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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 104, 17 October 1877, Page 2

We understand that a change has taken place in the proprietorship of one of the business houses of this place. Mr G. M. Snelson has sold his present business to Mr Fergusson, of Auckland, and will henceforth confine himself to wholesale and auction transactions. We are informed that the negotiation was conducted through the agency of Messrs. Pownall and Co., of Wellington. We regret having to record a serious accident to Mrs Henry Halcombe which occurred on Saturday. While she was proceeding up Manchester street, Feilding, in company with a party of ladies and gentlemen, when opposite the Bank of New South Wales her horse shyed suddenly and precipitated her violently to the ground. Dr. Johnston was soon in attendance when it was discovered that both the lady's leg's were fractured. By hotice.of the 13th inst. we

observe that Sir G. Grey, Messrs. Larnach, Macandrew and Sheehari, have been appointed members of tlie Executive Council. Mr Larnach, it appears, failed m his endeavour to form a ministry and the duty thereupon devolved on Sir G. Grey. That gentleman wished to stipulate for a dissolution m the event of failure, but the G-overnor would not accede to this condition. Sir George has undertaken the work and has probably by this time made his distribution of portfolios, but no word to that effect has yet arrived. A meeting of settlers was held at Karere on Saturday, the 13th October, to consider what steps ought to be taken to have that portion of the main line of road metalled which runs through the Karere Block from Palmerstpn to Foxton. Mr McEwen having been voted to the chair, it was proposed and carried, "That Messrs Monrad, Sly, and McEwen be appointed a Committee to draw up a memorial to the County Council, requesting the Council to have the road metalled." It was further carried, "That the Committee form themselves into a deputation to present the memorial to the County Council, and that Mr Dalrymple and Mr C. Simpson be requested to join the Deputation." The above resolutions having been carried unanimously, the meeting adjourned. A tea meeting, followed by a musical and literary entertainment, will take place this evening m the Foresters' Hall. Some of the young men or bachelors of this place are mainly instrumental m getting up this entertainment for the purpose of raising funds for the purchase of a musical instrument for the Wesleyan Church ; but a number of ladies and gentlemen, both in and out of the Wesleyan connexion, are giving efficient assistance for the occasion. In. another column appears the programme of the entertainment that follows the repast. It is sufficiently varied and pretentious to afford good prospect of gratification to the audience. We may, therefore, look for a large gathering. We are requested to state that the whdl^pf the children belonging to the Wesleyan Sunday-school will be admitted free to the tea, at, 6 o'clock. The October sale iof live stock will take place at the Newmarket Sale Yards to-mor-row (Thursday), the 18th inst, commencing at 2 p.m. The following lines have been going the round of the papers and form an excellent satire; on the unreliable character. of many of our war cablegrams :— On Monday morn the news arrived, There had been bloody work. But no one knew which lied the most— The Christian or the Turk. On Tuesday morning Russia claimed A victory for her side ; On Wednesday, from, a Turkish source, The victory was denied.' On Thursday each side swore it had The other put to rout/ And Friday's news the same confirmed without the slighest doubt.' On Saturday 'twas whispered 'round The whole affair was small, And Sunday's cable; news declaredThere'd been no fight at all. !. A Sydney newspaper • tells the following thrilling adventure with a shark:—- A fish- , ing party, consisting of Mr Hook, of the Freemasons' Hotel, Sydney, arid Messrs . Cass, Sly man, Leaves and Coulthard, had anchored near Shark Island, Sydney harHor,' on the east side, arid were busily engaged with their lines. Coulthard was sitting oh the gunwale with his coat tail hanging over the side, when quite suddenly a monster shark,.' .13 feet long/ rose A to the surface and seized his coat. Coulthard'grasped .the side of the boat and called for help,' but the shark gave a desperate tug and" pulled him beneath the water some 10 to 12 feet. Thewhole thing was the work of an instant, and those m the boat having observed the: slashing of the " monster's tail, felt they would never see their friend rise again. Coulthard, the moment he entered the water, became aware of what was attacking him j and resolutely struggled to get free, kicking 'the .water iri an endeavour to frighten his ad- : versary off. But the monster held tight to the coat" till the half of it gave' way, when he bolted it as a delicate morsel; and thus freed, Coulthard rose rapidly to the:' surface. Fortunately, he came up alongside the boat, into which be threw, with the aid of his friends, a kind of somersault, ! just about as quickly as he hadAbeen taken | overboard. The young fellow was, -of course, greatly unnerved, and so were the others m the boat, and it is hardly necessary to say they at Jonce slipped anchor, and were^off. The shark, however, did hot further molest them,,nor did he even show on top of the water again. - In a paper entitled; " A Peculiar Holiday," Dr. Wallace, is thus spoken of: After filling with much distinction a theological, chair m the University of Edinburgh parish cHurch, and having last May been beyond^ comparison the ablest and most brilliant debater m the General Assembly, he suddenly cast his church preferment aside, arid entered a quite different sphere of usefulness where, no doubt, there is room for all his talents. I remember hearing a popular London preacher say, years ago,' that if the Apostle Paul were bring m England now, the office he would covet would not be that of Archbishop of Canterbury, but rather that of editor of the "Times." If that eminent preacher be right, it; may be be!lieved;that the Apostle, living m Scotland,would prefer the work of conducting the Times of that country to the modectorship of. the General Assembly: 1 Whether St. Paul would make a good editor or .not may be doubtful. As for the-success of Dr. JV"aUace, there can be nb doubtr. But the J loss of debating power is great. Not even the brilliant and pathetic eloquence of Principal Tulloch, nor the calm, incisive, provocative anatomising of Dr Story, nor the downright manliness of DrAPhin, seems to fit time and place quite so .perfectly as did the ever ready word of the lost leader. :

The inhabitants of Bulls have determined to follow the example of the Sandon people, and are taking steps to procure the erection of an Anglican: Church m Bulls. The residents m the two towns have agreed to jointly guarantee a sum of £200 per annum as a stipend for a Minister' to officiate m each plaice alternatively, 'and it is probable that before long the building of the new church will be completed, and the services of a clergyman engaged.— " Wan. Herald." " Thb Weak batßTbbbs/' sayatheapostle, arid without denying the efficacy of mineral medicines m certain cases, it may well be doubted whether those remedies which are derived from the vegetable kingdom. are not the moat efficacious as well as the safest. Certainly the astonishing cures of dyspepsia, kidney disease, rheumatism, and of the numerous maladies iri which tonic medication is serviceable, effected by TJ-ooipho Womb's Schiedam Abomatic Schnapps, whose constituents arenregetable, argue strongly m favor of botanic treatment.