NEWS AND NOTES

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 120, 28 February 1880, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

The Liobssing Coubt.— Next Thursday will b.e the QuartQftly Sifting of jihe Licensing Isench, \yfyith, as^otifled, b^s been adjouined'from^Tuwday.^ - T . . T^B WOHKIN»MBN.|!:jI)|IA?ff4'H(3 CITJB.— "The members of the^WsCfisGisiirfend giving anpther of their. enjoyable ente.ctaiume.qfcß joxj Monday evening week, T-he. fall Rf°i gramme, will be published m a few days. ■JovssAXißTid.— We learn upon the very -best authority that Mr. A Mfiiinn has b,een offered and accepted thp post of edito*' pf the F&ildmg Guardian. " : .If such i be 1 jthe ■case, we have to congratulate our contemporary upon having securedthe services of a gein.tle.maj* wljq is eminently fitted, f° r ftp tfysk he. h as undertaken. '■. Scffqqi. *Os Jackeytowx. — The, residents of Jackeytowni will be pleased to learn that at the. Vpanganui Educatjon ijoard, held on Wednesday, the petition of "the ihousqholdqrs, presented by Mr. Snelson, asking fafctb,e! district to be^madq a school district, was granted^ The estimated member of pußils expecj;^ fo attend the. school "^as twenty- seven. ■"•••"•■ - INOMINATiqNS TQ THK BDWaATION BQAip. —It would, appeal? th | at^th'e,re'ar^ to b,e 'five, 'candidates for.the yacahciea'ih the J?d^cation Board, Mr. Beckett, "of Marton, having .entered the field at tbe eleventh hour. : Notwithstanding our objection— as 'pr^ipqtly "e.Tpre,ssed— to clergymen, we, certainly^ think the Rey. Mr..Ro?s.wo^ld b,e f a more" eligible candidate than Mr. Beokett . an,d therefore we trust to see Messrs. Snelson, Notman, and Rev. Mr;. Ross elected: ; U TpiispßiAii.— rtfiose who do not care for being "bearded like the p.ar.d,'.' will be pleased to learn that the, xoid created by the departure of Mr. Powell, ,,Jiain dresser, has b.een filled by the arrival of a Mr Smith, who has opened' a hair.-dressii\g saloon, next /jo the. Ready Money. Store. As froui a casual glance at our 'townsmen we should imagine " shearing, time " was near, at hand, it is likely Mr. Smith wil*| commence; to reap his hirsute harvest. \ " I ... ' Akqt^eb '■ Ohimnex gar Enu& t- v^he chimney of a cotta|.e'aHTerrace End," m the possession of'MivQua^terman, took^re pn Thursday, but owing to^he prompt Arrival of. Mr"l)ea^sVT'engine''the damage was nothing to speak ofT- As we stated before, the apparatus designed: by Mr. t(ear,d.s js 4 very unpt"etentiou9 oh*, but expei\ie/ica has shown that m the. time of need it is a most valuable companion. Coaric Operetta' Co&iPANYi — Those who have had, the, pleasure of hearing Mr. and : Mra}Ka4 nrth'eir- ; « Happy Hours,'. ? . will, we feel ceatain, be pleased to learn that they will again make r their appearance at the Foresters' HaU on Monday and Tuesday " evenings, each night with a .complete change of programme.. Of. all ithe 'entertainments .^hich '.periodically visit Paloiers'tbri, tbeiie, are- none which give such : :gennine satisfaction as .{hose presented ! by Mr and Mrs. .Hart, who are I thorough artyste$ t and^ "uniVersal, favorites ; wherever they go,' r Pitting oitthb SbHEW.^-rThe.tradesmen of Wangaijui, «ee m . determined^ %q baring . : their custonVeri-to Ijh'e - scratehj as the i following notice is advertised :— " Public pNbtice.-^-The undersigned retail traders, of i Wan gan ut have resol vedl'to^dopt^thgey stpm of strict monthly accounts from the ls\ of Marph next ; after which date, all current ; monthly' accounts not paid by the- 10th of \ the, following month; wiU be stopped?' T?he ; dppumeint is signed* by. at l^f the shopkeepers, and we ' hear has "created quite! a .consternation in^the town. \ V FAIETiY " AT %OBJE; -rr \ we, cannot attempt to compete .with^the Knes of the South IslaniJ^^rnwe^ 'M, iia^no unusual thing to. see one of the powerful American : engines m tow of a hundred waggons, still we arq getting on that way. On ' Thursday the "Fairlie*' engine, which is now at yj ork carting gravel tq the Southern en,d of the line, passed through the town with no less than thirty-six trucks/ fully laden with stuflj, and the workmen capping the lot. As the pull was no slight one, even the.powerful ?f.Farlie " leemexl to hav(B^ been put to ■to the pin of its, ejoll^ri and gulfed a»4 snorted like an as thtnatical old man. . : Lost ob Mislaid.— W"e liave been *c- : quested by Miss Marie Carandini to make known a loss which, she. siistained' while : taking par^ ip, tlie. recent entertainments m Paitneraton. By some means a muchrvalued opera cloack or cape went astray, and she feels that^t is only necessary, to make the 7 ; loss known to have therartidle returned. It was beautifully Ismbroidered. with colored silk on blapk net. Should it have fallen into the possession of anyone, we will be happy rto tjake charge of it, and return it to its b'wnejft " * ' '•' ■ ' iMPOBTAI^T. a;O v CONTBAOTOBS.r- We would draw the espeoial attention dffrpon tractors £o a notification, -from Jthje * " Rangitikei i Cbun'ty Council, which calLi for' tenders f^r/ the 'oonstruc^ion, otabqut nineteen miles of bridle track", for the Murimotu Road. The Workwill be let m four contracts of 4} miles each, and the extent of the tender will well repay intending competitors mating visit to Marton, where the specifi- . cations may be ' seen, and, all particulars ' learned. Meanwhile a perusal of the advertisement m another, column would be judioious. Tsp feBftOTOT^Ct o^! thb E»D.— The past ; week has been n most trying one to settlers ; who havj come within the. circuit of the! com tnercinl depression, and we were grieved! to see that not a few had to strike their | flags.: It is aaid that the darkest hour of ; .the night is that immediately preceding the; break of day, a^d. we, sincerely hope. that|it j will* be ithe, same' with the, present financial ; crisis.. The night has been a long and dark: -one, but 1 It will.be a.matter "fat jobngratula-; , tidn if. the past gloom will^be intensified: by; 1 |the marked contrast of : the; bjcjghtneis ofc ! the future. .■_ So may %b be. ' >- ' ' v Town IkijapyisMßNTS r— The^prtmisej* m .course of erection on the Sqii'are by Mri Peter Manson arp now T,ergisg-;toward oom-: ! pletion, and ' W^ en . finished will be yeryj handsome structures. Aa we before stated] they are already let to Messrs. Pimond:and| GolHnson, the latter haying, also, at the rear of the buildings^ a capaoioufl and welfei .lighted studio. Although Mr. CJollihso^ ■ has been at work forsbme time, his operations have' necessarily been somewhat cir-! cumscribed, but he hopesin'a few daja to}

i raises, when he will be possessed of facilities s for 3 pursuing his profession unequalled put |pf >' "Wellington, and • ja. J&pw-rboiß "without obmpariKm on the YPfSfc Coast, Wojitbx of Co^B^i^iOK.-Tr-The Education Boardharp certainly te/ v be^ con| gratulated for thefc action: witKregard.'m -the future examination of pupil-^shert. {■Hjtherfcb it has been the custom to &Ig the "candidates into Wanganui— a stiep^Tirhjßh. b,eaide causing a considerable outip,y, was &>p fqa to pther Tery s.frong objections, are therefore much pleased to see that^in fixture the examinations for pupil-teachers wilt^be 4ield iafrr Wanganm i ~i^rlyle r -and. Palmerston. We. presume the la^er place will bejihe " conrincing ground " fof Mana"watu,* wfi^e l^ajAb^'aW-Tiiifakitia will go Wanganui. The alteration is ope which i« bound to giye satisfaction, as candidates from Fpxton, Feilding, and Halcomb.e can be. examined, ani return' home the same day.-.'.' . '..'.', ;:.. ' ■ Tiß if iw; ]^4^qiyio H4MJ.— The members 'of " the n^yßti'o tie "* m Palnaerston hare determine 4 upon erecting a building for holding the meetings of th^ craft. As most of bur readers are already WfftWt Masqnsare possessed qt an acr.e. pf ground m Main str<ie.t (alongside of tha ofl|ce) haring a two-chain frontage tq that and Church streets, and it is upon tbaj; stye that the new etr^cture is- about to oe eiiec^ed. Tenders ar^ a^gady^ cabled fo? t^ woiik, and wet hi*ve, bee,n informed that qn^ qf the dqnditions is that'the Hall be finished early m June. The ord.er pf archite.cture is somewhat of \h§ Tuicfifji, while bpUding is 68 iq |epgth; by^ V^Mtadtbo^SO fefti, tod/When finish^ it '^^ be not qqfy one of the pr^ttieat st^ctureß m the, town, but a, raluubie action to the appearance of Main street. "What's .is a Nams?" — A great deal sometin^es, and so a Polish Jew, with the euphbnioiis i title of Tiddleywinski, have, thonght during the past weej^, had he hpar,d a re.inar,k made by his " better half." It appears that ' Mr. Tiddisywinski-T-who lives not a hundred miles from Palmerston— had wooed, won, and vred Mrs. T. unde.r the Aqgli'cissjd" name of Smith j and although the |ady had shared his fortunes for fourteen years,' it was last Thursday tnat she became awar^ of the fact that Smith was not Polish m the strictest sense, or that her lord had been' kpowii by another name m h^ii own country.' '.Whpi^ihe family sur« % name— whjeh^byi marriage* become jhers-r---was made ; known -_tp| hfr^ 4he* was jby no 'means satisfiecC an3 plainly iritim'ate|d that: Had "the choice, been put to he,r of 'becbm^ IVtrs. Tiddleywinski or remaining a lon,eljr spinster, 'she would, tßost. certainly * hj^ye preferred the latter. After that Who look down on the Smiths £ •■ lTj]^^AKT\M^A€fßErE^.— lf any person was 'to tall a resident m Palmerston a few years ,^(^10^.66-6^, a show^; •wbuid- be exhibited, we^ are afraid He. would not ha t ve manj believers, and yet' during jjhe p,ast fftW 'dajs such has actually been the case. ' The exhibition included a qplehdiu .specimen ,of . the leonine race, t^elyeyetfrt oldj^o aTreg^*' beast,' q,B : s^ch animals rank a cheetah, eleven months old, but; remarkably hurge for its infantile age, and magnificently marked ; a Russian tap . .monkeya^ and t\ While our representative w^ prpsen^i'' Mr. : Pee.te Awe Awe] was a visitor to the menagerie, and as we suppose it' was the. first time' he. had ever^interviewed, a. King of the Forest, he stood with open mouth and dis- : tended' eyes— in fact yrH might safely say ' hewasr " A^we,'-'- struck, the only word he could mutter being "Taipo; Taipo." Peete was accompanied by long Gray, the i Maori, but while -under the ipptid" of : Mb : ! leonine 1 majesty^ wejfe bl an azure hue. The Next Djs^eict CqußX.r-^is^onpr Judge Hardcastle is evidently ~one v "of those who canheti be driven put of., his " nor-east eoorse." Notwithe^agding |ha^at the', last sitting of the Distnct^.JDpurt he was comipelled 50 lgaje ' ( Wanj|an»jt|pn^^turday m order to open "the Palmerston CouA at ten on the Monday} and although a similar hardshiß, was enta : ijfid upon 'the up-country "jurors, he has followed a'similar course this quarter," and m order 'to be : obstinate -has again punished himself along with others. ! We can appreciate a man wiljh jQr'inness* ; and defcermiJia[tion, but m order to make the a blessing, f ol^ those who are pos'isessedfof. them, .they must be first guided iby discretion, and be. wieldc4, on behalf of . ju3tice/ ; When they v are not so tetnperpd, they de>eherai;e,intp pig-headed obstinacy ; qualities -which Should jprote a blessing, become' a curse, and m the hands of those capable ofe abusing, tjhejn they "are instruments for the exercise, of petty tyranny. It is hairdto say w%t.arei. Mr. Hardc§stle's * reasons for a step/which is obnoxious to a ;majoribyo|.thecomxnunity l '* ' i tyBACtBEBABra iOTEtMOTycB.—- Thew.is a somewhat disagreeable fact m connection with the collection pf.theJiindTax.of which we aie afiaid 'but, few 'aware, and—unpleasant as may bpthja. task^^e f eel tt~our duty to make the public acquainted with t^e facta. t Tbase who hate just disgorged, the amount bf^the l rates if or- which ijhejnfcul been assessed, and were hugging themßelfes with the consolation got rid of the last disbursement, will be disgusted lio hear, that such is not tha^pase. 'Accprdirg to the. Act theb two months m wliich the rates are to be paid are April and.October, sp that those who have paid the. October call, will again be interviewed by ; the tM^BpJlebtpjgfbr,*he half yearly rates ending m June next. Bad, howerer, as this may appear, there^is .much worse tp, come. The Property Tax*cbmes into fbrce^bn the Ist of April, and the Land Tax does not cease its effect until the 30fch of June, so that there will actually be three months during which a * free and independent " community will have to pay but to both", one aiid the other. 1 There is such a thing as havingtp,o in.uoh of a good -tbingi and if ever the tax payer had beea educated to the idea that it was -wholesome for him to contribute, we fear this "piling it on," will have-a tendency to shake his faith m the doctrine. A Chwsmak m ihb Tbttb Sbjtsb oi t^i Wobp.— The Timaxu Herald of Friday S' st, 'm a report" on^^ Pastor Chiniquy?s cture, says that "Mr. James Grainger, who, as onebf the Committee, had occupied a seat on the platform, requested leare to say a few words. Ijt was not often, he said, that he appeared on a platform to say a,^thihg, but -np felt constrained .tyjsaj a wowi or two m reference to the; address they had just heard." " He would, yield to no one m his desire to see the Protestant cause umph, but he must protest against t"he matter and manner of. some portions af the eveninVs* address. He considered it both disgusting, and disgraceful. It seemed to v him thai that was not Ijhe V i»;ay ,to. win* Rbtnan Catholics to Prptesianism, nor. tb build up Protestants m their own faith. He would justtakethe liberty to ad vise .Father. Chiniquy, distrngtiisned^ man aH he wasj ttfi take a different meihddi 'Heihad just been; struok by. two" lines of a hymn, '-Speak to them tenderly,. . apeak to them kindly.' -He would ask anyone present whether there had been any tenderness; shown m eonneotioaj with the Übinan Ctithblies. He'wtjttia just] say that, from that night, he severed h» cpnnectioh with the Committee." < v' OEai linsit Pakktb Bina»» Fa»».— | The people of Foxtbn haTe'nobly come to} the front m their efforts for the relief of ihedUtreu m Ireland, ancliife. beKete the ereo^lo»iiitian»gtb*mpwn^

given to Mr. Andrew Whyte. la order tq ? : show how false and malicious statement* ieceiTe Qjurrency, wa may state that it was fciely oirculai*! in- Paliwnrtton that when Mr. Wbyte^ fijst to organise the sub- - •cription, finding it impowible to get moref than two, name* ofcV the list betide hit ow^ : he, m a fit of diignst, tereap the paper, and handei the money back to the donors. The gross untruthfulness of suoh a statement is tjtfnied by the very liberal sum suo# poptrjjbuted^close upon £60l We Atae say that m the oolbny of New Zealand there are folly, two hundred towns .TPSh. Jfc J£PJfl»t|pn^^J^4httof_ Poxto Bjl ' and if eaph would ox»Jy fdUbw/M»f noble example a fund of £10 } 000oould he raised. 4nfl aprclpw pf $h» Belief-Fund, we notice that our Wanganui friends are determined not to be idle iajthe matter, a*, prompted by the grand .success of 'tue concert -at Palmertton, they are about to prepare.an entertainment m that tewV upon precisely the. ?ame footings-all the Hems beinT pnrply of a ffibei^lan bliataeter. 'Need-MW*^ say that th.c; p^mpfere hare out hearties* wishes for success. '- * * '■-&% "*?t*'^ # 4 ?nra <sq QEraKaß.-.«sc me mi gof built m a day/ r an a it would; be a master fMspn^esurprise^f Palmerston with . its decade of yeara^hpaf be^'par^tg ' : London with twic^thaVniimbe^ of centuries °t BX W&nee V Mdxet tKereaie mot a few m this community who would ippear to' thin>- : (bttitshould beso; *A few%risincewe heard one enlightened- b^rg^esinveighing.; ; m eloquent kngqage against the, Oouqcil as a body- for 'allowing ''thutleß~s^^wee4i: to v grow, alongside his fence on ffie pathway. Had this Ooloi^ T^mpn token the trouble to > consider, fox a moment, he might hare' discovered that what be considered the duty* of the Council, if performed by that bbdW would absorb £stt3 1 a vyejr of the-re^* In other words, sajr there are four hundSSl houses m the. town, ancftne. weeding^process' would necessitate'-haJf an' hour a week to each, four, hundred ialf-hoursVlabpr at six-' this ifcwillofl. seen £hat tf. the grumbler, an J al| the other ratepayers^ were tb dejole the sundry half-hours they now waatein abusing 1 the Council, -to cutting down' their own crop of thiiJtlea, th'e streets would 1 he materially imprpvdd; and £50), a year m rates s^Ted.] But; even /'gping/S bjekj $ civilisedLondon, with fts hundreds of thousand* of reyenue. TnpseZdf owe residenlfs who" hare graduated m that Village will bear us out m the assertion that irhen a"heavy fall' of sh«w blboked'up pathways; frfwas the! ! householder, and not tnejCity Council, who wer& caUad upon to remote the obstruction^ Li that owe, as m ours, many hands make" light-^ork,an ( dj 'the -.townsfolk themselves can,, by united action, abcompluh without" any trouble, a ' task Fhioh it troulcTlfe.imV ppsiible fqr.the^CouncU 1» alitempt. '" "C