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Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 49, 14 February 1879, Page 2

Texdebs. — The tender of Mr T. U. Cook, for forming and metalling a part of Main-street, Foxton, was accepted on Wednesday last by the Council, the prico being £210, with unbroken stones. Mr Cook asked another dE2S if the stones were broken. Tho tender of 11. Uowlc-r, for Contract 12, Section 2, oi the Kimbolton Koad, was accepted at £3 7s 6d ; and that of T. Baadley, at ±'3 19s 6d, for section 1, was accepted. The tender of A. Campbell, for metalling tho Foxton-Sandon Road at £4 103 per chain, Avas declinad. / 11 the Otaki tenders were rejected, as excessive, end the Engineer is to get the work thero done by day labour.

R.M. CoimT.— Mr Ward, R.M.,willin all probability have a heavy dny at Foxton next Wednesday, some of the business which will come before the Court being from Otaki. We understand a native named Te Whio has laid an information against William Langley, who keeps tho Working Men's Club at Otaki, charging him with unlawfully appropriating a cheque for £10. It appears the native received a cheque from Mr Wm. Smith, of Otaki, and showed it to Langlcy in his house whilsc discussiug the purchase of a trap. Upon reaching Puretawhao, the cheque was missing, and upon interviewing Langley he denied to the native that he had ever seen it. The cheque was afterwards received at the Foxton Bank from Wellington, whether Langley had in the meantime gone, aud where it is supposed he changed it. The accused was brought up at Otaki on Wednesday before W. H. Simcox, Esq. J.P.,and remanded to Foxton. Weunderstand upon the same day (Wednesday next) Langley will be charged with two bi-eaches of tha* Lioensiug Act, by sly grog selling. It will be remembered that three or four months ago he was fined £50 for the same offence.

Tub Ohau Road. — We und«r Btand8 tand that Mr Hayns, County Engineer, has, in accordance with the resolution of the County Council engajjed Mr W. H. Hyg<jr, of Palmerston, to cut the line of the Otaki Road, and that on Saturday last considerable progress had been made, over two miles having been covered. Some difficulty was experienced in getting over Pakehou (upon which a trig, station is placed), without a very steep gradient, and three trial lines were thrown out ; the one selected is a veiy good one, ai d will enablo the obstacle in question to be easily surmounted. It is probable the whole surrey will be completed about the end of March. We believe Mr

Hayns *A'iU Visit Hie.^tnki cllstru^ in oon-iiei-tuin with th>'io:id nex f w.iV'fc. f*> tVoiilt 1 upon tho line from the, township V,o \\\o now rond. Ro soon mk the lino i^ iinishpd ■•!> t':>'" :is the Ohnu riv<v, wo believe tli« roart will lipoyri/.ottnr], und tise work of formntion nrtt hi hand.

Ptiai'qhtke Feps.— A le tor recently uppe rd in our P;ilme»\<ton contemporary a yui-d '• EufeinP i\" in «'lil-U it "Arts Stated th« sluU^htfr-TlnuHe ti»Speo li or, Mr .'iuyi'H, is in VW» \A, of £'200 per aimium »» foe* ftt)iii thu iuloheia in che County. From a return l:iid by Mr Haynpbifore the County Counoil for the last, six weeks, we I nrn that durnigr th»ir time 844 Rinnll eaflp (dheep and pigfl) have been slaughtered, and 76" l«rsre ones, At tins i'ate, M r Haynfl' fees for tlieyear would amount to &il 18s 4d.

Post Ol^icß Bank.— The Post Office Savings Bank returns for the December quarter, which were issued recently tell a significant ta!e regarding the severity of the monetary pressure of the last few months. The withdrawals during the quarter Were £10,249 I.os &d iii excess dl me deposits. In the corresponding perlo 1 ! of tho previous year the deposits were £13 744 2h 7d in ekeeps of ihe withdrawals. 'J'he deposits last quarter, however, wero £181,842 4s 3d, as compared with £lb"7,3U± Is in the l«rt quarter of 1 877. Dunedm Wellington, niul New riymoutlu in thb order named account) for ths largest balances of withdrar/Sls over deposits. 'I'ho Auckland, Napier, and Inverr.argil balances were on the oilier fide. The Wellington figures nre iuteretting. £39,C2C 19s id was the amount deposited while £41,488 »o was withdrawn. Dunedin deposits amounted to £41,54 i 1 In yd, Slid withdrawals to £40,398 3« fid. Christchurch is the highest on the list, with deposits amounting to £43,5)30 los and withdrawal £45,140 5s 6d. The difference between Wellington arid Auckland is very marked. The latter's deposits only reached .1*18,703 8s 10d, while the with' drawala wcro A' 17,971 5s »d. ,

It fa generally admitted by everybody who lias visited Jacobs' Athenicum Bazna.i that it is the only shop in Wellington that contains a good and complete assortment of Fancy Goods and Jewellery suitable for Prcsen(s,Birl:hday Gifts, or 'Wedding Preents. Parlies requiring nny of tho above srticles will save themselves a lot of trouble by calling and inspecting the immense as*. ortment, which is too gigantic to particuriso bj r p-dvertisaineut. — [Auvt.]