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Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1330, 25 October 1884, Page 2

A quantity of interesting reading mat ter will be found on the fourth page; The Foiton Bacing Club contemplate erecting a grand stand to accommodate 200 penoni, '_'.' . ' Ths Halombe School CommitLe have, as was to be expectel, voted for Mr Fry for the vacancy, m the Education Board. Mr Macarthur, M.H.R. will arrive m Palmerston this evening, 1 and will return to his Parliamentary duties again on' Mokt-" day. News hat been received m Wellington cf tha drowning <of Mr ! : Decimus l Atkinson, brother of Major Atkinson, by a boat accident at Eaipara. . , ,■ ." ; .■ ■ .' J ,'-.•■* f .("-;' i According to the Advocate, Mr Blaolcmore' intends to renew his .action against the Feilding -Borough Council "at ■ riext' sitting of th« Uistrict Court, \ Mr G. W. Euisell, together, with kis wife and family left Palmerston to-day for Foxton, iv which township Mr Kussel int nds taking up his abode. We have to acknowledge receipt of compliuiuntary tusketsfpr. the entertainment t tv> I • given m thi Foresters' Hall on fthe 29th inst., m aid of St Peter* : Crick^t Club. ? - We remind our readers of the lecture to .be given- m the Town Hall to*moirow evening by Mr George Sawkins. We are informed that the chair will be taken by Mr ,T. E. Walton. ;51 . :..-.■•■ "-7' - ' -^4 Mr R. N. Keeling left 7 for Blenheim last evening to attend the District meeting, of Foresters as delegate from Court Manawatu./ He was accompanied by : Mr Bray, Jas de'egate from the Feilding Court. We. are requested to direofe 'special atten-; tion to the advertisement relating to, the temporary opening of a branch of ihe N«w Zealand Bible Book and Tract Society, m premises opposite the Bank of Australasia. We observe that Mr T. Qtl Eussell, of the firm of De Veaur and Bussell, and brother of ilt.Qc. W. hussell,late proprietor of this journal, is axh'bng the successful., candidates at the' late Canterbury Lawexaminations. Mi' y. Abrahams received. a telegram tp« day stating that Mr Peter Lang, of Weilirig- ' ton, diei this morning. Mr Laing was a very , old resident of the Empire City, an 1 wilt be missed by a large circle of friends. It is reported says the Advocate,' that a well-known resident of Wanganui, formerlj.. of Eangitik'ei, has hastily quitted the dis* trict m company with a married woman, who has left behind her an injured husband and three children. : - .' - ; The Palmerston citizens will doubtle9B feel interested m the statement that a new. horror is to be. added to their lives. The Salvation Army int jnd establishing a Brass Band, The instruments are to be procured from Home. . • . ] " ' Mr McKenz'e, — father of the lad Charles MoKunzie who is supposed to have been drowned together with Mr Fitzsiinmons— 1 arrived ia Palmerston last evening, from Opunake, and early this morning he proceeded down the river to search for some trace of the losjj. , '«- / . '■■ i' An Auckland telegram states that' Warder Bjell, of/ Auckland Gaoj has-been promoted to ' the chief ■ Warderahip at i Lyttolton. '!' The telegram' goes on to -give the information that Mr Bill is one ; pf th#. best carbine shots of ' tt>e eclony, This latter item ii of interest only to prisou«ra wim miy attemptlo escape. i : -■»■■■ •■• : <

Tenders for tl>e bushelling contracts o the Weilington-Manawatu Railway Company close 01. Tuesday next, - p Mr W, Park, ntat-ioner, 4c., is how Bbow-_ ing a large assortment of Bibles and theological works, which are obtainable at prices very much lower than the average; Mr' Park's direct importation tdls m respect to' these as m other matte. 8. We direct attention to ; Mr W. Higginbottom's advertisement which appears m our •' wanted " column. Mr Higginbottom is a direct importer of all kinds of cutlery, and those who are m want of anything m that line .cannot ; doi-betterthan- pay his establishment a visit, Mr Macarthur Jwas yest rday to ask the Government, Whether they will, next session, bring m a Bill to reform the constitution of the Legislative- 'Council, m such a\ manner as to limit the time for which a member of that House shall hold his seat 1 An Auckland telegram records the fact that Bishop Cowie entertained Tawhiao at breakfast where he met several Anglican clergymen:--. Sydney 'Smith's joke at the expeuse of Bishop f^elwyn i& t .recalled to mind by this incident. It is, however, doubtful whether < largymen are so necessary at t taw.hiao'a/Weakfaßts : : .as they wure at his ancestor's though the position they now occupy is « very* «pucli »ore- ?atis'factory'one. " ' ;. : ■ I The action of Mr District Judge Rawson ii^ nonsuiting the plaintiff m the^case of B%ck'more V; Feilding Corporation,|[nitead of "allowing it to go *p,the jmy, hae\beeb .subjected: to considerable .adverse comment Jbyanembers of the bar.. It is /argued the judge, Bitting with a jury, has no right to be guided by questions of -fact ; ,t|hese are _ to tie left to the jury. It is possible " that a g ntleman, who as a resMenti magistrate is accustomed to - discharge the functions of both I j udge aud j ury , may '. hare ' an- unconscious bias or desire to do the same thing • while sitting as judgs m a district court. At the hearing; of the case one of the lawyers engaged, Mr Warburton, cited a case whioh was almost a parallel one, m which the judge sent the case to thejnry. As the case . ii .jo. be tried ag iin at a future sitting of.the Court W8 do not at present intend to make any comment upon the facts We clip following from the Foßt of Friday i-^-One df • tbe handsomest publichouse lamps we have ever seen m ;the polony; has just ;been manufactared by Mr J, E. Hayes, of Lambton Qu<tj, to the order ; o£ Mr E. Jewell, the licensee of White's Hotef,;Foxto : ni. > : (The lamp is 7ft m height and 3) ft m width, and is undoubtedly a most creditable specimen of the work which our local tradesmen are capable of turning- but. Plate* glass forms a feature m the lamp, and m other respects the latter is equally substantially made. "The decorations are exceedingly "tasteful," and do Mr Lawaou, to whom this, part of the work 'was entrusted,, every credit, i ■ > . " ■■ : • : '< We are now showing a cnoice assort* 1 ment of Spring Goods which for j)rice ■and 1 (juality ai c far : superior to anything 1 previously shown m Palmerston. Ladies; are invited to call early and secure a choice of Patterns. Our Lace Goods for this season I: are .iwotth "inspecting, the patterns and desien being perfection it~ self. We haye also received a fresh supply of that wonderful Everlasting Washing Tweed at Is per yard. Also Men's Kega,tta f Shirtfl, collars attached, ; 4s 6d each : at ' Bent tW ( Bbos, Marlborough House, the Square, We have vacancies m our Dressmakmr Work Eoorn for eight or" ten moye apprentjioM^ H'bun'g. JL/adies f 'deliirous dfdevelopirig tfieirMalents s i n 'this aft sfloulir enibrace thii i opportunity of eeauring tuition under first-61ass .'ana* : experienced managemerit. Apply at oncfeO. M: &osb& Co. The Bdn Marche.' ■' .< ■ •• .t-.:\ .'■■■■'■ I ■ '.•■ ■■■;•' ; ; Catarrh of the Bladder, stinging irritation, i inflammation, all Kidney and similar Complaints, . cured by . , .«'| Buchu-paiba.' ? Druggists. Feltbn, Grimwade , & Co., Agents, Wellington. \ Easily Proven — It is easily proven that malarial fevers constipation, torpidity of ;the liver and kidneys, general debility, nervousness, and neuralgic ailments yield readily to- this great '(lisease-conqneror, Hop Bitters. It repairs the ravages of by converting the , food, into '"rich ;b!ood,-and it gives new 'life arid rigour to ithe aged and infirm always. See. : Rough c% / ' Cprns^'j ,Ask^pr Well's. ."Bough on Corns." Quick relief, com* pletp, jpurmanent cure. Corns, . war,ts :buniohs” P"elt6n; &»' &; Co,, Agents iWellingtc.n. . :- ii. • : ■' : ; ■ '■