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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 93, 16 July 1880, Page 2

Education Rbsekves — In our advertising columns tenders are onllod for leasing certain education reserves. A draft lease can be seen at this office. Tendbbs.— Mr Gower calls for tenders in this issue for olearing 120 acres of flax land oufMoutoa Estate. Foxton Christy*.— The Foxton Christys intend shortly giving an entertainment at Otaki. The E' ectiox. — A requisition to M 1 Grower, asking him t. co»*ent to be n mii it d «ir a candidate fo>- the vacancy in thC'»un*y Council, has been circulated during i»ie 1.-nf, few days, and has been inimeroiiMy igned. Mr Gower iuforms ns that he mends to stand for the «eat. Mr Purcell, w • ■leur, intends to contest the seat against .Mr Grower, and considers his chance a good one. In a few days, mafttfre will probably settle, md the electors will know definitely be tween whom they are to choose. Disturbance at Bulls.— A rather serious 'liaturbance occurred at Bui's on Wednesday last It appears that during the afternoon O.iii?t<ible M ch -hi arrested a native, and was <ionveyinp him to the lock-up, wh«n a number of other Maoris endeavoured to effect a ivsoue. Seeing the constable was likely to r»e overpowered by force of numbers, Several Europeans plunged in to his assistance, and a oenertil melee ensued. The native was safely lodged in the lock un, but his countrymen threatened to burn down th : look-»p, ui>le K 8 he were released. This • hrejit, of course was merely idle bouno-.'. However, the ringleaders have been summoned, and will this ranrriinc; make their bow before Mr Ward, R. M., «t Bulls. Mr B iker, native interpreter, has been ordered to attend. Purchase.— Messrs Freeman and Wylds, of Kairakau Mill, have Bet n good example by purchasing* a schooner, the Emerald, which will trade to and from the port of Foxton, taking cargoes of their timber as outward cargo. We congratulate them on their enterprise, and trust an increased trade will reward them. The Editor and the Bailiff. — We hivp made epqiu'ries as to the charges i»ade in the P'a'lmeffcton paper on Wedntwday, against the bailiff of the Fox'on Court, and find t at a very satisfactory explanation on tie given of the' matter* complained of There' is an old fashioned idea that it U unfair to comment on, a case which ia sub judicf, and having laid a charge against an official, rt would have been more in accordance with fair play if Our contemporary bad refrained from making a bitter attack on the official in question before hearing his explanation. The first charge, that he was in collusion with a certain debtor,is. we have reason to believe, absolutely untrue, as the pnrty in<qu*Btion has.'lesally-spoaking, " no effects." The second charge, as to ueglact of duty, is founded on a misapprebenmoo,

us Mr Tans'ey was for noirly a fortnight confined to his houso through severe illness. !Vtr Baker assuves us that a week Bgo he wrote to the Clerk at Palmorston, informing him of the reason why Mr Tansley had not served the judgmpnfc summons, viz., that ho was too ill to attend to his duties. We are couvinced that had our contemporary withheld his remarks until Mr Tmsley had made his defen n e he would not have written a* he did.

C iiiRT At ">tak:.— A flitting of the RM. C»-.irt was held at Otaki on lu*h my \***, befove Messrs Simtsox and HV.fi Id J ?'.*, Tim inform Uiona laid ajrahißt Henry Cla k and Raveiri Wahnnui, ohnrjjin ; thorn wi'h allowing stook to bo at lar^e. were withdrawn, as it appeared the animals were on the road known Tas the Mill Road, which has not been conveyed to ihe Highways Board. The charges against Messrs Greemough, Bills, Bright, and Anderson were adFourned until the next quarterly sitting of 'the Court, when they will be heard by Mr Ward. Thos Udy, charged with assaulting Wm, Greenough, wai fined JBl, and 15s costs. A judraent summons oase— Drummond v. E. M. Symons — was heard, and defendant (who did not appear) was ordered to pay the amount withinl4 days, or in default to undergo 14 days' imprisonment in Wanganui Gaol.

Tub Beach Road. — Thus does the Marton paper thunder forth te the Maori toll* gate on the Foxton Beach road t — " The Maori tollgate between the Foxton beach and the M anawatu ford is still in existence, , and affords a constant source of trouble to passengers, who are bailed»up by the keeper on tho questionable grounds of Native impudence. Tho exorbitant charge of 3s ! for a trip, and 4s for ti coach, and 4s 6d fpr a bullock-dmy, Is for & horse, and 3d for a foot pas-en^er is too much of the nature of black-Taail tu.be calmly endured, and while we: pity the Foxtoniana wio enjoy the atanaiug pleasure of being billed up whenever thejr go ptttfor a walk or drive, we think it serves them right for their pusillanimity in enduring the extortion, especially when it is remembered that' the bar is erected across* the track through the sand hills, where there is no occasion for the annoyance, and no attempt in made to keep nhtj.road in order." Wo quote the above as V dreadful specimen of tho hole a man lands i a who undertakes to write about that of which he knows positively nothing. In j; eel ing the tollgate, the natives have acted legally, and as they were perfectly entitled to do. What the writer adds regarding tho people of F<>xton is simple " rot," a» they have no right whatever to enter forcibly on native land, and if the owners choose to charge tolls on a road which pusses through their property, the European settlers can only patiently submit until the necessary steps are taken to acquire the roadway. If the writer in the Advocate is filing to show an example of the bravery he professes to desire an exhibition of, and will "storm" the gate, we will guarantee all expenses will be paid. We fear, however, that unless his physical strength is greater than his mental, Natana would only need to tell off one of his oldest waihenas co give the valorous scribe the " ducking " he would most certainly get for his pains.

Polynesian Trade. — We are glad io see* the people of Welliugton are waking up to the necessity of making an effort to secure a share of the Polynesian trade. A public meeting was held at the Arcade on Tuesday night for the purpose of considering the advisability of itrmiug a Wellington and Ceuti'alPolyue-iia 'hipping Company, with * o-.pital of JS2IVOO in 4000 shares of £5 ;Mi h Them were about 25 i persona present,. Mr C. Woolcock occupying the chair. Mr Dwiu spoke at some leugth in f .vor of the suheme, and successfully proved Wellington W'ib well situated for the centre of such an undertaking, and that if the proposal were floated the place would be largely benefitted. The following resolutions were unanimously carried : — Ist. That iv the opinion of this meeting the promoters o£ the Wellington and Central Polynesia Shipping Company are deserving the sympathy and assistance of the people of New Zealand, particularly for the untiring efforts they have made towards the establishment of the company in Wellington. 2nd. That there is no fear of financial or commercial failure of the company if floated ; also, that the piospectus and share lists be published at once, A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings.

Meeting of Orrditobs .— lfrom the N. Z. Times of Wednesday we learu that a meeting of creditors of Mr F. Loudou, storekeeper, was held at the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, Mr Mills in the chair. After a long statement from the debtor relative to his transactions with the Bank of New Zealand and the Colonial Bank, Messrs Christi •, Carroli, and Thytine were apoointcd trustees of the osta'e. Liabilities rere stated 'it i' 8699 tis 6.1, of which £60)1 19s wore secured and assets w-re set down h £1-1,97 -. showing a credit balance of £3272 lite 6d.

Paikakauiki-Waixanae Road. — At the last meeting of the Hutt i.'ouuty Council, a ieiter was received from Mr James A. Stew *rt, staiincr that the natives on the West ■Joaat had held a meeting to consider matters in connection wilh the PaikakarikiWaikanae road. They were desirous to nHvo ••< day fixed on which they could meet •he chairman of the county, so that everything mivht be settled. The chairman of tht> Mauawat.u County Counoil had also been iuvited to be present. Councillor Smith explained the reason why the Maoris had taken tbi?etep They had no objection to the roud beinsr curried out, but they were under the impression that the railway would come along the same line, und they objected to that. So soon as they were satisfied on that point there would be no difficulty with them. He suggested that the chairman and himself look to tho matt»r, ami arrange the date with Me chairman of tlu< Manawatu (Jounty Council.— Agreed to.

Mongolia.* t. Russ. — Latest news from Europe states that Chinese have been victorious over the iiusuians in three consecutive engagements, and have inflicted disastrous defeats upon them. The first and most important eogagoment took place at the Terek Pass, in the Little Alai Mountains, the range dividing KhoLand or Ferghana, in Russian Turkestan, from the Chinese province of Kashgar. At this Pass the Russians were completely defeated with heavy loss, and driven back to their own territory. The Russian army then took up a position at Kizil Kurghan, a town ou the mum road fr.»m Kashgar. They Were also reputed from thi« poaiion by the Chinese, <tnd they thou full buck upon a town further north in Russian Turkeatau called Qulsha. The Chinese, following up their previous victories, lost no time ia giving tluir opponents battle again, and for tho third timo were victorious. The sbnttred Russian army was' last reported to be in full retreat northward.

Abolition.-— The Hutt County Council is evidently hot in f tvour of over-govern-ment. At the meeting of that body held on Tuesday last, Councillor Morgan spoke in favor of abolishing the Highways Boards. There were at present about sivty persons required to manage road matters and the like within the Hutt County, whifch could be done with a far less number, as the Council could do all the management. He

moved as a substitute for a number of amendments which had been proposed, " That notice be given to the Local and Highways Boards that tho Council intends to take over all the roads on 31st Match next, and strike a Is rate ovr the whole county, the Boards being therefore requested not to enter into any contract extending beyond | that date." This was agreed to.