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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 91, 24 August 1878, Page 2

trt consequence of a crush of advertisements, wo are compelled to ; hold "over our leading article, ■Correspondence from Otaki, " Parliamentary Squibs," and, other matters, of interest V- ' J By telegram last night we learn that it is probable Mr Maeandrew, will .deliver his Public Works Statement on next Tuesday. CouhcillorTO wen; having left the district, and .having'" absented himself from the sittings of the Borough Council for four consecutive meetings, his seat has been' det'larod forfeited. Nominations for tho office will bo .received by 'the town clerk up to Wednesday, the 4th of September. . Thov?Cl-eneral Managbr of the line* Mr Rofcheram, and.; Mr Stewart, llio District Engineer, arrived from Wanganni on Thursday, and M believe,, were; .occupied m .inspecting fcb.6 proposoii and rejected sites for the psissongei platform at .Terrace.. End... Of course with the usual reticenoy the re- : suit was kept a: profound -secret, and it m possible -that m v month or so we will be informed" that ; ttiia ■. woirk, has advanced 'another - stage, 'Meantime, . a, most pressing want ia er tiroly ignored m deference to tho duo .attention to oircumlocution and red tape. ' ; ■ ; ..' ■ . Tlio sohooner Argus, which lately sailed front Foxtbh' with a cargo of timber, has had rather an u'npropitioiis voyage. Some four or five weeks ago she arrived fromPateji at Foxtcm] But' was singularly unfor-. juuiife m the delay esperictieed in.shippirig her cargo. However, sho atlast got u\vay, oiily to be obliged fcofun iniddr EapiH, wher> sho has beon lying fora considerable time. On 'Thuraday in'ghhi > to add to her misfor^ tunes, she was run into ;by a cutter, and had her bo wraprit, carried away.;; .. ; ' Thb business at the Palmerßfon Police Court on Thursday was 6f a much ■lighter nature than usu(il,~there being no criinihal = cases' bn the ciiarge-sheet. : Mr Jfoker, Clerk of the Cpurt, was; still absent..; through, illness, aivd the i^feorL, civil .caaosworoin-l. terpreted by Mr Ward. Before the opening ;p£th^X?Qur;t,vtlie; v 'Ai'agJßtrat«'.ann6iiuoed'liis. intoution'r- in orderVi :o .'■■meet^ the convenience of fclie Bar anil v public--of .-'adjourning the Court' at one o'^locji at each sitting, for refrcshmehts j anil also fch»t cases it jvolving the attendance of litigants trom'; Feilding and •Halcombe, would be takeii .first fov heaving,:* 'm order to allow tuum "to 'depart by the. oveniug train. ■ :

The passengers by coach f com Foxton to Wellington occasionally meet with some stirring adventures by " Hood and field," not the least of which is_ the crossing of the the Waikanae Eiver. On a/ recent occasion while a party of travellers were being conveyed over, amongst !whorn wore several ladie-yono Hibernian tourist was considerably exercised by a Native ferryman on account of his want of gallantry, the Maori having struck a graceful pose, with one foot firmly planted in 'front. As fclip' position of the Maori, however, somowhat curtailed the liberty of one of the lady passengers, the chivalrous Celt gave t ho man a " pressing" intimation to retire. Tho admonition, however, being accompanied with a command delivered with considerable brogue, it is just possiblo it proved bog Latin to tho Noble Savage, as certainly the attitude remained unchanged. Again was the request made with redoubled force,but with the same . result, wheu the Irish blood being thoroughly aroused, the N.S. received a " broad hint" right straight from tho shoulder which sent him sprawling six yards away. With his dislodgment, however, there came shooting up a volume of water, and t< o lato it. waa discovered by tho hot headed Celt that, his victim had been for " use, not ornament," and had" been, m fact, " a square peg on a round hole." We regret, to- hear that Mr E. T. Q-illon lias severed .his^vconneetion with the " New Zealaiulor,">wJ||h ho has so ably conducted from its start.* * Company papers are proverbially ticklish.' concerns to bo connected with, and the cause of tho disruption, we learn, has been an undue interference with him as editor. Wo notice that the paper itself observes a most [discreet silence with regard to tho change ; but putting tho report that Mr Ballanco would occupy the editor's chair together with the fact that Mr Ballance is a Cabinet Minister, tho reason why Mr Gillon's suceessorhas not been heralded with the same flouriakof trumpets as marked tho induction of Mi* Anderson into the " Chronicle's " sanctum is plain to bo scon. ; Mr Mctard, of Broad street, has urideiv taken a duty which properly speaking should havo devolved upon tho City Fathers : tho furnishing of Pulmeraton with a town clock. Up to the present time there has been no authorised •time-keeper for the town, and were a person to pin his faith to the telegraph time, he would find hiu self slightly at variance with that kept at tho railway. In fact, m that particular matter the two departments have evidontly agreed to differ, and each pursues its own irregularity with a regularity mo-it refreshing. Mr Metard, . wo presume, will steer a mid course, and by splitting tho difference be nearer to correctness than either, lie lias placed a large clock over his door, which is easily visible from tho platform ; and ho also intends to have a lamp burning during the night m front of it, so that timeless wayfarors at midnight's hour will bo made aware of the flight of the wingless messenger. : We ara particularly well pleased to see that Mr Vincent Pyko has asked for a re- . turn of tho number of free passes on the Government railways, and to whom they havo been issued. We know 6£ no' question : asked during the Session more necossary than that by the vtieinber. for tho Bunatan, and wo feel quite assured that if anything like trustworthy information bo furnished the return will astonish the House and tho public not a little. For our own part we could contribute our quota to the statistics, but will await the reception of tho document asked for boforo doing' so. If Mr Pyke's action, however, will have, the effect of cheeking m somo degree the whoiesaloand indiscriminate issue or uso of free passes to and by Tom, Dick, nnd Harry, ho will hiiro done good service, and deserve the thanks of tho community. A few days ago wo noticed the fact of a " special " having been used to /convoy twenty trucks of potatoes to Foxton. On Thursday another " special " had to "be called into requisition for the conveyance of thirteen trucks of sleepers, for Messrs. Bichter, Nannostead and Co., Theso instances should certainly bejeonvincing proofs . of the necessity tor a regular daily goods train. -, By tho latter arrangement the traffic would be materially increased, tho length of hours of th.c employes materially do.creased, both m tho Railway and Postal Departments, and it would be a great boon to.-the travilling public. . "-.•' '.]:.:.: : : Uv.:".'>..J'