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Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 377, 5 October 1883, Page 2

Mr Thorpe, surveyor, * who arrived from Murimotu yesterday, informs the Wanganui Herald m reference to the arrest of the native Aropeta, that fortunately there was no difficulty m securing him. When the constables am rived at the pah, the young men were, absent, Aropeta and a number of young women being all that were present. On being informed of their mission, the old man wished the police ■ to wait till his sons arrived. Constable Stanton gave him a quarter of an hour to make all preparations, and then put on the " darbies." Mr Ellery Gilbert the well-known Pianoforte tuner &c. , is now on a visit ' to Faimerston and will remain m the district until on or about the 12th inst. Orders left at the limes Office will receive prompt attertion. We have obtained a copy of what purports to be '• The Woodville Examiner, ' but which at the first glance we mistook for a few weeks-old copy of our | local contemporary. The typographical \ get-up had a familiar appearance, and the advertisements strongly reminded us of the " dummies" mentioned during the recent controversy. We observe, that about three fourths of the advertisements m the new journal consist ofthese, which are thus made to do double duty, while the reading matter, with the exception of a few items m the second page, is merely a reprint of articles which have appeared m our local contemporary, "printer's errors" and all. We are inclined to think that the Woodville people will not long remain satisfied with a paper issued upon such a peculiar plan. It is announced that copies of " The Beauties of Shakespeare" and " The Christian Keepsake" can be obtained from Mr J\ Robinson, who is at present staying at the Commercial Hotel. These are the pen-and-ink sketches executed by Mr J. M. Meek, to which we alluded yesterday. At an inquest held at Oldbam on the body of a child, the mother, Bridget Clarke, said she was twenty-five years of age, was the mother of seven children, and had been married twelve years. Several" people yere credulous, but Clarke ftnnly adhereft to her statement, saying she was married at thirteen. Tenders are invited for collection of rates m the Oroua County. Tenders close on Saturday next for work required by the Manchester Road Board. We direct attention to Mrs Morley's altered advertisement which appears m this issue and which will no doubt be perused with interest by our lady readers. At a meeting of the Fire Brigade held on Wednesday evening a letter was reaa from the M ational Insurance Company to the effect that it was not the rule for Companies of the kind to aid brigades by grants of money, but that it was the duty of corporations to look after such institutions. Notice of motion was given to alter the date of general meeting to second Wednesday m the month so as not to clash with the borough €ouncil feeetfe|; '

We are requested to state that Dr Marriner, Public Vaccinator,mll attend at the Paltnerston School at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. to-morrow, Saturday, ;for vaccination purposes, and also at the same place and hours da the following Saturday. The Maitland Mercury contains a very interesting account of a trial of Mr James Linton's Stump Extractor. We shall publish the account m tosmorrow's ssue. The Provisional Directors of the Manawatu Butter Factory held a meet? ing on* Thursday when it was reported that all the shares required to justify operations being commenced had beentaken up. A committee was appointed to make arrangements for registering the Gompany,.and to convene a meeting to appoint Permanent Directors, such directors to consists of Messrs Caverhill, V. Monrad, Hanking and Ferguadn. . ' At noon to««mcrrow, Mr Gr. M. Snelson will hold a stock sale at the Fitzherbert Street Sale Yards when he will offer 76 head of cattle and 100 fat wethers. At his rooms he will offer at 2 p.m new furniture and effects, the property of an upholsterer leaving the colony. Mr E. W. Perkins notifies the bankruptcy of W; J. Bivers, bushfaller. At the B.M. Court yesterday, his" Worship made a valuable suggestion which, we hope to see adopted,, vi 3., that wheneyero cunael are engaged m a case the fact should be stated on the back of the summons. ... Mesa r 8 Joseph Jessctp and Richard Peck returned to Palmerston last night from Wauganui. Mr Shaw declined the requisition to stand as Mayor of Wellington* o wing ;to his professional and Parliamentary duties. - » ; Hugh Manms, carpenter of the Doric was drown%d m Lyttleten harbor yesterday afternoon through the capsizing of a boat. , .;''." With this issue we publish the, pricelist of articles on sale at the Heady Money Store. The stock m this establishment is a very large one, and as will be seen irom the list the prices are quoted very low. The enterprise of the establishment jn supplying the public with the means of knowing its prices, and thus making those prices, uniform, should meet with its reward. The framework for .the parochial residence at Palmerston for the Bey Father Carew, was erected to-day. Mr W.Park,s-Btationer, publishes some advertisements m one wanted column, which we commend to public attion, ■■■„; • \< -' ■ ■ Several additions have been made to Messrs Stevens and Gorton's advertisement relating to their sale for 'Tuesday next .- ■ "'.-:;• - ■ -i >■ ■•■-• • ; - ": '■ ■' \°" : ; A special meeting of the Manawatu Boad Board will be held at noon on Wednesday next, r to elected » Chairman and arrange for future meetings. Once a man lakes to a literary life: there is no saying where he will pull up. Cr Ferguson some time ago established that fireside magazine : known as " the : Settler's FrienJ," and now he has aspired to the authorship of, a by-law for the corporation of this thriving Borough. This by-law relates to protection of chimneys from fire, and it is 'said that the primum mobile of this ' action on his part was a certain smoke vent m a certain newspaper office. Strange to say the result of bis action so far has been to cause sadness m both local newspaper offices. The Councillor haviug given birth to the by-law felt himself like all good parents, bound to watch its deve« lopment, and on perusing" the advertisement of it m the Times, his eagle eye discovered that the printer's imp had placed. a figure 9 where an 8 ought to be m the date of the year! Any judge of the Supreme Court:/ or being of that kind of inferior intelligence, would cer- ! tainly have ruled that this error was of no moment, as it was sufficiently patent to common sense that the , current, year was meant. But Councillor Ferguson was not going to have his pet jeopardised and to mark his sense of the injury done he moved that the account for the advertising be not paid. But the other paper's account was passed without re • moastraace and yet this contained a more serious error, for while the error m the Times was mainly due to the fact that the advertisement was brought m late, and an endeavor was made to get it m that day to comply with the Act, the error of the Standard was that the advertisement did not appear m it seven clear days before the meeting as required by the Act, and its publication there was therefore worthless. The advertisement was given m by tb,e Town Clerk to both papers on the same day, but did not appear m the Standard until the following day. We now leain that the matter of the payment of the cost of ads j vertising to the Standard will form the subject ot enquiry at next Council meet, ing. The Oroua County Council give notice that the bridge over the Mangaone Creek on the Palmerston-Foxton road is . dan. gerous*f or heavy traffic. Flies and Bugs.— Beetles, insects, roaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jack rabbits,* cleared out by Bough on Rats. 7£d, Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents,