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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 23, 22 January 1879, Page 2

We have been shown a letter received yesterday by Mr Dairy mole from Mr Walter J.>hn»ton, m which that gentleman annoii'icea his indention of visiting his constituents text month. A meeting of the Karere School committee was held on ThursJuy evening for the purpose of opening and considering the various tender* for the new BfhooHrnu«e. There were hut three received, that, of Mr. E. Powell, of Palmerst on, for £i7i>, being t)u* lowest. We undcr-tand that the Hon. Mr. Fox hits generously offered to deliver n lecture m Pnlinerston m aid of the fund-" of the Anglican Church. The lecture will be m conned ion with the second Gift Auction for the same purpose, which will take place on Easter Monday. A public meeting is to he held m Foxfon on Thursday 'evening, the Oth of Februnrv, for the purpose of advocating the Foxfon.Snndon lino of- railway, and also to show j-eaobn* why tjtie. Wellington lmcusbouMc connect at. Fbxfon. The Bjie:f ße"?* are to he . Messrs. Oower, Sanson, Thvnne;imd Rockstrow. Even" with such an array .'-of tafonfc, we imagine the latter feat will .bo no easy one. ;■ ... < . - -•'.■r~>"' „ . .'. The drawing m Mrs. teviWs Art Union toot place last night, and was witnessed 'by a large numh'er of presorts, '-• Mr-.'M'ij ford .iron t>»e gi»ld watch ; Mr. Bateheliir the «!• ver. watch ; Mrs Carroll, a silve> teV rindcpffee " service ;• Mr DungaVi,- a- giiVecJf-nifie,. fork, and spoon-; Mr .WBir.bu.rt on, a ladvfs ' co*t time, j'^while sixteen; yards of silk waa wort' by a Bt ranger. We hare been requested to correct n wrong impression which hat pone abroad with regard to the school pic-nic. 'Th>re is lobe no charge for ndmicsioi). and parent « und friends of the children will he quite welcome to the refreshments, tb,e ri»hll sum being only Bought from strangers who may wish ta be pnppled with te<\. Tlie chiklran nre to assemblo at the school-hon»e at one o'clock, and be on the pic-nio ground at t wo. 4 At the conclusion of the services at St. Patrick's Church, Pnlinerston, on Sunday. Dm JUtv jfathtr ilftwu iaitaittf %imi tt

wns the earnest desire of his "Lordship the Bishop that a school m connection with the Church should be established, and that steps were beitt^ taken for that purpose. He intimated to the congregation that a* there were certain expenses which would have to be incurred m carrying Out the ob- j jec.t, it would be well for the.mein.her3 to ! meet and confer together aa to the best ] manner of procedure. ■ A ftpei-int meeting of the Manchester HighWays Board was held m the chambers of the Board, FeiMing, on Thursday. Present — -Messrs. Haleomhe (m the chair), Macirthur, Cumming, Douglas, and Bartholomew* A tender was retired from B. Poole, for No. 3 Line, at £\ per chain, hut heinii considered excessive, it was rejected. The valuation list, was received from Mes«r.« Sherwill and Booth, and it was resolved that, for the convenience of ratepayers, Copies of the valuation list may he seen as follows !— For Nos. 2 and 3 WaH«, at Mr. Lash's Store, Halcombe ; for No. 5, at Bailey's Mill ; for No. 6, at. the Schoolhouse, Sloncy Creek. The next meeting of the Board will take place on Saturday, the Ist of February. As will be seen by reference to onr first pane, the Highway* Board has published the first instalment of those who are indebted to it for rales. The present list is of t!iost» persons who have not paid rates for the year IS7S-79. In nest Wednesday's issue will appear the Hat of bond fide defaulters, ami w« should advise those who do not care for figuring m the Muck list, to call upon the secret ary, and wipe off the liaMlitv between tnia »nd then. We rather imagine that i*sue will came a* great a commotion as did the publication of the •whips and manner of voting at a certain election on the West Coast, before the introduction of the ballot. Grave complaints are being made against the danger experienced from the spark* from t he railway engines which fly on to the dry land alongside the line. Mr. Christopher Simpson, of B-iinesse, is an especial sufferer,, for not only has his land been set ort'fireniv«» or sis times, hut on Saturday tullv a quarter of a mile of costly fencing to hi« cultivation p-i'ldock was en'ir.-ly dent roved. We believe there are some settlers m Canterbury who are sums? the Government for damage done to their property m this m inner; and as an ounce of prevention is hetter than a pound of cure, we would advise thp u*e of spark -cat chers on the engines, el-" 1 it- i* just possible more serious d:ims\ge will yet be done. We learn from Mr. Wvld*, of the Knirnkan Steam Sawmill-, Oroiw Bridge, t liat he is now culling mine magnificent totara, I hi* only fault ho has to it heing that some of it is to<> bii». many of the trees being ietween five ami six feet across. We notice that the Engineer in-Chief, Mr. Blickett, | with a consistency worthy of the Department, systematically ign-ires the Times us a medium Of advertising when sleepers are required, although the advertisements are relijioiflv given to papers m who«r districts There is not a foot of timber. The conseqnpr.ee \*, that- Messrs. Freeman and WyhK and other millers, never see the notice for tenders. With commendable consideration the members of the Cricket- Club have postponed the meeting which was to have taken place on Tbunsdav, un'il Shi unlay night, so a* nut lo dash with the entertainment m >iid ■»f the Ho-»pi'al Fund. A most attractive pr:)»run .ie hiis been prppared, and we understand that under the experienced management of Mr. Tom Marge' ts, the Foresters* Hirti has urui««*ir<>n« n <©.» pl»««» imtamorphosis. VVe sincerely hope that tint tlie re-iid^uts of the town — from hoth enda — will muster m large numbers, and for once give what we certainly have never . v«»t s««en m Pnlmerston — a hu-nner house. Independent ly altogether of the praiseworthy object, .for which the concert has been gi-ven, .we can assure those who will 'bestow their patronage, that they will enjoy a genuine treat. The unite;! committees of the Foxton and .Sand'jn Railway h«M a meeting at. San«on on 'Frid'iy evening last, at which a prospeotus wns read through, and ordered to be more fully considered by n committee. The speakers one and all enlarged upon the importance of having through communication with the port, Mr. Gower asserting that they should not. cn'v have a through line, but that line must bo to the port, yet the people of the Upper County were trying to sinit out the port of a cnun'v which was second to none m i f s prosperity. I» was decided that the reduced plans and psti -nates sh<>rild be tested by Mr. Hams, the County Engineer. The Secretary was requested to make two draft copies of the Memorandum of the Association for >ieru*>il by the Coirt >nil tees, an-i it was resolved, iinon the motion of Mr. G >wer. " That during the coining week the committees examine the draft articles, and take immediate steps to have thrm' signed." The informations Hid by Sub-inspector Goodall against. Sergeant Donnelly and Con.stable Buchanan,. for hreaehos of the peace at Wang'inui. were heard before Mr. H>»rdcaafle, R.M., and a full bench of Justices, on Saturday. Mr. Hip ehism defended Buchanan; and Mr. FiUherhert appeared for Sergeant Donnelly. After a number of witnesses had been called for both defendants, and « most ps'ient sifting of the evidence, the Bench decided to dismiss the charge against Constable Buchanan, and fine Serjeant Doiviellv m the mi'igated penalty of 4;os. on account of the strong manful eto'tement under which he had been laboring at. the. time of the occurrence. We must say that after a careful nerusal of the three coin inns of evidence, we heartily endorse the. verdict, Constable Buchanan having distinctly sworn tl^nfc there was no"f the smallest ground fot rtnv jealou<y on the part of Sergeant Donnelly. It appeared, from the testimony of Mrs. Donnelly that although as yet she. had no.' left her bus band's house, a deed Of separation Was drawn up be 1 ween thenl, volunteering the statement that there were good grounds for the itep. Not only Mr. Simpson, of .Bninesse farm, on the Foxton Line, hut the whole district is to be'. congratulated for the introchicti'in "oT the magnificent breed of stock introduced bv ; ;ti«at gentleman into the Maimwiiin Duritj^a .six weeks' visit to Victoria, Mr. Siinpeon utilised hi* time m visiting t.'ie very best breed ing farms ftir the purpose of making a wWtion, and thp choice which he has made is one that be neo 1 ha*e no cause to regret. In the flivt place he h.io secured t he i-elebrat ed prizo I ull, t wenty t wo. moot hs oM, Matild-i's Double Brunswick, by the Duke of Alvic, the winner of twelve fl.rat--'class prizes. SonSe idea of the value of Mr. JSjinpsoN's purchase may be formed when it is state'! that at. a snln hell last year, tf-heh' Matilda's Double Brunswick waa but (fight month* old, eight hundred guinpna were offered and r -fused, the reserve price being then one thousand guineas, Mr. Simpson was.singuWlvfortunute, as the sale at which the anim-il w:i9 bought waa, announced B 8 unreserveil, and that lot w:»s put no at an early hour, when bidders were not keen or plentiful. The next purchase waa the Eleventh Eurl of Alvie, got by 'the Fifth DuUc of Darri'iuit, dim Letifin the. Fourth, ptirt. of the stock of the far-famed Robert eoti, of C.'lac. Next com^ the M;v»V of Oxford, got by Oxford Cherry, d>\rv Fanny the Tenth. This is a first calf, and

Mr. Simpson did licit think it safe to en* counter the voyage, go sl-e is to fottqvr hy the Rlngaroomav 'She n«t on the jUt is the Cuitntess of C<»l'JC, with lull calf nt foot, gdt by Earl of Genera, ilom Red Duche«», the enlf being by the TwentygriconH Piilie of Derrimut. He also putchased five pure shorl-horn heifers, by the Marquis of Loriie (who is half-brother to Duke nf Alvie), all m calf to the Twentyflith Duke of Dcrrimut. Beside the n hove Jot, which are intended to be located at Buinesse, Mr.- Simpson sold, on his return h'K'iie, a fivtfMnoiH hold heifer, out of Moss Rose, to Mr. Greg», of AshWurton, for £-iOO. Novr that such magnificent stock has pime into the district, we trust to see our Foxtott friends make sone further progression witli the proposed Agrici lturul Society.