The Manawatu Times. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1877.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 15, 8 December 1877, Page 2

The Manawatu Times. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1877.

We are informed that the man Nicholas, who met with an accident a few days ago at Te Matai Mill, is progressing favourably towards recovery. x The railway between Feilding and Halcombe will be ready for traffic m a very short time. The contractors are pushing ahead with the laying of the permanent way by working late and early, and, we are informed, all day on Sundays. The arrangement of services at the Wesleyan church for to-morrow has been somewhat altered. At the request of the Sandon people the Rev L. Isit will preach m the Wesleyan church, Sandoii, m the morning, returning to Palmerston for the, evening service. A young woman named Louisa Clark, was on Wednesday morning found dead m the WangaSiui river. She had recently come from Wellington and was for the last three weeks m the employ of Mr H. L. Nicholas, draper, Wanganiii; She was subject to fits and it is supposed, while m one; fell into the river. .' We believe it is the. intention of the Mill owners m Halcombe and Feilding, as soon as the line is open, to establish a timber depot m Wanganui, and forward their timber to that port instead of Poxton. This is not good news fdr us; as it will divert, the bulk of our timber trade from our legitimate outlet, Foxton. This arrangement if carried out, will be one of the first fruits arising fron£Jthe|*neglect so long shown by the authorities towards the appeals made iiy- the public for extended wharf ac-~ commddation at the port of Foxtonl On Tuesday lastthe quarterly sitting of the Licensing Court was held at Wellington. Previous to the applications being considered the Court received a deputation, headed by the Bishop of Wellington^ " who urged that the. 44 licensed houses already m Wellington were sufficient for the wants of the place. The Court promised to consider the objection raised whereupon the deputation withdrew. The result of,, the! Bitting was that two or three applications were adjourned, one granted and five, refused. The matter is creating some' stir m Wellington. ; . We have now timber waggons workingon the road between Palmerston and ihe Gorge. This is a step m the way of improvement as regards timber carriage, bufc a great impediment to any one who may wish to travel on the same road with any kind of vehicle. This main and most important line, of road is only wide enough to admit of the passage along of one waggon with safety : any one meeting it must of; neccessity draw quite off the road and by so doing stand a capital chance of being upturned into the always] convenient ditch." As far as we can see, the filling up of ".tfo ••ditch on the middle of the road line must ; Booner or later, m order to give a %tie necessai'y faciUties for traffic and avoid- accidents. The Borough Council is setting' a good example at present by. filling the large and unsightly ditches at the East, end of the township. When those are filled m to the Borough boundary, perhaps the County Council, mil take the matter up, and continue the filling process to - the. Gorge. The expense will be comparatively ' trifling m proportion to the .great advantage gained by the travelling public.