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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 43, 23 January 1880, Page 2

Delayed. — The holiday yesterday is our excuse for tho delay iv publishing this issue. Immigrants. — O.i Tuesday afternoon there arrived per Sfcomibird "22 immigrants, all nominated. They were housed for the night at one of the loerJ hoarding houses, and on the following -morning proceeded to th'iir destination per early traia. They were mostly for the Manchester Lilock. The Liiiei Case. — The libel case — Anderson v. Kiricbride — commence! at Wellington on Tuesday last, before hi. Honor the Chief Justice aid a special jury. The evidence heard was of a most bitter character on both sides, and resulted in a verdict for defendant. Wokks. — In another column.'the District Engineer invites tenders for Works iv the Moutoa and Kairanga Blocks. Particulars will be found in our advcriising columns. Good news roa the Unemployed. — Wo are pleased to learn on good authority that a largo eypendituro will shortly take place upon tha Moutoa Estate, great improvements iv drainage, fencing, &c, being intended. Sciiooi, CiATMrrrKG Mgrtixgs. — "We remind the householders iv the respective school districts that on Monday next, January 2f>, at 7 p.m., meetings will bj held at tho various schoolhouses for tho purpose ofreceiving the report of the outgoing committees, and to elect gentlemen to act iv that capacity during the ensuing year. Entertainment. — As we hoped would bo the case, a capital house assembled at tha Public Hall on Thursday last, to hear tho entertainment arranged on behilf of the Regatta Funds. Owing to the holiday we are unable to give a detailed account of the affair, but we may s:iy that tho whole entertainment -was carried through most successfully by those who had undertaken it. The performers all did their best, and a large number of encores were insisted on. The entertainment was pronounced one of the best ever given in Foxton, and the result should te a substantial addition to tho fund in aid of which it was given. The receipts amounted to nearly £\.-i. R. M. Couht. — A sitting of the Court was held at Foxton on Wednesday last, but the business transacted was of a very uninteresting character, and was soon disposed of. Licensing Court.— The quarterly sitting of the Licensing Court will be held at Foxton on Tuesday, .March 2. We hoar a li. cense will be applied for by Mr Win. Udy, for the Club Hotel, Otaki. Earthquake. — A sharp shock of earthquake was experienced at Foxton >n Tuesday morning last, at twenty-seven minutes past four o'clock. The Manawatu Bar. — Shipping operations at the heads for the last few days have been impeded by tho shullowncss of the bar. Tho westerly weather which has pievailed for some time past has tended to silt up tho bar, whilst the channel has changed its course, and is worki ig more to the northward. These facts, in conjunction with tho dead neap tides of the last few days, have caused the depth of water on the bur to be much less thau for many months past. Matters will probably improve with the rising of tho tides. An Interesting Case. — The Kelson Colonist gives the following particulars of the prosecution of a man named Wallace, for a breach of the Medical I'ractitioners' Act : — " On Saturday last the Government again proceeded against Mr Wallace for practising in tho Collingwood district as a medical practitioner, without bein;^ duly registered. The case was heard at Colliugwood, and the defendant was fined j£;so and costs. As on tho occasion of the first prosecution of that gentleman in May last, tho ense creatod considerable interest in the district, and his friends are taking steps to find the wherewithal to pay the fine. A number of settlers, however, consider he has been justly punished." — Wallace has sinco been j sent to gaol for three months, in default of payment of tho fine. Cabul.— Tho writer of Zigzag Papers in tho Sydney Echo says : — " In face of the interest which has recently entered in the ill-fated city of Cabool or Cabul, it may interest tho general reader to know that the first mention of the word occurs in Sacred Writ. It occurs in 1 Kings, ix., 13, and was applied to the twenty cities which were given by Solomon to King Hiram, in return for his services in supplying timber and other materials used in the construction of the temple. Hiram was little pleased with his present, and in disgust called the place Cabul. In Hebrew the word has no meaning ; but all through the East the connections associated with the word havmeint ' disgusting.' Strange that tho name has had an evil meaning. To this day the term ' oabolee ' is always employed in the sense of detraction or depreciation. A Kissing Cask. — At the Ashborton Resident Magistrate's Court, a few days ago, a man named Gosman, who was arrested for assaulting a girl named Swan, by kissing her, was discharged, as it came out in evidence that the information was laid through ill-feeling having existed between the parents and accusad, who wore in partnership, and purely at the instigation of the parents.

Mh(li,a:>stonk ov Sm.u.l TIoT.iKNViS. — Mr Gladstone has roplied to r. hitter from Mr Josej.li Arch, iv which thu riglit lion gentleainn disclaims all pretensions to authority on matters of agricultural praet.ico and arrangement, Imt he adds that ho I":-- : o soo a great variety in the size of 1.,.; <■'.£*, and especially a liberal proportion uf small moderate holdings. Among tin; good things which he hopes will result from tho piv^nt period of pressure arc a better balanced judgment ahuuL the sizo of farms, fivcdom from Iho present 'restraints attaching lo land, and a groat extension of fruit, vetfotaldo, and even (lower culture, with an increased demand for rural labo. p . The new Cable. — According to tho Wan ganui Her.ild, the new Sfcraifc cablo will be landed about a mile north of the Wanganui Heads, and a cable-home erected there. A line of telegraph poles will be erected from thence to tho Wanganui office, carrying the connected wires. It i.s anticipated that owing to (.he excellence of the the sound- I ings obtained between Wakapuaka and Wanganui, and the slackness of the current, the new cable will wear many years longer than the cables stretched between Wakapuaka and Wellington, where the bottom is rocky and the current strong. Judicial. — In the Supreme Court, Wellington, a few days ago, a, case was heard in bunco of interest to creditors iv the estate of H. Brown, baker, Foxton. The case was Brown's Trustee v. Thynne, Linton and Co., and was an argument on a demurrer. Mr Hutchison supported the demurrer, and Mr Griilly appeared on the other side. The action was brought to set aside a mortgage giren by Brown to the defendant? to secure tho payment for some flour, on the ground that it gave them a fraudulent preference over the rest of the creditors. The defendants pleaded that the mortgage was givon for bona fiae consideration, to which plea the plaintiff demurred. After argument on both sidea the Court overruled tha demurrer. Sir J. Yogel. — The following paragraph appears in the Jewish Chronicle : — " On the 1 6th Sir Jnliu3 Yogel, one of the Conservative candidates for the representation of Kalmouth, made an interesting speech. Referring lo personal matters, Sir Julius saiJ that many attacks had been made upon him by hi.s opponents, but he took the attacks as compliments, a3 they showed that his opponents had some A±ars of his being succus.ifill. One imputation was against his religion, but he would say that not f>r the siiko of 20 elections would he disosvn his religion. He was born of the Jewish pe> suision, and would live and die in it." Strange Suicide. — A singular case of supposed suicide occurred at Tinnru the other day. A farm and station labourer name 1 Willis arrived from Albury last Friday and took up quarters nt the Old Bank Hotel. Eirly on Monday evening, after t iking a glass of gin and bitters, he retired •o his room it) excellent spirits, and was not seen again. The lindiord supposed he had left, but lliis morning tha door was found to be locked, and tlu servant girl said she had been unable to get in for two days. The police wore s^nt for, and tho door wns burst open, when Willis was found de.ul, j resting on his knee 3, and caning on hi.s i bod. An empty two ounce bottle of chlorodyne was found on the floor beside him. Deceased wae about 38 years of age, temperate and industrious. It is supposed some love affair caused him to commit suicide. The Duplicate Cahle. — About six months ago (says the Argus) an agreement was entered into between the Imperial Government and the Eastern Telegraph Extension Company for tho raaintenance«and 1 lying-down of a duplicate cable. Victoria and Now South Wales wore parties to this agreement, and these two colonies are therefore responsible for the whole of the sub. sidy to the company. Jt was left to them to determine what proportion of the subsidy each should contribute, and also to arrange with the other colonies as to the terms upon which they might participate in the advantages of tho duplicate line. An agreement has boon arrived at between Victoria and New South Wales, aud negotiations will shortly bo opened up with the other colonies interested. The Pacific Squadrons. — At last (says the Pall Mall Gazette) the Admiralty seem to be waking up to tho perception that oursquadrons in the L'acific need immediate reinforcement. The decision to send out fresh vessels has not been arrival* at a moment too soon ; nor do an ironclad and a corvette represent the amount of additional strength which is imperatively required. It is idle to talk of the importance of our mercantile marine in the event or war. Nobody doubts that though we havo tied up our right arm by the Declaration of Paris, we should come completely triumphant out of any long maritime struggle. What has to be guarded against is an attack during the first few months of of hostilities. An amount of mischief miirht be done at the start, especially if, as was threatened when things looked grave, the Declaration of Paris were suddenly denounced by our antagonist, which, if accompanied by any misfortunes on land, might affect the attitude of this country seriously. To overlook such possibilities in times like these, when rumors of war extend over the whole surface of the old world, would indeed be worse than childish. All, even including Mr Gladstone, hold that our naval supremacy should be maintained st any cost. Onca more, then, it is well to remember that the most probable combination now to be looked for in politics would command, to begin with, a naval forcu considerably superior to our own in coinpa-.ison to the interests we should have to protect. A Telkguapuic Bungle.— The following extraordinary cable message from New Zealand appears iv the Sydney Morning Herald:— "A Property Tax Bill, imposing a penny in the £1 on all tho Maori king's property, and 30 per cent on insurance premiums, has passed the Assembly by a majority of one, and the Council by a majority of four. It is estimated by the Treasurer that the tax will yield £280,000." Strange Replies. — This is how they answer a man in Canada :— " Whoso house is this?" "Mogg's." "Of what built?" "Logs" "Any neighbours?" "Frogs." " Whab is the soil ? " " Bogs." " The cliimto ?" " Fogs." " What do you live on ? " " Hogs." " How do you catch them ? " " Dogs," TnAFAT,fi.\n Srnvivoßß. — October 21st (says an English paper) was the seventyfourth anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. The surviving officers aro: — Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Q-eorge Rose Sartorius, X.C.8., who is now in his 90th year, and fought as a midshipman on board the Tonnant; Admiral Robert Patton, now in his 89th year, who was a midshipman in the Bellerophon ; Adminil William Ward Percival Johnson, who entered the navy July 2nd, 1803, and was on board tho Victory at the time of tho battle ; Commander Francis Harris, a recipient of the" naval pension, who was midshipman in the Tomorairu; Commander William Vicary, now in his 87th year, who was midshipman in the Achilles, and is in receipt of a Greenwich Hospital pension ; and Lieutenant-Colonel James Tynmore, also a recipient of a Greenwich Hospital pension, who was midshipman of the Africa.