NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 140, 11 May 1881, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Another Accident.— Still one more upset, but this time not to either a baker or a butcher's cart. On Saturday as a horse and trap belonging to King Brothers was proceeding down Main-street, the animal tumbled and came to the ground. Plenty of assistance was at hand, but before a release could be effected a portion of the gear had to be cut. A Church for Karere —A meeting of settlers in the Karere district was heId in the school-house on Saturday evening, for the purpose of considering whether or not it was advisable that a church should be built. Mr. Robert Linton occupied the chair, and after the question had undergone considerable discussion, pro and con, it was decided that a step was for the present somewhat premature. A Nasty Accident.— We regret to hear that Mr. Collinson, photographer, met with a rather nasty acident on Saturday. He was riding a rather skittish and unmanageable horse along the street, and as a dray was approaching the animail made a swerve and a direct header for it. Mr. Collinson had barely time to get clear of ihe shafts, but in doing so his leg got badly crushed against the wheel. Messrs. Halcombe and SherWill's Produce Sale — As will be seen in another column. Messrs. Halcombe and Sherwill purpose initiating a series of produce sales, the first of which will take place on the 4th. The step is a most jubilicious one, and from the large number of entries which have already been made, there is every indication of the sale being a large one, and the opening thus given to farmers for the disposal of ther produce being largely taken advantage of. Death of Dr. Akers.— The many friends of Dr. F St. John Akers in Manawatu will learn with regret that he died on board the St. Leonards, off the Isle of Wight, while on his voyage home. As was well known the deceased gentleman had been in delicate health for some considerable time, and his medical advisers recommended a long sea voyage but he died within a few hours sail of England. Heleaves a widow and two children to mourn his loss, who are, we believe, at present in Wellington. The Manawatu Bridge.-Throagh tbe courtesy of Mr. Hayns County Engi neer, w have been favored with an inspection of the plans which he has drawn for the additions to the Fitzherbert Bridge, and we must say that if they arc accepted, the structure will bo a credit to ihe county,

By th-m it is proposed to " have another •■pan r>f bridge eighty-five feet, whi'e the approa-hes are to be raided and lengthened (hirty feet. Thia will give an additional length of one hundred and fifteen feet to th'/bridge, and will bring it clear of that weak pince* ,/ if mad over which the water rushed during the late flood. The New Hotel.— The building now bei'g erecte I for Mr. Coombes at ihe corn r of tin- Square anl Main-street i"b making rapid progress towards completion, the con tractors having nearly a dozen men at work. D-.ring the week Mr. Coombes took round a requsition to the Licensin? Bench for signature by the ratepayers, which we believe was signed by the most influential rps'dents m the vicinity of the proposed hote.'. We believe application will h-* m; de for a lice se at tbe June sittings ot tho Licensing Court, as Mr. Coombes is positive he will have the house open for the convenience of the public on ihe first of Juiy. More E -idence of Progression. —We are constantly reporting the erection of some new building or Ihe arrival of some new settler, both of which are sure indices of the material progress of the; town. We have now to chronica the intended advt-.nt m Palmerston of Mr. Herbeit Hankins. s -licitor, who has taken offices m Messrs. Thymic, Linton and Co.'s Buildings, Main street. Some little time ago we were congratulated upon the existence of two papers ; a week ago we referred 'o Palmers'on being able to support two auctioneers ; and now it is to be honored with no less than five gentlemen of the lor.g robe. The value of Advertising.— A few weeks ago Mr. Batt lost a mare, and failing to fiTid it, ho advertised its loss m our columns. Yesterday it wasrestored to hird, the animal ha\ing travelled all the way to Buls, and the finder— as he informs us— reading the Times m that township, and noticing the loss and offered reward, drove it (act "to Palmerston. It is not so long a/o th-it Mr. P«rker, of the Rangitikei Line, recovered another lost animal through the medium of our columns. The beast .m question was found wandering up the Pohangin* by a resident of Ashurst, and cv returning home he di-covered the owner by looking at the paper. Re urgam.— To those who were aware of tbe energy, enterprise, and business capacity of Mr. Frank Loudon, the fact of his remaining so long out of business has been a matter of much surpris ■, They will be pleased now lo learn, however, that he has a<?ain come to the front, and m another column he announces the various hranches f trade m which he will m future engage. Mr. Loudon has been long known as one of the shrwdest men of business of which the Manawatu could boast, and that his enterprise has met with a temporary check was not due to hia own, but the action of anot her. The county can ill afford to spare men of his stamp, and we congratulate it, but more particularly Foxton, upon his : again bain^ m harness. Mr. Waldegrave's new BuUdj g. — We are pleased to learn that the successful com petitors for the erection of the la>ge premises which Mr. Waldegrave intend B 'erecting on the Square, are Palmerston men. On account of the extent Of. the contract, and the superior workmanship which is demanded by the specifications, it was considered somewhat improbable that it would be undertaken by a local firm ; but as we have before stated, this 'has proved not to be the case, and the tehder has been let to Messrs. Govern nnd Ewing. Roth the contractors are somewhat new to Palmerston, but since their arrival m the district, twe've months ago, they have sue-' ceeded m securing all the large* contracts fri'moneend of the county to the other. They were the builders of the Masonic Hall, next a Urge dwelling house m ,the southern part of the couniy ; while they also secured the Court-house and Coombes'. I'otel. We have been fivored with an .inspection of the plans of Mr. Waldegrave's proposed store — d'-awn by Mr. Chatfield, of ; Wellington which certainly indicate the ereciion of a building which will not have an equal m the Province outside of \l.ellington. Standardiana.— ln accordance with ourp'omise we give some few selections from the columns of the Standard, m order to show our readers the vie attacks wbich -vere diurnally hurled ac the public. Som*) were of such a beastly character that we would not insult our readers by reproducing them, and the lew which we have extracted we relegate to our fourth page, so ' hat our subscribers may or may not read th'-m, just as thty e'ect. We must crave pardon of those ladies and gentlemen who havt; been attacked for again bringing tbem before the public, but we do so that the peo- 1 pie of Manawatu m»y judge how the now sensitive editor spared the feelings of others The few extracts will give ampl •• proot of the blackguardly manner m watch the paper ws»s conducted, a d the filth which was day after day pelted at unoffending members of he community. No one was fur a day snfe, and each one lived m fear and trembling of seeing their riatnes link d with -some obscene concoction m its 00 umns. We have purposely omitted tho numerous and unmanly , onslaughts wtifh have been made upon Mr. Ferguson, the Borough Engineer, the Feilding Station Master and Mr. Linton. The Saw.mUlers' Meeting.— We have received the following letter from our repo' ter with regard to the late mseting of sawmillers at Feilding :— SIR, — " I notice that some one of the millers has been '' having tSe Marton paper, and by craming it with " fictitious fa**ts," has induced it to come to the rescue. Firs?, that paper as-.erts that none of the millere knew who 1 w.is. or what was my business at the meeting. TJn r onunately for tin trnth of sui:h an assertion, I may state that I rode a fo siderab'e portio-i of tho journey from Palmerston to Fei ding with Mr. Wylds ; th.it prior to the meeting T had a hug con» vtjisation with the elder Birtholomew, a-id he not only knew who I was and my en and, but. he heartily agreed with the g-od to be effected by giving such me ting** publicity th ou_h the I'ress; furth-r on entering the room, I took my s at, and ha I half a page ol introductory matter written before being requested to withdraw. Beside which, wh-n askd if I w re a miller, I state! my husine-8 and mild y protested again t hay ing a fruitless journey. The ret ly was, ''That.it wai better I should withdraw." and so T did Thnre was no mention what- ,. v r— as the M irton oarer asserts— that I should retire until the question of the admission orexpu si>-< of the Pj ess should be consi :ered. I br. Marton paper mentions (m ita icß) that but three minutes elapsed from the time, of my departure, until I was sought for to be a-lmitted, hut I w mid remind that paper that, as I had no wish to hang about the premises, it would not be lik-Fy I would bYn sight even at the termi nation of that short spaco. I notici that the Advocate wmdsup with the following sneer ;_'• Well, indeed, Manawatu would indeed I c m a bad way had it to depend on papers which so misrepresents its chief industry, the timber trade" Sow, Sir, it is your, rather than my, province, to reply to such a siUy remark ; still I cannot help showing Us absurdity, by pointing out that my visit to fiVilding, and your able article with regard to the reduction < f the tariff on white pine, gives the lie direct to such

an accusation, The Times was the only paper which had a word about the meeting, and it was from its columns that the metropolitan papers quoted and drew food for their leaders on the timber question.-- 1 am, &C.,— YOUB SBP.iBTKK."