Manawatu Herald. FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1879.

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 92, 18 July 1879, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1879.

Medical. — A meeting of the Medical Committee will beh eld at Mr Robinson's office, at 7.3U this evening. '•'"'. j . Chowded . Out.-t- Pressure on our space compels us to hold over our Wellington letter, and a quantity of other matter. Land Sale. — A land sale was advertised j to take place at Halcombe, on Wodnesday last, Messrs Thyune; Linton and Co., being the auctioneers. At the houi appointed, there was a good attendance, but as no bids were tendered a sale did not eventuate. Sandon EAiiwAY.— As will be seen from our report, a meeting of Directors of the Sandon Railway was held on Tuesday lastj at which a considerable amount of work was gone through. Mr Jackson, of .°anson, was appointed Secretary to tho Company for three months, receiving as his remuneration £50. The rating was not determined on, excepting so far as to divide £250 between the townships of Foxton and Sanson. The amount to be raised in Foxton will be at the rate of about fld in the & on the present value, and in Sanson it will be Is in the £. The first call ha 9 been paid on nearly 2,000 of the shares applied for. It is of the utmost importance that this work should be pushed on at once ; and we therefore trust we have seen the last of the bungling, and that the future management Will show that the Sandon director^ are fittod to take the lead in working the company. : •'"■ , S,PEC^AL.-r-On , Wednesday last, Mr Ro t theram ran dowji tq Foxton in a " special " for the purpose of inspecting the line with Mr J. T. Stewart, in order -to report to the Government as to the rails. Owing to some misunderstanding',' however, the litter gentleman was not. {aware of< the- ;'• special " business, and had .gone to Taonui. Mr Rotheram therefore started off in the special a short time before the.ordinary 4.25 train. Choral Society.— Owing to the G-eorgia Minstrels performing at the Hall on Wednesday evening, the Choral Society did not hold its usual weekly practice. This will be held this evening, when a full and punctual attendance is requested. Fruit Trees.— We remind ownere of property desirous of planting, that to-day at noon, Messrs Thynne, Linton. & Co,, will.hpld a sale of fruit treea at their mait. Th'W sale' is announced as the last of the season. - ; Just Like Him —It is currently stated: that one pf the County :CounQillors for Aivahou Riding intends to hold a meeting at Sanson in a few days, in opposition to the. railway echeme,. If-he does, he will ; find 'ms lericrth 'measured ' : ' correctly ' by the' residents of that township, who are intensely disgusted with hiß efforts to upset an undertaking of 'so much importance . to them. , Lowering tiji} jB^BAD.r-By j advertisement' in another column, it will be *en that Mr Loudon has, lowered the price* of bread to 9d the 1 41 b loaf, and promises still further reductions, should the trade warrant •$V t'>'t 'ivf- 1 ' r ;-;- ■■;.!'> - 'i^V l '! I -! x Ag*in.— Henry M. Cramond, of Feilding, saddler, has declared his inability to meet his engagements with his creditors Whaep Rates. — With reference to the wharf rates, about which something was saidt in ; our last issue, we understand that the railway authorities have brought under the notice .of the Department, the question whether rt is desirable to grant the same assistance gratis as was hereto fore given, in view of the reduction to Id per hundred feet of wharf rates upon white pine. Hyubabap.-— The p, s. Samson has been chartered to cotivey railway material ex Hydrabad from Hartley's to the island of Kapiti, where she will' trarmf er it to the American ship Matilda, which vessel will load thie remainder 1 of the 'stuff there, and proceed to Adelaide. The Samson is being gqt; ready fon.the work at Wellington, and she may shortly be expected in the liver. On THB.IWiiNKJ4WeI understand the illus^riwsXJqroneif of. Manawatu and, Native |lred,icfkj pfj^cer at, Foit on has resigned those appointments. ' Home uncharitable people say he. resigned' upon receiving a Bint from the Government that they thought it desirable Buch a course should be adopted. As the facts are not before us, we cannot 'pads' an opinibn, but from' the well-known characteristics of the gentleman, it i 3 cer-

ain he would not throw up two good Government " billets " without a strong reason. . The Georgias.— The Georgia Minstrels gave three entertainments in Foxton,— on Tuesday and tho two following nights. The audiences on each occasion were very good, and thoroughly enjoyed the humours and music of the minstrels. The daacing is excellent, and the singing above the average, whilst tho antics and farces of the performers keep the audience in roars of laughter. They lea to by the Iluia to-day.