Manamatu Herald. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1894. The Road across the Ranges.

Manawatu Herald, 17 July 1894, Page 2

Manamatu Herald. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1894. The Road across the Ranges.

Much excitement was created in Shannon some months past by the revival of our suggestion to open up a road from that township to the Wairarapa. If we remember rightly it was left to a committee to draw up a petition to the Government and also to seek the co-operation of the Burgesses of Foxton. Whether anything has been done in this direction we are not aware, but the matter has never come formally before the Borough Counoil nor publicly before the Burgesses. We so heartily agree with opening up such a line of communication that we would have moved in the direction which was taken by our Shannon neighbours had they not volunterred the lead, and we are willing to render them. al_v.-t.he assistance in our power, ahd have very good grounds, for stating so on behalf of the residents in 'the Borough.

It is time prompt and energetic action was taken to show Parliament what our wants are. The estimates have not been- considered therefore that excuse cannot at present be used to block the consideration of the request. Mr Morgan Carkeek has but lately ridden through the bush and he reports the line is a practical one. Many unemployed are still seeking work, which the falling of the bush would find, and the opening of such a cross country road would enhance the value of the Government land on the Wairarapa side of the ranges. There is ju3t the chance that the return by this district of a representative of the wrong 'colour' may cause the Government to view such an application with disfavour, but still the Premier was well treated when he visited Shannon so that he may remember that oue^half of the electors are his supporters, whose wishes at anyrate deserve attention. We do not like to suppose that such publio questions are viewed in this light, but the queer official replies districts returning Opposition

members receive, force ohe to anticipate suc_h We would rather that It were possible to believe that the Government of the cay would inquire iuto facts and assure themselves of the public utility of proposed public works and so decide upon their merits. If this should be the view taken of the application for the road over the ranges, then we should have no doubt of the Government agreeing to the work, as it would be useful to the general public, is practical, and would find reasonable labour for those now in want of it.

Whafc our neighbours should do is to get up a powerful petition, setting out the plain facts with the testimony of Messrs A. Macdonald and Morgan Carkeek incorporated in it. They should show that this would be a central crossing, saving a very long mileage, and should show the area benefitted by such a work. This should be signed by residents on either side of the range. The local bodies should also be petitioned to add their approval by resolution. Such support to the proposal would be most valuable, and should be commenced at once. Unfortunately Shannon possesses no local body to give the movement a start and therefore it might be advisable for a strong committee to be formed in that town, who might deputationise our euergetic Mayor, who would, we doubt not, summon aspecial meeting of his Council to meet them, and thus give the impetus needed. We are not overlooking the Wirokino Road Board or Horowhenua County Council when making this suggestion, but we view the question as one of urgency and the members of the latter local bodies are widely scattered and expensive to gather together for special meetings, whereas the Borough Council is a compact body easily collected. We might say that no one here desires to take the wind out of the sails of our neighbours, but only desire to lend prompt assistance in a work in which the Burgesses of Foxton feel quite as much interest in as those who live nearer where the expenditure of the mon.y would occur.

The members of the Foston Racing Club will remember that the annual general meeting will be held on Thursday evening. As the business is of importance, officers having to be elected and the balance sheet discussed it is hoped a good number will attend.

We are thankful to be able to state that the supposed outbreak of small-pox at Eltham turns out only to have been a severe form of la grippe.

Sandon has lost another old settler in the person of Mr James Prisk, who was buried ou Sunday. He was one of the first who joined the Hutt Small Farm Association, and carried on business as a fellmonger in partnership with Mr Dnslin, until the last five or six years, which wero de. voted solely to farming.

Iv the division on one of the proposed new Standing Orders the irrepressible member for Palmerston again left the Government fold. He is getting a regular stray lamb. Look out, for when the division was over the whip and the Minister made a very close scrutiny of the list, which will probably bear some black marks for somebody.

In the new Standing Orders it was proposed that motions for returns should be allowed to come on at half-past seven once a fortnight. The Premier does not li!<e supplying some returns, so he objected, as it would lead to such a waste of time, This is grand from the past champion .tone-waller. It was even thought that the " inevitable " majority might be again " whipped," but, happy sign, the whips could not guarantee the staunchness of the orew, so members were allowed to act independently and did so, giving the autocrat a little rub.

The coming event in library annals is the completion and publication at Paris of the alphabetically arranged catalogue of the Biblittheque Nationale— the largest library in the world. It will shortly go to the printing press, and comprises no less than eighty quarto volumes, with upwards of 2,500,000 titles.

There was a very sharp frost on Saturday night, which one resident of the town will probably remember for some time. Three or four young men were having a " gay old time " as they imagined about midnight, and during tbeir perambulations thought tit to visit the shipping in the harbour. With much rollicking they stepped on board the s.s. Kennedy as Bhe lay moored at the wharf, and matters would have been right had not one of the party been unable to discern the difference between the gangway plank and the opening between the wharf and steamer. As he erred and stepped joyfully over the side he went into the river and got .more or less wet, certainly more a° he went under once or twice and his companions had to fish for him with ropes. This was successful and all danger was passed, but their companion being so damp suggested a retirement to their beds where they should have been earlier in the night.

The German Emperor William has given another and striking proof of his musical talent. Not content with simply conducting a military band, he has actually composed a song, which the Royal Music Director Kluss arranged for orchestra, and which was played at the dinner during the Imperial composer's visit to Schlitz last Sunday. The versatile Monarch has also set to music a number of songs written by Count von Eulenburg.

In 1879 there were 164 race-meetings in the colony, and last year there were 265. There are 140 racing clubs in New Zealand.

Mr Crowther declares that amongst the latest appointed J's.P. aye some " bookies."

Precautions have been taken at Tamworth Gaol where Lee and Cummings, the murderers of Mr McKay, bank manager at Barraba, aye lying under sentence of death, owing to a report that a party of shearers, who sympathised with Cummings, intended to destroy the gaol by dynamite. It is reported that coal has been found at Buluwayo, Matabeleland. The gold discoveries there are turning out excellently.

Mr C. B. Izard has forwarded to the Governors of the Wellington College and Girls' High Sohool the snm of £500 for the purpose of founding a scholarship at the Girls' High School.

Popular Concerts, what about them? Sometime ago a sub-committee of four of i the members of the Sohool Committee was i appointed to arrange for a series of cheap * and popular concerts for the benefit of the i sohool. Nothing more has been heard 1 from them. [ Messrs Abraham and Williams hold their stock sale at Palmerston on Thursday. It seems a pity to let money go, yet the settlers in Levin have decided to hand £361 the unexpended balance of the £1000 loan to the Government because Messrs Gower and Bartholomew could not agree where to expend it. During a discussion on the position of the band at Hawera the other day, it was mentioned tbat in Hastings the bandmaster was paid £80 a year and had a free house. We sympathise with all the constituents of the members of the House, as the free supply of Hansard has been increased fom 30 to 50. This arises from the large .number of new members who at present 'believe everyone is dying to read what they had intended to say. Sir Henry Parkes at his last birthday banquet spoke in a very gloomy and unhappy manner- -Two truths are present in my mind svery day of my life — that the path before me is short, and that it leads to certain and unbroken rest. I would not live my life over again, or any Bingle hour of it, if I had the chance. Our readers are reminded that Mr Greenwood, the well-known dentist, will arrive in Foxton to-morrow night, and can be consulted on Thursday morning. The cargo steamer now being constructed by Messrs Swan and Hunter, of Wallsend-on-Tyne. to the order of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company (Limited), is to be delivered in November. She will carry 80,000 carcases of mutton (against the Maori's 70,000 carcases) and 9000 bales of wool (as compared with 5000 bales.) In a review of Sir Henry Parkes' life it is written—" Certainly, at 80 years old, he is one of the wonderful men of the age. He shares with Bismarck and Gladstone and Pio Nono the art of keeping the vitality and energy of youth to a period far beyond the common experience of human life. The Minister of Education, in reply to a question, admitted that the differences in the scale of pay for teachers in the various parts of New Zealand are exceedingly un*fair and galling to teachers. He was inclined to think, he added, that Parliament would have to be asked to take action in the matter. An American paper is responsible for the following : — " A man at Seattle boasts of a three-year-old gelding that stands 22 hands high, weighs 17001 b, and is still growing. He ought to be nearly as great a drawing card in a dime museum as the handsome long tailed Linus, who hails from the State. The American Horse Breeder, of Boston, on this says : ' A few days since, it was Seattle that could show the biggest horse alive. Chicago hadn't been heard from then, but it is evidently prepared to do Seattle up when the contest is for avoirdupois as well as hands. The Chicago Jumbo stands seven feet and five inches in his stockings, 22.1 hands, and weighs upwards of a ton and a half, or, to be exact, 30271 b. His stride, when walking, is 21 feet 6 inches. Tall talking this." Mr Wilson is to ask the Minister of Lands to-day whether, seeing that Government has not assisted the settlers on the Wost Coast in making their m^in road, and that the Government land in the district was handed over to the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, and that therefore no " thirds " have been paid, he will place a sum of money on the estimates sufficient to give a subsidy £1 for £1 towards the completion of this road from Paikakariki to Otaki. The Premier told Dr Newman that he thought it undesirable that the Permanent Artillerymen should appear out of uniform well so do we, unless some other kind of dress was consented to. During the discussion on the Labour Journal Sir Robert Stout could not refrain from declaring one of the articles an " unfortunate selection !" Yet the Premier is i quite proud of tho work and pointed out that its diffusion prevented suoh dreadful thing 3as were happening just now in America. A man named B. R. Locken has been missing from Palmerston the last few days and it is feared his body will be found in the river. He was employed at the Sash and Door Factory. The Cameron Brothers, charged with being in possession of an illioit still at Wellington have been dismissed without 1 calling for the defenoe. The Magistrate in 1 doing so. said although perhaps one or two 1 points in the evidence might be a little suspicious, there was not sufficient before the Court to justify conviction. He ordered the apparatus and whisky to remain in the oustody of the Customs until Government deoided what should be done with them.

Sixty-eight oases aud packages of new and seasonable good for all departments have now been opened out for present season at the Bon Marche, and it is freely admitted tbat no suoh ohoice is obtainable in the distriot. Buyers are invited to make their selection, early while first choice of this magnificent range of new goods is still obtainable at The Bon Marohe. Ross and Sandford.— Advt.

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With all these advantages in purchasing, it would be strange indeed if the Bale was not one to be remembered. Any attempt to enumerate even a tithe of the cheap lines now at the disposal of customers, would be worse than useless in the space at our command, but a price list which has been printed will be sent, post free, to the address of any person applying to the Wholesale Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington.