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Manawatu Herald, 6 December 1892, Page 2

The State School will close on the 17th instant for the Christmas holidays and reopen on the 24th January. Henry William Finley convicted of manslaughter, was sentenced on Saturday to penal 4 servitude for ten years. 'On Friday, Mr Da vies, the Chairman 'of the Wirikino Road Boari, will meet the residents of Shannon at the School -house, to talk over a scheme whereby a loan could be obtained to form and metal the road between Shannon and the fevry. We trust everyone interested will make a point of attending and will appreciate the action of Mr Davies, as thore is no one better able to pilot them to a successful issue out of their difficulties, and he has necessarily to put himself to a certain amount of inconvenience to attend. Mr Lord has pipes down over 200 feet at Mr. H Coley's mill and has not yet struck water. Mr Nixon has had to lay up for the influenza, his place being temporarily filled by Mr Cutfie'd, Mr Morse having recovered sufficiently to be also at his po?t. Mr W. B. Rhodes was ont on Saturday for a short time, but he shows very plainly that he has had rather a bad time. The Mayor, at yesterday's meeting referred rather pointedly to some remarks •nadein a leader of ours on the election. H" misunderstood the point, what we stated was that the Mayor had been good enough to do a lot of work, to. do which the Borough, had a paid officer. The Mayor appeared to think we raised olvjec tion to his doin<» work which the Clerk could not do, suoh as preparing specifications and taking out quantities. This was not so, but as the. .Mayor has frequently stated that during his term of office he has devoted two or. .three .4ays a, week to the work of the .Oounei!,':.w.e contend that suoh a statement shows that othor work besides preparing plans and epecifloationa for new work must have taken up the Mayor's time. We may say in addition, thai the Mayor credits himself with having over looked the daymen and directed their operations. We believe he lias, but this | is without doubt one of the duties of the Clerk as distinctly set out in tha duties to Ibe undertaken by him. By this it will be seen, that acting with the utmost good,nature, our worthy Mayor has imposed i work on himself which was not necessary.

The new engine for Messrs Dudsons Foxton mill arrived by rail last week. Yesterday, Ernest .Seel, who was implic.i{<vl in the schooling caso in Wellington was tried and acquitted. Mr John Loo 3 n.n oil Wangaliui setll-r diod at Te Al'oha, aged oi'i years The old soltltTs of the district will remember tho d.'Cm^cd as be Was well known. - We congratulate Cr Williams op his dutspokon. uttei'iineaa oil thn sii ■",■■■ \\ dhaujijo of front shown by the Mayor, and glad to record that he forced the hands of the Council by calling for a division. The v eso!'.Uion having been recited that owing to the Mayor not havhlg . time, etc., al plan's and ppocitiealioris be prepared by. soms competerii; person. Cr Williams' very rightly pbjec ted tri the interpretation 1 , as he Asserted tli'At tHe" Mayor received a great deal of support from the knowledge that he could save the Borough money by doing the work, and he did not believe in his throwing the job up directly the election was won. It appeared a tough job for the Mayor to please all parlies so lie concluded to vote against the riiotidri whiiill had been frame I simply to give effect to the remarks he made at the commencement of the meeting? It was however carried. The usual month y sitting of the Resident Magistrate's Court will be held on Thursday; . . Two scutchers are watited at the Hlniatangi mill: • Additions are made to tha entries for Mr E. S. Abraham's Palmcrston sale on Thursday. Mr li. S. Abraham will. lib dft hdr'se sft'e at Paltnerstoh" , on Saturday; aticl a stock sale at Awahuri on Tuesday. Mass will be he'd in Foxton on Sunday. Mr ftallichan, representing the United Farmer's Alliance, is now paying the district a visit) and wi'l be at Wliyte's Hotel for a few days e*ach everiinc, ready to give any inforiiiatioti thai nifty Be (tesii'eti. The! A ianco has now become thorough y established, and has ftOO farmers amongst its shareho tiers. The Alliance makes a-fea-ture in disposing of woo , butter, flax, fruit, grnint and other producp: The whole. Council was appointed some time ago a committee to meet Mr Nyo about the purchase of a little piece of land for the No. 1 Line of road. As yet they have never reported- Pome informal talk tob'k' place yesterday in which some unnecessary warmth was shown, and during which Mr Nye said he did not want to sell, and probably he would not. Of course this has arisen from the committee neglect ing to report the result Of their intervievv With Ml" Nye; We are ndt in Ilia position froni the fact of there being. riD report befoi'e the Council, to state what wcrs tlie proposals made, but we may point out that should a difficulty, about the price to b3 paid, aris^, which cannot be amicably settled; it will pay the Borough td take the land muter lha ' Public Works Act far better than to cut down the hill and fill up the hollow which would need to be done if a road is to be made on the wonderful line laid out by the District Engineer. Yesterday's meeting of the Council boro evidence all through that there had lately been an election. The Mayor inadvertently alluded 10 it at the start and of course Councillors had to have their liltlo .say. Cr Austin was most beseeching that snob references should not Le made, as if it was allowed at this first misting it would never be got rid of during the twelvemonth This view not getting the support he thought its due, he solemnly left the chamber— to recover his equanimity— and returned much refreshed, and upon the question of alonri, which was under discussion when he returned, delivered a capital short speech in support of one, but from the speed with w'.iioh it was delivered prevented ns from recording as fully as wo should have liked He was undmb!ed)y most emphatic as to the advisability of a loan being raised. Cricket is said to be identical with the " club ball "of the 14th century. Eules were laid down for the game in 1774 We are all aware that ladies arc now talcing to the game, going so far as to threaten to send an English team out here, but it may be news to learn that two lady toams played a match Hampshire v. Surrey iu 1811 for 500 guineas a side. Fishing extraordinary. Clutha County Gazette says ;— Mr Garden met with a peouliar experience while fishing last week. Whilst whipping the Kuriwao, he felt his hook get fast to something at his back. : n looking round he discovered he had hooked one of Mr Wallace's cowa by the tail, v He-playjedrthe^ tail tor a few- minutes, but the cpiv^'Avent' away, 'and? took Mr Garden's fiotJKs Withftier. Not aliad fishing " tail," is it ? But this puts the cap on it : As I was passing the paddock a couple hours after, I saw the cow with a four pound trout hanging to her tail. She had been in the creek for a dri.k, and the fish had taken the fly. H. C. Cochran, who had pleaded guilty to larceny as a bailee of a horse, saddle, saddle cloth an I bridle belonging to the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, and who had been remauded until the probation officer had furnished his report, was on Friday, at the Supreme Court allowed out on probation for 12 months, and thp prisoner, ordered to pay £10 (the costs of the prosecution) in monthly instalments of £1. The other moneys £4 5s to be paid f.n the purchaser of the horse, and £2 13s 5d to the Society. ' The Wangauui Education Board are in a bad way for money and the following re prese tation was ordered to be made to thff government i ■" That in order to supplement a totally inadequate building fund this Board has from time., to Mtirae impro~ verished its general account by' transferring a sum of £6000 to the fund for building purposes ; that notwithstanding this large transfer the Board is now over £1000 in debt on the Building Account, and has not one penny therewith to meet the present urgent demands and the. claims which may be expected to arrive during the whole of the next year. A Gisborne telegram states that Mr E J. Chrisp, barrister, whilst bathing, was attacked by a monster stingaree, which in - flicted large and venomous wounds on hi? legs. Mr Chrisp was very faint from loss of blood and the excessive pain caused by inflamation of the wounds. As these fidh are to be found both on the river and sea beach we caution bathers to be careful.