THE Manawatu Times. SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1880. NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 51, 26 June 1880, Page 2

THE Manawatu Times.

SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1880. NEWS AND NOTES.

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Heed Ovse. — Tn crde* to. give .a detailed report of the No : Gonfidence Debate, we have been compelled to bold over oar 'ep<-ing "article, and spTe^a| filters from cp.ies^on-; dent s. The Cathoiio Church. — We would remind our C'atliolic readers that Tuesday being the Feast of SS{. Pete-^nd Paul, Mass' j wi'l be celebrated at SVld'ng at e'gbt o'clock, aqd m( Palme/ston ugou tbe a'riva* .flf jhe. tpiiq. A Hg'QAi} Bpx.— We would mo>»t T* s " pecif u'lly i it; mate to our patrons l^at tbe 'half -Year 'closes with this issue,, and as It is imposs'b'e i;o carry on wiibout tbe sinews of war, we must ask out subscribers to contribute, to ]our, exhaiis-led treasury. Tho/je within call will be visited by our collector. Mr. Mo'wlem ; those beyond his reach will kindly reai>t by post office o*der, A Chavcb.— We would draw attention to the ac!rert:se:»ient iase^ed br My. Dea,rds ■wifc> neyi-dio the. leasijg- 0.7, sa^e o| the Pa'ajerston .Hotel. At ... ;<>«... p"e3e.ni t." o.7ft bu:i d uad. lot'giwg id utie \v unolua'aabJe m Pal c e-j&Lot?, ami c# la'rj' j the bu : lcs ; ag refe eel to s'jould male au ficeJleot accoivuiOi ation ,10c se. '. KOW 5-* ppy COTJID I BH WITH ErrHEB." — Mr. Kcffetn had i-wo votex Mr. Fluffeail'Tes »t T«.ivace End; but then Mr. BatchoJav was ooa of ,My. Fluffem's best custo-uors, consequently Muffem was ifl a quaida vy b,e.tw.e,e,n, duty and ia-tei-est. At iaat iPlijffamsplTed tie problem and wa3 true to both -be gave one to vote Ito James and tb« other to |lptobe^ar d acd I now — bav.'ng eased his con science— Flu ffem is. rough upon tbe man who won't exercise tbe franchise,,. ' An 01? A ITiDNar. — There, ?s aa old saying fcbat 'b 1. s of a feather flock together," an'd.'f the geatiemen of the loog robei.i the Mauawata a-e to be taken as a c>' ; te.''>oa, tbe l)er'l*s Ev-gade, if not of the same i'fch, are cac a'.nlj re y much akin. A few days ago I .there... were*, employed m tbe. one case, Mr. Haw-kius, ilr. Han-k!qs, and Mr. Perkins, yet notwithstanding this t 'angu^afed caiidlelabra, not one m Court bejond b : s B^opp.i and t'oeii* tJ2ree-se,tve(3 could teH what tbe Djc-tlns It was oH about." As^ t'je case, kjted four days, it may be fa' ly p' esumed itaa b fcb c »»r-.i ; d^ rspi we,d p ratty' rem u'tierat* re. Sojyaj not -Bought.— -Tbe-'e is a kind of tradHioral impression tbat vp ( tej.s at a.l :'eliscj;',ont; a.Vis. a" pu/c'aasabJe . cotDtuod'ly,, if Ahe cand.'da'e only kne.w .tbj figuve, at wb^ch each one wa3 to be bought. However t; ue tbe imputation may be elsewhere, we can . vouch that on Wednesday t'lo very reverse, was the case ab the local poll. That -wily official, Mr. B"eeliog, Town Cleik, had the rate notice of every individual ratepayer ready pi-epivea, and as each voter, rubbed his,h / ands,in glee after, pushing his paper into the ballot box, the scheming shaver, with a^ Beyea'<bj' equal to the ; ocoasioa, pushed' another paper into his hand, a glance at whtch r wi-ought" a;' Tfonde'i'f ul change, and the. recording of a vote was the prelude to a volly of expletives. We wo.uld n9t' venture to say that any votes were (bought, but there, is. no doubt that not a few yotjers we."c considerably sold. WHBP.B. laNOBANOB. » BMBB, 4°- — 0"* Fyeildin^g contemporary is responsible for the: f o^av?i r ng • v : - • V. %Hp, S^iofifapi. gjerald suggests the subdivision of the County of Manawatu, by the formation of the ridings* of, Kawa Kawa, Oroua, Aw x a Huj; and Horowhenua in.to ; a separate County." We ;do not knovf whether the, above h ( as been extracted; corxeotly. by tue paper ox.'not, but • tjbere ia \& s.crew loose somewhere, As tb«, '; Eeild?^ paper only purports to be the i G-uardian of the township from whence.it takes its title rdle, we are sot astonished tUftt its knowledge of the. county liiouid bf 1

confined to the circumscribed limits of the Manchester Block, and consequently if phe mistake Arose jn the fPoxton paper, its extraction without correction is accounted for. We may, hqwevei 1 , info.'m our friends — No.them and Southprn^-tb.at there nevef i^ras, nor ii;the^o-]ikel//ioM7-s riding if} fcljs county called Awa Hup, although' tbftve. ji a township of -tb'at natae. 7b. is just possible that the erratic scribe meant Awabou. .I A Bii OK'WASHKD IriSBMAN. — We have often beard of" "'W-lilVe: washed Yankees,'' but tc Mr. Baakins, sol^fcor, must be given the credit of baying uneart bed a rival-tribe •of f'Blaek- washed jiis"iimen." Tjnrmg the hecrng of a. ca>e--at the Digtriot Court, a Nat-ve Chief, naa^ed Honi Meihana, well known m ?he Manawatu, was under exa'Dinat'on, «-,\d m aliiiding to h ; m ever afterware's itie ieproed counsel wou l^ insist upon cli'.ob'ng biojjßomeb'jiqg which closely resembled "Johnny Mahoay." We have fae.avd it argued that, the peleb ated .Tnd'sn eoel Hana Ejaib, was a T^poe 'ary g'ntietnan whose ancestors ware kVogs ia t"ie o]den Ij'nes, aiidjtje a3se:J;'ou was based v ; >on the j assumption that hh father wa* a Sa!)ib, q-r ! ge.ntleo.ifin from tbg town of Ifsapjh m ! Tirnerarv, which became co vup'red to Nsna •Ss'b! We do not* know what part of I«'ej JaTjc? " Johipy Mahpny ? s" ancestors liail f'om. but judg'ng from tbe color , we should ! be inched to say " t'.)e Black North." A Touva Fight.— Elections m Jfche. Manawatu — and more particularly local one,s — haye, jn variably been of tbe very tam«4t character ; but that whjch took phce on Wednesday could not be so des'gqarad. Four out of the n'ne. Councillors, at present m the Council, obta'-ied fcoe.?r seaj;s by ;walks-pyer, .'and cp"Bequenfcly Ibe. interest displayed da^'ng the recent struggle was a cbeerirtgf change, aod t!'e faqt iuat no less than 179 voted— the la'gest ntunber ever recorded- -sbowi that th« bn;gessei ave. 'aga|i> qwakeg : dg to a sp.!s^ of tjeir vq: j spoos'b'KiJes »»d p'iv^ege*. Had Caere i be r ng one tingle vote mo'e, t!'*"e wpH'.d bpve been a.t'(f, and t-ie so newhat disaoveeable dutf of select.' og a member would have "fallen to thY lot of Ms KeeUog, the BetiTVoing' OMcer. In add't'on Jo tl»e 179 v.ote3 retsovded yhevq were 8 infornia', the pipe's iv four iiistaiieeß/ hayiog bee a put iato the box without a mavk. Tijere are. vevy of tea vicior ; es wkich tve more' disastrous tha/vdefeats, but certainly Mr James'? defeat is far, more ' glorious t'jan mauy victories. Gqqt> Sawa's t ta?ts.^— lt is roost consoling to discover tbaj; ths .world is not nearly act bad as mcjsb pe.6p,]e imagine*, and that there is a great deal of hcimnn'ty ia hpman. nature. Qu? pa'ag -aph with regard to the. unfortunate condition of Mr. Dykes has evoked ' •übstant'al sympathy m many quarters. 'MrV Beale forwarded tbe issue containing, the paragi^iph to Mr. Seddon, the. member for. Hokitika, who with "Ms. Job'nstpti, our representative, interviewed the Qova.vanien.t with a view of- obtaining fo.q Mt;. iDykes his back money. , !pheir efforta. had bctn forestalled by oti^ei: gentler men ; and as we, rjecor.de. d th^ ftmqynt deducted wa.s ordered to, b.c. given, Irs family, nevertheless Mrs. Dykes, wishes, through us. to return her. grateful thanks to Messrs. Beale, Seddon, and Johnston, more, particularly to the last-nam^d gentletnan ; who supplemented his efforts with the handsome dbnai/ion of £5. We regret to hear that very little hopes are entertained of Mr. Dykes' recovery, and bis heart-broken wife isjnow making an effort to get to Wellington, befctte it is too late, to se,e him.