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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 74, 26 June 1878, Page 2

A meeting Of person's desirous of formiug a Football Club m Palmerston -was held at the Clarendon Hotel, on Monday evening, IMrP. E. Warburtdn presiding. Folly thirty names were handed m, and it was unanimously resolved to form an association to be called " The Palmerston North Football Club,". ;after; which the Rugby Union rales were adopted as those by which it should be governed, and about eighteen were selected as playing members. Mr B. Pirani, was appointed Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, and the|J following gentlemeu elected members of Committee : — Messrs. Turner, Mitford, Charles, King, and Dungan, to whom were left the selection of the ground, and other arrangements. A letter was read from the Secretary of the Feilding Football Club proposing a matoh with the I Palmerston Club, to which the Secretary was instructed to reply accepting the ohallenge, the date, of the match and other particulars, to be made known as soon as the Committee were m a position to do so. The Club desirea: it to be known that it is i anxious to inorease the number of its mem- \ bers, and also that a scratch match will be | played on next Saturday, the exact lodcde of which will appear m ourflissue of that i date. On Monday, evening, a son of Mr Davy, - ' of this town, who is living with Mr Walter Simpson, of Puketotara, whilst driving home Borne cows, saw the legs and boots of a man whirling down the Manawatu Rivev, near that place. From the manner m which the legs, appeared and disappeared at intervals, it is presumed that the body must have been entangled m some snag or other, which the strength of the flood kept rolling over and over. There can be little doubt, but it would be the body of the unfortunate 'man Jackson, drowned some three weeks since. Although by this time it is more than probable it has been taken out to sea, Constable Gillespie on receiving the information telegraphed to Foiton, m order that Constable Puroell should be on the alert, m case the body might by any means be recoverable. From the Wellington papers we learn of the death of Mr .Hugh Black, who perhaps with 'the late Alexander Eeid, stood at the very top of the profession to which they . are now lost. , Fourteen years ago Mr Black, although but then quite a young man, was considered Brie, frf the' 'first newspaper correspondents m victoria, and ocoupied that position to the " Ballarat Star." But it was not merely as a correspondent that Mr Black excelled-ras a short-hand writer he had few equals, while his general knowledge of oolonial subjeots made him one of the most useful all-round men on the Press. , But it was for. his excellent qualities of heart that poor Hugh Black was bo much respeoted and esteemed. Of late years a veritable child of misfortune, himself, his heart and, pooket were always open to those who needed aid, and the writer, of thii , notice is .aware of sacrifices made by Mr Black to alleviate the misery of others, which were heroic m their character. He has now passed away at an early age; and while those who knew him may drop a tear over ', the sad fate of. one whose dawn of life appeared so bright, they will, feel comfort m jbb> thought that while m life he lived without., an enemy, he takes with him to 'the grave the.^^t'ofaU who TmeV him* There i« an old saying that "the sin of ingratitude is. worse than witchcraft," and if tuoh be the case, Mr Johan Prediger-must bo a great culprit indeed. On Friday night he begged of Mr Carroll, the landlord of the I Clarendon, to give him a " shako dowu " I and as the weather was suoh that I you would not turn a dog into the street, the kind-hearted Bonifade allowed him to fit all night i»t" the fire In the bar-parlor, .first taking the precaution of locking him m. Before daylight, the ungrateful scoundrel went prowling around the room to see what ; he could appropriate, and finding a canvas I bag, m .which a swag was sewn up, he ripped I up the former, and getting through the window, madeoff withtheswag. Next morning Mr Carroll, upon discovering the robbery [ —as Constable G-illespie was away m Wanganuir—formed himself into an amateur deteotive, and m a clever manner after a few . hours captured the runaway, skulking m a i hut m the bush. He was brought back, i but he ' was' bailed out by some Germans until Monday morning, when he was brought up and remanded until Tuesday. On that dayj however, the police asked for a further remand until Friday, which \ was granted. As the swag contained articles TAlued at over 437, it is. more than possible i the case will be sent to the Sessions for trial, and as the outbreak from, the houte

took place m the night time, it is also more than probable, the crime may come under the category of burglary. In our last issue we told of the exploits of a certain itinerant bagman at Foxton. Another of the clan paid Palmersfcon a visit on Saturday, and notwithstanding bur ex-i posure of the swindle, succeeded m victimising several confiding purchasers. The gentleman m question put up at Mr Dawiok's Boarding House, and after partaking of the best for a couple of days, took his departure without troubling for his bill. In the course of conversation he stated that .his name was Edwards, that he was a butoher by trade, and a native of Kent. We publish these little items, so that the public may be on their guard to spoil his trade, and to prevent his slaughtering any more innocents. We have to thank Mr A. J. Whyte, of Foxton for his courtesy m forwarding the following telegram, which we received from him last evening :— " The ship Hyderbad is ashore near Horowhenua. She had a cargo of railway material from Lyttelton to Adelaide. No lives lost." No doubt the cargo of the Hyderbad was a portion of the rolling stock and railway iron lately purchased by the South Australian Engineer-in-chief from the New Zealand Q-overament. [Last night the Press Agency supplemented the above information by,'slafcing that " the Captain of the Hyderbad reports the ship as not damaged, and that the Government steamer Stella was to leave Wellington at midnight to render assistance."] , , i From the "New Zealander" : we learn that a " Gazette " Extraordinary, issued on I Saturday, calls Parliament together for the dispatch of business on Friday the 26th of July, at two p.m. We might hint to the publisher of the " Gazette " to be of any use to us, it is necessary that a copy should be forwarded by the first mail after publication, and not, as hitherto received, from ten to twelve days old. The Wellington mails did not reach Foxton on Monday m time to oatohthe afternoon's train, and as a consequence they were not delivered m Palmerston until yesterday morning, The cause of the detention was the flooding of the Ohan. We have been informed Jthat after the coach had got mid- way m the stream, it got stuck, and it was found necessary to carry both mails and females" ashore, and send for a fresh conveyance, leaving the stranded one to its fate for the time being. The Concert to be given by the Foxton Choral Society, has been postponed until next Friday evening, when we trust to see the enterprise of the members receive that recognition, which it deserves, by liberal patronage. We are given to understand that, with the exception of a small amount advanced by his Lordship Dr. Hadfield, the whole of the debt upon the Church of England, Palmerston, has been cleared off. The building cost over|£3oo— £32s, we believe— and it speaks well for the energy displayed by -some of the congregation, and the liberality of all, that service can be now offered man edifice free from debt, saving what we have mentioned above. In our report of the meeting of the Highways Board, a mistake occurred which is calculated to leave an erroneous impression. With regard to Messrs. Douglas & Co's letter m reference to the road through Mr McDonald's property, it was resolved that the application should stand over till next meeting. The board adjourned until the 19th of July. . ; ;