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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXI, Issue 3667, 23 October 1897, Page 2

Oar Grapbiologioal Columa, Stock Notes, a report of the Napier wool and skin sales, and an article entitled “ Horo whenua Again,” will be found on the fourth page. The election of msmbors of the Rabbit Board takes place on Monday, Ist Nov. The New Plymouth people are arrang iog for au art and industrial exhibition to take plaoe in December. Snow was on the hills around Dunedin on Thursday morning, and snow also fell at Tapanui and Lawrence. The mining township of Coromandel is to have a high-pressure water supply, at a cost of about £16,000. The Hampden school committee his deoided to have an excursion to Napier for tho cider pupils, while the younger ones are to have the nsnal annual pionic. A man named George Williams was brought to the district hospital yesterday from Noraewood, where he had a fit on the road. Tho first wool of the season in the South Canterbury district has changed hands. Forty bales of half-bred greasy wool was sold at 7d per lb A novel ploughing team is to be seen up Now Plymouth way, a bull and a horae being driven together by a Maori, and pulling together harmoniously. A new definition, from a Magistrate’s Court witness, under cross examination “ No, she wasn’t a lady ; she didn’t wear long dresseß ; she was a girl.” At the meeting of tho Loyal Abbotsford Lodge of Oddfellows, held on Thnrs day night, two candidates were initiated and two new members were proposed.

In this issue R. Sinclair and Co have a new advertisement, and they have just now a very attractive show of seasonable goods. Nearly 6000 acres of the Assets Realisation Board’s estates, near Cambridge, Auckland, have been cut op into small farms, ranging from 90 to 250 acres, and are aboat to be offered for sale at auction

After wo went to press on Thursday, further evidence was taken in the case of McLeod v Cairns. Ab a number of wit nesses bad still to be examined the oaee was adjourned nntil next Coart day. The banka of the Wanganui river pro mise to be tho pheasants best breeding grounds in the colony Already the birds are numerous because the wicked poachers are unable to exterminate them owing to the inacessibility of the ootmtry im mediately adjacent. A cottage belonging to Mr T. Fleming, at Poukawa, was burned down on Wed nosday evening. The fire was caused by oue of the obildren knocking ovor a candle, which ignited the window curtains. Nothing was saved. Mr Fleming was not insured.

The system adopted by the Taranaki Hospital and Charitable Aid Board of “farming out” destitute children has been a deoidod suocess. In 1892, the Board paid away £ll2 6s to the Indus trial Schools, while last year the amount was only £4 odd. A bush resident had great difficulty in nprootiog a poplar tree yesterday. Although the roots were cut away the tree would not bndgo. On examination the cause of the difficulty was found to be a totara post, which was embedded in tho middle of the tree. The tree had grown all round the post and the two woods formed one trunk.

A most wonderful phenomenon has recently oocorred at Boston, Lincolnshire A poultry-keeper placed a hen on fifteen double yoked eggs, and twenty-niue chickens were tho result. It is said that the hen’s bewilderment at this extraordinary brood from suoh an ordinary number of eggs was very pronounced The chickens, which are black Minoroas, are now about three weeks old, healthy and peckish, and have been viewed by scores of incredible ourioßity-hunters. The Rev W. B. Marten, of Hastings, is expected to preaoh the sermons in connec tion with the anniversary of the Wesleyan Church on November 14tb. Mr Marten is a gentleman of well-kown pulpit ability iu Wesleyan circles and will doubtless be well received at Waipawa. About £2O are already in hand towards the Aoniver sary Fand, apart from any purely local effort. Given fine weather there is little doubt that the sum aimed at (£6O) will be fully realised. Subscriptions in money or commodities should be left with Mrs Morgidge, Mr R. F. Phillips or the Rev F Quintrell, the minister of the circuit. The Prm mentions that tho importa tion of fatoattle from the North Island is now more profitable than it was a short time back, due, no doubt, largely to the oomparitive soarcity of prime quality beef in that district. Lsst week twentyeight head oame down from Palmerston North way, and they were disposed of privately by the consignees at a price that is said to leave a fair margin of profit. An order has been sent up to the north for a large consignment for this week, bat it is probable that there will be some difficu ty in obtaining the reqaired number, as bullocks are said to be getting scarce.