NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 90, 17 November 1880, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Resident Magistrate's Court.— The usual fortnightly sitting of the Magist rate's Court will lake place to-morrow. We have not heard tliat tliere are any cases of importance to come up for hearing. One Of the Family,— According to j a Wost Coast paper the death is announced ] of Mr. J).-ivid Magguflin, an old resident of Greyroouth, and a former member of the Borough Council of that town. We wonder if the deceased gentleman was any relation to our old friend, the Scribe of that name. Postponement. -We have been requested by Mr, Jordan to notify to the puhlio that m consequence of his heing compelled to attend the Supreme Court, sittings at Wanganui, lie has been obliged to postpone the draw m? of his Art Union until Saturday, the 27th. A Runaway.— A- horse attached to Mi-. Eldershaw's bnkevy cart, on Monday, while m the Rnngitilcei Line, hook fright at some horses which Were capering about on the road, and started off without the driver, who, however, although standing almost beside ifc, wa3 unable to cheek its career. It rushed into Taoniii street, where it toppled over and came to grief by the smashing of the axle, that beiug the only dam o lone. Distinguished Visitors.— From our Southern contemporary we learn that there is a pt\)bn'oility of the Foston Christy Minstrels paying a visit to Palmerston, and giving the people of this town » te3t of their merits. Should they do so, we have littie doubt they would be satisfied with tb» pat .i-onage they would receive. The object of their visit, we believe, would be to supplemsnt the funds m aid of the Annual Regatta, and as that should be a County matter, no doubt assistance would be the more readily given. Thrown from his Horse.— W« regret to hear that Mr, S. Ewing, of the j Square, met with what might have been a serious accident on Sunday, by being thrown from his norae. It appears he was riding up the Ranch ikei Line, having a saddle on the animal's back m front of him, when the girths got loose, nnd the horse making a plunge threw Mi". Ewing over his he&i heavily on to the road. Though considerably shaken, fortuna'ely he received no permanent injuries, although the mishap will confine him to. his room for some days. Another Settler. — We are pleased to chronicle the advent of a new settler hi the person of Mr. T T. ICerslnke, a late resident ef Bulls, who having taken Mr. Colemun's old premises m the Square, intends opening a tailoring establishment on the 2lth. Although, of course, m our estimation Palmerston is a, second Garden, of Ed«n, still as the fashions have changed somewhat since the popular garment was a * fig leaf, we imagine Mr. Kerslake will find plenty to do m the prosecution of his art. As the newcomer has the reputation of heing an excellent tradesman, he need have no fear of patronage from the people of Palmerston. A Cow-ardly Assault,— Mr Eo. herfc, of Matai Creek, lost a valuable cow hist under peculiar circumstances. The animal was standing on the ecbjo of the Terrace, overlooking the farm, when another cow rushed at her, knocking her over. The terrace at that part, having a sheer descent of some twenty-five feet, and moreover, a deal of gravel having been taken away from the bottom, the poor, animal had nothing whatever- to break its fall, which resulted m the smashing of four or five ribs. The use of the knife, however, soon released her from her sufferings. The Feilding Sports. — "We are. pleased to see tha,t sin^e our last issue the Committee o.f the TVilding Sports hare made one very judicious alteration m their prog'-amtua. O.n the. last, occasion upon, which we drew attention to it, amongst the events there was the District Cup, competitors for which were not eligible unless they ha^ been, wording for thr^e, months m. either

th« Manchester or j|vivviteit ltiain^*. At the time we coniirtored the exclusive nature «f th conditjoni injudicious, although wrefrained troun staling so, fearing any v«* marks might be attributed to captious fault-finding. However, tho Committee themselves liave evidently been of th« s«m» opinion, q.s we novr find that the nimo of the race has been changed to the County Cup, nnd the «ligibility extender! to all per sons who have been resident m the Mannwalu County for the putt three months. Wo compliineat the Cotnmittea upon the change, An Expensive Minister.—Somewhere about quarter of a century ago, Mr. Hugh Childers, a recently arrived aristocrat from England, managed to get into the then recently formed Parliament under responsible Government m Victoria. The young legislator was not long to exhibit the abilities of which he was possessed, and m a little w'nile he was admitted into the Nicholson Ministry — if we remember aright. The Government of which he was a member retained oflLe for a little over a year, and Hugh Childers on the strength of his fifteen months service — during which lie drew a large salary — claimed and obtained his pension, shortly afterwards leaving the colony. Since that time to the present day, he has drawn somewhere about £22,000 out of the Victorian Treasury, as a recompense for his services during his short Ministerial career. Cricket. — The mntch, the First Eleven of the Palmerston Club against Twenty-two All Comers, did not take place on Saturday, for the reason that the All Corners were almost No Comers. A scratch match was then improvised by sides chosen by Thompson and Lloyd, which after a bard tussle terminated m favour of the former. As usual Thompson came to the front •with hi 3 batting and bowling, m the first innings making 23 by some capital play, Piers Warburton coming next with 12, which were obtained off so many balls. So far this season Mason has been singularly unfortunate m his scores, consequently on Saturday he played a most careful game, the result being that although he only made 13, he nevertheless went m at the first and carried his bat right through the innings, against the united bowling of Thompson and Maroliant. The great test match of the season will take place next Saturday when the local teum will meet the Feilding men. Of course you never can tell until the numbers are up, but we believe the knowing ones spot the Palmerstonians for the money. The Borough of Feilding.— Our Feilding friends appear desirous of following m the .ambitious wake of jPalmersten, and this evening a public meeting is to be held to take the voice of the ratepayers as to the desirability or otherwise of that tqwn merging into a borough.. We believe the incentive which has induced this step is the facilities given under the Amended Municipal Corpol'ation's Act to the borrowing of money by boroughs. We understand, if the popular yote be m favor of the course desired, of which there is no doubt, it is the intention of the Corporation m prospective to burrow from £8000 or £10,000 for roads apd other constructive works. With the security to be offered there would be no difficulty m obtaining such a loan, and with its expenditure Feilding could be made to wear a garb quite m keeping with its elevated pretentious. With such a haul of " loaves anc fishes " to bo fought for, we would not be'surprised to see another " standard " hoisted, apd with its municipal inauguration, also become possessed of dual journalistic representation. Cleverly Caught. — During the course of the Cricket Match, played on Saturday, one of the balls was driven to the far end of the field, where v horse attached to a buggy belonging to Mr Wordsworth, was standing. The Worse started to run, but Mr Wordsworth, who was at the Pavilion, was quickly at his head and tried to stop him, but as the reins were tied to the splash hoard he found it impossible to do so. As the animal reared nnd plunged m a dangerous way, he thought it wiser to let it free, and finding itself at liberty, it started of at a rattling pace. Mr Mason, one of the players immediately started to catch the l'unaway, end by his superior speed headed the horse as it turnnd out of the cricket ground. Awaiting his opportunity by running alongside he at last made a spring into the vehicle, dashing on as it was at its mud pace, and loosening the reins soon brought the animal to a standstill without the slightest injury having been done. Under the circumstances of the case to do so required speed, pluck and tact, and certainly thejmanner m whicliJMr. Muson succeeded showed that he is possessed of all three qualifications. The Christmas Athletic Sports. — A meeting of the Palmerston Athletic Sports Committee was held on Saturday evening last, m the Town Hall. Present — Messrs. Keeling, Coleman, Snelson, James King, Dimond, Hayns, Dungan, and Dr. Marriner. The secretary reported that, notwithstanding the very handsome manner m which the members of Committee had supplemented their original subscriptions, there was still a debit balance of £10 against the Committee. However, against that they were m possession of a Silver Cup which had cost £10 10s., which bad been run for and won at last meeting by an athlete named Webber. The matter of whether or not there should be Athletic Sports this year was discussed, and although the feeling of the majority wa3 m the negative, the Committee considered that were they to take final action m determining the matter, without leaving it to a public meeting, they would be exceeding their functions. . It was, therefore, moved and carried — "That a public meeting be convened for Thursday evening, the ISth, m the Town Hall, to receive the resignation of the Committee, and to decide whether or not Athletic Sports should be held this year," The meeting, therefoie, will take place fco-morrow night, and as such course has been adopted m deference to the public, who, it haa been considered, should be the arbiters m the matter, it is to be hoped there will be a large at tendance. Requisition to the Mayor.-=ln another column will be seen a requisition to Mr. James Linton asking him to allow bimself to be nominated to the Mayoralty for the coming year. As will he seen by the date of the document, the stop was taken, and the names thereon obtained, nearly two months ago, but through some misunderstanding it was never presented, one portion of the re. [iiisiiio. lists thinking the other had done so, and vice versa, but 83 it did not' appear m our last issue, inquiries were made, and the mistake, discovered. As mention has been made of the requisition m other paper 3, Mr. Linton, m justice to himself has published it to prore its bona fide*, although of course no such step was nec««» sa»v as he, has been re-elected unopposed. Councillor Fer^u.son h-.ul detcrnviidd to stnnd, and was actually nominated, but after, havio.g done «o a mist.ike .which had been the cause of his entering the field was satisfactorily explained away, and he not only withdrew his nomination, but fell back upon his original intention of cordially supporting the present Mayor for another term of office. Mr. James Lint no, has been coc* qnently returned unopposed, and will be the Chief Magistrate for 1881. Export of Wellington Butter.— Dairy farmers, m. the Wellington cyuntrc

districts (lays a contemporary) are loud m their complaint! tlmt the price obtained locally fop butter does not pay them fairly to make it. It is satisfactory, therefore, to find the experiment is about to be tried of sending a shipment of the finest New Zealand butter to London, m order to ascertain what it will fetch m that market. Mr. H. 3?. Logon, grocer, of Thorndon, has recently had packed m hermetically-sealed tins a lavs* quantity of butter of the very finest quality. The butter is very slightly salted — so slightly, .indeed,, as to mate the salt flavor scarcely perceptible— the but toe being what Scotch folka term '* powdered " butter. The tins hold quantities of from lib. to 61b. each. It is thought the butteu will keep during the voyage, and be landed m good condition. The price paid to the producer of the butter averages sd. per lb., whi-h the tinning and freight to London will bring up to 7d. per lb. In Messrs. Morton'3 Tendon wholesale price list of urorisions, tinned butter is quoted at from Is. 2d. to 2s. Id. per lb., according to quality. If, therefore, Wellington butter nan be landed m London m first-rate order for 7d. per lb., the profits to the New Zealand exporter, afc the high scale of prints ruling at Home, should be a very satisfactory one. Death of Mr, George Austin.— It i» with Bin<"ei-p tegret we have to announce the death of Mr. Georee Austin, which took place yesterday morning, at theresidence of his brother-in-law, Mr.; Joseph Leary. Some six or eight months ago, the deceased gentleman came to Pnlmerston m. the hope that the climate of Manawatu wcu'd prove a remed<* for tha disease with, whi-hhe was then affected, consumption}, hut although at first be seemed to rally considerably, during the past few- months ho was entirely confined to bed ? and had been slowly passing away for the last fortnight. About n w»ek ago his father was summoned frr.m Wellington, as his friends thought th* end was near, but after remaining for. that time he was compelled to return to Wellington on Monday nig'it v about six hours before his son passed nway. On the day preceding his death hia speech and consciousness returned to hi n, and strange to say he partook of the only particle of food which he swallowed during the lasfc^kree weeks. Although the deceased gentleman was somewhat of a stranger m the distrietjhe was a general favorite' to those to whom " he wa*( known, on'account of his retiring aad» unobtrusive manners; »hile : he ..bore. ..hit, .< Ipna; and trying illness with Christian forti-*" tnde and resignation. ■--.-■--.-. • -•■= ••--. • The Rutland Hotel, Wanganui, — There are some men for whom difficulties appear to be made, only that they may show how easily they may be overcome, and certainly Mr Frank Evans, the genial and enterprising host of the Rutland Hotel, Wan ganui. is of .that class. It ; may : beremembered that when M? Evans took over, the above favorite hostelrie, he inaugurated his regime by extensive alterations which, made it the hotel on the West Coast. Scarcely had the building been out .of ! th« ' contractors' hands, when a disastrous fire gjtted the house and committed such devaetration as would have fairly disheartened an oi d : nary man ; but Mr. Evans was made, of sterner stuff, and what might hare been classed as a calamity, by his enterprise and pluck has been turned into a benefit. Taking advantage of- tbe demolition, the .whole o£ the interior of the building has been altered ' so a* to giro better light, and more room, convenience, and com font to his patrons, while every available precaution has been; taken to secure immunity fi;om danger, should the hotel be again m the possession of the lat« dread visitor. The various reoini,' on the lower door hava all been decorated m a superb manner, while a number of inncn vat ions and alterations bave been made from, the original, all of which, as might have been expected, are a vast improvement on the. old design. All the. rawest and most approved inventions have been introduced, such as electric bells, the four parlors upstairs being all fitted up with them. On 'the upper storey there are no less than thirty bed~ rooms, all airy, roomy, and handsomely, furnished, while, as we iava before. stated, an easy mode of escape has been provided^, should unfortunately ever such a necessity again arise. Perhaps, however, the greatest boon provided— and the more ' accept abK' inasmuch as it is one with which the traveller rarely meets — is the provisien made for correspondence writing. With a judicious thoughtf ulness which we feel sure, will be aporeciated, Mr. Evans has set apart, a room for the especial use., of travellers, wbo may have correspondence to indite or accounts to make up. It is needless to refer to the very excellent table which is kept at the Rutland, which even m the days of the. late Mr. Chevannes, had acquired a reputation, which has lost none of its prestige since tbe house ha 3 come undor the management of Mr. Evans. These many advantages, and the uniform civility and attention whick the traveller is sure to meet, are all calculated to make the Rutland the, favorite rassting-pjace. o| those who ni*^ visit Wanganui.