NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 84, 30 October 1880, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Help to the Afflicted— Mr Siesinger, the efßcarsy of whoso patent medicines have such a wide reputation, has beon isi Palmerston during the past week, and succeeded m disposing of a considerable quantity of his goods to our local chemist. In another column Mr Leary announces comfort — if not entertainment — " for man and boast." Important to Contractors.— We would draw tlio attention of contractors to the notification from the Chief Surveyor, m another column, calling for tenders for bush falling and clearing three miles of road lines m the Fitzherbert Block. Ail pnrticular3, and printed forms for tendering, can bo procured at the Highways Office, Palmerston. Suspicion of Lunacy.— Law JLmsen \vas brought up yesterday, morning before the Mayor and Mr. P. E. Win-burton, upon suspicion of being of unsound mind. The poor fellow 1m been an inniiite of the Lunatic Asylum, Wellington, having been sent there from Palmerston last year. He was romanded until this morning for medical examination. We trust that (lie tide of lunacy has not dritted this way from Wanganui. $b.Q OddfelloWS.— A branch of the Loyal Manawatu Lod£je of the Independent Order of Oddfellows was opened on Wednesday evening m the Foresters' Hall, by the District Grand Mastov M'Elwain, assisted by brother officers. About twelve were initiated, besides a good sprinkling that joined on clearance from the other iodges, avd there seems every probability of the efforts of tho Lodge m obtaining new members being crowned with succe3B. Committed for Trial.— Tha man, Rumsey, who, it was supposed liud attempted to poison a Maori girl, named Buruhiri Tioriori, at Otaki, has not been tried upon that charge, a3 Dr. Skae, the Government Analytical Chemist:, who hud examined the contents of tho stomach, failed to find any traces of poison. The accused, was however, brought up at the Foxton Court on Wednesday, charged with having administered half-pint of alcohol, thereby endangering the life of the Maori girl. Voluminous evidence was taken, and the prisoijcr was committed for trial. Every Kfan his own Landlord. —We very often hear tho above stereotyped cry, or rather see the same stale statpment m advertisements, but we question if we have ever seen one of such a bona fide nature as that made by Mr H3yns m another column. Half an acre of land (within the Borough) bpcotues freehold nft.er a weekly rental of 2/4 per week, payable 'for fivu years, during whicli time no intei«sfc is asked. In other words immediate possession of half an acre is given for tho sum of £30, while the purchaser has five years m which to pay the. amount. We imi»ino such an offer will Dot be long without being accepted. Removal of Sub - inspector Goodall. — The people along this Coast will learn with regret that. Sub-inspector Groodall ii to be removed to Blenheim, "here he will be m charge of tho Constabulary qf that town, and under the onp.erintendance of Inspector Aitcliison. Wa have nofc heard for certain, but we believe the change has been made at his own request, s as be is an old resident of, and his made many friends m, Blenheim.' The people of this district will regret his departure, as during the time he has been m command on this Coast lie has proved himself a thorough energetic, and efficient, though conscientious officer. The Late Foresters' Celebration. — We have been informed that we committed somewhat of an injustice m a portion of our report of the Foresters' Anniversary. Celebration.; We garo the credit of the whole arrangements to Mr. Hoe, but that gentleman has wrillen to. us correcting the statement, and intimating ■ that a committee was appointed, all of whom 'contributed their quota to make the oolebra- • tio.qsuch a success. Wo may say thit our information was derived from what, wo deemed a reliable" source, but as we always believe m giving credit, where it is duo, we hasten to make reparation to' the other membors of the committee, who, we trust, will accept thin explanation. Land on Deferred Payment.— We would draw tho attention of mi-ending settlers to the sale of innd m the Kiwitea Block, which takes place at the liaud office,

Wellington, on the 23rd oi: neifc ujuiitii. Before proceeding to describe the land, however, we must say we cannot but deprecate the course taken by the Government m hoi ling tho sale m Wellington instead of m Manawatu, wher>) Hie laud is aitiiKied, where the majority of purchasers rc<ide, and where, no doubt the highest prices would be realised. The lots to disposed of are situated ton miles from Feilding and eight miles from Halcombe .-in:l nvo connected thorftwith by t'ood roads. We shall, of course, refer to the mutter again before the salo, but m the moan time maps and s'iedules, but a limited, number of copies m;iy be obtained by application at thi9 oflice. Iri the" Hands of the Phillis* i tilies. — It may be interest : ng to some of tho Palmerslon pGoplo to know that a certain individual, by name Charles Ilepvmer, has just been committed by the ?>li\vton Bench for two months, through trying to avoid payment of liis just debts, The man formerly worked for Mr. Heaton, of this town, as a baker, but afterwards bouglli out Mr. Eng's place at Sandon, where it appears that he did everything but attend to his business, ar.d eventually bolted, considerably indebted to several tradesmen, also making Mr. Eng a heavy loser. However, ; through the instrumentality of Mr. Bircham, of the Sandon Flour Mill, the absconder fell into the clutches of the oiUcers of the law, and, as staled, for the next two months he will be an involuntarily resident *t Wttnguiiui, and seive him right. Conspicuous by Ms Absence.— At one lime the Manawatu Highways Board had no more rogidiv attendant at its meetings than the representative of tho ?.[nrton paper — but then that was when the Board was m funds, and advertising could be touted for. It is true that even then the reports were merely a make-shift, consisting of the guts of tho correspondence and the Engineer's report ; still a reporter was present for the sako of appearance. Since the funds have prevented the carrying out of \yorljs, and consequently advertising lias been stopper!, the deliberations of the Board hare ceased to be a matter of interest to the boastea and self-constituted guardian of Manawutu, and the affiirs cf the Board are let to "rip." It was a source j of speculation on Thursday whether, just for decency's sake, a reorter from Marton would not. be pr^cuf., but tho Ahnig.ity Dollar was m tho ascendant, and " Nothing for nothing " was the general order from headquarters. We wonder will tho ukasa extend to the meeting of the County Council which will bo hold on Monday. Wangaiiui Education Board.— At the recent meeting of the Wanganui Education -Board held on Tuesday the following matters with rcl ition to this district were dealt with : — Stoney Creek. — Several letters bearing on the dispute were read. The Secretary reported that the school had been re-opened. — Resolved that a re| 1/ he sent to the Chairman of committee, stating that the Board could see no reason for reversing its former dooisi.in. Jnckeytown, — Letter from Mr Monrad offering a site for a sclio >1 ' Second letter practically withdrawing same, as several of tho parents did not agree with the site. New Buildings.— Mr. Sanson moved, "That effect be immediately given to the wolnHon passed at the last meeting of the Board for erection of a School at Campbelltown and Jackoytown respectively; that the aivhitoct be instructed to keep down the cost of same by preparing plans for plain buildings. Ciimpbslltown school to accommodate 80 scholars and cost not to exceed £200, Jackcytown to accommodate 4.0 mid nofc exceed £120." Seconded by Mr Sr.elson and carried. A God-send to the Government. — Wo shall watch with some curiosity the result of tho imposition of fc-io Property Tux, and will bo considerably but agreeably disappointed if the receipts will exceed the expense of collection. Certainly if there are many like a certian friend of ours, who, however, ' shall be nameless, the Colonial Exchequer would not be much bettered by the Bill. Tiio gentleman m question, whom we shall call Md-gufUn, m company with his friend Maginnis spent a whole nfternoon m the task of making a declaration of his worldly wealth, goods, and chattels. After sufficient figures had been put down to total up the National Di;bt, by some mysterious manipulation, Magguffin brought out. a balance on the wrong side of the ledger of £iii. How tli is result was workod out would take too long to explain, suffice it to sny that it appeared so m black and white, and tho form was duly despatched to tho Deputy-Com-missioner with tho following memo • — " As will bo seen the Government is indebted to me m tho sum of £144, a cheque by return will oblige." The inge'iious fin.ineer feas promised his friends a champagne supper when the money arrives, but we imagine if they refrain from liquidising ur,til such a result eventuates, we aro afraid tho length of their fast wi'l exceed D.r. Tanner's. Satire or Simplicity: Whicli Was it p — It 19 not often that out worthy Town Clurk takes up an aggressive position, still he did so a few days siiure, but the result was so very unsatisfactory that he has been 011 the stoul of repentance ever since. A bucolic visitor hid left his team m front of King's store while he made some purchases and had returned to take charge, when he discovered Mr. Keeling taking stock of his property, and immediately afterwards the following conversation was opened by the Borough' functionary: — Town Clerk: "Is that your team?" Bucolic Stranger: "I should think it was." Town Clerk: " Well, if'vuii don't look out you'll be fined." "B. S. : " What for ?- should I not allow my team to stop at the door ?" Town Clerk : " Oh, yes ! but you should have had your wheels locked." B. S. : (as a ljijht seemed to dawn on him) "Ah, yes j quite true; I remember; quite true; (then apologetically to the Town Clerk) buh, you see, 3ir, its been so many years since I'vo been m London." This was uttered with such an air of simplicity and absence of satire, that our worthy functionary had come to the conclusion that the delinquent was really " A young man from the country," iin opinion, however, which was quickly altered a3 he li6;ird the stranger mutter below his breath — " What a darned long tail our eat lias!" And now the Town Clerk is not quite so proud of that i^articular bye-law as he was before. A Pill for Mr. John Hall.—Cansidrtring tho very great croze which the Ministry appear to have m the way of retrenchment, thnro is one little circumstance which hns como under our notice within tho last few days which make 3 us rather question its bona filet. On Tuesday the hon. the Premier arrived by the Wairarapi couch, en route to Foxtou, but notwithstanding he was on the railway platform upon the doparfcuro of the midday tr«in, ho remained m Palmerston m order to have " a special " put on an hour later. Supposing even that it, would be high treason' to brins some lowborn, plebeian between the wind and the Ministerial nobility, an extra and exclusive carriage could have been attached. But evidently such a course would he derogatory to the high, dignity of a Minister of a Crown, and a special train was put on at the expense of £18. Considering that it was through Mr. Hall's scheme of retrenchment that the unfortunate Court-house charwonian, who formerly draw th? niuni-

ficeijb sum of three shuling per week, has been docked of ten per cent., and now draws 2/S.Vd, the unnecessary and wholesale waste for a special train seem 5 * somewhat ineomproiiemiljle. This is certainly an excellent example oP saving ponce and squandering pounds. V/o commend the careful pern snl of the above to Ihe Ministry of Retrenchment, and then, we pause for their reply ?