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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 32, 30 January 1878, Page 2

Mr Dalrymple hag received a telegram from the Education Board at Wellington to the effect that each of the present School Committees must nominate two candidates for the New Board before the end of the present month. As to-morrow is the last day of the month those Committees which have not already nominated two candidates have not many hours left wherein to perform this important duty. By telegram from Wellington we learn that the Wesleyan Conference have decided that for the ensuing term the Eev. Mr Shaw shall be located at Sandon, and the Rev. Mr Dewsbury at Palmerston. The Conference have voted to Palmerston fifty poundsin aid. A meeting of the Palmerston North ITire Brigade was held at the Foresters' Hall on last Friday evening. Mr Ge. M. Snelson m the chair. The rules as read at the previous meeting, with amendments, were confirmed. The following officers were elected. Captain— Mr King ; Lieutenant — Mr P. E. Warburton ; Sub-Lieu-tenant — Mr McMahon ; Treasurer — Mr Snelson ; Secretary — Mr Perani. Messrs Ferguson, Walton and Cleaver were elected as members of the standing committee, which includes the officers. A letter was read from the Captain of the Wangauui Fire Brigade. The traffic returns of the Foxton railway for the four weeks ending loth December, 1877, compare with the corresponding period m the previous year as follows : — Passengers, 1,178 ; corresponding period, 1,251. Goods, 880 tons ; corresponding period, 601 tons. Live Stock No. 21 ; corresponding period, nil. Receipts, £596 18s Id ; corresponding period, £589 8s 4d. Wharf dues, £97 5s lOd ; corresponding period, £69 17s 2d. Total £69 A 3s 1L ; , corresponding period, £659 5s 6d. We learn that Mr Andrew Young, the well known Cobb & Co. of the West Coast, takes his departure 1 for Europe next month. We with many more of his travelling companions m this district, wish him a prosperous voyage and speedy return to New Zealand. The frame of another largj building has just been erected m Main Street au>n*sidd of Svensen and G-atfcon's Boot and Shoe Establishment. The buliding is the property of .Vlr E. Marsh, and is intended to be used m connection with t!ia Bikery, lately erected on the same premises. In the Pal n^rston R-jstdsat Mi'istrate's Court yesterday, before Or. \L Snelson and V. Monrad, Esqs., J.P.s, the case of Constable GHllespie v. B. Pepper w.is brought on, but oiviti£'tot!te nhanas r> fan' imp >r taut witness for the prosecution, was adjourned till to-m mtjw ( L 1 lui'ddiiy.) The'' accused was admitted to bail. We have boon reque3ted to state that Mr Home, the lately appjinted head inxster of the Pal ■njiMfcon North' School will not be able to reach here for aboiif. two waeks. In the me.infciinj Me C^Uina will carry on the .business of the school, which will be reopeu'.'d on Thursday next.

It is rumored that the train will run through the distance between Foxton and Wanganui on the 14th February. We draw attention to advertisement* m another column re the sequestration of the estates of Messrs Coker and Fisher of this place. , ; |' : The days for the sittings of the' Assessment Court m the several, districts of the. Manawatu County are notified ia our advertising columns. On February 7tb Mr R. J. Duncan will sell by public auction some valuable sections of land m Bunnythorpe, Foxton, and Palmerston. Tenders are called for up to 28th prox. for leasing the refreshment rooms at Halcombe station. Specifications may be seen at the^Biuil way Manager's office* at Foxton and Wanganui. • His. Worship the Mayor of Wellington received by yesterday's mail the following letter from the Lord Mayor of London : — " Mansion House, London, E.C., December 13, 1877.— Dear Mr Mayor,— l have fehe honor to acknowledge the receipt of yonr letter of October 20. I beg most earnestly to thank you for th& steps you hnve so kindly taken to raise sums m aid of the Indian Famine Fund, and I congratulate you on the success of your efforts, proved, as that has been, by the payment of many handsome donations through your agents here. I feel sure that English people will be delighted to see that the traditional warmheartedness of British colonists still exists, and that sufferings cannot be found m any part of her Majesty's dominions, which her subject* m the colonies, as at Home, are not anxious to alleviate. — Wishing you and your fellow-citizens a happy and prosperous New Year, I am, &c, Thos. S. Owdbkt; Lord Mayor of London. — The Mayor psli Wellington, N.Z. There will be two eclipses next month visible m New Zealand. On the 2nd there will be an annular eclipse of the sun, commencing generally at 5. 16 a.m., and ending generally at 8.27 a.m, New Zealand mean time. On the 27th there will be a partial eclipse of the moon : First, contact of the shadow, 9.30 p.m. ; last contact at nine minutes past midnight. There will also be a total eclipse of the sun on July 30, and a partial eclipse of the moon on 13th August, but these will be invisible m New Zealand. There is, says the " Marlborough Express," always more or less risk m sinking Artesian wells. First there is the risk that the water will not be struck, and secondly that the piping, &c, will be driven down 6O far that recovery is found imposible. Mr Smith, our local contractor for sinking this description of wells, has had cosily experience m both respects. In a well that he was sinking for Dr Home, he went down some 150 feet or more, and has either driven through the water and' lost it, .or has not reached it. But m any case it. was not deemed advisable to proceed any further. It was also found . impossible to draw the piping, which, with several other similar unlucky attempts of the same kind, was put down to the profit and loss side of the ledger as a hopeless case. Mr Budge, of G-rosvenor Hotel, hearing of the circumstance, sought permission to make an attempt to raise the piping. This was readily granted, and the necessary hydraulic appliances were promptly brought over from Wellington, and a start made. Contrary to all expectations, the rod and pipe were recovered with the exception of a few feet "where a fracture had' occurred, the other portion of course being abandoned. The same process will probably be tried m other case 3 where the pipeh as been left m .'the ground, and it is anticipated with entire success. When added to the cost of labor m an unsuccessful contract, the jurther loss of piping and rod makes the total- something considerable. A writer m the " Australasian " says : — "If anyone wishes to grow fLishy. a pint of milk taken before retiring at night will soon cover the scrawniest bones. Nothing is more coveted by thin women than a full figui'e ; and nothing will so rouse the ire, and provoke the scandal of the ' clipper builds,'- as the consciousness of plumpness m a rival. In cases of fever and summer complaints, milk is now given with excellent results. The idea that milk is feverish has exploded, and it is now the physician's great reliance m bringing through typhoid patients, or those m too low a state to be nourished by solid tood. It is a mistake to scrimp the milk pitcher. Take more milk and buy less meat. Look to your milkman ; have large-sized milk pitchers on the table each meal, and you will also have sound flesh and save doctors' bills."