NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 158, 3 September 1881, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Resignation-— We understand that Councillor Mowlem has pi ced, or intends to pi nee, his resignation iv the hands of the Town Ueik. Earthquake.— A very sharp shock of co, vhqnpAe was experienced on Thu.v.sr ay moi iimp:, about half i»asfc (wo, but fcirtunat :'y without doui^ a"y daran;*e. The District Coiirb.— The next S T i.lM<:B of of ibc D : st ict Court wUlbeho\.i on Tuesday tbe 20ui, but sofav theve is a cJccm sli^et. The Sau Fratiei'sco Mail.— We Inve l)3< n pskt<! •»> : >ilima*o that the ouU wn il TCtiiJisli Mail via Foxton, wi'l close at PnIMK-Vslon on uext Friday eveuin^ at a qua«-i.er to ei^hfc Mammolh Gifi Show.— From on flc'w-tibemeot : n anoiber coluion, it will be seen that tbe RKmmotb. Gift will »p---.■ep.r m tbe Fo o^tf s' IJa'l, on Monday t>{o ;it. We hnve not seen Iheentej trxinoi.rnl, which coi)si-.ls oi v o. lUi'oquiim, Leg.?:v'c-. | main pnd Clp^'voyfnre. bnt the Wangnnni Piuss spenks veiy hi^bly of: it. Eark of New Zealand. ~ The Tn«nv fi^eo^s of Mi-. Call^nan will be pkr-jccl to len, i) that be is not: to leave tbe d.s • ; ct. Qh.e B^xik of New Zealand have dule. 'ti iiied v.no>\ opening a Ivfi.acli at Peilrtin™. w'lioli is to be placed under Mr. CaUanpn'scba ge. to that he will still remaia m that towa, A Welcome Change.— With tho fi.st day of Spring, the extremely boisterous weather which we hare expeiienccd for tbe pri ceding ten days, has passed awny, and wp'-mth and sunsbioe hare suc.eerled sin and s^eet. NotwithstaticMng, l)owerer, tbe unpioo'tions weathei-, we have beea informed tbat fully a forlo'ght ago thei'e weie leveial peach trees m blossom. Stonewalling. — Since tbe consideration of the Eepresentaiion B"l lias come under di onssion by tbe Houte, tbe word " Stone wol^ng" h?s been very f-eqiipnUy used. Astbe'.e mpvbe tomeofoi'r leaderp m iTnonmcc 'fits mcn.n'njr, or the manner m which, it is eff.ee! ed we }>üblish, m another column, a vcy amusing account [f^om the Duiied'n S'ar's "Special." Coatemplible Thieves- —There aie rle p eesof cotnparli.3n m everything, bat decidedly the meet con'- motible of all thieves is the mpn who would steal the work tools of another. Mr. David Jones, blacksmith, left his forge for a shoi t time, and while he was away, some piowlinj ra jal ca.ried away some ol bis + x>ls, Jeav» :'ngr him unable to proceed with his work. Whipnin^ at tbe can's tail would be too good for such a fellow. A Good Riddance.— Whitelaw has shaken the \Pe dust of New Zc^and fom hisfeetaud dep?''ledfoc Sydney, where — he said — a Government billet av/a'td him. Wbat can it be? Bp'Ve ]co.vi"g he vi^leri bs mother, who h now an inmate of the Refuge foi' t'je Desutufce, and aba.eel heciu the foulest Janjnage, tr.U he was expe'led from berbed'oom. This is tbe man for whom a subbci'ion'oa wr>s raited a* a nrotc t a2 a ' nbfc t^ ie '"iiijttsfcice" to which he had beeu subjected 1 The New Court-Tiouse. — The Police and Dis.p.ct Court is now fiuisbo" both inside and out, and the fiHLT>s and fivoitive pranged m the : r resp'c "ye o.tlcs. Althonjh it can ma % e no ciniai to a'ch'lecta n 1 t ;nufcy, we must pdrrifc th?t toe hi'iiue fully atonei for any shortcomings m thflt jespect. Tbe Jnoicial Seat >s sufficiently imnosmg to do duty for aChe Justice afc leas^. end the pi iLiotie.'s dock " - quite an inviting appcop""% tl'e urtfov!.orates havi'i 1 ? mauiog to stand upon. I-i brief it haslight, a ; r, aod loom— the three great c -ent'als m a Cou l^ The Catholic Choir.— if ever per y ve)F.nce drseived success, it rer'aUily is Ja theeOJOi^ m?('e by Mi. Pe-ki"s with jegard to the Catholic Church Choir, In the face of innumerable difficult'ts, feach as won HI have disheartened noost men, he pciv>evejed wHh the practices, and he h. ocnow«hu we^-mcri'ed satisfacL ; on. of k^o\\ io'r that be is the leade;- of one of the fi.-c c'joi.s m the lon l. Indeed . ) much * ?«e i- • iiumbeis incir seel, tbafc the sp cc has to bf^ console, ably enlp 'gpd, ond we i ieve a ga'lery is to be ei«c'eu for their rocomreoc'ption, so as not to trcsp ss f uri-aer upon the space for the cong.egaiioa. MiSii-Og P fiends.— Tn the columns ofoiu- eschan^-s we ye y o[(an come pcrosn . me cui'to.'S reive ti'emeMj, but we do not 7emem' to have met wiih amo c unique sijecioien than the following. Under tie tit'e of "Mlssi.is l r rieo(-s," WDl'am 1 ).; .lie's, a son of the rr .m who wpi mv >dc <?■ • ?t Kuiaa a. a few yeas ?"jo, advev." • 's» T • 'Thomas Ryan, who w v'nDun- -l : n in IS.'S, wa3 lii d for tbe Knmat a murder Fod • - qu'ttcti." The C' earn of tbe affair is clans' <■> ss ara'ss'nT; friend the man who had beei tried for tbe tcurder of his fathe' 1 , ann t'.>OPjhav quilted, iss^oogly easpected to have been guilty. Mr. Waldegrave's New Bui 7 n - j n g i The contractois are proceed-^ rapidly with the construction of Mr. Waldf • grave's new building. Now that the whole of the f amewoik is erected, the public are able to form tome opinion ps to it i dimeps ; ons. It was ihe opi^on of a good many, ourselves among the nt: ober, that a bui'ding of such a size would he rather premature m Palmerston, and that there would become d>mcultyin geU'uga tenant. We a-e very p^asfd, however, to find that Itr. Waldegvave was right, and we we c wroao:, as we lej-'-n that already he hps had two or three offeL's for its occupation. A Dangerous Practice - The danger of raciog was exemplified on Tfiursdayrwhen two Maoris, who do doubt were proud of the speed of their respective speeds, determined totiy conclusions. They stared from the corner .of George-slrcet, and for a time " all went mejvy as a marrip°e bel," the animals appearing x • enter into the spirit of the race. The PaT c .-./ on Hotel must have been the goal. ? - 1 when within about twenty ya iclsof.it a desper?te spurt wr : put on by both, each trying to herd the other, when a collision took plaoe, and "the ho-va and his rider lay strewn on tbe on the g-ound." The victim wps r «is L d t^his s' Iby bis comrade, but he^ hrd 1c :t much of the spirit- ho had exoioitecl five minute previously. A Matelal Change. - Pev.ons living to 'ether do not notice the change which time m«l?e3 m their app' -.'ances, aud the rem-'k may m son-e measure be pnplirl to towns aiid cities likewue. Athough we have constantly noted thevaTiovs building which have be i erected and implements effec J :d, still we doubt if froEelivipiinF&'me-ston can see miich cbaoo-e m it : i the past six months. It is not "o, however, with tht.-e who have been absent for some t ; me. Mr. Bobei't Lintoi who has b -a on the E -.i. Coast for the ' iwsfcfGw months, was the oughly supped at tbe n.ogrpss which the townh-1 made, even m that short time. Th ; s is LomethiDg to be proud of, more particularly when we hear of nothing but retrogression or stag, nation m other places^ CraSS Ignorance.— We often sneer at the ignorance displayed by the Home

jou>nals as to the typographical position ol towns m the colonies, but we certain'y would expect Col >rii.*l journals to have home intoico'oninl knowledge. A leading Melborroe wee ly up.].-'?;' informed its leaders tbn other day tljai hee had beenfoi lyeight hours' incc.-: ' :it rp'ti at "Wellington, Np\v Zealand, nnri tVofc consequently there hail Lec-u a severe fiV od in the Thames River. Municipal Slec ion.— To-day at noon is the latest hour at which nominations for the Borough Council can be made. Jj'.omalhve co.i hear, the candidates for th<> firce scats .ii'c not likely tohave a walkovrr. Messrs Hayn ; and Fred Mcw'em arc alreod v nominated, and we believe Messrs Coleman and Thomas Mancon, are CDm'ng forward. We are plear.cd to bent this, as it shows that there is home interest being taken m municipal matters. Messrs Forgiibon and Dan .an, two of the letiring councillors, re ruse to stand again. Distress'ng Accident at Otaki — On Weoiies 'py it reached town that on the p-evlous d'py one of tbe rev. Mr. M Williams' child en, at Otaki, had met with a violent death. The Eev. gentleman was making prop s-ations for the holding of a Native Innds Court, and as a horse and trap was en staged m tbe removal of some goods, oomclhing friehteued the animal and m bolting it kn'.cked down thp. little girl, and the wheel passing over the neck, death was instantaneous. A False Issue. — Our Foxton contemporary publishes a table of the telegraphic returns, as follows : —

No dcubt the above is perfectly cor.-ecr, but our contemporary has forgotten to explain that as the Distilct Engineer's office is m Foxton, a large proportion of tbe messages issued from there are .Government telegrams. The following are the private and Press messages, which are paid for by the public :

It win be thus seen that tbe actual cash receipts for Palmevston is more than any place between Wellington and Wanganui.

cost of messages value maintenance Palnrerston... • 6,005 ... £378 0 4 ... £-33018 6 Foxton 5,513 ... 36018 2 ... 524 8 7

cost of message* value maintenance Poxton 6,931 ... £474, ... £524 Palmerston ... 6,781 ... 4/, i ... 330