NEWS AND NOTES

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 92, 15 November 1879, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

St. Patrick's . Cathomc CinnioK. — "We would wish to remind.our Catholic brethren that to-ruorrow, being the. third Sunday m the month, the usual itionl lily Muss will be celebrated at eleven o'clock, and d,eyofciqnol services in-the evening. Tkb-tQ.osßvvard Suez Mail;- — We have, been asked to intimate that. th« Eiiglisli niiiil, via Suez, will dose at the Palmerston office this evening at a quarter to eight o'clock. Persons desirous of t'Oirimunioatin^ with the 01.1 Country had better, make a ' note* ofthe fact. ' \.^. ; ; .. ■• " . Official rls^FsarfON.^TrT We are . pleased to Tiear froth My. Walter' Simpson, the Sheep Inspector for the district, who has been innkin:* his ottiwnl tour .during the•wook; ihat the floeki'in "the/Man;i>vatu' are m a most liQaUhy st-ito, and singularly free from any 'disease:* • T-his is pleasing intelligt>n~e, the move so that at this time last year there was unfortunately, nofc the same story to tell. -■ ... Yus akd FnoLio Tkottph.— lt will bo notictjil tint the Forester/ Hall will be ng.iiri. tonante.l cjn :ifoijdav niyht, this time bf a coni|).iny beaiiinjj t lie appellation of •'The' Fun and Frolic Tvoupe." We have nut seen t':e entertainmont ourselves, but we uniicrit iiul it^vill be. of a yaripd uature, em bracing/ f'-ltot'ea, the Flyfng : Lady," "i'flio- Juvenile' Won;ders,;"; " SIV. Leonard, l-lse One-legged Q-yuihast," and a whole ho3t of taleiit. lfitA.ijrnuiENT IxsQLyBNQY.r-In the District Court, Wangftniii, on Wednesday, befow. JuH^e Hai;.lt'!i.*tle, an application was ruado by Mr. JTitzher'oerfc,. Crown !Bi;ps>ecutor, for proceedings to bo taken against Berij.imin' Pepper, under Seel ion 9 of tbo Fruidulent Ddbtoi\s' Act. The uiai-ter was referred /to •_ Chambers, and aftorwards ;fu.rr..)ioc.a.cljj-ai-isod m consequence of some of kho-.no-^siii'y. p.ippri iuiviny been'for'warded to falmci'stuij. Tag" First oi? tub Seasox. — Last i33uo wo chronicled i he advent of new potatoes, and now we have to notice the firsb new peas of the . action. Tile weluoma stiuhgers , « avti bivught to our oifi -c by Mr. *vr,ica rtliur, of For^sijoii s'tive.t, who Tei'y kinilly left a sample ofsisl^jiesit wcig]it to bsj very acceptable. We iijrt.iiuly havo baen told by some porsona tUdttliej had I'dUed SJ.ue of the leguminous plant a week or two ago, but the specimen brought by Jli*. .M.t is the first of whicii \vu luve !u,.l o^uilar deiaon3tratiou, and lie, nuy bo well proud of tlio 7'0,-iults of his labor. _ Bx!oqi> Stock.— \V\i wo-.iU dirsct oipacjial attention to the n^t-i; S-'tiLion fi'j'U Mr. Ohi'i^toplio.r .Simpson, thu owner of Jij.inejse F-ara\, Ibut he has for, private sale young bulls, neifara, and pigs of world-wide breeds. Th,e catUo have beau carefully selected from tlie. stocks of..Ko'iortjon, of Oolac, and Neil IJlaek of- Mount Nooi'a^ f'*\"o. named which are. commote as breed ers of Ursfc class herds, as " hou3eliold words " turjugiioat Australia 5 while the pig 3 are improved Berks, and Alberts. As most people arj awai-a, there is a railway station at J3aino.sse, so that inteiidiug purchasers will ha lauded by the.fcrttin at tue very dooro. To tljose farmecij who wish to improve, their stock of cuttle, tli e opportunity afforded by Mr. Simpson of doing so should not be lust. "Out m Tiia Cold Would."— The office of witness is at no time a very agree- I able one, but a fitness to the. i^ajmerston. Police Court upon a wet day lias rather a -hard lot, or speaking literally a " soft" one. During the hearing of tiicr wUSO ajj.iiii.it P^p -

per for perjury on TlmiMclay, coun°ol iov the defence asked that all witnesses should he drdered oub of Oouvd, but ns there was no shelter provided, find as it was mining "heavens hard," Mr. Ward before giving the order wished to know to what asylum they were to be consigned. The old lockup was suggested by a gentleman, who had not to leave the court, but Ibe persons interested preferred facing the storm, to such equivocal shel ter "w l fcli" it 3 ■somewhat ■ d is- - agi-eeble associations." A istrariger. ''passing) by the Court- house" would -have -been~at,a_ loss to account foivthe sight of about a dozen drag'gi-ecf anddrenched wretches 'pasted to the outside of -the building m nil pesitions, whilp ope ojd gentlenian of Fal-etaffia-n proportions was making, desperate | exertions to hide a portly person, which rivalled a 1 hogshead m pxtent, .behind, a waterspout. What aue Hur,m Fouf— We' clip the following letter from a WangaßUi paper, which we imagine from the subject matter must .have , some "ref even tie : to the entering i of the cow, which. :we alluded' to m our. last ! issue :— << To;theEditor— Sir,— I should likb to ask a question through; the jmedium of | your columns respecting one of the rules, of ; the W.A. and P. Association. It distinctly states ;thai fcho.viiame,:/age,;. and ..pedigree': should be given. I saw a cow exhibited m Class; lj 'unnamed,' ancLshe; took ..the pti» as t'hW best dairy; cow. ■ Now, Sir, .how' is.ifc that .the owriery a- -Committee-man, , was allowed to do this, he knowing her name,; age, antl pedigree/s he having ; been .purchased at Mr. Hunter's "sale of pure-bred stock m Wellington last March ? I refer ;to the cow. '^hadow.' — I. am, &c-,-, A. Spectator.'^ : Ifefhej ch'eumsta.rices aye as/stal.ed ; above— and of .-that we r have little dbubb— we fail to : ge'e.:ho\f the. judges could have fairly awarded fch&'order of merit bestowed! Rale 9o£iihe T ,Order3 of Competition of the Wangah'ui Association is xipst imperative upon that point, but even if it were not, the entry was -'manifestly ia, deception, rand the perpetrator instead of being rewarded, should have' had hia cat fele : ordered off the ground. Aif^TjNJtiST AccirsATibNi^-Puy Marton contemporary- had- a long- article m a recent 'ss'ie detailing a deep grievance experienced byr the contractors .for sleepers at Greatford.. It .was.stated that the : official : who3e dnty;it was to pass; the work had refused, to do sobecansesonje .of the sleepers were an inch or so beyond the pi'eseribed, -length. ' At first sight the bh jeefcion certainly does appear a sfcange otiei' but m , this, as m most case3^ ! one' side' bfHhe matter; is very good* until the other isheard.-It may not He generally "known to : - the public !that the high ti'ii'-'ks on the railway are fourteen fcefc four inches m length, while the contra?t length of sleepers is seven feet. When loading the. trucks five tons ' are allowed to each, and itstands to reaspn'that if sleepers be cut ntdirdisci'imiiiu^ lengtiif varying up to seven, feefc three or four, t ; wo w|li,riot fit m jhe length! of' a .truclc, and by r.thje over'ianpirig'qjilte p^.ariother,-ia- vast^amonnt of space would'he lo3tV ' Th ra fact was brought under tie notice of the .official by the Railway: Dep.irtmont, with a. rather shnrp instruction, that it .shonW be attended to, anl it was m conformity wit.i that instruc-' tion, hnrl- for that, reason, that sleepei'3 .innhes above the required length were rejeetedi We think : the reason vras'a very good ,q,ne— -one that the inspector was compi^ied to..r.ecfiye. and respect, and one which was thoroughly explained to the contractors,. when- the work was. refused to be passe.l. Under the circumstances, then, we ■ftiil-tb see liow:- the official has earned the denunciation s hurled against him. Thb ■ PAtMKasroy • -Rabbit District. — The election of I ra^tees m conformity with the Ribb f. Nuisance Act, which was to have taken ; dn Tuesday last, did not come . off, v :for tlie^eiison. that<the returningoffieer did not receive the nominations upon the gazetted day. According to the O-azette ■ncfrice i the nominations .should have been sent m before noon on the Ersb 6f November, and- the electu>n ! held upon the 11th instant; There were five candidates for the position of trustees— Messrs. Robert Lintonj Sly, Mom-ad, D.Urvraple, and^ Podevin_ the Tflbter being the only geritlemnn who had hi* nomination papers p^epire:! m time. .TJiidi-r the cirr > niia3t>U'.iei, then, he deemed it wise hot' to lodge his nomination',' but to await the action to betnken for filling the other vacancies.. Ei passant, we must say that, the arr'afigetueiit would appanr to bo a bunglefi'om heginnlng to en-1, In the first pl.ice, the G^^f3 notice did not stvte the numh'er of trustees to bo ap-. pointed;; se.con'Uy, th.c or.] at was that the election slioul'l tales pl'ioe,? a! thr.og n,.m. on the -Ilt'i of, No.veji v >er — not batvreen two hours oh that day ; an:l thirdly, only one nomination was rf«ei\vd by Ihe'rebuniingofß:;er. -Tliat 'official hns communicated with the G-Jvernaient, and it is more than possible that he will b? askeil to nominal c tni3tees for appointment, hut, considori ng that a; number, of sefctlsri -were averse to the adoption of tha Act, we think it would have been ■ r'iii* more s.atU factory hid the selection of truntees tnken plj,?e m a inanneat whiuli none could cnvil.