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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 16, 28 December 1878, Page 2

A general meeting of th,a various com nuttees connected with the Palmerston* Sports will be held thiseveningat Batchelar's Hotel, at eight o'clock, "for the purpose of receiving accounts and winding up tha business. As it is of the utmost importance that till should be present-, it is. to be hoped tha,t no member \\'ill bo. absent. Thore. will be an.oth^vsUting of the Police Court at Palnierston t-hra morning— rbeing the third since last Monday — to- try a charge of sly grog selling, to be preferred against Adam Clarke, n Maori at Oroua Bridge, In the absence of Mr Ward, the R.M., — who we regret to hear has been called to Wellington by /the d.iwieerou9 ijllnoss of his motherMessrs. McNeil, and Monrad will- bathe presiding just ices. The prizes at tho Enrero. School- were distributed on Saturday last, which was "quite a gala day with the juveniles m the district. Mr G-owor, the master m' chaisge, and the committee generally not only pecuniarily but physrcairy assisted m the.' supplying of a circular swing, which waj most liberally patronised by fcfea youngsters. Mr Dearda clebraled the onsning of the new Public Hall at Terrace End on Thursday evening hv a grand ball, which w^as a most unqualified success. A capital band wasprovided, nnd'alnrly engaged as a pianist e, who has not a.n. equal m the Manawatu. i'he consequence wa3 that persons not only from tho other end of the town bestowed them patronage, but a host of the votaries of Terpsichore came till the way from Feilding to participate m theenjoym'ent. Our. readers will remember a very suspicirms case heard before Mr Ward a few weeks ago, m which Mr Staoa summoned a man, named Monk for -debt, tl«o latter howevor producing a receipt for £10 more than j the plaintiff was inclined to give him credit j for. On that occasion the Mngistiate gave it as his opinion that perjury, if not forgery and perjury, had been committed, and consequently tho police havo followed up Monk by arresting kiui »t Wa.ipaw.a on bpth I charges. He is to ucrire. from 1 hat 'place by tho coach on Monday, and will bjv brought | up here on Tuesday. . [ At a eoiimittee meeting, of- the Palvners- [ ton Cricket Club, W;hiohwas held on Christmas Eve, a charge, was lodged a gainst one of the meuabcrsof the Chib, and a nolicaof motion given that at. the next general meeting the delinquent. b_e expelled! In fairness to both accuser and , accused, we refer (com discussing the merits. 6f thejeasp, or. making comment -thcrconi." until the. charge be dealt with by the Club, . Then w.e will have a few words ta.siiy upon the matter. Perhaps there could be no motion brought forward at the County Council of equal importance to that proposed by Councillor Loudon, with reference to.ancfund of twont.v per cent, of of the Wnnganui Harbor Endowment. This is a matter of vit.nl importance to, tho County, and it is worthy of remark that the resolution ij one of those moved- by the sara.e gentleman b« months, ngo, m conned ion with, which there has been so much ill-blood. As the. concluding portion this timj9 is specific as to. the Chairman, taking action m the matter, we trust that it will be dealt with, such facility as will do much to atone for the.six mouths which bare bfleiv wasted since it was first brought under .the notice of the Coum-il. . The result of tha- school examinations m the Mtuimvalu is certainly highly eat is factory. L:\st issue w,e -uolified the very high position w.hich tlie scholars of Mr Lockp were able, to attain, and we nro pleused to learn that the pupils. of Mr Menaies, at the. 'A vvalmri School are entitled to. a like honorable mention, sixteen having pas c.l out of nineteen, put i\p for ex.am.in.ai ion. ■ The following are. the. names, of the successful candidates i — Standard? 1.-^Minnje Knight, Alii-e Luoa3, Lucy Luoas, Alfred P-hiliij-i. Oharlea. Weighlma'n, Era Tnhiiftiigata, and llaika Graham, Standard ll.— Joßepli Bennett, Edmund Eannett, William. Weight - man, Olmrles Lucas, Annie McGregor, Clirul-ina Nairn, and .GYiincea B^ni^hh. Standard lli.--T Alfred Wor*fukL ' Standard IV. — Alexander B.ennefct. We regret to state that Mr Benjamin Ptpper, saddler, of this, town met with a dangerous accident whil* returning from the a ports on Thursday, which will confine him, to. bod for some, time, if no more serious consequences follow. It appears ho. was riding along tho newly-made road which joinsron to the Fitzherbert line,- whon his hor»e stumbling he was thrown heavily to the ground, his head coining m contact witli a stump. On being conveyed to his residence, Dr. Maclaohlsm was quickly m attendance, but fou»-d I lie injuries so, seriau* as tOinJce3'sjt'a.te,his staying by the aide of the pitieni all night. Yesterday morning Mr Pvpper, was somewhat improved, but }t is more than probable it «fill be along tiuie. before he. is tibia to be about. We notice. that ourvalueJ contemporary, the. Naw Zealcwde>\ ha,* devoted a leading article to the letter, of Mr Alexander McDonuld, which appeared our Int. issjie. The well-known experience of Mr McDonald m Mao.-i matters would make, any utteranca of his with regard to the Native dif fioulty worthy of great weight, and consequently we arc not so/prised that his opinion. should be referred to, by the leading Wellington jo.urnal. On the. ' viivva of either our correpp.O/ulenl- ar our contemporary: we .shall make no comment, but as Uie..jA"ft-0 Zsalundsr lakes ejcotip! io.n to the heading attached to the tetter, m ju-ti. eto Mr MuOiiruhl vve m.nst stale that, lie is not reappiisiHlo for it. The letter wu&giien to us.it> tha ordin-'M^y way ; nilhout any title, and if that .-.sub'siituiud b.9l 'i'lappropvijite 1 tho o'na* v q^m, iiotliis v j 'So.jjio'tiaio si:i;re Prb.fe.»3O'r Fraser li><t two *:»luibie li^rses, ami 'lika a. \visc .ina.n. had 'rfcI'ourivitij^ho.Trilsd f^f^heir i\icovory. Uf liiis bison, fortti,ii;ilt;ouou.s{li to g v *t tliu.u Ivtolf.. /anil iirthe fnHin\iii!;'i;h'H-ac.ti?.r;i3tic > ni-'jincx'i' boiirn t Oibiniony to. the. vahie.of advertising, \t\a leJter k iy:lncji h* : has -kindly- fprwardoii fro..n Watiguaui:— " The hp>4,«JJ ware founJ m your cl-is'rictj.aud thry'.igh the uiijdiu 11 of y >ur papur. ; Tliu/mah who had the.n neyer Iroublei his biaius (?) with. a papei-,

their reuovtrj. You may 1 hint m one of your merry locals that the non-taking of a paper ought, to be an ituJiefoibh; offoum " We happen ouraelves to have lost a pour, »nd we give its hramU m the hope tlwt we mnr be as Fortunate us the Professor. Su;:ul b^v mare, branded II 0 II on the turn* shoulder. After the present week t.he maild between Mastortonnnd Pulmorston will b. 6 delivered three times a weak, viz., nrriringah Paltnerston on Mondays, Wednesdays, ami Fridays ; and Miistarton, on Tuesdiya, Thursdays and Saturdays. It ,'u aho intended ao to, tiine the arrival oi the coaches at Palmerston that by the alighting of the passenge.rs nt tUoTarrace End Platform they will catch the tip-train. to Whnganuj, and conseciuenllj reaelutheir de»tins,!ion on the sanie, day. In order to accomplish this work it is proprosed to establish two extra stages on t)ie routo — ono betweon Woodville ai>d Ekatahuiia, and another between Ekataliuna and Maste^tpji — a* by thia means it is reckoned ten miles an hour ca,n bo. easily accomplished. The f dropping of the Wanganui passengers at Terrace End w a happy 'thoii^ht,. as by that coij.rse at lea3t half an hour ip a^red. TiY& have often heard criticising comments upon the fatherly care bestowed upon th« wants of tho dusky Sons of the Soil by a patarnal Q-overnmant, bu,t were not aware until a few days, ago that it was a departmental weakness. The people of Mnnawatu m general, and the residents of Jackeytown m particular, wirl lint have forgotten the incessant agil at ion that was necessary before the. Public Woclti li»pni»tmont coijdd-be pre?. vailed upon to remove the dilapidated shed from Foxton. ta.it 3. present site at Jackeytown. That plico v tho most important county slation, oi\ tho li.ne, tending aiviiy thousands of ton* of produce m the year, still it had; a I lard, battle to obtuin a shed for the pj'oteotion. of tho goods taken up.and put down at the stai ion. Judge, then, of our surprise on our last visit to Foxton to find the train pull up at a newly erected' station upon which on a ho»:\l nicely painted there was the word <•' Matuiti." House- could not bo seen, but m the distance some dozen' Maori cabins were, observable, outside of which the space was equally divided between unkempt naked children and mangy cura. As there could, be rw produce to preserve, we presume tha station ivas erected to shelter the female passengers from the rays of tho sun, and to act as a kind of protector to. their "beautiful olives."