A CONVINCING PROOF. _^_ a

Manawatu Herald, 16 November 1880, Page 2

A CONVINCING PROOF. _^_ a

When there was some talk of Government closing tbe Foxton port, we protested on tlie ground of the injustice that would be done to traders in this district wbo bad opened up business with foreign countries. The justice of these protests is amply proved by the last Gazette to hand. From that we learn that during the quarter ended September ; ; iO, the imports at Foxton (of course iroin foreign countries) exceeded in value those at Russell, Kaipara, Taumnga, Pieton, Havelock, Ivaikoura, Akaroa, and Riverton, and followed very closely on the heels of Thames. This fact abundantly proves that the Government did right in retaining Foxton as a port of entry.

English Mail — The San Franciaco mail arrived at Auckland on Sundiy laet, per City of .Sydney. Foxton Rangek.— An idea appears to be abroad that a Ranger has been appointed by the Foxton Local Board. No such appointment has been made. A special meeting of the Board will probably be held iv a few days to pass a new bye- law, under j which the Banger may be appointed, i The byelaw will then have to be approved I by the Governor, notified in the Gazette, I and published in this journal. When these steps have been gone through, the Board will be able to appoint the Ranger. The wandering cattle nuisance is admitted on all sides to bo a very great one, and the Local Board should force on the matter with all possible speed. The Duke of Manchester.— The Puke of Manchester, who has taken so active a part in the settlement of the Manchester Block under the auspices of the Feilding Corporation, will probably visit Manawatu about the end of the present month. The Feilding people are preparing to give him a fitting welcome. It will take the form of a grand bauquct. Invitations have been sent to gentlemen iv various parts cf the distiict, asking them to oo operate in carry, ing ihe affair to a successful issue. We understand Air Thynne has been invitod to act as a representative of Foxton on the committee As the settlement oi the Manchester Block has been a great berefit to the whole district, it ia quite proper that the different sections of the County should unite to welcome the gentleman whose name is so intimately associated with the carrying out of the special settlement scheme. " Elijah." — Our readers are reminded that the sei'vice of aacred song, "Elijah" will be performed at the Primitive Methodist Church, Foxton,tomorrow (Wednesday) evening, beginning at 8 o'clock. A choir comprising twenty performers has been assiduously practising the music for some weeks past, under the conductor ship of Mr J. Russell, who will preside nt the liarmoniutn, and steps have been taken to provide sitting accommodation in the Church for a larce number of visitors. Tho Rev. J. Luke, minister of the Church, will read the Scriptural quotations between the musical selections, and altogether a very pleasnnt entertainment may be anticipated. The prioe of admission is only one shilling. Accident. — With reference to the accident to young Hiokford, of Campbelltown,

3lr Work, who visited the Douglas Block on Sunday, informs us that the youth hurt i 3 named ileorgo Hickford, and is almost 10 yours of agi\ not *2, as previously mentioned. We make this explanation willingly» a* people might naturally think ,V~r Hickford was to blame in allowing a child 12 years old to bo in tho bußh when trees were being felled. It is pleasing to note that the young man is progressing favourably No blamo can be attached to any one, the unfortunate aft'uir being the result of pure aeoident. Arb&bted — A young man named Considine was arrested late last night, charged with stealing a waichchain from Futter's Hotel. Mokfatt's Mubdee. — The Maoris throughout Manawatu are bitterly indignant with tho Tubuq, nafcirea for the murder of Moffatt. The murdered man was married to a daughter of Peeti to Awe Awe, a well known Manawatu rangatlra, and the natives gay both races should join to avenge his murder. The only clue to the cause of the murder ia in the cry of the natives who shot Henare, who accompanied him — " The pak^ha should not liHve come on ou>" land " Moffatt came round by Tuhua to dis? up some property he bmved in the earth when he lived there before. It is stated that warrants have been issuod for the arrest of his murdo era I; ia to fen Imped they will be sevred, and the bloodthirsty vilhins maJe to dance in the air, with a stout rope round their necks to hold them up. Accident. — Accidents with horses arf< becoming rather numerous. A few days ago a boy named Coombe got a rather nasty kick from a young beast, and on Sunday a youngster named Lovejny mot with an awkward nccMent. He whs ridintr a young animal barebacked, and had spurs on. The beast bolted down the street, aud rushed across the path near Goldsmith's cordial shop. The sudden swerve of tho horse threw the boy off, and his head came iv violent contact with the house, inflicting a very bad cut. He is under Dr Barber's care. ChMstys. —We heav it is likely tho Foxton Übvistys will pay a visit to Palmerston, probably about the date the match with Palmeiston will be played. The proceeds of the performance, if given, will bo devoted to tho liegatta Fund. Impouta>"t to SuiP^tASTKUR. — Captain Biophy, of the fchoouer Martha Reid, has come to the conclusion that Foxton is not a bad plnce after all. A week or two ago he vras in Greymonth, and was offered a freifiht to either Wanganui or Poxton. Having greater confidence in the former than the la.t or, ns more likely to {jive him a return freight, he "decided in favor of Wanganui, at a eensiderabty reduced price for his freight. He arrived there, but not the ghost of a chance was there of the return freight for which ho had sacrificed Foxton. His owners speedily wired him that a cargo was awaiting him at this port, so on Thursday night, at 7 o'clock Captain Biophy sailed out of Wanganui river, and at 5 o'clock next morning was in the Manawntu HU cr.ift has a considerable portion of her cargo in, and the .vorthy slipper will probably laoso his moorings tomorrow. Hi- ought in future to swear by Foxton, out of sheer gratitude, forhaving,though thought lightly of, prove- 1 a friend in need. The Martha Reid is a capital cr.ift, of largo enpac'ty, l : sht draught, a good sailer, nnd well suited for the Foxton trade. She ought to be ovtuei here, instead of in Dunediu. Sanhon Road. — Travellers over the rood between Foxton and Sandon speak very highly of the great improvement effected on th.itline by tin? recently-made form ition. Experienced men, however, expect that in wet weather some portions of the line will be rather bad, owing to the soft material laid at ths bottom of the centre of the road in somo parts. Bf.o.ytta Meeting. — A meeting is called for Ihis evening, at Whyte's Hotel, of all persons interested in the forthcoming Fox ton Regatta. It is to be hoped there will bo a good attendance, and that slops will be taken to organise a systematic canvas of tho district, so that the Committee may be able, at an eailv dale, to issue the pto gramme. The Fox ion Regatta is regarded with considerable favour in the upper district, and doubtless will receive better financial support there than hitherto. At any rate, thnro should be no difficulty this year in obtaining sulticient subscriptions to enable the committe to give awuy €100 in prim*. Rating. — Tho Patea County Council havo passed a sixpenny rate. Johnston's Road — During the last week workmen were engaged covering tho sand cuttings on the new road through the Hon. Mr Johnston's property with clay, under supervision of Mr Hayns, County Engineer. The work done will effect a great improvement in the road. The Fbildino Sports. — The Boxin? Day Sports at Feilding are likely this year to bo fully up to the average of those held previously. The programme drawn up is an excellent one. and the committee are working with a will to ensure a Huccessful result. An advertisement in another eoluimi will givo particulars to persons interested. Tiik New Paper.— The new paper at Polmerston is to be called tho Manawatu Standard, and will be a bi-weekly. I Mobe Information. — The Wanganui j Herald of Saturday says that " since the increase in the railway tariff on timber, that item of loading is rarely seen south of Palmorston, the trains being proverbially light, a feature which has occasioned much oomment." Whoever gave the Herald that information, told a very naughty " story." The timber trade from Foxton continues to increase, and we believe the present quarter will show up very well when the returns are published. The trains have been almost constantly coming in with lurae loads for weeks p%st, and only yesterday two ves»Bvlstarted with 58,000 feet, while the Martha Reid is now loading. Wellington Mayoral Election — Mr Dwan, one of the candidates for the Wei ling-ton Mayoralty, appears to have a certain amoun* of humour. At tho close of his address at the Arcade last week he said : — " There was a good denl of talk abou' the removal of the cemetery — those were the exact words — ai>d ho too!< it for granted that they meant tho exhuming of all the bones of bodies buried there He would enter his' solemn protest apaiast such a thing. (Laughter and applause.) One thinjr he would tell them iv conclusion : If, on the election day, they saw a cab with another candidate's name on it, they should tako that as an insignia of his office, get into it, drive to the polling booth, and vote for him." I Exhibition — Tho Industrial Exhibition held in Christ church early in the year nppeara to have had a capital effect, not only in awakening interest in the industries carried on in Christchurch, but also in rousing the emulative spirit of the Dunedinites. The citizens of the southern capital intend to hold an Industrial Exhibition next ynur, which will be a more piftontious affair than tbat held at Chri«tchureh, and in order to encourage exhibitors the Government have issued a Gtkzetto notice that " all articles

intended for the Industrial Exhibition to bo hold at Diinedin iv .lune, ISBI. stm'l bp conveyed free over over all the New Zoa land Railways, provided that in the event of Mich exhibits being sold tho railway charges shall bo paid. Tim packages must he. cloir'y aivl legibly marked by exhibitors, 'For Dunedin Industrial Exhibitim.' " Kavri Gi'M. — Knurl gnm having risen £2 a ton, la 1 go quantities ore beiuj taken into Auckland. The Waste Lunds Board propose to recommend to Parliament to imptne an export duty on It aim. gam, and u«ue HcisnSrs to dig similar to minor.' rights. ThU is very ghort-siglitpd policy. Tliu» should encourage the nroduc'ion and export ratlii r than weight it with taxes. QuAnxz.— Sorae specimens of the Kitzherbert quartz have been sent to Mr Skey. Government Analyst, to bo tested. Uaiw ok Shank?i.— The Mataura electors are bitterly inceused against their repre sentative, Mr Shanks. At a meeting 1 of elrctors on Thursday night a motion to the effect that Mr Chunks, M H.R., has not the confidence of his constituents, and t':at they do not dosiro any explanation of his past action, but are desirous that he should resign his Best at. once, was carried unanimously. This is very rough on the member. Our Educational System, — The othsr day, at Blenheim, referring to the Boys Ilijjh School there, Mr Henderson, a mem \>. r of tho Marlborouirh Education Board, said by the report of 1870 it nppe-ired tW it cost £*)6i Sa 4d to teach ICO faoys Taking all tho schools it appeared that at Blenheim Ritrh School each pupil co*t £3 18* lid, but in Nelson it was only £2 7a 3d. This Blenheim school was about tho most expensive in New Zealand, and he did feel dissatisfied with tho report referred t<>, Pateteue. — The Patetere block has been before tho country a good deal lately. It is a valuable* and block of land in tho Auckland province. Hie land sharks have their eyes upon it, anl want it. The Government have paid a considerable sum of money upon it, but are willing to withdraw from the affair if the money they have advnnced upon the land is returned. Tho natives assent to this, but wish the Government to accept other land near m payment. Tho whole business is extremely mixed, nnd it is almost impossible to get at the bottom of it. One pju-'y say the Government are playing into the hand* of tho sharks, while the Government declare they are anxious to obtain the refund in orn«r to carry on imifh-needed public works. Feeling is very strong upon the malber in some of the northern parts of the colony, aud from the Thames we learn that so strong is the feeling against the Government surrendering the block, that a public meeting will be held shortly to adopt a memorial for presentation to Governor Gordon, on his arrival in the colony, again.t the giving of tho viceregal assent to tho withdrawal of the proclamation. Wire Fences. — A. correspondent writes as follows to the Ashbnrton Gumdian, mid »s the suggestions made appear to be of a th -.roughly practical character, we quot3 tho letter in extensor — "Sir, — Having for some time ff-lfc tho want of somo plan t< take the wire out of old fences, I come across v hint tho other day (I think in the Agriculturist) which I have applied to practice with satisfactory results, and which I offer to farmers and others interested. A wheel in two parts of ab»ut two feet in diameter and four inches i'» breadth, with two flanges of six inches in hi ight. id made fast to a wagon or dray wheel (wagon best, as it stands firmest). When you hegi?>, h- 1 wire is cut at both straining po.-t-i, and one end with one turn passed round the wii wheel on the wagon. The wagon is lifted o.i: the ground, and with tho aid of the purchase of the wheel of the wagon tin wire is wound neatly round the wire whre! till you have about one cwt. on the coil, then one half ox the wire wheel is taken off, and tho coil of wire drops off as iiea-L wound and as fit for use nysiiu as new wire. Last week I wound out, about one ton, and the market value would not b ■ moru than £'2 less than u^w wir-*, md th t principally on account of rwsfc For all practical purposes it is as good as n; j w wire. j If this lettei saves any of the money uoiiu \ out of tho country for wire it will effect some good, aud if any person wishes any further r-xplunntiou, by stopping me in th<street or culling at my ofiiw, I will give it to him. In conclusion, I may say that the wager, as it moves along, takes with it wire, slakes, &c, and the whole thing is cleared up in one process, and very quickly." Our New Governor.- Sir Arthur Gord> n will probably not arrive in the Colony foi somo weeks yet. He was to start on the 2nd inst. on a farewell cruise amongst th Fiji Islands, after whi"h he will c-nne on to New Zealand, making for Auckland first. The statement is beiug generally circulated in the colonial papers that Sir Arthur is a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Whether ho is ao or not we cannot say, but I the atatement does not conicide with the following extract from the Home corres pondent'a letter to tho Olago Daily Times He says : — " The fear is lest Sir Arthur's inexperience of a Colony with constitution, al government, with his well-known autocratic proclivities, should bring him into unpleasant relations with tho New Zealand Government. I hope better things. A man who is young enough, and has brains enough, should always get credit for undeveloped possibilities which new circumstances may bring out. Moreover, it must be better in the long run for any Colony to have in such a position a man who has opinions, and who is able f> express them, rather than the indiarubber personago who in some people.')' estimation make a model Governor. Sir Arthur Gordon, by the way, is reallj a first rate speaker. I once heard him in Exeter, at a missionary anniversary meeting, deliver one of tho most, tolling speeches that it has ever been my privilege to listen to. It was a Methodist May meeting gathering, with some of the best speakers that the church could muster on the platform, but Sir Arthur's speech carri- d the day." AN ERUPTION' OI» NICWt-PAPKHS OVER A Kiss. — We clip the following from an Eng. l'sh pape':— if v young l.idy wistud a yount* gentleman to kisa her, what ptipeis would she mention ? No- Spectator, uo Observer, but as many Times at* you like. We wish to add that ah* would like to have ii done with Dispatch, uo Register or Journal kept of it,jnnd for him not to Herald it ton Recorder, nor Chronicle it abroad. Her lvj>s should be the only Ucpository. If a Mes sender tot it, the World would soon know it, for News is now carried by Telegraph, where it was formerly done by tho Couiinr. who was alw. l i)'s reudy to G'Zi-tte it. In the act, the Press upon her lips should bp li^'ht, but perfect. That in our Standard of kissing, first assuring ourselves that no Argus eye was upon us, and the only Reflector present a .Mirror. W« bave only tv Advocate the above, nud Express a hope that no Cross Guardian will object to the Union of his ward Judy with an Indepen dent Mail Colonist in this Age of the Globe. These views are upheld by the Leader of London Society and tho Irish Nation. English WANCrACTrnFs — I» nppenr:(says a journal called Hardware) that in mauufnc!ures KnglHiid at pr<-s>-iit stands preemii<enf. Its operatives number about 2,930,000, &b against 2,781,000 of Germany

aud 1,936,000 France, and 1,150,000 Enssia. The production per operative! is given as : United Kingdom, £324 ; France, £-220 \ and Germany £103. In the principal textile manufactures, cotton ar.d wool, tho United Kingdom produces a tothl of the value of £155,0fH),O0O; the United States, £48,<>00,C00 : Franca, £68,000,000; and Germany £tt,O0O,o.)0. Dit Tanxku's Fast. — According to the calculations of the New Yoik papers, Dr Tannee received altogether tho sum of 137,640 dollars for his 40 days' fast, or upwards of 127,630. This is nt the rate of 31 U dollars, or £f>SO a day. Thi« not altogether boggnrly remuneration id stated to bavo been mitda up from the followiuv, sources : — > he doctor's own bets, 5000 dollats; through a betting agency, 12,223 doilnrs ; srtlo of photographs, 1500 dollars ; payments for admission to the house, 78,315 dollars ; from various manufacturers for tha doctor's signature to their commadil^s, 11,102 dollars; gg i t from the University. 3000 dolLirft; present from tho State of < bio, 5000 dollars ; and from the firm of Liebig and i 0., 20,000 dollars A Dividend. — How scrupulously exact tho English law is— especially the Bankruptcy law. Not even the fractional part of a penny, says Truth, onn be diverted from its proper channel. Tho other day a friend of mine in tho Went received by post a sheet of foolscap, informing him that a doctor's estate had been realised, a-id that a first aud flr.al dividend of 11-16ths of a penny in the pound was payable to him in London. Who shall sny the Bankruptcy law needs amendment ? Dizzy and his Glass. — Lord Boaconsfield will u;>t admit human frailty to the extent of eye-glasses, much less of spectacles. He entries in his waistcoat pocket a small magnifying glasy, which, when he is at a loss to recognise persons or places at a distance, ho fixes under his left eyelid and undisguisedly stares. The eye-glass wus much in rccpifition recently on his vi-it to the House of Commons, and was brought to bear without any attempt at cover of intention upon various members of whom Lord Beaconpfield hud heard, but had not before seen. Whilst he was in this open manner scanning .Mr Bradlaugh that gentleman happened to look up. Lord Beaconsneld was in a position of the gnllery immediately over th« head of the member for Northampton, and. as the latter .sat with his hat on. tho inspection could not have proved satisfying. Mr Brad'augh is not at any time disposed to hide hia light under a bushel. Observing Lor 3 Beacousfield's intention, he took off his hat, and then nut stilling straight before him with that peculiar fixed look a man has when he is sitting to be photographed. Bi'Yixo Stock.— The Lyttelton Times has the following : — " Two rival dealers in stock were hngeling about the price of a mob of sheep fit for the butcher, and 13s 6d per head was tho highest offer made privately for them, but 14s was demanded. The vendor, however, refused this offer, nnd while the would-be-purchaser was otherwise engaged shifted the mob into another yard and allowed the auctioneer to put them up to public auction, when the denier who had previously offered 13* f> I per head was foremost amongst the buyers of the lot, and they were finally knocked down to him at 16m per head. He then went to the yard iii which the sheep had heeu formerly, with a view of buying them at the price required, and the ' "iscovery wus mad'?. Thut dealer waxed wroth." The Pkopehty Tax. —The Wellington C'lroiiiclc s;iys :— " '1 he Pi-opeity Tjix Act appears to he frnined upon some of the lines of that traditional Act of I'arliument through which a coach nnd four might he driven. Short as ihe time i* since it cune into opera ti >v, several instances have come to light in which the provisions of the Act aye cither partially evaded or escaped altogether. One of a very striking character, in which a per eon wlu> draws £30,000 annunlly from New Zealand docs not contribute a peuny under the Property Tax tier, mny be mentioned. Tho nmv.e may not be of the pleasantesfc lo those win. lii»ve to largely contribute to the revenue, and possibly will en use chagrin to the Treasurer at learning that such a fine hiul escapes him, but il. may terve as a hint to him to provide against such a contingency in ili<s event of en amending Act being passed, oi uuy future legislation in the same direction being frnntcd. The gentleman referred to has over £300,000 invested in New Zea'and on mortgages over station property; nml Iho w-iy lie avoids the tax is, thut accoiding to all his deeds, the interest du<? to him ie made payable in London by a certain date yearly or half-yearly, tho penalty being, tlia* if not paid punctually as provided for ho may at once foreclose. As tho gentleman is his own agent, he collects tho interest on his money invested in this colony at a minimum of expense. This is a nut for the gallant M«jjr to crack."