NEWS AND NOTES

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 99, 10 December 1879, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

Letters op Natumalisation — Thelast number of the Gazette contains a potice that Caspar Setter, sett-leg, of Palmerston North, has been granted letters of naturali- , sation under the Aliens'. Act, 186b'. The Pbojpebty Tax " Undeb the tyxOBOdcoPB." — We recommend to our readers for perusal the very able letter of the Hon. jjobert Stout, the late Attorney-General, Mr. Stout during his brief but brilliant icareer m the Legislature, was looked upon as one of . ithe t foremost men m the House, 'and apy utterance of his upon the political situation, or the prominent measures, should be received with great respect. The Winneb oe the PsiiSE Mbdai. — Private Bush has been successful m carrying off the medal offered by the officers of the Palmerston Rifles for the best shot. There enn he little donbt that the trophy has been won by the best man, as Private Bush not only shot well last contest, biit upon the Prince of Wales' Birthday beat the two Squads with whom he competed. Although be holds the medal m the mean time, he will have to top the list onco more before the trophy becomes bis undisputed property. Moeb Settleirs. — t We are pleased to learn that Mr. Evans, Dentist, so long and so favorably known m Wellington, has arrived m Palmewton, $ncl is now m treaty for premises, with a Tiew.of agah} commencing the practice of his profession m this town. Mr. Evans, since his return from the Qld Country, has been all over the East and West Coasts of this Island, and it is most fluttering ta Palmerston, that he speaks . of it as a township without an equal amongst those which he has visited. Mr. Evans is a settler of the right sort, and on behalf of our-, townsmen we welcome him to the district. Sqttabb Improvement.— We hear, with much pleasure that Mr. Peter Mansou, is about to erect two handsqoia and commodious shops, on his land on the Square, adjncent to Messrs. T£ing Brothers, The great •carcjty of places of business is a want whioh has been. felt for some tjLme, and the action of Mr. Muuson will not only supply that want, hut the erection of the buildings be a decided improvement -to that side of the ; Square. We^eftrjithHtJjhe premi/'es have alre.idy been engaged by 'Mq^si-s, Ccdlinson and Diniond. — the forraer-as aphotographer's and the latter as a bootmaker's. New Bank Buii/dings for Feit/ding. -t-As on ear%jt of the stability of Fcilfling, we notice th.it tenders have been vailed for the erection of r.jw premises for the Bank of Australasia. From what we can learn the building will be m eveny way superior to those belonging to the b.mk m Palmerston, and as it is to be erected m a prominent portion of the. town, will prove, a valuable addition to the architecture of Fedding. Mr. C. J. Toxward, of Wellington, is the architect, and tenders are to be m his office on dr. before, the 15th, instant. * The Paljiebston Rifles. — The usua ofli -ml monthly inspection of the Palmerston i Rifles took place on Saturday evening, before ynju« 2Jo.ike, the oflL-or commanding, the district. The muster was by no menns a good one, but this can* he acaou^lw^ for by the fact that alurge.nutnber of the members of the Corps, arc employed m stores, which on Saturday night keep open until a later, hour than on. o}her evenings. E£p,wever, those who were, present wont through tha various evolutions m a most cre-.dit^hlQ manner, aud * ere complimented foy their eflii-iency by the commanding officei 1 . Difference, of Opinion. — It way. be recolle'-teil that a few weeks ago the Borough* Council called for tenders for the privilege of cuf ting and crtrting. !\w:iy the grass upon the Public Square. Mr. Groodisson sent- m a tender, offering to give ri, bjon,u9 of £6 for the work, which was accepted, but previous to its receipt, another was forwarded by an innocent soul who wanted £$, for the, cutting nnd <-.»rtineawHV of the grans, whi'-h he coutemntnouslv dpaicrnate'l rn^hish. TTis disgust found vent, m strong l'lnsru '.-^e when informed by the Town Clerk that the tenderer, and noc the Council, was to furnish the bonus. Tffß ISDTTSTRIAL Tt/XHIBTTIQ.N' FOB WBL XiTNOTOy. — Some few flaw ns<*> we t ( n,;eive 1 a circular from Mr. Warren, mtimtVing thit it. whs the intention of cert-iin p.Tion* m Wellinfffnn to trvand or<nn'<»B an industriil py'tiMt.ion for 18^0. 'The idea .w.w.to rui so ft fund throughout the colony by means of shilling subs'-rintions, that ara^mnt to he fnr^ier sunpletiented by a «u*n from the. Legintaturp. We se«», however, t-h;it Mr. LevM on Fridny niirht" a«keri the G-overn; menfc if they were favoraMe to the g;r;intm<r of fiiOpO for that purpose. A* the answer of bhti, Minister was m the negative, we are afraid the movement will now be allowed to collapse. ;i - ; Disgusting and TTNN\TtrBiL OoNmroT. — Amon<?sr other injuries inflicted upon the poor fellow, Henry Mirnford. who met his death on Friday, wns.tlieloss of his tnno;»io, •which ir. the fall from his^vorse was chopped off; After the removal of the.Ben«eless body to. Ashurst, the t-oni»ue was pi -kwl upon the scene of the accidept, and we have been m Jforined that the^fii-ler, wijbh a disT-ettaH of decenpy and a disjafustincf >*nll^\isne.(>f> to the feeling of the.r)p"eA3e:l l ß'iffi' > tefl fnmily, was . carrying the pie; i e.nbont. m a tin bor. and j exhibiting it to thoso whose morbid curiosity j '. equaled hig own, bru.ta.Utv. IJ^fortjua^tol^ (

we hare nob heard the name of the scoundrel^ and although we have heard the story from two or .three different source**, for the sake of humanity we trust after all it may hav c been but a canard. Labcenf as a Bailee.—^William Aifcken wa^ pl.iced m the dock at the Feilding iJourfc on Friday, charged with wrongfully disposing of two horses lent to him by Charles Eoe. The facts of the case were that Mr. 800 lent Aitken £35, stud the latter not being able to return the money sold him the horses andjsome other goods for that amount. As the accused hri-1 rib means" : of living, Mr. Roe kindly gave him the use of the boraes and a trap, but it ap" peared that Aitkou had raise I so.ue money from Messrs. Stevens and Ghrton upon a bill of sale. The case occupied a long time m the hearing, Mr. o>i3h appearing for the defence, and dub-unpestor Q-oodall for the prosecution. Eventually, however, the police abandoned tao case, as it was admitted that the accused had been offered time m which to pay the debt. The Public Hall at Feildingk — Our representative on Friday paid a visit to the above building — which has now almost reached complet ton — and was most agreeably B urprised at the beauty and dimensions "of the building. Although, of course," th c exnpfr size of the structure has been published before m these columns, the. writer or the reader of the item would not be able to form such idea of magnitude of the building from it as from a personal visit, and those who have seen the hall from the outside would be much deceived, without an internal inspection were made. We do not know exactly what sitting accommodation it will possess, but when we say that there is not its equal on the West Coast, we ure paying a very, poor compliment indeed. It is lofty, well lighted, and with a stage of dimension ß fully equal to many theatres with no mean pretensions. Mb. Ambsbttoz's Sa£b. — We have so repeatedly called attention to the Monster Sale of Cattle which is to take pla.^e at the Borough Cattle Yards, and dilatel upon its merits, that we feel all that is necessary is to again announce that to-day is the day of sale. We understand that the auctioneer will commence the sale to the minute of the advertised time, and we no'ico that Messrs. Batchelar and Carroll have determined to have their dinner hour at twelve, instead of one, for the convenienoe of buyers. We have also been informed that all the horses will be labelled m lots commencing from No. 1, and offered for sale m their regulap order-. By this means persons desirous ot purchasing will have the opportunity of examining the lot. picking upon one or more animals, and heing present when the sale arrives at the number labelled, We have been informed by the auctioneer that almost every article entered has been placed m his hands for sale without any reserve. Bixixg Sarcasm. — Considerable amusemenfc wus created a few days ago, duping the preliminary negotiations for the sale of a boree. Looking at tire animal, the beholder would be led b.ick m imagination to those won lerful anim.ils of skin, bun-*, and speed, which were the wonder of Dublin during what wa9 known as " Donnybrook Fair we(>k." Notwithstanding the glaring evidences to the contrary, the vendor w>i9 dilating upon the many excellencies of the steed, and the very high value at which it should be appraised, when his oration -was interrupted by the observation of a horsey looking individual from the country. Th^ stranger inquest-ion who had been examining the various points of the anim.al with the eye of a person learnel m hoiyefleah, drawing a long breath, was heard, as if m soliloquy with himself, to sum up his verdict as follows : " Ah, well he has got a dashed good set of shoes on..' X Good News sob Foxton. — We hare heard upon the most undoubted authority that provision will he made upon the Estimate for £15,000 to be devoted to Foxton ilurbor improvement. We have so often aud so strenuously f ought; for the work, that we are sure our Foxton friend 3 will give -us credit for. sincerity when we tender them, our heartiest congratulations. It may be that our pleasure is enhanced by a dash of selfishness, for there cannot be the least doubt that mom shipping accommodation at the pprfc of Manawatu means a largely m" crej^ed export trade m timber, and consequently a vast advantage to the upper portions of the county. In our opinion the outlay, ot £L 5,000 upon the wharf and rive r improvements is of infinitely mire, importance to the property holders of Foxton» than (he touching there of the West Coast Railway. With the new wharf. charges*, and proper convenience for loading sailing vessels a now era willj he com.uie.needi, it.n,d. a fair, race, of competition begun between the ports of Mnnawatu and Wangnnui. The Feilding Cotjht-hou3B. —-.If- an. example, oj" t h.c virtue, of agitntion were wanting, it would be found m, the. Feilding Court-house. It. will be remembered that when,' it was -letei'mined to erect a court* house at Feilding, pjuns were prepared by the Colonial Architect, but they were of such character as to be made the* laughing stock of the colQtiy. As the represent ativd organ, of the county, we denount-ed the muir-tro-sifcv, and our ranmrka,, together with fche LHlipjitian demensions of the bu,iWing, ; became such a theme of conversation throughout the island, that, the Department* through fair shame, withdrew the plans and substituted others. The building now. m use. is a credit to the county, m. comparison to, which the one at Pnlmerston is but n rlog.-kennek When Bench, Bar, Press, prisoners nni pnblic are all huJrlled together m a sp.me by no means sußijien,t. for the latter alone, fie proeealing* arc. robbed of that di.-rinity and: gravity which should; al-' ways be inseparable from a -court of jus-, lice. Fatai/ Accident at Ashpbst.—Ashockng accident occurod on Fri.l iv evening, on the road between Pal n^-ston, and Ashm-at, by which a man uameJ Henry Mwaford, an old resident of this township met his deathThe deceased and. Mr. T^iom.is <}iummv, of Stoney Creek, weve returning from Ashurst, t wh£%t!v? howe of &<?.. bein^ a U^ %$& \

belted, .u&d -it is supposed that that, frightened the nnimal upon which, the deceased was riding. The state of the horse's knees and head clearly showed that it came down head foremost, pitching the deceased upon his head. The result of the investigation* by the Coroner clearly shows the necessity of such inquiries, as notwithstanding souic untruthful and ill-natured reports were circulated to the effect that the poor follow was under the influence of drink at the 'iiine T bT*tfie"'Mffd^u^lWen3Mce'*Vb'"^Fe ?: inquest was point blank m contradiction to *Buch "a~£tateuten^~airJ- -the-rerdictr."of "the" . Jury was that death was purely accident, without the slightest culpability being at- , tached to any one. L /.The poor fellow .who who was quite a young man, has left a wife and a child rfco ■ ; mourn his untimely* ehfl^ and the Foresters',of which 'body he wW.if •■ member; mustered -m strong 1 nunitiew" 6h Sunday when the funeral took place, to, pay the last tribute of respect to their deceased brother. : ._ „;.,'.. , „ The Oasb "op M«. Hksby Jaoksohv— In last March when the report of the Com* mission upon the case' of th'6:late' Chief Surjj veyor was published/ we' 1 condemned m strong language the verdict of tlie liaqmry:, and we no,w. tee. that^anp.ther^-inFeetigatlon; has beea held which? hag arrived at a contrAryi decision; Mr.; Jackaou secured the sympathy of all honorable men by his independent conduct m refusing what appeared ' to be a bribe for his retiremeht^rorh i the iervice, and indignantly repudiated the so called justice aooorded to him, It is quite apparent that either 9. most stupid! blunder has been committed, or, worse still, a premeditated injustice inflicted -upon him, and no time should be lost m doing -him ample, though, tardy justice. " It is a matter for much regret that his services hare been lost to the State, 'for it is quite certain that had he retaairieciin. hii^'old/ppgitioß^pon^tbej retirement of Mr. Thompson he would now he Suyeyor-Q-enerai,; and it.:is,^equally; ■cer-. tain he. would not; again serve- tinder the Government hra- subordinate position. . TjrbWily Sir- Julius. — Those ■ who are opponents, toi the '^ent-&en'eral being^" allowed to enter 'the" Imperial Parliament ~V and we confess, we am ouwelv;e9 among, the number — wiU' read .. with ; interest of the^, electioneering dodges 'being resorted :to by, the wily tactitiah to ingratiatehimseif with the good people^fFalmouthVTh? monster f < bread aud butter worry,'' having.' been; al failure with the canatUe, \e hat nbw Bet himself to, bestow, such substantial benefits upon the Ww'n as' he thinks will be calculated :to " fetch the eleetprs."; Of course . m hia' capacity of Agent-General' be has a vast deal of .patronage m hjs . giffc,; and we are v«ry muph a.fraidiJiat the funds otthe ; Agency are being made a stepping-stone toposition by the ambicious 'Knight. Accord, ing to a Homo' papt'i^ during the last J fe\v ; months the emigrants ship 3to New Zealand ' have regularly otlled at F»ilraout.h^t6 embiirk their passengers, thereby throwing a const- 'v deiuble amount of business m the way of tradesmen and business people. As most of the^i immigranU chosen m fl^a Kingdoms weii'deziditt at either Lirerpbol be Londpn, it stands to reason that the 'final • embarkation at either of thcise parts would he v ruuterial saving, i^ste^d of the expense , of being sent overland to Falinduth, at the extreme end of the country, beside entailing the cost'of an exftra ,. depot. ; Of course :as" the present Governjnent has; aniioui^<;ed« ' tlieir determination of riefusiflg consent to, thcA^ent-Geheral sitting m the Imperial* Parliament, ifc is more.' than 1 possible t'lat; Sir Julius newly awakened interest m Falmouth will die a -nritural death, but 'aa \; [ &'' ourio9ity we W9UW lik.e to,^ know ,the 'ejjci&t amount of "xtra expense' euUiled upwn this ! colony m the adoption of the wily : politi- ■■: cian'a electioneJaring scheme. " / ■