Woodville Examiner (PUBLISHED BI-WEEKLY.) FRIDAY, DEC. 11, 1885.

Woodville Examiner, Volume 3, Issue 219, 11 December 1885, Page 2

Woodville Examiner (PUBLISHED BI-WEEKLY.) FRIDAY, DEC. 11, 1885.

When Captain Russell's motion was carried in the House it did not require much foresight to see that within a short time it would be attended with dire results. The Colony had expended large sums of money in immigration, and one of the effects of such a resolution would be to destroy the past work of the colony in this direction, and so it proves. We notice from the papers throughout the colony that large numbers of people are leaving mainly for New South Wales. At Auckland last week a meeting to consider the case of the unemployed was held. The Mayor presided, and it was decided to ask the Government, County Council, and Harbor Hoard to provide a means of labor. Mr Thomas Walker, of Sydney, was present and deprecated the threatened appeal to the New South Wales Government, as things were no better in Sydney than in New

Zealand. We cannot help remarking that the working men in New Zealand are themselves largely to blame. They will not pull together. They will not trouble to get their names on the electoral rols, in many cases they will not exercise independence poling booth. Were they to exercise the privilege conferred on them, and to which as men they are fully entitled, we should soon see the conservative element in the House extirpirated root and branch. We should see the taxation placed on the shoulders of those who ought to bear it, and instead of shirking their responsibilities the wealthy classes would have to pay in proportion to their means the revenue necessary to the administration of the colony. Another general election is drawing near. Then will be the time for every man in the colony to assert his right, and if he will only do so, we have little doubt that a better state of things will soon be brought about.

When Mr Larnach first took office as Minister of Mines it was generally considered he would be a “ dummy.” We are glad to see that he has proved, as Minister of Mines, most energetic in developing the mineral resources of the colony. Already the Auckland mining districts have testified their appreciation of his efforts, and have passed special votes of thanks to him for his efforts. The King country is now to be explored with a view to ascertaining its mineral qualifications. The South Island is benefiting equally from his administration. We have just received from the Minister of Mines a circular containing an interesting report on the Ophir district, Otago. Professor Ulrich, who is well qualified to report on such a subject, says the field offers excellent chances of rich returns to enterprise and capital. Such an opinion as this should give a fresh impetus to mining in the locality, and result in permanent benefit to the colony.

The members of the Woodville School Committee are to be commended for their perseverance in endeavoring to get possession of the remainder of the school reserves. The unfavorable letter received from the Secretary of the School Commissioners, announcing the refusal of that body to grant the application of the Committee has only stirred them to fresh exertions, and the next move to be taken is to lay the whole matter before the Minister of Lands, and also to ask the assistance of Mr Smith, the member for the district. Why the unallotted portion of the school reserve (suburban section 14), should not be given to the Committee is difficult to understand, unless the Commissioners intend to keep it in their own hands for some years and then apply the revenue from it towards secondary education. Even if that were so, there can be no reason why it should not be handed over to the Committee in the meantime. The land would improve in value, while the rental of the lease would go a long way towards defraying the incidental expenses of the school.

There is some feeling in Waipawa that the County Council should have seen fit to dispense with the services of the late county clerk. There is an attempt on the part of a certain class to make capital out of this, and a desire to blame certain members of the Council. We wish to point out that the blame is not being put on the right shoulders. It is understood Mr Inglis applied for the position of clerk to the Patangata Council. On that body Mr Inglis had a first claim. He was one of the party which constitutes that Council. He was a staunch adherent, and was deserving of consideration at their hands. When some of the members of that body left the Waipawa Council they should have taken him with them. But how did they reward him? They made no effort whatever to help him. In the most ungrateful way has his party rewarded his services. Why should the Waipawa Council be blamed when Mr Inglis must have known he had nothing to expect from them but fair play ? Such is the gratitude of a certain side of human nature. It will use a man as long as he is of service to its ends, then kick him downstairs. The Waipawa Council has selected a good man to take Mr Inglis' place, and we are glad that in doing so they did not forget to testify in a fitting manner to the services the late clerk had performed in the past. Well might Mr Inglis say from the way in which he has been treated by the Patangata Council, “ Save me from my friends.”

The English wheat market at present shows a promising state of things for the colonies.

Mr Murphy, of the Club Hotel, has imported a portable engine and boiler combined, for cutting firewood, and for general work on his farm.

Messrs. Rabone & Holder are about to open a timber yard in Vogel-street adjoining Sowry's block. A much-felt want will thus be provided. We are pleased to hear that Mr Moody’s services are still to be retained by the Public Works Department, and that he is to be appointed to a position on the West Coast.

A service of song, "Jessica's First Prayer," will be given towards the end of next week in the Free Methodist Church. Woodville, in aid of the Library fund of the Sunday school. The quarterly meeting of the Woodville Licensing Committee has been postponed till Thursday next, at noon, in consequence of Messrs Morison and Hall’s absence from town. A special meeting of the Woodville Town Board took place on Wednesday last, to confirm the bylaw. Messrs Sowry (chairman), Monteith, and Moore were present. It was proposed by Mr Monteith, seconded by Mr Moore, That the resolution passed on the 2nd June last be confirmed. Ar.eei to the bylaws to come into force on January 1st, 1886.

Mr S. Parker will preach in the Metho dist Church on Sunday night.

An ostrich farm is being established in Canterbury by Mr Matson.

There are out of work in Auckland 140 single men and 173 married men. Over 250 men are out of work at Dunedin.

A public gymnasium is to be established in Wellington.

Mr W. C. Smith has sold his business at Waipukurau to Mr Barry, late of Ormond.

On Wednesday at the Supreme Court, Napier, the native charged with obstructing the surveys was discharged.

For absence from Government parade an Invercargill volunteer has been fined 30s or seven day’s imprisonment. Captain Somerville has received from the Defence Minister £500 for the annual Rifle Association meeting which is to be held at Wanganui this year.

The Cambria mine at the Thames has returned in four weeks 5,599ozs of gold, and dividends amounting to £12,600 have been declared. It is intended to form a ladies’ lawn tennis club at Pahiatua, and steps are now being taken out to carry out the project. Lawn tennis is splendid exercise for ladies, and on that score alone the proposal should receive every support.

At the R. M. Court on Wednesday morning, before Mr Haggen, J.P., Fred Mantelli, who has only one arm, was charged with being drunk. Accused pleaded guilty, but said he had been keeping sober a long time, and he would promise not to offend again. Accused was discharged with a caution. The latest news from Fiji give alarming accounts of the effects of the long-con-tinued drought on the produce and vegetation. Affairs in Samoa are quiet and more settled than for years past. Another riot among the Polynesian laborers at Suva has occurred, but the fight was stopped by the European residents. Reports are to hand confirming the disastrous effects of the bush fires which have devastated the northern portion of Bua province. The fires have been traced to native agency, and compensation has been awarded for damage. A meeting of persons interested in the erection of a school at the corner of the junction between the Bush Mills and the Victoria Blocks, was held at the Club Hotel, Woodville, on Monday night. Mr Thacker was in the chair, and there was a good attendance. It was decided to ask the Education Board to erect a school, the settlers giving a guarantee to contribute L50 towards the building, and also undertaking to clear the school site. About £25 was promised in the room. A list of names of those who would send children to the school, and the number of children, were taken, to be forwarded to the Board with the application. Twentythree children of those who were present at the meeting were put down, and it was stated that by the time the school was opened there would be about forty children ready to attend. It was felt that a school in the position indicated was an absolute necessity, as it would b« placed at the junction of five roads. Mr Hill, the School Inspector, went up to look at the site, accompanied by Mr A. McCormick, on Wednesday. The Waipawa Mail, instinctively true to the interests of the sheep-farmers who run it, says the granting of funds to districts according to their requirements would be a “ dangerous concession to make." The Mail aslo describes Councillors Hall and Carlile as “ voracious councillors, who will swoop down upon their little credit balances and take them up to Woodville to be spent on Harding’s road or some other of those absolutely bottomless pits which seem to have been specially constructed by a stern providence for the absorption of ratepayers’ money." We thought the Mail would not be long in showing its true colors. "Down with the small settlers; hooray for monopoly and big estates; let might be right” is, in other words, its cry. Need we remind the Mail that its autocrats have had their rule long enough, and they have lived, not only on the fat of the land but on the small settlers too. Now we mean, if we can help them, that the small settlers shall have their share ; and it is a lucky thing for the bush districts that they are represented by such determined councillors as the Mail describes as “ voracious." Fairplay is all we ask, and the bush settlers are going to have it too. The Mail may make up its mind for that. We have a few “pills” in store for the Mail, but they will keep well till more urgently needed. The monthly meeting of the Woodville School Committee was held on Monday evening, when there were present —Messrs Moore (chairman), Palmer, Horn, and Crawford. —The Chairman stated that a special meeting of the Committee had been held last week to take into consideration whether prizes should be given this year, and if so, how the necessary funds should be raised. It was decided that subscription lists should be given to each member of the Committee to canvas for subscriptions towards the prize fund, and also to hold a concert on Wednesday week, the 16th inst. —The monthly return from the head master showed that the number on the register was 200; the school had been open 40 times, and the average attendance for the month had been 155-15. The head master desired to point out that as the average attendance now exceeded 140, the school was entitled to the services of an assistant master, and suggested that the Committee should apply for such assistance. Resolved, That the Committee apply to the Board for an assistant master. A letter from Mr Parker, Secretary to the School Commissioners was read stating that the Commissioners refused to extend the site, and it was resolved to lay the matter before the Minister of Lands, the member for the district, and Mr Haggen. - Letter read from Education Board, recommending the summer vacation be fixed from December 17th to January 23rd. - An application from the secretary of the Horticultural Society, for the use of the school and ground on the occasion of the annual show on February 20 was granted, subject to satisfactory arrangements being made between the Chairman and Mr Crawford and the Society.—The Chairman mentioned that the contractor for cleaning the school had agreed to do ail the work for £4 a month, and it was decided that the terms be accepted until the end of present contract. A discussion took place re the arrears due from the parents for school stationary supplied to the children, and it was resolved that such arrears must be paid up before the holidays.- The Rev. Mr Robertshaw was granted the additional use of one of the rooms for singing practice every alternate Thursday at s per month. An applica tion from Miss Frame to be allowed to leave for the holidays ????? the examinations ?????

The wife of Judge Johnston died at Peel Forest on Tuesday.

Another Woollen Factory is to be started in Otago, Mataura being the site chosen.

A company of fifteen has been formed in Feilding with the object of taking up another lease in Pohangina. Plans of the Tautane Block, to be sold shortly, may now be obtained at the Examiner Office.

The Premier, Mr Tole, and Mr Larnach have gone South, and it is expected the Premier will not return till after Christmas. On his Kumeroa farm Mr T. Gilbert has this season 14 acres of oats and 2 acres of potatoes. The crops are looking splendid.

A cricket club has been formed at Eketahuna. Mr Silby has been appointed captain, Mr Tonner treasurer, and Mr Sellar secretary. At the R. M. Court yesterday, before Mr Haggen, J.P., Henry Hitch, on a charge of drunkenness was fined 5s or 24 hours’ imprisonment. At the Napier Supreme Court on Tuesday, a sentence of three years penal servitude was passed on William Anderson, for arson. The jury found Kingi Karauria “not guilty " of perjury. Mr Ruewand has generously given a silver cup for competition at the BoxingDay sports. It will go to the winner of the Woodville Handicap, in addition to the money prize of 80s. On Wednesday, Messrs C B. Hoadley & Co., and New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company held the first wool sales of the season. Prices ruled up to 8d per lb, and the sales were considered very satisfactory. An important civil case at the Supreme Court Napier is that brought by four Maoris against Russell Bros,, to recover £11,000. being made up £7000 alleged to be unpaid on the Tinanui Block, and interest thereon

We have to congratulate Mr Ballantine of the Heretaunga school on the fact that on the occasion of the Inspector’s visit he passed all his pupils well. At Woodville the Inspector congratulated Miss Frame on the manner in which the children acquitted themselves in their music lessons.

Mr Hogg's little son broke his leg between the thigh and the knee on Wednesday . He was riding a rocking-horse, and falling, pulled the "horse” on top of him. We are glad to hear that the little sufferer is progressing favorably under Dr Fussell’s care.

The editor of the Daily Telegraph is evidently very sore that an ungrateful country should have failed to recognise his long and faithful services by neglecting to appoint him to the commission of peace. His numerous admirers will agree with us when we say that he would be an ornament to any Bench. The Wairarapa Daily says :Mr Tonner, of Eketahuna Hotel, came to Masterton on Saturday, bringing with him a piece of quartz in which gold is plainly visible. The stone is said to have been found in a tributary of the Makakahi, and is similar to what is found in many of the reefs in the Tararua ranges. It is probable that the creek will be thoroughly prospected. At the meeting of the Patangata County Council held at Waipukurau on Wednesday, the sum of £469 was passed for payment to the Waipawa County. The Chairman made a statement to the effect that the expenditure for the ensuing year would exceed the revenue by £1000. It was understood that all works would be performed by the Road Boards, such bodies to be subsidised by the Council, the Council to meet quarterly. Mr S. Johnson was appointed returning officer.

On Monday last, an occasional correspondent of the News states, a serious accident occurred at Maraekakaho by which Mr F. Burgess, junr., had his leg broken and collar bone fractured. It seems that Mr Burgess while out riding in some way suffered from a collision between his horse and a fence, though the details are not very clear. Apparently the horse bolted and rushed into the fence, which is a railed one, causing the unfortunate accident. The sufferer is we believe doing well. An advertisement appears in the Martawatu Standard, which shows that the Bassett-Sharpe Goldmining Company have abundant hopes. They have chosen as the name for their company the Mount Morgan Goldmining Company, evidently with the idea that the richness of the original Mount Morgan in (Queensland is to be expected at the Pohangina. The extent of land applied for is 33 acres, the amount of capital is £10,000, the proposed mode of working the land, mining, crushing and smelting, and the term for which the lease is required 15 years.

A large number of litigants attended on Thursday at the R. M. Court, and after waiting several hours for the appearance of the Resilient Magistrate, Constable Motley announced that he had received a telegram from Captain Preece to the effect that the Court would sit on the following morning. A good many of those who had business at the Court had come a considerable distance, and the day was a lost one to them. At the commencement of the Court today, the R M. said he wished to explain to the public that the reason why he did not attend on the previous day was through an unfortunate mistake. In a telegram he laid received, the date was set down for "Friday,” and and on looking at his timetable he found he was due at Woodville

on the Friday. He afterwards became aware that the time-table he had looked

at was last year's. He was sorry for any inconvenience which the public may have been put to through the mistake.

A special meeting of the Danevirke Town Board was held on Saturday evening, when there were present Messrs Younghusband (chairman), Wratt, Carlsen, and Rassmussan. Mr Wratt, as Chairman of the Danevirke Road Board, explained to the meeting that at a meeting of the Road Board held that afternoon, a letter had been received from the General Survey Department, requesting the Danevirke Road Board to make a deviation from the road leading from the Mangatara railway station to the Waipawa and Danevirke Special Association Blocks, and offering to contribute £100 on condition that the Board undertake to complete the according to specifications. The Board had -b can- i th.it .e, tip r...,d came within tin- I’.in.-v ir'.e d’-'Wn Board -h-trict, it vva>- nee- nrv M g< t the i ,m--mg f thut b-- iy ii- f. re t.m::,g my, act;--:; e. • m.itt'-r. Tin- B• id Board wi n wnimg to do tin- v. rk if ; in- To-a n 1: md vv iin d. After a-U r-: ■ n-n. it v.- pr - po -ci by tin- < dcu: mail, und -n.n- I !•-. Mr !. i -m n, '1 in at tin- 1 km*-*. irk<- Bu.ei I•-- ir i i 1 - n:, - v .- n tin- -.v.-rk ]•!--■ ■■l hug !h. :e r- n ■ : h.'v m T..,.. .* B- ,-r i. I mu.. > .ir; ii-ii.

The last London wool sales closed at ■ from £d to Id above September rates. Statistics show that the population of Ireland has decreased 3,200,000 in fortyfive years. The Walton Park Coal Company have paid a dividend of 10 per cent and 2 per cent bonus for the half-year. Minin" operations are being pushed on at Terawhiti. At the Golden Crown Mine a large quantity of stone has been got out for crushing. In the Welcome Mine the drive is proceeding rapidly. Another case of death by blood-poison-ing through the sting of a bee has occurred. Susan Biggan, daughter ofMr it. Biggan, of Epsom, was stung by a bee at school, and notwithstanding the efforts of two medical men she died. At a mining meeting at Palmerston on Saturday last, Mr McDonell, who has been three months at the Pohangina maintained there was no reef there. Gold might be there but it was so fine it would require a furnace to work it. Says the Feilding Star :—Woodville is nothing unless it is progressive. Every time we see the Woodville Examiner we observe that either new enterprises are in hand, or that some new buildings are being added to the township. The Feilding Star says: —Letters posted in Woodville and in Auckland on the 3rd, reached Fielding on the evening of the sth instant. Yet there is a wide difference in the distance the several mails had to travel over.

The Otago University Council have resolved to discontinue the School of Mines unless further inducement is held out to students. They recommend the Government to ask Professor Ulrich to travel round and inspect and report on the goldfields, and failing this that the school bo discontinued.

The Hawera Star says—The question is often asked, “ Does is pay to become a member of Parliament ?" As a rule we certainly believe that it does not, in spite ot the honorarium, free railway pass, &c., for if a man have a farm or business of any kind worth looking after, his annual throe or four months’ residence in Wellington, during which time his care is withdrawn from private affairs, causes him a loss which is by no means made up by any direct advantage he may gain. The only persons who can bo nominated by residents in New Zealand to come out to this colony under the nominated emigration system are farmers and agricultural labourers, cither married or single, and single women for the domestic service. The fees which must be paid in the colony are i.TO for each person over Pi years of aye and £5 under. Infants free. These charges include depot expenses, a passage by the direct steamer and a complete ship’s outfit. Speaking at a public dinner tho other evening tho Hon. W. J. M. Larnach attributed the present depression in New Zealand to the Glasgow bank failure, tho effects of which were very severely felt in the colony. He thought tho people were facing the depression manfully, and in his opinion tho banks had rendered them valuable assistance in tiding over their ditlicuhios. Mr Larnach also expressed tho opinion that in u few years Victoria would draw the whole of her coal supply from New Zealand.

The Woodvillo lodge of 1.0.0. F. has been informed of tho deatli of Charles Diaper by drowning at Wallscnd near Sydney, Now South Wales, on November 21st. Diaper was well known around this district by the name of Jacob and was for some years employed by Mr Macara as groom. It was only about a fortnight ago that a letter was received by a friend from him in which ho slated that he anticipated visiting Woodvillo in a few months lienee. Diajier took an active interest in tho Order of Oddfellows of which society ho was a member and was one of tho founders of tho Loyal Woodvillo Lodge and the news of his death will bo received with regret by all who knew him.

According to the Evening Press the title to the lieretannga block is to ho once more contested, although Grown grants have been issued. It is stated that Renata Ktuvepo and I’uora Kai wlmta liavo taken out a Supreme Court writ praying tho Court to declare the Crown grant of Heretaunga null and void, and to compel tho ostensible purchasers to account for nil rents and profits accrued or accruing from it from 1807 to the present time. The trial is to take place at Napier. The main ground of the action is that tho certificate of title was not properly passed, and that tho whole of ulie native owners—over two hundred in number—were not consulted with reference to the appointment of trustees.

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