NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 34, 12 April 1879, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

' Appyo?s-—^y a wuit iipblpgise to our •veader^ iEor Tidying heW oveß our 'BproiJigh' .Council; 'aid Po^ce. 'reporfc? for so 'wijg. = H'hd'stjepj hoVever; vw'ieceasitated.'f^or.tler ►togiv6.tulLreportai to the. various ttepjata'tibnß ii^ onr. last isjue. We; onje now compelled tp bnii^ the reptnrt of ; tbe. JiUwchester Highways Board. ' ' V "The SijOßA^^"— A^hon^- the ( lost jsaue of. onr' ne'iered-into tji^iworlcl' t>veXj;B hours Jsjefore iW'ttmej we djdnbt repeiye^biir copy imtil twen.tv -four, hours later, conae^Uefttly we are unabie'to refer to the,mahy " r'eiifty things " With which it. gliGtens. -'.'_. Our remark? wilt, however, lose none of tbeij;. I; W b^ing liditover- ; " " - IC " ■•* . : ~'i

Still Another Settles. — We under; stand that Mr. Johnston, of Broad street, has sold his property, lately m the occupation of Dr. JVfaclachUxn. The purchaser ; 8 Mr. Jillett, surveyor, a gentleman on c well known m the district, who has decided to return and settle down m Palmewton. We wish him and all such new-comers a hearty welcome. " Rifle Tqu^ament. — Thanks to the liberality of tho ladies of Palmerston, the Volunteers will enjoy a treat on Monday. After . the Butts have been formally inaugurated, shooting competition will take place for a nunber of prizes subscribed for by the ge ltler sqx. The contest will only be open to Volunteers, and those anxious to compete must send m their names to the captain this evening. An Abistockat iir Teottble. — It is reported upon excellent authority that thp wretched fellow Hamilton Inman, who has lately be.en recklessly scattering valueless cheques all over the country, is a near relation of one of the Inman firm, to whom belongs the celebrated line of ocean steamers. The tinfortunate delinquent, we believe is at present on remand at Masterton, Rut may be expected m £almer.3ton', to be; brought up for his frauds upon Me.ssra. Cplcmanand Batehelar. SjE^pps. Accident. — We regret to hear that Mr. Thomas Nelson, of "Aihurat, met with an, accident on Wednesday which will cbnflne. him to b,ed foe some, considerable time. It appears that b,eing ifi sparch of some jjrass seed he turned into one of the jjyp ; iya'ys leading from the Stoney pfeek r.oad, -syhen the trap which Ue. was. driving collided with a stump and the. ye.hi.sle came to grief. In tr.ying to save himself by jumping clear as it turned over, he fell u'gon a peg, severely locerating h,ia leg. 3se. was relnoyetl to the. Hospital buildings «i Palmerstqn, and his injuries atte.nd«4 to bj Ijoctor Mac|^chlan. X Healthy Impbotement. — We are pleased to learn that tlie market for stock has pxhib,ite.d, a healthy change, of late, not only the demand being greater, but the prices re.alise.d b,eing of a npst sa|fsfac£ory ohacacter. Two sajes were'held m the district during the. week— t 7 aat by Mr, Maysmor. at Feflding, and Messrs. Stevens and Qqjiton a£ the. same, place— at both of which b,ujprjs niu.ste.red m strong numbers, the purchasers m nearly every case hailing from Bajmerston,. . As the moun,iri§ train was en^ieiiiflg Palmerstoft on Tb,uis44y, * cdf belonging $0 Mr; jfoskings,, fthHch had strayed upoti the -line, H&% unab,leto get clear from thp track,, and the consequence was that the oow-ca^chesr, became a calf-catcher fox j,ha time beinjg, and flung off the animal, smashing its leg. Strange. 'to say, that was the ouly injury raceiivfld,' With the aid of some pieces of ■wlqod^ manufactured in,to splints'* $he ■vfovpidejd lim.b was bound up, and tiheaniirjal, although of course, a cripple;, s,eein? ot^ervfise. but |iitlej|the Worse of i\a accidents, Ngw Biop3>.— The; Sandon district hag xgceiiyed, within |,he. past few, weeks, a yal^ab.lo, addition to its' population,, m the parsoip of' Mr. Andeiseii, of tlje fjra of A^de.rson < axxii JansenVth'e well-known grppe;'r3 m C^'a-street, WelUngton. Mfe. An-; dewon was resident m, the, for a considerable numb,esr. of years, and won fos himself ' a largo, amount of respect; wtiilst the firjn with which he. was so. long connected has alywiys been noted i^s strict intpgrity We.c.s^g^tulftJ*ij;he Sandon B eo P^° in' hating secured a *good citizen, arid all tng more.," because they' have not lost such an, p^id and respected' identity' as j^r. J. Ton^p^kins, w&pise' business has passed into' such," worthy hands! We understand fliat Mjf. ' intends to devote, himself to bther pursiilits m (lia > district, whils| his b^sin^ss will bY carried on as formerly by Mr, Andersen!"' Sip best IMPJRQyEMEi?T^. — A much wanted itfljßroyement is" about tip,' be carried out m Ee^gtissozj street, Feildin.g. The rdadv^ill be metalled the. enjifre width, and foothpa^hs, . 12 feet wid'ei, MrilT'be made and gravelled on both sides. It is intended 'to carry the st^et right '^hiforigh to the Railway Station m a straight line,' and to do away with that niisty and dangerous curve opposite, the. Post Office. The owners of property will contribute a portion of the nioQdy, $he Feilding Corporation' anolher poi'tion, whilst the G-o---vendment have. gvtarantee,d the reminder, V^K^ji pibposed inproye.raents are. carried out, Fergusson street will be. one of the. finest streets i^t'. FeUJding, as it certainly should be, instead of being as at present, a ! series of crab-holo^ and a trap fort unwary i t^aVeJlersj Wa,hope to see the. work comnienced forthwith, and comploteil before. ; the; rainy season sets m. property m • FergussoA street has already gone, up, con--BideraQJ[y, cojn^pared wi^h what it \tsed to. be [Only a very short time back; but when th.ese, improvements are carried ou,t, the value of the land will be. still further, en!hanced, ijßaAi< iNTELIiiaEKCE. — The habituis, of ; the, Resident Magistrate's Court will learn : with Regret that tbp great stock Court case of Pepper v. Brandon has collapsed. As will b|) aegn feom H< our report Mr, Wais on Thu^^day granted an adjournment of the Irerhearing iftppn^ the^" strict 'underatan'ding that £he costs 'incurred, by defebdant should ber/f»ai4 by Mr. $!iepp^r. b^fo^er|ou>, o'clock on that day. The plain,{ji& 'did not, b^oweyei?, C6mply with CQUdLtions, and thus : an action which at one. time/bid fair to rival I a bhakcery s^it m duration, has been Wsl^BtrUck off/ the list. 1 Now s that' we trust'ihe n?atter has bfcpn finally disposed of,' we' may state, that 'in our opinion the last adjournment should never have been granted The s re-hearing, was allowed ujJon the'distincti.Wser^pn tjnatj Ijhe. required wit- ! ness haß bsen. fo.viil.d and -^as producible ; and althougli '*?e may. be; correct, our iown opjjoion is 1 , twat ashe.'rt'a.anptjprodvjced, ithe application was simply to^e^u^e vexa-. tioiis. BuiLi>iNa Opeeatiqjis tn F^iLD^Na. — On all side 3 carp/putcM are, busy at work — that 13,- wheri^ they, can procure^tbe material, wb^icli is hot always tjje case, although m ttie, tieart of one.of. fcbe t bpst timber.,districts m New Zealan4. ■ tfc| is ssaifl tha'tj .''ljtr. Lethbridge is. about to build a Ta^ga mansion which Bhall eclipse all the othe^, dweillings m the County of Maniiwatu, The work at the. Cpurt-House is now near its tprminatioh, and" Mr Ward t?.ill be. able to diepei)B9 justice to 1 thd Fei^ingites'i^ tb,<>. cpujesa of another three or f<»urwfe>ks, which 'must be ; some- consolation to lifcigidiis fglks resident, m thai! districti cbnsiaoHn£ :sfr long" t^rae they nave anxioijlply. waited, , -'The, jpp]}s station willal«o be finishecl mi" a. few' weeljs, if- the. -requisite material can. lip. procured. f Hfje. "V?. I). Ificbolaa is pushing' ahoad with bis shp'p3 m Fegjgusson^ street, tjhe t^qf .'and ?Jl ; the^oujtoide woA bfiing^nearly compjeted. Me^ri. ji ; ohfe3n'ey anS Beard- bave.au but finished the new restaurant ' fo^. Mr, ' Collins," iin'Maiiohester street 5 whilst the two snojys m front of'JMr. Driver's bakery premises ar'd ( ready for occupation." Mr.' Thompson, of^ |t!ie Exchange Store, is about, erecting more tcomiflodious premises in' the same, street. : AlkgethV, it must^'a time ofsgoldien har|vest fjjr, carpenters m," Feilding, if on,e.] can judge fro)n tu6, amount of .wor^ being done aU^^feiw.iialiipV^ ' " x •^• : ! I»6Ti]£Asrcß AtiMANAcs. — The. Insurance •CoibpfiiiiSa apjptof. to m " bpld-heaSed " for altnaiUcd, it we. may permitted' tp use !'"'■■■ ■■!■"{'. ■■■*•■ mi......

would appear to be a mere nothing. Every year some new deyicis is adopted by almost every company, m order that it might reap tlie adyantage over its less wary brethren, who are seldom, However, found n ipgjug m this particular line. Of all the yery ij^ice things which have been issued, the Union Insurance Company must certainly lay claim to rank m the foi?emoBJ; : .10 has departed fron) 1 - the usual wallrcard style, and issued a small handy volume of 40 pages, containing a.vast amount of intelligence — a tiny encyclopaedia, m fact — which cap be carried m the pocket or left m a convenient spot on the 'desk.' " The printing is done by the Messrs. Wilson and Horton, at the New Zealmd ofljee, Auckland, and for good and twisty workmanship will compare fayorably with similar productions from either of the three capitals of the United kingdom, We have to thank Mr. P. E. Warburfon, the local agent, for favoring us with a copy of this pretty little handy volume of general infoi'mation — and, shall we. add, advertising also ? Chtxhoh ps England. — A meeting of the "Vestry was held on Thursday evening, when there were present — Messrs. Mitford (Churchwarden, m the. chair), Turner, G-oodissoft,' Sutton, P. E. Warburton, Snelson, Keeling, and Skerman. The principal business was the consideration of plans for the new rectpry. your were submitted — one from Mr. H, t E. Wright, Feilding ; one from Mr. WvA Chatfield, Wellington ; and two from Mr.'Ei P. Aymesbury, Palmerston, After; a careful inspection of the various plans submitted, those sent by Mr. Chatfield weue adopted. It was decided to request Mr. Hayns to loot over the plans and specifications' approved of, to see whether he could suggest some modifications that might lessen the cost of the. building. My. Sjielson state.d that" there had been £120 collected towards the building fund, and he. thought £30 more could still b,e collected. With a gift auction at Christmas, and with the assistance fhey* would be able, to get from the Ghuroli b,ody m Wellington, he fought they would be able to meet the amount to be expended op the residence, or at all events they would not be. far shoiit. The Chairman stated that lodgings had been secured for $he. $ey, Me. Newth at Mrs. Wakefield's Tempe^ce Hotel. Ha also stated that tlie ground which hacNafeen purchased from. Ah Tong and Wong Cbee had been vested m the trustees. Messrs. Bullor and Lewis had only charged fon the expenses they had incurred m the way of stamps, registration, &c, afld had giyan their, own- trouble m conveyancing free of charge. 3?ne -ground — two and a half acres, for which, £315 had been paid — was now let to another Chinese, at 10s. pp week, on condition that he erected a, dividing fe.nce and effected other improyemeflts. It was resolved that tenders should . b,e. at once called for tlie rectory, and that the meeting should stand adjourned till this daj fortnight, when-the tenders will be opened.