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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 80, 25 July 1877, Page 2

We are reluctantly compelled to hold over till next issue several communications which reached us late yesterday afternoon. Mr E. S. Thynne will offer for. sale this d»y (Wednesday), at, his Sale Booms, Foxton, a ehoiee lot. of drapery and clothing, direct from the importers j also, an assortment of gold ' and silver watches. Sale- tocommence at 1.30 p.m. The contract for the Wanganui town; sail way was signed on' Thursday last. Mir

William Kowe, of Turakina, was the successful tenderer, the contract price being £4,336. Mr J. N. Owen's reply to the numerously signed requisition, asking him to allow himself to be nominated as the first mayor of Palmerston, shall appear m our next issue. We are pleased to be able to inform our readers that, m order to celebrate the inauguratio.n pf the Municipality of Palmerston North, there is to be a Public Ball and supper to winch the Mayor,' and Mayoress (if there be one) and the elite of the neighboring townships are. to be invited, on the night of the <Bth; prox. We hope that all ifthose to whom formal notices of invitation ; — those above mentioned being excepted — 'are issued, will not only subscribe thereto, but appear thereat. -We may mention, also, that should there be any surplus funds after .;.paying- expenses, such will be placed to .the Cemetery Trust Fund. •'-■ It is reported says the." Times " that Mr Andrew Young, the well-known coach proprietor, has sold to Messrs. Hastwell and Co., a portion, of his coaching business, including •the plant used on the Wellington and Wanganui line. . On Saturday, night, says the "Taranaki News," two frolicsome elves, m endeavoring to alarm the wife of one of the custodians of the peace of the town by violently knocking at the door, were suddenly confronted by an armed Amazon, who charged them heroically and caused them to decamp through the garden hedge, like timid sheep, ' -leaving spoil for their vanquisher. So may all larrikins be discomfited. The price realised the other day for an allotment situated m the main street of. Mastertbn by a. Wellington auctioneer, has (says the " Masterton News") been commented upon. The sum averaged up.wards of £3,000 per acre. To show, however, that this has been more than doubled by the local auctioneer, we hare to remind our readers that Messrs Wyllie and (-Hrdlestoue's ;sale tp Messrs Sellar and Hales,' .completed "some months ago, averaged upwards of £7500 per aci'e. V There is a candid man at G-reertown. He ■ thusly advertises m the " Bay of Plenty Times " :— " A house and allotment for sale.— W Q o will buy a cheap house and o.ne acreof ground next to Mr Earl ? s ; a quiet family-residence at Gh > eerfcown} > My reason for selling is 1 — I can~grow nothing 51. have several times' been beaten and bitten by dogs ; my fdwls. have been stolen, and myself abused m. my own house, and threatened to be killed ; I can get nd witnesses. Who will buy a cheap acre?— John Wabs"WOBTH." A late issue of the " Poverty Bay Herald" shows that -additional testimony as ,to the excellent quality .of the kerosene to be found m the Poverty Bay district has come to hand. At the Philadelphia Oen- , .tennial Exhibition,, a sample of the Poverty Bay kerosene was pronounced to be the best ever tested m America— its superiority consisting m the large percentage: of -lamp oil. and paraffin it contained. This- fluttering verdict : was communicated personally to Mr Chew, a. member of a -well-known Wellington firm, by the head commissioner and principal judge of the department m which it was exhibited. One Sunday morning as Captain Digby of H.M.s Sappho was going his weekly round of inspection at breakfast, he came to a mess table which was adorned with glass 'and silver T plated spoons and forks, and with superior cutlery and dishes. This naturally attracted the attention of Captain Digby, who inquired how it happened that this mess presented such a marked superiority. " Oh, sir " ; said the ship's corporal, "that's a Good Templar mess-, and these things have just been bought will the grog money, which has been collected and invested m this way." ," Well," said Captain Digby, " some people may talk as they like about (3-ood Templars, but this nice mess-table is a -very excellent result of the practice of the Order."— " New Zealand Herald." He who writes for the "Age" from ' Under the Verandah,' relates the following incident m the experience of a thirsty juryman -.—Anticipating a prolonged sitting m the jury room, he was rather unhappy on leaving his house m the morning. 'I'd take a flask of brandy,' he said to his wife 'but ; the other men would- see me di'ink it, andr perhaps report it to the Judge.' The lady told him to wait for two or three minutes, and at the end of that time returned with two baby's feeding bottles filled with stiff brandy and water. 'Put one m each breast coat pocket,' she told him, 'and when, you want a drink all you have to do is. to take out. the tube and have a draw. You can drink while the Judge is looking at you if you do it carfully.' The jury were out much sooner than was expected— a little after seven o'clock m the evening — but the lady assured me that there wasn't a drop left m either of the bottles, though she had calculated on their lasting till midnight."