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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 25, 25 January 1879, Page 2

His Worship the Mayor on Thursday received n telegram from Major Noake, inlimuiing that the Defence Minister had accepted the *ienii:esof the Piibncrston Kiiles, and asking as lo what day a meeting would r >e hell 'or the election of offi -ers. A message was sent "iii repl. to the effect that it would be called tor .Monday, the 3rd of Fe'.riniry, mid it is to be hoped that, there will be v large muster on the occasion. A special meeting of the Palmerston Borough Council was held on Tuesdiy evening, at which the following resolutions were carried :— L. Th it- 1 he bye-law, re foot paths, which was tahled ou the Will ot December, >c confirmed. _ That all the tenders for format ion on Alain street east t>e declined as oeing excessive, and 'hat the tender ot D Ay and Peck for filling m ditch opposite .ilirsh's store, i>e accepted. 3. Tout the deserve s_. lions be submitted to auction l>y dr. G. ..il. Snelson, on Saturday, the lsi day of February, 1879. From v private source we learn that Sergeant Fair, tlie editor of the *' Police Ga zeiie" at Wellington., is to be put upon the Detective L?orce, of whi"h he will rank as a first class offi- er. Judging from past experience, that body requires considerable re- modelling, and those who know the shrewdness and ability of the officer iv question, will ngree that hi* pro nut ion is a mep m the right direction. ' I Soin*" time . ago ad-'erti-emenfs'were m , er ted m the .North Idaud papers making iuquries for a John Hamilton, who had necome heir to' an estate at hone worth -tO.OOo. We n*-»* hear that- 'be lucky individual, J,hn Alfred Vernon Hamilton, has been v"--earthed a' Alastei't-on, where he bus been w. ii-king «s a laborer at the bail. ling of the Carbolic Chapel. No doubt with £ t-'.OOO to his credit, hard work and Air Hamilton, will be no longer mat. 8. We regret, to hear that our prognostiea--.ions with resin rd to the danger io ihe dry. .•Ountrv from sparks from engines, have been fully realised. On Thursday some some sparks froiri a passing engine united ■ t he Brass by the side of the line, and it was • •jily by me in--.. sirenu<>"-c-frt^».... >h»t. ». bouse belonging to Air M' ft Wen, close to liainesse. wassived fron dest ruc-t i >n. We have been sho w n some splendid enlirged photographs which have been exe•uttfl at the studio of Messrs. 'Jyree and Huff, the Square. The pictures are perfec masterpieces of arl, witn the increased size the roundness ol' the features standing out m bold relief. Tbe pr> -e lure is. ol course, not h tedious and expensive, but the results, as shown by the sped nen, amply repay tbe labor. Bi- the process adopted, an ordinal** tihotngra-ih can be taken and retaken until a full li:e sized bust is presented. Ho'el prioerty m Foxtoii must be a very valnahle commodity, a* we hear that \L9. H llen.'t he proprietress of the Manawafti Hotel. Fixton. after having enlarged and re furnished the premise-*, lias disposed ot her interest for the sum of £dJOO. After the negotiations are completed, an I the change effected, we believe Mrs. Hill'en intends removing; to the Middle Island to permanently settle there, where no doubt she will soon secure the estee v and friendship of her new neighbours, as. she has of her oil. We would invite the especial attention of those Cassandra like prophets who have shaken tneir' wise luvids with gravity over tbe ultimate coll ipse of Palmerston, to t;ie following lit tie fact. The valuation list 'or the present year was presented to the Couieil on Tuesday night, and trom thai interesting document we learn that, it amounts m t he aggregat e 1 1» a capital value of £11,601 1_». being nn increase on last year of £_3U. This; is not so bad, considering tbat it i.s i* tit lie over seven years since its first settlement. The grim reaper has been playing sad havoc, wilh the ranks of the Fourth Estnte. no less than four prominent, members having "passed through nit ure loeternitv" wi'hin as many months. First there was poor Hugh Black, iis true a mm and as smart a Pressman as ever wrote n line ; then followed genial A bred Scales, tlie best known memier of the craft m the colony ; and now tbe race of life his been run b\ Henry Moor arid Thomas Pratt. On* by one the, old faces are passing away, and all that is given as a tribute to their memories is, may'tup, a neatly-turned p.irugranh, and they are torgotten. Siieh is life. A bibnlondv-ini-lined German was taken m (marge by Constable Gillespie on Thursday night on a charge oi sums dug a window m the Clarendon Hotel. It appears Hie f e l low was kicking -up- a row m thenar and the landlord wry pi-onerlv put him on' side, when m revenge for the insult he t..ok n hot lie out of his pocket, mid. regardless of the fact thai it was full of beer, shied it through the window. The missile just mis«ed ibe, bend of a boarder, ani\ landed •with some force against the opposite wall. The delinquent then look to his hfeels, but later on m the night fell into the clutches of the police. He will he brought up on the charge this morning. We have to- congratulate the, Government upon the decision whit* li it-has arrived at with re.ard to the free passes. During the week -we .received tbe following circular, ttceo I'panying a pass, from the Oooinii*soiier of Railways: — -'Sir -1 have tie honor to forward a free pass available over, the railways m your district for the current year, which I am instructed to grant tinder the following conditions, niz. t —To be used exhisively tor reporting purposes, and with the understanding that it maybe camelled if the privilege is abused:" Beside the members of both Houses," one 'pan* is to be allowed to each paper m the Colony, and j for all legi'i'"**--*" pup"*-''** tb.it will, be. i quite suiHeient. Of course rliere are special m:. Uii«ms upon which the city journals may j have to trend- report •*•*-•- <>o.u tnmi m differ- . tut direetv>n>, bill ho doubt special ;ipplicitions would meet with consideration. We j dftliiiVa -t'fi. "*^_vcnfiii«*-n*t Wi**) awliyed iv

their action by thf advice bf Mr Lawson, but the' country may rest assured tbat although that gehfleiuan has been favorable to the step, be is jimC* the very man to take care that it is not abused. " Circumstances alter cases." Tbe follow - ing is a wrinkle' given by a Wairiraoa paper to the lan I tax gather of that district, with the intimation that he could make use of the information or nof, just a« he liked. The owner of a block of land situated within a hundred miles of anygiven point, of the Wellington- Wairarapa railway line (Valley seetiui) hid occasion some month!, ago to value his section m view of an appropriation made for rail way extension purposes. £-.7 sterling per acre was the sum put down on that occasion. Two or three days before yesterday the same authority was required to put a v-tlua'ion on the same pr»pt*rty for lmd tax purposes, arid he set it down at the modest sum of £2 per acre. C » n.nent on a transaction of this sort is surely not necesssary. The cue T. Tash against Mr. Dalrymple heir.l before Mr. Ward on. Thursday was eirriel on under considerable diSicidlies. Tbe pliintiff was a foreigner, and there being n i interpreter m durt, B-meh and e-niisiil were plieeil somewhat iri a quandary. Mi*. E lgles, who happened to ne iv court, was pressed i do service, but after a '"ew attempts, gave up the task ; nevertheless, a lit Me while after, seeing the plaintiff floundering through his evidence, he made another effirt, but. with no better success. Then Tash suggested that his boy understood" English "more goider" than him, and a youth of about- eight operated for some time, until it was seen thai instead of inter-. Dieting he was given evidence first band, and the case was adjourned until later on, when Air. Jensen was present. The purer Engish dil not, however, make the plaintiff's claim the more clear, as he was non-suited wi'h costs. We do not know whether it. is because our worthy R: M. has pitched his tent m dart on, that all its judicial wmts are readily attended to. but certainly it seems as if that circumstance had something to do wii h it . It is a notorious fact, that the lock-up at Piil'iierston has been for some lime, and is still m a most disgraceful state, while tbe Constable m charge has no dwelling at all. These facts ars not only well known to Mr. Ward, but to Mr. Commissi iner Sherman, the latter of whom promised some seven or eight, months since that immediate steps would be "taken m the riia*ter. So far not a finger has been raised te make the promise good, but we find that the more favored town of Marton is to ha veil new police station, .tenders having been invited for the work. VSe do not know sufficient ly of the matter to assert that tbe building at Marton is required ; but We have n i hesi a ion m hazarding the opinion that its necessity is by no means equal to that at Palmei'ston. We would wish to draw Mr. Ward's attention to the matter. We sincerely regret to learn bf telegram that Air. Conyer"*, the Railway Commissioner for the South .sltud, met with a m»st serious, and at first was supposed, fatal accident at the opening of t be l hr.mgii line hetween Invercargill and Dunedin on Wednesday. Mr. Conyers, who was indefatigable during the day, was standing upon one of the engines, when turning round to give an order, he overbalanced himself and tumbled to the ground, striking his forehead heavily m the fall He was picked up insensible, the blood rushing yr-nn his mouth and hose, and although every medi-al means to restore bin to c0n- *,.;...*•... „-<?», tiioy wwe^-.itho.ut avail Mr. Con vers is one of those irieTT"«no hy his own merits has raised himself from the oodli mi of an engine driver to his present office with £1203 per year, and the greatest tribute which coul I he paid to his worth is m the fact that m his continued success and prosperity, there could nit be found one who woul I say that ho was not worthy ot i. Indeed, when some four years ago he resigned the management of the Otago Railways v ider the Provincial G >vern n.*nt, with a salary of _*}()!) , a year to become a p ir: ner m the Otago Foundry, after a few months absence the Depirtment got into such a terri'de mul lie, t hit the Proviu.;ial vlinisterof Rail w ays offered him £1000 per year to t brow up bis ''Usiness and take charge again. Ie comm-m with alt who know Mr Conyers we heartily hope that his accident will not prove serious, nor the country be deprived of the services ot so worthy and energetic a servant. The pic nic lo t he chihiren of the Palmer, ston School took place on Wednesday, m the pad Jock .opposite the Gatbolii* Chapel, and a- the day had been observed as a (-iK-e • holiday, numbers of persons availed them selves of the opportunity thus afforded ot being present. The grounds were tasi fefull.v ■ decorated with variegated flags, and a large • awning spread for the eon fort of visitors. The members of the committee who took charge of the proceedings' were Messrs. Snelson, Cole-nan, Lintmi, and E. War burton, but their labours were materialiy lessened by the services of several ladies m the town. Mr. Coletrtan was indefatigable m his ende-i vors to afford amusement to the children, both male and female, starting races and orgiriat'ng and overseeing a variety of games. The wonhy master, Mr. Locke, ac-.ed m the capacity ot biok-'i*. and paid over the Various prizes won at the sports. At ono time curing the day there i-nuld not have been less t ban four huri I red children present, our at tent ion heing called to I he fact by Mr Linton, with the additional information that seVeu ve.lrs ago his (laugh- , ler was the first and only child then m the : tipper Alannwntu- Before breaking up, the .Chairman of the Commit fee and Air. Cole ; nvm addt-esse I a few words to the hoys,: Which was received with vociferous cheering; Ihe youngsters proposing three cheers for. ihe Indie*, a proposition whicn was heartily responded to. Conside'ra 'le - amusement ; was occasioned by a ferocious atta -k made upon a basket of ,plun», belonging to a dealer who ventured oh the ground. Instigated by the secret order* of .Vlr. 3n -lson, the voting pirates rushed the ol I man, wim m despair laid manfully about bin with t-he> -scales j but numbers were- too muc'i fbr him,' .and turning he t'oiind hi n«elf m the strong grasp of the C-iainnan of the Committee, - while Iho lobbers \Vere feast ing before ftiseyes. If ever a glance spoke infvlligible language, the violin"*- said "Et ttt fjruts," •but. his tune change I wonderfully on receiving the w'*ispered information that be would he piid for thoui, and he rnctually kicked his own basket m hisglee. Not only that, but he proposed to his quondam captor that he ahonl 1 bring a case of apples on the ground to share the same fate.