The Daily Times. The oldest Manawatu Journal ; Established 1875. SATURDAY, OCTOBER, 5, 1883.

Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 379, 6 October 1883, Page 2

The Daily Times. The oldest Manawatu Journal ; Established 1875. SATURDAY, OCTOBER, 5, 1883.

We direot attention to Miss Balsdon's idrertisement m another column, relative to her millinery and dressmaking' establishment m Cuba street. The Advocate says :— A short time ago a settler occupying land between Sandon and Halcombe, found a stone on bis property thickly impregnated with gold. . He intends to spend some time m prospecting. ' A peculiar wager was lately mad: m Victoria, when a Melbourne turfite laid a level £60 that O'Donnell, who murdered James Carey, the informer, on the steamer off Port Elizabeth, would escape capital punishment. A Ballarat man is backing the hangman, and the money is d.own. An offer from the njetropolitan to rajse jthe wager to £^00 a side was decided. Seferring to .the Catholic concert last night's Qerald says :— An entertainment ' is to be/given jn aid of the Catholic Church Fund at Palmerston on the J 7th inst., m the Foresters' Hall. We learn that the choir of St. Mary's, Wanganui, are to assist on the occasion, and are prao ising for the event. The first part of the programme will consist of sacred selections from various authors, and the second part will be principally miscellaneous. We have received from Mr C. -de V. Teschemaker, of Nelson, a printed circular oc, " The Rabbit Nuisance." It is of a most elaborate character, and too long to be printed m full m our coluans. Some of the calculations also ire of too speculative a kind to rauk with ascertained statistics. Nevertheless, the facts brought to light appear to show that the pastoral lands of Otago and Southland, 8,000,000 acres m area, have been depreciated in«value to the extent of 50 per cent, and Mr Teschemaker estimates the annual loss to the colony throngh rabbit depredations to be £1,700,000. He proposes that £2000,000 a year should be expended m importing 'an4 'coshering ferret| and other natural Mtcnjftd t^ Wt fapbit^ir^r. jjf» Timai*

The taking of portions of land m the Pukehou, Horowheuua, Ohau, and other blocks of land m the "Wellington Provincial District for the purposes of a road is gazetted. A. similar notification is made relative to the Waipukura and Kaiwhaiki Blocks. „ I According to the New York Herald, General Butler has m his possession a piece of leather made by a great manufacturing company, with which he is at law, from human skin. The General, m answer to a letter from the company requiring him to hand over to them the property of which he has contrived surreptitiously to gain possession, wrote saying that the "human remains" which they claim from him will, when they have served his purpose m a court of law, be " decently interred." It is notified m our wanted columns that the oil painting of 6r»nd Flaneur, to which we alluded a few days ago will be raffled at Walkley's Hotel this evening. A picture of the Manawatu Gorge which is now being completed will alto be raffled shortly. , Mr J. K. Craig jnfcrms us that since he opened the Refreshment and Dining Booms near the Foresters' Hall he has been very successful. We observe that he has effected several improvements n connection with the establishment, and makes a special feature of the fact that meals can be obtained at any hour between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. at the very low charge of one shilling. According to Bishop Moorhouse, Australians' are bad wa'kers. The Bishop says :— " I believe that it,is perfectly impossible to gee Australians' to walk any great distance to church. Australians do not %ppeat to have beta made ior walking. I do not believe that there is onelaJy or gentleman m the company who would walk at all if they could be driven," ; Mr Spurgeon surprised his congregation a few Surdays ago. He began his sermon as usual, and got through bis "firstly" pretty well. . Then, feeling very warm himself aud seeing hiscon/; gregation growing listless, he interrupted himself with the remark, "That is the end of the 'firstly,' and it's so warm to-day that I thuik the secondly and thirdly will keep; for a pooler Sunday." So the congregation went its way, and Mt Spurgeon went his way. ■ . From a recent number of the Tuapeka Times we learn that at a dinner m honor of the laying of the foundation of the Roxburgh and Beaumont bridges, Mr Morgan proposed the first toast of the evening-— viz., " The Queen' and ' the Royal Family," with which he coupled the name of Dr Maclachlan, who rer sponded m a very able manner. Dr Maclachlan's friends m this district will be pleased to see the rapid ascent that gentleman is making, : The brethren of the United Manawatu Lodge iJ31,,-E.C.,.ars convened together for Tuesday evening,; to pay a fraternal visit to the- Manawatu Kilwinning Lodge, 690*8.0. ; j W. J. Neiiton, lat«uTown Clerk of Wedt Harbor, has' been sentenced to three months' imprisonment by the Supreme Court at Piinedip, for burning a quantity of books, and papers, the property of the Council I The King of Hawaii having written to the Government intimating his wish to visit .New Zealand next year,' and asking if he would be received officially, Ministers have replied saying they will be glad if His Majesty visits the colony, and will accord him an official reception. He. is not likely to leave Honolulu till after his Parliament meets next April. At the inquest at Auckland on J. J Mills, the patient at the lunatic asylum, who died of injuries received from Anthony Guscbnell, also a patient, the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Guschnell. . ! Joseph Gibbs, lessee of the Wanganui Theatre, is m financial difficulties. His creditors have held a meeting, at which it was stated Gibbs' whereabouts were not known. Mr Walter Baker, of the Sangitikei line, met wiih a painful accident ttis morning. He was Lading a foal, and had placed the rope round his left arm w]ien the animal became playful and endeavoured to break away. The rope slipped down Mr Baker's arm. and caught on his thumb. The foal- still continuing to struggle, the first joint of. Mr. Baker's thumb was completely torir off. He is being attended by Dr Marriner. In another column we publish an interesting account uf a trial of Mr James Lintdn's Stump Extractor. The account is taken from the columns o£ theMaitland Mercury of the 20th ult. 'The demand for the machines m that locality shows that: the settlers there recognise the advantage to be gained by the substitution 1 of an appliance of the kiad in* stefd pf maniaal Wbori. '■■/■-,. '■' •' ■ •' i ,••—'-' • - ■ Aropeta was J brought before Mr : Ward at Wangauiu yesterday lon a*; charge of stealing a theodolite, and was J remanded, bail being allowed, himself m £500 and two sureties £250 each. Mullins, charged with the . Ta wa Flat fire, has been further remanded till Tuesday. ? . The lonic will take 5000 carcases of frozen mutton from Wellington, and the Triumph about 4000. If man and wife are no longer one and a married woman's property is her own absolutely, a Home paper asks why should her husband be compelled to pay income tax on it ? This pointed question seems to be agitating a good many minds. That the Chancellor of the Ex« cleaner should be unwilling to re« cognise the new distinction between "husband and wife is natural enough; for if there are separate assessment? deductions will have to be made on account of abatement and m a case where incomes fall below £150 a year these may have the -effect of di»« minisbing the income tax returns. But there will be an agitation evens tually against tl»e imposition of the tax solely on the suffering husband. The sixth prize meeting of the New Zealand Eifle Association will be held at Auckland,commencing on Thursday, Feb 28. Special free railway passes will be issued by the Government to Volunteer members of the Association who may require to travel to and trom Auckland. At Dunedin yesterday, J. Newton, charged with burning books and papers belonging to the West Har* >or Borough Council, was found juilty and sentenced to threemonths' imprisonment. He was the Town Clerk, and did tad act because he wAidi*ebM¥e& -