NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 161, 14 September 1881, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

The District Court. —We have! hcen asked to intimate t > :he jurors who ! have been summoned for tlu> District Court — and whose names appear elsewhe:e — that ou account of their being no ca.-es on the rjiuse list thdr services may not be re-quir-d If so, a notice will appear to tha' effect m next issue, and it would be w* 11 if they would watch out for it. . ' . . Our Supplement.— We. bare the pleasure t<> announce t<> our subscribers that the publication of "The Partners" a- true story by a Country Attorney, will be commenced next we^k. The writer is a gentleman whose knowledge ' 'f the 'fgaif'- terni'v is ouly surpa c sed by his intimate acquaintance witu The Kthics of Banking.: While the narrative is based upon actual facts, the localities and individual id ntities are so carefully disguised that uo on© will he abU? to point to another and say :— " Ecce homo I " . : Drowring of Mr. Blakesley.— Prom a private telegram which was kindly shown io us on Monday afternoon wel*a'-n that Mr. Blakesley, well-known m this town m connection with the firm of Messrs Progden & Son 9 was drowned oi> Saturday while attempting to. cross the Waingaua River. Mr. Blakesley. we believe, severf d his o ne; ion with the Meosrs Brojrden s r >m" three years ago, and at the time of the fa*«l acci<U'.Mt was employed on Mr. Bunny's stati n, near Taratahi. : , Narrow Es' ape. — Bob's Temperance Hotel hal yeavrJay a narrow escape from destruction by fire. A bout one o'clock the mo 1 " at the rear of the house wne discovered to bo en fitf, ard as there was a high wind blowing at the time, had ttatf'^aen' cident remained unnisevcred , fpr ten. minutes longer, n thing coul \ have savt-.d' ! the bVck. Imrredia<ely "P°r!j 1 there was no ln."k of willing hands'to' pnt' the fire out, which after^ome.'littf^ difficulty was accomplished, bnt notj uuil a lar ,p hole whs burned thron-h the roor. The only way m whu'b th-'fi'-eenn henonunted fo", i~ that a spark fr m one of the chimneys ignited «h- shinelep. ' T ■' "■''"■ The Jackeytown I School.— We are plens^d to be able to congratulate the people of Jack ytown upon the prospect of their bavin c a scho «1 befoie long. The co>--tra^tor, My. Chester, has comm need work, and the piles are already down. Ju<k-ip{r from the p'--m, alt >ough the bviil 'ins wi 1 not be a laTge onr, it will meet all the present requirements, and be an adornment to (hat part of th-- c mitry. The siie of tho. s-hool is on the s-m'h si 'c cf the couuty road, .mi midway between Karere and Jackeytown. A Painfal Sight-.-By the first train to Waieanai on .-n'ni-.^a? m irning there left Feildiner a melancholy consignment. Tt appears thY a Mi p. Tait, the .wife of a paiDter, resident m that township, having been lately confine *. had an attack of puerperal fevev, and became so violent as n>^ ceesitated her removal to the Wanganui JTospital. Tlie poor woman was placed m, the v«in by six pairs of stout arms, but bo completely was she enveloped m bed and bedding* that it was only the extreme care and tenderness with which the bearers carried their load that any onlooker would divine that it was poor, suffering tauttftaitv/.

A Rougll Passage.— We Lave heard of persons beint? sick when crossing a river iv f«rry boat, but have never.. before of travellers by rail b?ing ao affected. Such, however, waa thi, experience of two per» sons who travelled into W.-msranui on fciatuulay. The train was somewhat behind Wrap, on the trip, and consqnently extra steam was put on to pull it up, with the effect that the earring jumped, roiled, nnd swayed from side to s:-'e m a moat^dis agreeable manner. The joltins wjas^o bad. th ; 't two girls — ono nb -vi twelve and th« other about eight ytars of age were undo quite sick, nnd aff -c^ed with tiolrnt retching. _ ..;. ..... ... . Tha Wanganui A. and P. As--1 spciation — I" previous issues.,we. .have strongly urgfd the advisability— nay, necessity — of the establishment of an Agricultural A-socia<ion tor Mauawaiu. We regret to see that from want of energy.^or some other caus^ the suggestion has never ben put iuto^effent. Therefore, having no Association of their Qwn, ,it is highly' im-; portant that the settler? of Manawatu. should patronise the only one on the Coast, m oraer to fost. r ami p r omote that spirit.' of emulation and comptki **- m > which is; such an incentive to the breeding of good stock. Those who are inte-ding to compete can have Jufins'uf entry by applying at any of the banks. The Awatiuri Hotel,— ln our last number we. briefly m-ntioned that- the Feilding Licensing Bench ha-l.agajn re-iusiid-thej-jicensfc for -Mr. Morris! SamueV's "ne\y hotel at A'wahuri, and expressed, 'an' op'nion that'it'wtigtKe result of sheer obstin-'< aoy. Wh6n we. wrote ihat sentence iwedid »o. m the heat of the ihotdeni, and immediatefy on receipt of the news ; but now. af ftr^thel lapse of s^me days, and mature delibera-tion,-we-reiterate it with redodbled ; fbrc6.The ground upon which the license, was re, fused — thut such a hotel was not necessary —is so positively absurd and flimsy, that it cannot foiva moment deceive even Ihe most credulous. The petition m favor of .the opening of the house has been eigned by not only the travelling public,. but ;every) seller m Palmeretpn, FeiMing, Sanspn and ; Bol's/an^ /or >,he ;Coramis-.ioners f^o'ignore such an unanimous expros^ion^'of opinion,' is the surest ind«-x of the coven foot. Fortunatelythe day is not far distant . when-, thevagirie* of bivmi wouW-be Dicte^tots' wiil be nipped m the bud, as the :new'-Li- ■ censing Act will relegate them to their original obscurity, and ftamp out such" pei'yjyranny. Thtre was no earthly Reason for the refusal — the proposed licensee is a man of uniaij-eac-'iable charac f er, the hotel and its convenience is equa' to, any m the coun'.y. an'l wil ing testimony- by most respectable Fe' tiers has b-.-en "borne as to t^e n'ces^ity of such a house at Awa-hur'.J*-»Jr. Samußlsfhou'd lake g od. heart; the delay is cenain y vexatious, but before long thrt matter will 'be m the hands of a b id V- from* whom he may expect and vftil get justice, ':•:.,....,. j • .