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Waipawa Mail, Volume XVIII, Issue 3230, 21 May 1895, Page 2

The remaining portion of au Australian snake story, and the Inspector's report on tho Waipukurau achool will be found on the fourth pegs. The Rev. Father Keegan left Waipawa on Saturday. The snow lying on the ranges is lower tann it has been for a considerable time. It is rumoured that a new daily news paper will shortly be started in Wellington. Conan Doyle, the well-known author end a visit to Australia at an early date. The unemployed iu Napier are inerusemg. Over 80 have registered their nam°s with the Town Clerk. A baseball team will loavo America for Australia about the end of October. It will bo composed of the pick of American players. We hear that Mr Sbanly has sold bis farm of 100 acres at Mangatera to Mr McCormack for £9OO. It is considered probable, says the Post, that Mrs Balance will accompany the Hon J. G. and Mrs Ward beck to this colony. The Union Steamship Company has chartered tho steamer Monnt Sirion, 5000 tons, for the Calcutta and New Zealand trade.

Taylor, Implicated in the Oscar Wilde case, was in Sydney not so very long ago, and came into touch with the police authorities.

Mr Hugh Taylor has been a member of tho Parramatta Council for 33 years in succeeoion. That is eaid to bo a record for continuous service as an alderman.

Mr John Grtihb, Assistant Inspector of Post-officos, died suddenly in Auckland on Sunday evening. Mr Grnbb was for some years postmaster at Napier.

A Gazette extraordinary published yes terday afternoon summons Parliament fo the dispatch of business at 2.30 pm. or Thursday, June 20th.

Danevirke is to have a bowling cluhCmnot Waipawa find a few individuals who are enthusiastic enough to follow suit?

The Danevirke-Weber road near the Kaitoki elip has been fenced at eilher end, for the road has become impassable owing to the constant slips.

A great many persons will remember tho famoos Tiohborne case which occupied pnblic attention for so long a time. The Claimant, noweonfesses he is Arthur Orton and interest is his doings is likely to bo revived.

The Secretary of the Waipawa District Hospital reports as follows for the weekending May 18th, 1895 Patients in hospital, M 22, F 5 ; received during the week, M 1, F 2 ; discharged, Ml Fldied M 0, F 0. ’ ’

The Milkmen’s Association of Melbourne and the suburbs have issued a respectful appeal to consumers of milk that its membere may be allowed two half-days a week to themselves—Wednesday and Sunday afternoons.

The Danevirke Borough Council hold a special meeting on Thursday to consider whether they will raise a special loan for water supply and drainage purposes. Some ides of the state of the labor market in the Bush districts may be gathered from the fact that a leading storekeeper iu Danevirke states that there are at least 100 men out of employment iu that town.

Wo are informed that game is very scarce in the district and that no good shooting is to be had. Several wellknown followers of tho gun attribute this to toe indiscriminate slaughter by pot hunters who shoot game all the year round. J

ahe returns for the two years that Bayley s Reward Claim has been working show that gold worth £190,836 has been obtamed, and dividends equal to £126 600 Pave neon paid during that period. DurFr? P “- St half -y ear the gold raised from the mine was worth £59,344.

~A s i c ® ll blook of lac d the eastern side of Danevirke, which has been ao qoirod from the natives by Mr Sowry Baker and others of Palmerston, has been subdivided end a number of the sectrons have been eo!d at prices ranging from £9 to £2O per acre.

There is a good deal of excitement among dealers in wheat, in Dunedin the price of which has rapidly advanced at auction. Yesterday ono firm sold a line of red straw (from Wairuna) at 3s i PC J bushel i another firm report the sale of Tusca. at 3s 3£d, velvet 3 i 34d medium velvet 3s to 3s la. 1

A fire occurred in Woodville on Satur day night. It originated in Mann’s, hairdresser, and spread to tho adjoining premises of Loader, confectioner, Bowden* fruit shop, Nash, chemist, Hall, bookseller! and Fiorancs, solicitor. The immrarc’s “re-Hall, £4o° in tho Norwich Union ; Bsagiey, £4OO on tho buildings in the Noiwich Union ; Florence, £IOO Tho others were not insured.

new Bor t tl dry blowing ” for the Cookie, *sr “• munerativoly engaged in sieving the fl ier of the late D I.C. stores. In the fa-my days, when a pound was a matter of but ■ tile consideration, it seems that a qnantity of com had fallen down through the cracks in the boards, and no trouble was wbicb h reCo,>er tl!6!n - 11 is tbis coin which tne men are now sieving for, and very successfully, as may be imagined from the fact that cne man in a day last week secured three half sovereigns.”

Sir Henry Parkes will be 80 years old on the 271 h inst.

We would remind our readers of the ball in aid of the district hospitsl, which will be held in the new wing of the building on the evening of Friday next. The object of the bali must oemmond itself to id! section, of the conimanity, and we shall bo surprised if there is not a very large attendance. The oommittee are sparing no pains to make the gathering a success, and those who put in an appearance can rely upon spending an enjoyable evening.

A very pleasant gathering took place at Te Aute last Friday night, when in spite of the tempoetnous weather, about 20 couples assembled at the invitation of tho Te Ante bachelors. Mr Pickering’s ball was nicely decorated for the occasion with everarecne, and the floor was in good conditioa-for dancing. Miaa Canlton, of Hastings, presided at Ike piano, and the management are load in their praieo of the excellent music she supplied. Mr W. Woods made an effective M.G, and a most enjoyable evening was spont, danc ing being kept going until about 4 a.m., when tho guesta reluctantly dispersed. We would remind our readers of the concert iu the Oddfellows’ Hall to-morrow I night. In addition to several amateurs Miss Blauey and Miss Fisher will contribute vocal items, to hear which alone will be well worth the price of admission. Mies Moloney will also perform several pianoforte solos, so that those who attend can rely upon spending an I enjoyable evening. After tho concert a dance will be he'd, for which Miss M’Laod has been ongaged as pianist.

. The Qo vor union t have under consideration whether boats from Queensland carrying cattle shall be allowed to come into New Zealand, unless to coal. The question at issue is whether a vessel will be allowed to bring her cattle to New Zealand waters, or whether she will be allowed to do so but be quarantined, and coaled m quarantine on arrival. This will be decided at to morrow’s meeting of the Cabinet. In any case vessels will n°t be allowed to come alongside the New Zealand wharves or to tabs on board other cattle to complete her loading bore. A case arising ont of the Hawke's Bay floods in the Utter pari of 1893 and the beginning of 1894, came before the Chief Justice and Mr Justice Richmond ia the Wellington Supremo Court yesterday. Alfred Masters, hop-grower, of Hastings, had sued the Hastings Borough Council for £IOO for damage doDe to his hop garden through water flowing over it from the corporation’s drain. Mr Turnbull S M., gave judgment in plaintiff's favor! and thecorporation now appeals against tho decision, mainly on the ground that the boding of the Magistrate was wrong both in law and on the facts. On the Court rising, farther argument was postponed until to day. “ Trade ” is commonly supposed to be the circulating medium among the savages m the Solomon Islands, but it is a mis take- Copra, ivory not, and the sea snail, or beche do mer, which the natives have to soli to the white men, are no doubt bought for so much tobacoo, calico, armlets, toma hawks, cud other weapons ; but the

Neither a gold nor a silver basis is understood jnst the two canine teeth in the mouth of a full-grown dog. A trader, who has a trading station in the Solomon Group, mentions that on his first visit a native took a fancy to a Newfoundland dog he had on board. Koowiog nothing of the customs of the place, he allowed the native to take tho animal asnore for a run, and some days later he made the discovery that hie dog had lost tho two teeth so much prized by the head-hunters.

Meat of us have heard of the story of the gentleman who declined to be saved from drowniDg by a stranger to whom he had not been introduced, and it would appear that in the British Navy it is necessary to act etriotly according t. the etiquette of tfce service, no matter bow serious the emergonoy. This has received a beautiful illustration lately in the case of one of Her Majesty's ships which was unable to lend the aid of its bluejackets m extinguishing e big fire because the borough council bad not formally applied to the Consul to request the captain to order his men to lend a hand in extiogoi ß h ing the conflagration. The result was that about half the town was burned down, and I some thousands of pounds of property destroyed. Still naval discipline and Io tsrnational amenities have been uphold in tho true spirit of that plucky but tais guided youngster, Cassabiauca, who, according to Mrs Hemaos, so foolishly stood on the burning deck and perished rather than move on until his father gave him the word to go.

A good story is related by Mr G. W. . Arthur, of London, in a letter to one of jus Australian correspondents. “The tale ” bo says, <■ is about two butchers in’s country town in England, who have their shops exactly opposite each other. There is great rivalry between them. Ono only sold the best Home products, snob as mutton, be ß t Scotch, etc, while the other made no secret that ho sold Aus traliao meat. On Saturday nights these two almost came to blows over their trade and the English butcher used to come half way across the etroet shaking his fist at tjie Australian man. It finally came out that the same man owned both shops and sold Australian meat in both, bat in one he got English prices for it. He found that Ibis rivalry was very good for his trade as most of the townspeople took the side of his English shop, and eec-ing the keenness between the two, came from all parts of the town to support it against tho Australian intruder, and cracked tire Engjish meat up immensely—that is to say, the Australian meat, which they bought under the came of English ”

It is not often that the dofence a prisoner raises is made tho oiigia of his prosecution on a more serious chare-. Yot such was the ease at the Central Police Court, Sydney last week. A man ap peered before Mr Giles, S M , on a charge of having no lawful visible means of snpport. The solicitor, who was defending V? 8 “*?• to »»«’ that he had means, far*gon N,’' r T ner t 0 write ont • cheque lor £3U. ihe cheque was written out, and given to another solicitor to carh. Later the recond solicitor returned into court and going into the witness-box swore that the 30 sovereigns which he held in his band was the money he received for the cheque written by the prisoner. Mean- . 1 e Detective Roche, who was prosecuting, had received information that led him to suspect that accused was concerned in relieving a man of £BO by means of the confidence trick. Bat the difficulty was as to how to get the money away from the solicitor. _ Under the plea of counting the coins, ho mdneed tho solicitor to place the money on the table. Then, coanting it, Roche swept the whole amount into bis bands Having thns obtained safe possesth? ,™ tn > the detective announced that he withdrow the charge of vagrancy against tho man, and desired to charge Mm with having been conoerned with three others in stealing the sum of £IOO on the 4th May. On this charge the man was romanded.

The absurdities of tbofle who go about endeavoring to bolster that heresy “bi metallism is never more pronounced than when they state that all the present depression in the world is owing to tbe restrictions placed on silver by tbe greatest commercial nation of all. “ Give silver

on artificial value,” gay they v will go prices. The farmer »j’u times as much for bis wheat 1 grazier for his mutton." Bntth are too slow of understanding J* that if those gentry got ttirJ moch for their prodnce they ». to pay three times as mooh f or else they hod to boy. wi"’ would be the gain ? Bat wU silver ? Why not give ooppe,:, value, and order the world J deb's in coins of that metal Z writer lately put it : - No on. bi metallist ever imagiood that ,i ; humanity would be bettered b, the world with shillings »hi c |/ I called pounds, or with pence «' , be called ehillirgs.” The whol.' a mere matter of supply Gold is harder to get, and is obl smaller quantities than silver the only reason why it is j’J more valuable than silver and relation between the two motsl. stantly finctnating, and no legje agreement will ever prevent th* tion. Those who are associated w early times of Australia are p,** and it is therefore interesting to early this month the only li,;" aentatives of the old Sydney Citvt met at the residence of one of t renew old friendships The r. were Mr Woolcott, the H 0„ Thornton, Mr Thomas Brougbtor John Kae. A delightful afttn. spent in reminiscences of the earl of municipal government in i though it is confessed that nj the general public these reS might have lacked the kern which they had for the meu remained living of those who he part in those affairs. The record four gentlemen named is as node Broughton was born at Wiode! South Wales, in 1810, and is oo»« old. He was elected to the Citvt on Ist November, 1842, nominated man on 9th November of the asm and elected Mayor on the 9ih 1846. Mr George Thornton . Macquarie street, Sydney, in 182(1 consequently in his 75;h year « appointed Mayor by the oitiu December, 1851, and Mayor , resuscitated council, now in eriits 1857. Mr Rae was born at Ah Scotland, in 1813 Ha gradual f r °“ Ma . riecba . l 9«U»ge, A herd, 1832, and arrived in Sydney „ December, 1839 H, was appointed Clerk in July, 1843. In 1854 the S Corporation was abolished, and Oil! missioners were appointed, Mr Re one. They acted till 1856, »u corporation was restored. Mr W. was born at Exeter in 1821, andi in Syduoy in 1832. In 1843 h> elected clerk to the City Treasury wards serving as draftsman to th, Building Surveyor, Mayor’s secret.,, assistant to the Town Clerk, Froo to 1856 he acted as secretary to th, Commissioners, and from 1857 to U was Town Clerk of Sydney. Th* gentlemen, all in apparent excellent! whose united ages amount to 316 are the only living representative., old corporation of Sydney, whichi. held its meetings in an old public! >n York street, within easy diitaa the present Town Hall.