the native Ncpia Te Apatu. The carriage was admired by everybody, and received the commendation of the judges For durability, combined with lightness, and ornamental finish, it leaves nothing to be desired. The price is £6O. Messrs Corskie and Robb exhibited a spring cart, which was highly' commended by the judges, and well sustained the good reputation this firm has gained. Among the farm implements they exhibited, a set of harrows obtained the first prize, and a set of whippletroes were highly comincndod. While tho tradesmen of this district can turn out work like that which was exhibited last Thursday at Hastings, they may fairly lay claim to tho support of every settler who studies the advancement of the district.

The following appears in the Napier Daily Telegraph of Monday . “ Our Waipawa correspondent, in a recent communication, was in error, it appears, in stating that the Rev. R. Fraser, of Waipukurau, was a part proprietor of the Waipawa Mail. The reverend gentleman’s name we have ascertained is not registered as u proprietor of that journal. As he wishes us to contradict the statement of our correspondent in relation to this matter wc willingly do so, and trust that the publication of a generally received report lias caused him no annoyance.”

The following five gentlemen have been nominated and elected trustees for the Napier Rabbit District : Hugh Campbell, John Chambers, Matthew Robertson Miller, John Mackorsey, and Frank Skipsey Waterhouse.

The claim brought by W\ Tyne against the Waipawa County Council for damages received by his coach and horses through the rottenness cf a culvert on the Wallingford road, is exciting a good deal of interest. The Council have determined to fight the case as a test question, that their liability for claims of the kind may be fairly established in a court of law. They have engaged Mr Cornford to defend the case. Mr Laecelles appears for Mr Tyne. The case will be heard to-morrow, at the District Court, Waipawa. A serious accident occurred at Kopua on Monday. A laborer on the railway, employed as timekeeper, whose name we have not yet heard, foil through the bridge over the Manaivatu, and suffered severe injuries. He was at once taken to tho Waipukurau Hospital, where he now is, under the charge of Dr. Reed. The annual session of the Church of England Diocesan S3'nod will be held at Napier this week. The opening service will be lisld in St. John’s Church, Napier, to-morrow, at 11 o’clock. His Lordship the Bishop will deliver his address to the S3’nod at 4 p.m., in St. John’s Schoolroom.

Mr Hall, in seconding the nomination of Mr Se3’mour as Chairman of Committees to the House of Representatives, said, “In fact, it occurs to me, that Mr Seymour was almost horn to be a Chairman of Committees.” No doubt many people wouldn’t object to be born to like snug billets.

A MEET TNG of tho unemploved was held on Saturday last at the Theatre RO3-.nl, Napier. A motion was unanipassed urging the corporation to proceed at once with necessary works. One speaker stated that there were at least 300 men out of work in Napier. Another motion was unanimously carried urging on the Government that in the opinion of the meeting free or assisted immigration should cense. The motion was unnecesßar3', seeing that free immigration to the colony lias already ceased. The meeting does not appear to have been a very enthusiastic one.

A most important land sale is announced for next month, the Hon. John Martin, M.L.C., having decided to place the Huangarua and Otaraia estates in the market, comprising about 40,000 acres, which are cut up into farms ranging from about 20 acres to 1000 acres in extent. The land will be sold on the deferred payment system, only one-fourth of the purchase money being required the first m«nth ; the balance being allowed to remain for ten years at 6 per cent, per annum.