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Waipawa Mail, Volume VI, Issue 680, 19 August 1884, Page 2

The butter produce of Taranaki is said to be worth £20.000 a year. At Feilding a gentleman lias in his garden asparagus and rhubarb fit for the table. Last week an Octopus, measuring four to five feet in the tentacles was caught at Island Bay, Wellington. The Auckland women’s petition to Parliament for female suffiage on the licensing law, lias been signed by 1700. The Makino Cheese and butter Factory Company intend to commence operations next month. The appointments of Mr John Blackett as Engineer-in-chief, and of Mr W. Blair as Assistant-engineer-in-chief for the colony are gazetted. As our statement about the totara trees near Makatoku is questioned, we may say we have unquestionable testimony up to 35 feet girth, and the surveyors state that they saw one 45 feet. The baby show at Dunedin on Friday produced 135 entries, including seven pairs of twins. Owing to the enormous crush of sightseers the judging had to be posponed till Monday. The Secretary of the Wanganui Dairy Factory has sent a sample of its cheese to Mr Ballance, M.H.R., in Wellington, with a request that he will put it on the table at Bellamy’s. The Postmistress at Tamumu has been appointed an agent for the Waipawa Mail. Persons in that district who are desirous of becoming subscribers are requested to leave their names with her. Waipawa Hospital.—The following is the return for the week ending 16th August t —Patients in Hospital, 11 males, 2 females ; received during week, 3 inales, 0 female ; discharged, 1 male ; dead, 1 male. —11. Wilding, Hon Sec. and Treasurer. The annual examination for the Standards will take place at the Waipawa Public Schools on Monday and Tuesday, Bth and 9th September, when we hope our young folks will show that they have real grit in them, and a high percentage of passes be obtained. The Ministry.—An extraordinary Gazette was published late on Saturday evening containing the resignation of the Atkinson Ministry, and also a notification that his Excellency has been pleased to administer the oath of office to Sir Julius Vogel, K.C.M.G., Robert Stout, Edward Richardson, C.M.G., James Macandrew, William Montgomery, and John Ballance, and to swear them members of the Executive Council of New Zealand, and that his Excellency has fixed their order of precedence under section 6 of the Civil List Act, 1863 Amendment Act, 1873, as above. Colonel Sir George Whitmore was absent in the North, but has now returned and would probably be sworn in yesterday.

The following notice is published in the Napier papers :—“ Any persou who has been turned out of his employment, threatened, or intimidated in any way in consequence of voting for any particular candidate at the recent elections is requested to communicate in the strictest confidence to Mr Wm. Harker, Napier.”

An accident occurred to the 10.15 train from Wellington to the Lower Hutt last Friday. It ran off the rails about three hundred yards from the Lower Hutt railway station, the engine dragging off eight trucks which were behind it. None of the passenger cars were injured, though the passengers were a good deal shaken.

At the last meeting of the Debating Society. Mr Rush gave a very entertaining outline lecture on phrenology and physiognomy, illustrated by numerous diagrams. As he is going to be absent from the district for a month or two on his business, he tendered his resignation as vice-president, and Mr John Harker was elected in his stead.

We are sorry to 6ee that the Wood ville Dairy Factory has met with an unexpected difficulty, owing to the prospect of an insufficient supply of milk, as the large landowners in the district are not willing to assist, and the small ones are limited. About 600 gallons a day are required, and a committee was formed to canvass the district. It is a pity this was not dealt with earlier.

We mentioned recently the meeting of two trains on the Ngaruroro Bridge, and the narrow escape from a smash-up. We hear that the incident has since been repeated on another part of the line, and again the adroitness of the drivers saved the lives of the passengers, one of whom is said to have been the manager, who was travelling in a “special.” Somebody is blundering sadly, and we are quite expecting to have to report a big catastrophe one of these days. Oddfkllowß —There was a large attendance at the Abbotsford Lodge on Saturday night. Five new members were The income says :—“ A sensational story went the round of the press recently to the effect that a rabbiter on Greenfield station bad been attacked by dogs, and in self-defence had to despatch several of them. It has been represented to us that the whole story is a hoax. A dog did jump on a rabbiter, and drag a skin from his back, with the result that the rabbiter killed the dog, but there was, our informant asserts, nothing in the nature of an attack.”

The Waipawa rose on Sunday with the warm rain, and it still continues high with a more decided list to the north bank,, near Baker’s garden and the end of McGreevy Street. The protective works on the south bank have protected it where the railway approach was threatened, but the end of the crate has been undermined, and has sunk down, while in front of the sacks filled with gravel there was still water banked up about 15 inches. If some means are not speedily taken to avert it, the best part of the Bush sections are certainly doomed.

The attention of the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation Society, or whoever is responsible for the present fixture of the shooting season, is directed to the advisability of changing it. Several persons, resident in the Bush district have mentioned this matter to us. They recommend that the season should be a month later than at present, commencing with June instead of May and continuing for three months. They allege that the young birds are not fairly fledged in May, while they do not begin to pair until towards the end of September

The Herald's parliamentary corre*--pondent wired on Sunday as follows Minisiciu have been iu close consultation all day preparing fir the work of the st ssion. Mr Oituond arrived from Napier this morning by the Rotomahana. He intends to give the Ministry a general support, provided they adopt a moderate programme, especially in regatd to borrowing. lie also intends to vote against a no-confidence motion if brought down before Ministers have had a chance of putting their policy before the country, as he considers that in common fairness they are entitled to have an opportunity of doing so. It is reported in the lobbies that Mr Wakefield will move an amendment on the Address-in-Reply. Onga Onga.—A correspondent calls attention to the omission in our paragraph relative to the late entertainment of any mention of a Magic Lantern exhibition by Mr Hardy, of Hampden, who kindly took over his splendid instrument. The slides included numerous views in London, besides a quantity of comic scenes and chromatropes. It was a considerable feature of the evening, and groat credit is due to tlie gentleman in question for bis kindness and the trouble be took to make the entertainment a success, and as it was the first thing of the sort ever shown there, it proved a treat to the Ongaites. We are pleased to repair the omission, and we are sure our many friends will excuse it, knowing well that we cannot publish news unless it is supplied to us in somo way or other. The unfortunate small - pox patient Andrew Mouatt died between eleven and twelve o’clock last Wednesday night. He was delirious for several hours before bis death. The authorities yesterday made all arrangements for burying the body of deceased on Parkes’ Island, and for destroying everything with which the unfortunate man came into contact during the progress of the disease. The doctor and attendants now on the island will be strictly quarantined for 14 days beforo they are allowed to leave, and all their clothing personal effects, &c., will be destroyed, and new clothing will be furnished by the authorities. At one time it was thought one of the attendants was sickening from the small-pox, and he was immediately vaccinated by Dr Jackson. The vaccination was perfectly successful in removing all symptoms of an attack of small-pox. As a final measure of safety, before the doctor and attendants leave the island, the quarantine buildings will be effectually disinfected by the fumes of burning sulphur, and the strictest pro caution will be obseived to prevent any infected article leaving the quarantine station.— Herald ,

Dr GRABHAM,the Inspector of Hospitals, went over our County Hospital yesterday in company with the Treasurer, and appeared to be highly pleased with all that be saw, although he remarked on the overcrowded state of the wards. A Meeting was held at Waverley last week, with a view of starting a Butter and Cheese Factory. The result was the appointment of a Committee to ascertain the quantity of milk obtainable within a radius of three and-a-half miles. A person at Wanganui has introduced a knitting-machine, and is producing hose, half-hose, mitts, pants, and jerseys, which are 6aid to be equal to any imported from other parts in the colony, or out of it. The Wanganui Herald gives a startling rumour from its Wellington correspondent, ‘•There is a general belief that the finance is in a bad state. It has been found that £400,000 worth of Public Works material was ordered in excess of Major Atkinson’s statement to Parliament.” The Debating Society will deal with the temperance question to-morrow night. The exact query as agreed upon by two well-known townsmen is as follows:—Is total abstinence more conducive to the well-being of Society than moderation ?” We hope there will be a good muster at 8 sharp. The Ringarooma bringing the ’Frisco mails from the South on Saturday, struck on the rocks off Akaroa Heads during a thick fog. She got off, and came on to Lyttelton, making water in her forehold and had to be docked there. The Rotorua will bring on the mails, the mail steamer at Auckland being detained for them. A correspondent says : Being in Auckland lately 1 heard Mr Yaile lecture on Railways, and if only half is true it is high time our railways were better looked after, as instead of being a source of income they are a dead loss, and consequently a tax on the whole community. Then why open up country that is useless, as for example, the West Coast (South Island) liue. Have you heard anything of Mr Vaile’s arrangements ? If not, I hope he will be visiting your country before long, as his ideas are full of interest to all who have the good of the colony at heart. I trust Sir George Grey will be called to form a Ministry. I think him a politician of great standing, sud feel sure he would see to the interests of the whole colony. The Southern people have held the reins too long and are now getting selfish.” Hops.—Mr Tanner has now received the returns on his hop crop. Two hales sent to England to test the market there will be sold at the rate of £7 per cwt., and 32 bales sold in the colony brought eiglitcenpcnce a pound, or £8 8s per cwt. The average yield was over 4£ cwt per acre, and this, it must be remembered, was from cuttings—not rooted sets —plantel only six months before the hops were gathered. Such a yield was never heard of in England. This year a crop four times as large is looked for, and if expectations are realised the returns will be considerably over £l2O an acre, calculating the price at £7 per cwt. Mr Tanner is putting 26 acres more into hops, and is enlarging the present drying-house and adding another kiln. We heartily congratulate Mr Tanner upon the success of his spirited enterprise, and we hope to see his example followed by others.— Herald. What our Ormondville neighbours will say when they read the following extraordinary paragraph from the Mataura Ensign may be readily surmised :—At Ormondville the people are indignant at the slight put upon local industry. No contract was let for building a scaffold. The member had not done his duty ! A patent scaffold was imported from Wellington ! The local papers criticised the structure in withering terms ; it was “ flimsy” and “ uncomfortable.” and there was no side rails to keep the chief actor from falling off. Even the steps were steep, and a temporary batten served as a handrail. I presume they wanted a permanent structure at Ormondville, and a “ comfortable ” one at that. But it was durable enough apparently. The following from Hamlet is apropos: Clown : What is he that builds stronger than either the mason, the shipwright, or the carpenter? 2nd Clown : The gallows maker, for that frame outlives a thousand tenants. Another Railway job was disclosed last week at the meeting of the Timaru Harbour Board, when the injustice of the new railway tariff was brought under consideration, and it was unanimously agreed that the Railway Department had extended such facilities for shipment at Lyttelton as would tend to divert trade from this port. One member said ho was informed on good authority that the Christchurch merchants had guaranteed the Railway Department so many tons per week if they would make the reduction just gazetted. What it formerly cost 15s per ton to convey to Lyttelton now costs only 10s 2d, and besides the tariff manager had power to convey a large quantity at even a lower rate. It was resolved, “That the attention of the members for South Canterbury be drawn to the special tariff on grain between Timaru and Lyttelton being most unjust to the Port of Timaru, as the only alteration made in the railway tariff is on grain, the reduction being all in favour of the merchant, and the minimum quantity 100 tons.” The alteration was made just before the elections. Burglary.—A burglarious attempt was made upon the Bank of New Zealand, at Waipnkurau, about 2 o’clock on Sunday morning. It appears that the agent there had been removed, and some person probably unaware that an officer in charge had been sent down, thought the time opportune for making a rise. This individual entered the servants’ room in the rear of the premises by means of the window, which he smashed with an axe handle, found in the yard and left behind. Having got into the room he found himself locked in and thereupon hurst open the door ; he then passed through the kitchen, and visited the dining room, whence he took a knife and tried to cut out the putty round the glass in the door leading from the passage into the bank offices. It would seem that finding this process too slow, lie again applied the axe handle to the glass, put in his hand ant l turned the kov ; being bolted as well, however, he was fumbling with the bolt when Mr Didclams, the officer in charge, who was sleeping in tlie adjoining room was awoke by the noise. lie struck a light, and, creating an alarm, the burglar cleared without reaping the points of his industry, for the present at all events.

At the Auckland Police Court a few days age, Neville Thornton, the well-known scenic arlist, appeared as complainant against his wife, who was charged with assaulting him and his two children. Mrs Thornton was required to find two sureties for her good behaviour of £lO each, or one of £2O ; in default, to undergo six months’ imprisonment. Mr Izard has already filed a petition in regard to the Foxton election, and served Mr Wilson with notice. The Advocate says :—One of the grounds on which he hopes to upset the election is, we hear, in connection with the Awahuri returns. The deputy returning offeer at that place ran out of the printed voting papers, and used instead pieces of paper with the names of the candidates only written upon them. This occurred in nine cases, and Mr Izard intends to profit by it if he can. It is said that the nine votes were for Mr Wilson, but how that can be known we cannot tell. At the Salvation Army meeting on Friday night, says the Woodville Examiner , the presiding officer invited those present to give their experiences of conversion. Presently an old gentleman, a stranger to the district, went forward to give his experience. He started by expressing his opinion that the Army made themselves too familiar with the name of the Deity. This hardly suited the officer, who said that was not the sort of experience they wanted. The old gentleman was irrepressible, so that the officer called out “ Roll the chariot over him,” which evidently meant singing him down, for immediately a swinging hymn was started and the old gentleman had to subside. Waipawa Road.—The following is the text of the letter sent by the Chairman of the County Council to the Minister of Public Works :—“ Sir—Referring to the question of widening the road from the town of Waipawa to the Railway Station, I am desired by the County Council to thank you for the report and accompanying plan prepared by the District Engineer, Mr Carr, in accordance with your promise to the deputation, which brought the subject under your notice when you visited Waipawa. It is evident from the report and plan, that the road from the town to the Railway Station has been considerably encroached upon by the railway line, ond it would seem only just that the Government should give back to the public that which was taken from the public for the use of the railway ; the more especially as the road is so reduced in width as to make traffic along it, at any rate in one part, positively dangerous. Mr Carr’s estimate for the whole work is between £GOO and £7OO, of which the compensation for land amounts to only £25 ; but I am desired by the Council to say that if the Government will take the land required to carry out Mr Carr’s plan, and grant to the Council the sum of £4OO. the Council will undertake the work, and find such additional sum as may be necessary to complete it in a satisfactory manner. I am, &c., Sydney Johnston, Chairman Waipawa County.” At the Napier Resident Magistrate Court last Thursday, before Messrs E. Patten and A. Kennedy, J. P.’s, Matthew Robertson Miller was charged on the information of William Jarvis Ilarker with having used threatening language to informant on board the s. s. Wairoa on August 2nd. The information set out that on the date named the defendant callrd informant a “ a old donkey” told him to “ goon to and threatened to punch his head, and that in consequence [ of these and other thieats, informant i went in bodily fear of defendant. Messrs Lee and Moore appeared in support of the information and Mr Cornford appeared for defendant. Mr Cornford said he would admit all the allegations, so as to shorten the proceedings, except that which set forth that informant went in bodily fear of defendant. The Bench. . . .

adjourn the case till Saturday ; when the case came before the R.M. Mr Coinford, for the defence, while not denying that the expressions alleged by plaintiff had been used, ridiculed the"case as a trumpery one, and urged that plaintiff’s request to have defendant bound over to keep the peace was vexatious and absurd. His Worship said there appeared to have been insulting language used, but plaintiff had failed to show that it was likely to be repeated, or that he went in bodily fear of defendant. The case would therefore be dismissed.

Notice.—Mr H. Q. Wilson, SurgeonDentist, will visit Waipawa the 26th and 27th inst, and may be consulted at Mr Ward’s, Saddler. 210