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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 9, 23 September 1879, Page 2

■ Thb Railway Deviation. — We are glad* ! to hear that another step has bee,n taken towards the deviation of the railway from the Foxton Main-sireet to the wharf, the owners of property required for the proposed work ' having last week received their respective payments for the land taken. It is quite j possible therefore, that so soon as the mcvi. table no-confidence motion is decided in the ! House of Representatives, tenders may be called for the work. We understnnd the I necessary plans and specifications have been rrady now for inuny months. At present pot only the general public but also the railway and wharf officials are crying out for bettor accommodation and more room. The large quantities of sleepers, telegraph poles, railway iron, &c, now stored in the yard have completely upset the ordinary arrangements, leading to gieat inconvenience The while of this will be obvintcd when tlie sheds ure alongside tho wharf. We earnestly hape there will be no unnecessary delay in carrying out the work, which is a

necessity to tlio corivin'uMice and prosperity «i the port, and which will also, v/lion complete.!, largely decrease the working expenses of the railway. Customs Duties.— Tho duties collected at the Foxton Custom House clurine; the w.-ek ended September 20, amounto I to £29 r>s lvi. En Route. — Oa Saturday evening we noticed amongst the passengers per night train ALij or Atkinson, Mr Thorn is Kelly, and < 'olonul Trimble, who were on their way to Wellington to attend the sitting of Parliament which begins to-morrow. Entire. — An entire horse named Bothwell, by the well-known siro Gleurcy, has just been imported from Canterbury by Mr W. G. Watt, of Marton. He was bred by Sir Gawne Muffit, of Canterbury, and was purchased by Mr Watt from Mr David Toshack, in whose charge he arrived in Foxton on Saturday, en route for Marton. Bothwell is a bay entire (draught), of magnificent symmetry and proportions, and we we congratulate our .Marton friends on the addition he will make to " the blood " of that district. Tiie WEATKER.-The beautiful, warm, dry, weather with which we have been so long favored has at last broken, a steady, refreshing rain having set in on Sunday last, nnd continued almost without intermission during yesterday. As the country had become very dry and parched, the downpour will be acceptable to stockowners. The Foxton Wharf. — In reply to our correspondent, " Countryman^" whose letter appears in another column,, we may state that about three years ago a plan was drawn by the District Ergineer, which provided that wharves should be erected along the river bank towards the ferry. Upon thid becoming known, the leading business men of the town, including Messrs. Thynne, Whyte, Liddell, Gray, and Loudon, represented that such a course would remove the trade from the present centre ; that Maori land would derive the chief benefit ; and that all the advantages of the proposed arrangement might be gained if the wharf were extended down the river, instead of upit. These ideas were accepted by the Government, nml so far as we can le- rn are embodied in the proposed reclamation aud deviation scheme, the paltry addition made at a cost of £600 being merely a " quietener. " VVe regret with our correspondent the work has been so long delayed, liut we have reasons for believing that before threo months are past it will be commenced.. Such being the case, we think that instead of dwelling on what might have been, our better course — both couutry settlers and town residents —will be to join in urging the Government to push on as rapidly as possible with the work. Separation. — A meeting regarding the separation movement was held at Suudou on Friday evening. There was a laige attendance. The draft petition was approved and numerously signed. W6 believe the proposed Wards are already mapped off. It is a great pity Foxton has not joined in the movement. Everybody has been waiting for everybody. The Foxton Warden has waited for the ratepayers to move, and the ratepayers have waited for the Warden. The people have waited for Foxton to ask to be allowed to join, whilst the Foxton people waited expecting an invitation. Meantime, matters have been settled, and we fear Foxton will be left to the " tender mewjies " of Palmerston. The office of the uojyr district will of course be at Hanson. //From Foxtox to Wellington.— We notice that with a laudable desire to accommodate tha travelling public, Messrs Hastwell and Macara have altered the time of the starting of their coaches from 4 a m. to 5.45 a.m. This hour will prove far more convenient to the travelling public, and will doubtless prove to the proprietors a profitable alteration. 'I he coaches will arrive in Wellington at 5.i!0 p.m. N. Z. Fiuii Brigades. — The total annual cost of New Zealand Fire Brigades is about £600H; value of stations, £13,000; value of plant, £16,000; number of men, 950 (including 10 Superintendents and 23 Captains) . The Dunediji FniE.— Waters, the proprietor of the Octagon cafe, recently burnt, has been committed for trial on a charge of incendiarism and murder. The Painter. — As showing the value placed upon the stock on this coast we may mention that yesterday a thoroughbrod mare passed through Foxton to WaTiganui from Nelson, to be paddocked with The Painter. Runaway. — Eaily yesterday morning, whilst the train was being shunted, one of the trucks on the incline got started, and ran full speed down the wharf. Upon striking the end block, it heeled over and struck the ratlines of the Mary OgUvie, breaking several small ropes, but doing no furtherdamage. WriECK. — A vessel culled the Messenger is ashore at the Sandspif, four miles North of tho Cape Farewell Lighthouse. Fatal Accident. — A fatal accident occurred at Napier on Saturday last, by which three men named respectively John Quiun, James Clarke, and Bartalette Taravere were killed. Five men, it appears, were tunnelling a hill in Soapsuds Gully, when a mass of earth broke the roof in. Two men escaped but the three named were killed. Quinn leaves a wife and child, Clarke leaves a wife and 7 children, whilst Taravere, an Italian, was uuinarrierl. The Maouis and Theib Monet — The Poverty Bay Herald contains tho following very sensible remarks upon a question which must, sooner or later, force itself upon the attention of this Colony. Our contemporary says,:— "lt is a sad reflection for those who can reflect, that the hotclkerpersof Poverty Bay are rejoicing exceeding ilucl), because a number of Maoris are about to receive considerable sums of money from tho Government in pay for their lands. Say the hot«l-keeiK>rs. 1 The Maoris never keep their money ; don't save it up ; don't turn' it to profitable account. They drink it. and so let us rejoice.' Bye-and-bye, when the Maoris have parted with their lands, and have drunk themselves into disease, and have lost all relish fur work, then we shall be taxed to build them asylums, and further taxed to support them. Could a paternal Government not find out a way by which the Maoris should economise their money to prevent them from becoming pauperised and make a charge tho country ? When a child comes into a large estate, his guardians do not aljow him to yquander it until he has reached au age to know what he ought or ought not to do with it. Are these Maoris no! very children when they have money to command f Why not make the Maori lauds, whether bought or leased by the Government, or by private persons, go to the Maoris in the shape of an annual income, be it small or large ? Ihe Government of this country, when its history comes to be written, will be charged with having debased and demoralised the ' noble savage.' " The Taranaki Land System. — In Sir Julius Vogel's pamphlet on '' Land and Farming,"' written specially for the informlion of intending immigrants, the deferred payment system, as existing in the Tarauaki district, is thus described :-Ono-third of the area of each block is offered for sale on deferred payments, payable by ten annual

instalments, the land being priced one-half more than if sold for cash. The successful applicant has to make certain improvements on the land, not of a very difficult nature, but if the land is open, or mostly open, ho must reside on it at the end of six months. If tho land is mostly forest, the applicant c;m, with the consent of the Boatd, defer residing on it for any period not over five years." • „ Fon Better, Foit Wobse. — The Dunedin Tribune gives the latent phaso of the Chinese difficulty in the following paragraph : — A brave " celestial " recently led to the altar a Kuropean lady. After the consummation of the happy cvent| John piloted bis " wifee " round the town, till evening dawned, when the couple resolved to leave town by the late train for Clutha, to spend their honeymoon up the country. The parents of the fair one got scent of the affair, and as John was entering the carriage with his dearly beloved, she was seized by her father, who made an unsuccesful at r tempt to detain her till the train went away with his son-in-law. But the new bride wao not to be deterred from joining her husband, and she ninde a desperate stmggle, which, freed her from the grip of her father, and she sprang like a " little deer," iuto the arms of her loving spouse, minus her Bhawl and bonnet. " Poor John" was overcome by the conduct of his father-in-law, and he explained to the amused crowd, "Me mally her this morning." The spectators cried out " Bravo, John !" as the train moved off with the happy couple sitting side by side. The G-reat Unpaid.-* Another of the lately created magistrates has distinguished himself . ("Created" is a good word, signifying to make out of nothing.) He was lawfully in debt a few pounds to a manufacturer, but he habitually postponed payment. At length a summons was taken out against him, returnable at the local court of petty sessions. With the summons in his hand, he at once sought out his impatient creditor, and the following occurred: — His Worship — " Look here, you'd better withdraw this." Creditor — " I wont do anything- of the kind. I've waited too long already." His Worship— " Then, if you go on w'th it I'll have to sit on the bench and dismiss the case." < "reditor — " That would be very bad taste." Hjb Worship — " Taste be blowed ! A man must protect himself !" — JEgles. Mean. — The voyage allowance for a Go-vernor-General of Canada is A'4oo, but the Marquis of Lome's little bill is £2000. The Colonial Office say.s that to allow an excess of the usual rate would be to create a bad precedent. Canada also, does not see that it is hey duty to pay the bill. Clearly, the Echo says, the Colonial Office is right, and Canada is wrong. If the Canadians wish to indulge in the luxniy of a resident Princess, they ought not to object to pay a paltry £1600 to take her across the ocean. Teachehs' Salaries. — The Otago Education Board have decided that the salaries of all head teachers under £200 be raisod £20 per annum ; that school mistresses be raised £10 per annum ; that the fixeil salaries of rectors of high schools' be £375 per annum ; that the fixed salaries of male pupil teachers be increased £10 per annum ; that bonuses on the classification issued by the Minister for Education, be— lst class £75. 2nd £65, 3rd £55, 4th £io, sth £35, 6th £25, 7 th £15 ; that sewing mistresses be granted where there are 40 pupils, and that the Board maintain all schools having an average attendance of 20 pupils. The salaries of the Board's Officers were also raised, the Secretary by £1( 0, and the others by £io each, excepting the Inspectors, who were raised at the beginning of the year. Eailway Employes' Bensvit Society. — From our southern exchanges we notice that it is proposed jto amalgamate the Otago and Canterbury Railway Employes' Societies. When this is accomplisho I, there will be only one society from Amberiey to Kingston, embracing the whole of the lines on the East Coast of the Middle Island An effort is to bo made to get a grant o" subsidy from Government for the amalgamated society. If the amalgamation lakes effect a central committee will be elected from the different sub-committees — one commibteeruan to represent no less than one hundred members ; the Central Conimitleo to meet every four months, at Christchurch, Dunedin, and luvercargill alternately, to receive repoits and balance-sheets from all sub-committee districts. Any recommendation from the subcommittees shall receive the consideration of tho Central Committee, and their decision shall be final. All con~ tribntions immediately upon receipt, will be apportioned to separate accounts, namely : — On? third of the amount to sick and funeral expenses account, and the remainder to ex pensss of management, medical or surgical oxpenses (including medicine, medical and surgical requisites), and a separate account shall be kept of such contributions and expenses, in accordance with the friendly Societies Act, 1877, and the Amending Act, 1873.