Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1881. THE TRIWEEKLY MAIL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 40, 18 January 1881, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1881. THE TRIWEEKLY MAIL.

We understand that henceforth the Wellington mails will arrive by coach oniy three times per week, aud that today the coach will for the first time arrive without the mail. The incident will mark the actual beginning of an era of retrogression, so far as postal services ate concerned, on this coast. It has been threatening for some time, but the generosity of the coach proprietor, or rather perhaps motives of self-interest, has prompted him to carry the mails gratis on the three off days, hoping some arrangement mutually satisfactory would be made with the authorities. His last offer was to provide a daily service for an increase of £400 upon his subsidy for the triweekly. This offer the Government have refused, and consequently Mr Macara can only refuse to carry the mails. He intends, we believe, to run the coaches as usual, in order to keep up the passenger traffic. We have commented frequently upon the foolishness of retrenchment of this character. It is lor the public to take action now, and insist upon their wants being considered in preference to the expenditure of public moneys in Ministerial travelling by " special" trains.

caste, — a noted character along the coast, — was charged under the Vagrant Act by Constable Mitchell with having no lawful visible means of support. There were two charges, and on the first Sarah was sentenced to 48 hours' anc on the Recond to one month's imprisonment in Wan^anui Qao\. — Henry Arthur was charged witn dtealing a watch, gold chain, and appendages, valued at £16, arid a £1 vote, the property of El ward M 'El wain. It appeared that MEI wain, wheu about to mount for the Hurdle race, gave his waistcoat to a Maori to mind, who passed it on to the accused, who abstracted the contents, and buried the watch and chain in the earth, and spent the note. Constable Mitchell cleverly worked up the case, and arrested the accused, who is said to have a not unblemished reputation. Arthur was remanded for 8 days. Both prisoners were taken through to Wanganui by the evening train on Saturday. Mb. W. Jenkins. — Our correspondent at Otaki telegraphed yesterday as follows regarding Mr Win. Jenkins, who met with a serious accident at the Otaki raoes : — "W. Jenkins is progressing rapidly. He is able to leave his bed and converse freely with visitors." A Promising Youth.— A few days ago a boy named Hokz, atnmt 14 years of age, reached Foxton troni Rangitikei, and told a tale about his father being dead, and he was tramping about for work. Mr J. Saunders taking pity on him «>ave the boy some work at greasing the ballast waggon wheels, and sent him to where he could obtain his food, intending to take him to his house at Wellington when that work was done, if he turned out all right. Shortly afterwards Mr Saunders learned from a Rangitikei resident that the boy was a wellknown character, and was quite unmanageable ; also that his father was alive and held a good nituation in the district. On being taxed with this on Saturday last, Holt?, still stuck to his original assertion, and endeavored to brazen it out. However, seeing that the game was up and being paid on the same day he quietly decamped on Sunday, neglecting to pay for his board and lodging. Whilst Mr Saunders was returning from Horowhenua on that afternoon, he suddenly came on the boy in the sandhills near the beach. As soon as he found he was seen, he tried t» escape, but was promptly collared. Ho even then had the audacity to go on with his lies, and said he had worked out his board and lodging ; that he had bought new clothes with some of his money (lie had scarcely a clean rag on), and was going to visit the Hydrabad. After severely cautioning the boy, and pointing out to him the evil of the course he was pursuing, Mr Saunders allowed him to go on. Acknowledgment. — We have to tender our thanks to Mr T. Buckley, the popular telegraphist arid postmaster at Otaki, for his courtesy and despatch in forwarding the account of the Otaki Races, published in last issue. This is only one of many instances in which Mr Buckley has proved a most obliging officer. The Boy Conrad.— The youth Conrad, who was referred to in our columns as having been " lost and found," is in a fair way of becoming morally "lost," at any rate. We previously mentioned that he was residing at Foxton with Mr Thos. Bowe, who looked afterhim. Ingratitude, however, appears to be ingrained in him, for he seized a horse belonging to his protector, and decamped towards Palmerston with a saddle obtained by false pretences from Mrs Feck. Constable Gilleapie arrested him near Palmerston on Saturday, and he was brought down to Foxton by the down train on Saturday night. He will make his bow before the R. M. on Wednesday morning, and will probably be sent to one of the training sohools for a season. The New Bank.— -The contractors are rapidly finishing the new Bank of Australasia building at Foxton. It will probably be occupied by Mr Cox about the 10th proximo. Vindicating Justice.— A not very creditable scene was enacted on S.iturdaj; evening on the Foxton railway platform. As the boy Conrad ifot out of the train in charge of Constable Mitchell an elderly female, who appeared to have some remote connection with the owner of the horse the boy had taken, assailed the youngster with a volley of opprobious names, and concluded by striking him a sharp blow across the face. Those who stood near expressed their disgust at this conduct pretty warmly, and one man stepped up to the woman and said, "If you were not a woman, I would thrash you as you never were thrashed before for that!" All Saints' Church.— The services at All Saints' C lurch, Foxton, last Sunday, were conducted by the Yen. Archdeacon Thorpe, who preached in the morning from Philippeans, 111., 12, and in the evening from Galatians VI., 7. Both services were largely attended, the Holy Communion being celebrated after the morning sermon. The Archdeacon alao visited the school in the afternoon. Before delivering the evenirg sermon, tha Archdeacon briefly addressed the congregation upon Church matters. Pc expressed his thankfulness that despite the absence of regular pastoral visitatiou, the 1 services of the Church were regularly maintained by zealous laymen, and thought that in so far as the absence of a clergyman developed as earnest spirit amongst the lay members, it was rather a good thing than otherwise. He would, however, urge the importance of their supporting to the best of their ability the General Church Fund, which was intended to provide pastors for poor and thinly -populated districts, and reminded them that unless the country districts assisted the movement Synod would be powerless to do the work it had carved out. On Saturday evening Archdeacon Thorpe held a meeting of the Church Committee, when a quantity -of routine business was transacted^ — - ' — TajTUss of Half-Farthings. —-The following keen repartee, though rather rough on the "canny Scot," is worthy of insertion :— A Scotchman asked an Irishman, " Why were half-farthings coined in England?" Pat's answer was, "To give Scotchmen an opportunity of subscribing to charitable institutions." Exit Scottie to slow music. Cement. — Mr Decimus Atkinson has offered to supply the Taranaki Harbour Board with cement, of his own manufacture, at £3 17s 6d per ton, the quantity not to be less than 100 torn. He hai offered » Mnall quantity to be submitted to a comparative test with the best brands. The Board have referred the letter to Mr Rees, who is to report on it at the next meeting. — Wanganui Herald. Thb Vice-Regal Tour.— The Governor was to leave Auckland on Saturday on a visit to Sir George Grey, at Kawau, returning to Auckland on the following Wednesday. He will remain there one day, and then commence his journey southwards on Friday, passing through the Waikato and Hot Lakes District, and is expected to reach Napier by the end of the month. Parihaka — We(N. Z. Times) are informed that the first block of land yet offered in the Pwrihak* district, and wbkb

has been surveyed in aocordmcß vrith the advice of the West Coast Royal Commission) will be placed iv the market during the coming month. The block, which contains about 5000 acres of good grazing and pastoral land, is situated seaward of the main road constructed by the Armed Constabulary and labor contingent, and extends fr>m Cape Egmontin the direction of the Waree River. The announcement of the intended sale will be immediately gazetted. Jim Crow. — It is freely stated about Wellington (*ays the Post) that a requisition is in course of preparation inviting Mr J. C. Richmond to offer himself as a candidate for the representation of this oity in Parliament at the coming general election. It will be remembered that Mr Richmond and Mr Travers unsuccessfully contested the seat with Col. Pearce and the late Mr George Hunter at the general election of 1871. Coming Land Sales. —The N.Z. Times has been informed by the Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Wellington Provincial District that during next month the very large and entirely unusual total of 30,000 acres will be placed on the market, either by public auction or upon deferred payments. The blocks are situate in the Forty Mile Bush, at Kairanga (better known as Palmerston and Fitzherbert), and at Tokomaru, on the Wanganui River. The character of the first-named land is well known here ; the Kairanga Block, of 109 sections, alluded to in a report of the Waste Lands Board, which appears in another column, is the pick of the land sold in tbia district during the past seven years. The Tokomaru Block is at present covered with firewood, greatly needed in the town of Wanganui. The land will eventually make good pastoral holdings, especially as it is of limestone formation, but it is far too rough for agricultural purposes, except on a very limited scale.