NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 128, 26 March 1881, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Payment of Rates. — next. Wednesday is the last day of the present financial yenr. we hnve V>een requested by the Tow. O]-rk to impress up n bursresses the necessity of all rates being paid on or bfore that n*ny.~ Professional. — Tt ™ notified els°wher ■ that Mr. Greenwood, surgeon .dentist, fmm Wanganui. will pay his usual monthly visit to Manawatu. The dates of his visits to 'hft vari ns township are particularised m our advertising columns. A Correction.— w & bave been requested bT the Commissioner of Crown Land" to intimate that the day upon winch the sections m th« Kair-n/'a and other hloeks wonld be open to purchase, ha- heen changed from the 18th to the 19th of \pril. A Great Rise m Wool.— Accord ing to a Reuters' telegram, dated London March 19. on that day 4000 bale 9 of wool were offered for saX There was a great demand, and pri^p* ran up to ten and fifteen per cent, m advance of rat s previously rating. This is most pleasing intelligence, an advance such as that chronicled repre senting an almost incr- dible sum. On The Wing. — Grey town would appear to be m a sad way, and there is more likelihood of matters getting worse than bette*. Our Wairarapa conesponc ent writes that Mr. A. B. Jackson, saddler, of Greytown, has determined to throw m his lot among our Woodville friends, while Pal is to become the residence of another Greytown man, m the -eraon of Mr J. Avery ; painter and decorator. The Karere School. — We have been informed by one of the Committee of the Karere School thaf fo gn?at is the increase : n the numbor of children now attending, that it is necessary that increased accommodation should he provided. It is to be re?rettcd that the Board have not proceeded with the erection of the Jackeytown School as that wo jld not only be an aecommxb'lion to the residents m the immediate vicinity, but serve t-> relieve the Karere School, at least for a time A Struggle for a Gin Case.— One of the most pxcifin? recitals whi "h welnve ever hear! wa<* duriner the hearing of the , charge against Edwird Symons. when a witness named Cameron, gave am^stthrilling account of a struggle for the possession of a gin case. The inte,re«t was worked up m tho m'>st exciting manner until a breathless silence rei ned throii bout the Court, the andipnce hanging upon each word of the witness. When t'<e agony was fttits most "xt-cmc tension, his Honor c^nld bear it no longer, nn ' he broke the spell by eagerly asking "Who got th* box ?" Hir thirst for kn<>wlertg* w:<s snted forthettme bning, hut as Ca.ieron seemed inclined to be too me'ortram.itic aJ together, the Crown p msecntor— whose wi'nps<? h« wns— nas«efl him over to Mr. who soon took all the poptry oat of h ; m. ; A Pretty Hard Test.— The attempt «f the_'< Pr phet"' Paul to «et up a claim to Divine inspiration. w«nl<l annear to be attended wi'h. conßi-lerable difficulty, anr? hi> followers not qnitn so gnllibln as those of Te WhiH. At h'Rrerent gathprin? he had a " mystic " flag floating over his head, but unfortunately f or him wh >n a Nnpier Chief, with a thi'st for k^owlpdge, wi h"d Jtq meanine explunpd to him. Paul's imaeination was not equnl to the occa«ion anil he had to plead ienoranre. The then very broidly hinted that Paul was a f r ud, and 'hat unless h? would tak" a live shpep. cut itirftwo, «ti k ittosrether asynii. tnrn it adrif> m a paddock, and mak" it e«t erraes. he wonld hnvfi no f-iith m his r>rnphptif* power. It is n^pdlpsq to Ray th*t Paul dir? not attempt to do anytMnpr of the ki'<rl. It i R a great n?tv that some of T.p fanatical followers do not put him tfl the same test. A Celebrated Case.— Tirym»n win j lin.vo i Hvrlv to.". ■•ll"-'*"'fin of tb"" x rir.' of S^ward Symon?, The $ase was Qorajoaenoe^

on Wednesday and couoi.ide-d about a quarter to five, when the Jury retired to d li berate Not bein r able, to agree, they were locked up for the night, but. then>gh''s reflection was no aid to a decision, as next morning th y were discharged. A fresh J iry was empannelled, ths same evidence was produced, the arguments brought forward by counsel, and his Honor a sec ml ♦ime went through the ta*k of summing up. They letired abont four, and at half-past five, re'urncd into Court to inform the Judge that there was not the slightest likelihood of agreement His Honor expressed his regret, but staced that t v >ey could not be discharged until they had been twelve hours m deliberation, and th«* second Jury was accordingly locked up for the night. They were confined m Batchelar's bar-room but the night's incarceration worked no change, as yesterday morning there werj I seven for conviction and five for convmttal and they, too, were consequently discharged. The prisoner was therefore, remanaed until the next sitting of the District Court, when ho wi'l be tried again, but m th/? meantime it is likely he will appear at the Supreme Court, Wanganui to answer a charge of forgery upon which he has been arrested. The Insolvent Court.— The busi. ne«B ai the Insolvent Court yesterday, before Judge Hardcasf.e, wss of the briefest nature. Mr. Hawkins, on bthalf of Hjalmar Graff, made application for the discharge of the. insolvent, and also for costs. The bankrupt was submitted to some examination at the hands f the Judge, at the conclusion of which t^e application was granted, clerk to 'ax. and trustee to pay costs up to app'ica ion of trustee. Mr. staite made application for ihe discharge of Lydia Burr, but as the insolvent was not present, his Honor relived to grant it Counsel explained that Mrs. Burr lived m Foxton. aid that she had been m atten-* dance on tha fi-st day that tha District Court had beon sitting, but was compelled to return to Foxton. His Honor replied that he could not break the. rule — if insolvents expected to get rid of their responsibi ities, the least they could do would be to su 1 mit themselves for examination. Mr . j Stai'e then applied that the hearing should be a 'journed until next sitting of t .c Gmw, which was granted. This closed the business, and the Court adjourned sine die. Abandonment of a Settlement. — We hear, upon what is the very best authority, that there is even more than a probability that m a very short time the Scandinavian Settlement at Norsawcod will be a thing ->f the past. The settlers there have it m serious contemplaion the aban'onin? their land altogether, and emigrating m a body to A meri^a, and with that end m view have been making arrangements for cbart< rinc two ships for the conveyance of themselves and their families. It U their intention to sail for San Francisco, and from inquiries they learn that by the course they propose io take they will get to their di'stination at something like £5 10s per head. They have been a ready m communication with the American Government, which has "given them a promise that on their arrival at San Francisco, they will be 'ransported into the interior gratuitous y. Surely ther-- must be some'hmg radically wron?, when after toiling for nine years at the land, as the settlers of Norsewood have done, that they should now think it the best to abandon it, to seek fresh fields. The Foresters' Hall.— We yester* day paid a visit to the Foresters' Hall, and we c most agreeably surprised at the m my improvements which have been lately made. A most commodious stage, eighteen fent by twenty-foui has been erented. f-levated about th i cc feet above the floor, and containing t*o r.e >t little dressing rooms. Mr. Palmer, of Foxton, whose abilities as a scenic artist are well known, is at present h<»rd at work on a drop scene, which will represent an Italian lake, and the sidescenes are to be made to work on a pivot, so as to do double duty. As th« stage has bean an addition to the old building of course so much more space is give" to the Hall, and it has been built with especial attention to its acoustic properties. The matter of lighting, too, has been fully attended to: fT, m addition to ten lamps, which are to act as footlights, and all the original sidelights, the hall is to be illuminated with two large chandeliers to hang from the ceiling. It will be thus seen that the two great grievances which unmistakably existed — the sta ?e and the matt rof lighting — have been completely lemedied, and although the Hall cannot be said to be as laige as that at Feil'ing, the recent addition has brought it within what will be the requirements of Palmerston for many y< j ara to come. We understand the members of the Lodge purpose celebrating the opening of what we may call the new Hall, h y a grana entertainment on Easter Monday, when a most inviting programme will be presented. ■'