NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 163, 1 October 1881, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

The San Francisco Mail.— We have b:en asked by the Postal authorities to announce that the next outward En^ ish mail, via >an Francisco, will close at P;i!mjr.vton oi nr-s 1 Friday at a quartsr to eight o'clock, m the eveuing. Land Tax Defaulters - A number of Land Tax deciliters were, on Thursday, proceeded a^nnat upon judgment su. monsta, Mr. Terkins, who lepte^ited tbe Crown, obtaining verdicts m eaih crce. As the proceeding.-- bo^ev<•r, wee of an musua;ly dull charactev, we s" all save our reader.3 the iufl'ction of a detailed nerusal. Mr. Amesbury's Sale — M-. . Sne> ,n reports having held a most siccess."<il sale at Awapuni, on Thursday, on the . y>a o' Mr. Amesbury,at which stock, fartai-ig implements, and hou hold niture we c d'siosedoii. Tbeatlsndaucewasniosfc nvmerou fpll.y three hundred perboos be' »g piesent, and the prices realised beiag mo it satisfactory. A Grand Treat.— To-night by request, the Lydia Howarde Ttoupewill gi ye a double programme— "11 Trovatore " and " Aladdin, the Wondes ' 1 Scjmp," ci ci' one of whia "would be a tirat m itself. On Thu r s>iay and Fry nights the Hall w • crowded m every pavl, and as there is a monsler programme to-night, ard it is a-I'o the la*t of the a:on, we would a-lv'.£,e ih • who appreciate comforta'ole *cits to sec ■_ them at the " The Times" Book Depot. "Free Thought Lecture.'' -We wou'd draw the alHntion of our Scandinavian readers io the adverlkement which appeara elsewhere announcing the fac of a lecture to be given by Viggo Monvpd Esq., on " Free Thought.'* We a^e not quiet cert*ii, but ovr impression is, tha* although Mr. Monrad will hold forth upon that vexed subject, he by no means is a discipl ■>. of the ere" I a< it is genera'ly unfle^stood. The proceed of t<-e lectore a re to be appropriated to a fund for the e-est'on of a Lutheran Church m Pa'raers'on. Starting Before He was Ready. — A Syin y telegram m the Age of theßfch instant staYs that "some singular circum stance-' occurred m connection with a coroner's inquest to-day on tbe ody of a seaman nnm d Pt-terc^n, who was drowned m tbe harbour. When the juij proceeded to view the body it had tlir.ppeared. A search was made m all directions, but it could nowhere be found. TJHin.ately it was asrei t«in d that it he 1 h^en buried by the undertaker, he believing that the incpe-t had been held. Aiord^.r was sent disinter the corps?, which wrs brought b ok m tie city and w.-3 tumbled on tbet.ble. The juiy were dis Q atisfied with the anceietnonious manner of the proceedings." Departure of Mr. Dewsbury.— AHhorgh it is now many months since t c Eev. Mr. Dewsburr r i^n his pa' a' , withay'ewof takinff a new charge, we deeply _ ?ret to say that '^cc the •>. Teh been "an invalid confined to the hou. o Although by no means thoroughly res <-ed to C'aitn,lio las Bufflciently r overed to be able to leave for Christchu'-ch. where his friends Teaide, and under who c care he ti jsfs toon to get strong again. He 1 : vc s by the Foxton train this evening, and while we have no doubt theie will be many to u ee him off, they will bear but a small prop • - lion to the numbers who will wis'i l. : ra farewell m spirit, and renewed strength and health m the future. An Ungrateful Scoundrel.— There are some persons m whom dishonesty is so engrafted 'that they would prefers sixpence obtairied by disreputable means, to doable or treble the amount earned by industry, or r T»n given as a eu .. A few nights aeo Mr Samuel Lwe, of Terrace End <vat applied to by a tramp, who appeared f oot-soie and weary, for « shake down ; and pit tying the fellow's condition he made him comfortable on the premises for the ni»ht. His eae«t. however, wm evidently a pxOfessional m the way of " travelling " and shaking," for no sooner did ho get his hpn«"acter as'eep than he arose from his "shake down " '« shoo^ "the dust from his shoes, and resumed via travels, not without first having ■• shook " some doz«n of valaaVe egsrs which Mr Lo.n«> had e?cured for retthig, and a n?st esrer which was with t °m.~ It is to be hoped that tbe ungratefnl ra cal will be canebt with the stolen property iahia poi.^ssion, when w« sdvi : that he. be compelled to swallow tbe p-o cdfids of his robbe. , v/nflinEj up -with the coraewhat ' digestible avfciclfl we have T ast named. An Equin« Ha^l^qrim.— One of the most surnrisinsr fe^ts whinh we have have hea^d of roi" RoniT considerable time came under our notice a few days since. A. 1 younw foal, not "'?h*ft^n months old, was confined m a «tabfe m which there was a window with Iwo panes of glass, each e : crh( m inches hv tb'rty. The imnri-oned nnimal evidently pined a^'er itn li'oe:tv. and was determined to hiv». i l . for i. msi'e a r.->f>r, P cp.inw tTiroa?h t^e s'^m. anrl Iptiflftd .o-'tM'Tfl nnhiirt, and that witnout m the "iliehtert injuiihr thp. rlividin? svsh hel-we" 1 !! rte t^o nattfiP. A* the f »tl i 9 n, vbtv la-nre oTiR. a £rlp.nr.r> nh it ariri if? rnO'^R of <v:it worVile.?'> mosi peooU to tbe be 1 i°f fiat the feat it n^l pcrPoiine-l was almoit asimpoßS'ble a' for the camel to pa">s through th eve of a rred'e ; nevft>*f.h^'esi it is so and m priof we c*n prodiT'e half a doz"n witnesses. As the window was four feet from the eround, and the jump must have V.in a stand;, ig one. the owner of the b3?sfc. sees visions of yet poss^S'-ing the c^iemp'on hurdle racer of thi rilonj. Anotlier Dusky Potentate. — Olniraants for Rovereiff"ii v amon? tlie Maori' would npnenr to ho sprinqring up w : th the fecundity of musbronms. a. H onr o'd h iend Te Kere. the Pronhob of Awapnni, aid rival to Te Whiti. hpq blo9soraedin<oa reeal ruler who is to le-,ve Tawhipo. The erstwhile Prophet was summoned on Thursday for a breach of the Dog Beeistration .Act'in bavin? an upicgiste"* 1 ! canine m his iposg^sion; Wben seived with the summons •to attend and an«we n f or his offence, the seer treated the '"nvitation with the moit stpdiel contempt and w'th the mo~t fveszJ7sgr Jtavfeur vejiliiJ JaDf. AT*. Wjcd had B.M'd that he (Kere) was supreme a r A wapuni, and neither constable nor any oneels3wns to dare molest him or his people the-n*. Either the Prophet is a preva'icato/ of the tcath (which we do believe"), or Mr. Ward ha 1 ? (ro;ieback on his black f •ieiid (which we don't believe) for an oruer wai ma«le tl>at ton ohill'ags shoud be diawn aa a fine o it of f.e new potuat^ta's iieasury. He Blewed it. — We were considerably ammed a shot while since at the noricliaianco disp^ved by a member o' ! the Rangatana tribe. Tbe Nob'.e Savage m question had -"outran the con liable," and had appealed to Judge Hardcastle to apo'y his official white- wr h bush. Tbe suitor was under oros^onaminatioa, and upon being ask«d as to how ho bad disposed of

a cc 'am £100 winch he had received, he auily replie 1, " Oh, I blewed it ; blewed it St," filKppiag his fingers to show his contempt of the amaUneca of the amount. Last week, CcistableGillespiehad occasion to f we another N. S. with a couple of summon , but lie evidently cared .13 lLt!e for the le^al <\o-.\\ ;ien^. as the other difl for the fi'tlay b've, as without lo 'king at them, he flun? them up ia the sn'r, and th« wind " b!e.v '•" them awp.v./ond a3 a fu"t!i.Tsign of his contempt, he never appeared !■> answer the invitation It is mere than pa sible. however, when the Con ..table next i t'C'ewa him, ma tes will not wj^rqi is such a 10 ate hue, f»s bis coat mpt has let him m for £W fine or three raontbV imoiisoi: incut, and if tb-re i* to b^ any "blueing" m the matter, it will be the change of the offender's counten se from black to thct col jr. Fatal Accident. —We regret to chronicle a fat I aacc'doit by drownin r, wj' -h to k p'i>. m the Manawatu .River 0 Wednes: a-y aftsinoon. »r<? unfortunate viormbein' a nan naraw' Jos°r>h Fou'ds. it appcr.ved tbataboit half- tthr~. ; 01 We 'oesclaj eveiing, the missing man w s m eompanv with Martin F>o.t sn, : tending to ciora '■•» river to Mr. Ihle's lar. . ps he was to comnencD work foe him ft ne~t mo« oing. Mr. Boasca asked Foulds 'if he cord iwim aad wrs r. -swere'l m thenß,fr« Live ; wpi tijon ■■*:. »d if he could inaneacrooe, and •-•• ■ vlied c conlA not. Mr. Bo? >.itbea to iui that he 'a ..to go up the r.ver a-piece ;o put a se .tier : * \rifc. named Mrs. Mewcom3 acvops, andinsfcruct^r! him to proceed lower down, get a canoe and wait f or hi 1 \ On Boesea's retivn nothing conld be seen of either oanoe or FouM«, but a dau hter of My. Ihle stated she saw Fou'i'.ls m a cauoe apparently unable to manr ---c it, wlvle it was being carried away witii i< c current. Next nio;'niq^ the canoe w di .overcd >me d" t^ ' c down the ri"er and foil of wa r, but vh> to : c present no tip.cc has been lb.-i ;of the nii« s'ng man. Foulds wn ai unmarried n(ftn l a .if I owned two acr«s of 1 tc 1 : Fi ' -.her^si t, which was s> io hi.n.Oinfi years ago M section* for wme wa, wh' '.1 never h id an •• exisLence otbei. 1 thaa on ap"r, and for . hich he w.iid £1B each. V'.y\e also been m .rmed that he is the owner of thi;c^ sccl'ons m Fenther^on. ~t may be sowe co ■ 'derable time 1 efore tiie body isf.oruH 1 rsitmay rocoUectel, that of. the man Jp.* soa 'ps not recovered for aboat a luonlh, *md then some miles froja the place where it was lost. ' Private Character.— A. Liverpool paper of August 6 saya : — On Tuef. lay a very seve-e sentwee was passed on 'the publisher of a strait newspaper at Sheffield. Re vr"- ordered • pay a fine of £100 aid .11 the cost of the p ovection, and. to be imp 'Bonedforsixuiontbq. It T itno . i c ■ spy otherwise t' rwi at this punishment, sev re though it may be, was well deserved, So f >r fro ii being an invasion oi the libeity o the Press, it is a whole.ome deterrent agaiusb th« abuse and de^rrlation of t 'f>fc liberty. The libel had no relation whatever to the public acts of a public man. but wj>s a wanton and peculiarly of ." nsiye attack on private cbaract r. The vie ma was ac .r. 6f being a ays m?+ic and n scrnpU'Ons libe tine, a debaucher of feminine c'aash'tv, and a liceniious „ ow ; rbont the streV >. of Siieff *id ; aud : ' ' uirice the libel mo . outra eois, it w.-s Ci, .. into the form of a pvaphraee 0 * Scriptuie, divided in<-~ yer>- i. aud w-iuea m biblical phraseology. The defendant even attempted to justify his al e^atiors, though ii the attempt he miie'ably failed, and he also pleaded that tl c ilicle was written for the pnoiic qrood. TLie more obvious motive, however, ttp to make profit out of tfee common appe'Ue for audal and iudecency. Q'here ; s to a disposition ia tbe-.e d:>ys to utilise social garbage m c- :ne departments of journalism, and it it f -? the interests of respect/vile newspapera, » < well as of Society, that the pvac'ice shonld be checked. The lesson just given by Mr. Justxe Kay will contribute to this result, and is thC :fore not nnacceptabls. [Wu would recommend the above to the 'consideration of " Bye Witness," the writsr of the concocted correspondence m 0 local contemporary.]