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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 109, 26 October 1878, Page 2

In order to save unnecessary expense m, the matter of postage, we have to respectfully request that subscribers and others whose accounts hare been forwarded, will remit amounts on first application. A meeting of the Public Hall Committee of the Borough Council was held at the Council Chambers on Thursday, at which certain resolutions were passed containing 1 propositions to be made to the liquidators | of the Hall Company. I All doubt now as to the number of candidates coming forward for the Awahou Riding of the County Council has been set at rest by the reception of the nominations of Messrs. Loudon, Rockstrow, Thynne, and Dawson, by the returning officer. It is rather a singular fact that three vessels which have come to grief ~ upon New Zealand shores should have been loaded with railway material, while a fourth narrowly escaped loss by putting into Wellington , instead of proceeding to her destination at Wanganui. We allude to the vessel stranded at the mouth of the Wanganui River having two engines on board ; the Qvderbad ; and now the City of Auckland. We are given to understand that a number of the electors of Kawakawa, being dissatisfied with the action taken by Mr Gower m the recent Highways election, have asked Mr Robert M'Kenzie, of Carnarvon, to ' represent them m the County Council. We have not learned for certain whether that gentleman intends to do so, although we are told it is more than possible that tie will. We believe Mr Gower is away at Auckland at the present time. The following is vouched for as a fact. At a recent competitive examination for the purpose of appointing fib persons to some of the Government offices, one of the candidates inadvertently, spelled the word Venice with two n's— thus, Yennice. The examiner — a clever man, but not always a correct speaker — sternly inquired, " Do you know, Sir, that there ia but one hen m Venice?" '..'Then eggs must be very scarce," was the ready seply. The candidate passed. When the news reached Palmerston of the mishap to the City of Auckland his. Worship the Mayor> with commendable promptitude, telegraphed to the Government that he would be able to make pro- ; vision for at least, fifty families. A reply, however, was received from tho Hon. Robert ' Stout to the effect that as the emigrants f were consigned to Napier, it was not m the power of the Government to forward them elsewhere. The sale of land m and about Palmerston by Mr Barnett, m Wellington, on Tuesday, ■. was well attended, and the prices realised satisfactory. The first lot, being 164 acres m Fitzrherbert, known as Collins Block, was knocked down to Mr Ramson at £5 per acre. Lots Ito6, of Block 1087, township of Palmerston, were knocked down to Mr Horsham, at prices ranging from £3 to £10. Lots 7 and 8 were bought by Mr Archer at £7 10s each. The sections m Fitaherberton were withdrawn, the reserve price not having heeu reached. We have received a letter signed " Fox - toman," but as the matter applies to something which appeared m the Foxton Serald, we are 'precluded from giving it insertion. Had the communication been first forwarded to that paper, and refused, we could give it publication, not otherwise. The same explanation will also, apply to " Nemesis '* and " A Ratepayer Who^Pays His Taxes," the latter of whom we thank for his high eulogium upon the manner m which the Times is conducted. When a man manages to secure a piece of land, it is astonishing to see how soon he contrives to erect a house upon it. It is scarcely two months since George street was only George street m name, pathway and road alike being covered over with the carpet of nature. Now it is not only formed, and the side-walks gravelled, but shops and dwelling-houses hare sprung up with almost mushroom rapidity, going a totally different appearance to that end of the town. We have been informed that some of the sections sold by Mr Snelson m that street a few months since, could not be now obtained at an advance of one hundred per cent, upon the figure paid. It will be seen by advertisement that Mr and Mrs Hart with their attractive entertainment, " Happy Hours," will appear at the Foresters' Hall on Monday and Tuesday. The company have concluded a most successful tour since leaving Wellington, and have drawn crowded houses m every place where they have appeared. Mr R. W. Cary is general manager, and to those to whom that gentleman is known that is a sufficient guarantee that the entertainment will bo a good one. Both Mr and Mrs Hart have visited Palmerston before, since when they have been to England, and added most of the newest songs to their repertoire. We would recommend those who appreciate a thorough good entertainment to pay the Hall a visit each night, as we understand there will be a thorough change oi programme on each occasion. The fame which Mr Duigan is obtaining for his beer brewed at the Crown Browory, Palmerston, has induced a rival establishment to be atartod. The new manufactory will be called the " Anchor Brewery," and will be looated iv Taonui street, m Mr Lyon3* late premisos. The concern will be under tho man»g_ießt of .Mj 20^w*xu»g,

an old resident m the district ; and it is to hoped that the "Anchor" brand will not only achieve the same name and reputation for Palmerston aa the " Crown " has done, but Will meet 'with .an equal amount of patronage. Go where you will along tha West Coast, from Foxton to Wanganui, the w Crown " beer is the brew most m request, and with commendable discretion Mr Dm- . gan has recently transferred all his plant to Palmerston, so that the whole of his ale is now manufactured by his manager, Mr Crawford, on the works on the Rangitikei Line. We do not suppose that Mr Mainwaring's venture will interfere with the trade of its rival j on the- contrary, we trust . that it will serve to extend it, and make the fame of Palmerston beer better known and more wide-spread. <( The best laid schemes of mice and men aft gang agtee," and conspirators whether they be County Councillors or Colonial Treasurers., are sometimes baulked m their little designs. At the meeting of the Wanganui County Council on Thursday night, m secret solemn conclave* the members not only voted fifty pounds as a douceur to induce the stranded immigrants to turn their faces Wanganuiwards, but despatched three of their best talking men as a deputation to. the new chums. Alas for the sequel ! When the Ambassadors arrived at Foxton, they ■ learned to their dismay that their prizes ; were on the way to Wellington., and the chase, as the Chronicle had predicted, was a wild goose one. They must have felt very much like the great Emperor Napoleon | when " He marched his men up a great high hill, my boys, and marched them down again." A meeting of the Karere School Committee was held on Thursday for the purpose of receiving and considering tenders fo* the erection of the now school- house. Only one. tender was received, which was for the sum j of £425, and seeing that the Committee had no more than £250 at their disposal, it was not thought advisable to call for fresh tenders before communicating with the Board. Messrs Sly and Monrad were appointed to sign cheques. It would appear that both timber and labor have risen since the Com- . mittee sent m their proposals, and the plans i prepared by the Board are a&o. somewhat I m excess of the sum allotted for the work. The Hungarian officer of Hussars, Feodar dv Zubovits, who valiantly fought on th c side of the Turks during the late war, and who first made his name known m the year 1874, by riding on the same horse from Vienna to Paris (about 10Q0 English miles) ! within less than fourteen days, is now m London, and intends to cross the Channel from Dover to Calais on horseback. As a preliminary exertion, he will swim with his hs^se. from Westminster Bridge to. Greenwich or Woolwich, thus demonstrating that his swimming apparatus for horsemen to cross, with all their accoutrements, rivers where bridges do not exist or have been destroyed by the enemy.