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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXI, Issue 3739, 19 April 1898, Page 2

On tho fourth pagi will bo found the Bank of New Z;aland produce ciroular, received by tho lust ’Frißco mail, and other reading matter.

The Gazette farther proroguos Parliament until tbe 12th May. Wo regret to hear that Mr W D mains, of To Mabanga, is in a critical ci nlition.

Father O’Shea, who is well-known in this district, and who recently bus been ourate at llawera, euooooda Father Power. It is reported that Mr H. A. Oornford, of Napier, is to be rewarded for his devo lion to the Liberal oaueo during the last fow years by being appointed a judge. Heavy and continuous rain fell throughout the district on Sunday and yesterday, which should do a great amount of good. A swarm of boos took possession of tho operating room of the Palmerston North telegraph office on Friday. All tho offi oials had to evaoualo the room till the invaders ohoao to give way. The rolling stock iu connection with the Wellington Napier section of the railways is to be added to by bringing 25 ballast waggons from the South by the Hiaemoa next week. Mr John Maher, tho well-known trainer and owner of Primula, has deoidod to take up his rosidenoo in Palmerston. He has loasod a property near tho hospital and will shortly erect several loose boxes for his horses. The matron of the Waipawa District Hospital reports for the week ending April 16th :—Pationta in Hospital, M 20, F 5; admitted duriog week M 6, F 0; dißoharged M 1, F 1 ; died M 0, F 0. Forty seven nominations have been recoived for the im oming general committee of the Manawatu A and P. Associ at ion and among the nominations for vicc-presidency of tho Association are prominent breeders in Hawke’s Bay. Tho Wanganui Chronicle hears that the Premier had rathor a bad time with the oo operative workers at Mangawoka and Ohingaiti on his arrival there last week At the Makohino Viadnot the mon stopped Mr Soddon’s trap and gave him “ onoe round.”

Tho following team will represent Waipawa iu the orieket matoh againsl Waipukuran, to bo played at Waipukurai tc-moirow. Play at 130 pm sharp : - Withcrow, Rithbone, Bennett. Gibbici Collett, Cosgrove (2), Brno (2), Carno Fergusson. A cablegram r c ived by tho Minister

for Ja tioo lends to the belief that Dr O p.->n, who has been arreat'd in Sa » FmccLoo for tho murder of Harriet M Cal'urn in Au kland, wid bo eont to New Z island for trial as soon aa obtain formalities have been complied with. The Minister for Justice has received tho statement made by Clements before being executed iu Dunedin a few days ago for the murder of his wife. It is simply to tho eff >ot that before ho met his maker he desired to express his sorrow for the crime.

At the Court yesterday, before Messrs 8 Johnson and A. St C. Inglis, Justices, Samuel Williams wae charged with being drunk and incapable. Ho waß fined 10s, costs 2a, and 1 00, feo for Dr Ross. On a forther charge of committing a grossly indecent act he was sontonced to five hours’ imprisonment

The Department of Agriculture has jufit reoeivod a further supply of tiro natural enemy of tho mealy bug, this time through tho oeurtesy of Mr Koebole, of Honolulu. The former supplies were from Australia. This lawt coueignraout will be divided between Wellington and Nelson.

The period allowed by the Jaw for dip ping sheep expires on the 30ih of this month, by which dato all lambs must also bo branded. Notwithstanding that sheep may have been dipped, the owners of all sheep found on a road or in any public place infested with lice aro sobjeot to a penalty of £lO.

Tho orranj'ements for the installation of WM Bro.R.J Soddon an Grand Master of the New Zealand Constitution are now complete, and it is said tho ceremony promises to be one of tho most brilliant of the kind ever held in New Zealand. It will take place in Choral Hai church, and the banquet in the Sooial Hall opposite.

Toe co operative workman employed on the Parliamentary Building, Welling t>n, struck on Saturday. It seems the obuf trouble wob the amount of the pay sheet at the end of last week. The mon asy that they were offered 7s a day instead of tho ruling wage—l2a. The tn?n have held a meeting, but aro very reticent as to the result. Some trouble has arisen ovor the recent Wellington byoleotiou. It appears that though tho law says that only £2OO may ho spout in connection with an election, claims totalling £4OO have been sent in to Mr Kirk’s committee. Many of thesi have boon repudiated as unauthorised Aud yet we were always led to believe that it is tho wicked Conservative whj spends more mono) on elections than tho laws allows.

An important decision has been given by Judge Kenny, of tho Valuation Court, at Wellington. Tbo question was wheth or an hotel liocnso should bo taken into acoount in ascertaining the capital value of a property uadsr the Government valuation. A largo number of counsel appeared to ar&u > again3t it, and Mr Kenny uphold their contention and ordered a valuation to bo made simply on the land and buildings, apart from the license.

A very snccosßfnl operotion was per formed by Mr Babin laßt week, on a five months’ foal belonging to Mr Symons. An osseous growth had formed on the near side of tho animal near tho groiD, and had grown ho rapidly that it was deemsd neooisary to remove it. Whon out away it weighed 2lb Bm, and was about the size of a sheep’s bead. The foal is getting along splendidly.

Mr J. W. Steed’s borne at Blaokburo was completely destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon The cause of the fire is unknown. Messrs Steed, Evanß and Hobbs had lunch iu the house and on returning from attending to some ca 110 found the whole place in a blaze. They were unable to save any of the furniture and Mr Steed will bo a considerable loser Insurances—Houso £3OO, furniture £l5O, iu the Alliance.

The outlook for stook in the Hawera district thia winter is, according to “ Winnower ” in the Hawera Star , none too good. From all quarters comes the report that seed is thort. In some places the grass looks woll, but io others it ia all too plain that tho land is overstocked The large number of sheep brought over from the Kaet Coast is h»ld mainly re sponsible for the scarcity of feed. All the stock ia oo far looking well. Saving winter food Ins not beon followed to anything like the extent it might have beon, and haystacks on farms are rather the exception than the rule. An incident occurred in the lion and elephant aot at tho Fitzgerald Bros’ circus tho other night at Marton which (vays the Uangitikei Advocate) sent a thrill of alarm through the whole of the spectators. The elephaut was carry ing the liou round the largo circular cage in which this performance takes plao«, when it fell ovor on its side, and the lion, with a growl of an*er, was suddenly com polled to look out for its*lf. It landed on its feat, and everybody expected it would attack one of the two attendants or the elephant It is certainly a very quiet beast, however, ?.nd tho firmness aud presence of mind displayed by the trainer was instrumental iu soon causing it to resume the ixbibition as though nothiog had happened. For a few moments, how ever, one could soe by the rush of officials to the cage that the matter had its alarming features.