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Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 200, 2 March 1883, Page 2

The last Gazette contains the appointnierii of Andrew Duncan Thomson to be C-ejk of the Kesident " Migis'rate's Court at "Foil ding, and Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the districts of Jpwitea, Manchester, Oroua, K&vvakawa, and Feildihg. vice A. R. T. Haultain, from the Ist March next. If any one wishes to enjoy half an hour's amusement, let him visit Mr Bailey the American Novelty proprietor, tiis fl:>w or buiuour is immense, and his tricks are simply marvellous, being done under the very noses of the oiHookers. His novelties are' very funny, and sell well. They iuclude^ajj'host of things too numerous to mention. Mr Jauics Lin ton advertises 400 acres of, laud on the Gorge road for sale oa easy terms. The lan t in this neighbourhood i.» first-class, and there thould bb no difficulty m placing the property. The proprietors of the Ready Money Store F.imouuco in' thin issue that they have oil sale and to arrive a arge number of varieties of grass seed. These setds have been s.le.ctcd with scrupti ! ons care and the farming population will find it to, their iuter st to iu-specfc the stock and' 'price list before purchusmj; elsewhere At noon to-morrow Mr G. M. Snelson will ofl'er at the Fiuhcrbort sc.veot ' yards', fat bullocks, c>;ws and calves, and upward of 460 sheep. At 2 p.m. on the «iine date he will sell at his auction nun draper , clothing, boots, shoes, proj du'-'e, pears, &c.

We are i:,f>rin.(l t! at the cri'.ici'i m:Uch' between l'a'.puvsiou an 1 Hatigi tike.i which \v:is to lake place to-nu>rrow, will not be played. The .reason, it. U riwnourol, isi beo>!U>e the Toblo art of cricki t ha* <!eg« iterated m rainurston, laui tennis being now tlie favourite jui'siiif. An en'husiastic cricketer this mo.jj'mjj deeply deplored the (icmonilisaiii.n of tiv »amc, consequent upon the introduction of what he declared were loss maniy forms of recreation. Wo direct attention to the advertisement insertes! by Mr George Cricliton, of Gla^gr.w House, Feilciing, m which a few ut frig extremely low prices are quoted. i\ir (Jriehtou lias recently removed to lii.s new premises, which have , been fitted up m a style second to none ,iv the district, and the building is i literally crammed with a varied assort- ■ ment of all articles usually founii m a well regulated country store. •' An old friend m a new place 1 ' is the heading to an advertisement m thisig t 'U.e by the well-known butcher, Mr F. T. 00l ins, who has just opened m ncw^y-etected premises m Rangiiikei street, close to the Hotel. This site is an excellent one, and as Mr Collins also advertises a low scale of prices, he has every reason to anticipate brisk business. No 182 of the new Volunteer regulations reads: — " Any Volunteer proved to have written to a newspaper on matters connected with his corps shall b,e liable to be fiuod £3, and summarily dismissed the force," &c. A content porary makes the fallowing comment : — " As it has t-iken some 18 or 20 years . of. free discussion to bbtaia the present attempt at refoi*n, how many years will it take for further improvement under such an impressive clause as that above . referred to ?" An encapment of Knights Temp'ar, under the name of the Plantagantt Preceptbry, waq^ opened at Timaru on Wed.s nesd.ay. It is said that the seremoniea were on a scale or 1 magnificence never before witnessed m New Zealand, and lasted from early m the afternoon till jjaidnight. We observe that our esteemed con* 1 temporary, the Fielding Star, has jus given one of the surest proofs of past success, by now advancing from a biweekly to a tri- weekly.. Its first publi cation q,s the latter, took place yestera day, and we take the opportunity of v?isiiing its onterprisyxg proprietors con* tiuyed success m the future. We learn from the that, at last meeting of t^he Wellington Education Board, " Six days' ieave of absence was granted to Mr E. Sanuiel, of the Car* torton .School, for the purpose of getting married." Surely the IJoard stands cont» victed of an attempt to contract the traditional duration of the honeymoon. Oscar Wildo, the ajsthetie lecturer, means to start on a tour for the ye» gencrattcn of art m Now Zealand and Australia ut the close of^ the present year. Tho supposed diamonds found m Auckland have been tested, and out of the lot, lour have been prounou'need gonuins. The stones were c ted by b'cin left all nigh m a leaden vttidcl containing fluoric, acid. A Wanganui resident has sticceefied m manufacturing, a" maiketable article of starch, on tho quaity of which the Government Analyst, Mr J. Skey. Tho Winga:mi Herald say-; an unfortunate accident bef< I'a lad named Thomas IFnioy at Murray 'a foundry yesterday affernoon. Wh'l ■he was working about some machinery hisi left ~ hand became entaniiL-d m the cog wheels, injuring the third and fourth fingers so much so that they had to he amputated. liV "