THE Manawatu Times. WEEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1880. NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 65, 25 August 1880, Page 2

THE Manawatu Times.

WEE DNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1880. NEWS AND NOTES.

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V r- ■ . i Catholic Church. Servibies;— : . — We "have been asked to intimate -to: our, Catholic brethren that Mass will be celebrated at St. Patrick's Church, Palmeratonj at eight o'clock a.m., and at Ashurst at eleven a.m., on Sunday next. There will nlso.be evening devotions at Palmerstbn, at the* usual hour. ' Snider v. EJnQesld.— A team/to be chosen from, our local Volunteer Corps, will proceed to Peilding, on the 11th prox., to meet a team representing .the iFeilding > : coin-Y>anr,"'"-when:;.their skill to "; put m " bull's eves at 200, 400, and 500 yards will be tested by comparison. "We hop© thii will be the first, of a series .'of. friendly, rifle con tests between the two companies. On the Road to Wealth.-rTwo lir/re consignments of 'Maoris hare been forwiirded -within felie last v.tW or- three days per coach to Napier. We are informed that these Natives will participate to a com siderable extent m a sum of £60,000, the ptirchaa© money : of" a largo block of land situated near the northern, end of this Couhlj. Wdl our local commission agents let fiuch a quantity of the circulating medium pas 3 our^ dqqr^ojß (jl\e return, of " "^oni

Th.6 Weather.— The late heavy gales have done great damage to the Napier Road. Fallen (rees and landslips delayed thp arrival of .the co»ph until 11 p!m. last night. We h'e.ir that thu Ma<^erton Road is no better off. The Empire Oitv has "suffered as v matter of course ; the immense drill shed refontlv erected nearly suffered a coilupw, and one house was shut up like a (ciuocupe, the hack kitchen taking refuge m the f'.'uiit parlor. Par] iatnentary.— ln moving the second reading of tho Bner Duty Bill, the Hon. Mnjor Alliinson disclosed the intention of t lie Government to pay one half to the subsidies to local bodies for the remaining nine months of the year. The Beer Duty Bill pas3ed its seobnd reading. As the amount of this tai: already exceeded the estimate, tlio Government may not be very ot.reuuous m their opposition to a reduction of tbe tax when tbe Bill is -in committee.