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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 63, 26 May 1877, Page 2

A public ball was -held m the Public Hall, Foxton, on the evening of the Queen's Birthday, and although the weather was most Unfavorable for the guests there was , a very good attendance, 'and dancing was kept up till about four'in the morning: The music was all that could be desired, Messrs. Cemino and Gray having been engaged from Wellington for the occasion. ■ Mr Gt. M. Snelson will sell by auction on Monday next, at the Oroua Bridge, a large , quantity of timber, &c, m the bankrupt estate of John Munro. The-sale-*-will commence at 11.30 a.m; In the Eangitikei district the late^clement weather has resulted m severe floods and considerable damage to property. The Tui arrived at Foxton between 7 and. 8 o'clock yesterday morning, ' and the ftapier left the Foxton wharf at 7 o'clock" yesterday morning fortfie purpose-'of'pro--1 ceeding to Wellington, but on getting to the bar found- that the sea was too rough to venture over. Both steamers will now have to remain at that port until the weather moderates. Of this there 'is very little sign at present. At about 7 o'clock on Thursday evening, the juveniles of Eoxton, were to be seen congregating round the fence opposite Whyte's Hotel to witness an; exhibition of fireworks which Mr Liddell was making iuhonor of her Majesty's Birthday.- * Captain Holmes, of the Napier, also added' to their amusement, and displayed his loyalty by burning blue lights and firing rockets from his vessel. The Eangitikei County Council at their last Meeting passed the following resolution, — " That m the opinion of this council Th*e Eating Act, 1876, is fair m principle, but that the valuation "should be triennial instead of annual, except m the case of localboard districts, which should remain' as at present,'-'

The English Mail will clPse at the Painierston Post Office on Monday next, the 28th instant. - Written tenders for the Wanganui Town Contract, formation and permanent way, will be received at the Pnblic Dorics Office^ Wellington, up to noon on Wednesday, 20tfi June. Plans and specifications may be seen at the Public Worts offices, Auckland, Wanganui, Palmerston North, and Welling- • ton; "" • At a special. meeting of the Palmerston North Local Board, held on 5 the -2Srtf inat7, * the following tenders were- considered and" dealt with :— For.' work niiG^ey. streetDowney and Co:, £22, iacceptedi 'Quarterman and Co., £40; Dakielj £2i— decitded. For work m Alexandra street— Downey and Cp.,Jß2s^-accepted:; T. Syinons, £39 10s— informal; Bickle and Hawking £35- : — declined.' A meeting is convened for Monday next, i at the schoolhouse, Sandoh, of persons wil-' ling to form themselves into a company forthe purpose of erecting a steam flour mill m that t6yriship. ; _ This speaks jvirell for; the' enterprise of- the settlers of that -thriving comnwmity.— 'Advocate.' ■. From the statement of accounts submitted at. the meeting of Mr O'Shea's. creditors re- .* ceritly we learri thai m round'iiumbers the, liabilities, actual arid contingent^ are £29,000 of which £3000 are secured- the .i^ts matt represent aboiit',£ll;OOO.r .ThVdeStahey is? ' thus about £18,000. A stateinen^P^yofit '■ . and Joss: for the -.last three years wasread, showing that on the -31st March,- 1875, the. debtor was able, to pay 20s m thei £j arid have " a sHghfc.balance. over/; that onthe same date next>y.ear he was involved to the .extent of £4314 ; arid that on taking.stojck on the same date this year' he found : the;deficiericy had '< increased to between £8000 and £9000 ■'- '■ Messrs. W. and Or. Turnbull and Co: the ; well-known merchants, have, at length "de-" . cided on the erection; of two large brick store's on the^reclaimed land^ -facing^ the' harbor^one to be.used as a bonded, arid the' other as a free' stored , For the former building the tender .of Mr.Jamea LocMe has ; beeri v accepted, arid that of : Mr Beared for' the free store. The buUdirigs wfll each be! 100 .feet deep; by 55 .feet frontage; the 1 borided store being: four; storeys, arid < the' other three storeys m height. is na' doubt but that this will only be- the coni;.me'ricemerit of. a number of other. ,boildhigs' _ m this locality^ It is expected that both contracts will.-^e" com'pletedr by the end'' of September next, as an Imriiediate start will ' be'made. 1 The^buUdingiwiU be.: under the supervision of Mr,. Thomas Turribull, archir tecti who has preparfed the plans and specificatiorisi/&e. — -Exchange. .'.-.- ,Qii Wedriesdayla^ti seven or ; eight dray ' load^of wheat passed through Hawera, en route for the flour mill. The i wheat had. been grown on n&tite land by Maoris, andf" . was" being transported m native owned-drays, - by native owried^ teams, yiipYL native drivers.^ The wheat benig taken to the mill was but a portion of what had been grown. There-' had been and were still Co be several- similar' turn 4 puts>-T-"JE^tes? Menl^-; ■ ;.;V ?}• * : With the "Taranaki^ifewsi,;' we; are sorry' to leavri that owing to the refusal of the Corr, ■ poration to grant aid, the Beading Room of the Institute will . haye~ to be closed forth- , with. TJie Q-overnmierit^granft being with- 1 drawn, and Municipal aid being refusedj this ; ■■..-. useful establishment i woulS be, dependent drily on the 4s. pe? annum subscription of* its 60 or 70 paying members, which would amount to about £12 or '£l4 per annum, and" would not be sufficient for" its ordinary cxV ■penses; exclusive of the cost, of periodicals.' We believe it isthemtention-oftheg^oyerning. body to submit ttitheo <i the Committee a sliheme' for ■ thb Bopk^ Club being open to^ siibscribera ' as one^librarvj the distinction ■between uppe.f v and- lower libraries; being: dorieraway iritli. > It is proposed. -.s&& the iscalg of 1 ; paymentsshall be regulated -by the number of books " taken put", and shall yary from £l1;o £1 10s' per annum. ";'"= r>o - _ • The ? Tararialn 'Herald "is'riow being pub- ■' lished-as a dailyTpaper. . In announcing the ; change,' the 1 proprietor 'states; the tease, tin-' - mistakably pMri, as follows :— v'.ln starting ; a^dally paperoaffcer.: the : repeated, failures that have > taken 'iplace during the ;ipast two .- years/iwe; know we are; taking a somewhat V rash step, ibut the proprietor does so purely * m response to a wish very .generally, expfess'ed=—that a paper .should: be. .daily m New Plymouth.;, As it is l serhaps : betterV m all business matters, to speat plainly, the proprietor would' wish it to be > - 'distinctly understood :tliat; as he ventures on < ) bold undertaking: solely' for ; the \cpnTenience of the publib, if he finds after a fair trial, that the suppprt,. which*, on all sides has v beei: promised^ is ;inQt"affpr3ed : bJm, the daily issue will be., djscontinned.., It will rest, theref^ore, with^ the' public td decide -whether the : want of a -daily; newspaper m .: Taranaki is spgreat.as it has been represented Ito be. . ;.V. ''The b'aei "feorieof- ariewspaper is its advertisements,, and therefore Jfc is to ;the;adVertisersj .we shall lppk for cp- ; pperaiaon and- sympathy m assisting- us to , carry out -successfully whafrwe are about to : ■cpriimence." ,Coirimentfng on the above the i ." Pat§a, r . Mail " Kiys :— " ißusiness men and ■','' ' settlers' in the Patea .district riiight make a npte.of the concluding sentence, and actaccbrdingiy. Our-experience :is, .that* people like a good readable pjiper, withthe ; latest newsfrom all parts of the world, : but they_ are'bslckward in'.. giving that substantial sup- '.'- --.port by which only .a -paper can be made sd\~ . Subgcribers, to&,f allow? accounts to ran ion'for six, nine^ ; arid twelve month3-—in fact;, scarcely ever thinE of paying-.thei newspaper account, andryet burner themselves on^ being ; JdberiEil^jpportersTof the local paperi We hope, the piairi spealdig of the Taranaki " Herald f' will haye effect iri_ New Plyiriputli, and .'that^"the /hint wfllnot be thrown away 'in this distHct.'' 1 ■" - - ' ;