The Manawatu Times. SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1878.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 53, 13 April 1878, Page 2

The Manawatu Times. SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1878.

, The Manawat^; High ways Board Held its usual monthly meetifig yesterday, whioh ; ' proved to be a very protracted one. 'in consequence of an unusual pressure of advertisements we- are compelled to Hold; over the Report, as well as dispense with our leading "; article; . . ; - : ■ ■- ■ ' ~'\ ■ • _' ; ' In order.td raise the whole or a portion of the special loan of £10,000, which it is proposed to borrow under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Aot, 1876, tlie Palmerston Borough Counoil have issued circulars giving particulars of the use to wliioh thef tooney is to be appropriated, and the mode and nature of the security to be given. The states that £2000 is sought to be obtained for: the purpose of making streets and footways, and that par- ' ticular portion is repayable in seven years from the date of issu«.^of debentures, bearing interest in the meantime at the rate of seven per cent. To secure the repayment of the principal' within tlie seven years, a sum ■ equal to fourteen per cent. -on the amount of the loan would be annually deducted from , thd general rates, and, as collateral .securityi' ,lih.e ; rents fr^m Ya portion of the > Borougli Reserves, estimated, at £80 per annum, would likewise be allocated for the same purpoae. Applioatiohs for the whole, or any part of the loan will be received up. to the 10th of next month, but no debenture will be issued for less than £25. With such excellent security, we imagine the Corporation should have little difficulty in floating the loan without going bejoiicl oapitaUsft Tesidentiri tHe district.

The proposed enlargement of the Foxton Jetty is a work which cannot be commenced too quickly, as, with the increasing trade with Wellington, and other places, the total inadequacy of the present wharf is daily experienced. On Wednesday last, both morning and evening trains took down a number of timber-laden trucks, while with the afternoon train from Foxton there arrived at Palmerston no less. than ten waggons heavily laden with goods, and this in addition to a large number of passengers. If the traffic be such now, what may be expected when the entire line is open ; so that ,it behoves the Government to make provision without delay for the increased demand which will be made for means of export. , We have been shown some negative photographio views of Foxton and Palmerston, taken by Mr Harding, of Wanganui, who has been paying the district a visit ; and as far as could be judged in their first stage, they looked as if they would develope into good pictures. It is, we believe, MrHarding's intention to offer these views for sale, when no doubt he , will meet with good patronage from those wishing to have a souvenir of the district. Amongst the principal taken in Foxton are : View from the Maori Cemetery, looking downimain-street ; view from Foxton, showing the bends in the Manawatu; view from the corner of main-street, taking in Loudon's store ; Mr Liddell's -house ; Government school-house, with the children in the grounds, and several private residences. The Palmerston collection inoludes " The Manawatu Bridge," photographs of the four- Churches, beside several views of landscape scenery. We regret to have to announce the death of Mrs James Bull, which took place at her residence, Bulls, on Wednesday night last. The .deceased lady had been suffering for a long time from asthma, but although it was known that she was in delicate health, nothing serious was expected, and it was not until within ten minutes of breathing her last that the slightest danger was apprehended., Mr Bull was at Feilding at the time, and the intelligence/of her death was the first intimation he received of the sad affair. .Great sympathy is expressed for that gentleman in his .sudden " bereavement, and sorrow for the loss of one who, throughout the many years in which she was resident in the district, had secured the respect and esteem of all. : : , We are . given to understand that the proprietors of the saw mill, near to Messrs. .Douglas and Co's, and about sevon miles from the Oroua Station, are making arrangements for the construction of a" tramway from the mill to the railway line. Hitherto the timber has been floated down, and beside the difficulties experienced on account of the winding nature of the creek, it was not always it could be depended upon— sometimes being almost dry, and at others a dangerous flood. The tramway it is stated can be made at an expensed of £1000, and' the!^bonvenienoe and having of time and, labor will amply compensate^ for the outlay. -We beg to remind our readers that the Burgess Roll and Defaulters' List for the Borough of Palmerston North is now open ' for inspection at the Borough Offices, between the hours of nine and four, and all objections thereto .must be lodged, with the Town Clerk, • before the close of Monday next, otherwise they will not be recognised. It may be as well to state, iowever, that although the defaulters' list will be withr drawn from inspection on the above date/ persons whose names appear theron can have them transferred to the Burgess 801l up to the 30th fast., by pay ment of all arrears of rates. •.- ■: ' ■'■ .-';' ■- '':■■'/ \)''.'U-' A nasty accident occurred on Saturday to a man named Harry Atkins, one of the survey party employed at the Gorge. It appears He was employed with, an axe cutting the line, .when the instrument slipped, and inflicted a dangerous gash in his foot.; A. messenger was immediately: despatched to Feilding for Dr. Johnston, but he became lost in the bush, and did not arrive in that township until next day. However, upon receipt of the intelligence, Dr. Johnston immediately started for the survey camp, and on arrival found the injured man very weak from "the loss of blood. After having taken the necessary measures and precautions, he had Atkin removed to Feilding, .where he now lies. '."■- A dangerous aooident, and wonderful escape, took place , on last Wednesday, on the road between Feilding and Awahiu'i. As Mr Aitken, who plies an express wagon between Feilding and Marton, was driving with four horses- to -the latter place, on reaohing the high /embankment on the road close to the Mongohae River, the horses did not answer to the reins sufficiently quick, and. instead of turning the curve, proceeded stright over the embankment, a distance of some twenty feet. Although, as might be expected, the wagon came to grief, the horses escaped without injury ; but we regret to hear the driver was not so luckyj for besides^ receiving a severe shaking, he had two or three ribs broken. His injuries were: promptly. attended to by Dr. Johnston, and he is how on the road' to convalescence. / : ■ We are pleased to learn that the Palmerstpn Reading-room will be open on and after next Monday, andlwe have little doubt the institution will meet with the appreciation and patronage it deserves. We are informed ihat a large consignment of serials, 'and. magazines, &0., is expected to arrive in a few days, and that no effort will be spared on the part of the Committee to make the room as attractive to the public as possible. At the last sitting, of the Borough Council a letter was read from Mr Mitford, Hon. Secretary, informing the Corporation that the allotted number of subscribers had been obtained,' and making claim for its promised donation. The application was put on one side to be considered with the other, in ward< correspondence, and', being overlooked, the matter, was not dealt with j nevertheless, we have no doubt, the prescribed condition having been complied with, the donation will be handed over to Mr Mitford on personal application. . ; We regret to hear that the widow of the unfortunate fellow, Adolph Boerk, who was killed at Halcombe, on Wednesday, is left in very peculiar 1 circumstances. She has already three young and helpless children, and expects in a couple of months to have another. It appears that the piece of land upon which "ehe lives is paid. for, with the exception of some £20, and it is to be hoped that as;' the bread-winner for the family has lost his life in the service of the Copbration, not only,, will, that amount be remitted, but that some provision will be radde for her. in her coming, neoessitv, and to give her a start t in maintaining her children'. ; ; From' what 'we know '% of ; ■;. Mr s Haloombe, we rest satisfied that she will not be allowed Vo want, as the Qorjoioration undertook the "funeral expensetf without hesitation. . . In ■> previona issue we intimated bur intention of using the. pruning knife 'with regard to oorrespondenoe, and pointed [Out the neoeessity. of -brevity in all communications. There are, however, in addition, three other conditions which are essential to secure publication :— First, the name of ihe^writejr 1 , not necessarily- for publication, but as a guarantee of good

faith ; secondly, the paper must be written on one side only; and thirdly, all communications must be written in ink. We hare received one with regard to Taonuistreet, but as the writer has failed in complying with the two last requirements, it is held over until that has been done. The communications, of "Experience," "Simplex" and "A Settler" are also to hand, and will appear when we can possibly find, room for .their; insertion. A meeting i of: the Committee of the Palmerston North Beading-room Association was held in tlie room of the Association on Tuesday evening last, at which the following members were present : — Messrs. Green (in the chair) Leary, Cbleman, Patten, P. Warb.urton, Wray, Fergusson, and the hon. Secretary, Mr Mitford. After certain routine business had been transacted, it was resolved that the account for furniture, &c., amounting to £9 19s 3d, be passed ;- that Mr Dutton be written to to forward papers and periodicals without delay : that a cord of firewood, and brand -for furniture be procured; that the reading room be open to members, from , Monday, the: 15th inst ; and that in future the Committee hold its meetings on the first Tuesday in every month. It is an acknowledged proverb that "too much familiarity breeds contempt ;" but, while in the, main the statement maybe correct ; there are occasions and matters in which such is not the case, the following being one in point. A well-known banker in town, noted for; his bonhommie, whose connection with the "root of evil " should, one would suppose, have led him to depreciate its value, was recently enjoying his matutinal P. B. and biscuit at the Royal, when he made the acquaintance of an elderly gentleman of pleasing person, and chatty conversation. The, crisis, the : political situation, war news, and last, hot though, not. -^east,. another brace of John Hennesseyg were discussed, -when the conversation took f, general turn, in the course of which theelderly gentleman with the p. p. and o. c. incidentally mentioned that he was about to " take the Clarendon Hotel opposite." Mr Bullion is naturally of a curious turn; but then Mr Bullion is the pink of politeness, and as the stranger volunteered no further declaration, Mr B. was somewhat, nonplussed. However, the little hint dropped was sufficient to make him' more respectful to the new comer, in whom he, saw in. anticipation another, customer, aijd again the twain worshipped at the shrine of the rosy god v The moment hisfriend'a back was turned, Mr B. rushed ;to the' landlord to inquire if it were a fact that the stranger was about to "take the Clarendon ; he was met with the reply, "Oh, I've no doubt of it. He saya he is, and I suppose that he, as well as his apparatus, can't lie." The words were somewhat unintelligible, but the merry twinkle with which the information was /conveyed -spoke volumes. "The elderly gentlemanjaforesaid had meant that photographically the hotel was to be taken, but had he seen Mr Bullion's visage on."receiving the landlord's explanation he would have giyeitta l f rifle to^be allowed to add hini to his collection. .'" '.; itj f ; =.' „-,>.. ..■-'-'■ . ..„ ,ITn^ortunately : {,we have not a bishop resident in,. Palmerston, and consequently cannot; pffer^hiiD; up as a victim ; neither can we, in view of our late; clerical exodus, afford to allow a minor pillar of the Church to come tb'grief ; but certainly until his Worship 'the Mayor, or one of the Common Councillors,- be made a victim of misplaced confidence, and precipitated into the mantrap at the railway crossing, the necks of ordinary mortals will nightly continue to be risked. Economy is a splendid thing, and economy in public bodies or Government departments , is indeed so rare that it should dnly be mentioned to be praised : but there is a chance' of having too much of even a good thing. The Council having placed an extended grave in front of our office, would 'seem to .have entered into collusion with the Railway authorities that it should not: have been dug in vain ; and consequently on those two solitary nights on which a lamp is lit at the telegraph orossing, during the stay of the late train, no sooner has it taken its departure than all is Cimmerian darkness again. We do not like to indulge in Cassandra-like prophecies, but certainly vif ; a change ibfi.rnpt'"made, the doctor or the ■ coronor^wifi be in request, and the Borough ' Council' will "be found' to have provided the Victim. : : . ■.. A slight; accident •happened to the afternoon train to Feilding on Thursday. Before starting on the.retufn trip to Foxton, .it was found 'that the axle-tree of the firstclass carriage was out of order and that it would be necessary to leave it behind. Our reporter, who was returning from the inquest, took his seat in the only first-class oarriage at the station, naturally concluding that in doing so he was securing a start for home. To his surprise, however, he found that while he was the only occupant, he was shunteft first on to one line: and then on to another by a kind of zigzag process/ until he was shot over to the goods sheds. Just then it began to dawn upon him that all was not correct, to which supposition he was assisted by seeing those on the platform looking" in his direction with smiling countenances.' Grasping the situation in a moment, he determined to be equal to the occasion, and' going out on the platform deliberately descended, and examined the invalid conveyance before lounging away from the station with the greatest sangfroid, for of course .It would never do for a member of the Fourth Estate to be caught rappiiig. \y ■'']' :V ■_' .. t -, . ._■ '. ■ to' the contemplated daily mail between Wellington; and. Wanganui, via Foxton, we are informed that a member ,of ;the firm of Macara and Co , was lately in ' Wellington with a view of making arrangements with the .Government for a. daily, line, of coaches each way. .The firm in question- is quite willing to undertake the work, and to make the journey in a considerably shorter tim* than hitherto, provided sufficient inducements are held out to them to put on extra relays of horses. It may be also stated, that it is just on the cards that an arrangement may be carried out, for the conveyance of the mails by land and sea to Foxton. It is well known that the worst portion of the sea voyage between the capital and Foxton is about Cape Terewite, while at.the same time the greatest dangers and difficulties in the land transit is between Porirua Harbor and Foxton. It has been, suggested, then, . to cut out the obstacles in both cases that a line of coaches should run between Wellington and Porirua Harbor, from which place the journey to Foxton would .be accomplished by water. Bysuch a course Porirua Harbor would be reached in about an hour and a half, the Terewite Rip escaped; and while finishing the trip inJbdmparatively'smooth water, the dangers of c stoppage,; ;; by swollen rivers obiiated. We liave bi&eu informed that the New Zealand Steam Shipping Company have expressed their willingness, in case the suggestion is entertained, to place two steamers for'the aervice. . * We have to acknowledge the receipt of a summary of the oensus of Manawatu County, which has been courteously forwarded to us by R. Ward, Esg., enumerator, the subject matter p£ which we will refer to in next 'issue. .- • : ■"'-■' ■■■.'..

The agent of the Jane Douglas announces.; elsewhere that in order to place facilities in the way of those anxious to see the wonders of Cooper and Bailey's show, that steamer will-leave Boston for Wellington, this afternoon at four o'clock. It is further announced that there will be excursion fares, a return ticket, available for a week, being issued for the ordinary price of the single journey. As it is more than possible the Circus will never visit this quarter. " of the globe again, it is very likely a good number will avail themselves of the present opportunity of inspecting it. In another column we publish the pro-, spectus of " the New Zealander," to whose advent we referred in last issue. The company have been particularly fortunate in securing the services of Mr Qillon, whose intimate knowledge of every political question, and trenchant pen, places him foremost in the ranks of New Zealand journalists. In addition, however, he possesses another important requisite in the conductor of a paper; and that is, the faculty of selecting the very best men in their several positions, who are to constitute his staff. If the new paper carries out the programme it has put forward, it cannot fail to be a success— and that Mr Q-illon has assumed the reins, is the very best guarantee that nil that has been promised will be performed' ',_. There was perfect galaxy of Government officials at Halcombe on Wednesday, including Mr John Kriowles, Under Secretary of Public Works ; Mr Reeves, Mr ytewart, District Engineer; and the Railway Manager from Wanganui. The party were on their return from the latter place, and their object an arrangement about resumption of work on Messrsj Nathan and Wilkie's contract. It was decided that the work should be carried on by the Government at the risk' of the boridsmen, and consequently on Thursday mom a gang of men recommenced operations. We are given to understand that in about three weeks the line will -be fit for traffic. - We are given to understand that no efforts have been left untried to make the Bazaar, which will take place on Easter. Monday and Tuesday, in aid of the Sandon Anglican Church, a thorough success. The Committee have been working hard in securing donations, and through its untiring exertions quite a large and choice collection of articles have- been received. As vtfie time is fast approaching, we- havebeen asked to request intending contributors to forward their donations without delay. His lordship Dr. Hadfield arrived in Foxton on Thursday, staving in that town overnight and reaching Palmereton by the.mid: day train yesterday. ; He is paying an official visit through the diocese, and will officiate at Sandon to-morrow, and at JTeildingon the following Sunday. ;• , , We are pleased to learn that at the last sitting of the Waste Lands Board, the nrat- ; ter of the formation of roads through, and drainage of, the Karere Block was brought forward. Although nothing: definite was done, and further action was deferred until its next meeting! we are informed that. the Board generally, were most' favourable to the idea, and evinced a desire to give the subject a warm recomendation. Mr George Snelson notifies elsewhere that he wifl" to-day, at two p.m., at the People's Auction Mart, dispose ;bf by public competition, a quantity of lqeally-grown flour, potatoes and other articles. Also, under a bill of sale, unless otherwise arranged for, a tip dray, harness and two staunch draft horses. ' • ; > We notice from the report of theR.M. Court published; in our Rangitikei contemporary, that ten of the late empldj/es of Messrs Nathan aud Wilkie sued in the Marton Court on Monday for wages amounting in the aggregate to £191. In ; ail the cases judgment was given ex pdrte for .'the several amounts claimed, with costs. Prom an advertisement published, in a Wanganui paper, we learn that the Education Board is desirous of securing the services of a female teacher for the Palmerdton School. ;„ ■: . We have been requested to make known that the Rev: J. MdWilliams will hold morning and evening service in the Church of England to-morrow. By last Thursday's "we notice that Robert Ward, Esq., R.M., has been . appointed Judge of the Assessment Court at PalmerSfcon North; In the same number .appears the declaration; of dissolution of partnership of the firm Levin & Co;, in which oar County representative, Mr Johnston, was senior partner. , Prom it we learn that the dissolution was ; the result of the termination of the ppntract by the effluxion of time. -.'.■. - ::