NEWS AND NOTES

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 59, 28 July 1880, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

"'Ocnjy iW^gypt."— Considering the prevail.ing commercial depression, those who are fri lieed of " the root of evil " will be plaasedto learn that JMssara Ilijuue, Linto.n, and Co. haye imported some foreign capj'ta.l, which can.be obtained upon easy ter-ms. The at Commission ,—S.ince our leading article was written we have received a portion of thai Railway- .Commissioners' report. The details aro too voluminous to publish .m exfenso, buiwe give those referring to existing or proposed link* of communication with the Wellington Railway. SoirßXHixa Lieb ';.x Dividend.— Some time ago Mr. Thomas Chalmers Ifcid, commission agent, &% of Dane.-iin, came to grief and hud to seoki-relief m tlie Insolvent Court. His estate has now beon wound up, and his anxioi^s er*difo.r-s have been infoiimed that it has realised 2£d. m the £. As Mr. Reid was a pillar of the Anglican Church, his prfriHpnl victim? were -the Riajht Rev. Bishop Neville, and not a few of his clergy-. A Word' m SteA'soN.— rln another- column Mr. Jolin McLennin, of the Oroua. Downs, gives fair wauiiin^ to tiie owners of trespassing dogs chat if the latter- are found upon his lands they will not oniv be destroyed, but their "masters be prosecuted according to law. Those steps are neoessitatecl by the ravages made amongst flocks yi valuable sheep by vagrant curs. Previous oSender-3 had better take this broad hint. , C( Spe.oiali " BDBIJTESB.— Some ' curiosity was evinced to kuow the reason of the visit of a- special train wliioh shob past Palmarsfcpa. OM. Monday like a comet. Upon Intel-viewing the General Manager, we learned that 'owing to the, great inurease of t rafßc Mr. Rothorara, determined upon using o^ie of t'io Fairlie engines for the morning . trains, and consequently he visited Foxton to make the exchange, bringing the Fairlie arid returning with the 1 " Dougal." : Thb Palmerston Rrens. — Our local defenders turned out ingojd numbers on ; Monday evening, when they ware inspected and put through a' couple of hours' drill by Sergeant T Major.B.ozav. About eight names wore handed m by those anxious to become . members of the projected Fife an.d Drum Band, and there is every likelihood of that very acceptable acquisition to 'the corps bei jg saccesßhi)\y organised. We understand the Drill Instructor will pay another, official visit to Palmei'ston on Saturday we«k. The CosTasr op thh Countrt. — Alhhousrh, f.he purposes of : Colonial Bushr.mgers and Italian Brigands are something about the same, the mpJeYof opewvtion is slightly/ different. The colonial robber efEects the purpose of disar-ning hi 3 victim, and securing his own safety, by compelling him to "throw hU hands up." and while m that position "dvawa the fangs," or m other wo'Hs, secure his weapons. The Italian. artist has a more, sofn method, for he shouts "'Faecia a terra" (faces to tb« ground) and thon plios his avocation. Yieldixg- to the Pbessuee.— -We regrel; to state that, m consequence of some outside pressure, Mr. E. E. Metard had been oompp'leel to fall a meeting of his creditors, which cam.c off at Mr.' Hawkins' chambers ! on Monday. A statement of affairs was' submitted which showed, that the estate would pay twenty shillings m fclie £, and the creditors present 1 , — representing aome,what more than half the. liabilities — unanimously resolved to give Mr. J M£tard time, : ho having assigned hie estate for their bentfit. Messrs. Coleman and Batfc were appointed trustees. A Boxt. — A waggon, with Ih^ee horses attached, belonging to Messrs. Richfpv, Nannesiad, and Co., bolted down Main Street on Monday afternoon at full tear, quickly po(Mi"'n<r a clear track m froot of tbem. The d/iver, G-eorge Hartley, pTnokilv stuck to the reins for a considerable distance, until to do so longer would have been madness, but of co urae.- failed to hare any effect. When the team had reached the Catholic Cluii'ch 'a divergence from the road to the patbwny was "made', the consequence be<ng collision, r aa : up.set,,and a CRptura. Strange to say, with' the exception of a slignt scrape to one of the runaways, neither beasts nor trap received. injury. : . , .-. , CosiiNa Events. — There was a considerable influx .of ;memb,ers of the Misonic Craft into town on Saturday, the purport .of their ; vi»|t being the arrangement of the ceremony ot dedication of the new hall, and the festiyities m connection with the opening of the building. We undei'stand the event is to be celebrate 1 by a dinner m the evening, followed by a grand ball m the Town Hall. The reason of its boing held m that building; is that the number of invi- | tations to be issued will be bo numerous [ that the newily-erected hall would be found to be quite; insufficient. We understand that, already there is quitg a flutter m the feminine clovecots, and the drapers arej rub- ; bing, their r hapd,s,in gle.eful exseotationl . :: DBSTimomoir . OV , •SSS.i rFAIKAKAniKI HoTßii.—rThe. above trell- Known hotel jwa^ ,;bnrnt to tb 5 ground at .4 Q'clopkjOnMo^'diy' moriiing.^.The.fire.is supposed* to Tiavej ginated in*the roof," near tne'ehimney. JB 1 om the meagre information received, we ga her. that the proprietor, Mr. E. M. Symons, was about to visit towßj and whilat he was j

catching bii horse another, person was boiling the k6fcfcle, Shortly afterward*tH».rjpof was seen b.v Mr. Macara's groom,tp' ha^im five. He at once gave the alarm, 'buf |B| building could not be saved. ■ A child ing, upstairs was with great difficulty sayfed? from perishing m the flames. W ; e (Foxtdb iffe'rald) .believe the "building was -insured^ the premium having been paid ionly a' f e% days ago. Mr. Syrnons. will, however, ; lose' all Iris furniture and, effects. The Ofcaki Licensing Court, at its last sittiag refused' to license the hotel, and since then Mr. Sy,mpns .haß,.cpnd,iicted,it as. an .accommodation house. T^he property Was owftied m WeT-* lington, and! held on leaie by Mr. Symofls? THB OHA.B&H AaAINST'THH iPoXTOKs Bailipb.— The following is the result: of Mr. Ward's ; n«[uiry into the charge laid against the- Foitbn" bailiff : — " I find that jn executing; the warrant of distress, that officer used proper diligence m seeking for property, of the defendant whereon to levy, and not being abloto find any returned it' nulla bona X within, the. time mentioned? Jhereijii..,; ..With" regard to the service of "the judgment summons : he was. taken ill on the day it armed m J'ojcton'jJand; was confined to j his bed for a week, and to his house for another, week. I inquired strictly into the matter, andffoupdjhe }not^o{blamip" for the rion--i service." " As we made the charge publicly, as well as privately to his superior, m justice, to Mr. Tansley we publish the result of !tbg inquiry. _ j In the Totifl.— Mr Billy Wilson, hi .of. the dusky hue and Mammoth Moutb, has. come to grief through a weakness for annexation. Mr Wilson and anpfeher,, colored gentleman, were brought up before the Wangan a\ Bench on Monday, the pnVcharged with receiving and, the 'pfttey witnlitealing^: cash box containing s £3s frotn'Mr OheTan- '•' nes, of the' 1 Victonii; ?Io<;el/(in that town. The suspicions of the r pblice were directed' to Mi' Wilson, and upon being searched! by < Inspector Q-ppdaU,. £10 were. found upon' him; whereupon Billy 'confessed tliit another: member of the -Troupe, named Olark, had' •tolen the cash and given him £10 as hush money. The cash-box was found insid*sr: ;gar,clen close tp ; fhe.^hptel ; ia^diWijßgn:Tras seen coming from that direction just after •the. robbery -took place. Both were committed 1 for- triali ■■'■' '..'"--/ ,l : .i'-\l j Nebdfui. Repobm. — It is about high/; lime some kind of arrangement was come to with regard to thj bearing, of the, many cases which crop' Up at' the Police' 1 * Court.. We would ' suggest that 'some' specified time for holding the Court should be agreed upon . — whether at ten, eleven, or twelve -f-as such a coursd" would" bfe the means of saying, considerable time and vexatious delay. jQu Monday a number of witnesses were kept hanging about for-n'e'if^ two hours, w ( hile Jht constable hunted up a second J.Pi to •it with' Mr. M'Neilu >'4?he&ourae afpresent adopted is unfair to the Press and | tfre' public whose T time is frit'tefea^wayfdinoing at tendance on the.* Couriiiiln other towns there is a specified time for- its opening.jan'dwe can sea no reason why it should be different ia Palmerjfcon. j . . The BoANDiifATrAif Lutherans..-r-_4---large meeting of the Scandinavian Luther^ nns was held m .the Town Hall on the 25tb instant. -Aftei a ; »ervice v 'by-'th r ei-ReT. jMR; Sass, of Norsewood, Mr. Gaustad, the future minister for- the' above -religious body m Palmeyston," was introducedjfwelcdmed, land accepted by the congregationwho .there jand then signed a list for supporting the minister to the amount of £80. It is hoped that a similar amount will be subscr-ib^d by qtti*r members in-tlie-disfciviQt not present at' tlie' meeting, including a number of German. Lulhevans, for whom Mr. Q-austed will hold" a weekly service m their own language. -Mr! G-ausV^d has mamly* lieenl^itheran. Mission l • dry for a numbir of y«ars among the G-ev-mans m Queensland,, wheye he>a,rriyed iyo,ta % jlindoßtan. He w^s seut^sixte*n ye»ra. age», J but wa«, after yertrs of successful * %rork among the Natives, obliged to leareforjnew ' fields of good work, on account of ill heilth. This was partly one of tha reasons why he" has accepted the call of the Scandinavian^ Luthei'ans here. ' 'O.>--. A.VOTBEB Candidate FOB-P,ATEqiJ"Affi. — We have received the first number of \The JEllesmsre. Advertiser,^ a. bi-weekly papeir ■jiist started to rep'fea'ent thai County m! the Canterbury Provincial District. As! the projector of^^he venture is Mr. Ivess — & gentleman who has. wet-nursed moi<e journal* than any ten men m the colony— r-th at in-i formation is sufficießt^ guarantee that tlie' profluci-io.n will be : creditable bSth" 'f rom a literary and" typographical point of view. When he started the Asb burton paper [My. Itoss struck a patch, and it may be 'presumed that'ih'piCehTng bis. tent at Sc^uthbridge—rwhere (he Advertiser is published — that veteran prospector has found payable ground. Certainly the fourth p*gf presents » goodly array of ''^medic&ls;"--— the "JHaU:"' mark " of- all new papera^-but saving that, there is no index to show that the fresh claimant it still m its swaddling clothes.. The articles are well written, and if {successive issues follow-in the wake of the first" number, it will really be what it professes to be— a good county paper. [Since writing ; the foregoing we /Save received the [first copy of tfoe\lElle'Brnere GitorSian, a bi-weekly paper, also published m Southbridge, 1 and edited t by our old friend, Mr. Charles Sherlock, So long 'and "favorably known in 1 this and the Rangitikei County. Some towns, like mortals,, bare .greatness.^brust upon; •them, but it falls' to ; the 'loi' of -few peaces* to have tw.o new; papers. showered URpn^ them m on# wi»ek;i, ; *33he>(-&&wvZia», like its rival, is a most Creditable production j and, with a head with the vast experience 1 ppW *seß»ed» by; f Mr.:Sliel > rbck,lllj6urdvhavS»| sub^ cessful career. Although professing to bi" Liberal m- politics; wei notice that, jwith some inconsistency, the Guardian promises its support to the present Government)]