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Woodville Examiner, Volume VII, Issue 659, 30 January 1891, Page 2

The owner of a tablecloth lost on Pinfold road on Wednesday may have the same on paying cost of this advertisement. Mr J. Gregory of Pahiatua invites tenders for packing, to Makuri. ■ Mr Burnett invites tenders for the purchase of two acres of oat crop. Tenders close on Monday. Messrs Jones and Hunter intend putting a coach on the road between Woodville and Eketahuna.

The Bank of New South Wales will open at Danevirko ■ daily under the management of Mr Hogg of Bulls. Mr Troup despatched a special train of 1200 sheep for tho North British Company’s Works last evening.

Mr J. Ross publishes an impounding notice.

Great complaints were made about the starting at the Danevirko Races on Wednesday. The club should secure another starter for next meeting.

The natives have been catching trout in the river by nets and it seems the law provides no machinery to stop this practice. i

There is a well-known locality between Woodville and Palmerston called Stoney Creek. This is too common a name for the Railway Commissioners, so they have called the station Wahakaronga.

Stevens and Gorton* publish particulars of sale to be held at •'Woodville yards on Friday. As will be seen from our advertising columns an unusually large number of stock has been entered. Further entries will be received by Mr H. Monteith. The Bank 'of New Zealand has arranged for the use of the County’ Council strongroom at Pahiatua until suitable premises will be obtained in the new block of brick buildings to be erected by Mr Williams.

At the Police Court, Pahiatua, on Tuesday, before Messrs Hughes, and Eeese J.Fb. W. S. Willoughby was charged with forgery. Evidence was given by R. Price, W. Best, G. Eidd, J. P. Clark, P. Trewby, W. Binns, T. Avery and Constables Christie and Cooper. Accused was committed for trial.

The Woodville Brass Band will pjay the following selections of Sacred Music on the Cricket ground on Sunday afternoon, weather permitting : —Quick March- “ Edwinstone,” (G. A. Frost); Selection- ' * Excelsior ” (H. Bound); Anthem-* 1 Die Ehre Gottes,” (Beethoven); Quick Marchhunting on the Old Camp Ground,” (J. Frost) ; Chorus-** Joyful Echoes,” (Wadsworth) ; Fantasia—“ Adoration,” (E. Smith). God Save the Queen. The Pahiatua Sports Committee disqualified Hawera in the jumping event. The protest against H. Keats for jostling was not entertained. The protests against T. Walther were held over for further consideration, as was that against Francis who refused to reply as to questions as to his former performances. Messrs Stevens and Gorton publish particulars of stock to be offered at the offered at the Borough Sale yards, Palmerston North, on Thursday. In view of the fatal accident the other day it has been suggested to us that the teachers woul(J.,do well to warn the school children against the habit they have of jumping on vehicles on the road. Coach drivers and carters complain much of the trouble they have in keeping children and especially the school children clear of their vehicles. : Mr T. Crosse invites tenders for erection of' woolshed at. Kumeroa. Tenders close on February 16th.

Complaints are,made to us about the delay permitted by the Pahiatua County Council over Mr Keese’s contract for the Makairo bridge; This contract has now been in hand a long time and opportunities to have it pushed on have been neglected and overlooked by the County Council.

Mr G. H. Collie paid a visit to his Tiraumea property the other day. He is at present residing at Wellington. The Post, which is a strong supporter of the new ministry, condemns Mr Smith’s selection as chairman of committees and says : " Nature has not given Mr Smith an imnosing presence, nor a commanding voice,’nor has education endowed him with other qualifications which might have made amends for these natural delects. To put him in the Chair of Coramittess would bo a sorry joke, unfair to him, and disastrous to the House. In Iris proper sphere ho is a worthy and useful member, but he would only expose himself to ridicule as Chairman of Committees. The Party will be much to blame if they force his candidature, and they will have deep cause for regret if they carry his appointment. . . Their aim should be to get the best man, irrespective of party considerations. If they do not do this, but insist on'"collariflg" the Chairmanship in order to provide for ono of themselves, they will lower themselves and their party to the level of their opponents, who degraded politics into a game of grab for billets. We hoped for better things from the new Ministerial Party. Undoubtedly tiro best man for the position is Mr Hamlin, and after him would probably come Mr J. W. Thomson.' It would bo _ an act the gravest impropriety lo deprive the house of tiro benefit of Ms services, merely for the purpose of providing Mr W. C. Smith with a billet."

The Bank of New Zealand will be opened daily in future at Pahiatua. It will shortly be under a local agent. New premises will bo arranged for and the Bank is determined to keep pace with the growth of the place. At the meeting of the Wellington Education Board the proposed additions to the Hastwell School at a cost of £l5O were agreed to. The Board agreed to rent the town hall at Newman (should such an edifice bo erected) for school purposes. The erection of a sohoolhouso at Kaitawa was decided upon. The question of erecting a school at Ballance was deferred. The Chairman announced that the building grant for the year derived from the Education Department for the use of the Wellington Education Board amounted to £'3ooo. The requisite repairs were ordered to be made to the Mangaone School. The sum of £3 was granted for drainage purposes at the Eketahuna school.

Referring to the election of Chairman of Committees tho Press says Apparently there is some truth in the sarcasm that New Zealand politics have now become simply a question of place and pay—a happy hunting ground for mon who, under the guise of championing the democracy, are determined to make a living, out of the the country somehow, and whose sole qualifications are a blatant tongue and “granite-faced” impudence. . Under such a high moral code, the guiding principle is “ To the victors belong the spoil.” In that sense the Ministerial Party are perfectly right in deciding to support Mr W. C. Smith’s candidature for the position named.

Says the Wanganui HeraldMr G. S. Robertson, representative of Nelson Bros. Limited, on this coast, is meeting with good success in securing contracts from stock owners to supply his firm with frozen mutton. The prices offered by Nelson Bros, arc very good, and sheep owners recognise that they cannot do better thaw accept them. One runholder has guaranteed Nelson Bros. 3000 sheep a year for five yeors, and will probably send even a large number to our local Freeping Works each year as soon as operations begin at Castlecliff.