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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 21, 12 November 1880, Page 2

The Baixessi: Case.— The investigation of Mr jVlaco'6 charge against Messrs M'Lennan ani Siicpson was concluded on "Wednesday. at Wellington. The Magistrate reserved his judgment until yesterday, *hen lie dismissed :he charge. Accident at Moutoa. — Last Saturday Dr. limber was called out. to Moutoi to attend a girl about 14 years of at>e, daughter of Mr Edward*, a farmer in that district. It appears the girl was trying to reach a branch of a tree, whun her foot slipped, and through the fall her right arm wa9 fractured near the shoulder. Under Dr. Harbor's skilful, treatment the sufferer is progrcating satisfactorily. Valueless Cheques. — At the Feilding Police Court, on Tuesday lasr, John S. Somers was charged with having issued valueless cheques at P.itea. The police applied for a remand, and Somera wus accordingly remanded for eight days, when he will be brought. before the Patea R. M. Court. '■_. ■•• - '. .•* • Cbickbt. — Mar ton and Feilding tried conclusions at cricket on Tuesday last. The result was — jd'eilding, one innings, 11 T runs. Martou, first innings, 25 j second, 47 ; total I 72. The Australian Cmckbteks.— lt ia pro bable that the famous Australian Eleven will visit New Zealand, a gentlem-n in Dunedin having received a telegram stating that the team are desirous of visiting the I colony if suitable terms can be arranged. Foxton Regatta, 1881. — Mr Shore, who acted last year as hon. Beoretai-y to the Foxton Regatta Committee, has convened a meeting of persons interested in promoting the Regatta for 1880 for Tuesday evening next, at Why tea Hotel. Accident at Campbelltowk — Last Tuesday an accident which might have ended fatally oceured on tho Douglas Block. Mr Hickford and his son were engaged felling trees on that day, and in the afternoon, as they had nearly made their way- through a good-sized tree, a I younger son, about. 12 years old, was standing near. Seeing the danger they called out to the boy, but he appe.ii a to have pot flurried, and ran in the way of the tree, which struok him, fracturing his left thigh in two plaoes. and smashing the left leg very badly in the region of the knee. Oa Wednesday, Dr Barber went out and set the broken leg, and we are glad to hear the boy is doing well. A Bio Roßbbkby.— Two women haro been committed for trial at Wanganui for stealing £145 in notes, from a man named John Gordon, whilst the latter was in a brothel kept by the prisoners. The box in whioh the stolen notes were ptaced, was subsequently dug up out of the garden. Paihtwo. — Mr R. G-. Palmer, of Foxton, has just finished a capital painting in oils of a scene in the Manawatu Gorge. Prince op Walsh' Birthday.— The ohief blessing Great Britain and its dependencies ia ever likely to derive from the advent on this sublunary sphere of the gentleman who in called Prince "of .Wales, ia the excuse hia birthday c4ferf 'the masses to enjoy a dny of reorcMifiittfi fyjqfment. Advantage wa9 taken of the ninth of November this year by the residents of Mauawatti.to go I pionioing, by water or rail, and to enjoy I themselves in several other ways. At Fox-

ton, in (he afternoon, n couple of s rat;h teams wore got together, and a x capit \l f^Rno of cricket enjoyed. b ; r f '3EBvijjE of Sono.— lt is in ; nnothe&^Bjuniu that a. '^Sem^e ofsSoajg '|* will be given In the 'jPriniifciJifo MetJiiodi*P Church oh WodneHday evening next, Noi' Vember 17. -^The service to be performs! is o»lled "Elijah," and tho words 'are- 1 illu>? trative of some of the chiof features in that prophet's hjjtory. The musio to- the service is chiefly ot the hymn olass, al* though there are several anthems, including rlent's gralvJ anthem of "Thine, O Lord U the greatness,'' amoapsfr the povvice. Tho latter pnrt of Pope's Ode, "Vital Spark," from the chorus, " Lend, lead, your wings," will form thVeo'acVnding item. A {together, seventeen different numbers will be ion? during the evening, and two or three introduced solos. Tho connective n-adinars from the Bible wilr be read bylho Rev. J. Luke 5 paator of the Church. A la'ge nntnber of tickets for the service have already been disposed of, and a-* the singera have beoi practising assiduou-ly, it U txp^cted that a very euccesafnl result will be obtained. Tlie proceeds are to be devoted to . ihu Trus' Funds of the Church. The Kaikoura Ptae.— A journal with the above title has been published, a lid has reached us> thott«h whether it is a biweekiy^ tri-weekly, fcr daily is not. atato 1, f ith-r by advertisement or otherwise. Tho leader writer, however, appears to be a most oi'iginal character. He starts off by saying, "We this day discover to the public gazo a new planet. Certnihly not one of very great magnitude, yet, in its own pphert'j one of the first order" W<will give one or two more quotations from the leading article :— " Wo are disposed to believe there is so:ne tiuth in the aptly expressed und decidedly complimentary opinion, that the former effort wan sig--t-acint of something 1 to come, the herald of a etnr which would rise in the east and prove the Saviour of the district. Such is one candid view of our advent, and, though exalted, we trust it may be verified to some extent. . . . Tlio Hall Government shall have our support so long as they act in a manner calculated, in our opinion, ! to beneflt.Jthb Colony, aild extricate it from ! its present uncomfoitable.impcciuuous posi tion. For this we anticipate the Government will feel deeply grateful. . . . Westnrt with the fullest intention of fltoei ling a straightforward, honest course, trusting that He who rules all things will not only prevent us otravingr from that path, but also guide us in all our actions and deliberations, granting that we may do much good, especially for this district, and that the Star may never be obacured by any parsing cloud, but daily increase in brilliancy, until in thp refulgcncj of its splendour it may rival the brightest planet in the literary world." One is rather inclined to doubt the piety of thelast sen tenet-, whifth sounds more liko a •• skit" on n sermon tbau tho closing sentence of n loading article. Tho Kaikoura Star is n smull paper (fire columns in each page), and has a very moderate share of locil advertisements. It will have a very good opportu uity of doing good service to a district that has been much neglected, and which, be cause of its isolatiou, has attracted but lir.tlo attention. A journal was Btarted n( Kaikoura several yoars ago, but fell through. Mil Dillon Beix..— A short time ago ' the Wanganui Herald said Sir Dillon Bell ' Avould be Agenfc-deneral for \e\v Zealand :is long as the Hall Ministry remained iv office, and no longer. If this is the case , the Honorable John is likely to have a !ong innings, as it appears the Government 1 have definitely arranged with Sir Dillon > dell that his appointment is for four yews, i He will leave Melbourne for London about l the end of tho year. • ■ Correspondent. — An anonymous cor- . respondent writes to us an follows : — " I have been waiting to see if the Local Board niiiile an attempt to try to make up to MiKing his loss through tho aooident to his child, by gathering 11 few pounda, as I think 1 it is the least they could do, ns they are greatly at fault." He goes on to suggest that an entertainment should bo got up • with tho above object. The Road to the Wharf.— The attention of tho Public Works Department, or whoever else is responsible, might with ' :idvantngo be directed to the excavation that has been mado in the street runnii.u along the river bank to tho wharf The ground should bo nt. once slope I down, as the present sudden drop of throe or four fe^t is positively dangerous 1 We are not awaro who U responsible — I whether the P-iblic Works Department or the contractor — but certainly the townspeople have a right to expect that tho danger complnined of should be at once removed. If this cannot bo done, a lamp should be lighted at night, so that seamen returning to their ships at night mny be made aware of the necessity of caution in approaching the wharf from that street. Thompson's Dismissal. — Recently we mentioned fiat Mr Thompson, lately a Government Interpreter at Waimate Plains, had been dismissed for sending a letter to the Native Minister, protesting against the sate of tho Wuimate Plains. It appears Mr Thompson sent a telegram, and not a letter. The following is a copy of Mr Thompson's telegram :—"Pung«rehti, Oct 2, 1880. Hon. J. Bryce, Native Minister. Wanganui. In tho interests of my wife and children I beg to protest against the sale and occupation of the portion of the Waimate Plains belonging to the Knpan!»o hapu, lying between Waingonjoro and Khpuoui, until their rights to tho said land hi;»p been acknowledged, as laid down in tho Act of confiscation, which conserves tho Wghts of those uever in rebellion. My actions during the past two years are «uffi cient guarantee that I shall do nothing to bias the natives or in any w»*y interfere with the settlement of the land during the existence of tho present native difficulty, but I feel th*t my duty as a parent calls for Some expression of opinion, and protest at tbo present crisis. — R. S. Thompson " Thk Union Jack.— Before the crowns of England and Scotland were united under James 1., the flag carried by English whips was white, with the red cross of >t. George emblazoned on it ; nnd that hoisted on board fie ehipe of Scotland was blue, with the cross of St. Andrew on it; the red lines of the first being perpendicular and horrizontal, those of the latter diagonal. Some differ 'nues having arisen between tho ships of the two countries, his Majesty, to prevent this in future, ai.d to teach his people that they formed one nation, ordained that a new flng should be adopted, having th» cross of St. George interlaced with thnt of St. Andrew on the blue ground of the flag of Scotland. All ship-t were to carry it at the main mpsthend. but tho English ships were to display the St. George b red cross at their sterns, and the . Scottish thnt of St. Andrew. On April 12, 1606, the Union Jack was first hoisted at sea, hut it was not till tho Parliamentary union of the two countries in 1707 that it was adopted as the military flag of Great Bri;ain. TBbUl liervtifeh, therefore/ now uso it as the national banner.— Antiquary.

I It is very difficult to keep your peace of mind wlion ether people , thrust pieces of their own on you.