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Waipawa Mail, Volume XVIII, Issue 3254, 16 July 1895, Page 2

The foil report of the Commission, appointed to ioqaire into the case of George Dean, will be found on the fourth page. Donald Dinnie, the world renowned athlete, has settled down in Whangarei. A girl miner at Stafford, Westland, obtained £l3 worth of gold at her last washing up. Mr C. H* Maclean of the Bank of New Zealand, on leaving Waipawa, will take charge of the branch at Hamilton. A start was made yesterday with the erection of a building for the Christchurch Industrial Exhibition to be held early next month. The plans for the Waikopiro will be ready in about a fortnight, and the land will probably bo thrown open for seloction in six weeks. The Loyal Abbotsford Lodge meets on Thursday evening, when the delegates to attend the next district meeting to be held at Danevirke on the 26th inst, will be appointed. The Chinese residents of Sydney have presented a Lipp piano of the first quality to the names of the Sydney Hospital, who are about to re-enter the Nightingale wing. After advertising in the Hokitika Guar dian for 28 years, the Anchor Line standing advertisement has been withdrawn, the company’s trado with the port having fallen off.

At the Williamstown (Victoria) race 3 last week visitors were invited to sign a petition in favor of legalising the totalisator. A large number did so ; but before the afternoon’s sport was concluded tho petition was stolen. We bear that the residents of Rose-

street complain of losing a quantity of wood nightly from their wood heaps. Oae irate householder bos prepared a pleasant surprise for the thief, which will result in his cooking utensils going “ upwards and onwards” much quicker than Longfellow’s hero ever thought of.

We notice that the publicans of Danrdin (saj the Tuapeka Times) like all of their order just now, a very much maligned body of men, have contributed the very handsome sum of £l2B 18s to the destitute unemployed fand. The Rev Father Power, who has been appointed to take charge of tho Waipawa parish, celebrated mass in St. Patrick’s Church on Sunday, when tho building was crowded. There was also a large congregation at vespers when the rev gentleman delivered an excellent sermon.

Two Chinamen started a market garden somewhere on the Clarence, N S.W., and one of them, on being recently asked what the prospects of the venture were, angrily exclaimed, “Oh, too much rain. Rain allee day, rain allee ni’, den flood come down an’ swompco evlythin*. Government sbo’ killee dat man up Quecnalan’— Miseee Wragge. He make too muchee altogeder. By clipes, spose hem lib in China, p’leeceman knock him bead off long ago and putee up on stick fo’ little boys peltee mud at!”