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Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 70, 29 April 1879, Page 2

An Explanation. — Mr Mucarthur, County Chairman , informs us that in v paragraph in last issue regarding the Hospital discus-, sion in the Council, a mistake occurred. The donation of £300 the Kangitikei Hospital Committee pivpoae to mike to the uew Wanganui Hospital is the result of tho

salo of their building near Bulls, and Mr . Macarthnr s nr^umtMit 'a the delegates was fcli.it aUhdagli tlij fTai[)ibvl inferred to .vits c:-c(ibed in tile ltilngUikei Codiityj the money for it was subscribed partly in .Maimvatu. Therefore it could not bo onsidot\)d a d-jnalioii from LUn jilikei 0 unity, but frj n the subso'itiers, and h such Man iwatu was onl.ttlo 1 to bj reganlfu iU having giv'jii A [iiirt. U' c <juikti agreu i with Mr Madwtliurthat ll\ni?itikei O.mhfcvJ ii-i such, shoildgive a dotmion to the f.mcls of tlio propoSid aw building. Native. — .Mr, Boothj Native o. liner, passed through Foxtoii yesterday. He arrived pur midday train from Wauganui, and in the afternoon procesded on per buggy to Otaki, where ho was to arrange with the natives for the survey of a block of land. He expects to reach Wellington per mail coach this evening. Bcfr.DixG So(JiETY.--Tlie meeting of the Manawtitu Building Society took place on Saturday afternoon atPalmerston. A memorandum was read from Messrs h). S. Thynne and J. N. Flower, who wjre appointed to report regarding the divuion of the profits. The report of the gentlemen named wis adopted, anil tile sulJstanda incorporated with the report of tho dl lectors. Judicial.— Mr Justioe Richmond, ac; companied by Ur Wilmsr, Deputy-Regis-trar of Sup"renle Court, arrived at Foxtoii from •vVellinglon on Ki'iday dvening per coach, and stayed at Whyte's Hotel, proceeding on to Wanganui per Saturday morning's train. Spars. — On Saturday nigh 1 ., two large s l?ars were brought ap from the ship City °* Auckland) arid drdprJed down in Main--1 8t reet, alongside the railway Hue. it w ould be very much bettor if some one w ore to insist upon such encumbrances to the street being removed* Although the I'aihvay line runs down Mui :i- street" ther"e is no necessity foi 4 all the lnnlber that may be carried per train boiug loft lying about the street,to tho imminent danger of persons riling or driving horses. • Emhgzzlembst.— On Saturday last, at the 11. M. Court, before K. S. Thynne, Esq, JP., John Jones was charged with embez- ' Hng^l 13s, the property of Henry Brown baker, of Foxtoa. It appeared accused Had ! been arrested at ICopuu, whilst travelling towards Napier. Upon the application of the accused, the case was remanded till Thursday, that legal assistance might be procured. Bail was allowed, prisoner in .£SO, and two sureties in £50 each. It is said other charges are likely to be brought against him. As no sureties were forthcoming, Jones was detained in custody. We hear Mr Sfcaite hii3 been retained for the defence. School Committee.-^A. meeting of the J?oxton School Committee was held at the Atheuteum on Friday last at o p.m. Present Messrs McOulloch (chairman), Flower, and Gray. The only business was to vote for candidates for the seats on the Board rendered vacant by the resignation of Messrs Joues, Duthie, and Dalrymple, The Com* mittee exercised its elective power for only two candidates, — Messrs Halcombe and Snelson. We understand the reason for this course was to give in reality " a plumper," for the two candidates resident in Manawatu, so as tn sasure if possible a complete representation of this district. The Feilih^o Paper. — The Feilding journal is likely to make its appearance in about three fveeks. The days of publication will be the same as our Palmerston contemporary, viz., Welncsiay and Saturday. We understand the plant to be used ha 1 ? until recently baen employed on the Rjss Guardian, which ceased publication a few woeks ag">. An t Acknowledgment. —We hive received a co,-.y of the report of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, " with tha Resident Secretary's compliments." We are much oblige! to that gentleman, but as we do not " run " this paper for Mia benefit of the " whole human i % ace," we are unable to give tha Resident Secretary the benefit of a half-columa advertisement in our news columns gratis. A Cruel Sblt,. — O;i Tuesday morning last, a very cruel " sell " was perpetrated in Foxtou. As scvur.il businsss nua— including a storekeeper, hotelkeepar, banker, and editor — were chatting leisurely oa the plitform upoa current topics, espicially the general epidemic of tightness of the ohest, a well-known G-overumei.t Official came up, and casually remarkod that '' the new electoral roll w.i 3 down." " Well, I will give you h&lf-a-erown f>r it, — thit was whit I p lid for the last," said the jovial Boniface, who is noted for che interest he take 3in public matters. "Oh but this is in unuuscript," said the G-. 0., ' and tiesiles, your name is no jon it !' " You doiit say 1" gasped the hobilkeeper. "Fact, and yours is niton either," Avas the reply, looking at the banker, and storekeeper ; " Only his is on it," pointing to the inkslinger. This was a dreadful state of affairs. Visions of some frightful conspiracy to rob the County town of its elootoral rights at once were conjured up, and all p.irties winded their way to Ilia Court house, in a boly. Oa tho road, Storekeeper No. 2 was informed of the dreadful calamity, aud as he is " heavy " on the Johnston card, ho felt bound at once to fiui out the worst, giving the Gr. 0. a word of ulvice on the way, that " Ther'd be a row over this !" " I should thiak so," rejoiued the 11. 0. Arrived at the Court the roll of new votera was the only ono visible. Oao of the p irty, however, aaid enquiringly, " Why that's the roll of new votes ; I havo beon on for nine years ; my name shouldn't be there ?" The only roply was, " Who said it should ? " The rejoinder was drowned by a hearty peal of laughter. The old voto3 were cruelly " sold " that time. Slekpeus.— By the Mary Blair, which arrived at Lyttelton from Hobart Town a fow days ago, 8,000 sleepers were imported into the colony. Coleridge Constituency. — Mr. or. Hart has published an olection address to the electors of Coleridge, who are called upon to elect a member of tho House of Representatives in place of Mr Wason, resigned. In his address, Mr Hart says : — I think, in the preseut disorganised state of parties in the Assembly, no largo measures of general importance should be carried until there has been a thorough readjustment of the representation, O3 it is manifest: from the increaio of population and progres of aettlemmt that the Provincial District of Canterbury, and more particularly ihe Coleridge District, have not their share of representatives. I canuot come forward as a supporter of the present Govern mem, as I think they have disappointed ihe hopDs and expectations of their warmest supporters, as much by what they have left undone, as by' what they have don i ; but whatever measures they may introduce I would give them my earnest coujiderauon. i'ho Ashburton Mail reiinHcd : — We understand that there is a prospect of Mr E. G. Wright contesting the seat should he bo requested to do bo. Mr Wright, we believe, is prepared to support the Ministry, provided that it is re-constnicted under a new premier. Both Mr Hart and Mr Wright are well-known and tolerably popular men in the district, and in the evont of a contest it will probably prove a keen one. Haw» Studs:. — It is not very generally known th;it t le present Attotuey-Gener

of the Colony, the Hon. Kobert Stout, was a few years ago, a most indefatigab'e contributor to tho journals of New Zealand. Besides supplying articles on popular subjeots to sorrie of thd principal prtfviricial newspapers, ho conducted a weekly paper 1 in Duuelin, known as Tin Echo. 'l lii3 he Uil while pursuing hi* ordinary avocations ■■>.'> a barrister an.l solicitor. Frequently, after tho labors of the dav he has written as milch as fciired coldirinU df leadars, and a similar quantity of locals before midnight. Doubtless tho position whioh this gentleman lias so deservedly attained, is due, in some measnra, to the hard mental discipline and seVere appiioatidn to which he thus sub'ected himself. As a politician df dleai'j decided, and advanced views, Mr Stout is everywhere respected, and we believe there are few other members of tho House of R>epie*on'atives who could, at any moment, so readily snoure the confidence of any constituency in the Colojy.— Exchange* Keltgiol'3 LnstbuCtiox in- Scitoor.s. — An exchange states that the Oamaru School Committee recently received an application from *he Rev. Mr Todd, Presbyterian minister, asking for the uso of a room in the Hisyh Suhool for a few hours each Week, for the purpose of giving to the school children religious insttuction of -a strictly undenominational character* The application was granted, subjeot to the Board's) ap-p-oval, upon the condition that Mr Todd obtained permission from the parents of the childrsn to teach, and that the instruction | was strictly undenominational. It is generally admitted fay everybody who has visited Jacobs' Athenteum Bazaar, that it is tho only shop in Wellington that oontains a good and complete assortment of Fancy Goods and Jewellery suitable for sresenfcs, I3if fchday Gifts, on Wedding Proents. Parties requiring any of the above articles will save themselves a lot of trouble by culling and inspecting the immense assortment, which is too gigantic to particularise by advertisement.— 'f Advtj]