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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 107, 27 October 1877, Page 2

The weather of late has frota't ery stowiSy, with abWdancet of fain; but viewirtg it altogether we may say it has been favorable, for crowing operations'. Q?6e whole of the crops, as farais we caAjffdgfilat present, bidfair for abundance/ The gardens m and around this township Are fookiagwelt; ?her fruit*

trees have abundance of blossom and but fair for a great yield of fruit, while paddocks m this district, which have been re-* f claimed from the -Wilderness of late, are* $Hied to overflowing with the most beautiV *M graSs; The cagfeseim to enjoy the 1 eijaflge aina^tigly. "°f^ • ' - The aimufil exatnination of the pupils M the Palmerston North School took place oil tie 23* d: mat., and passed off much to thd satisfaction of Mr Lee^ and the teachers!/ • In tTbe higher standards the school has done 1 * specially well, having passed two out pi three candidates for standard IV., and one o|?'the candidates for standard 111., George* Levy having obtained 195 put of a : .possible of 200. Mr Lee~~ remarked thai; 'this is therfirst school he has examined that has passed two m the highest standard, and that George ievy has never been equalled* - m the Province for the third standard. Mr" Waite, m preparing the Candidafesy Laß adopted the system used m tne^rScotch. College, he having been one 5 of* the master! m the upper school of that institution*; and the result of the examinations has proved the system a good one. In the I.' and 11. standards the -success was also very great, the percentage, of passes being as high as 72, while the*average age of ttte school is as low as 9 years 3 months. There were only eight unsatisfactory^pupils m the school, and m every, case the cause of failure has been" the excessive irregularity of ttidr" attendance.- The parents of f^merston may be congratulated upon the^flfe? the school, and upon possessing th^ttfe/vices of such an efficient staff of teachers 1 as Mr Waite the head master, and Mr and Mrs ** Collins, assistant fdusfcer and mietrtfcrf. The names of the successful candidates m order of merit are as follow: — Standard IV. — Sarah Patterson, Mary CJoodisson. Standard 111. — George' Levy/ Julia Waldegrave* Standard ll.— Alfred" Symons, Robert ' Munro, George- Bailey, Chafktte Tricklebank. Standard L— John Richard's, Robert Munrb, Charles Hoskfrjgrf Andrew Johnsotf, Oscar B*ergeson, Elizabeth DiSon, Edith Mexted, Charles Nathan, Alfred McDowell/flames Innea, William Hanlon, Jameff Eymtfn, Henry Dawick, Elizabeth Mexted, Edward Mackie, Q-eorge Marsh, Eveline Goodisson, $eftfo Jackson, Agnes Hanlon, Jessie Wright, Edward Lyon, F. Myers, John Bash, Edwartf Sawict, John Jackson. Complaints continue to reach us atbout the dangerous state of the mnin road between, Fahnerston and the Ldwer Ferry. * No doubt the travelling public have just grouoidsfor complaint, as that portion of ' the highway & decidedly too narrow for the * large and increasing traffic now upon & II; adeems to us that Before long some' step must be taken* by the" authorities to widen it, which can' easily be done, by fillteg op • otte of the ditches and reducing the height of the road similar to that portion of the I same road now being done by the Bbfoftgh. . Gourre*k White Jookmg- at it< we ore' led to I ask, why should it have been matle 1 so nrfp- - I row at the first? " ~l Mr W enver, who fately to\>fe the hdlfsry I business at Foxton, from Mr Tliomp^#n, I has started a new local industry, natnefy, a I ginger-beer, le>nonnde,and sod-i- water nrttnu- I factory, and on Tuesday aftern io\i t\at the I 'firsi final i#a3 miadtf itf % tlie presence of a few" of I the 1 inhabitants. After this, Mr Wearer I set before his guests a recherche lunch' con- I sisting- of cake? and fruit, which wasf done I justice to, and " su'ecess to the new utoder- I taking * having been drunk m addition to I rf few other toasts, thef guests departed ex- JM :* pressing themselves to the effect that the "I ginger-beer, &c., partaken of, was eqtfel to I any made m that part of the county. I An aecid«YTf. hmppemS at Mr GWer's I station on Wednesday, which might have I proved fatal.^ It appears that a stag tamed I "out with some does on Mr Gower's property H some time' ago, came up ttf^hefcgsiSß and H began to knock thirigs about, when Blonder, H who was by, tried tot drive him a^ay^at^B w^tich $fi& beast .got irate and made a chrage H bitting Blunder between the thighs- and^| inflicting a severe wound. Some of the^| sffttiott hantfs who were near succeeded in^B driving tße animal away, and so saved^B further damage being done. 'Had the^J horns of the stag, hit the man higher np^H there is no . saying What the cotiseqaonces^H might have been. Ifr Bockstow waa- in£^H "mediately sent for and promptly attertdec^H the sufferer; and now reports that ne i^H gftisg. on favorably. Some men were'sen^H out to shoot the' stag, so as to prevent bi^H doing more damage. ,^H An enterprising country storekeeper;' M^H WiHiam Smith, of Otaki, has just P^^H pared' » piece of grbunoff or a rfce plantanb^^H atid expects to' be able to supply this- va^^B uable article ' of domestic consumptHMto^^B a good quality and at a cheaper rate than ' can be imported 1 . If he is successful otße^^H wiS' no doubt follow his example, and new in'dufstry of considerable imporCAta^^H may spring up. Mr Smith has stfcceed^^H well hr the gwwth of pea nuts, of wlii^^H he hatfHDw a luxuriant crop growing otfh^^B 'land.— "'Times.* J^M The " Marlboroagh Express " say*,have received* a fetter animadverting ftp^^H fine" perfof manees at the late Concert), *i^^H lamenting the _ absence (si the critii^^^^H which we used"' formerly to publish. *v^^H cannot pub'Ksh; the letter, and critiques', it is the old case of knowing ti^^H value of £ thing when it k lost. Wept^^H Kshed them with a hearty des^e to do g&^^H and" we believed them to be always hOt^^H , and fair, but the public thought otherw^^^H and therefore we saved the expense^ wb^^^H Was not ineoH»kierabl«.- ,^^^|

r The ''Advocate" repbrtß that on tie 12th inst., Budolph "Von Mirbacb, ft ir.edical practitioner at Bulls, well-known m Wellingioh, was fined £3, with the alternative of 14 days' hard labor, for assault and battery On John Schmidt. A somewhat hotel exhibit icnjs now on View m Willis-slreet, iitar the Melbouyjie * feotel, consisting of. two alligators, a seahorse, and a two-headed calf. One ol ihe alligators is said to he the identical a'niiral that killed a man m Queensland not long ago. To those whohave never seen theeeereatures, and probably there are meny here who hare not, a visit to the " new museum" will be well repaid.—" Times." We understand, eays<the "Advocate," that it is intende&to forinj,a new^townslrip 'm the Kiwitea f ,Block, to be called, Itichinorid, and' that Mr Drummond is at present engaged on. the survey. The site of the proposed township is at the intersection of mam lines Of road which run through the ! block— the continuation of the Kimboltonroad and the one which intersects it at right angles. The latter road will eventually be the main road to the block which will Shortly be acquired by the Government. The township will be nearly m r the een£re Of the Kiwitea Block, and distant about twelve miles from Feilding. • The Nelson 1 " Colonist " tf£ tße 16th telafres the following story of the capture of a shark, which shows great pluck on the part 6f a.lad about 14 years of age" i— On Friday iast a shark was captured m a somewhat hovel manner near Mr Gilbertson's Wharf, the Port. A porpoise had been previously hung over the .wharf m order that it might he more easily skinned, and this having been "accomplished, it was left the'fe with, the infenfjgq of presently taking and utilising th^fc^ hpw;efe"rj m the meantime a hungr^raVk, attracted by the prospect of & meal, made for the porjfofee. Owing' to his finding some difficulty m gettiflg a.fair bite, his first mouthfiti consisted of only about two pounds of porpoise, but the noise made m the leap to get more attracted the attention of Mr Giibertson, 'who, with a fcrpvrbar, endeavored to strike the shark, and Mr H. Cross also attacked: the brute with a similar weapon, bttt neither succeeding m making any impression; a lad? of twelve or fourteeriyears of age, a eofi of Mr (Jilbert- ; eon's, armed himself with a toin'a'hawk arid deliberately walked in'ttf the* water. Whett he; gpt a little more than knee deep the shark made for him, and to those on the wharf the boy's position appeared considera- ' My dangerous, >jbut he, watching bis opportunity as the shark came at him, dealt a' blow with the\ toifiSMswk, " and he troubled them no more." The shark was hauled ori to the wharf, and wiien'ineasttred' witte fotfnd to be five feet <»ght inches in /length.;' With such " leviathans of_ the deep*' frequenting Our waters, bathers should be cautious, and we would urge" fete early completion of the sea baths. ' . \:^ An ingenious little : eleettfic j light apparatus has been "invented by Mr Facie-;* of Paris, and is" applicable to watches^ wallc- .. ingjSticks, and such like. The watchi for -instance, 'to which it is applied, is united by » chain to a link-bar,- which may be placed m a button-hole, another chain communiitates with a pile which m^y " be' ; Carried 1 iii" the waistcoat pocket ;to i the Iinl:-bar"atfotlie¥ chain is attached m communication with a .receptacle or box containing wick, and a. " Geissler" tube, which will transmit the^ spark produced by ; the electricity. Thus the time can be easfly s'efen' in 1 the dark. The .apparatus is composed, of other coMttctin'g chains coming from? thtf pile, and of a! feed ver which 'may be pef'l efel fy independent, ilie receiver lieing provided with a wick or bobbin^ and the receiver may be; made like a locket ; or. qtlief atftiete, , if desired.' Com- , inunicatioh between piTtf aSd kreke't or any o't her article may be produced by means, of a but tonor. other, .suitable appliance placed m any convenient, posit Jon., Tlie elSniiw; rimy be formed or composed ;"df two wires and surrounded by insulating material, as fancy or taste mhy dictate. Tlie -lighting . material may be Carried by the. watch itself, or the light-geßerating apparatao may be provided with a case < to hold the -tfatel), 6r ; other object to be lighted up,,in such a manner t)l!at ,the .glass which covers the 'aforesaid case will receive the action of the fighting tube eontanung the; " (Jeissler* ■ ; tube, and Ihe case; itßelf will be independent of the object to be lighted.— "Argus."