NEWS AND NOTES

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 51, 25 June 1879, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

Her Majbstj'b MAiis.-^-Until M°wlaj afternoon the Mtnawatu at tht Lower :.P*crj;' was pfrfectly impaisabl*, but on tliat •rehing th« Napier coach and.-passeiir aerii cvoßse'd H.af»ly, -'after a week's interruption. Te»t«r i daj, also. th« Napitr coach . deWirid h»r cargo m Paltne»»fcon up to time; 8° that we m»,f say that all difficult j is now OT«r-r — r-until.the next rain. • Three moee Black Crows/-— A report was current m tolwn on' Monday that a. .burr glnrr had b*en committed upon the premises of the Eeady-Monay Store, m. the Square, during Sunday- night. Upon inferriewing Mr f Eoj3t to l«arh tlie parfenlars, that gentltman wa» coi^idtrablv astonished, as it was the first be bad heard |»f tbeciri^uni-, •tancfu However, aft»r »oiz»» consideratioTi to acoount'for the) Tumor, he recollected that on Monday "morning his attention was drawn to tlie fact that th» lock upon an outhouse had becomo loose, and tins the * imagmatire . discOrertor had msgnifted into a whbleaftiei and daring burglarr, whereas the. rlpor Had never erien been pushed open, j . ThS WSathbb;— - Although' a most agree- j able, change ha? taken $«*» m the weather sin/Je yesterdiiy morningj the lake m Broad atreethas.loiifc none of its proportions;' nor •has the Borough Council made the slightest effort to giro the unfortunate inmates >qf

It is all very well, for those wijo have not to irade through the water to be indifferent to the matter, but we certainly think that at a great deal of the effect has been caused bj the action of the .Council; in ■topping/the drainage, torn* immediate .ptvpt for relief •honld be. taken, pending the permanent works now m" process. . Should the vet weather ;have oontinued, we heard it was intended to have .started a*Yacht Club, m which ca»ol4h«r4uaprifcpn9d inmates of Phillips' cottage might' have had something to while away the tedium of their confinement. Nbw Liobksiko Commissiohbb. • — By the hist number of the Government Gazette we notice that Alexander Ferguson, Esq., has been appointed a member of the Licensing Court for the District of Palmerston, vie; J. T. Stewart, Esq., J.P. OtTE ChaMiENGKB.— The RangitikeiAdvocate has not dared to question our ; accu • racy with regard to its canvassing m Peild-' ing for adroHising favors, at ridiculously reduced rates. As it knows to its cost we could prore our statement/ wilt commendable prudence it has deemed discretion the better part of value. ' Thi Shortest Day. — Although we are afraid we hare by no means got half through tbe winter, as far as wet weather, is concerned, still, strictly speaking, we hare crossed the boundary which divides it from summer. Saturday last was the. shortest day, and certainly, a9 far as climatic ejidenoes were concerned, ga^ve ample prob^'of its contiguity to mid-winter. , °" Thb Bobottgh CotrNOEDs—rA, meeting of the Public Works Commj|,te| was held yesterday morning t«?"consider the report of the Engineer with regard to a ref use-pit,f orj the town. It was decided to carry outjtT^e recommendation, the pit to, be gazetted as such. The committee, at the conclusion of the meeting, then adjourned to Broad street to see what steps could be taken to remove the flood of waters which had accumulated there. Thb PALBCEiaToy Cbmbtibv.— We would remind the townsfolk that a most important meeting will take place this evening m the Town Hall, with regard to the Palmerston Cemetery. We would not; only ask every ratepayer to attend, but to put m an appearance with'some regard to the time advertised. Eight o'clock is the hour appointed for the commencement of the proceedings and all those whose sympathies are with the object of the meeting are respect fully requested to remember that fact. Passing- thb Rubicon.— Fram the intelligence m another column, clipped from the. Wanganui Chronicle, it will be Been that the first blow has been struck m the Northern Difficulty, wtieiTone of the Natives attempted to rescue from the pound, and cam* to grief °7*£ the operation, by being rolled m the mud for. his .'pains. From the present position of affairs, it would appear that the settlers have now arrived at that stage of affairs when they are determined — should, the Government fail to protect their interest— to talc* the* matter into their own hands.. • \ <■ " * A Tbbat to thb SoAiroiNATiAiri.^-A court case would appear, to have' as great an attraction for our Scandinavian friends, as for the Aboriginal settlers. A case of larceny, prefered against Mads Petersen by one of his countrymen was the occasion of a regular congress of foreigners at the Court House, yesterday; there being as. many Danes present as there were m the Battle cf Clontarf. The hearing of the evidence occupied fully four, houra, and was altogether one of the dreariest entertainments of which it has been our lot to be a compulsory -patron. Bbkagh op thb Aems AoT.-r-Tlie',sm-formation laid against Mr.. Snelson for a breach of the Arms Act was. heard before Messrs Ward and M'Neil yesterday, and after a lengthy hearing the Bench con<sidered a prima facie case was made out, and committed the acouted; for triah at; the. next sitting of the District .Court/ On account of the late hour at which the examination concluded, we are unable to make any remarks about the case, but will have a few words to say upon the matter m our next, meanwhile a 'verbatim report of the proceedings appears elsewhere. .i . ' i Aitothbb ,Nbw Sbttmb.^-W» ' are, pleased to hear that another new settler^ and whafis better one of the right sort—, one with plenty of coin and plenty of ohildren — has taken up his quarters on the Fitz~ herberi side of the Manawatu, on the property best known as Collins. It maybe remembered that some six qp eight months since it was put up to auction hy Mr. Barnett of Wellington, and knocked down to Mr. Bansomej f romj whom it has been purchased by Mr^ Malcomb* Stuart at a verysatisfactory advance. What with Messri. : Knight, Bruce, Engles, Stuart, Newoombe, Akers, Fitzsimons, and now Nx* Maloolm Stuart, Fitaharbert- bids fair fco be ppssessed of an excellent class of energetic tettlers. , Nabbow Esoapb.— On Saturday evening, as a horseman was riding across the road leading to the station-master's house, the •hoe, of th» animal caught m the railway line, causing it to fall, and hone and rider performed 'a complete somersault. Strange, to Bay, that although the pair rolled over and over again, neither, appeared m the slightest the worse for the fall,- the damage extending no further than injury to the rider's costume. -Wh«n'.-;it- is! considered that the accident occurred m the middle of the network of rails, the escape seems almost miraculous. When the Minister of Public Works was m Palmerston some six months a^o, we understood he gare orders to have that danger removed, and a proper crossing fionstrncted. We feel convinced that if the instructionf be not qpicMyV carried iottt, a victim will be offered upon the altar of. official procrastination. . ,;/«ic"ir... The Faibxib ENeiNß,—-One of those much vaunted . speoimSns' J of *' engineering skill paid Palmerston a visit on Monday, m. tug of the afternoon train: The interest^ ing stranger is no doubt an improvementr-r as far as power goes — upon its more' diini-' nutive brethren, but.; certainly it^ip no beauty, and has evidently been constructed for use, not ornament. It is considerably longer, and more bulky, than the ordinary engines, and is supplied with extra wheels to accommodate its* increased length. We presume to feed the capacious maw of the monster, a large compartment ii placed m, the stern for the carriage of fuel, and altogether thi whole .concern, haa as; ugly and unwieldy an appearance as one can well imagine. Thf chief point of recommendation abint ife*^»nd it mpst be confessed that it is no mean-one— is the ease and stead^ ness of it* motion, and the almost total a6eence ..of \ait most obnoxious noise whie'i \b one of jthe spreatest dxftwbaoks hi railrond; towelling. The monster glides along with an ease and facility/ toiAilfTinlooked foi 1a ;.-% maeluat of jts flnwieldy propflj^Sopi>;