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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue II, 1 June 1880, Page 2

Cnt'iiT. — The usual sitting of the R.M. Court will be held at Koxlon to-morrow (Wednesday). The cases down on the list so far are of no public importance. Sth .Ivlius Vooei., — The Evening Pot learns from a private letter that sir Julius Vogel's contest for the Falmouth seat cost :ur ex-Pvemier £5000, and that ho has on his hands a handsome house and park which he took in tho neighbourhood at a heavy rent, which he will have to pay for s ; x months longer. Lndy Yogel had for a fortnight before tho election perseverinsrly canvassed the constituency in her husband's behalf. The votes were as follows: — Liberal candidates — Jenkins, 117' i; Hrett, 1071. Conservative- Vogel, SS2 ; Miiyue, 7G5. Sale of Shrubs, &c. — Messrs Thynnci Linton & Co, held a sale of shrubs, fruit trees, &c., at the Pnblio Hall, Foxtou, on Saturday last. There was a good attendance throughout the sale, which lasted about 6 hours, and, judging by Ihe catalogues handed rouni by Mr Hanneke, from whose nursery the stock came, capital prices were realised. Several Palmerstou settlers bought largely. Tomorrow's Concert. —It is har.llv necessary t> remind our readers of the Mratinu Club concert tomorrow evening, at the Public Hall. There may be, however, some few whose memories need " jo^ginsr," and for their benefit we w<>uld again call attention to the programme and other par ticulars whi h will be found in ou .. advertising columns. Very careful rehearsuls of the various items on the proirrammo hnve bi-en taking place for the last ibrtnight, and no effort has been spared to make the entertainment a complete success. We can confidently predict a mo&t enjoyable entert'liiTnent, and hope to chronicle a buu>pc> house. Rate.— The Man iwatu Jlighw.v* Hoard met at Palmerstnn on Thursday ! i-t, an"' confirmed the formal rosolution striking a shilling rate. Down Again'- — Mr Easton, who is ihe oldest established butcher in this district, is determined on giving " war to the knife " to his opponent". He announces in this issue quarters of beef, on sale at 2£d per pound. Another Lunatic. — Another lunntic wuh to be brought before the R. M. Court nt Wanuuuui yesterday, but charity compels us to suite tnis man comes from Murimotu I hese Wuiifinui lunatics ara porfeut godwen<is for Wellington para^raphists, and we theefore publish the fact of the m m's r.r- j rest so tlnit our metropolitan contemporaries may prepare themselves for the feat of chronicling in langujge that has nut been employed a dozen times before the arrival of " Still auother luua U from Wanganui." Otaki Smithy.— Messrs Rawlinson and Tin ley aunounje that they have at* red buiinesd at Otalci as engineers, smiths, &c. Licensing Court —At the Otulti Liceusing Court 011 Tuesday i.ext, Win. Udy will apply for a license for thoFer'y Hotel, near the mouth of tho river, and E. M. Simmonds will apj.ly for a license for the Paikukmiki Hotel. CONTEMPIATED CHANGES -TIIO Wanganui Herald of Saturday say&i — "We hear that there is lik< ly to be a change in the management of the Wanganui railway. Mr Rotherani, tho popular Manager, is to bo transferred to Dunedin where he will take charge of the locomotive department of the main line. We sincwely trust the rumour

t" incorrect. Mr Itith.iMin hat shewn singui n- energy nud skill in working (h<: r.iilway on this cvi<t, «ml his departure w> u(1 bn lvgrctteJ liiro 'g'lout tho whole ell- trie ." Tin: Sun-;nm. — By telegram we lea'ti that r.b'j Ji iv-'ic'.-i B.iy Herald d^oln-os it lias nu'horiiy <• >i* stating that ilio proposal of fch • {Jovi.T.'uni-nr. relative to a substitute for tho aijbsitlif's referred u> in the fxover.io 's speech will t:ik -. tho form suggested by Mr B lauco, natnoly, makin ; nil native and Crown lands subject to rates. Heady Money Tiunr.— " Observer " contributes th<- fol 'owing pri'-ticnl remarks to the N. 7j. Time<: -'• K;iend* of the working men witlx.ut caatil fancy that placing them on tliu I.md \i ill make Now Znaljiud a place Ivttci 1 worth living in bulb for tl\om and other*, l bis is a mistake. All tint is requiivd is, flint (»overnm-int should give facilities for ]:ersms with a li tie eipital to buy lmd. 'Ihos? who wish to benefit the wm Icing men minu? capital, can best do it by takinir nean3 to ensure their having the benefit of ciish transactions, as they should have. The farmers and producers of food in the couniry are getting very li' tie for their p-'olu ;Q — wag p s are, a-) a rule, high, 100 high in mauy instances for the profitable employment ot labor, and yet food is not as cheap aa it ought to Ye according to the price the prolucers of it obtain for their produce. The dairyman sells his butter to the shopkeeper for 6d per lb., the shop' eapor sells it for lOd per lb. Wheat is sold for 3s Sd per bushel, the wo king man piy.s 1 -Is for 1001 b fl-iur. S> it is with wheat, vegetables, fruit, &c. Tho mi-lilli man ge>s fir mare | r>fit out of tho goods thai the piodu'ier. Surely this is not as it should be. Doubtless one cause of this -itate of things is tho fact that New Zealand has too much to do with money lenders, and consequently those who can give credit get their own way in the business affairs of the country. If producers and consumers of produce would take measures to transact their business with ready-money, then smaller profits would have to content the middle man, or otherwise means, co-operate or otherwise, would bring the producer and consumer nearer together as to prices of goods, to the I great benefit of both." Hutt-Waikanae Lixe. — A correspondent signing himself " Consistency " writes as follows to n "Wellington contemporary : — " Efidauco can be given by competent engineers to prove that if tho railway had gone by way of fhe Upper Hutt, through what is called the Waikanae line, it could be construe! Ed for one third less than by my other route. And I am also assured that the steepest «rade would noi be more than lin 10. Now, sir, in the first place we may say that thero are twenty miles of the line m;irje, that is from Wellington to the Upper Hutt, and it is but eighteen milts to Wflik.-mae from the Upper Hutt, aud if this eighteen miles can be constructed for one third less than by nny other route to read) the samo point, why was this line rejected ? Apnrt from the railway, I think the Hutt County Council is deserving of all praise for their persistency in obtaining funds fofthe prosecution of the road from the Upper ilutt to Wuikanae. I believe in the course of a few weeks we shall see communication opened with the West Coast by th.it route. Even this will be n great boon to the public, as will soon be proven. The bridge contract over the Hut 1 - River tiro beiug proceeded with Some miles of excellent roud is constricted, and is about to be extended, thanks to the Hutt County Council. For the benefit of all cono.rned,l hope the Mauawatu County Council will" co-operate with the Hutt Council in the furtherance of the road now in progress, which will render communication easy with the Wairarapaand Wellington by railway. It must be borne in mind that some £13,000 is spent and being spont on thi3 road, which is in itself a pledge that this most important undertaking will be carried on to completion." The Wai boa Magistrate. — Our renders hare probably noticed in the telegrams a statement that the Government hail asked Mr E'i. Maker, H.M. at Wairoa, to retire on his pension. The Wairoa correspondent of the Waipawa Mail thus refers to the matter : — " The projected removal of the Resident Magistrate from here has resulted in a declaration of war betwee. a two sections of our people — those who go to church and t<> prayer meetings, and those who don't. The former got up a petition to the Government, asking to have .Mr Bilker kept in the district ; the Litter wrote letters to the papers, denouncing the It. AT. and all his works, asserting that people had been forced to sign] tho petition again3t thoir wills and threatened with dire calamities if they reI'uHod, and hinting in broad terms that all who did not si^n were from that day ' marked men.' The upshot of nil this is, tl.nt everybody is in a state of the greatest excitement, nnd I am informed upon good authority, tint one prominent settler is uhout to institute a prosecution for criminal libel against the writer of one of these letters." TnE Fukxcic CftOwN Jrwkls. — Some time ago there was some talk about sellii.g 'ho magnificent collection of diamonds forming part of the French Crown jewels, valued at 40,000,000 francs. Lo'h to disperse a collection of such artistic value, yet anxious t > eoncilate those Republicans who wish the crown to be sold because they do not, want anyone fo wear it, the Government have decided upon the following course. The Crown diamonds will bo divided into three classes : — 1. The heraldic ones, having some artislicor historial interest. These will be deposited in the Apollo Gallery of the Louvre, s\nA among them the famous Regent. 2. The diamonds having n special mineriilogical vilue will btf .sent to the Altirouin oJ' Natural History. 3. Those which may be considered as mciv jewellery, nid of which the value is estimated as 3,00U,0u0 francs, will be sold for Lho benefit of the museum funds. Crown Laxds. — We have received from the publishers a copy of the " Handbook of the Law Relating to Crown Land in New Z >aland " The handbook is the first of a projected " Wnnganui Herald Series " of publications upon subjects of colonial iu'eivst, and judging from the specimen now before us, the series will be the means ol doing gre:>t, good. The object sought to bis aruined is to publish in a simple and inexpensive form the land laws of the Colony, and this is most certainly attaiued. A brief introduction by Mr lialiunce C mtains references to the most salient features of the land laws, and includes the following very complimentary reference to tho Sandon Small Farm Association : — " Perhaps the model special tenement of New Zealand is the Hutt Small Farm Association established »t Sandon. Circumstances seemed to have combined in its favor. The mombcis had been long known to each other, the rules were carefully drawn up and equitable, the land was unsurpassed in quality, accessible to good roads and to a market. From an economical and social point of view, the result has been as satisfactory as the conditions were favourable. This Association was formed under the old Provincial law of W. lling.'on, but as the power to establish speciul Settlements has now been revived in a general enactment, it may bo of some service if we reprint the rules, and they are accordingly appended at the end.'' After

tho introduction there follow " T"ho Land Act, 1877," "TheLuid Amenlmont Act, 1.379,' an explanation of the (igricultural lease system as contained in c rtuiu clauses of "The Mine* Act, 18-7." and the rules of the Hiitt (Sandon) S:ntll Parirt Association. Tho handbook will cevt&laly b 3 of great survico to colonists and intending settlers, and considering the great interest now being taken in the settlement, question, we regard its publication us mos- opportune. Tho price is only on ■> shilling. It may be ad( 7 o 1 that Mr Ballauce is known to be an enthusiast U'joti the lnnd question, ar.d he certainly deserves the thinks of th> Colony for undertaking tho risk involved in the publication of a volume of 120 pagos at so mo leralo a price. CIIIEV HlOlI BIMLDISO* I .' TIIK WIU.I). —The Cologne Gaz"tt" gives the following as tho chief hi«h buillinurs in tho worl-i : — Towers of Cologne Ca'hudral. 624 ft ll_in from tho pavement of the cloisters, or 5!-ifc lin from the floor of the church : tower of St. Nichol.is, at Hamburg, 473 ft '.in; cupola ■ f St. Peter's, Rome, 469 ft 2in ; cathedral spire at Sttasburg, 4 (Jo ft llin; Pyramid of Cheops, 4 19 ft oin ; tower cf Sfc Htephea's, Vienna, 4J3ft lOin ; tower of St. Martin's, Landshut, 434 ft Sin ; cathedral spire at Frieburg, 410 ft lin; cathedral of Antwerp, 404 ft lOin ; cachedral of Floreucoj 390 ft Tin; St. Paul's, London, 365fb lin; ridge tiles of Cologne Cathedral, 3(ioft 3in , cathadial tower at Magdeburg, 339 ft. llin ; tower of the new Votive Chuicb. Viennn, 314 ft llin; tower of the Kau. ' .us at Berlin, 283 ft Biu ; tower of Notre Dame Ft Paris. 23-Jft llin. An Extha.vag.\.\t Mox\«cn. — Tiio Contantinople correspondent of the Journal de Geneve gives some curious details raspecting the expenditure of tho Sultan. This bankrupt, who can pay neither his creditors nor his civil employes, and whoso sold'era are literally starving, manages to waste £2,4,00,000 per annum on himself and the eunuchs, 6ultanas, and courtiers that reside in his palace. He has 300 cooks, 200 attendants to carry food from the kitchen to the table, 10 tableni asters to arrange the service, and 10 stewards to draw up the daily menus. There aM 10 employes to unfold the carpet °« which ho prays, 10 coffee roasters to maks his coffee, 10 servants to clean his p-pes, 20 valets to look after Ins clothes, 8 persons to light his chandeliers, 8 others to clean his aviaries, 100 boatmen to row his boat if ho makes an excuivion on the Bosphorus, 5 armorers, 2 hairdressers, and 250 grooms. Altogether 4000 persons live at his expense.