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Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 25, 19 November 1878, Page 2

PitESBYTEHY Meeting-. — Foxton is to be honored as tho place of meeting for the Wellington Presbytery, which holds Us meeting in the Church, Main-street, to« morrow. Tho Rev D. Bruce, formerly of Auckland, but at present Travelling Secretary to the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, will bo present, besides a number of clergymen from Wellington, Wangauui, and intermediate districts. The business to be considered affects the various churches in the Presbytery, and as this is the first occasion upon which .Foxton has been sele6ted for the place of meeting, we give the visiting clergymen a hearty welcomo. We nocico that on Wednesday evening a public meeting will be held in the Presbyteriau Church, when several of tho clergyWbiis. attending the Presbytery will give addr J33OS, in addition to which selections of sacred music will be rendered by tho choir. We thcroforo antisipate a largo attendance, as tho meet.ng is certain to prove most interesting. The Annual Sports — We hear a great many people asking what sports arc to ba held in Foxtou during the holidays. Pallnerston and Feilding have both got their programmes in preparation, and it is time the denizens of the port bestirred themselves. Boxing Day was selecLed for the sports last year, and we would suggest that a meeting be at onco called, to ruako the necessary arrangements, and draw up the programme. Foxton School — Mr Inspector FoulU will examine tho Foxton School to-day. Agricultural Association-. — Mr A. Walker, Hon Secretary to the Agricultural Association, has recently paid a visit to the Upper District to urgo the claims of the Society upon the support of the farmers there. We hear that a number of promises have beeu given, but in many cases, owing to the headquarters being at Foxton, the matter has been treated in rather a cold manner. This is to be regretted, as by unitedaction it is almost certain a good district society could .bo started. However, such institutions ore not always strong at the start, and we hope now the affair has been taken in hand, it will bo carried through energetically. It is probable by such a course being adopted, a great number would be induced to join. ."JV. Committee meeting is to be held on Saturday next, when it is likely some definite course will be decided on. Alterations. — Mr Andrew Jonson, of Foxton, is the successful tenderer for the work required to be done to tho Bank of New Zealand Buildings. The prico has not transpired. Mr Jouson intends to start operations at once. Stock. — By the steamer Tui, o:: Suuday, thera arrived three fine bulls, which are well bred, and have beeu imported from the South. They were despatched by Monday morning's train to the stations of their respective owners, Messrs Taylor and Hammond. We aro pleased to chronicle the arrival of good stock in the district. , Bolt. — Yesterday morning, about 8 o'clock, a horse, owned by a Maori, suddenly bolted through Main Street, Foxton, drawing a cart behind him. It appears that the owner had left the animal for a few minutes, when he started, and was not j stopped until he had gone some distance past the Awahou Bridge. Three Maori children were in tho cait, but fortunately no accident occurred, though it was a Very narrow escape. Circus. — Messrs Hayes and Benhamo's great Circus will perform at Foxton on Thursday and Friday next. Tho Circus is said to be fully up to the standard of such exhibitions, and has been well received m other parts of the colony. For particulars we refer our readers to the advertisement. Foxton Land. — On Friday last a sale of Foxton land, the property of Mr F. Loudou, took place at Wellington. Tho land fronting Main Street ia reported to have beeu sold privately at £10 per foot. Lota fronting the Avenue, and near the Manawatu Hotel, brought from £1 5s to Mo os per foot. The sections fronting Loudonstreet (that is, the new street running parallel with Main-street), realised prices ranging from £2 IDs to £4. The Whittakcrstreot sections brought from £1 to £3. From tho New Zealauder's report of the sale, we learn that of the 33 sections submitted to public auction, 11 were sold. Oi' these the following gentlemen are reported as the buyers : — A. Moiuet, G sections ; T. .Mills, 6 sections ; D. P. Davios, 1 section ; It. J. Duucau, 1 section. Customs Returns. — The revenuo collected at the port of Wellington during the month of October amounted to £21,170 '<Js Od, as against £15,458 193 3d, for the same period during the preceding year. At Wanganui, during October, 1878, £3080 17s od was collected, the amount for the same month of last year being £1785 15s Cd.

Madame Tasca. — Madamo Tasca, the eminent pianiate, has recently been performing in Wellington to very thin houses. Mademoiselle Charbonnet also gave a series of piano selections at Wellington, a week or two ago, but played each night to a

poor hoiiHo. Tho fa at ap^vjir^ to be, that in Wellington musical taste i.s not .siilll-ci-.-ntly cultivated to enjoy sn^h cxquUite music as Mozart's ftud l'ccsthovcn'rt. " Tommy make room for your uiu-le," and " lleai .Jaiii," ava nn:ircr tho yuige of a Wellington audience.

PnH'i: CruiiKNr. — Wo have iv-vivel tins N..>vi>!nl)(?r number of Mr C.utoU's Wel-Jiii-fton 2Yiv-e Current. It con!,:. ins a large amount of useful information.

A Nkw Loitn, — Taiaroa Hori Kerei ) who at present sits in tho Lower House as representative of tho Southern Maori Electoral District, is to bo promoted to the Legislative Council. It appears that hitherto no Maori " Hon. " for the South Island has sat in tho Upper House. The late Sir Donald M'Lean, when in office, promised to call a South Island native to the Council, but owing to tho persistent advocacy by Taiaroa of the claim of tho Ngaitalm, the promise has not hitherto been fulfilled.

This Sharon's Woor. — Tho ships Zcalandia and liaknia aro loading at Wellington for London. The season has beeu lnte> but now wool and produce are coming forward more freety, and we expect that these vessels will be despatched early next month. They will be followed by the St. Leonards and Wairoa. Rates of freight remain unaltered, viz. : — Wool (dumped), 5 8d per 1b ; greasy, £d per lb ; undumped, -}d per lb extra ; tallow, per ton, Cos in cask, GOs in case ; hides, 5-5s per ton.

Wind. — La3t week a great many residents of Manawatu muttered " not loud, but deep," against tho wind. It may console them to read the following about the "zephyr" which blew at Wellington on Friday. Wo quote from tho Times : — " Tho wind and dust of yesterday wore more severe than usual, the "oldest inhabitant " when appealed to of course declaring that in the whole course ot his experience he had not seen tho like before, &c. But an idea of the force of the gale may be gathered from the fact that two birds were killed by being knocked against buildings in the centre of tho cityA sparrow flying in Keatherston-stroef. was caught suddenly by a gust, blown violently against one of the stores, and dropped immediately quite doad. About an hour afterwards one of the recently acclimatised minaha, which was perched on tho iron which surmounts Mr E. W. Mills' establishment in Hunter-street, was taken up by the wind, and dashod against the parapet. It recovered itself, and attempted to fly, but fell into the road. After a minute or two, ! a passer-by approached it, when it made another attempt to rise, and was this time caught by the wind, and hurled against the Athenanun with such forca that in a few minutes -itjlied.- ..-Gtitsidsra slimrid^eeTrepectful admiration for Wellington ' blowing ' after this." We also observe that two men had thoir legs broken at Oamaru by the wind.