TUESDAY, JAN. 28, 1883.

Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 167, 23 January 1883, Page 2

TUESDAY, JAN. 28, 1883.

We are informed there is a nos-ibility of Mr. Milner Stephen viniting tbis district, on bis way to Wanganui. The Palmerston schools were reopened this morning, to the deep satisfaction of long-suffering parents. We bave to compliment tbe Foxton Racing Club upon ib) possession of something several other Clubs are defi. ctent jn, the courtesy due to the Press Yesterday, hefore the public entered tbe refreshment booth, the stewards and officials sat down to a very nice lunch, to which the whole of the Press representatives on the ground were invit<d. This little courtesy should be mads a notr of hy some of the other Clubs on the Coast. Tawhiao, tbe Maori King, was expected to arrive at Awahuri yesterday, but did not reach there -till this morning. He will probably stay there a week, and will then come on to Awapuni. A considerable number of persons went out. from Palmei ston. yesterday, to see hioJ,; but were disappointed. : ; ; y ; There was a capital attendance at the : Choral Society concert last night, and , the programme ' was gone th rough •piritedly. Towards the end the performers showed signs of wearing after the holiday, and there was a little bes<taney m some of the pieces. Otherwise the concert passed off very well; although somewhat hurriedly got up. As usual none of the. encores were re' sponded to, the fingers thus honored bowing their acknowledgments. Miss Atkinson accompanied throughout, and Mr Russell conducted. A nasty accident happened on th** Foxton racecourse yes*erdav. As the hack race was being ruti, and the three lending horses 'were galloping np the straight, a h •If. drunken fellow' coolly rode across the course. The riders and crowd called out to him, but be paid no attention. Notice, of Mo ion just got past, but Glorious' and' Gorsc, which wee running neck-aid-neck a .ifew lengths behind could not be got- clear, and Glorious an<i the horse ridden by the drunken (c ov who caused tbe accident collided. A crack was bead all an. und. and the tiwo horses fell m a h<ap, the riders coming off without much damage. Glorious was t>adly h< r about the near shouldi r, but the irl #r horse was killed outright It is su.lmposed that the crack heard was cau ed , by the breaking of its neck,

In «clalter_ tq the Wanganui Herald^ Hugo, who recently visited this town, states that from a physiognomical point- ■ of view tlie peopU* of Palmerston are greatly infeiior to those of Wanganui. Consi<lerini{ that Wanganui supplies four'fi f th- of the lunatics at Mount View this t, tat emeu t shows how much Hu»o knows al/out. it. Tbe Wanganui Herald ought hot to allow itself to be made' ridiculous by publishing such nonsense. The new fl ix mitl at Foxton was od Saturday abuut no m, "burnt down The fire originated mar the scutching riom Mr St well, one of the owners, was, at Wellington at the time. Mr Watson, head master of the Pal* merdion.sciiyp!, returned yesterday from ; his t i'pito 'l-a.sin .ma, and opened school this morning. Th«- professional notice of Mr E. Ellevy Gilbert, pi-no tuner, appears m this issue. Mr Gilb rt has a high reputation as a tuner all along the Coest, and as be will he m this district" only during tne present" week, orders should be sent iv at once. At the Foxton races yesterday, a M ori raked m a dividend of £24 6s. He had the only ticket on Koromiko, the declared winner ot the pony race.

An influential meeting was held at Roe's Hotel, Feilding, last night by those desirous of having an Oddfellows' Lod^e established iv tliat town, and about twenty persons ' signified their intention of joining.tbe order. Brothers N. G. Relf, V. G. Cowper, and P. G's Scott and Gardner" of the M*nawa f u Lodge, accompanied by P. G. W. W. Hale of the Antipodean Lodge, Wellington, wtyre present at the meeting and gave all information necessary for the opening of a lodge, and promised to do their best for and help their Feilding friends m the matter, The Palmerston**visitors were *■•♦ ken over t© ; Feildiug by that genial hip, T. Jordan, of the Prospect stables, and returned well pleased with the cordial reception accorded to then., the success of their enterprise,. $nd their drive. ' Goon Nkws fo* Farmers. — In order to meet the growing demands of thin district, we have imported 150 Threequarter Wool Bales, selling at 3s 2d ; 100 Full Size, do (k*, at 3s lOd. Also, just to hand, jifty coils Barbed Wire of the best makers, selling at the low price of 52s 6d p*e : f lOOlbs. Oils and paints at Wellington prices, at the Palmerston Ready- Mcktet Storb. — [Advt.] Now that the Xmas and New Year is drawing near and as it. : is. the recognised custom to make presents at this tiine.anyooe desirous of makiug a present would do well to inspect the m-my pretty things now en view at M' Dowell Bbos., which would be very useful as weli as substantial mementos ot the festive Season. M'Dowbll Bbos.— J. M'Dowell, Ma iager.