NEWS AND NOTES

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 64, 9 August 1879, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

Episcopal Yisitatjon. — His Lordship the Anglican Bishop will pay an official visit to'P-ulmerston this evening, and officiate at All Saints' Church to-morrow, both morning and evening. '„"'■'■■ Oub ' CQBBBiBEQiifi>BNO» Oqiitnrar. — Wa think it is but right to explain that the I 'letter which appears m our correspondence columns has, been m type for the last five .panes, but was crushed out by prtss of ''matter.'. . -„. '■ ' ■■/ '.•-•■:■ ' ; '-. ' ' '■■■-■■ Wobkinombits' Dbamatio o Clttb.— A

has been called for Monday night for the purpose of dealing with matters m connection with the late concert. Particulars will be seen m another column. A Bonded Watohottsb.— We notice that those enterprising merchants, Messrs. Thynne, Linton, and Co., have taken advantage of Foxton being declared a port of entry to establish m that township a licensed bond, and are prepared to receive and •tore goods at prices according to schedule which they publish. This is a step which will not only prove; profitable to them, but at the same time be a boon to a great many, A Q-iNBBOirs OypEß.— lt will be vmembered that last year Mr. James Laird, of Wanganui, made a very handsome donation of trees to the Palmeraton Cemetery, which, however, did not progress .satisfactorily. Yesterday Mr. Linton received a letter from the same gentleman, m whioh lie says j — " As you were very unfortunate last year with the trees you had from me to plant m your Cemetery, if you have any available labor to plant some now, I will forward you a small lot of suitable trees, you paying the carriage. Advise me as soon as you can, if you will accept them.." Of course the liberal offer has been accepted with thanks, A Babe Oppoettotity job Capitalists. — We would draw attention to the very important sale of town leasehold pro* party which takes place on Saturday. On that day Mr. Snelson will offer' for public pompetitian, the lease for twenty-one yean of certain ten-acre blocks, m Fitzherbert street, on the way to the Manawatu Rivef. The conditions upon which the Borough Council — whose property the land is — part with it, is \ a bulk sum is asked for the twentyone's lease, the amount of which wil! be received m twenty per cent, cash, and the balance at three and six months, without interest. . The chance is one which . may never occur.again, and should not be neglected. A CoNTBADiOTidN.— We hay» received a letter from Mr.' Arthur Whitely, concerning a Btatement which appeared m this journal m connection with the so-called prisoner Derritt. Mr. Whitely states'that he knows that the man representing himself as Robert Derritt is not identical with the jockey who rode Fishhook when disqualified, for the fact that Derritt, the jockey, only a week ago was laid up m Christchurch from a bad knee. .We publish the statement with the greatest pleasure, deeply regretting the annoyance the report must have given Mr. Derritt, at the sam« time, we trust he will acquit us of blame, as the assertion wai on* voluntarily given by the prisoner to police. ■ " Wben Greek Meetm Q-beek, Then Comes the Tug op Wab.— Perhaps there could be no better definition of the above saying than m the coming contest; m Wanganui. Mr. Ballance has decided. to retire from the representation of Rangitikei, and beard the Opposition leader m his supposed stronghold. We know of :no fight whioh will be watched : with a keener interest.than that between the two Hons., both of whom are giants on their respective sides, and each having a local organ .at his back. The gage of battle thrown down is a fair one, and the result will prove whether Liberalism or Conservatism hold.t awayin Wanganui. The Representation of the Cottntt. — A very largely attended meeting of residents and settlers was held on Thursdayafternoon, for the purpose of selecting tht most eligible candidate for the repress entation of the- Manawatu. It was definitely .stated that M«ssrs. Halcorube and deradinniiriaTTnr^T^^^nAjgjt was oonsi^ upper district shoijid be split, a committee was appointed to ' conifer with both candidates m order to bring' about if possible an amicable arrangement. It was further resolved that the; result should- be made known to a public meisting to be called for next Wednesday night. An Explanation Wanskbd.— At feW last sitting of the County Council a considerable portion oC the time was taken up with a dicusssion upon the county advertising, The futility, of the proceedings was shown by the fact that notwithstanding a committee was appointed, its labors and report had no further good than to leave th« matter exactly- where.it stood at the commencement. " During the debate, however, the Chairman made a statement about which we would be glad to receive some explanation. - Mr. Macarthur is reported to have said :~" During the last "four months, the advertising had borne to more than £60, and allowing for the part of the time which the Feilding Gfuardian was not m existence, the advertising was costing them £250." Now rash statements on any question ate far from: commendable, but rash and unreliable assertions from public man upon public matters are open to grave.censurej misleading the community and doing an injuotice to those against whom they are uttered. Had Mr. Macarthur taken time to consider he would have recollected that if during the last four months, when there were three papers m existence, the total advertising had been £60, it Was not likely that during the other eight months it would have more than doubled the amount, and consequently the total would only reach £180. So much for supposition : now for facts. When we read the statement about the £250,. we were taken considerably by surprise, and we referred to our ledger to see how much of that lot fell to our share, and find that from the Ist of September, 1878, to. the present date, now twelve months, we have received £54 43. It' follows, then, that if the Chairman's statement be correct, our Foxton contemporary must have been making a good thing out of the Council — a fact which we very much doubt. As the proportion to the Guardian during the past four months should certainly not be mono than £20, and we presume our Foxton friend has not received- ' any thing m excess of what we did, we would would wißh to know to whom the balance of the £250, representing £120 has been paid. ,We pause for a reply.