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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 62, 15 May 1878, Page 2

. Tlie'coroniaV investigation into the oiM'in of the recent lire m t.lie Pnlinewton Square, was ; held oh Monday before ■. pi^Uoiikstro w, and was j* nusMeiicehing oneir .'dtjuiip^'ing no leßß thin six hours. A.in'ai» of eviileiico waS taken, alid Mr'anU. Mrs. PhiUii'M . si^bjootetl, to a .rigid examinfttion by ;V[r S.Wite, vvho watched the case for the Insuiviuuopuinpanies. .Howevsr, not. t.'iaoli^i'ojt. yviUonce was elicited to show the cau^e,. mid thejurv returned an open rerdkvt.v VV r e iv^ret very. muoh.to heart hat the amount, of insurance held on the stock and hiiil liiv^ will l > # y-no means coveißsthe , losb; and that Mr. Phillips will be a Very heftvy:lo«er by- the Bra. ■ 'It tvm «Qtwe4 fati \yhiie.; v l£rs/ Piiillips wu§

under examination she was m a very nervous and excited state, and immediately after signing her name to her deposition, her strengthgave way and she was removed from the Court m a fit. As the report of the case will no doubt be of interest to our readers, we intend giving the evidence m full, but are not able to publish more than Mr and Mrs Phillips' testimony m this issue. With regard to the difficulty between the Oroua Bridge Natives and the contractors for the tramway to the Saw Mill, we learn that it -has been settled, m the following mariner: The -Maoris object. to the cutting along the G-ove.rnm.ent road, -but have' given permission for a drain- over their lands into a creek joining with the river, and m consideration of the : leave so granted, Mr Brightwell has. caused the seven chains of drain which had been made m the disputed direction, to be filled up again. - There was mdre than, this usual number of cases heard at the Eeiidirig Police Court on Friday, before Messrs. Ward, R.M., Halcombe, J. P., the greater portion, however, being undefended. In the case of Ellen Robinson against her husband John Robinson, Mr Staite appeared for the informant,, who sought to have defendant; bound over to keep the peace. He was ordered to .find two sureties of £20 to keep the peacVfor twelve months, but up to the rising of the Court had been unable to do so, and was removed m custody. In the case of York and Lancaster v. Wiseman, claim £1,7 10s for rent, Mr Staite: appeared for plaintiff, arid Mr Cash for defendant. A nonsuit was granted on the ground that the agreement was. not stamped. From last Thursday's "Gazette" we learn that the following" blocks of land have been reserved for the purpose of granting them to the Borough of Palmerston North : All that parcel of land m the Provincial .-District of 'Wellington being allotments respetively, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, .9 : and 10 of section 257 of the town of Palmerston North. Allotments 1,2, and 3 of section 344, of the town of PajLmerston North, con-., "tainirig2: acres 2 roods and poles j section 134 of the town of Palmerston, containing 2 acres more :orless.j section 856 of the town •of Palmerston containing 1 acre 1 rood j . allotments numbered respeotivelyll, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of suburban section 225 of the. town'of Palmerston, being about 10 acres three perches, more or less %■, and ; allotments 2, 6, 7 and j& of suburban section 227, being 3 acres 2 roods and 20 perches; By Jthe: courtesy of .Mr, Locke,.- eHead . Master of the Palmerston School, we. haye j ibeen favored with a perusal of the Education Report of.the Wanganui District, the eoatents of which we will refer to at another ■time. Whiles availing ; ourselves- of Mr Locke's kindness, we certainly fail to* see why it should be necessary that we should' have to do so j our impression is that both, courtesy and" custo.m- give all journals a claim, to .be supplied with- copies oj such ; documents. Certainly our experience has beenso. .:; . : •.: . The mails on Monday night were an hour land a half late, caused by; the late hour at^ which, the Wellington coach reached For-H tori. Beside which, when the train arrzFed' at Carnarvorit it was found that the wind-; had drifted a large; quantity of sand across, the rails, arid astop.ha.ditphe made^to clear them. The same course Had. to.be pursued! on the return; trip. . '. ;. „ ' ; The Fielding Corporation had *! a. sale of: a quantity of- land yesterday, with most, sa-: tisfactbry results. : Two; hundred and seventy \ acres were disposed ; ,of, , at .prices rarigirig frorii £7 to £15 per acre, and a nett sum of over £3,000 realised. The ;Higli~: prices obtained for land m other parts of the Colony have lately been made the? subject of but we. think those obtained yesterday will put a gi*eab many m the shade, and wilLgive some idea of the fast increasing value of land m. the district. „■■" We Beed. do no. more tliari draw attention;' to" the fact ,thaV the Churcli-.of EnglandConcert takes place i to-night, as,' no doubt, the excellent programme prepared,, and the. object for which the entertainment i 3 given, will be sufficient inducement to ensure a bumper house.. & ■■■■\-y' . r ■ ;" A v /? !, Mr Snelspn will hold his usual monfehly sale at Jthe Newmarket Saleryards to-mor-row, at which he will offer, by public ,auc ; r tion, a" number of "Leicester- sheep,' ' ewes, several good hacks; arid other; choice stock. :■•: An Appakeno? AiNoatAiy ExriiAJps T i;D". . Persons apparently via. the possession of ;' vigororisgliealth; are; frequentlj^ • Ainahle.,to undergo even a 'slight amoiint of exertion. 'This disability is .usually 1 the result of local weakness.. .■ When it . exists, effort " speedily brings on, exhaqstion. ' In order to. supply this. waVit of local strength, and, to'impart tne requisite 'power andsuppleneßa^ to m uscles < naturally weak, use ' UDOLPgO Woi<Pß'S SOEEIBDAai. .A^OitATIO SogNAP-PS..—^Adyt, : . .. .'.'.. .„ -: . . .'. _