NEWS AND NOTES

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 77, 24 September 1879, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

RiOHT Agaiw— The Telegraph Departmeut announces that.cable cdmmnnication betw-pn Batavia and Singapore, which has beea interrupted for some time, has been vestoped, and the line is again iv working ordeY. Trustees bor thb Rabbit Distriot.— According to an intimation m Thursday's Gazette, the first election for trustees m t'_e Palmerston Rabbit District «rill be held m the Town Hall, Palmerston, on the 11th of November next, at three o'clock m the afternoon. The same notice intimates that John Taylor Dalvymple has been appointed Returning Officer, to conduct the said' election. Worecihh-En's Dramatic Club. — IJ| will be seen, that the above Club have arranged to give their next performance on ' Wednesday night, the proceeds of which are !to be given to the Cemetery Fund. The I programme will . consist of.- " Lulte the 'Laborer," and " A Bad Night's Rest." We' | hare been informed, fhat . several members of the club will take part on. this occasion, who have not appeared on a Palmerston. stage before. A Welcome Visitor.— Af ter a more than usually long spell of splendid weather, the rain set m on Sunday afternoon, and continued without Intel mission until yesterday afternoon. Agreeable as is the summer wpather which we have been lately enjoying, there are tew selfish enough to cavil at the 'change, particularly when the result, is fraught with so, .much, importance to the agricultural community, the genial showers >bich have fallen having clad the country : iv a perfect mantle of green, . . , A Correction.— We have been requester! by Dr. Maclachlan to apologise to Mr Charles Wyiie for an error which nppearec! m our last Police Court report. ]$ a '-> ' m -prf the Dr. sued and obtained a judgme • against Mir. Charles Wylie, the- uc - p^ai^t not appearing, the first intimation __ , Wylie received of the case being the ap pearance of the judgtnent m the paper. The real defendant vyas a William Wylie, the mistake being made m the Christian name by the plaintiff, when talcing out the summons. The Dat 'oe Atonement. — Last Thursday, according to Jewish reckoning, the world entered ypon its 564Dth year, that feitiva' being the prelude to the Day of Atpnemeni; which commences on next Friday evening. In our juvenile corqmunitv we have no Synagogue, and but few followers -of tbe Old Religion, the sect being alone represented m Palmerston -hy M v : an^ Mxa. Abrahams, and consequently we are Jess likely to notice the anniversaries m Jewish history than m larger towns. iTr. Abrahams notifies that his store will be closed from sunset on Friday until the same hour on Saturday. Sudden Death.— We regret to have to record the very sudden death of a fino little g'rl, the daughter of Mr. ' G. Memberly, o? Rangtilcei lane. The clvld was m. perfect health apparently on Saturday, but on Sunday complatued of being unwell. On Monday morning, although not quite r ecovered, she wag able to sit up m bed and eat a good breakfast. Nevertheless the father came into Palmerston to consult the doctor. He returned home m tbe afternoon, just m t ; me to see the poon little thing alive, as she died m his aii.nß a shoTt while afterwards. Much sympathy is felt for the parents m their bereavement, as the deceased was au uncommonly promising child. A Chess Club. — We are pleased to see that steps are about to be taken, for tie formation of a Chess Club m connection with the Public Ljhn\ry. Although the committoe|of the institution have provided every convenience, the fact that there has been no organised class has hitherto militated against the patronage of the game, but now. thao it is sought to give facilities to old players to enjoy and new beginners to practice this kingly amusement, we trust to be able to tell a different story m. the future. All lovers of the game are. invited, to attend a meeting to be holden at the Reading Room to-morrow evening, at eight o'clo.cl^. Food for the Law Sharks. — This veiy. month m last year we had the pleasure of being served with a writ for £1000 damages for an alleged libel. We did not plead ; we did not defend the action ; we did not pay the £1000 j m fact we. did not iuvest. m the orthodox six-and-eightpence worth of- opinion. We took counsel with ourselves ; we said we won't. pay[it, and time has proved that our counsel was safe and cheap law. Our Foxton eontemporany is now passing through the same experience ; and by way of keeping it company the Wanganui Chronicle h&% had an action for libel instituted against it by the Hon. John Ballance. The worst we. wish our contemporarieslis that their.respective actions may cost them, no more than ours. did — nit. '■..*■... A Broth of a " Buoy." — Travellers see stra.nge sights,' but it fell. to the lot of a traveller recently from th c land of shamrocks to discover a ship's buoy snugly anchored, and doing duty m an inland town. Two sons of the Emerald Isle were the other day luxuriating outside of the Royal, and one of them, feeing a,, "new chum," cpasi-

dered himself an expert upon matters pauti* cal. After takirg a lunar up and down the strectj he suddenly addressed his campanion with, . " Well; by the Hokey, but that's a quire place intirely to have a liVe boy ?" at the..Bame time pointing te an ptject m frontof Moffat's bufcchery. "*A liyeyboy,''; ;w«i the interrogatory ; " what live bpy ?" " Qch, sure I don't mane a live boy, but a ship's boy," says No. 1, and sure enough the gentleman with three months' naval experience had mistaken the trig station m survey paddock for one of the buoys through which his vessel glided when at the conclusion of the voyage out. : Mprder Most Foul.— The result of the coronial inquiry as to the. origin of the Dunedin fire, has been to find" Waters guilty of incendiarism. Following upon that, the inquest on the bodies was held, when a verdict of wilful .murder .was returned. The demeanor of Waters throughout the whole enquiry, andleven after his arrest, was characterised by an appearance of indifference, he apparently entertaining full confidence m his acquittal. ' When the jury delivered a verdict of incendiarism he was visibly moved and agitated; a sudden pallor overspread his countenance,- and for a moment or two he hid his face m his hands, and seemed to fully realise the serious position m which he stood, and to acutely feel the g-avity of the charge. On being removed from the room he earnestly solicited that he might be taken outjby the back way, so that he might not b« stared at by the large crowd outside. Fully 500 persons waited for the ferdict. The Wish Father to the Thought. — It is really amusing to notice the absurd rumors -which not only receive cuirency. m the Wellington papers, but are absolutely manufactured to order to suit especial occasions. The latest of these is a statement made m the Post that the Governor has formed liis conclusions as to the strength of the Ministerial following, that it is adverse to the Government, and consequently that ■he does not feel justifed iv aocaptingfrom his present Ministers any advice, on matters outside the ordinary routine of administration. Had the sapient, or rather imaginative scribe been satisfied to stop there, we woi£d not complain, hut the climax is capped when he observes " that the course adopted .by His Excellency is strictly m accordance with constitutional usage and precedent."^ \ The absurdity of the suppositipn is the very ' strongest denial which could be given to 'the > canard, Sir George Grey is still the. chief of His Excellency's advisers,- and Sir- Hercules Robinson is tou well versed m his Gubernatorial duties, to make the same grave, mistakes as were perpetrated by the Marquis of Normanby over, the appointment of Mr ; Wilson— much as the Pos* and its genus may wish it. ; Y.