NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 147, 29 June 1881, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

A Munificent Deposit. — The Clutha .County Council were the other day the haftjy recipients of a letter," which very seriously informed them thatthe'-amnirlcent ■MirttY^f- seven -pence had been placed to their credit at the Bank of New Zealand, for fees on weights and measures, during the month of March. Far>hafca Scandal.— Pwihaka scandal is to the effect that the wives of thereturned prisoners met their husbands very cordiaUy,- and offered them presents of stiawV&o., but to their garprisa i n disgnst the husbands declineJ to accept the presents until their wives explained how thoy got so much money.- Banera Star, Adjudged Guilty-Mr, c. B. Mad. den, the solicitor lately practising at Marton, and who, it will be remembered was prosecuted at the Supreme Court some time since, at the instance of the Law .Koaiety, for having engaged m practice «s a solicitor without the t ecessaiy certificate, was last week fined £50 and costs for the offence. - . '"Woman's Work is Never Done. 1 ' '<— Monday"-* work is to wai * work is to iron, with iTa.ce ; Wednesday's work is to bake and sew ; 't hursday's work is to clean for show ; Friday's work is to sweep; dust, aud brush ; raturclay'e woik is to ccok — with a rush ; cne/njext that com sis the Sabbath day, anil tnen'sha's too tired to rest or to pray. Wellington- Manawatu Railway. — It is notified ekewhere that a meeting of shareholders m the above named Company will beheld m the Chamber of Commerce, Wellington, on Monday, j •he 4th July, when a full meeting is r<i- | qu fite'd. Sbajeh'Md is m the Manawatu i not wishing to attend the meeting, may aptiointauy Shareholder m Wellington as frheirlproxy. SerV3 Him Right —A native named Pakanio Apurona, v.ho had burglariouely ente-ed a draper's shop, the other |day m Master ton, has been caught and sent to ?aol fo? twelvo months. The robbery was a most daring one, and cleverly done. The $p_ojl haviug been got clear away from the to.vn', and p ! anted m a flax bush, was found by another- niafcive, .who gave information a-» to the finding, which directed suspicion to the prisoner, and subsequently led to hi? arrest and committal. Tenders Wanted.— The Manawatu County Council invite tenders up to the sth of J ly lor the following works, specifications of wbich may be seen at the County offices, Foxton; the Engineer's residence Palmerston ; Ander. n's and Jaosen's store Sahdon ; and Loudon and Haybittle's Feilding : — Formation Cemetery-road, Sanson ; bush-felling, Mackay's line, Kiwitea ; bush-felling and clearing. Pohingina road, within the Wanganui Harbor Board block ; busli-felling and formation, Kinabolton- J road. Intended Piracy— In the coarse of the yivestf gallons (says an exchange,) respecting the steamer Periet, ssized under s eh remarkable c: cumstances at Hobsons B^y, atoat r cropped up which demands more atttntion than has yet boen given t-> it. One of the men under examination is reported to have said that it was m contemplation, should circumstances suit, to ship a couple of guns at Melbourne with a view of waylaying, ani plundering one of the mail steamers tarrying specie from to Enfilnd. . Genuine Wit. — A learned counsel crb:>e&amining a 'witness at the R.M.. Court, Welling: vq, the other day, had o casion a^ the question—" When was i. that you went insolvent!" "Just before you went insolvent yourself sir," The Court tittered, and tue Magistrate intefered, informing the witne . that be wes not placed m the tox to retu-:i lTide an« swere. The witness said he h i not meant to bj offensive, a»id apologiseo if he had hurt tL j learned < junsel's feelings. He enplained that the r >ly he hai given wmeant to enablo t' • coum.4 . fix t".e date, more definitely, at whic'. another smile went round the Court. The Earfchquake--Teiegram 8 to hand, states that the earthquake was felt throughout the Jsland, but m Borne pla e» more' severe than othe . It is s ted by :-ome (people, that it wai the hearieat ever felt intbe Colony, but this is not so. We would remind tfcem of the one which took place on the night of Sunday, the 18th (we think) o r O to.l>er 1868. That one was felt moat' sew' y at New Plymouth, whe houses. W;re tua ly knocked do .* r; through the violent oscillation, hut an »•, resident of Wellington, or Wanganui, i«) those days, will bear us out m saying, th; : the earthquake just experienced, would not compare to the one above mentioned, either m point of duration, or violence. . Death of Dr. gkae.-We, New Zealand 'Mmea very much rrgret to hear of the death of Dr. 8k ae. He died at his residence at Karori on Saturday, the cause as we art informed by his medical attendant, Dr Co'lins, leing menUl distress exci'dby the r?; ; ult of the recent Mount View- Lunatic Asylum Enquiry. The deceased also suffered from , erjsipila*. Dr. Skae was jingula.ly sensitive and retiring, and-lQ'Jc\he i ri- utt ! 6f the Asylum Eh. qu ry much to heait/ and there -can be no doubt whatever that it hastened big death, .if it wb -i; not the first cause of it, Df Fkae wss qujteayoici; man, his age being only 39. He leaves a widow and nine children, whom if r. parts vejtrae, «re but indifferently provided for. A Narrow Eteape, — We learn from our Fettding contemporary that on Thursday last, a lad named Lucas, son of Mr G. L, I ucag, of Awahuri met with a narrow escape from <ieatA.. He was driving a jhprsff, a'tached to a heavy dray along tbe Awahnri road, when the animal took f igbt at something, *>nd b-lted, but bis mad carreer ww at length brought to a close, by the dray overturning into a mudhole. Ihe occupant of the oart, m the turn-over by misfortune came underneath from which he, fortunately was soob extricated. Had ass'stctce not beenathuni there is little doubt out that theyoun.' man wpuld iave come to an ultimately end, «a it was quito impossible 'for him to e^bDiefltetlußßsaftby h!s own- exertions. We^ai c pleased t > heaviheas «oit WW*: tne worse for his mishap, ■■■■■; TJfee JPrice of Bread.— We are con.rtaritly heari"? complaints from residents m, Palm rsto' a to the high price of bread, and judging iioui the low price of flour at the present time, we think the charges are far too high, Here the bakers can get their supplies at flour from the mill, or can import it from Wellington at from £10 -to £12 per ton, yet the price of the 21b loaf ib still maintained at id oash, an extra halfpenny if booked. How ia it, that m the Wairarapa, the bakers who are very numerous, can supply the 21b loaf at two pence ? We have before us ft long tetter fxQnva, correi*

pondent on the question, but which for obvious reasons we decline to publish, at the same time, we feel duty bound t"> give publicity to the wiiters complaints. In the Wairarapa township! competition m the baking trade has had the effect of reducing t*>e prices. ■ . St. Patrick's Church. — Wednesday, the 29st instant, being the Feasts of Saints Peter and.Panli Mass will be' cele brated m Sr. Patriot's Church, Palmereton on- that day at 11 a.m. " ■ ' A Sensible Resoiation.-- ; ;The Presbytery ot Auckland, tired of fignting i the Government on the " Bible-in- schools" qu .'Bl ion, have passed the followingjsensible resolution :— " That the Presbytery instruct ministers within its bounds to make suit- . able arrangements for religious instruction on week days for the childrea belonging to their several congregations." . Unsubstantiated Reports/ — Many reports are rife but which remain a£ present unverified, as to certain damage done to various bridges m the Manawatu by th -i earthquake. It has been stated that the Rangitikei Railway Bridge was considerably damaged, as was the Manawatu Bridge at Fitzherbert, bnt nothing anthentic has yet reached us, we therefore p ace little reliance m the rumors. Giving up its Dead —The sea is still at intervals giving up its dead m. the vicinity of the Tarania. On the' 12th irist. the body of a man almost naked was found but it couldnot be identified. On the 16tk? the body of a 'woman: was -found ; on- the : l>janb, but although it has suffered more than the other, it i-*~ supposed i) be that of the wife of Carl Penz, one of. the crew of thp ill-fated snip, who, it will ba ' iem-..m* < bereii, was amongfc. A Lively Council. — They »ust have a queer lot of mem' rs m the Legislative Council of Victoria. That body recently spent a lively night or_two ; m striving to to blacken each others characters and they seem to have succeeded tole rably well too, judging from the reports, of -the proceedings. One evening the lie direct was given over a score of times, but no one was garprieed at this uugtntlemnnly conduct The members accused each, other i of everything 1 at nurier, and still no one seethed surprised. ' Volunteer Capitation Allowance.—Mr Tole was to ask the Colonial Tisasurer, yesterday. If the Government intend, during this «es«ion, to make provision for the restoration of the capitation allowance to volunteers, or, m lieu thereof to give them assistance for clothing and m paving legitimate expenses? (2) If Goveinment will order an encampment, annually, of aU volunteers m each provincial district, for itjfctruct'on m" combined moyements, and devise other, means of improving volunteer corps generally? Sir William Pox Again.— On Monday m the Houne, fir William gars [ notice that he would move. That it be im instruction to the Housi Committee to confer with the Houso Committee of the Legislative Council., with a view to measures being taken to prohibit the sale and use of intoxicating drinks within the Parliament Buildings ; and that m case such prohibition cannot ba effected, then to take steps to limit the sale and ute of such drinks to the loom now employed as a.tearoom, and to convert into a tea and refresh-' merit-room, without intoxicating drinks,, the room now used for general purposes.' A Pandemonium. — Earthquakes, as rule are apt to instil the moat serious though ; into the breast, of anyone, t . ' he ever bo hardened, but 'we doubt' much if any r an, by all accounts, could have kept npa, riousoe"; had he been m the vicinity. si Me: s. King Bros, store, at that eventful moment. The place was md d a per* feet pandemonium, for what with, the vio. lent, ringing of cow-bells, tin, . and iron-, ware, falling of gcods- from the ■helves 'im the shop, all r. imbined -with the rocking, iwayinr», and c, eating of the building, it was BUt..cient to raise a smile on the most ;tH , sfu^e. Ta £nme parts of the town the ladies could ' seen rushing wildly into the streets, calling' loudly upon .the Deity for help. In other ■{,' 'pfeople wetv known to fa'l oj their kneel m deep aid ej • ted devotion, ?n all " ere tv*e incidents connect* d, which would Bait Punch exceedingly well. A Lucky Escape.— The following interesting incident is a portion of a le ■:■• written by G rge Barnes, of Chtiß''-barr 1 ! # to hi father t— " My luck, m not going by the Taravu ais come thing wonder fal. I went from Chriufcharcn to go io h'erj «nd waited all" day for her to t-vl unfi'*twenty mini ;s' > «'x m the evening, when, one of my mat . r V.r me to pay his fare to Melbourne and he woul'i come with me. I put my hand m my poak-t saying that I had. -615 —vis, a £10 and a £5-no l -< , but to my surprise I had paid away the £10-note for r a> £ I -note at the b<mk.for. the draft I war taking home w : h me, and as J had set paid for mv ps-sage I intended coming >o the bunk, feei ' afar the cash, and: going by the next train to catch the 8' tamer. But j Iw' ! delay el ..0 long tint I missed her,, 1 t the £10 no" , and caved my life. Tbat was the best spent meney I ever -part r l with since I w L ">rn. H -.A she gone away anywhere. n» \r the time advertised, I assiTo.ily shou - : have been m her. Two of my mates said she would s"nk t-> soon i .; I to!d them of the loss ot the money.'

The Handsomest Woman m the. World. — There were over three thousand answers to Mr. Adam Foropsugh'siidvertiiment offering * A2O(K) r pwmiam for-tht for the most beautiful wi>man m the world and he selected Miss Lrimse 'Montague, the well known r*riety artist, refilling th«re«»i quirement, and she oari now plume herr. If oa being m Mr Forepaugh's • judgment at le**t. the m n tt beautiful « woman m the world, Mis: Montague will not be c hibited under c*nV«s. She will merely personate! Lalln Bookb m the grand Ori< 'ltal, fee street-pageant entitled ' Laila Bookh's Departure irom Pelhi,"~ whic^ Mr. Forepaugb declares will immeasurably excell any utreet pnrad* heretofore atie-» pt, "1 or thought of by any circus Managar m the ! world. ■ An Antiquated Nnt«crack«r — Colontl William Q, Cordon, of Cheßteryjllei Ohio, is « aid t■ be 133 yeara old, and still a comparatirely strong and aotiye man. H« is wealthy and manages all his own bustaet i affairs. In his youth he servad m tb« British army, and says that he knew Napoleon I. Be has but one pecalar habit — that of -persistently eatiag cracker*. He always baa a l»rge packet at c^aekers ba»ging m bis bed; post, and bsides three beauty* meal a f*yi Q* c** 8 ftbe^ut twelve pounds of crackers awtek from this packet, taking several whenerer ke.a^rakenjß m tfee night. . Riß^n From th© liOW«r Ranks. —The Cardinal Prince Arehbiflbop Ka«,, sebfcer, of Vienna, who has jast died, showed tkat «Ten m ao ariateeratie a country as Au«tra it is possible for anjan to rise from the lowest to the bigbtst rahjp^ He was the son ol a poorx* wtartr | m Aus. trian Silesia, «na died. Prince. .Archbishop and Peer, and a man daeply Wt«4 «A4 •*" mired by «11 clawei,

Caught m his own Jest. — Among. many amusing anecdotes of mei n e Russian Imperial familj related m the l»te Karl Bander's Memoirs, is the following highly characteristic story of the eccentric Grand Duke Constantino, Ccar Alexander's eldest uncle. Whilst residing at Gonstantin* gar* a spendid banquet to ii numbe- of the great Poliih noblt^-ito each of whi m, at the coucluiion of the feast,', m ordinary tallow randln was served on la plate by- »he attendant lacqneya. as all hit gatsta wer« snpplied irithi- th^ie peculiar unappetising bbjocts, the Grand ; D«ke, who had gwen orders that an imitation candle, admirably'executed m march pane, should be pUced-upoo hii-plata^ ro3e i and exclaimed— "Ginttemen, let us eat, to the honor of Bunia, the favonaa nation*! cemeitible of Tny -coantry;-"^l;<r*ir^«t=nTer This i» the way to do it. £o saying, -he tbrew^ bsck his head, oi> ned his month. pde f ' ftud inserted thereiu two inches or so <i the dainty m quefction. AiVeV^ Pd his, teeth, however, the exprewion of M9|coantence suffer. d . an extraordinary* change . One of the nobleman Hitting m his immediate Viciuity^had contriTed *a sabftitute hia ' own gennina tallow Cjsndlei for the marchpane imitation set beforef th'e Grand Duke, who, not choosing to betray himself ' . bis guests found himself cnnden-*ned to c ,chew at least one eppious nioathful t " good Bussiahiallow/ as an 'example to i'l the Tictims of his detestable jest, none "of whom, <if course, dared to abstain from doing as th* terrible C6ngtantihe ; didl It' is, needless tb.say . that the . dexterous appro-. pristoYof the niareii pane caidle, while derouriiig that' tootlisoaie article with a joyi ful heart, ' '.baffled suspicion by the" moathideous visual contortions, expressive of loathing and nausea. — ■— « : A Diso6mposed Compossr.— Rossini was a very superstitiona man King Louis Philippe once'! gave the com-., poser a xnaginificeut rypeater, .which 'the' latter waa extreme'y proud' of, *and carried it m bis pocket eTtry day 'foe six. years One af terno n, as he win showing it to' | some acqaaiaianctjs m Paris cafej a strange gentleman walked up to the; tivble at which, he was sittin? and '■■ eaid to' him : !• M. Rossini, your watch, although you 'ba«^e worn.itfo;r r ,.sach, a. lpng^inre; r Will yoa, permit me torcrea! tbein to you ?" Rositmf with an ironical smile, handed him the Watch ; when, great 1? ' x , \d» surprise, the stranger touched a hindei) -spring, and false lining to the back of the watch flew ; open," dulo?tuig .the maestro, I*,1 *, pprtrate painted m the miniature, and surrounded by a wreath of ena«elled arabic characters. This myjj stsriouß pergon then arowed himself the maker of th« wjiljh, but though urgently : beggfcd by Rbssini to tell' him the significance of the Arabic - word* ..absolutely re" " fused to do so. Eosiini, coavinced that some evil spell mu>t be m the queer charaster»j become so afraid &{ the watch that he would never wear it a^ain, ani aftjr his death it was found, hiideii away and coVi er«\i With daßt. • ■ ' ' :