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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 1444, 2 September 1885, Page 3

"~ J We"are v gTul'^lriear thatCr Hawkins has besn presented, with an. influertt^aUy .. signed requisition) -requesting ilimV *!to come forward as a candidate «&r..-^Noi-- 4 Ward. We trust that :Cr^4fo,wk ins, wlj'o .enjoy-s. tQ:6^,sa*ge/-sn£ gxtifhtthe £&pfis lle'nc'ffanl <83tden> $f |h|scibfte genos|ly,\ .%flrednSent fo'Sil^w^hfißsl&ix to be niffni- ' nated, as his return would be a mat- . ter ■-• of ; •eerjtitjn by. ; oiihtr ifc ;.tho' ratepay ers-, ppuljl^niak' je^ a;..^e{,ii;ei^;:vfjioice.v Our readers will be .pleased, ,tQ Jearn that a; reqtflsi!ibn r i3 belng-g-otf up- aslcing' W.li. Hirs.t,.Esq.,. J.jß:, to, allow hilusejf . ?o"\be'-'noinintft'ed/^or^o..'^^.)Va.r4 ) 'iii theBorough Council."' "WV only' trust that Mr Hirst .will accede to the requisition, . : as h\3?-\v6sldbe-ari addition to the'nuin bervrif .those- 6f\6m'<- representatives' who' are hpld'jn esteem bj'.aJl classes hv the- : comraiinity ,. Mr. Hirst would be a valuable acquisition to the Borough Council, and his. consent" to "allow Kuiis'e'if to be xioininated would be received with universal ; sati^acfci6h"'by"the" fate ' We learn that, seyeyal ratepayers.; win •■on" a' pt ; evipus 'occasion supported Cr Abraham's, on being earnestly solicited to-day to.sign a requjsitioil oil his behalf , point blank, refused to do s©, and furthermore gave very cogent reasons for rtheir refusal. This is ail indication of the extent to which the Cr m question has declined m public estimation. „r ■ A letter on " Forgery " appears m this issue inserted by Mr Stratford to which the attention of the public is directed. At .the. Wellington . Exhibition last •Saturday there was a large attendance, 887 ill' the afternoon, and 3296 m the evening, making a total of 4183. The following was the attendance during the week --^Monday, 1419 ; Tuesday, 1(589 ; Wednesday, 1811 ; Thursday, 1109 ; Friday, 1215 ; Saturday, 4183 ; total, 11,420. At a special meeting of the Manawatu Road Board Jield ( : to-day the following tenders for bridge' and earth work Fitzherbert Rbid'East "were received :— A. H. Ihie/ifil'S^; France & Stiibbs, £159 ss, 10s 6d per 100 ft allowed for old timber; D. A Poole, £120 10s, extra timber 25s and. 13s per 100 f t; J. H. Anderson, £109 lps ; J. C. Nathan, £105 ; C. McColl,. £90 ; C. Rosenthal, £85 10s ; King and Wiggins, £69 15s. Accepted conditionally. We hear that some difficulty has been experienced m inducing candidates to come forward for the vacant, seats m the Borough Council, chiefly owing to the existence of the party or clique whose acts haveinade them so obnoxiousto all sections of the ratepayers, and whose organ is so . unscrupulous, scurrilous, and vindictive m its tone against those who do not blindly follow the leading and dictation of the said party. In Mr McMinn's letter published m Jast night's issue, several misprints inadvertently occurred, which rather spoiled the sense here and there. Meeting of Football Club to-morrow evening at Royal Hotel at 8 o'clock. Tha following patents have been applied for:— J.- B. Blaikie, of Auckland, for a sla'e en! ting and boring machine,, and- for an invention for rooffug;; D.Jpnes, of Auckland, for an automatic eysteinof ventilation; A. B. Card andT^B. Merritt, of .Wellington, for an indoor or outdoor amusement styled "King and Queon ;*' S. M. Mackley, of Waipiina, for invention for separating butter of cream from milk by electricity ; C. Tdppan, of Salem, Massachusi'tts, for improvement m scouring wool. Certain provisions of the Arms Act, 1880, have been suspended m the North Island so as to make it lawful for any Justice of the Peace, Collector of Customs, or officer of police to grant to any Maori a permit to purchase two pounds of powder, twenty pounds of shot, and five hundred caps. The right of purchase is to be exercised within a month of the date of the permit, and there are regulations rrsprctmg rcce-ipts to be signed by Natives for arnit'iinition purchaspd. Any Justice of the Peacfi or Collector of Customs may, when it is necessary for the destruction of rabbits, grant permits for an increased quantity of powder not exceeding twenty-five pounds, with shot and caps m proportion. Tenders are invited for felling 300 acres of bush at Otairi, beyond ville.A mineral substance resembling alnm, has been discovered nrar Afthurst. We bear that nry fair pro«pects are being obtained from the Pohangina re'ffl, and tboßo interested are vc-ry Banguine of still better results before long.