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Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 81, 10 June 1879, Page 2

Welcome — Mr Burgess, who hus been appointed Collector of Customs at Foxton, visited the township on Saturday lasfc, for the purpose of arranging for an office, and for the arrival of his family. We under" stand the office will be one of the buildings adjoining the Railway Station. We cor* dially welcome Mr Burgess to the district, and trust his stay amongst us will be en-, joyed by himself. Native. — There is no further news of importance from Taianaki. The Government are arming the settlers, and the Maoris are still ploughing the land of Courtney and Hailey\ Dr Agassiz. — Dr Agassiz, who will settle in Foxton in a few days, is a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, having passed in 1863 ; also Licentiate of Medicine, Edinburgh, Public Vaccinator under the New Zealand Government, a Justice of the Peace, formerly Surgeon of the Maternity Hospital, Edinburgh, and was also Senior Surgeon of the Flying Column during the Waikato war. Railway. — A meeting of shareholders in the Sandon Railway Co. will be held on Thursday evening next. The proceedings will be reported in Friday's issue of the Manawatu Herald. The Concert. — As the conductor of the Choral Society, Mr J. K. Russell, is at pre Sent absent from Foxton, the concert announced for to-morrow evening is unavoidably postponed. FeiiiDlno. — We congratulate the residents of Feilding upon Mr J. M. Higgin having determined to settle in that township, and open business as a chemist and druggist. Mr Higgin has recently given up business in the town of Hokitilca, where he resided for about 11 years. Mr.Ki^gin was Mayor of Hokitikafor a considerable period in its palmy days. We congratulate Feilding upon a gentleman who bears so high a personal and public reputation having cast in his lot with the settlers there. Highways. — The next meeting of tho Munawatu Highways Board wi 1 be held on June 26. , £c Got it Hot. — Regarding that letter to Mr Halcombe.we notice the proprietor of the Palmerston Borough organ hits sent a long explanation to the Raugitikei Advocate. It appears be applied for some advertising connected with the Manchester Highways Board, accompanied by a private letter to Mr Halcombe. The writer pro ceeds :— " I pointed out to Mr 'lalcombe that the interests of Feilding and Pulmerston were one, as regarded the West Coast Railway ; how the Times had offended Foxton and ■•andon by its advocacy of the upper route, and how the Advocate had deserted, or shuffled over the matter, and stating that the Times was entitled to look for support from Feilding. Mr Hal- ( combe received my letter, and I presume, imagining that I sought his individual support or that of his firm, replied in the most scarifying terms. lam free to confess that I have never received such a dressing down ; and what made die matter worse was that I saw it was apparently deserved. I had placed myself in a false position, and consequently should tajcu the humiliating punishment." Mr Halcombe evident ly had not forgotten the London " leaders," and scored a bull's eye. We can imagine how neatly he would flagellate the scribbler who had written so glibly of bis " superabundant egotism," his " refreshing coolness — impu douce, some would call it," hid " assumed spotlssnesH," &c, &c., and then amiliugly asked for his support. It would be conferring a boon on the public if the Editor of the Palme stou organ would publisi the letter Mr Halcombo addressed to the proprietor. The public would like to see the letter in extenso. Slekjjbkb. — The result of the endeavor of the Government to get a supply of railway sleepers in New Zealand, has been partly a failure. The only teuders aeut in were from the Auckland Provincial District. Complaints were made that as the advertisements calling for tenders were only published in the journals which support the Ministry, due publioity was not given. This may be so, but nevertheless it ia a peouliar fact that no tenders were sent in from many other places, even in this island, Manawatu and Wairarapa for instance. ! — N. Z. Times. The Waikanab Road. — The Wanganui County Council does not appear to favor the proposed vote of £ li,oo > for the Foxton Waikauae Road, having; passed the following resolution, viz., — " i'hat the Council cannot sea their way to assist in bringing pressure on the Government in the present financial state of the country, more especially as in all probability a railway will shortly supply the want." The Wanganui Borough Council acquiesced in the suggestion." Did they mean it ?or was it a sly hit at the Colonial Treasurer P We are inclined to adopt the latter view. Jooxnalistic. — We have received several copies of a new journal published at Dunedin by Messrs Atkinson and Wells, and entitled the F.vening Tribune. It is a very creditabfo journal, and gives signs of being successful in every way. Wo wish its enterprising proprietors success. That Roving Loafrr. — Mr Jonson, of Mam-street, informs us that the " loafer" inferred to ia our last issue reported him-

Self to hurt H8 An upholsterer out of employment, and obtained some money on the strength of it. Mr Jonson offered him some digging, but he said be was afraid it would " hurt his bands !" The charity of Mr Jonson received a rude shdck wlien lie saw tlio loafer enjoying a gla33 of beer, at a hotel bar. M r Jonson says now he would like iicwsjjijjoi 1 E litors to bo wropti'-M ic. Co they are soindtimed. Air VlcF tilyen, saddler, also " suffered " considerably through belioviug the rascal's stury. Of course ho represented himself to him as a Baddler. A Request.— We suggest to our Feilding contemporary that when he again copies our reports, as in tlie case of the Licencing Court , he should acknowledge whence the information is der'ved. Wind". — The heavy easterly vt'mi blowing in these districts during last week, seems to have been felt with considerable Violence in Auckland aud the adjacent districts, though no serious damage is reported. Natuualised. — Messrs Anders P.'rssen and C'uijtiun H-inson, of Oatnpbelltew ftlanawatu, have received letter's of Naturalisation. Medical — A meeting of the Medical Coimnittteo is called for Fviday evening next. Oxly Ten Thousand Pounds.— Thera are critics and critics. In his issue of January 22, the Palmerston Borough organ undertook the work of oomparing the rateable income of the two ends of the County. He showed that Manchester, Taonui, and Kiwitea had together an income of £24,603 ; to this he added the Palmerston Horough amount of £10,200, and coolly proceeded to argue from this that •' the upper district with a rateable value of £44,444," &c, &o. Of course that was only an error, of £9641. But then th«t was a printer's mistake. Yet it never was corrected ! He cannot appreciate the pity shown him. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. Decrease of Timbkb Tbaiw. — Recent returns show that during last year there was a serions falling off in the export tim* ber trade of New Zeabnd. During 1877-8 the export track* in timber amounted to £55,o80; whilst in 1878-9 it reached only £22,351, Remarking on this the N. Z. Times says : — lt is somewhat strange that the export trade in timber should have fallen off during the year by nearly half ; and we are at a loss to acsount for this chauge." According to the ideas of some millers, the abolition of the duty must certaiuly be blamed for this! !