Carnarvon-Sanson Tramway.

Manawatu Standard, Issue 1508, 17 November 1885, Page 4

Carnarvon-Sanson Tramway.

{. ') (UNITED^PRESS ASSOOIATION.) v '"■' ' Marton, Tuesday. The Steam Tramway from Cavnarvon to Sanson was formally opened at Sanson yesterday.' .The ce.re^nony was a brilliant'success,? about lbpo people being present. The line .is fo.urten miles long, and cost ,£16,000. v v ... ■■:

The day or departure of the direct mail stcaineia from this Colony for London baa been 'changed from Sunday to Thursday. This change will afford the steamers throe days' longer atny At London than the previous arrangement. The Aorangi sailing from here on Thursday next will inaugurate the now system. Sir W. FoX, at the conclusion v of a lecture delivered hy him last night at Auckland, on Ik* in 5 urged to re-enter Parliament as the national leader of th«» Temperance party, stated that nothing would induce him to do so for ordinary political work, hut if lih saw a reasonable prospect of getting through a local option or prohibitory law, he would be willing to consider the matter. . -, Rain is greatly wanted m Wanganm, where a water famine is apprehended. The Chairman of the Wangunui Hospital Board, has received a ; reply from the Premier's department to the effect thai the Government decline to Accede to the request of th« board that its members may be allowed to travel free on llio railways to and from the meetings. This is really too bad. It is perfectly ridiculous to expect members to travol from the extreme ends of such a wide ! distriot^aud pay their travelling expenses m addition to the loss of time in/volvedi—Htvhtd. I Captain Edwin telegraphed at 4.10 p.m. yesterday as follows :— Bad weather approaching after 10 hours between norih-eflHtJand iioi^h ; ai»d west glnss falling soon.' ' Mr Corby 'returned from the Pohans'\na on Saturday morning. He informs us that there is no /prospect of Andersou's* reef being opened out m less than a fortnight. With reference to the new find reported to havo been made Iby Mr pandas, Mr Corby says that nothing was known of it on the ground when he left, and he thinks there is nothing mr it. Had Mr Dundas • anything he, would liave been almost sure to-h'ave kuown as they cauiped 1 together but he is Certain that nothing was found, as they werq together almost the, whole time. — Herald. ■ Two remarkable cases of boycotting may be cited as showing to what ex tremes the Irish go. A telegram was recently returned to the Post Office, the mosse Tigers refusing to deliver it to; the addressee, who h ad beeii , proscribed by " tlieMddai league* ; while food "was; denied to a women who had lent her horse aud chaise to a magistrate. ;