NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 31, 2 April 1879, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

The Waimatb Eitbeogiio. — From our late files, haying news from the Waimate Plains to the 31st, we learn that the difficulty with the Natives is just a» far ' off from settlement as everjJWe regret that pressure 'upon our space compels us to omit*' it ajad other interesting matter. The Eabebe School-house. — The Committee of the Karere School are to be congratulated upon their taste in the selection of plang, the building now in course of erection being a most pleasing contrast to the pigeon box concerns, which appear to be the orthodox thing all over the country. The new school when completed— 4& it will be in a j few days — will be the prettiest building deroted for the purpose in this Education district, and might easily be mistaken for a miniature church, Thb. Causes ay England, Palmebstgn, —The members of the Anglican congregation in Palmerston are to be congratulated upon the fact that ere the dose, of the I month they will have*^ resident clergyman located in their midst. As there are certain preliminaries to be taken and expenses to be met, it is to be hoped that all Churchmen will at once come forward to bear their pro- | portion" of the burdejj, an appeal to that effect being made by the churchwarden in another column/ | The. Green Fields of Kabe^e. — At the present season, when the dry weather -has burned and parched up. the country' in Eangitikei and elsewhere, it i& a pleasure to pay a visit to the district about Karere and Jackeytown. In those places, and in fact on both sides of the Foxton road, the grass is not only of the freshest, but would certainly reach above the boots of the traveller.. As might have been expected, therefore, the cattle are in. splendid, conditions and stand/ and eye the passer-by in a self-complacent, lazy kind of manner, which indicates bovine contentment. Thb Fibe at Stonet Cbeek — The 2^ew Zealand Insurance Company, in which office „Neih Christiansen^ had; his house at Sfconey Creek insured, have determined to hold an inquest upon the. cause of the,, fiye . We. are not aware, that there, are. any suspicious circumstances connected with the case beyon r ! the fdet that Christiansen had removed into his new buildings but a day or two days beJore the old one.was;burnedl'down. This of eouHe may merely be a coincidence, upon which in the face of , the projected inquiry, it may be more prudent to make no comment. The coronial investigation, will take place hafore Dr.* Rockstrow thi3 morning, at eleven o*o\aokj. The Coboneb and the Constable. — We understand that the result of. the recent inquiry, demanded by Be. Rockstrow uppn the oonduot of Constable Purcell, has been that the later has been fined £1. Of course, as the investigation wa3 held privately, we are unable to analyse the justice of the judgement by the evidence. Judging from the facts, however, as they are retailed, we fail to see the equity of the decision. Had the* Constable, used the language in the hearing of Dr. Rockstrow, then his conduct would be reprehensible.;, bfttt we. imagine if the worthy doctor were to button-hole each pewon for their opinion of him, even his \ egotism would sustain a blow in learning the marked difference between his estimate of himself, and that of the public upon the same personage. A. P-DAJN (jbu-EsjriON.— We would like to ask the Resident Magistrate, Mr. Ward, when we may expect a weekly sitting- o? the , Court, at Palmerston. W.e. are informed j that to-morrow the cause list embraces be- : tween thirty and forty cases, which it i3 almost an, impossibility to, get through at one sitting ; and if not, suitor* and witnesses are put to the inconvenience of com-, ing from a distance, and losing a day tini necessarily. It is a piece of the grossest that but four days in the i^on)^ are to cases from F^i^Jicg^ Foxton, 'and Palmerston. while the remainder are, i demoted to Raogitikei, Marton having al-. most a daily sitting. Certainly if Mr. Ward doe3 not pay us at least a weekly- visit, we, mii3t agitate, that he take up his quarters in the centra of his district, so that he might then have the * convenience which is now allotted tax his Kangitikei Courts. A Thjht SqubeziR — As the night train for Foxtott was leaving' the Palmerstan station on Saturday evening, a man named Martin Boesen, had a" narrow escape from serious if not fatal rnjuny. The platform was very crowded, and Boesan, who was in conversation, with a friend iid not hear the guard's whistle oiv nqtioe the departure of the train until it had' been for. some time in motion. He then l made a dari for the guard's van which was the only past to be reached, but on account of the crowd, and the' fact that he had only one leg, a clutch and a stick;, he was unable to get on hoard, and was thrown upon his back upon ths platform, hts stick /being knocked out of his hapds, and smashed to pieces by the wheel of the Yap. Surely if a. "burned child dreads the. fire," Boesen, above all others, should be moat careful in his. entering or leaving a train, as. it was. by an accident simttar. /to, that which occurred on Saturday uigH that he is nbw abripple. .The fate of his stick should* be a more convincing tihan pleasant j -prooi^f what mighfcjia^ bje)? $» P 8 ?^?

/ Bbad-wbight CABQO,-4When the morning train from Wanganui arrived yesterday, the guard wanted to give a lian, who wa?' lying helplessly drunk on the seat of a; carriage, in oharge for . indecent exposure. Froin what we could^ learn lie had entered the train at Haloorabe,- and on arrival at Palmerston was 'dragged out/and laid on the sid« of the-' rails x untiL-Constable Qillespie could get assistance j/ 'carry him to the lock-up. Aftes the jr&in u had gone he called the station-maste/s attention to to the helplessness of the man, requesting him to send one of his nncials to render assistance, but while waitng Sergeant Donnelly came in sight, and biped him with his pr.'ibner to the lock-uw The delinquent will be brought up thisjnoraing under the Public Works Act/inarged with being drunk in a railway carriage. The Late Land Sale.— lt would appear that the. very high prices secured for the rural land at the Corporation sale took the people of Wellingtonjcompletely by surprise, a disastrous failure having been anticipated ; and certainly the result has beensomething to be proud of, when at the pre- , sent unparalleled (tightness •of the money., market, land to the amount of £30,030 oould he disposed of in a, couple of hours. Apropos of the high rates ruling, an explanation may be foWnd in .the remarks of a gentleman from the Waira'rapa, who, him-, self gave the highest figure of the day. In reply to a settler upon the subject he stated that the people of the Manawatuhad not the slightest idea of the. value of the land with which they were blessed ) for while those in the Wairarapa were wanting d@lo and £15 per- acre, that sold on We'dn'w-, day in comparison was worth £25, arid he was of opinion that had the outside public an idea of the quality of the land in the Manawatu, the demand would increase four fold' and the prices advance accordingly^ It must be acknowled there ii much truth in statement. Those who originally hought the land got it at minimum price, and when they parted with at an advance of two. or! three hundred per cent., ..persons naturally considered they had done well ; stiM such could and was the .case, without the proper value. having been-reached. A PBOpassiOKAii-^W^irt&SfaF^HsfiS^^i* Inman, for whoma warrant'had been issued by the F,eafrbe?ston Bench for obtaining goods under false pretences, passed through Palmerston during th> latter part, of the previous week, and succeeded in victimising several of the townsfolk. He took up. his quarters at the Roya) Bqtel, ancl liquidated his account on departure, with a valueless cheque, after giving Mr. Coleman and' one or two others a turn. It would appear that he,?bi*d determined to" make a tour of* the^ country, distributing his. favors as he. went,' for his line of travel so far has bpea marked by the paper he has dropped on the way. The day after he had taken his departure the constable in charge received the Police Gazette with the information that Mr. Inman was '-' wanted," but of course, as he was then far beyond his jurisdiction, he had to rest satisfied with reporting^ &e. subsequent delinquencies to his superior officer. He was arrested at Wellington on 'Sunday afternoon, on the, arrival of the steamer from Wanganui. He had evidently, been making himself comfortable, 1 for amongst the list of cabin passengers by the streamer Huia we noticed the name "Hamilton," under -^hjch, he probably travellech It is another exemplification of the old story of days of pleasure and years. of pain. , The G-been-bxed Mqnsteb. — The sable,; aons of the- soil would appear to be just as susceptible to the power of the green-eyed : monster as ever was the Moor of . traditionary : fame. On Monday, morning: a parcel of ; Natives we?e travelling, in, the train between Feilding and Foxton, when one of them thought he would beguile, the. tedium, of the : way hy paying his addresses to a coloured ! lady by his side. The fair^-or,.rather darlfc— jone was not unwitting) and forthwith. a ! little gay flirtation upon the most approved I civilised principles was improvised. v " Ther* iis many a step 'twixt c the tupTan l^ the; fcp," : and the c^p of happiness of w.hich; the. gay i Lothario was a\pujb to taste w^a rudely ; dashed from, his lips, as/the lord and master, : of the frail one appeared upon the scene and exhibited his disapproval of the proceedings in a most strikingi ij^ay. The erring one was kicked and cuffed in a manner which exhibited a high state of civilisation, and plainly showed that the experience had been gained in a good school.,- F.or. the honor of chivalry, we. regret to state, that the.mpment the clandestine lover took in the. situation, he quickly became, conscious that the. fresh air of the platform would be best fo^ his health. A sight of the poor oreafcure after she had paid the penalty of her weakness, would quickly dispel the illusion that she was the "better half." The Stonbt Cbbbk Scjhool. — Tha oommittee of this school are considerably exercised— and with go^d .Reason,, <tb6-^-at the. manner in which'they hare been treated by the. Education Board. r The teacher, M;tßs Roberts, having resigned, the ChairmatijUflder instructions from the committee, wrote to the li,oa.ydL asking that the vacancy, should he. filled upi by the appointment of a master instead of a feirale teacher. To this no. reply has. been, vouchsafed, beyond an intimation that g, lady- teacher, would be appointed, studiously goring tha com-> mittee's wishes and racomi^endation, by on\itting all allusion, thereto. It is now eight weeks s,in,oe notice of Bf iss Roherts'a resignation was forwarded, and four, weeks last Friday since th* school was closed, and as yet there. iB no appearance, of the lady who has been, eleeted to fill the vacancy. It is bad enough when members of committees ara insulted,' 'without having th« pressing wants of the sahool neglected. Maori Qi^ atitudb.— The following' little incident, which occurred uring the week,, proves that some of the Jfatiyoa'are ppssessad of sensitive feelings which would do, hon,orto, and might well be. copied >b.y jtheir. white neighbors. A day or. two since a native foam the Forty-mile Biih, who waited badly to get into Napiei, went to Mr, Snelson, with the. iEJqd.cftt raqueit that he would fend hhn ten shiJlin|3. Being a per:feofcjs,ttjanger. to MivS,nehoiij ; the Maori was a9tonifhe.d tp, reaetvo i^ r,Q|ly-an- intimation ■that it w^ 'all right, and he. could receive the moriejj- Evidently' ijo^being prepared

" What, you lend me the money ? " "Yes, I lend you the , money," "was the calm answer. "But you no know me," urged tb« Maori. "Oh, that doesn't matter ; I'll trust you," said Mr 1 . Shelson.. A silence, then, a stare, followed by along-drawn sigh, and ".Eagai." After the Native .had re? covered his surprise at the confidence placed itr him, he commenced, " No/me •no take the money for little while," and without more ceremony he took his departure. About two hours afterwards he again appeared on the scene, this time with a wheelbarrow, upon which were placed two hags of potatoes, which the poor fellow had wheeled all the way from Awapuni, to leave as a hostage of his honesty. Akothbb FhtE.-fMrs. Carroll's premises, in Main street, had a narrow escape yesterday from total destruction. She had only been absent for about a quarter of an hour, and on returning found the shop in flames. She immediately- ;gaYe.,"th»; alarm ;■ aad soon a number of willing "hands were collected, and by their prompt assistance saved not alone the premises, hut the greatest portion of the stock as well. Luckily, two tubs, filled- with rain water, had been placed outside the 'back door only a day or two previously, and that; quantity proved sufficient to stay the further progress of the flames. Had the. Veil been th*. only sotufce ffomTwhich a supply of water could have been obtained, there, would have, been but a small chance of saving the premises, a3 eveft a delay of • one^ or. two minutes would have, rendered all t^e. efforts that ; could have.beenmadeof but little avail; ;as articles of drapery which were hanging from the- ceiling were. Afterwards found to be of x a brownish cotoiy- and altogether the stock has been found to have.sustained pretty coasijiembie. damfl^, short as was the duration of the flre» Of course, the ' stock also suffered somewhat^ in the efforts | made to, p^t the conflagration out. The fire is supposed to have originated under the. coaster, but^re w t as npthing toishow what had been the actual cause, so far as we could ascertain. Th'e matches were usually kept spme^ distance, away from the place, where the fire occurred^ and unless time or another, it is certainly difficult to account for the occurrence of the fire. Mr. 'John Dillon, is. the owner of the premises, whioli he had insured only to the extent of £100,. The stock had been insured, we learn, by Mrs. Levien, the. previous occupant, in. a D,unedin. office, and had also been insured by Mrs. Carroll in the. Insurance Company for- which Mr. Eliot Warburtpn is the- local agent v In our- advertising columns both Mr. Dillon, and' Mrs. Carroll return their- sincere> thanks to all those who, by their kindly and prompt assistance, pu£ an end to the flames in. such a. short space of time. MajoeTb Whbobo.— -It is reported that Major Te Wheoro is about to leave Alexandra. For several years Te Wheoro has occupied the. position of>Q-overnmenfc: agent on the frontier; "transacting, all business with the^Kingites. His high birth, and the great/ ftspeSt "In' ■i^hio^vhe; was: Ijeldf by Tawhiao and his people eminently qualified :Him for this, position, and everyone well ■ acquainted with Maori affairs felt .confident that, bo long as he remained in Alexandra, we should have nothing like disturbance, of bloodshed) on. the frontier. Te Wheoro has felt deep)y the depth of his: daughter, and it is. said he wishes to return, to his settlement at £h». Lower Waikato. . .