NEWS AND NOTES

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 109, 21 January 1880, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

THE COSMOPOLITAN DIORAMA.— The Foresters' Hall will be occupied to-night and three succeeding nights with the Cosmopolitan Diorama, an .entertainment which is spoken very highly of in the Marton papers. DENTISTRY. — Mr. Greenwood announces his intention of paying his usual monthly visit to Palmerston on Thursday, the 29th instant. Those who are needing his services had better make a note of the fact. THE PALMERSTON RIFLES. — There will be a special parade and inspection to morrow evening before Major Noake, the ofllcer commanding the district, when it is to be hoped that for the honor of the corps a good muster will be made. IMPROVING THE OCCASION. — Like a skilful general, Mr. Collinson has determined to avail himself of the influx of strangers during the holidays to push his trade, and and announces in another column that his portrait rooms will be open to-morrow for the convenience of visitors. PERJURY. — Constable Gillespie yesterday afternoon arrested Joseph Russell — the plaintiff in a case heard during the day — upan a charge of perjury, said to be committed in the course of the evidence. After some hours' detention m the lock-up, he was admitted to bail -himself in £50, and two sureties of £25 each. The hearing will come on before the R.M. on Friday. IMPORTANT AUCTION.— Messrs. Thynne, Linton and Co. have received instructions, to dispose of the saw mill lately in the possession of Messrs M'Chesney and Baird, at Bunnythorpe. The sale is ordered under distraint for rent, and consequently will be knocked down to the highest bidder. The auction which takes place to-morrow week, will be hold upon the premises, so that intending purchasers will be able to become thoroughly conversant with the property in every particular. THE IRISH RELIEF FUND. — After Mass on Sunday, in St. Patrick's Church, the Rev. Father Moreau stated that he had been instructed by the Bishop to institute a collection for the above purpose, and that collections would be made in every church throughout the diocese. Before the congregation separated, a committee was appointed to carry out his Lordship's wishes, and put the project into execution. ADIPOSE MUTTON. —We have been shown a chunk of fat taken off the carcase of a sheep slaughtered by Mr. Mackie, which speaks wonders for the gazing properties of the Palmerston land. The animal originally came from Mr. Charles Bull's, Sandon, but the fat has been gathered during a three month's detention on Mr. Mackies section, Terrace End. The specimen was at least three inches through, and we were informed that it was by no means the fattest which might have been shown. SCHOOL COMMITTEES.— We would remind the ratepayers in the various townships in the county that meetings will be held next Monday evening for the purpose of electing committees to serve during the coming year. We. should ask the electors to choose none but those whom they have reason to expect will be regular at meetings, as unless the committees are conversant with their charge it is impossible they can carry out the purposes for which they are elected. We will not refer, in the slightest to the past ; all we ask is that electors will see to the future. TO-MORROW'S SPORTS. — We expect to see a great crowd on the Racecourse to-morrow, as the committee have left no stone unturned to make the affair a grand success, having induced the railway to issue tickets at single rates available for three daya, and subsidised the cabs to carry the people at sixpence. We have been informed by the secretary that he expects a grand day's sport with the horse racing alone. The public will be pleased to learu tliut bis Worship tho Mayor has received a letter from the I Uudor-Som-etary iv, reply to hia application I to have the day gazeMu4.it bunk holiday, stating that such had beuu done. Cattle Raja.— : Tl»o pjuu-Jljteeper and. his assistants made one ojt his periodical swoops upon peripatetic horses au J cuttla go Monday morning, and the coase^uen .*e wi? t ))»t m half an hour tho pound bora tho resemblance of a vale -yard ; always excepting that the surrounding publio was mostly composed ■jt clierlj f;,a^J4 iv uilsUjoJ ji iishjtt} Ik)

whose time was varied m abusuig the poundkoepeT and. wringing their own hands, After each one had relieved tbeiy feeling*, and had taken out the pounding foes m. abuse, the resp6t:tive fiijes were disgorged, and the erring i^hinial^ rescued fix) in- eapti My- \ ' Squake litßßOYEStilfTa.— TliQ;twq shops heing erected on. the east side of the Square for Messrs Diinond nnA Ollinson, respectively are fast assuming Ijabitable appeaancea, and, ■ judging-. icom. the . dimensions of the frame will bo very commodious stores. The residents of the town generally, and of • the Square m particular, are to be congratulated upon the filling up of quo of those unsightly gaps, which are su,ch q. drawback to the credit or the town.. ' A Capsizk. — The coach from Wellington to Foxton met with an upset on Saturday evening, when near the Otati River, but as th« landing place of the passengers- m the spill was some nice white tand, no, bones were broken. The coach was an unusually crowded one, ai^t| being top heavy, \yitl^ tha wheels sunk m the sand, was no' doubt the cause of the upset. Among9t the passengers was the Rev. leather Morcau, and three other Catholic clergymen, returning from Wellington. A Whirlwind.— During the very high wind which raged on Saturday, the ffoxlon road, near the Post office, wan the scene of a veritable whirlwind. Suddenly a vorle^ was formed which whirled up m the air for a couple of hundred feet, carrying with it paper, sticks, and branches of trees, but upon reaching a certain height the mass appeared to bur^t and floated with wondrous rapidity fa.raUpye the roofs of the houses. Those who witnessed the phenonmenon under shelter of the post office varundah, were somewhat am used at the struggles of an elderly portly Pressman who bandy <wcaped the fate of the Prophet Elijah. MORK SjETaLEUS FOE P.U.MEB3TON. — Falmerston and its vicinity would appear to be fast becoming a haven of refuse to those whom the. bad times .haye. driven, from other districts. During the jjastwook a new arrival has settled down amongst us, iv the person of Mr. Stokes, «'hd hud been }ouate,d m Maryborough for ilie last sixteen years but hearing of the far- famed land of Manawatu, paid it a visit, and tho consequence is that ho purchased a property on the Stoney Creek Road, and on Saturday took possession. There is room for him and hundreds more, and as Mr. Stokes is a settler of the right sjurt wo heartily bid him welcome. Thb Sandon Railway.— We learn with regret from our Foxton contemporary that thfc chances of the Sandon Railway are particularly cerulean, as the project, had it been successfully carried- out, would have been a boon for the people m tho interior, and there cou,ld be no doubt go a long way toward the advancement of Foslon, iv utilising the fine port of which it is parsed. Wo thoroughly ugivo with the editorial opinion expressed as. to the larger onus lying upou JJessrs. Campbell and Larkworthy, and it may ha borne m m\nd that time after- time \yct hav^ e^prcjsod ourselves similarly. The stake of feline gontlennm is fur greater than that qf set-tlens, even' when taken collectively, and the benefit to be derived by tha latter will hear no equip irison to, yyftat would result to the two g«ji;tlemen i\ame,d should tha ruUiroy bio completed. We haye always advocated the Sandon line, and we should deem it a luss-fco. the Co.un.ty. were it now t_> be 'shelved; by the nitfgurdiinc3S of those, mqst interested. " VICTIM OR VICTIMS.-- A meeting of the creditors of Charles Hickie was advertised to tako pluce at the District Court, Palmer6ton,:O.'i Mouduy, but oithoi^gh thedociived .owes wore present, business could not -bo proceeded with on account of tho non-01iu.g. of a cexUin affidavit -B.ef.urt> scpar^og. they, ho\yeve.r, gave vent to their feelings m strongly expressed opinions uppn tho case. Tlio insolvent was the" - purchaser of the refreshment booths at tho. rcciyit Feilding Sports and although tho acuouutsfor tho stuff consumed amounted to same £75, Hickie informed his creditors that his total receipts did not reach £10 beyond that amount. Mr, Strike, a creditor to tho extent of some! £50 for temperance drinks, informed the meeting tha^ the goods bought from him 'wholesale, should have realised, 330 p,er cent. consequently those who trusted Mr. If iokie fairly imagine there is a screw loose somewhere. Mr. Staite has been retained for the creditors, who arc determined to probe insolvent'^ Iran:»iu't-Umd to the bottom. THE VALUE OF ADVERTISING.— Business people who VhVs a, n,ar*c->v view of things gruuible at> the cost of advertising, never dreaming that by the outlay of a pjund they are tho gainers by penhaps fi&y times that amount. As a case m point, we may mention the fact that Mr. Abrahams having advertised iv a column of t'ao Times the reduced figures at which he was selling, a few days since received a large order from ono of our 'subst.-rihers. The purchaser lives fifty miles from Palmerston, and m sending his ordor ty, Mr. Abrahams, passed over a couple of town's, wlrtcii consider themselves of some importance. 0ld Dr. Ayers, who diuJ worth twenty millions of dollars, on being 'asked hqiv L^ managed to accumuLito su mucli money, replied : " When 1 first started bqsine.3s I made it an iron rule the moment a di liar went into the. till that half of it should go. out for. advertising." THE SALE OF PRIVILEGES.—Mr. Snelson submitted tho Anniversary Sports priri. leges to auction on Saturday, and through a misunderstanciinj,', they we,re. virtually giy.tw away. A sub-committee, hud, boon appointed to arrange abutiL the roscrve,, but- on account of the illness of. one, nothing was done, the auctioneer received no instructions, and tlic lots wgiv consequent ly sla altered. To show that the figures realised, by yo means represented the astimutcd value of the lots, cm the first occasion Mr. Deards paid nearly £30 m excess of the price fily-mi oh Saturday, and evijn when .tliusaU. commenced he was quite willing to taka t-he t iu at his old figure. Howeviir, it is asi }11 wind that blowa nobody good, and the Committee's los 3is the purcii isera' gain. A meeting of the Committee was hold on Saturday night, when it was unanimously djter.niui'd to carry out the programme, strictly m its tntesrity, although such acouwc will necessitate members puttinj; their hands m thuir 'packets' to supply a deficiency of £50. They fe.^t, however, that m keeping foitli with the public arid competitors tl^ey. could not only claim a liberal patronage to-morrow, but their increased sympathy with the Sports next yeur. TESTIMONY FROM AFAR.— .Some time ago we gave a duscripi ion of modul furm established at Bainesse, byj o,iir enterprising fejlow settler, Mr. Christopher Simpson. The fjolkiwing extract fronj oi^r. Marton contemporary shows that the fame of th»t gentleman's grand stock has reached the extreme end of the Coast. On Tudsduy, Mr. Nicholson, a stoclidroed^r, of Whenuakura and formerly well known in Rangitikei, took through by train fron Bainesse station, a splendid bull, which he intends for breeding purposes on his farm. The bull was by Marquis of Balnesse, out of Red Red Rose, and is a magnificent animal for its age, which is about five months. Mr. Nicholson speaks in the highest terms of the quality of the stock at Bainesse, and for one animal he offered no less a sum than five hundred guineas, which, however, was refused, the owner declining to part with him.

Mr. Nicholson ia very well pleased with his now travelling afforded by the rr.ihyay, without which he would nevor have dreamt of going so fay as Palmerston to purchase: breeding stock. He would reach Kai Iwi with his animal on the afternoon of the day he left Palmerston and from thence to his statjqn— about a fpurth of the distance from l^jiaerstuii to Kai Iwi — he expected woyld require tliree or four days' travelling, as animali of the description he purchased would be easily knocked up by hasty travelling or over driving. Tlio fame of the Bainesse breeding station appears to be spreading far and near, and we should not be surprised to learn that Mr Nicholson's purchase was the forerunner of others by residents of his district, who appreciate good stock, and desire an infusion of new and approved blood in their present herds.