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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 105, 27 August 1880, Page 2

The Bainkssb Fise. — Mr Henry Mace has handed to us (or publication the following letter from the agent of the Bank of New Zealand regarding the calcined paper removed from Bainesse after the fire, and which has been oreviously described by us:— ll ßank of New Zealand, Foxton, August 11, 188 H. Messrs Simpson and Mace, Foxton. Gentlemen, — 1 return you herewith tLe parcel of calcined .paper, alleged by Mr Simpson to be remains of Bank of New Zealand notes to the extent of £ 1 000. Tt is impossible f rotr the state of the parcel to determine whether this statement is oorreot or not. The parcel ja

thereforfreturued to you.— "Sours faithfully, J. N. FtoWER, Agent." Mr Maen informs us that he.iDttmas to have the parcel submitted fotMr Slcey, Government Analyst, for still fuxjbher testing. The .Hydrahad O.vce More. — By reference'to a telegram from Adelaido it will be seen that the Government of South Australia Is about to commence an aotiou against the Insurance Companies for heavy damages in connection with the stranding w of that vessel on fclio beaoh. JjlJischakge.*— A notice is given in ftnotWr column to the effect that Mr F. K. Orowther, bankrupt, will apply at the next sitting of the District Covivb for hi* discharge. Oh Aoaw .-— The Watganui Chronicle of a recen'. date stated that Constable Draper, whose services were dispensed with at Wanganui as a step in the direction of retrenchment, had been taken on at Wellington, but that owing to the fact that he was for a time out of the force, his back service would not be allowed to count. Row at the Pent.— On Tuesday evening last a disturbance of rather a seriou« character took place at the Foxton punt. A native named Kiriona, resident at Poroutawaao, being at the time considerably the worse for liquor, went down to the ferry to be crossed. Just before he reached the side of the river, the ferryman had started off with the boat to take another native across. Ho thprofore caUed out to Kiriona to wait until his return. This he refused to do, but jumped on to the punt, and loosened all the guys, the consequence being that it drifted into the contro of the river, a-id worked about on the wire to and fro. Seeing the mess the native had got the p\mt into the ferryman (iW'G-auley) at once pulled over to him, but refused to put him ashore until hia Uiate ( Guerin) arrived. This delay greatly annoyed Kiriona, who incontinently went for M'G-auley. A fight ensued on the punt, in which the native got rather badly punished, while M"Gau!ey was seriously maimed. He states that the native seized his hand, laid one of his fingers acrois a piece of wood, and in an instant pressed it so severely thtt it broke. He has therefore been disabled. The gear connected with tho punt was in such a state that no power could be got over her. She was therefore towed nahon 1 , but througrh the gear being astray got stranded, and was , not launched or able to be u-ed until some six hours afterwards, several men being in the meantime, engaged in getting her ready hr work again. M G-anley will bo prevented from folllowiiig his usual employment fivr some months. We understand lie intends proceeding against Kii'ions on a civil action, for inteforing with the punt, and for disabling him. Brow.v's Estate. — Creditors in the above will be glad to learn that M r Robinson, the trustee, is taking 1 prompt steps to have the estate realised, a large number of summonseß having been issued against defaulting debtors, ready for next sitting of the R.M. Court. It is possible that under Mr Robinson's judicious management, the creditors may yet escape the expected levy. Education Boahd. — At a meeting of this Board on Wednesday last, Miss M'Phee's resignation as assistant Teacher of the Foxton School was read and accepted. It was resolved to refer the npplication of Miss Phillips, of -"andon, for the vacancy to the locnl committee for approval. Forging and TTttemng.— At the Marton Pdli:e Court, on Tuesday last, Murray Oorvell Kevern, late a Cleric in the Bank of New Zealand at that town, was committed for trial on two charges of forging and uttering. Bail was allowed, prisoner in £500, and two sureties in £250 each. Bunxythorpe Line. — In a Gazette dated August 19, we uotica a proclamation defining portion of the branch line from Bunny thorpo to Woodville. Tho schedule defines the line as " Commencing at a point situate in Section No. 463, township of Palmerdton, Manchester Block, proceeding thence in » genernlly easterly and south-easterly direction for a distance of 90 chains or there abouts, and passing in, into, through, or over the following lands, &c\ : Section No. 463, G-. R. Uangiura, aad terminating at a point in Subdivi-ion X, Section No. 1, nil within the Provincial District of Wellington, Colony of New Zealand." Railway UKTr/aNs.— ln the last-pub-lished railway returns, for this four weoks> ending June 28, the local line is stated to have earned £2,743, being only X'4s less than the corresponding month of last year. Ths Beer Dl'ty.— Subjoined is the division on the Beer Duty Bill. Tho question put to the House whs whether the clause authorising a duty of 6d per gallon stand as printed, the amendment proposed being to reduce the duty 30 per gallon. The matter was not made a ministerial question, but it will be seen the Ministry were on the losing side. The following is the division list:— Ayes, 34. — Messrs Andrews, Atkinson, Barron, Beetham, Brandon, De Liutour, Dick, Driver, J. B. Fisher, Fulton, George, Gibbs, Hall, H. Hi»s:, Johnston, Jones (teller), Lundon, Mason, Musters, M-Caughan, M'Lean, Murray, Oliver. Pyke, Rolleston, RusseU, Saunders Ptudholme, Tawhai, Thomp j nnn, Trimble, Wakefield, and Whitak«r. Noes, 41. — Allwright, Bain, Ballance, Bowen, Brown, Bunny, Colbeck, Finn, Fisher, J-T. G'uiborne, Grey, Harris, Hursthouse, Hutchison, Kelly, Kenny, Levin, Macandrew, Montgomery, Moss, Ormond, Pitt, Reeves, Reid, Richmond, Richardson, Leldon, Shephard, Shrimski, Stevens (teller), Button, Swuhson, Tainui, Te Wheoro, lole, Tnrnbull, Wallis, Whyte, Wood (toller) and Wright. Scholarship. — We are jjlad to learn that Master Joseph Flower, of Foxton, has again won a scholarship at Wanganui. It will be remembered that two years ago he was the fortunate winner of one of the Wan ganui scholarships, and has now again maintained hi> own credit and that of thu district by pulling off another, tenable for one years, and valued at £25 per annum. Master Flower's scholarship is in Class 8., and there were ten competitors besides himself. The EBpnESENTATioN Biia.. — This Bill has been withdrawn frm Parliament, and is thereforo shelved for the session. Tenders — In another column tenders are invited for the erection of the new Bank of . Australasia at Foxton. They close on Wednesday, September 8. R.M. Coi'rt. — A native named Kiriona was on Wednesday last brought before Mr Thynne, J.P., charged with being drunk and disorderly the previous evening. It appeared defendant had gone in a drunken state down to the Foxton furry, and there caused great trouble to the ferrymen. The native, who had a very fine black eye, admitted being drunk, and was fined £1. The fine was at once advanced by one of his friends. M*at fob England — In the London Times of a late date there is a long and interesting report on the exportation of live and dead stock from America to England. Some of the facts &re extremely instructive, and they show the rapid growth this trade has attained within the last few yeard In the present depressed state of trade the aubieot is one of greateflfettereßt

than Would havo otherwise been tho case. Recently our loading columns have teemed with brilliant articles on political and party subjects, but wo question whether those subjects comnvmd that attention and deserve that consideration which articles bearing on the development of the resources of the Oolony command. What the public wtmt to know is, what are the meaßures which should be takon tt relievo the Oolony from the terrible depression which tho Vogelian policy has inflicted upon it. No step should be left untiltempted to increase the productive resources of the country, and the article from the London Times appears to us to indicate in what direotion one of these stnps should be attempted. Nearly every week there is received into British ports from America 2,000 oaroasses of beef, averaging 7001' os, and about 1,000 carcußsea of sheep averaging 7Olbs. The cattlo cost at New York and other shipping ports about s£d per lb when hung up. The coat of conveyance from America to England is a little less than Id per lb. American meat in carcass cannot be sold in England at less than 6d per lb. We havo | heird it said thut New Zealand cannot avail herself of the new refrigerating process and compete with America and Australia in supr lying the English market with our surplus beef and mutton. Wo think differently,as we have not the long and expensive land carriage that both tlie-»e countries hive to Contend against. In this province settlers can afford to sell their beef in Wellington at 3i, and mutton at 2d : average prioo obtained from butchers for last ten years has uot been higher, sometimes con siderably lower. In America the great cattle and sheep raiding d>stricts only being 160 miles west of Omaka, the starting point of the Union Pacific railroad 1.400 miles we3t of the Atlantic. This fact alone speaks volumes, and it is well known what long and expensive journeys cattle and sheep have to travel in Australia before they arrive at a shipping port. Again it ha* been said that we havo not a sufficient stock in New Zealand, but only let there be a regular demand and the stock would soon be increased. Even at the present time, with due notice, a vessel could be loaded with little difficulty in Wellington with 300 or 400 tons of c-ir-casses per week. Why should not the matter be taken up with that earnestness which will ensure its success ? Lord Bbaconsfi eld's Ancestous. — The Jewish World .declares that the family legend given by Lord Beaconsfield in the preface to his father's works is all wrong. The family name w:is not Lara, nor did tha Premier's grandfather assume the name of Disraeli, " never borne before," when flying from the Spanish Inquisition. The name Lara really belonged in a way to the first wife of Benjamin Disraeli, grandfather of Lord Beacnnsfield, from whom he is not descended. She was the daughter of Gaspar Mcndes Furtado, a Portuguese Jew, whoao wife Abigail wa3 a Lara, and had placed on hpf tombstone in the Mile Eud road the following insotiption, which, doubtless, suggested the legend : — " The sepulchre of Abigail, widow of Gaspar Mendes Furl ado. of Portugal, who, after suffering the tortures of the Inquisition, fled for protection to England with her children, since named Rachel, Rebecca, Judith, Abraham, Isaac, ft-id Jacob, whom she educated in the Jewish faith, and established well in marriuge, where, hnv ng survived her beloved daughter Ruchel, sho wis called to rest Friday night, 17th Septembsr, 1704, aged sixty-five." The Rebecca mentioned married,** is shown hy another tombstone, Benjamin D'lsraeli, and died, leaving only one daughter) " Rachel," who was not related to the r*re mier. Ho is descended from Benjamin's second wife. Feimhng Cobforatton. — Tho following advertisement appears in a home paper: — " New Zealand. To Fanners, Gentlemen's 3ons with Capital, Guardians, &c. A block of Land has been bet ap.irt within the ' Manchester Special Settlement,' sevonlyfive miles north of Wellington, for tho Settlement of a nuinbor of young Gentlemen with Capital of from £2,000 to £10,000 ench, on favourable terms. Good opirortuni ties will be given for the purchase of Land, and facilities for gaining Colonial experience. lor ftirthei 1 particulars, apply to 1 lie decrefcarv, ' Emigrant and Colonists' Aid Corporation, Limited, 1 Chairmnn, Hi* Grace the Duke of Manchester, 25, Queen Anne's G.ite, Westminster, S.W." A Sor.DiEK of Fortune. — General Bria tow, who is publishing in the Philadelphia Times a series of artic. es upon the annals of \var, briefly and tersely recites the military history of General Grant, ex-President of the United States, as follows : — " Before he was 43 years of age Grant had participated in two great wars, captured 500 guns, more thin iLO.OOO origoners, and v>50,000 of email arras, redeemed from rebel rule over 5i>,000 square miles of territory, re-opened to th«? ooiriueroe of the world the mightiest river on the globe, and stubbornly pursued his path to victory, despite all obstacles. Since then he has crushed out rebellion in the South, re-established the authority of the Union over a territory larger than France, taken 200 battle flags scores of cannon, thousands upon thousands of prisoners, and hundreds of thousands of small arms, and then mod stly returned to the capital of the nation to disband hi-s army of a million men, lay his sword at the feet of the Congress of the people, and wai f their pleasure whether he should fill' a high station or become an humble private citizen. The world furnishes feivsuch examples of greatness and humility, and our country only one other — that of George Washington." Found Dbowned. — On Tuesday morning laßt the body of a man was found under the wharf at Wellington. The Times says :— " Judging by the clothes and the articles which he had about hitu, the deceased hud occupied a good position. The outer clothes consisted of a superior trey tweed suit, and in his pockets were found fifteen £1 notes, dated frcm the Auckland branch of the Bunk of New Zealand, and some small change, as also a cigarette case, a leather purse, a lead pencil, a pocket pen, a bunch of. keye, a silver watch and chain, the latter having a creat with tho ra.itto ' gradatim ' engraved on the back, several visiting cards bearing the name ' Mr Edward Markham Anderson,' and several letters. Oa the little finger of the left lmud he had a gold signet ring with the crest and motto just mentioned." At the inquest a verdict was returned of " Found drowned."