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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 73, 22 June 1878, Page 2

"Smce our leadin'g'f article was m type, we . »haye received a letter from Mr Jenssen,-^- --: whioh! M'puolShed^elMwWe^--^ontHidi6ting • the words putintohis'mduth'by the (fWan- . v gantuHHe ! rald,' i 'Jla f nd] ! it! is only fair to state ' that the " Enngitikei Advocate,'' wKich'con-" tains a detailed report of the proceedings, bears out Mr Jenssen s denial. We must confess, however, that since reading' the latter journal, we are more convinced of the ex partevt&ture'ot the meeting.more especially ai the bhairman requested Mr Cross to , furnish the Tme^ting | with statistics of the : iW'anganui timber t^ade, -and particulars as '■ to its adaptability for|being]thedepot|of the export timber triSe from the "Manawatu • district. *..:,■;.' 'i ':'/>■',-■/.,* ' ,"■'•■ 'T,b6 whole, {df^hurtfflay] was 'occupied m ' /the jPalmerston Police iDourfc in- the hearing' of one criminal and one civil case, the latter for breach?- w contract—^extending : frbnl noon to dusk v /The proceedings were of a most. monotonous character^ but fortunately a lively 'little scene cropped up. betweenthe 6pposing,coUnsel, whose calorific influence for the" time being served to take ■ th% chill off the surroundings, for while it lasteld the thermometer went 1 up 'to boiling heat 1 . of opinions more candid. ,>than^ complimentary, which, nofcwithstanding their, tropical nature, were delivered m the most freezing tone.- After all the legal ire and irony had been expended, things again assumed theirhumdrum cliaraotei?, jUntil at iive" o'clock-, :Mr Baker, ■with a^ig^^pfl^Bllef, called " Time^land; he Oourt adjourned , until yesterday morn-, ing. W ; e perfeetiy\eonTsur with the system, adopted by the K.M.'^in closing the Court for the day at five o'clock, instead of sitting for ten or twelve hours without intermission. It will b.e seen elsewhere that the Foxton Choral Society purpose giving an extra concert for the. season, on next Wednesday evening. The programme is a Capital one, and considering the very -great success which has atterided'former ehtertainmehts, we expeot to see a large house present oh' :.^ebcc|sion. r :V o :-;,-- /. , a ... r , ? . 'A meeting of the School-Committee was oalledjf or! 'Thursday svening,' but X)win'g to the ilhiess of the Chairman, and the paucity of the attendance,-* it -was' pbstponed till another odcasion. " We do not know by. whom the members of Committee are sum- , moned, but we would hint to the Chairman, m lieu of that .official, that as the meetings are called at irregular times, it would be an act of courtesy, as well as duty, to give intimation to th^Prees.

The election for two auditors for the Borough of Palmerston took place on Thursday, but was a very tame affair indeed, but twenty burgesses recording their • Totes. Mew blood has been infused into the office by the election of Mr 0. H. Mitford, ; who holds the. position for the first time. The polling was : Thomas Sing, 16; 0. H. Mitford, 15. j E. J. Collins, 6. The tyro former were therefore declared elected. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good, and the late rainy and> tempestous weather having improvised some artificial lakes upon the Square, Palmerston, the somewhat unusual Bight of ducks, "'geese, \et\ hoc genus omtnef disporting themselves m .the very centre of the town, may have been witnessed during the past week. Decidedly Jupiter Pluvius has been "reigning" with a vengeance, the weather of late being splendid — for'the feathery tribelabqve alluded to. During* the last Jfew; {days most of the juvenile and many of the adult portion of the population have been patrons of that most ingenious piece of mechanism, now being: exhibited J'in .Palmerston, entitled "Th'e Blacksmith's Dream." Although. the exhibition is'an alfresco one, and the charge for admission is a mere trifle, its merits cannot be- gauged by those two circumstances, for certainly were the price double that asked;--a visit would be well worth the. , SrbubleTor outlay.' There' are • between twenty •■ and thirty figures, allof which would appear to be quite independent the one of the other, and that it is that makes the show the more attractive and astonishing. If all the figures were Bet going or stopped by the one piece of mechanism, it would be nothing beyond what is often seen m many- hand organs ; but ■ inj| ( " The- Blacksmith's; Dream'? the motions are not tonly all dissimilar, but .some of the figures m. carrying out their, particular duties observe a regularityland clock-work , motion truly astonishing. Amongst the very best is the girl working the sewing machine,- where not only- is the miniature wheel seen to revolve, but actually the glisten of the needle, as it works up and dovrn may, be discerned. We have been informed that the exhibitor spent fifteen years m perfecting the machinery, and we can readily believe it. "For tricks that, are vain, and deeds.tiat are dark, the Heathen Chinee is peculiar." So thinks Mr Batcheler, and further that Master Jimmy Tbng is no exception to. the rest of the Celestial race. A few days, or rather|nights, sinoe, a wholesale clearing out of the larder at the Royal Hotel took place, and all and sundry of the Palmerston folk came under the ban of suspicion. It would now appear that their good name was m jeopardy from the generosity of Mr Batohelar's Chinese oook, who, oblivious of the necessities of the residents at the hotel, of his own accord disposed of the provender. Before the Resident Magistrate, Jimmy Tong admitted bestowing the gifts, but pleaded innocence of the laws of the Barbarian. The Court allowed him to go free, and after his trait of generosity, Mr Batchelar, having no wish to detain him any longer, allowed him to do likewise. Considerable amusement was evoked by the manner m which a second native of the Flowery Land, who acted as interpreter to the accused, bemoaned his friend being discovered, accounting for it by explaining, " Ah, me soe, Jimmy him no muehee lawyer." ■ ' Considerable amusement was created at Whyte's Hotel, Foxton, on Saturday night, . by the discovery that an itinerant bagman had succeeded m hoaxing a number of persons by disposing of sundry packets of common table salt .under the euphonious designation of Clarke's Non-explosive Powders. The industrious* individual had plied his trade with such energy that' hehad'^wept' some twenty half-crowns; into his pockets before the discovery was made, which was. occasioned through the : agency of - the worthy schoolmaster, Mr Hulke, no mean scientist.'; The tableau .was most imposing, both passages and parlor of the hotel* being crowded .with fvidtims,rready to utilise the. condiment by way of seasoning the"'impostor, but failing to lay hold.of the ".Jeremy Diddler,"i they eagerly 'devoured "/tne l * : tjbn* - tents of the packages instead. ' We r believe . •"• old -birds ; cannot be caughFwith chaff,": but evidently; some of the knowing one i have been taken by the application off salt,. even thoughmot shaken On' their tails. .|v-/ "The moth and the candle " is; very, often exemplified by the manner m whioh criminals ■ rush upon their fate. At the.; Palmerston Police Court, on Thursday, a •Maori, named; Tiopira was committed for trial, on a otiarge of .horse-staling, .under' the following somewhat singular circumstances : Spme six months ' since he managed to steal a horse from one of the Natives, whioh he sold to a resident of Palmerston for £3, giving a receipt, and signing thereto the name of another Maori. For some reason unknown, unless to hims*elf, he caused an information for , the robbery to belaid .against; the very Maori whose signature he had forged, and the charge w,as''. v ; heard at" the Foxton Police Court, on Wednesday. Although the name of the .. aocused, Ngarika, was .attached to the receipt;' the purchaser swore that he was not the man who signed, it, consequently the charge fell to 'the ground. As the informer did not bear an immaculate character, it struck Constable Purcell • that his icondudt. was- not quite the correct' tbSngV and communicating his suspicions to Mr Baker, the Clerk of . the Court, the following clever ruse was adopted- to satisfy themselves: Tiopi'ra. had made, application for ammunition for' sporting, purposes, and a search was made for the letter for comparison with the. writing on the receipt. Unfortunately it could not be found, but Mr Baker seeing him close by, informed him that as the Magistrate was n attendance he had better . make another written application. This he did, and the writing m the r two documents on being compared by the 8.M., proving identical, the latter ordered his arrest on the charge of horse-stealing. jfThe chain of evidence was further strengthened by Tiopira's identification by the purchaser of the horse, notwithstanding that the accused had metamorphosed himself materially by shearing himself of a mass of curly locks. On Thursday on ■ being, committed for trial, he appeared to receive his fate most philosophically, and smiled graciously upon .the, Bench while its decision, was. being delivered.. ■' . .< : ' .;,. . , ... l \ There w.ould,: appear to be a* perfeot epidemic amongst horses of late, the manner m which they get their quietus being a combination of steam and iron. It is but ■a few weeks sihoe we\ chronicled' the slaughter of two unoffending quadrupeds, and on last Tuesday nighb two more received such injuries by collision- with the uptrain from "Foxion, .as to necessitate their receiving the coup, de grace. ..One of -the animals was the property of Mr Mcßeth, and had evidently- a foretaste of his early and untimely fate. Last week it was found by Constable Gillespie wandering through

the Public Cemetery, and as a punishment was 'to the town pound. . Next day it was taken, out of durance file, only to meet its fate m the manner above described. On Wednesday morning Mr and Mrs : G-arrett, of Awapuni, drove into town for the purpose of disposing of some sheepskins,, and as a matter of ease and comfort, both seated themselves on the 'skins during the journey. ' On, arriving m Falmerston the stuff. Was about to be placed upon the scales, when b\ifc popped a sleek looking Tat, and made traoks for the nearest sewer. # Unfortunately for^his -ratship, howeveV, a wiry little terrier happened to be amongst the spectators, and feeling that his services were called into requisition,' made very short ■work of the stranger. The |[thpught of what might have taken place, had the rat refused to be sat upon, is not at all pleasant to contemplate. -.. > . ' The Publio Hall, Poxton, is being considerably improved.^ The exterior is being painted, and the interior improved by a proscenium. We are also "given «to understand that considerable addition is to be made to the stage, the whole improvements to -be completed m time for the Choral Society's concert, which, takes place next Wednesday evening. At the sale held -by Mr. Wallace, m Wellington, oh Thursday, the following .were the prices realised c-^-Seetion 950, Palmers- 1 ton North, J. R. Duncan, £24 10s. per acre. Section l(B7i Palmerston North, Q"W. Krman, £i 6 per acre. Seotion 1088, J.- Billings, £11 10s. per acre. SeotionMoß9, IPdlttieSton North, G. White Head, £10 10s. per acre.- Town section 654, Captain 3. Mowlen, £140. Equity of redemption section 69, Ot. W. Firman, £35. Section 690, Mr King. £65. A r While some of the school children were playing m Foxton : a few days since, by jumping down a bank, one of . them, a lad named Purcell, fell, and a number of his schoolmates jumped upon him, .fracturing ■his., leg. The: injiiines,- howereiy were : promptly attended: to, and the little fellow is now doing as well as could be expected." The mishap, of course, wsa purely accidental, and no blame is attached to anyone. To Pottb LiQtriD Fiee down one's throat m the shape of .fiery, adulterated, unmedicated. spirits, is to commit slow 'suicide. When your flagging energies require to be reinforced, use that safest, pnrest, and. most, invigorating of Btimulants, indorsed by the mostjdistinguished chemists; physicians and clergymen-r-UDOiiPiro Womb's Sohebdam AK)MATi<>,SOja^riL^Psi It is the only 1 spiri■iubus(invigprant"and| (Borrective which . doe? not over-exeite'th'e Drain.^Advt. >f< • , "'.'