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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXI, Issue 3668, 26 October 1897, Page 2

Oo the fourth page will ba found some interesting particulars of the Klondyko goldfields and an article entitled “ Swindlers and their Swindles.” A rehearsal of “ The Lancashire Lass ” will be held in the Od ifellows* Hall, at 8 p.m. on Fridiy. Last night the Obrhtchureh City Council passed a resolution protesting against the passage of Mr Tanner’s Municipal Franchise Extension Bill. The matron of the Waipawa District Hospital reports as follows for the week ending 23 d Ootober, 1897 : Patients in hospitul, M 21, F 7 ; admitted during tho week, M 3, F 1 ; discharged, M 4. F 1 ; died, M 0, F 0 The Rov Mr Gardiner left for Napier this morning, where he will spend a six weeks’ holiday The rev gentleman has not been in the best of health for some time aod hia many friends hope that the holiday will prove beneficial. The friends of Mr 0. Tricklebank will be pleased to hear that he has sufficiently recovered to be discharged from the dis triofc hospital. Mr Tricklebank has been in the institution for five weeks and has had an operation performed on one of his eyes, which has proved suoceeaful. He epaaks highly of the treatment ho re cuived while a patient in the hospital. At the Court yesterday a phrenologist styled Professor Charleston, was summoned for£l 153, which ho had obtained for the purpose of buying medicine for Mr Miles, of Ashley Clinton The “ Pro feasor ” failed to appear. He was convicted and sentenced to three months’ imprisonment in Napier gaol. At the Woodviile stock sales, on Friday, there was a moderate entry, principally dairy stock, for which there was an improved demand, and nearly all the desirable lots changed hands Cattle —Diiry oows to £4 7s 61, heifers in calf, £2 15s to £3 sa, empty oows 34« 61, mixed young cattle from 9 to 18 months 25a.

Tae Taranaki Herald reports In order to further the promotion of the ironsand industry a has been mooted among eome of Mr E M. Smi'h’s friends to form a company with a capita! of £IOOO, called up, for the purpose of sending Mr Smith to England again. It is proposed to give su »scriber§ shares in any company that may be floated to double the amount of their subscriptions.” Mr Easther, the truant inspector ap pointod by the Wauganni Education Board, is apparently determined to justify his appointment. In the Justices’Court at Foxton he procared no lees than seven convictions on Thursday against parents whose childron did not attend eobool regularly, and be has deolared his in tention of visiting the town once a fortnight and issuing summonses for nonattendance each week that the average attendance falls short of the requirements of the Act.

A general meeting of the Sports Com mittee was held last night. Mr 0. Cun ninghara wrote consenting to receive nominations and acceptances for the amateur event, and stating that Mr Forde would handicap the same. Tho Railway Department notified that excursion tickets would be issued for the 9th November It was resolved to donate £1 Is as a for the fancy drt ss parade of oydiets, to be given to the one appearing in the most novel costume; if less thau six entries are received the prize to be withdrawn. The meeting adjoarned to the Bth November. Arrangements have been made for bolding the interesting function of pre senting the flag at the Waipawa School at 2 p.m. to morrow, at which the baod has promised to assist. There will be an exhibition of drill by the scholars, the donator of the flag will present the banting followed by one or two brief addresses, a march past, and salutation of “the flw that braved a thousand years tho battle and the breeze ” All parents and friends are invited to assist in making the affair as great a success as possible. Mr D. Tallerman writes to the British Australasian that the Agricultural Orgaoi aing Agency, Limited, is now in a posi ticn to test his scheme of ‘ joints and meals,’ having acquired premises which have been equipped with powerful machinery and plant, to enable th 9 coarse meats of 700 carcases to be daily dealt with. Arrangements have also been made to provide from 50 to 100 establishments, in different parts of London, with the appliances to enable a oourse of mauls prepared from the meats to be supplied for one month. The meals, whioh will be supplied at the uniform price of six pence each, will be both substantial and enjoyable. Each depot will be conducted so as to furnish a daily technical lobsod of an interesting character on Australian and New Zealand meats. Mr Tallerman invites all interested in the beneficial development of tho resources of tb« colonies to contribute towards carrying out this practical work—which can be commenced at one day’s notioe.

They were a merry party as they left Waipawa in, early morning beuod fo the cn%t. They presented a woe begone appearance on their return As tho day was hot a buggy took a plentiful supply of provisions oo Falstaff’s principle of a ha’porth of bread to a ga'lou of saok, ft system which some of them found did no? come up to expectations. The trouble began on the way out. One of the j >via. cyclists labored under the dHliißiounha* he could race downhill—and he tried it ! Away he went, neck or nought, en couragtd by tho shouts of uia companions He lost control of tee machine, let out a yell, performed a double somersault that would have done credit to any circus performer, and lay speechless on th« ground until the others arrived He wan then placed in a vehicle and the subsequent proceedings that day int -restnd him a > more. Tho machine ? “ Ask of the winds that far around with fragments strewed the road.” The return was more disas trous. One long distance record-breaker faint through lack of solid food, fell off his bicyole and persuasions and threats were alike powerless to induce him to re mount. His companions were reluotaotly

obliged to leave him alono iu his glory, monarch of a'i he surveyed. Another was so famished that on reaching a house by the roadside, he rushed in and scared the inmates by shouting 4l For the love of heaven, givo me a pieoo of bread.” After getting a good square meal he rofased to budge, aud ho had to be placed in the buggy which aocompauied the expedition. All went well for soma time until the vehicle oarne to grief The shafts were broken, the party was thrown out and lay gr.auiug on the roadside, one solemnly asserting that be had sustained internal injuries. Long after nightfall o mournful procession, bearing a strong resemblance to Falstaff's ragged regiment might have been seeu trudging into Waipawa, bat where they had beeo, or what had happened wild horses could not drag from them. A deputation representing the majority of maori tribes—delegates from the native Parliament—waited on the Premier yesterday to lay before him native laud grievances. All the Maori and several European M’s. II R were present, aud the proceedings occupied two and a half hours. The Premier intimated the ioieu tion of the Government to Abolish Native Land Courts, and strongly advised the Maoris to sell no more land. He said oaly through Parliament could redress be obtained. New Zealand was a self governing colony, aod it was useless ap pealing to the Home Government in the matter. He appealed to the natives to assist the Europeans in passing legis lation which would bo neoessary, and said that they must elect to the Legislature those who would be in onisoo with them in the matter. At Woodviile, on Sunday morning, a man named Owen Joneß, who was staying at the Tc-moeraooe Hotel, made an attempt to commit suicide by g>sbing his srm with a piece of glass Medical assistance was sent for aud after the wounds bad been dressed Jones was looked up iu the police station. On being searched, the man was found to have £45 ia ready oath iu bis pockets, aud a draft for £1320 from Carnarvon, Wales, on the Bink of Australasia in Wellington. Joues is 25 years of age. He had only come to Woodviile last Wednesday from the Martoo district, where he had been working on Mr Mcßetb’s Forgou Farm. He had been a little strange in his manner siaoe his arrival, but nothing serious was antici pated. Jones was brought before the Court yesterday, aud after the Bench bad read the certificates of Drs Milne and Dawson, who had examined the accused, he was oommittad to the Wellington Lunatic Asylum.