Established 1875. THE Manawatu Times. WEDNESDAY, SEPT, 18,1883.

Manawatu Times, 12 September 1883, Page 2

Established 1875. THE Manawatu Times.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT, 18,1883.

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Mr R. Whiley. — Pressure on our space prevents us from puolisbing your contribution.

Mr G. M. Snelson announces bis regular auction sale for Saturday next. These sales having been long established have attained a well-deserved standing and popularity, and on this occasion, m addition to the usual list, an invoice of clothing and a varied assortment of fancy goods will be offered. Mr Snelson will also, by instruction of the Borough pouncif.dispose of the lease of allotments ), % «gjd %of action 244, Pajmeriton,

A.' St. Jos-ph's Church, Dunedin, m the early part of l«st week, Mis- Kate fccullv <>f .Napier, Miss Elizubi-th Gunn of Timaru, and Mi»« Mary O'JNiill of Sou'h Dune Hu, to. k the veil. 'I'he Advocate bea r s thpt the Natives h; to het a (-"i ' ov. r £-*.OUO by Messrs J~. Hull and D. Fniser for the RaugHtira Biook, bur thuf »'>iy h-.ve nor se f tle<l amongst them^Y>.s as to a fair oivision of the rajney. The Now Zealand War Cry of the •25' b u'rimo s'a'es th*t it had a circula tion «>f 2736 m Auckland fur the previous w« ek, Cbiis cih'irch tipping tht: list with 4000. B'jur ucw c;rptHins of the Salva tion Army have a'mved m Victoria by J the B.s. Liguria. At the banquet givn> to them at the Head-quarters, Emerald | Hill, among other guests, was present the Eev B. J. Watkin9, President of the Wesleyan Conference ot Victoiia and Tasmania. The advantage of the direct steam secrvice has made itselt apparent m the case of Mr Muir, a Dunedin tradesman. He left Ly.telton on April 6 ia the Biitieh King, and arrived back m Dunedin by the same boat on August 9 ; and he spent four weeks m the Old Country. There is a lady m California only 3ft high, a wife and a mother. Her name is Mrs Bowers. Her husband is of ordinary size, as also her four daughters At table she sits m a high chair. But sht: is a rigiJ disciplinarian m her family', and the children even submit to being whip ed by her. The writer of London Town Talk m the Argus tells the following: — An English traveller m Ireland greedy for information, and always fingering the notebook m his breast pockvt, got into the same railway carriage with a cert m Roman Catholic Archbishop. Igaorant of bis rank, and only perceiving that he was a divine, he questioned him pretty closely about the state of the country, whiskey drinking, &c. At last he said, " You are a parish priest yourself, of course." His Grace drew himself up. " 1 was one, sir." he answered witb icy gravity, '• De-ir, dear," was the sympathising tejoiuder, "that accursed drink, I suppose." Wild doga have been spoken of jn some of the papers as the means of destroying ana worrying sheep iii Kiwi tea. We hare authority for saying that the only specimen seen or heard of there during the past two years at least, is one killed by Mr McKenzie, a dog alznost m shape like a ferret, with, coarse hair of a^reddish colour. Sheep are. f re* quently molested by tame dogs belonging to wandering Maoris «r other settlers,— Star. The programme of the Manawatu Racing Club appears m this issue. Mr Bowron lectures m Peilding on the establishment of butter factories tomorrow evening, and m Palmerston on Friday evening. The Borough Council elections take place to-morrow. The votes will be taken at the Borough Council office, between the hours of 9 a.m, and 6 p.m. There are three vacancies to be filled and eight candidates to select from. We are glad to learn that our represent* lions with regard to the advisability of having two mails daily between Palmerston and Feildmg, have had the der sired effect with the postal authorities. For the future there will be two mails daily to Feilding from Palmerston, and two from Feilding to Palmerston. The mails will close at Falmerston at 8.40 a.m. and 5 p.m. Notice is given of the intention of the Oroua County Council to make a rate of three-farthings m the £ on the rateable value of property within the County. . , - \ A telegram from Westport states that the Grafton is still lying on the flat at the north side ot the river, and there is no probability of anything being done to her till about the end of the week. There are now twentytwo patients m the Wanganui Hospital«-eighteeb males and four females, and five are under treatment m one ward. \ What is the meaning of the f pillowing par j-granh from the Feilding Star:-r-Therewasa rumour current, m town yesterday that the medical men of Pal-v merston, Feilding and Kangitikei were about to make application to the E. aud C. A. Corporation, Feilding, ; to lease the Immigration Barrracks, with a view of turning them into a Hospital. A Rusfian paper d-jvoted to Nihilism says country mothers have adopted the custom of carrying infants to the bedsides of person* afflicted witb diphtheria and wr pping them up m blankets so that they may become infected and die. The repairs to the Cerbrrus are ap: proacbing completion, and she will shortly go back to her moorings . A recent English book on "How to Prolong Life." mentions that Mignal of Bogota, San Salvador, who modestly only owns to being 180 years, of age, but is declared by his neighbors to be much "Ider, eats meat only; ■W'ce a montb, while several persons of from 100 to 185 live chiefly upon cereals or vegetables. The London Mark Lane Expres* regrets to notice that one lady, m ardent pursuit of increase of days by fruit diet, " fell from an apple tree in'o which she had climbed at the age of 1 12."