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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 42, 6 March 1878, Page 2

. The. English mail, via Suez, closes. at the Palmerston. Post Office to-morrow, at 8,50 p.m. To-day, being Ash Wednesday, we ars requested to announce that a, short service 1 will be. held- m the Palmerston Anglipan Chupoh, opmpencing at half-past 7 -p.m. f A Harvest Home Tea-meeking> will be. held, at Sandbn, this qyening^ m. the, "V^esr. ley v an, Church, ' l£r B> S. Thynne|s auction-sale of Rpmney ' Marsh ( ram hoggets, w,ill take place at his yai'ds, Foxfcopj at 2- o'clock tp^mprraw. Mr CX Ms S nelson will conduct an iinpor.tanf. auction sale.tamprrayv^.on the premises of Mr Eendalk A meeting of the membera of the. Pal-, merston, North Reading-room is called) for. Friday night next aj; 8-o!elo<>k, for the purpose of revising certain rules and transacting other busings of importance, affecting. thp % , property.ot the.institu^ion^ ~W,e would; remind all those. interested m the new valuation, for the. Borough and s MjinaHratu, Highway Districts that the As-. se3smen(> Court will, sit on. Thursday. next, afc the.. Court-house, Palmersfpn, for the purpose of hearing, objections thaj; fyaye been •lodged-' against the, valuation. Wo have, been: informed that Mr HiXl .the teacher lately, appointed, to. the. school at Taonui, has arriyedj at, Palmerston with. his fam.ily. Thpre appears, hpyicever* to be. .a. slight hjtek sorop«;here, as regards the, arrangements made far his acoo-mmodation. Mt Hill was und«r. the. imp^-e^ipn, that a residence .had been provided for. him m, the vicinjfcy of the school. Saiphf. 13 not the. case,, and-it is.rdjnpured th*t he. will have. to take, up^ his abods. iv, thjs tovvn. i\ntil ; " such^ time as .the-.comjnittee- . can prqiyide^the . nocGssa.ry.hou3B.'ac(!omtnoiatioa at Taoaui. ■\ The Chairman. of the , Palmer3toa Schfo-lr committee, has just, received, a letter .from. i the. Wiellington^ Education Boardi m. which informedj that the. head Master, lately ;appoin(ed;tp Palmorston will-npfc come. It ' appear^ tilatjtilf',' committee of his present ' ijghopj, hav.e .raisedh'is^alar^inprd^r to'rqtain 'hj| yaluab^ , aQJfiifip^ will s np.dpubt. •meet his regjSHrements, . and,, the. arranger ment will be .fayourably.lookediuppn^y .the . ■j B^:>rdj yet qonijidering that ever .since .the . , death^of M,r .^aite.the . Palmerston. School --lias ''beeo, without a. headmi3ter, the P»l- - -vraersfcdn F people, may. justly, feel dissatisfied r aj; thjs di3appoihtmi9tiji o| their expectations. is ex.trem.ely uuip^easant to be . tantalized .tn'^ such ap .important matter as^thisi, and we.shallnot be. at all surprised: .to,. hear some very decided expre33ipnf of feeling on the part of the public. V

The Panorama of the BiysQ-Tnukjah. Yfar will be exhibited m ihe Foresters' HaH, Balmerston, to-night arid to-morrow nigh,t, and at Fpxtqo on nigfyt Tfye Wajrarapp " Re.gis.tei" states that the. attendance m the Mastertqn Hall while this panorama was exhibiting- was the, largest th.a,t had, yet assembled m the building* The. naval engagement at fche cjqse of the entertainment was well imitated, and some, valuable. pi'izas were distributed -during the interval. D.uring the latter end of last week a most destructive fire raged through a large tract of busji country hi the Stony Creek district. We are sorry to, hear of damage to a considerable extent having been done. Tins, damage consists chiefly m the burning of a large number of railway sleepers and fencing, posts on the Wi reserve/ They were the! property of. Mr Reid and others^ who, h,ad split them for export. We have ncjt yet heard: the full particulars of the. damage, done by th.is unfortunate fire, but it must be. considerable m the destruction of standing totara bush alone. Registeb — Register r— Rb&jsteb.— All those of our readers whose, n^mes aranojt already on the Electoral Roll s'hojuld attend to this most important matter* at once. The necessary papers can be obtained by applying at the office of $he. Times" during office hour3.^';We may state tbafc there, is no expense m cpnnectipn 'with^. registration. :•# They do not appear ta be behindhand m • Akaroa whenever, an, oppprtunfty is afforded ; oi having some fun. at- the^.ejcppnsa.of a public individual. The local i of last Friday says ;-^" The lecture aftrortisedj ' to be delivered, last -night by Mr -^n/Jrews' did not come offj owing to interrupt'idns . fro.m. those present. "' The interruptions consisted, not only of cat calls; • whistling," &ci, but also, topk the. more substantial form, of eggs (fresh,),, flour, crackers, and? missives ' of other descriptions. Telegrams from Lord Derby, J£arJ[ BeaconsfieW,, Baker Pasha, the Dardanelles, and Rpumania j were handed m, to the, wpujd be, lecturer, the, reading of these and other communications causing considerable amusement." Mr B. Hughes was. vofed- to the chair, but was unable to keep order. The proceedings were abruptly close&by a- vote, of 'censure on ttoe "Akaroa Mail ■" for not sending a reporter, and the ignominious exist of- the lecturer, followed by a volley of flour, eggs, crackers, &c. If the. " Political aspect of Europe 't is anything similar, to the scene that took place! ' within the Town Hall of Akaroa last evening it must be stormy indeed!" Wtfo will ; talk of " Sleepy " Akaroa' now ? ••» . ; Speaking of the results of the. late.polifci- . cal crisis m. Victoria the, Australasian, says V — ' As regards new.biuldings, operations are : almost brought to a standstill/ though of course those which have -been compienpe* are. being proceeded, with. This state of . things is, likely to have a serious/ effect on ' the artisan, class next w,inj:er. ' The depreso t sion m the building tra/jje , is already, shown i by the, great fall m, thesprice o&mber. The bricklayers were, about <jo strike for an increase, of wages, and a half-holiday. oiiSatur,r day, but they have had to abandon the idea. A few. weeks, ago, the, greate>t"di%»ky was ■ experienced m. %iing. bricklayers, and,- now, . they are, going-, about' seeking.: work." Ope firm, of solicitors state, that transactions in^ • mortgages ajxj.at an* end for the present, 'as people cannot tell what is to come next. ; Different sepiiritie9 ; for. loans had- Dee&ofr ! fered to them, but their clients, who updejv ordinary circumstances, woirfd Aave ' willingly lent the, mpnes, declined- to look-at-.them.or.lend anything until, political. mat-! ' tera are arranged* m, "victoria. Ope person ; whp.calledvon.the firm, with a ( gopd\security < foiva large, loan, had; to, be.refusedj and* he, : then, told them. he. had been, refused* six i times previously at other. places. A'npjiher .firm, of solicitors, who, have, wealthy: clients, , state. that the.k.tter.are,np>v.lopking ouf for : investments in^Njew.Soutlv. Wales^ins'tead) of for "Victoria, which, w^the favorite place of , investment until.recentljr^ Rjverinasecurities . tlia£ npt lopg f ago, would' not have been, lopied^at are. now- taken, readily, while, thoseo£ Victoria are negtectedj"— fJoriunentinfi; on the. above the ." Haw,k6s. Bay. Iferald " says :— New. South WaW is not tlie only colony that will, benefit. Agopjl deaiof VicfcoHan capjpaj w;ill nf>. doubt: flow;, into New Zealanft There, is. not' the .smallest danger of tKe.. reproduction, of a Victorian. ? crisis here. Ojir cppstitutioa, possesses a "safetyr valve." m. tlie- ; ppwer of adding to, the .Lords which. their's,doe3 not. A mpdcr^ ate laiyi tax wouH neyerprodupe unfortu"nate'results,st^ch.as'those described; It ha3 been, the strong measures to, which tl^e.Q-p---vernmenfc recently resorted in.their life and; decith, struggle with. the. LegislatJve.Cauiicil ' that did it. The passing of- the Land} Tax is an t old-story now. Even, by. the." Aujtrar .lasianfs '^account, it isoAily since the^ginning of the !yeai? that the.depression.hasset im. The .fear .of land. taxation, m .this colony may. indeed, tendt to. prev.enJ; millionaires from mopping up. m a, whp4esale>. fashion such G-pvernment block's* as the Patutahi Blocjk or the M^jmuhaki, B^opk. when, they;, coiae into, the. markel?, or. such ..private' blocks as, the, Mpteo. oi\ W.anstead BJooks, but wo dp npt think^that that wjl^be.geoipr-: ally reqognisedias a, m|sehie^Pus, result by 0 either the . woriiog^or trading chisseg. A lads?; correspondent writ^g tp. Mfcs Anthony s " W^ouianjs Rights Paper," published m America, makes a, suggestion^ of whic^the.fo^lownig is ,a slightly expnrgatfl transcript ;— "The, great vtpxA of woman jat present if money — money for.'thejr.persprial want's apift money t-a, carry., ouf their.p^ins. I propose, they, shall earn it; that they sha^ consider [it as .honourable . to work^ for, . money as for b^ea^ t : laslsfc tiat the. bearing and rearing of children— the mpst exacting, employment, and* inyolsing; the mpst serious risk— shall be the .best paid work m the world; The meaning of; all; this is, the wives are about to, strike, for greenbacks.' So miicH for every baby "born,; ; no.greenbiicks , np ,mpre.pop\»latiDn-^uo i( nftpre . boys to carry o^tlie great enterprises, of the age. r J^he scale of prices for; maternal d utiea jto,beas follows :— Q-irl-baoy, 10Q dollars; boy, 200 dollars ; twins, 300 dp^lars ; twins, both.boys>,'4{)o dollars, Terms, CLOJO. , No, ci'jßdit;. beyond: tl^, fij-st child. Husbijinds w!k) s desire to s transmit their^ names to posterity will- please take', nptice, ap^take .a new. departure, ' ''.'•'.'-■