NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 114, 5 February 1881, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

I New Arrival.— The. Rev. Mr .■Keating, tjhe new. pustoi of AH Saints' Cliuroli, arrived in Palmerston on Thursday evening. The rer. gentleman, who has lately been laboring in Rangiara, is an M. A., of Oxford. Another Capsize v — A <apsize whichmight have been attended with dangerous ljesultsjipcqurreTl on Tnesday,. prrthe- Rjngttrikei Mr. and Sirs. Parker iFcre arivng home in their .waggonette when the ljorse having to'be driven to one side of the mad tj allow another -vehicle /to p.aef, and the wheel getting down m a hollow, the rahicle turned over. Both the occupnnts were thrown in tho diroh, but fortunately wit.'tioyt reoeiying any hurt, while the trap and h^orae |«lao ewaped \njttxty.

Well-sinking in Karere.— There hay.e been several Abyssiuian -v^ells put down lately at Karere, vavving from about forty-five to sixty feet in depth, /and some h*v.e been/!6iun.k'with^v^rjg6bGl^eßultß/srrrTPhomas M'Ewed had; orfe put down last Monday to the<depth of fifty feet, whiclv surpassed all "expectfttions, the water being as pure as .crystal; ond quite free from that * " irony " taste which is invariably found in th-e Abyjs'sfniah' wells in "the 'district." ' The" pipe "whii.-h jvas usod in the operation is a one-and"atlialf inch.. galvanised, iron- one,-. and the water at.U.mes-arm*o3t"overflows the top of the pipe.- J - i-'-- • ■ i; -Juvemle^Gnckefers>^he"Eis^ Sun Club, of Feilrlinw,' has dispntehed a challenge to the youthful Palrnerstonians,which has been accepted, .and.ataaTn'selerrted from the West End and Ynun<r Lilvwhit.es Olubs.^ Eeilding ram will-aniMve-Jjy the morning, train, ki\r\ tho i.nntcli tnke plar-e on the Palmerston Ground, kindly lent for the' occasion. TheTolldwing are the names of the champions who will buttle for Palmers! on i-^Messrs.llnnl^n. KroupaTHavn?, j Hartley, Hunter, Da wjek, Dillon, Dungan. Feasey, Jackspn.rajifi Weight. Play "will -comme.iice at half past eleven. Ah Iristi Gintleman. —We nave always known that-Karore and' Janknytown was the great spud conutrv of Manawatu, but we were hot prepared for the magnificent specimen of the Murphy famil}' whinh was shown to us on Wednesday. The Hibornian. esculent t waa of the Kidnev kind; was nine 'inches, long, weighed one ,pourid ; .two ounces, and. was raised by Mr. Keeble, of Karere. Our duty,' unfortunately, was merely-to-inspeet-it-^-butr-Mr.-Thomas King — no mean judge of such vegetables — who had the felicity of peeling its jacket, declares that in quality us well'as quantity it could hold its own with an v native- of the Old Sod. The District Court Bailiff.— We must congratulate Mr. Ward upon the judicious selection .which he has" mado "in his appointment of" District Court bailiff,- one jthat will give pleasure and sat isfaetion to jail section's of tup [community, and we trust 'result in the securing of an efficient officer. iMr. Dykes, the successful candidate, while 'station mister at Palmerstbn secured not ionly the good -will of the residents, but the confidence of the railway authorities, and :both will be pleased to learn that after his long illness he has been so fortunate as to 'receive an apppiritmentrtbe duties of which will give him the outdoor exercise of which he stands in need. . Speech is Silvern, but Silence is Golden. — The most practical exemplification of the truth of> this adage*that-has ever come under our notice, occurred at the Resident Magistrate's Court, on Thursday. A man, named Wnlkef;~Had given evidence •as a veterinary surgeon, and the question of his expenses w'ns under consideration by the Benoh.. T : ie .witness had previously informed the Court tliat he had had a diploma, but he had lost it by the burning of the house in which -be had lived. The Magistrates had nearly decided to allow a professional fee, when the devil prompted Walker .to add, _"_but of course _put here I am glad to do anything, and I work at my trade." "Oh, thane .you ; that decides us." said the Chairman of the Bench. "Of course if you wore a professional man we would allow a guinea, but as you work at your trade, you -.will get ten shillings." ,Had " the Doctor "held his tongue, his fee was a golden guinea ; but by hi-t unasked for .speech, he turned it into silver shillings. The Anniversary Races. — The Committee of the Anniversary Races held n meeting on Thursday evening; at the Royal Hotel, to consider a protest lodged by Mr. Robinson, the owner of Barmaid, against. Aurora, the winner of th° Convolution Stakes. Since the last meeting the committee hnd received evidence that Mr. D>n»ild Fraser had Keen written to by Mr. YMrtdlpmi*', «nd hnrl offered to sell his mare, Aurora, for 25. -Further, a telegram had been pi'o.Uic^tl from Mr. Donald Fraser, «t-aiinz thnt the mare was the joint propel y or the Messri?. Frnser, it. was not considered she was the bond fide property' of a .resident of the County, and the protest was upheld. We may' say that we lionriily agree wit h the decision. .The. mam was run at Runjjiukei in the name oi ! Mr. Donald ...Fraser, and if partnership transactions- of such a nhture were recognised, thce woiild lie no'thinjf to prevent per.«on« in Manawatu, kangitikci. Wnnganui, and Piitea Counties iunalgnrnal ing together, and racing a liorae •'lU.ernately in their respective names i_and rights in eaoh County. Miraculous Escape.— One of the narrowest escapes "from a horrible death which we have heard of for some time, occurred on Thursday night, when the down truin to Foxlon was passing the town boundaries. Two young men, named Taylor and Reevo3, were riding along the Foxtoc Line, and when within a hundred yards or so of the Kawau Creek bridge, the night train from Palmerston, which' wns behind them, frightened their horses, and off they started. They- galloped furiously along with the train gaining on them from behind, until the bridge was reached, whioh could not be seen with any distinctness in the dark. The consequence was that the horse Taylor was riding went bolt up against the handrail, the wqod of- which, ripped' open its side, horse and rider falling alongside the line. Fortunately Taylor was thrown out of the saddle, but the closeness of the escape may be imagined' when we state that while his a.rni was grazed by the engine, the cowcatcher caught, the saddle, tore the girths like ribbons, and carried it for about a hundred yard? down-the line. It wa3 quite evident, that neither driver nor fireman were at all aware of the collision, nor-of the nur- - row escape from the sacrifice of human life whioh had taken place. -Fortunately beyond a good shaking, Taylor received no injuries; buti when the attendant circumstances are considered, it must be allowed that his escape was little short of. Providential. The hoi'se, a valuable one belonging to *vf r. Tricklebank, jWas in sisch agonies, that a liitle while after the accident its throat bad. to be cut. . . - i A Regular "Brick."— Some philosopher has said that the man who plants a tree or causes a blnde of "grass to grow where none had hitherto existed; is a benefactor to his country. We are not gojqg to dispute tiie assertion, hut what the planter of the tree or the 'sower, of grass is to. the country, so is the mechanic to the town or city. Perhaps there 'is no. man in the district who can boßsfc of so,.movh nsefuln-'ss in that respect, or had so, much to do with the dwellings of Palinerston as Mr. Charles Tricklobank. In days g»ne by, when the town was of far. smaller dimensions, Mr. Tricklebank supplied tho bricks not only for Mnnnwatu, but. the whole West Coast ; and more than that, made them all by hand. Finding, however, that. he : 'wa"s : unable to cope with the orders sh.owejrediji ujjan,- h u.n, he Jiad to resort to that fiH.en.cl of t h.u. J^ioet?enth CeiiCuiy— sfceaxn., and som.e «i^ or eight n^onfehsago'substituterl that for the hand I p!o«'pr with which 'be' hiid^hitherto /earriod on his operations. ItSmuy' he 1 riiirtembered I that at the time we gave a long description \ of the new machinery m these. column-', but although sin.e thea Mr. Trifklebank lias j been abje. to do. five times the former, work, \ thfre was a \\\ivh \i\ the ft^rtm^eraonte. wbiel^

puzzled and annoyed him considerably. There was somet.hiug astray, and in order to cut a good square brick a large amount of time, care, and attention was. necessary on the^paYtsof /the attendant on the machine. .Henri ngtlmt Mr. Glover, of Robertdon'Sj f'of Wellington, was in -4 he district 1 , he en. listed the services of that gentleman, who took the machine to pieces and after.; some search discovered the cause, and very- soon -applied th&remedy. ""Oiir reporter -yester-' dav visited the works, and even fo hia nonprofessional eve, the chanjig. was ._ RJDSt ap- : ~T?iirenfc. "Tlirough iWv. Glovei %> s skill and ingenuity, the machined .now sets its own _guage,.an{i the person t.akingrout-fche bricks, having no trouble in that respect, ean receive .three times the quantity possible under the old , arrangement, while ; the- -block- of -clay comes out true to a hair and solid- -.and smooth as glass. We hnve repeatedly heard of Mr.- Glover's skill as a_m.etiiiaui3t,4ind we can wow bear willino testimoiiylto.thecfact, while we cong'ratule Mr. Trieklebanfe upon having surmounted a trqublesome difficulty.