Untitled

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 43, 9 March 1878, Page 2

' According, to, telegraphic. report the.line betw§en,F,eildj#gans; Wanganui was u^ed for the first time on Wednesday last m the ! conveyance of a party of passengers from, I Feilding to, Wanganui. The ballasting, is npw pyopeedingjat a rapids rate, so., that m a yery few weeks regular, communication will be, established between Foxton. apd ) Wanganui. Ihis \^lL mark an important ■ epoch m, the, history of the, W^esb Coast. « Yet we dp not sup.p?se,that tlie- opening, of 1 this line "will: confer, any great cojntnercial advantages upon, either* Foston, or Pflji^ersj^on imjnediafely. T/he towns further north will be. benefited; provided; Wanganui affords a good; market for. tjieir, produce. We anticipate, thaf for. sp(np,tin>^.to^eofne .Wanganui. itself w v iH]besthe-,greftteeli gainer> , forthefacilfty. of eammnnication,will'giveJ;ho Wanganuj merchants., some command oyer .' tlie. Manawatu, towns. IE tl>at advantage were to, be utilised only by their supplying 1 our local* s-toyekeepers on, terms as advan- " tageous as. thp? e.oji which they can. be sup- " pjied, f rp.jn ( VSTelUngtor\ we wpuld \^ish them jgppd) speed;, but W,anganjii has, already i shewn, herself sufficiently enterprising to try fo-r some of tlie retail trade of thpse towns. onr. cemmujiifc|ies \tjXk study their. own interests. they will set their fuccs ' against all aggression of this sort. In the neighbouring Colonies the opening up of railways, between a large, town and, several sjnalLqugs has resulted; rcpeately m ruining the commercial prosperity of tlie small towns amtistivntivtgtheir.growth, simply because the inhabitants could not resist the infatuation. that, it is to their interest to draw suj)plies from the lnrger town. There is always

some danger of this result unless the small | towns are engaged m extensive manufactures, or are backed up by a forge producing district. Wanganui has looked upon the Manawatu District ?for-j a~ long?, time. with,, selfish intent, and the "'HeVn,lcl**'gave,a very decided growl of disapprobation when the project of the Hutt, and Palnierstqn Biilway became iiqiijiinertt. It is. perfectly right that this- district should be cjnnecbed with Wanganui, but not at all proper that it should have easy communicar tion with Wellington. The selfishness of this is sufficiently apparent, and just a trifle too aggressive- to b& pleasant. ,. We advise the inhabitants of the M'lnawatii Jtfsfcricfc to so far imitate as to consider the interests of Wanganui as secondary to their ovjfri. The Panorama of the Rasso-Turfcish Ww was exhibited with success on Wednesday night m the Foresters' Hall, Palrayerstott. On Thursday the attendance wns not so large, but those present sesined to enjoy the entertainment much. The pictures were of a striking character. Refinement m the execution was not ain^ed atf and indeed scarcely required m; picti^res. designed to be viewed from, a distance. There- were m all three or four dozen picture* each o>f which] was explained by the lecturer as it appeared for a brief while before the spectators. The attack on the Schipka Pass excited a good deal of interest ; also, "On the Danube above Rustchuck," and " A Corner m a Redoubt." Perhaps the most enjoyable 1 part was the sepresentatiqn of an engageinei>t|between Russian torpedoes and $ Turkish imnelad wherein the mimic Sight vFas. waged ten the sinking of the ironclad and the escape of tha cray? m a ; hoat. Prizes were distribute! at tha chwe of fche e\hib.itic\iv I#s.t uight, we understand, fche entertainment was presented a,t Foxton and wi]|J be repeated there to-night. Qn, Monday night it will open m Feuding", on Tuesday night at Bulls, and on Wednesday night at Martqn. The Wellington Edu.catio>n Board met on Wednesday last for. the purpose of ascertaining the constitution of the New Boards for Wellington and Wanganui Districts, The result of the election proved tOjbe as foljows s — .Fb.r. Wellington Districts : Messrs.. (JB.eetham,, E. Tooraath, W. GHshorne, Rev. J. Paterson, H. Bunny, W'> Hmtchispn,, I Archdeacon, Stock, CyJ. Bharazyn,.and; 0> Pharazyn. For Wangan,ui District v Messrs. Dalrymple, Fox, Sanson, Duthie, Watt, Ross,^Bryce, Williams, and J'onea. The ce^eb^ted; Native Chief Tutere,; Ojjr Ngauwakarxu, breathed his last yesterday- ' morning. We are given to understand thftt he was the h6ad of the Bangatani tribe. A^ tangi of some magnitude will be held oper. deceased at ]SI-gau,\vakaraiv It will' ra^meitycei to-night, and will he. at day. To all those of our. readers who have, never witnessed a tangi, thi3,.w,i]i pfove.a favourable opportunity of doing so* as the. train reaches the bridge a,fc llja-rn,. qnoV returns at 2.30 p.n\. Mr Gordon Forlopg occupied the Foxton public on Tuesday and Wednesday nights with two powerful addresses, bpbh, upon , texts of scripture. We learn, tjliafe on. Tups- ; day night there, were oyer, one hundred pre- ; sent and on. the following night there was an) 1 audience, approaching thjree hundred, beai@- ! the largest thai has yet assembled; $3) Foxton. The. ctiscources wem exceedingly eloquent and: made, a profound, iinpressfop upon, the- large auditory. We regret to, learn tliat Mr Rpidfs loss , through the bush fiVftat Ti'-W,i w,ill be qujte £fiOO, Gjreat damage has been done, to, his i toiara bush which was of superior qgqkUjfiy, quite independent of the 6*rge number of sleepers and fencing posts, which were, lying. m the. saraa locality, and ha.xc. been entirely consumedi ' Mr. Q. M. v Sneljspn, will, to-day, dispose of the balance, of stock m. the assigned, estate. of W. Coker. The sale commences at 2 p.m., and will be withoufc reserve. Dr. Sommervule pasped through Palmers-. Uon, on T^usrsday njglitjej* roiite. for WaiK ganui. Dr. Somerville, the. Evangelic is, sixty-. years of age. He belongs, to, a Scottish famjly of noble blood. Be was tlxe.sclipolf fellow, thp cojlege* cornpaniop, and the ' bosom friend, of Rjpbert M'Cheyne'. They , only separated wjien the.oneiw,as.ca^ied to^the. '. ministry m Q-JasgOjW, and the-.oJjli^r-to,Dnn-. '; dee* It said, that these two young mhus- ' ters, together, with Horatius and. Anflyew- . Bonar, were m. derision* nicknamed, the. "Infant School," so^ heartily did,the.Moder- ; ates of thevold^PresbyterianiSohoolabhor.the \ doctrines professed* by these- young nxen. :— V-T^i'anaki.N'ewa,". The London correspondent of thp Toronto, i " Gr<lobe " give 3 some interesting particulars. " of the effect of tho. ws,r. on the. London. : dailies. He saysvthat the, editors thought it ' would be a short and sharpiCampaign, arid so ' sent out armies of correspondents- Vith. orders to spare no.expense in.getting early and , complete, reports;^ but the. vifl-v nej;er took i j any hold upon the. jading, pjihlic, anp> the proprietors, of newspapers, are. getting alarmed at tlie prospect of ai\ en^less-.suc-cession of telegraph biljs, for> which, there ; is np 4 »])p{trent reports are being cut down, and correspondents j ordered; home. The " DaiLy v News,"he says, 3 has. f elf the, strain, so. severely, that it is<falling, .behind, m its finapces ; and it is even ] rump4'edj m-, newspaper, circles that Mr ' Ar^shibaJd : Fopbes* 1 sufldpni return, f^onV,the. ■' seat of war\is,Tnainly dite-,to,the necessity of ■ cui'taiMng.aive-xpendituf'e.too, heavy fojvthe ; resources, of fell e. paper. Tlie correspondent I says further* the." K.ew % . Yorfc Heraldj^lms re-colled alliifs -ocar correspondents aa not being worth, their cost. The "Telegraph"' and "Standard "'are drawing ins, their special :| intelligence, and If expect during the present winter. " Tlie. Times "^ will be theConiy paper i wli jch will go. on. w.ithi its present system* of i wholesale telegraphing.