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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 28, 7 December 1880, Page 2

Bain'espe —At the sole of Baine9se yestPrcUy. f-t Wei ingtou, sections 1, 2, nnd 3 weru sold at the upset price, five pounds per acre. FoxtiA' llaebocr "BoAivn.— At Ihe last meeting" of the Palmerston Borough Council a<i application was mndo by the Chairman of the Boston Harbor Boml fur a grnnt in nirt of *h n proposed survey works, but as thero was '-.) data fnrw-irdod as to tho mtnro of t'.io work, probable Co3t, or other inanimation, it wng determined to lot the matter lie ov«i\ the 'i'-iwn Clerk to info m the Chairman of tho Harbor l'oard of the reusoti. Awahcm Hotbl. — "Wr Samuels intends to apply for a licence for tho AvcahuriHolel Notice. — In our next issue will appear an important announcement, from Mr Mr.T. W. Liddell, regardinir extensive and well assorted additions he has jiv«t mado •<> his stuck of general ironmongery, builders'" requisites, &o. Air. Saints* Church.— His Lordship Bishop Hndfield conducted tho services at All Saints' C'uirch, Foxlon, list Snudiiy. and iiotwislistandins; tho boisterous weiuher irood conjjrri'yaliuus assemble;! boh morn ing and eveuin .'. Th« Bishoa preached in tho morning up.m " The Bible, the Won] of God," and in tho evening upoii " The Second Advent." It. M. CouitT.— The Resident iVagistnire will hold a Conr: at Foxtou tomorrow, and tho quarterly Court at Olnki on TucsJuy next. Bi.bepf.rs.— The short sharp whistles of the engine, signifying "All brakes clmvii," as the tr.-iin steamed into tho township on H'ridiy night, attracted a number of townspeople to the station. There was nothing wrong. The engine hnd a very heavy !oa I of sleepers behind, intended for shipment, and the driver considered caution nece<Hun in entering the t^wn. The sleepers weiv placed on board the Oreti, which came into port on Saturday morning, the wha<f hand* being employed loßdin^ up until ncarlv midnight. The Oreti got out about 11 o'clock on P-iinday moruing, and reuche.l Wellington at 8 p.m. same day. Fives. — Two disastrous fire* occured on Sunday morninsr, — ono at Kumarn. in -eddon street, burning down five buildings ; the othor at Ouncdin, destroying David Prondfoot's work-sheds. The Weather. — Heavy westerly crales hnvebeon Mowing nloncr the coast for thcp-ist weelr. On Sunday afternoon and evening a considerable quantity of rain fell, hut as the wind continued with uninterrupted vio!en«e the crops were onlj lienefittcd to a small degree bj it, as the soil speedily dried up. The Exhibition.— The Melbourne Exhibition keeps up its attractiveness. The total number of persons admitted up to th20th November, w.'is 345,:.'8G, which included 112,917 free admissions. Tho gre;itest aitendaneo yet recorded was on the Prince of Walos 1 I'irthday, the total number admitted on that occasion being 21 ,30 G. Delayrd Government — It appears the present Government are not slow merely in proclaiming highways districts. An Aseo 1 iution massage from Auckland says that tho city sshools committee, disgusted at Ihi (Jovenunent's delay in sanctioning their regulations for the' enforcement of the compulsory clauses, have resolved t? tele graph for an iramediato answer Turn. — The Hinemoa arrived at Wellington ou Saturday with the murderer • uhi. From conversation Mr Hursthou^e had with him nt Now Plymouth it is evident that the remarkable indifference ho at ur.it exhibited as to his fate has disappeared, nnd •♦ careworn .anxious look has falien over hid countenance, which shows that he is beginning to realise his position. Tho Supreme Court nils at Wellinnton on 'I burs day next, and it is probable Tula's trial will take plaoe at tho end of this or the beginning of next week. On board the pteamer the prisoner gpvo a further reason for committing the crime. He stal oa that when Miss Dobie was going; away after giving >>im money she said *he would tell the constables, and to prevent hrr doing this' he killed her. From the Hawera Star of Saturday we quote the following two items regarding Tuhi : — "Te Whiii nays of Tula, the murderer : lie haa bitten like a i

cur; let hi n die likn a dog. — An attempt was Hindi- to put Tuhi ou boiird the Hinomoa on Wednesday evening, but the sen was too. rough, and he had 10 be taken back to the lockup. While in the lookup Tuhi was inf.jimsd that the 'sessions at New Plymouth xrouhl not be held for about five months, hut by goiug to Wellington ho woul I bo tried ia a few days, and on being asked which he would prefer, said ho l'.ked New Plymouth best. Tuhi evidently is not in such a hurry to be hanged now." Late Train. — Tlio train which usually leaves Foxton at 7 a in. did not get away on Saturday morning 1 until twenty-seven minutes after that hour: The delay was caused through the ticket-clerk having overslept himself. Rowing. — It has been arranged that the sculling match for the championship between Hnnianand Laycoclt shall take place on the 17th January, over the usual Thames course. Laycook has now raised the necessary stake of £000. The MtniDEHEit Tuhi. — Tuhi i* an Opunake n.-ttive, and a son of Tv Whoroa, one of the Tetahi hapu. This tri»ie, many years ago, came down from the Thames, at the ir.vitntion of the Taranalrs, who wished for the Tetabfe to fight with them against the Ngatiruannis. The murderer is a line h-tndsomo yomig man, not more thnn 20 years old, about nix feet high, and weighing quite 12 stone. One of the Aruw:\s, A.C., •vlio Wd3 present at the inquest, scorned vexed at the calmness of the prisoner, at the close of he inquest., and said — " ITo ought t<> be cut into little riece3 w ; 'h knives, so that lie might know what ,pai.i is." — Hawei-a Star. Valuation — In another column, tlio Foxton Lncal Hoard invito tenders) 'rom persons willing to undertake the valuation of the district. " Orn J3oy->." — '''lie livening Post a few diys ago said : — "The Foxton Rowing Club iiileii'l sending down cre.vs to compcto at t.hfl Wellington Regatta on Anniversary Day. Tile old Dolly Yarden will be one of •heir bo;it9, find if she i« pnlled by the same eicw who rowed in her at the last. Wnngnn><i Kegnttn, securing fic-t prize, tho Wellington men will have to g-' in for a lot of work to come anything near hor." Mn Goudox Foiu.oxa —The above gpnlleman, who is known throughout this and th« neighbouring Oonntios as an earnest and faithful evangelist, has jimt returned to Rar.gitikei from Dunedin, whither ho went some months ago, for the purpose of roeruHng his health, and delivering a series of lectures against the Freethinkers, who aro a rather numerous b>dy in thut city. Foi- this work Mr Forlong was in every way suited, having at one time luld D -I.siuotions himself, and wr therefore are rot at all surprised to learn that his lecture's hare proved very successful. The change bas compbtely restored him to health, and we hoar he contemplates sealing altogether in Otago, finding that the cliin>teismoresiiitab'e to his system. >hould he do so, he will find a greater field for hi-< Pvif denyi >tr efforts to promote the cause of religion, and thousrh Rauaitikei and Munawntu may have omsft to regret his departure, ho will certiiinly find in Dunedin and ihe remainder of tho Provincial District of Ofcago a wider scope for the exercise of his talents and earnestness. Orn Unknown- Abvehsahy. — Under <he signhicant heading, " Can there be Another LunaMo?" our Palmerston contemporary — we mean the original one — on Saturday publishes a forcible article, ridiculing the proposed start'ng of another paper at Fox ton. The Times states :— " We have heai'd that during the past week a literary pros pei'tor Irt9 been piying Foxton a visit, and has determined to try his luck. We beliuvo the gentleman in question in pivtty well convinced that there is not sufficient fi^ld for two papers to live, but as he happens to have 'the plant,' he is determine to utilise it, even if the two should starve." Our contemporary then goesf ully into then-ntf er. and poi?Us out the injustice its believes woild ba done the proprietors of this journal if a seuoud paper received premises of support., and were started upan them. After quoting some remarks of ours ii"On tho injury that is inflicted upon a distrct by havi»<r <\ b idly— uppnrted newspipor, thj Times proceeds: — "If the Her.ill has dor.o it duty to the district — and of that there cannot be the slightest doubt— then it cm com maud as a ri_:ht that th<- ,«otllcra upon whose b-half it has po übly battled will off -r no countenance to tho needy interloper, who without doing himself or the district any trood. mity do their present advocate a <jre it dual of harm." \Viih respect to wlint.nur contemporary has written, we may say th:it. we are absolutely in the dark as to the in tentions of any speculator or capitalist to start another journal at Foxton. W.- know nothing except the rumours wo have al--roady mentioned. Who the gentleman with Ihe plant is wo do nor know, nor do wh care. In fact, from the quart cc. whence the rumour first reached us. we think the whole business has been set afloat by some bu-y body or other, a id ia without "the sliyhtrst found tion. Still further, if a "second newspaper wore started »t Foxton tomorrow, we should not for one moment, think of "co.nmauding as a riyht ' that it should not be supported. If tho uasiuess men and gene ral public of Foxtou con>idei'od that any new comer could do better for them than we have done, they could most certainly pleaso themselves aw to whether they would •support a rival to thij journal or not, A newspaper that honestly does its duty does not need to fear opposition, as the oublic. Miow tho fipudous from tlio genui.ie in journal* as well us other businesses, llaving discharged our duty to t.lnj best of our ability, wo would with confidence leave the decision,— not to a few disappointed mdi viduals wh> find we cannot be got tj " work thrt oracle " for them, — but to the m-u whose interests are bound up with our own in advancing the town and district. Customs Retuxs — In on>* recent articl ■ on the Colltctorship of Customs at Foxton we said that the duties collected at this port during tho mouths of Outobur and November were only a small amount below tlio total of the pievious quarter. Ia this state ment wo were wrorirf. Tho revenue collected at Foxtou during tho September quarter amounted to £434 l<3s 2d, whereas tho receipts during the months of October and November reached £170 10s sd. It will thus bo 6f en that instead of beinii below, as wo stated, the revenuo received during the hist two months was about £10 greater than during «he three months ending September 30. Our stateinctit of the constant and steady increase of tho business at. this port is therefore materially strtny'henod. The New Highways District. — The JlaUHwalu Standard says that an '• unknown correspondent " at Foxton has ser.t it this information : — " A meeting of ratepayers interested in tho merging of the Foxton Highways Board into tho county, was held today (Thursday). About 50 signatures, representing two-thirds of th j ratable value, have been nppendfd to tho petition." Notwithstanding careful enquiries made we cannot learn of any meeting baviug been called by eitner circular or pi icurd, nor of any meeting having been held. Jf a meeting did take place, it was a hole-and-corner one, attended by only two or threo, and the business transacted cannot in

'in v sensa bo binding upon iho ratepayers. Why should there bo nil thi3 'secrecy over the affair ? Why should meetings upon ouch a matter be hold in this clandestine manner ? ami %> r liy should the person who sent the information to the new Palmerston paper neglect to send his namo ? This seer«cy docs not- augur well for the interests of the ratepayers who havo signed tho petition. Tin Eaugitikei Advocate thus ref-vs to the proposal to merge the high waj's district, in tho Count >' : — " A petition is being sL'riid piaying tho M'lna-watu County Council to merge the newly constituted Foston highways district, into the county. This shows "wonderful fickleness of mind The highways district nas just been constituted on tho petition of the Foxton people, and now eiM the elections have takon place they wont another change. It is said thero aro men who do not know their own minds for Sve minutp.s consecutively, and we are afraid that Homo of the Foxton people are among the number." The Fiiog that Wasted to be a House. — We have been frequently amused at the disgusting manner in which the Marton piper puffs itseli. It outrages decency, and degrades tho Press by " blowing " to such a decree as would put the veriest mountebank to ahatue. As an illustration we present our readers with the following, which shows at once the dignity with which tho Advocate is conducted, the honorable manner iv which it treat-* the County Chairman, and the modepty of the proprietor. Tho Advocate indeed must bo far irono when it admits that its self-praise is " tall talk." What do persons with the slightest pretence to good tnsto think of this? — "Mr Macavtlmr's paper makes the assertion tli a advertising in the Rangitib'i piper dots not pay. Strange to say, Mr Macn'tliur thinks that advertising in his pet ' county paper-; ' does pay, though wo nan boat the combiiied circulation of all tho Miinnwutu papers by at least 20n papers. Ho would give his eyes to have his ' puffs ' inserted in the only journ d circulating r.ll over Manawatu, but failing this ho attempts to decry tho paper which is too independent for his purposes. However, the people of Wanawatu aiv not publish enough to be deluded by a gentleman whom they know so well as the personification of selfishness. Mr Maearlhur ma\ not be awnre of tlic f .• ct that til 1 Advocate bus the largest circulation of any comity papi-T in New /Jimluikl. This may seem tali talk, hut i f . is tr;ifi nevertheless " Our readers will see ihil it would be beatiimr the. air to take an\ .-irrious noiioj of f.ich ravings Perhaps, however, we may some day remind the proprieior of the Advocate of the price ho put upon his property when he offered it for salo to Mr M'Miun, Bom<-> mouths ago. Wo then saw tl-e Ir-t'er, and madn a mental noio of the valuu tie placed upon thii papier with so enormous a circulation. JrMrixo Horses. — Owners o.f horses given to jumpinjr fences m;'y stop them bj' u.shii? si'le-hobbles ; that is, instead of applyiu. 1 hobbles to t' c front fetlocks, the chain should be long enouirh to reach from the foro to tho hind fetlocks on one side ; this will effectually stop a horse fiom j imping. Woot,. — Tt is to the Australian r.nd African Colonies that Europe is now mainly indebted for its supplie-. of Hiip>'rior merino wool. Of the 41 l,i 'oo,ooolb of wool imported into Knurliind in 1879. nearly 3su, (100,0001 b came from the Biitish possessions Eugexie. — The Empress Eusenie has just bomrht the Faraborcnjjh Hill Estate. in Hampshire, close to tho borders of the county of Surrey, for £00,000. The estate was the property of the lale Mi; Longman, the weliknown publish r, and consists of about JJ7 acres, with a charming picturesque m-insinn. erected by the late owuor about eighteen years ago. Tho Empr ss will not g > iY to possession of it unfil January, :is *<r- Longman, tho widow, is very anxio s to Fpend another ChrUtims there. ll' r JL jesty intends to bivl-l on the property a memorial chapel to receive the bodies of the Emp-ror an 1 the friuce Impeiial, ThVmnress's lease of C.unden Flauo expires iv March next. Tim Lr"iD Fields of tiik Futckk — The subjoined DarajjrMph from tho Medic il Record appears to bint that the gold fields of thefuturo will be tho graveyards of the present :--\ cuiiousand astomidinjr calculation has been made by an American phy sican, Dr. Fhit.h 1 . llu estimates that not les.s thin half a t-<n of pure jrold. woith half a million of dollars, is annn illy packed into people's teeth in t-ho XJnicrd Statos. At this rate all "ibe irold in circulation will be buried in tho earth in 30* years. Ho also calculates that ihree millions of artificial teeth are annu dlv supplied, and that on'_ one person in eight hits sound leetu. Tun; New Govrrxoh.— Sir Arthur G-or don is evidently det(?iminsd not to be unpopular with ihn colpnists, if such » state of feeliny can bo uvoiled. In addition t> • h-) for mul reply to the address by th. Borough Council of Wellington, wlreh w hnvo already published, his Excellency'r private secretary hns sent a letter to Aluym flur.chisr>i], exprossin" tho Governor's " appreciation of the highly efficient man n<>r in which thn arran«env.'nt« for his ception were plinned and executed, and the cordial nvinn-r in which they wore nv>i by the public, of wMeh be will always re tain a most irrnteful recollect inn." He ha.also ?ent a letter to the Wellington Rpgattw Commit too, (hanking the V u:hr. Chib for their welcome, and expressing '• his pleasure at tho appearance and efficient handling ot tho yachts under command." This is different, to the mann°r iv which Sir Jamps ferifiisson treated the Hokitika people, for thouir'i two or 'hr-'o Miousand of them wen' tn the boundary of the trnvn to vvelconii him. and present an address to him, h> drove past them in a contemptuous manner If Sir Arthur «Tord>'n show* the colonists that their kindness to him is taken as an indic'tion of their regard for the Lady hi represents, ho will do a great deal to stifLtho " elective Governor " ciy. PuooTon,Tiiis AsTitnso3ip.it — Mr Procior, in a letter to tho N. Z. Time-a, states that, ho intends to »ive up lectit'ing. We hop,' tho «' a'.utins; " tho Wauganui Chronicle gave tho talented little man has not driven him to this desperate ro olution. Ho thus refers to tho matter in his letter : — " I fitid that two feelings — homo sickness and n sense (which has always been strong with me) of the irksomeness of lecturing — grow much upon mo that I am at last compel'ed to assign an early rhito for the elos ■ ..f my lectme work. I 'have decidud to let iho oourso -of lecturca I am to give at Aucklmd (ending Dr!ecmli*r 21th)couclule not only my colonial lecmres, but my leetu-iujf career. This will huvo lasted eleven years, during whicli timo I shall havo given 112U lectures in all, 501 cut of Great Britain, and of these 110' in Australia. In sayin<r that I have received as kindly a greeting in Aust.rulasia as Ameiica, IshouM havo thought three months ngo I was saj ing all that could bo said, for 1 can hardly express my sense of tho kindness and geni :I warmth of my reception in the United States and Canada. But N. -w Zealand bus certainly j^one n. littlo a-heud (sho could not possibly have gone far a head) even of Araerca, Australia, and Tusmaiiia. in this respect. I shall always retain tho warmest . reuolkctioD of the kiudnesa of my welcome | iv this colony/