THE Manawatu Times. SATURDAY, NOV. 29, 1879. NEWS AND NOTES

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 96, 29 November 1879, Page 2

THE Manawatu Times.

SATURDAY, NOV. 29, 1879. NEWS AND NOTES

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. T^ts San. Fbakcisco . M ajoj;— We hnve been Teqitested to'st&te that the European Mail,- via" Sati -Francisco will close at Pal* merston on Thursday ne^t, the 4tU of December, at 7;4 5 p.m , • - '•;' SiiAtrcfjtTEßiira Liositses.— rAt the last Bitting of the County Council, the, renewal of Mr. Beale'i slaughtering licqnse was 'granted, and licenses from date to January, 1880, were granted to Messrs Bell und Plley. Benefit to • Mb&. Ybttb. , — We have been requested by Mrs. Vette to return her thanks to the members of the Workingmen's Dramatic Club for the sum of £12. 2s, 6d., to her.as the proceedings of the late entertainment. Thb Chairman op thb^ Cquntt Counoii.. j The ratepayers of the County will be pleased to i learn that Mi\ /Macarthur has ajgain been elected to the. chairmanship of the County unopposed. This is "not only a graceful trihute,' but a wise? step, as Mr. Macarthur has since : his election to the position given complete satisfaction, both m presiding over • the. deliberations <vf the Council, and m his attention to ita affairs otherwise, . I Habd to Bbat.t— We have been shown three strawberries, -grown hr Mr.* Farmwprth, of Terrace End, which, when put into the scales, turned the balance, at four ounces; We spent some time m a vain at- - tempt to> arrive at ah accurate estimate of their dimensions, but as the weight will convey a more adequate idea of their average magnitude* we finally adopted, that plan. Evidently the late froßt has not killed all the fruit. • Chiabini's Monsteb Cr^ous.— It will be i seen that bhis world-renp\yned show will open-at Wangftnui on Monday night week, i for a short ; season of five nights. As we i iutend to give a more detailed notice m 1 another issue, we will" not enter fully into I the merits of the show, further than to say ; that the people of this district will perhaps never have a similar opportunity of witnessing such an array of talenfc, and a such combination of animal eiiriosifcies, Thi?; Manawatu Highway Boabd. — \ The monthly meetingof this Board took place \on Thursday. In consequence of there boing a famine m the Treasury chest, there i was vary little done, and tlje weefctßg- was most barren of resnlt8 3 the prini-iple resol'ition pasaed'bejnga jdeterminafcibn to Accept; no more contracts until Uab*iHtie3" to theex-s ! tent of £1000 were wiped off. The Board-has.' evidently felt the pressure of the hard times as well as private persons. - ; FArft; EiBOTOBS.—^As an evidence of the interest taken m the late Mayoral contest, we taay mention that two oftho gentler sex nppeared or; \Vedt,esday at the booth to exeroise their |)riyile!:V m; eiec,tin"g the Chief Magistrate for: Palmerßton." Of course as the Voting vvas by bullot, it-is impossible 'to wj with absolute certainty for whom tl|a

fair creatures had wielded the prerogative, but a glance at the beaming countenance of one of the candidates, who was courteously m attendance, would lead * to a very shrewd guess. This is bbc first instance of the ex* ercißO of the power by lovely woman, at least as far as Palmorston is concerned. Sale of a Habmostium:. —It will be seen by a notification elsewhere that a most valuable harmonium is to be disposed of by public auction this afternoon at Poiton. In order to give intending biddei'9 from Pal-merston-and Feilding an opportunity of purchasing, the auctioneer, Mr. Thynne, has fixed the hour of sale at throe o'clock. The instrument is a superb one and wall adapted for either church or private use. Analysis ov the Mttntcipah Voting. —It would appear that by far a greater' number of votes were registered on Wednesday than upon any previous occasion. There are 346 names npon the burgess roll, but fully one-half of these are absentees. It may be considered,. then, that there are about 170 voters resident m the town, and out of that number 129 registered their votes, 82 being for Linton, 43 for Colemari, and 4 infoemal. It will be thus seen that Mr. Coleman polled exactlyone-third of the tota.l A G-RAVK Biukdeb. — It, would appear that the whole of the work done at th» Wanganui District Court since the last division of the district haa beenj illegal. When the boundaries and jurisdiction of the Court woa gazetted it was described as contained m the Counties of Wanganui, Rangitikei, and Manawatu, but as the various boroughs therein were not specially mentioned, any business executed m connection wi*h the Court inside of the boroughs of Wanganui, Marton, and Palmerston did not come within its jurisdiction. To remedy this oversight a short bill is before Parliament to validate all the actions taken, otherwise they would be null and void. The Financial Position op the Highway's Boabd. — We have been asked to explain that the .financial position of the various wards will probably be somewhat varied from what is shown m the report, I inasmuch as the subsidy from the Govern- | nient has not been properly apportioned m | the present statement. This course is necessary on account of the "alteration which has i been made m the number and constitution I .of various wards during the past year. When alteration is made No 1 will probably be some £50 less m credit, that sum to go to No. 7 Ward. The other wards— 4, 5, 6 — will also be affected,- owing to the re-ad-justment, No. 3 being the only one which, had been loft intact. LooAl Talent. — Melbourne Punch once offered a prize for the woi'st conundrum, and after an exciting contest it was allotted to the following : — " If your sister's brother went astray m the bush, what Victorian weekly paper would it resemble. Answer — The Australasian (the lost relation)." The author of that effusion |had better look to his laurels, as there resides m Palmerston a gentleman who can beat him hollow. Through the medium of the post wo hay« received the following : " Why ought tb.e Palmerston District be a favorite resort of na.val men ? Answer— Becauao when living there they can always remember they are m the Manawatu (man-a- war-too)." As true genius is always modest, the author has not "forwarded his nume, hut .as a particular favor we would ask Uim to call until we have a look at him, A Rabb Guano's.— lt will be seen by advertisement that when Mr, Loudon has completed the sale of the hist article m his •tare at Faxton. he will proceed to dispose of his Palmerston stock upon the same terms — to the highest bidder for «ysh. It is expected that the sale will finish m Foxton this afternoon, and -\fonday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will be devoted to. *'}otf ing" the goods m Palruerston, the auction comi mencing on Thursday next. Mr. Loudon assures us that the auctioneer has received instructions tq sell without the slighlest vesepve every article to the last thimble. There is to be neither reserve upon, nor " passing m " of a solitary article, and. it will he entirely wish those present how many pounds' worth they will get for one. .Remedied tub Evil.— We are pleased to learn that Mr. HuiJsworth, the Commissioner of Crown Lands, m reply to the Highways Board, stilted that the defect pointed out m the survey of the Kniranga Block, will be remedied before the laqd is offered for sale. It may he remerv. bpyed that we drew attention to thofact that there were a few sections which possessed Si'nrrely any road frontage, while there w»3 one ■which vttyilly hitd none at n)\. The reply of the Commissioner is that m putting the land up'for auction wire will be taken to put up a3 one lot two sections having small frontages, so that the purchases may hare something like a reasonable access to the knd. The action of tin? Commissioner is ■just what we expected, for he haa always exhibited the most commendable disposition to meet the wants and wishes of settler* m .every ligitimate manner, A Piece Q-v Ineohs?ation..— Jn a letter* to the Foxton Herald, Mr. G. W. Russell, one of the late deputation from that pltioe,.. m justifying his conduct makes use of the 'following! " A larg* petition was rccpntly presented to the House trom North Manawatu. So far as t am aware, no public meeting was held m. connection with that, and Mr, iJockatrow might also have called on Mr. Linton to make a statement to tha •arqe effeit I" Now for the information of Mr. Russell, and the people who may be m doubt, we are 'happy to state that the petition alluded to was the outcome, of one of the largest public meetings ever held m the County of Manawatu, It wivs held m Palmerston., an.d there wera present representatives from the Gorge, Kiwitea, half a dozen from Feildinrf, Awahnri, Halcombe, Kar^re, and every township m the county excepting, Otaki, Sanaon, and Foxton. The petition alluded to was eighteen yards long, and was not presenter! by Mr, Linton, but by Mr. Johnston to the House, Moreover, its prayer did not. ask that the line should Jbe eommenoed at Pafinerston, but that before deciding upon a berminii9, the Government would receive the report of the surveyors now at work m the Fitzherbert district. Rb*r.isshin& Cqql,ness. — Our bucolic contemporary at Marton ridicules our suggestion that printed copies of the Financial Statement should be sent to the various telegraph offices, to be handed to newspapers after its delivery by the Treasurer, and strtfngo to say the objection w that by sueb a step secresy might be violated. This is certainly rich. The telegraph officials are hound by a solemn oath not to divulge whatever facts may "become known to them m the course of their official duties, and while our contemporary, we presume, will rest satisfied that that pledge is strictly adhered to, notwithstanding the weighty secrets of which they become possessed, still it imagines it would not be safe to trust a Financial Statement m their keeping, The supposition is simply ridiculous, and only -proves that our captious, contemporary is scarcely fitted to play the part of critic. Perhaps our volunteer tutor is unaware of the fact that certain works ore composed by printers under a similhr bond of secrecy. to. that exacted from telegraphists- and perhaps ou.r om.nisoiant frieqd is^not aware tb:|t other Statements hflve been telegraphed throughout the Colony half a dozen, hours before jl w0.9 delivered,