Manamatu Herald. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1881.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 49, 18 February 1881, Page 2

Manamatu Herald. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1881.

Local Board Valuation.— We understand that only about half-a-dozen objections to the Local Board valuation for 1881-2 have been sent in. The Court sits to hear the objections on March 2. Timber.— A few days ago the anchor belonging to the schooner Bee caught hold of a monster tree, and brought it to the surface of the water. A chain was run round it, and with the assistance of the wharf crane it was hauled on to terra, frma. It proved to be a splendid totara tree. Some of its parts will probably be doing duty soon in the capacity of feucing posts Return of Mr Halcombe. —Mr A. F. Halcombe, who has been on a trip to the Home Country, arrived per Jane Douglas on Tuesday, and proceeded to his home at Feilding the same eveniug. He appears to be in excellent health, and received a hearty welcome from a number of Foxton people on his arrival. He left Manawatu for England on the nineteenth of March last, and has consequently been absent only eleven months. As he has been endeavouring to open up a market in England for Manawatu timber, we are sure many persons in the county would be glad to hear from Mr Halcombe au account of what he has seen during his trip. A lecture from him upon that subject would doubtless be heard and read with interest. Tenders. — Two contracts are advertised for in this issue, — one by Mr Gower, and tb_e other by Mr M'Lennan. Working men would do well to take notice of them. Cheap Goods. — Mr Honore advertises some very cheap lines in drapery, &c, at his store. Land at Moutoa. — Me?s-s J. H. Ber'i" une, & Co. sold the land at Mon .on occupied by Mr Join S*n : :i on T.'t- -•?» v la.t fo £830. Tne land cony'v. of 157 aid 40 acres, wich dwe.'in^ home and imn overoen!:s. The purchaser was Mr T. E. Gi 05011. Sailing Race. — Yesterday a race was Bailed bet wen Mr Jonson's Mermaid and Mr Larkworthy's Pet. The former, which was well sailed by Mr Taylor, came in first, beating the other boat by a long distance. There was not much wind at the time. County Council. — The Council meeton Monday next. Tenders for the ferries, and various works, close on that day. Gold Mining. — A company has been formed at Wellington to work the new reef at Terawhiti. Service at the Cape. — There is some talk of a contingent of volunteers from Welhngton offering themselves for service at the Cape. Railway. — Mr Travers is to address the Palmerston people re the West Coast railway on Saturday evening. Mr Halcombe has been placed onthft provisional directory. The New Boat. — All the rowing men in the district are greatly pleased with the new boat just built by Mr Taylor, of Wellington. As a matter of fact, tbe Foxton I'umor crew are able, in tho new boat, to .eep up to the champion crew when the latter are rowing in the Queen Mab. So we are informed. She is in every way a credit to the builder. R. M. Court. —Mr Ward held a Oourt at Foxton on Wednesday. The Otaki cases resulted in the dismissal of the charges preferred against the Ransfield party, Mr Cash, who appeared for the defence, raising the question of title. A civil case, Coleman v. Whyte, in which the plaintiff sued the defendant for £1 alleged to be wrongfully detained, was decided with costs in favour of defendant. Art Union.— Particulars will be found in our advertising columns of an art union for the outrigger soulling-boat brought from Wellington by Mr Taylor. The Revenue.— The Wellington corresJondent of a contemporary writes: — "I ear that there are grounds^ for expecting that the prooeedt.of the property tax will be considerably better than was supposed , likely after the results of the asse-smeb. were ascertained. Instead of being some fifty thousand short, as feared, it is now hoped that the deficiency will not be more than twenty-five or thirty. Ia that case

the receipts from the tax would be twrt J hundred' and leventy or two hundred and seventy-five thousand, exclusive ol all land tax arrears. tJefb. tunately, however as tho seoond instalment of tho tax is due on M,iroh 22nd, or eight days before the expiration of tlio financial year, it is not likely that all will ho got in soon enough to count in this year's balance sheet This may make some difference in the ahove calculations. The Customs and B ail ways continue to ahowa marked and steady improve - ment, and the revenue generally is looking up well." Tin: Em_>re39 Eugene. — If the Empress Eugene be responsible for the FrancoPrussian war, (and some folks say she was the foil hy which the Jesuits brought itabout), she has a contra account in her favour in the matter of the Suez Canal. M. de Lesseps is a cousin of the Empress, who, according to his statement) Was hia Isabella the Catholic of the Suez Scheme. Bat for the Spanish ardour with which she sustained it, the Isthmus would still divide the Red from the Mediterranean Sea. Your head, Bhe said (speaking of course in a figure) to Cemte Walewski, depends oil the skill you show in helping my cousin to cut his canal. M. de L°sseps quite pardons Lord Palmersnon and Downing street all th. annoyance they caused hira, and he laughs heartily when he relates how ' ' Pam " j believed that the corps of navvies recruited in France for the Suez works were disguised. !.ouaves, cunniugly sent by Louis Napoleon to get hold of the overland route. M. de Lesseps takes a kindly view of the world. Humanity in the lump he thinks excellent. Shipment of Buttpf.— The 6hip Arden tiny, with a cargo ot Wool and produce, cleared at Oamaru on the 2 1 sfc ulfc., for London. The cargo i. valued afc Jt42,000. This ia the first wool ship that has loaded up fully inside the breakwater. Referring to a special item in this vessel's Cargo the North Otago Times says :— "Messrs Bailie and Humphrey have shipped C 2 kegs of butter to London by the barque Ardentiny, and as this is the first exportation of the kind from, we believe, any New Zealand porfc, it bears significance as a test of no small value. The shippiug of butter ou long sea voyages has hardly got beyond the pale of experiment, and its success means the opening of a never-failing market for colonial dairies. JCood butter is a luxury in London, and commands its own price. " A Good Result. — An example of productiveness of cereals was eeen at the Pastoral Bhow in the shape of thirty-four heads of barley springing from one seed. The head contains no fewer than 1 12(3 grains in the aggregate. This barley was gro-.n on Mr Candy's farm H. -Unwell. — Lyttelton Times.