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Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 321, 24 July 1883, Page 2

A meeting of the Fife Brigade Committee was held m Walkley's Hotel last evening A code of bye»laws was framed and it was arranged to canvass the town to. day for support. The fee for honorary members was fixed at £1 Is Mubject to approval of general meeting to t>e held to- norrow evening. It ia proposed to c stablish a relief fund m connection with the Brigade, to provide for pases of accident or diatteei*

The advertisement relating to the projected entertainment on behalf of the Horticultural Society, w*»ich was to have taken place on. Friday next,hasjbeen withdrawn. We presume the entertainoient will not take place. Messrs Snelson, Jenssen, T. King, and Kerslake were this morning can» vassing for subscriptions and donations to the Fire Brigade, and were well supported. Traffic along the Railway is very small indeed just new, and it is no uncommon thing to see trains running almost empty. Inspector James is at present makiug his periodical tour of inspection of the Manawatu police stations. At the Grand Lodge of Freemasons on June 6, the Board of General Purposes recommended the rebuilding of "The Temple," wnich was burued down on May 3,0q a scale to accommodate 15,000 persons. The ccst is roughly estimated at from £30,000 to £36,000 beyond what will be received from the insurance companies. The suggestions made by several persons that the new hall should be built on the Thames embankment are considered impracticable — m the first place, ou accouut of the immense cost of the land there ; and secondly, because it is not freehold, as the largo area m G nat Queen Street held by the Grand Lodge is. The London Spectator prides itself upon looking into the future far as ibe human eye can see, and tbU is tbe latest v.sion or the wonders yet to be: — " Tbe Federal Republic of Australia claiming Papua, even if it has to fk'ht Germany or France for the great isolated island state, supreme iv the Sm'h Pacific, will no more bear to see i s entrance gate to Asiatic world, and therefore to Kuropi ••omiikiited i>v a distant military power ! than fcLi • Uuitrd tSf sites would Inat Fiance m Louisiana, or Spain m Flo: Ida." The Jane Douglas will leave for W' Ilittgton, to-morrow at noou. Yesteiday's Advocate says: — Mr Stevens leaves for Wellington this even ing to resume his Parliamentary duties. The firm's manager al Palmerstou, Mr Leigh, has taken out, or will immediately take out, an auctioneers licence, and wili conduct the sales of 'be firm until <Jol. Gorton is restored to health. The French Chamber of Deputies are engaged m discussing a bill which proposes to construct a railway bridge over the English Channel. The bill provides the staitintl point of the projected bridge shall be Cape Gresney Point, ten miles north of Boulogne, and that its terminus shall be Foulkestone, a seaport town m the county of Kent. Mr G. M. Snelson announces his usual monthly sale of horses to take place at the Horse Bazaar on Saturday next, at 1,30 p.m. Special attention is directed to the heavy horses to be offered. About forty animals are already entered, and no doubt the list will be greatly swelled by tho day of sale. Sine the departure of James Carey, the informer, it has transpired that his estate U bankrupt. Efforts to raise the steamer Daphne, which sank while being launched m tbe ' '^irer Clyde, have so far been successful. Eighty bodies have been recovered. In another column will be found a j notification from Dr Wiikins, who is.a specialist m diseases of the eye, ear, and throat, seme of tbe cures he has effected are really surprising. A man nuyned Hudson, who went from Patea to consult Dr Wiikins at Christchurch, had his sight perfectly restored, though previously looked upon as hopelessly blind. Dr Wiikins also claims the credit of curing a daugh* e-i of Mr Chavannes, of Wanganui, who was born blind. Many other instances of hit skill might be mentioned, such as tbe cure of cataracts, squints, polypus m the nose, cleft palates, &c. Mr Snelson'i sale of Mi" Chester's property yesterday was very successful indeed. On the completion of the railway to Manutahi a new time-table will come into force. Trains will then leave daily as follows : — Palmerston for Wanganui at 6.45 a.m. and 5.45 p.m. Feilding for Wanganai at 730 a.m., and 6.30 p.m. Palmerston for Halcombe at 8.55 a.m. Feilding for Halcorabe at 9.50 a.m. Palmerston for Foxton at 12.35 p.m. and 8.30 p.m. Feilding for Foxton at 11,55 a.m and 7.50 pm. The Saturday extra trains to and from Fotton will be discontinued. ' A* showing the manner m which tradesmen do themselves injury by not discriminating, we may state tbat we are informed a man who has just gone bankrupt,, has been m Pplmerston only about three months, and during that time has obtaiDed credit to tbe exteat of £120. The costs m the action of Hunt v. Sir A Gordou are expected to amoun to £1500. The Wellington Fine Arts Exhibition ?as formally opened by the Governor yesterday afternoon. Thirty-nine old Kai Iwi Troopers have signed an address to Mr Bryce m reference to the charges brought against him bu Mr Rusdeu. A mong the signatures is that of Mr Joseph C. Nathan, of Palraerßton North. Last eveuing a house occupied by Mrs Hall, at rear of the Bank of new Zealand, caught fire, through tbe curtains m one of the rooms cutching alight. The fire war seen and promptly put out by some neighbours. Only children were m the house at the time. Flies and Bugs. — Beetles, insects, roaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jack rabbits, cleared out by Sough on Kats. 7^d, Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents, Nevee .Return. — It is oaid that one out of every four real invalids who go to foreign countries to recover health never returns, except as a corpse. The under takers, next to the hotel-keepers, have the most profitable business. This excessive mortality may be prevented and patients saved and cured under the care of friends and loved dnes at home, if they will but use Hop Bitters m time. Read. Mother Swan's Worm Syrup — Infallible, tasteless, harmless, cathartic ; for feverishness, restlessness, .worms, constipation, Is. Moses, Moss & Co. Sydney, General Agents,