The Waipawa Mail. Published Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1889.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XII, Issue 2314, 27 July 1889, Page 2

The Waipawa Mail. Published Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1889.

Mr C. Leach has resigned from the c Ormondville Road Board. He finds con- t tracting for the Board far more profitable than sitting as a member. { The / Waipawa correspondent of the Telegraph is in error in stating that the < celebration of the anniversary of the Loyal 1 Abbotsford Lodge of Oddfellows is to take the shape of procession, sports and dance 1 about the 20th September. The date was i fixed, and the festivities Will be sports, a procession, and a dinner. | The programme of the concert to be held in the Rechabitc Hall, Kaikora, on the 6th 1 of next month will appear in our next issue. The prices of admissiou have been lowered to 2s and Is, and we trust there will be a good attendance as the object is one which should command the practical sympathy of all those who live in and around the district. The Kaikora School Committee have planted a row of macrocarpa trees round the schoo grounds and erected a fence to protect them,! and the proceeds of the concert will be expended in defraying the consequent expense of the work. Members of Committee are reminded of the meeting of the Waipawa County Coursing Club at Moroney’s Hotel to-night, when it is hoped there will be a full attendance. A cable message reads :—“ Owing to the murder of Dr Cronin, the Clan-na-Gael Society lias split into two parties. ” —lt seems to us a pity that the whole number of the members could not be “ doubled” after the fashion of Napoleon —cut every one of them in two ! That America permits the fiendish wretches to harbor on her soil is a surprise to most men. On Thursday evening an emergency meeting of the Loyal Abbotsford Lodge, 1.0.0.F.,' M.U., was held, at which the questiou of how to celebrate the anniversaiy of the lodge was dealt with. It was decided after au animated discussion, that the anniversary should be celebrated on September 20th by the holding of sports duriug the day, and a procession aud dinner at night. A committee was appointed to arrange all details, and to get the Fire Brigade, if possible, to join in the sports. borne business in connection | with the meeting of delegates at Napier, was transacted, one candidate was initiated, and three proposed. The amount received by the Permanent Secretary was stated at over £6O. During the evening a motion was passed expressing the deepest sympathy with P.G.M. Bro. B. B. Johnson and Mrs Johnson in their bereavement. Twenty-five additional petitions re Chemis have been received in Wellington. These make a total of 80 petitions, containing 6470 names ; 120 lists have yet to be returned, and it is fully expected that the estimate of 12,000 signatures will be exceeded. Colonel Hume and Detective Kirby were engaged yesterday morning in making searching enquiries in Kaiwhara and the surrounding district with reference to the statements made as to the condemned man’s innocence. Yesterday afternoon they were continuipg their investigations in town. The result of their inquiries will not be made public until after they have been considered by the Government. The “ stonewall ” still continues, spite of the disgraceful conduct of those country members who are forcing the Representation Bill upon an unwilling people. How does Mr W. C. Smith reconcile his action in supporting this pronounced Tory measure ? Surely he will find a difficulty in explaining. Such a part as he is playing ought to bring upon him the censure of even his heartiest supporteis. Some alarm is felt at the spread of typhoid in the city of Wellington. The latest death is that of Mr Arthur Fulton, son of Mr Jas. Fulton, M.H.R., and son-in-law of Mrs Weber, of Napier. Mr Fulton’s death is universally regretted. Captain Saville, the Governor’s aide-de camp, is also seriously ill with the same complaint. Government House is deserted in consequence, the Countess of Onslow and family having gdoe to Nelson, and his Excellency the Governor being absent iu the Wairarapa district. It is reported that there are no less than eight cases of typhoid fever in one of the streets of Thorndon. The Victorian Commissioners are encouraging manufacturers and others to send in applications for space at the Dunedin exhibition. Mr Justice Gillies was seised with apoplexy on Thursday night at Auckland, and died at noon yesterday. He was not very well when he went to bed at night, but asked to be called at 8 o’clock the next ■ morning. When his housekeeper opened the door he was lying on the bed and blood was * oozing from his mouth. A doctor was sent for, but his Honor died three hours later. He was sitting in the Compensation Court the previous day. Great regret is expressed throughout the country at the untimely death of the Judge. Our Supplement to-day contains some very interesting matter. We would draw particular attention to an article on the danger of the use of uncooked milk. We received a telegram this morning stating that Dickie’s (late Allardice’s) Hotel, Danevirke, had been burned down last night. A man named Thomas Benbow, of Ormondville was burned to death. His remains 5 have been secured by Constable Ryan. The . other inmates barely escaped with their lives. Mr Samuel Johnson, Coroner, will go to Danevirke this evening and hold an inquest. It is often the case that we hear of complaints from Bush settlers of their being unable to sell their being unable to sell their firewood. For the past two months, people in Waipawa have been unable to get anything like a regular supply, and the dealers are at their wits’ ends to supply the demands. If we only had that “ Firewood trian ” that has so often been asked for in these columns, there would be no scarcity. At the District meeting of Oddfellows held | at Napier yesterday, D.P.G. M., Bro. G. I Abrahams, of Waipawa, was elected Provincial Grand Master, and P.G., Bro. Krogh, of the Spit, was elected D.P.G.M. The next , District meeting is to be held at Hastings. It was understood that a small sum of money wherewith to purchase poisoned grain should be granted the Ormondville and Norsewood Road Boards by the Waipawa > County Council, if it could be legally paid over. That was decided at last meeting. Has the County Solicitor given his opinion that the grant may be made ? We notice the money has been sent, and we should like to know you know.