THE Manawatu Times. SATURDAY, NOV. 1, 1879. NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 88, 1 November 1879, Page 2

THE Manawatu Times.

SATURDAY, NOV. 1, 1879. NEWS AND NOTES.

"Wordsare things, nnd u drop ftf Jn}c falling like de\7 upon a thought, producesTthrtt which "makes thousands, perhaps millions think." * ■

Thb. Laubixg Season;.— Weara pleased to hear that the lambing through the district has this season been exceptionally good, and taken all right through, -will yield at least a hundred par cent. Thb Palmebston North Public Libbaby. — Tlie usual monthly meeting of the Committee of the Public Library was held on Woclnosclay niglit. Tho bueiuoss, ]lowQTVX-, Tra.3 not of a very important character being conSnod to. (lie passing of accounts or other matters of q routine nature. Thb Eoot of Evil. — A visit to the Highway Boord-roora about the time that the tenders v^ere b,oing opened on Thursday, would certainly be calculated -to disabuse a person's mind as to the qcar^ity of the I '/filthy lucre," or. the hardness, o£ times. If tb,e applicants for work ware numerous, the. numb.er of deposits, wej^ not only many 1 but represented a very considerable sum, 1 the large table being covered from one end r to the. other with either " fivers " ten,ners," or cheques. ' Under "Wat.— The old tranxTray stables, 1 whicjb, have so long remained useless and untenanted, are slowly making their journey across the road, to their ultimate destina. tion at the end of the goods sheds. The mass of. buildings is about the largest of any tha^ we have. see# rem.ov.ed intact, but under, the. superintendence of Mr* George ' Nye, the wort is proceeding most satisfactorily, for assisted with iron pipes as rollers, 1 the building is now a considerably distance from its old moorings. First Catch .Your Hake, and, ihbn Jua Him. — In reply to the outcry raised against the of the police" in nob haTing.brought tho perpehrators of the Wairarapa outrage to justice, the Neip Zealander in chronicling the.arjcest of four men, winds up t with the assertion tl^at — ".When the case comes on for hearing there, yfi]i bfi goo.d veason, shown -why, the arrest waa not until the. net work of evidence has beeu complete." Unfortunately, however, for tin's p.ean,of triumph', tne conviction, did, not eventuate, the suspected men being, discharged, so that although in thia case the har.es were caught, the police didj nojfc su^.cjsad in, "jugging " . Earthquake. —^A most violent shock of 1 earthquake was experienced at Palmerston upon Thursday morning, at 2.23 a.m. Its advent was preceded by a loud rumbling noise, followed by*a,mpst violent shaking, during which the ground seemed to ra« and fall, causing buildings to (sway from side 1 to side, while doors and windows rattled with the vibratfop.' The shock which appeared to travel from North-west to South-east, lasted for a couple of nnd mad« , itself felt by its extreme violence. Although its effects was generally experienced in all parts of the country, we have not, so far, heard of any damage to buildings oj chimneys being done. ,' Benefit Entertainment. — We would direct attention to the splendid programme published eluewhere, furnished by the Workingmen's Dramatic Club, in addition to which we hear, that Mr. Stewart Porter, leading baritone in the Mammoth Minstrels, has kindly consented to sing " The Will o' the Wisp." Independently altogether of tho value of tho entertainment the object for which the performance is given should claim the patronage of ererj settler in the district. The entertainment takes place on Tuesday evening, and, as is. well-known, the are for the widow Mrs. Vette. Dbstruotitb ]?irh. — We regret to chroni'cle the destruction of Mr. Cooper's res-

denee, Kangitikei Line, which was completely burned to the ground on Thursday The house, which was one of the finest in the district has been only a few-months out of the builder's "hand*, «nd we believe lmcl not received its finishing coat of paint. It was insured in the Victoria for £.400 and the furniture in the Southßritish for £200. The owner can form no idea of how tho fire originated, but as we understand an inquest is to beheld, no doubt some light* will be thrown upon the matter. The Crops at Sandon.— Taking a lesson from the experience of the past, the farmers of the Sandon district have an immense deal of ground broken up, so that the yield of wheat at the next harvest will be a particularly large one, and in some measure compensate' for the past. We know of one gentleman in Sandon who has still on hand 1000 bushels of last year's wheat, and although his neighbors disposed of their stock at 3s 3d., at present- he can obtain 6f». ifid., but it is still holding for 7s. 6d. per bushel. With the prospect of snoh an abundant supply, in the future, we question the policy of leasing the Sandon Flour MillThb Kaibanga Block. — From the Government survey map of the Kairan»a Block, about u> be thrown open for settlement upon deferred payment, wo notice that there is one particular section, laid off in such a manner that the unfortunate speculator who 'may he beguiled into its purchase will find, himself without a" foot of road frontage. Then, ' again, there are other sections, which although some scores of acres in extent, are given but a couple of chains of road. This ctrtainly is a grave mistake, and as there can be no douht that the road lines will eventually fall under, the control of the High -rays Board, we; are pleased to Bee that the Engineer drenr its attention to the matter at the meeting on Wednesday, and the chairman was requested to commtmicate with Mr* Holdsworth without dejay. (Joan New-s Km thb Oolong. — The intelligence which we published in our last issue, of the present and still further expected increase in the price of wool, is of a most cheering character, and calculated to cast a ray of sunshine over the gloomy prospects which have been prevailing for s,ome time. S.ma\| as the amount may appear to those not specially, interested, a penny, qt avan a half-penny in the pound increase represents hundreds ofthou.san.ds of pounds to the owners of'slieep, and prosperity to the Colony generally. Although perhaps sojne miglit not be inclined to think so, the in* telligence of good wool Bales, at satisfactory prices, is of far more real impprtance to. the colony than the floating of the. million* i which are about to be put upon the money 1 maskeit, not to mention that latter is almost sure to be consequent upon the former. 1 Habd.upon the. Recording Ano-els..— . During the hearing of a deputation by the , Manawatu Highways Board on Thursday, I one of iti members delivered himself of some remarks by no means complimentary to 'the Fourth Estate, or. at lea3t that por> I tion of it'whieli aote.d as recording angels during the deliberations of the Board. The j gentleman (Mr. Tompkins, of Sandon) intimated that he had been advised by no less than two Wardens to put no faith in .what appeared in newspaper re.p.or,tß, as they ne.-er conveyed with either truth or accuracy the proceedings of the Board. , The announcement created quite a flutter amongst the three-scribes in attendance, and it was a rather* suggestive fact that $he rgpresenfcatiYe, of the journal claiming to be the spe-. cial organ of Sandon, was by no, means ambitious to parade the honor or be recogas such uppn the occasion. Illness" of the Station-Master. — It j is with sincere regret we have, to chronicle. | the, dangerous illness of Mr. Dykes, the Station-master at Palme.rston. Ho has not been in good health'for'some time, but last week he got a serious attack which confined him to bjed, since when he. has been under ! the ca,i;e ofPjr. Marriner. The disease under, which, he, labors is the very worst fprm o£ dyspepsia., and we regret to hear, that his medical attendant has declared hi* case highly dangerous, if not absolutely hopeless. Although. Mr, Dykes Ims not been long in the. district, since. his arrival he has secured a host of friends by his obliging manners and gentlemanly conduct, and those to whom he is known, will lea,rn oft I his illness with regret. Since This confinej menfc to tyd, his place has been filled by Mr, I Sr Qjuin, late, stationmaster. at Foxton, \\ho was on his way to relieve another invalid — , Mr. Brown, of Turakina — when the order was countermanded, and he received telei graphic instruction, to remain at Rilmer- |, s .*: ot V - [ Shbimmt ok the Tback. — The junior member for Waitaki is by no means ft brilliant speaker, bu,t what he. lacks in, talk he " makes up in work. His eloquence is not of the prolix, style, still he has. a, disngrponbl^ habit of asking question which the persons applied- to generally find it very difficult to answer. The latest .sample of his inquisitveeness v contained in the, following desire, i for information, preferred to the Hon. Mr. Hall : — " Whether the Cfcoverninent intended to. i;ejtain-»ha services of Sir, Julius i X°B e \ Q Ag 6n b General for the Colony ; , if.nptf, whether ttwy intend to appoint some i one, else, a,n.& if so, whom R" 'jphe Premier. I however was eoual to the, occasion, and although it i8 weU-kdoWJi it is) certainly for Evader. Wood* <jhe, a.nswjsß. w/u — " no change ' would, be, made, at present." We wonder wha.fc length of time, the word " present" is supposed to cover, or whether the Government" will change its nrinti^vrith the same. speed that Mr. Reader Wsod did his master, Penny Wise and -Pound, Foolish.— lt woukHippear that we were somowhut premature in ourpraises of the executive committee "of- the. Agricalfcijiral Association at Wanganui. It may he staled that the first advertisement of- an^. kind j ■with regard 1.0, entries or. otli.erw;ia^, app.iaave..! in ?,»»' issue of Saturday, while, actually th« ; en fives closed upon the, same, day. The. faint. liaa been brought under bur, attention by Mr. Dalvymple, who has been for some time preparing a bull for entry, nnd in conse-

quence of the absurd action of the con-, mifctee, was not aware of the closing day. We have likewise been informed by two other se(tlei'3 in Manawafcn that it had been their intention to compote, but owing to the mistaken parsimony of the Association, they have been debarred from doing so. If the committee imagine that boeause they advertise at length an the Wanganui papers thoir notices are/Teud ' at this end of the Coast, they are' sadly mistaken, and we trust that their dearly-bought experience of the fact will be of benefit to them in the future.