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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 71, 23 June 1877, Page 2

The letters of "Simplex" and "Cus- | tomer" are unavoidably held pver till next issue. t The next meeting of the Manawatu County Council will be held at Foxton on Wednesday, 27th instant. . The steamer Tui is to arrive at Foxton to-morrow, and will leave again at midnight on Monday. .■ /,, The next English mails tiy way of San Francisco and Suez, will close at the Palmerston Post-office on Monday next, at B'so p.m. • ' . Terrace End is looking up, a large building is m course of erection for Mr :Marsh> and Mr Mackie has m contemplation the erection of a commodious butchers' shop. Mr. GK M; Snelson desires to, invite the attention r of hotel-keepers and persons ; about to' fuifnish to His sale of rhousehold , "furnishings, wines, spirits, &c., .to take place this day (Saturday) at the Peoples'f Auction Mart. Sale to commence at 1.30 p.m.. , '1 ■ We are pleased to learn ; thafc ; the'Ohlair-' : man' of the Local School Committee, BangitikeiLine (H. MoNeil, Esq.), has received a letter .from. the, Secretary of the' Welling^ ton Uoard of Education, stating that the. site, . asked for the Tabnui school .has, been .granted. ' '\, :,,:. ■\t;: : -.-,,_\ >'v •>•:•■-;,/ •:s■*• '?; : The Board of Education invite tenders to lease 'sub. ! section 310, ; Palinerstdn' North', T or any of the Board's .reserves m the '.Mana^ ;watu district which 1 ' are 'still unleti fpr y any -period not exceeding 21' years. .Tenders are to be sent urtprthe; office* ) of the Board pot later than Monday, the 23rd July. I ; A meeting of the creditors'of j;S. Somers 'tailor, of Poxton, was held on' Thursday, at the Court House, Poxton, Mr F. K. % Crowther m the- ''Chair:"" The meeting pasaed.a resolution, discharging; -the! .Bank-; rupt from his debts m terms '^of a'deedsigned by him assigning-nisiestate.-real arid.; : 'personal to Mr 3. ' J^; 'BeStfcy : ixi tru%|ior His ' creditors. ,; h ;/}" , - - ; /}^} !~'/ r) pf'.' ■■•'•-. ■■■-■ r Wp'^gja^.to.jje.aWe'^-.^pOTt'.tluit at, a meeting held; for the purpose; irirSandon, asum of £2,000; was raised by ; 400 < shares of £5 each, for the erection: of a 'flour naiUin^ that township. ; The : 'facf ! .of , siicH a^ large sunrpf 'money' being'guranteed. in one meet-v ing proves, that ix there. , is , great life, m,, this ; district, .and we-wish the. enterprising, sharef holdersjevery success.:. :.i "(t c- '"•':■ We are very pleased to hear tha't'an attempt is being -made* to get up an Amateur ■ ; Dramatic l Club, and -s we msh' the attempt; every success: 1 If" the scheme !subceedsy ity swill not' only add" 'another t"o r "our list of " amusements, but prompt^^spcialiintercQurse, ; ; and friendly feelings. If "properly carried .out we have no doubt' tliatit'wiilb6 warmly supported by • the public, not of Palmerston }only;-b'ut of • all the other tpfras and places" within riding distance; .' 'We : iulde"rstand Jth:eideais"liomcliide^^ambngst the | members, resiy dents m, all parts of . the Coubty of Manawatu, and that the performances will be for various deserving^charitablerpbjects. , T : r A ball! was :given- at the- Forester's Hall, r Palmerston/ on Thursday.'' eyemng';;iaßtj under th'e ai;Bpices. : of a; committee to. prbr vide stage accommodation for the .building. , The attendance was by. no. means large, and there seemsj tp;ThaYeilbeenidinicul(r^. J dn procuring music for the occasion. However r^this' was ultimately set right, and dancing was with vigor until the ■. small : hours. ; .The, paucity of attendance i may m some measure-beattributed to the fact that 'although, a call is thus made' bii the public' to support £ institution ;the.adr Tajatages resulting from.' juch. ; "aid are not ,' snared /by the . public .; who,; contribute it. r.The^e'^w ;a t pkntiM|supply u^^ Whicli were done ample justice" to^. m the; .course of the evening, and the. party brokeup apparently .well pleased with th<3|r. renters tainmehtr ' ' .... On Saturday last Mr! E. SI Thynne field a sale of a bankrupt's stock, consisting of .horses, saddles, andnumerouspie'ces'-of cloth j , sbme furniture was also put. up. Considerjing the inclemency of the weather the at-- ■ tendance was*. gbbfd, and >: th r 6 1 prices .were |fanj.; The'sale ; was.hel^m 'Jtr THynne'sv. new prenuses^ r . Th^i' buildijig,:^ which is .now ■ finished, is quite ,an ; ; ornament to: -JFox-^ ton, and Mr Thynne has^spared^rio expense ;in completing it. . Prom .the J stre r et r you enter a' large^^ vestibule, :; in one • corner of} which, is a counter/ the clerk's room open- ' ifig; to the back: of j it.\ ;The: top'/bf *" this counter is supported by four Maori. jfigftres, ; carved m wbod^by ; a gentlman'reside.nt m; F.bxtpn: ' The' carving of these figures is decidedly Artistic j ' in Jf act professional' carvers'; : Would have no: occasion' to ;_be ashamed of them. .In. the vestibule ther^is a windbw' openmgintp Mr Thynne's Drivate office, to enable business to be done without 'entering the sanctum sanctorum. tTpstairs^is the sale> room, which runs the whole length and breadth pfc, the. building.' MThS'cbritHtctdrs]K MeSsre Marley &iPry, have faithfully car-: : ried out; the architect's design, 'the wort* being vi every way a credit to them. ' : ' A "wild man " says the " Chronicle " was} recently Been, near the Kumara He had neither boots norcoat on, arid when spoken.to he said he was m the habit of sleeping under the heavens, r. He; refused to accept night shelter,-. and.; said-that'he pre^ ferred to camp m the i open air., . ■•:

Dr Gilbert, who is to undertake the medical charge of the several local friendly societies has arrived m "Wanganui,,and we learn that his several charges are to be handed over to him at once. — "Chronicle." [Since the above was m type we learn from the same source that the appointment" of a medical man -for the Wanganui Friendly Societies is still m abeyance.] In the Supreme Court m Bankruptcy today, Mr Izard made application for a declaration of complete execution of a deed of arrangement m the insolvent estate of John Maysmor,. and there being no opposition the' application was granted. In the case of an insolvent named Brightwell, a similar application was made by Mr Quavers, but on an objection being raised by Mr Izard that there had. been an imputation of ..fraud shown oh the part of the debtor, the application was abandoned.— " Arguißj" June 19. - Aw Attempt ' to Rob the Siok : of a means of cure is nothing' less than a crime. Many such attempts have been made by clothing inflamatory nostrums with imitations of the labels, style of bottle, etc., of ; the most genial tonic and active remedy 'f or; derangements; of the ; stomach, liver, bowels,' I an! breathing organs ever prescribed by the ; faculty and used by ;the -public. But neither trickery competition, has been - able to effect the reputation; of, the medicine, re- ! f erred to, TTdoipho .Woiipß's Sohibdam ; AbomAtio SoHNApys.-r-Adyt. ;„" "