NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 182, 21 December 1881, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Mr. Metarcft* Sale.— We hare to, idrawe.pecial attention to Mr,. K. E. Me..; •jtard'sartvertißomeTjt.in .nnotbeT- colunjii, m ■whWrhe announces tiat.be intends gelling 'off -the Whole of his ntock m <rado,at asacjrifiee, on.«?coun^ot his leaving, the eoun;try, for.PnTiß, whprt pressinf family affairs : demand h^s presence. ' AIL S^in|;a Oiiurch.— The contractors for this building are making good progress with the vrq^lc, and itpromiies to he not only neat but substantial also. Th-efrain*- . T^prk is up,, and a,pretty efOQd iflea/cin be Ifoi^ed of r aimensio^ and^tylt<jf KtchSec^" 'tuje* - — :-^ - " '-'... Mr. Snelson's Land-S^le.-^'vrr, G. M, Snelaon submitted, to public^ auction on Saturday, a, nntnb«r of rura] and tmvn sections, containing from, a, quarter. of ,*n acre,; to, .IQOacres m .extent. T^q bid- ' .din jr. Wjas<-very slack, and not a section : wag loicl. The auctioneer stated , that he; waß..confiaentof quitting every one of them; a f good/prices within a month, and did not look up-jn tbiu sale *9 any c.citerion t or guide as to actual T,alue/ ' '' • Preparing for the. Struggle?— The cpmingf races are looked forward 'to !with considerable interest, if one,in.ay ; judg? by the nt^mbe.r of, nags practising a^t. day break. For the , Hack Hurdle wje woul.l not be surprised at seems; a large number entsred, Th« fee 1b only £1, the prize i$ ten, times that amount, ajkd there are very few owners of horses^, who do, nyt fancy, their own beast, best. Narrow-Escape— whiiit e^gsged^ m. sbun,tmg the . train at the . Palmerßton •fahon on Saturday .evening, the fireman^ by some unfortunafe accident, whilst eonpling . some tracks, hiad a nar/ow escape from getting his leg broken. In cohstquence, he wr3 unable to proceed with the train, ap,d another firc.ma^h^d ,tp be pu^ on, AnpthQr r N^m Settler .-d^y theJane Douglas, from, Wellington, on Sunday, Mr. Curran an old, resident, of Kaikonra, wn"a passenger .enpemte tc Feilding, where; we b»lieye he hag purchased, a bjoqk of land, and intends t^so^e,- down. He has «, large family, an^l is.. a , man of capital, flnd of oonrse will receive a hearty w.elcome m Feilding. The price paid for the land ; he has pmefia^ed wsb £7 per acre./

The Karere SchooL-rThere igno^ doubt that the Karere people know hoir. to do the thing properly when they give; *> school treat. The breaking up for the Christy mas holidays, took pjace laßt, Saturday^ ana was celebrated by a feast m the »chool house, at which there were, not lesT thjujl three hundred guests, .the diners having jto take theiir seats m three relays. The 6tonby>. Creek School breaks up today, and intend, to celebra'e the event m a similar mannen Does Dairy Panning Pay PInour last. issue there appeared a most interesting article, by Mr John Monrad under the above -heading,-- whiohr-has-evi-? dentljbeen read with profit by our country, subscribers, Mr Monrad is a gentleman who is. well qompetsnt to deal with the subject and answer the question, as he he* made it a study, and gets constant supplies of the very latest periodicals both from Europe and America. We are pleased to leara, then, that there is every probability of our farmers going largely iato thafc in-, dustry, as the settlers of Karere are anxious to meet him. talk the matter over, and get the benefit of his, expeiiince; ; all .they want is for Mr. Monrad, to name a day on, which, he will visit the district. • . Racing Notes.,— At the Otaki race 1 the othprday, wlien at the .finish of the Lady'B Purse- race, Abolition, the welK known, a-nd f ayorite^hotse met with a v mis-. hap, by unfortunately getting a twist 6t the tendons of the leg. He will therefore, be incapacitated for the. Palmerston and Ban* gitikei races, where he might b.ave,been ex- ;- pected, to give, a, good- account of hjmßplf> A piotsot was, enjeredi against Orphan, at :the close, of the District Eace at Otaki, . which he won. T,he protest was put m under the heading that the horse was not |. owned m the district. ' The Manawatu Prospecting! Company. — It is a mattsr for regret to I notice the apathy displayed by the shareholders; m the above company. The manager and directors hay.c b.eeu placed at a great disadvantage for' thai reason. Tt was perfectly impossitile to.get m, the calls and consequently the directors were crippled for funds. A general' ineetitig of the shareholders was convened for last evening, but as only four put m an appearance, the quartette had to ..retire m, disgust. The Christmas Holidays. — In, addition to our race meeting, and. the Feilding," sports, the- people, of Palmerston are to receive; avuit for tbre v -r4ghj:s r of,- Miss Jenny Nye's and Mr Fisher's " Pleasure Fatty." These w.ell known artistes, it will be rememl sied, were hei;e amonth or two ago, with, the Lydia pow;arde, troupa but. Miss Ho^rarde and Mr Bheppa ; '3.s6n haying ' left, for Ausizalia, the. company has,' been reformed, and.now, according to the papers, -the acfoia i lose none of their jiirebtige.," The ■ troupe .h^ve been most successful m, securing the services of Mdlle Florentine, an accomplished piauiste, and Mr Lawrence Vinine, tenor vocalist ; and Mr George Herbert,, the. character, vocalist. The company consists of six artistes," and have p.erlormed recently-.to.'- erbwded houses m the Napier and oth^E districts. " ' r ; An Agricultural Sooiety.^lt is now nearly twelve months 'siaoß^W advovi caled ' tt»e formation of an' "Agricultural S;biety, and £hiough"the interest takea In I chß majtfer W . Saelsoa, a~ grant •' of somfe, •eight acres, was obtained from the. Govern ment. 'The site- was most etigib'e bsing wjthiri|a sfone'd throy oJ the Bajlway Sta : tion, but for some reason, nothing appears to have been done by-way of start. Our remarks made elee where with regard to H rticultural Shown will apply, with even greater force to Pastoral Societies. .' As { iki cuming raja msating^ likeljr.to bring f-a large xyimbeirof fwajprk together, it" would be a good opportunity oiE making some ,ai■vance. m the master. " "' " - ' " ' The Eluding Sports^- Tnpur daily supplement of yesterday' we gave the fall haadicaps for tne Feilding Sports, and it must b^cdnfe^sedj.hey 1 are s a go,cdly array, QOmpnaing some oi the b^st names 'in the cclooy, niany of whom have shown their met -1 on the^sume ground. ( For. th,e short distances— that if from the Hondred'Yards .up.to, UO— Frank V?jopdß is'it eci^tch; l, faTO^ conferred upon Webber' in the 'lpng disfeancea. In the Walking Matches we 'ntts/s many good man— Knigat, Fraser, and N»ary judging froni our hnowledge of the men, we think Mi. Pollock deserves great credit. Of 'codrae^. there i» always a dark ''■ horse .wh9 will staal a march upon a handi- ' capper, but to, the professionals- we think he .has been very fair.- r . 1 -?t is t> be hopei that we wiilpiot- have a repetition, .next. Mpnday of the weather we had last Bos^ng d.y itwelve months, when both ouj^ own and the Feilding 'spoils had to be postponed. It speaks wpll for Manawatu, when Palmer-, imerston.; can give nearly!. £250 m. prizes \. and i|ei(ding £160. It is a great pity some ' airanp ement cpuld not be m^e between thi two cpmmittees as to the choice cf days. Candidly" speaking'it is bur. opinion that even on eolfi|h" grounds Feilding; fought to gi vis way, for the 'reason ; that there axe also jA|.hfetic Sports ,m Wanganui .on.th'e^ainjß day, and although there is no conipar.i^pn m t|fe am,onnt of the prizes, and no denbt, the v; :ry B^st men will go io, Feilding to run ' for th'd big .money, still a. great many people will remain a£ their own. It is a pity that either committee hgsaqt given way, as they, have gone to grekf. expense m makiner-|-gro.inds &c.»«ndbcon>getitipnwillbe KU. t ' t.^, ,make a a^d di£ter.ence in^lhe'i^ jpge.ipts^ ' ' \ • A Jtj^pialMio Episode.— Another i'ratS^iciimraiiig; story of the ' adventures, of an e.ditor of adaily. paper, published within' a hundcedTmiieß of .Palinerst^ni comes from Feilding. A short time KSincoVty, appear^ th^ editor made use —^without permission— Liofttjie nanie of- an tngifleer, v whpiliyes.in" ithat.. tpwn^ ' Th,e ; paragraph . m * which the enquirer w*s spoken of, -s^.ted that Mr.' So -and-! So, -was ab leaving Feilding for elsewhere, and that this was again.the mis« imahagemerifc of. the Corporation. 1 The engineer, who waß a servant of, t^e Corpora- r notxelish ;the idea of his naijae ap-' 'pearipg m, the daily. print, so he deterp\ined_ to go for the proprietor. He . met that individual; the.place was the F.eilding platijf'brm'jj' andy m. the' presence, and ty) the pamusem;en\.of,;a.,nuiQober of on-lookers, and ■ listeners, ; waa. the poor "Knight of the I Quill " admonished, ia.the warmest termSj 1 for daring to make use, 0f,,, the 1 Engineer's 1 name m his rag, and m makings a.:statementrmoie oT er > .^hicb/ was not trujs.. In reply, the journalist m question , could only .stammer " Ir-I—^l-r-heard y.ou : w— ;Wr— ere leaving," and at. once swnfHj. cover upder '-. the frieridly. roof ■ of thei railway., catriage.. Jtt is not likely the lEngineer will see Mb' ibame m that daily, prhit a|ain.,irf> Hur?y^

— i ■ ■ ... j . J f .v', :: MercantHer—Theibiio^ng is of the New Zealand jLoan, .and;. Mercantile-: Agency's Beport, dated London December.; 12th, 1881. Wool.— The sales clqsedißrnily -at the level of last, sales, ; thia f d»y. The . total quantity sold is 125,0001 fbalta, of which 45,000 baies hayeVw^n taken for export ; lO.OiDQ ba|es. have. been, helfl over for future disposal . Combing Scoiured ha* advanced-. Id. per lb. Bince. plofle of Mbc ' salesi and the Combing Washed n^aket is firmer, The market.for Coarse Orpssbfeb'a I oth washed and acoured r is easier. Lamb's market also easier. Tallow is m good demand, and. Mutton is woith £42, and Beef 338.105. ' ■'"" " "'" ' "'

Volunteer Encampment. — Says the Advocate." Major Noake proposes \that there should be a Totanteer encitmp iaent next Easter, at whioh all the y cjprp^ of Manawatu, Rangitikei, ,WanganTfcS;an£ patea should be present. In the eTeivtiof. 'the Patea men joined m, the encampment' iwonldbe held at Wanganui, but 3- s lJm£ *jrefuse, then the encampment would beheld *tfct Martoo, the object being, m either case, to have it m the moit centrally situated town, Inchiding cavalry, Major Noake present, tuad hence the military display 1 would be wo^th going a considerable- disj£ zJDa-,the egenij^.thg^n^ j cwnpment fcaeoming an accomplished fact thecorps.will arrive" at the place where it! is to be held^pn Thursday, be thoroughly; I drilled on Fnclayjand f Saturday, and op; Monday there will be a grand field day. i 'PfiXf.op. ,^egatta.—A mgeting ?t thej Begatta Committee Was held 6$ Friday, i eyening last, There was a good attendance.! The following- "programed wgh arranged: :— ; i 1. Sailing race,. £10, £5, and &2 prizes. 2.} I Maiden radei inrigged tQUXB,id£7. ahd £3-,; 3^ . Senior Fours, inrigged, j£ls and £5 ;4. . Junior, Fpnra, ppirigged, £7 at^d #..5, Boyß'^BaceVaS^ 'and "£l ; 6.' 1 " Senior Fours ! outrigged, JLty «id £5. 7, Juniar F^pra; inrigged,i£7^iand' '£3';-' 8. Sbdlling co«'b, £5 and M}.l 0^ . The abpYe, itCwjll be Ken m a most reßpecfacle prog.'amnv, andat is :hdped will inaace not 6nly . th« "Wanganui; Oltt'bs 'to, send bSate. ;fq ; cijmp'ute,. b Wf also the Wellington ones! , The : date of the regatta has been definitely fixed for Febru^ ary 18th; — Ma/mdmatii SieratiC ' '