THE Manawatu Times. SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 1879. NEWS AND NOTES

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 78, 27 September 1879, Page 2

THE Manawatu Times.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 1879. NEWS AND NOTES

"Wordsare things, and a drop of ink Tailing like dew upon n thought, produce? tlv.t which makes thousands, perhaps millionb thmk.'' ,

The San Pbanotsoan "M!aii..— rln order to give a full report ©f- the news by the San Franciscan -Mn'l, w<" compelled to hold orer our usual leadinsr nrtir-le. - The PtibliTO VacJoijtatob. — We hriv.e been requested to intimate to matrons willi juveniles that Br. Mfiehchlan, the Q-orern-Intenl; Vaeoinator. ■will be., m attendance at. the School-house, Palmerstou this afternoon. Sale op Dbapkbt. — "We would dweeb attention to tne extraordinary enle of dvnpery, to be boldpn for ten fl ivs *? 'Mrs. Lovin's old stor<\ Mnin stro-t. Tlie stock is from the establishment of M'Dowell Bros., of "Wellington, and it is notified, tlwt it will bf di"po<sed of lit most nnniuil prices. The sale commences tliis movninpj. PAt.MKRSTOI. T .NOETrt PfbT.TC IJTBBART. — The u^unl monthly meetinc: of tie Committee of the Public Librnrv, which was to have tnlcen place upon Wednesday eventp«, lapsed for want of a quorum. At- the api pointed hour there were hut two members iof committee , present, and the business — j I which, fortunately, was not. of a very im--1 portarit cliaracfcer— bad to be postponed | until a future occasion. 1 PbosbksS V. PBO3PERITT,. ! — 'Notwithstanding tbe general outcry about the bardness of the times, there would appear to ba no dearth; of ./work, m tbe ; timber trado, bouses springing up within tbe town bounds with almosfejmus'iivjotn rapidity. Standing at the Post Oul-^e no less than eight new buildings can Mxseen m cavirs.e of ereftion. Although there may be tit present just a temporary^depression' m business gcnernlly, the nbove ftict i» a -rap^t undeniaWe eontra-. diction 'to the sup position that Palmevston is losing ground. - _ '•The Cbt. .is stiltj they Come." — The air is heavy with libel, and from one. of the; Coast fco the. other, it floats m. the atmospbere. '' It biirstv forth at Evxton, blossomed at Wan«anui, bloomeld atMantoni and now it-is fnll. blown m Wellington, tbe Chronicle having no; ..less- than, two actions :on its hands. ; Buring the rage/of tbe epidemic last year, 'there- were just a half " dozen libel actions m t.his Provincial District alone. ' We.wonder^ who is -going to be. J fche sixth victim this time. ; SpppiTOrft a Want.— We learn with muoli pleasure tb-vt Mr. .E. P. Amesbury has determined, at the solicitation of a number of settlers, to cipen a Sfcoclc Sale. Yard m Palmerstbn. The want is one which has been felt fou some considerable time, an 1 we. learn that the promises of- support which Mr.]' AimeAuvy;; has. -. received from breedare of stock all over/ the country, has fully warranted" liim m the step. We have not ibeard;f or certain wbere, the yards are to be erected; 'but we believe they will be somewhwe on the. Raiigitikei Line, close to one or. «ther of- the hotels. Tenders for tbeir. erfiofcion, have 'already been called foil Post Tenebbab Ltix.— We are pleased to bear that tbe application to the Railway Department for a light at tbe crossing leading to the Telegrapji Office has been, successful. In reply-to a letter from tbe Town Clerk, Mr. Rbtberam announced bis willingness to issue instructions for the lamp— which is now extinguished after the depavture. of- the. Foxton train— to be kept burning until midnight. This, certainly will meet the difficulty, \vill be a great booh to the. public, and : will ppssiWy be the means of averting what otherwise would have ocqujcre^— » serious accident.

A. Coroner Wanted; — It is now fully two months since Dr. Rockstrow sent m his resignation. as Coroner for the Manawafcu, npd so far not only has no successor beeh appointed, but we believe he has not had even the courtesy paid to him of its acceptance oi» rejection. During the past few days there have been two deaths m fcho district "under circumstances which demanded coronial inquiries, and although j magisterial services are quite right end proper m outlying settlements, there is no reason for delaying to fill the vacant cprosliip, particularly where there are so many eligible candidates from which to choose. Fatai Accident. — A fafrnl accident occurred at Bunnythorpe on Wednesday, by which a Grermnn, named Andreas Tette, lost his life. Tha deceased was foiling some buoh upon his own land, when a tree fell, and striking? him on the temple pinned him to the eirfch. As he did noft nrrive homo to dinner, search was made for him, hut although Mie body was warm when discovered, life wns extinct. The deceased was a mosti hnrd-workiner industrious man, nnd leave 1 * a wife and lnrge fnmily. Mt, M'Nefl, J.P.,' held an inquesff on the body veM-.er.day,_when a verdict of "Accidental dent'i " was retixrned, the evidence taken at. which will appear m our next issxie. ■ Chefs Cr.Tm.— A meeting of persons desirous of establishing a Chess Club m Pnlmerstrm, was heldUn the EeadiHg'Tloom on Thursday night. Mr. George Green wns voted to the chair, and after the object of the meeting 1 had been explained and discussed, Mr. Pirani moved, and Mr. Graff sp/Mnded^-" That ifc : was desirnbla to form ; a Chess Club, to be called the 'Palmerston "North Chess Club.'" This was carried unanimously, .as- was also the selection of .Dr. Marriner as President ; Mr. Pirani. as Secretary and Treasurer ; and Messrs. Mnrriner, Pirani, and (xraff, ;r as a Committee of of Management. It was decided that the subscription should be -five shillings annually, payable m advance, and that the year should commence on the first of October, upon which the Club should bo formally : opened. ■■ Taken- the TTrNTi-^We are pleased to see that the Manawatu Hiehways Board have acted on our suggestion, and determined to advertise for valuators without "delay/ We will now offer a second one, w-htch is of equal importance, and that i«, that m settling the conditions they should stipulate that the valuators should be re•nonsible for the reductions made by the Coui*t of Assessment. This is the course followed m several of the Americrm State?, and works admirably, as only tried experts of acknowledged experience attempt to tenV?i*r ; " wh?l<?. the ndr/intae?/* to the .Board would be that its revenue having been once made known, could be relied upon. It may be imagined that there would be no nccepiors of such conditions, but we know that the contrary would be the case. BEi<x.-To>pEns. versus M-oi/k-stctkners. — Society m Sfnson would appear to be devided into to classes — the Bell-toppers nn r l Mole-skinners — each of whom are filled with the : very laudable ambition to come to the front. We once heard that eminent statesman, County Councillor Roek'trow, assert, that to his fellow-townsman, Mr.. Thvnne, belonged the credit of introducing the Belltopper into' the Manawata. We have no data as to the progenitor of the Mole-skin-nera, but according to Mr. Mckenzie he is not, -a match for his aristocratic opponents m Sansbn, inasmuch as he is compelled to remain m the back -ground. Mr. Farmer at the Highways Board on Thursday, sought to gef £300 on behalf of the streets of the township, and although the question was asked two or three times as to which of the guilds ho represented, he very wisely turned a deaf- car to the question, and did not identify himself with either. The Governors Speech. — From the Gubernatorial utterance, which we print m another column, it will be seen that the Ministry still pin their faith to reform m the Electoral Law, Triennial Parliaments, ; and a Redistribution of- seats. It is also proposer! to suspend plurality of voting m cases of elections to local governing bodies and we trust to see the same step carried out with regard to voting for.Parliamentnry representatives. The views enunciated to the deputation a few day ago are also shadowed forth m the. Governor's manifesto, as a measure, will be brought forward to enable those desirous oF so doing to oooupv small farms of rural allotments-more readily and more cheaply than under the old" system.. A select committee is to npnointed- to inquire into and report upon the beat means of encouraging local industries. It is satisfactory to know that the reports about the West Coast route having been already definitely decided upon, are without the. slightest foundation, as it is distinctly stated that it " is deemed prudent m order take adventape of every possible means of ascevtaining the best route that the relative merits of the various lines should be enrefully considered.'' These are the principal features of the Speech, upon the subject matter of which we will have something to [ say m our next.