The Daily Times The oldest Manawatu journal : Established 1875. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1883.

Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 375, 2 October 1883, Page 2

The Daily Times The oldest Manawatu journal : Established 1875. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1883.

There is now on view m the Corns mercial Hotel an excellent picture m oils of the racehorse Grand Flaneur, winner of the Melbourne Cup m 1880. It is the work of Mr R. Young, who has been very successful with this class of paintings. He informs us that B-'milar paintings by him have been rapidly disposed of i". Wanganui, and he is now here with a view to visiting the Manawatu, Gorge and depicting its beauties on canvas. If h« is aa successful w'th this as he. has been with Grand Flaneur, the painting should find ready sale. We understand that Mr Young holds a special pevmis ion from the Colonial Secretary to dispose of his works by art union. We understand the Voluntee rs intend to give their annual ball m the Foresters' Hall ou Prince of Wales' Birthday. These balls have always been most successful, and we have no doubt the coming one will be quite up to the average. Mr Foulis, school inspector, made hid annual examination of Sandon school on Thursday and Friday. Sixtyrsix children were presented, and qaly two failed to pass— viz., one m Standard 111., and one m Stardard IV. Mr Sanson, the cbairmaa of the school committee, was present during the examina- ! tion. | The Herald says ;-We understand a summons bas been issued against Mr W. F. Crosse (now m Auckland) to appear before the R.M. Court at Wan. ganui, on the 22nd October, to answer to a charge of unlawfully disinterring the body of a child without license from the Colonial Secretary. Mr Crosse, it wjll be remembered, was formerly a resident of Wanganu?. The Borough Council meeti tomorrow evening. ;

Last night's Herald contaiu a very able and full report of the Masonic ceremony at Wanganui yesterday, which appears to have been carried out with all the rites exercised by this Ancient Craft. | Kepa, a well-known Maori Lay Reader, on his way from Otaki to hold a service at Horowhenua, fell off his horse on tha beach and broke his neck on Sunday last. An inquest is to be held to-day. It is announced that the Hon John Johnston has presented £100 to the Church Fund, Provisional arrange* menf3 hare been made for filling up the .vacant cures of Carterton and Bulls. It is proposed m England that m every railway" c riage there shall be a book of telegraph forms hung with a chain, so that passengers may write their mes. tages on transit, which will be collected at every carriage window whenever the train stops. The Wanganui Hospi al returns for the week »nded September 3 1st give a total of nineteen remaining m the hospital. Dv "ng the month of September, there have been under treatment twenty, seven males and four females — tocal, thirty-one. We understand Mr F. Beaven is about to take possession of the whole block of«premises m which his business is carried on, including those used as Roe's Private Hotel. It is reported that another new building is likely to be erected on the Square, near the Foresters' HalL Golden Crowns ( Terawhiti) are now selling at 3s 6d. Ichabod ! The local Poundkeeper advertises a cow impounded, and which wiil be sold on 23rd October, if not previously released. Tenders close at 6 o'clock this evening for erecting shops for Messrs Venn and Whiteheaa. The Jane Douglas leaves Foxlon to» morrow, as per advertisement. Wellington - Manawatu Railway. Co, shares are quok I at 10s 3d. Further additions are made to Messrs Halcombe and Sherwill's sale list for Friday. Mr West, Seere f ary,calls a meeting of the Fire Brigade for to-morrow evening, at the Commercial Hotel. The Oroua County Council held its usual meeting to- day, at Beilding. No further news has been received by the Government from Kawhia respecting the recent native outrage, and none is expected. According to the latest accounts everthing is quiet m the neighborhood. To-day, however, the detachment of the Armed Constabulary to which we referred m our Saturday's issue, will leave Wellington by * the Hinemoa for the North. It .11 consist of about 100 men, and will be stationed near Kawhia for a time. — Yesterday's N.Z. Times. The ca c against the yoang Roys, for killing the fireman on a train, was to come on at Dunedin to-day. | We direct attention to Mr Pringle's ' altered advertLiinenl, notifying that he has removed to new premises near the Royal Hotel, and has opeaed a branch at Tattersall's. The Chronicle says 5000 people attended Mete Kiagi's funeral. We notice the Salvation Army and ; Freethoughlers have been having a tuHc — physically, this time — at Tiraaru, m which the Salvationist came off best. " Captain" Smith is the b'g Negro who assisted at the opeaing of the campaign at Wellington, and his *' chucking out '* powers are said to t c equal to thosd of the average American editor. The Freethcught tailor sh aid m future arm hinself with his "goose" when Captain' Smith is about. Above the leader Mr J. B. Hamilton notifies the arrival of | goods per Doric. We were this morning shown some ve?y excellent milk cans made by Mr George Key, tinsmith, of Cuba street. They are a really firat-c^iss article, in* tended lo be used by settbrs supplying Mr Skerman's cheese factory with milk. Both the maferial and workmanship were evidently of the best. The cans are intended to hold 10 and 15 gallons of milk each. Lovely Climes. — There are lovely climes and places m which the evening zephyrs are loaded with malaria and the poison of fever and epidemics. To dwell there m health is impossible, without a*supply of Hop Bitters at bandThese Bitters impart an equalizing strength to the system, and prevent the accumulation of deadly spores of conagion. Be sure and see. As showing the advancement of our Colonial Industries, we are pleased to state that the goods produced by the Kaipaoi woollen mills are attracting great attention m Australia. A representative from the mills has just returned from Melbourne after having disposed of large parcels of clothing &c. m every town he called at. The goods this mill is now producing are superior to anything that can be produced m any other mill m the colonies. Bently Bros have just received a special lot of clothing made speeiaMy to their order by the Kaiapoi Company, , which they now offer at Sale Prces. Those m want of a cheap suit oi clothes made of good all wool Tweed should at once call on them at their address, Manborough House, the Square, — Advt,