NEWS AND NOTES

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 94, 22 November 1879, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

Heed Oteb.— We are compelled to hold over our report of the IkM. Court proceedings until next'issue. A Palmbestox Cbicket Club. — The hon. secretary of the Paimerston. Cricket- Club has requested p Jo jjsJJ the. attention of members to the Necessity of their attending the general meeting to be held this evening at the Public Library. Several challenges, hare been received by the Club, and ifc 18 necessary that a match committee should be elected. Thb Rabbit Tbtjstbbs. — The Heturningt Officer has received a communication from I the TTuder-Sei-retary, stating that aY the Trustees under: the Rabbit I? uisn nee Act were not elected on the day nominated, the necessary nutnbef (five) would be appointed by the Governor, and |jot elected by the ratepayers* That is the reourse which, it will be recollected, wp foretold would be taken. ' "• . The Kairakatt Sawmill.— ln order to keep pace wi^h the requirement of their I business, we notice that Messrs. Freeman and Wylds, the proprietors of the Kaimkau Steam Sawmills at Oroua Bridge, have materially addod to tl.ieir slock of machinery. Amongst qther. additions which' have been Recently made to the plant i 3 that of a. planing machine, which it was found neoes" sary to obtain to fulfil the orders thaj; they have be<m favored with. Tub. Gbeat Sale at Eoxtojt.— We have learned from some persons who have attended Mr. Loudon's sale at Foxton, that the goods are bfling slaughtered nt figures wi'ieh are absolutely ridiculous, articlesof the value of £i or £o being knocked down for one. As the stock to be placed- under the hammer .h.-vt -been an unusually large one— orer $2000— the -sale will be cot^timie.rl until the whole is so those who wish to make one pound go as fur as five, bad hqtto.i? take advantage of the sale going* o.u. . A Sqp TO . Cbiibkrcs. — We n,ofcice v h»t Mi". Whifaker m his place m Parliament Uiovod that the House should resolve itself into a committee to consider i»n address with a view of haying 45200,000 placed upon the Estimates for a grant to the Provincial District of Auckland for roads and bridgesThe debate was adjourned lor a fortnight' but it would be well if the deputation of the lutzhei'bert settlers would caUaO the Wellington members lo lake a similar act ion with regard to this provincial District. JS t on Compos Mentis.— A man; named "John Walsh, wus arr^Ujd qq Tuesday eveninp, by Constable Draper, upon the charge of boihg of unsound mind. It would appear that the poor fellow, \Vho although an old hand about Manawalu, hi*d laiejy come from .Napier, since when ho. had been imbibing rather too freely, and the conse- ■ quenwte was that ho vyas- attacked wi.h roy ligious mania. He was, b.cpiyht bt»|ur<3 his Woroliip on Wednesday, who after hearing the carie, remanded liiui until next day, ! EKTiSBTAINNJi^I' AT As^^J^ST, — As most of our readers are aware, tiie people -of Ashurat have bpen- moving witl^ a view to provision of educalion for thoir children, und, 'thanks to the Corporation, a cominodioiis school building is now m course of. erection. "It is proposed to ee-leljr.tte its opening by a fitfi to the juveailea of the township, andMo provide the ". needful" a concert will be gipe» on Tuesday evening m Mardli's hew' store, .th« proceeds of which will be devoted to the laudable object mentioned. . : - . ■ Tke Matoral COifTEai?,— By reference to another column it will be seen that Mr,' Lhiton, one of the candidates for the Mayoral Chair, intends addressing the electors on ilonday night. As it has been decided that we are not to liave^^alki/vet', we certainly think that the- Candida! ea aho\vld-give the ; burge^eoa ".an O]).port,unit y of learning their views upon niuiiicipul mutters. The inhering is an important one, and wo trust that every -Oiie who^appreciutes tlte value of a poasussing a voice m tlie electing of so important an offieiul as the Chief Magistrate, will wut; m au uppeai-^ute.

Town Imphovements. — The contractor for the erection of the Boyal Hotel, though somewhat behind the time specified, is fast merging upon the completion of his job, and now that tho outside of the building is receiving the .finishing touch, the public are enabled to judge of the beauty of design. With the pathway on each side of Rangitikei street formed and gravelled, with the addition of the imposing structure alluded to, the appearance of that cornel* of the Square will- bear. quite a different aspect. We question if there be another town m the colony, of the same size as Palmerston, which can. boast of three hotels such as the Royal, Clarendon, and Priuceßs, while we I feel assured that for size, appearance, and] convenience, they cannot be surpassed. The Eccentricities op the Circumlocution Oi'PiCE. — Dickens, m one of his novels, has immortalised the unaccountable vagaries of the Circumlocution Office, but we question if any tiling ia the realms of ' fiction can equal tho conduct of the "Powers that be " m supplying the Press throughout the colony with the Financial Statement.; Instead of haying the document printed, and copies forwarded to the various telegraph offices tbroughb'ut the colony days before its delivery, %ith the instruction to pass it to the Press on the night of its enunciation, the whple, amounting to some 15,000 words, was sent by wire. The result of that was about ten, houra' , overtime to some sixty qfficials, ancj fche absolute certainty of gross mistakes; while the benefit to be derived was simply nil. Pbess Cqnsui,tatio,n qn t^b Dttjiedin Cup. — We have been forwarded a number of circulars announcing the formation of a Press Consultation on the Dunedin Cup, which event will come off on the 26th of February. The promoter ia «Fohn J.Connor, Esq.,oueof the firm of the Atmospheric Works, Otagon, Dunedin. It is proposed to have 30000 mernbejjs at £1 each, the prizes being — First horse, £1000 ; second, £600; third, £400; divided amongst the starters, £400 ; non-starters. £600, with, of course, a per-centage deducted for expenses. As Mr. Connor has: been intimately known to us for some years, we are m a position to thoroughly guarantee his honor and stability, and consequently have much pleasure m acting as his agent for this district. Persons desirous of seeing the circulars can have them by application at the office, where also tickets can be obtained. A Rab.ho\v Escaeb. — What would appear to be almost a miraculous escape from serious injury took place on Wednesday m Main street. A. horse and dray was stauding near tlie Q-oods-sbeda, wh§n a youngster, the son of a settler at the west end of the town, attempted to get the'dray by clambering up the wheel. While endeavoring to do so, and standing upon ope of the spokes, the fyoi'ae inoveel on, and the consequence Was t|jat the leg of the little ieilovr'. slipped through, aud he was carriedround, with the. evolution of- the wheel. i?ortuuately a.^iasser- by noticed the occurrence, and ruslfing .to tho house's head, brought the vehicle to a stand-still. Though one would bo led to,. imagine that the leg would have been snapped across, with the exception thut the skin was torn off m two or three places, the youngster encaged acathless, audlinding that his trousers had not been injured to tell of his inishap s to his parents^' he took his departuie quite pleased, | it apparently having more weigut with him J than 'tlie danger from which! he had been rescued. . ■' A Potteb. " Potted ".—A pugilistic geutlemau with, the suggestive name of of Potter was brought before the Court j on Thursday, charged with indulging iv "ye manly ur.t " yvifchin fche town boundaries. The delinquent admitted tlie suft impeachment, I and ii) the, most bumptious style iuiormed the .Bench that ,a3 h$ had been invited to toe the mark, it,. was incumbent upon him to " slip iuto " hit* antagonist and " put him through," the words quoted being the expressions actually used to the Uench. As jir. Ward saw no absolute neccessity for the courso puraued, he i*ufor.me,d Mr. Potter that it was his intention to put /aw through, au intimation that the pugnacious geutlemau received with a defiant shake of tiie. head — which conveyed a world of doubt — and the remark, " All right ; come along, I'm vuj.dj." The modus operandi was not exactly the particular one anticipated, for as it was uunouiiuei that he was muicteo. m £1 163., or a week m Wangauui G-aol, tu'e prisoner's disgust found veut iv " Wehj x'u liuiiu it out iv WangiinuiGuol, d'yesee. ! > A fc>CKJs>v Lo,ps3 1 £>ojsuvyHEiia.— We notice that uur jftuton Monds have been interviewing the new Miuuter oi Public Works, urging upon him the necessity 'of commciicmg flit) .Ws\afc Railway at the jfoxton cad. Considering that our Southern neighbora hard always led us to believe that they were willing tj, haya the aiei-its of the rivul routes decided by a professional opiuicn, this ultoujpt to st3t:l a. anarch is not .only unfair, but the sign of a very- weak case ou their part. Our Murton .contemporary stated that the deputation was composed of re*.LUsiili uf botli Palm^rstuu and Jfoxton. The accuracy of this assertion we deny iv il\e most unqualified manner, and of course us that paper is an advocate that the Sancton iiiiiiway bhould be the main line, we can well understand, why it should be 69 ready to Le at fault, when its pet scheiue is 1 to be ueneiilted by the raisstateuicnt. To those wiio know tlie superior claims to the line going ; to Palmorston which might bo urged by its re-idents; the assertion m the Advocafe would be^somew hut puzzling.; while it is just possible that Mr. Oliver, ignorant as he' 13 of the, tqppgraphy of the North Isjaud, might be gullaJl by it. • However, for his information, and for. that of, all whom it doth concern, w 0 give a flat contradiotii/n to tlie statement, v while at the same time notifying that a strong deputation will wait upon the Qcvermneut at the end of tiie month, and le,b Mr. Oliver hear theotlier side of,, I he. story, [diuco the above was iii type, wo notice from the Welungtpn papers that Mr. Haiccmbe has taken the precaution to undeceive the-^residents of tho fapitul .with regard to the supposed unanimity of the people of Manawatu that _i"oilou -hould bd the route.]