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Manawatu Times, Volume IX, Issue 395, 27 October 1883, Page 2

Banks' Grand Diorama of the War m Egypt is announced to appear m the Foresters' Hall to-night. This diorama has but recently arrived from England, and the pictures are said to be of a very superior kind,' It was shown at Fozton last night to a good house. " Ivo," the Preethought lecturer, is announced to lecture m the Foresters' Hall on Tuesday and "Wednesday evenings next. The subjects selected are, "Is the Biblical account of the fall of man consonant with (human reason ?" aud "Jesus and the prophets." We understand that the proceed?, after paying txpenses, will go towards founding a Freethought Library here. We remind owners of horses that nominations for the Manawatu Eaces close on the 15th of next month. At the Qddfeilcwß' Banquet last evening, "Mr F. Mowlem met with a rather. painful accident, While he was imshing m the stopper of a lemonade bottle the bottle burst m bin hand and inflicted i a very severe wound m the palm, dividing some of the sma.il arteries. The wound was sewn up by Df Marriner, to whose place Mr Mowlem was advised to proceed immediately after ths accident. The Chronicle says:— lt transpired m the Resident Magistrate's Court the other day tha.t a legal gentleman formerly m practice m this locality charged an old settler £750 for ten days' work m the Native Land Court. The bill, however, is to be taxed, and the taxation is to come off at Wellington m ■about a month's time. Haw much of the £750 will also come off we cannot even conjecture. Messrs Halcombe & Sherwili announce a tale oE horses at their Warwick street sale yards, Feilding, on next Saturday. We are informed thai the Rev Lloyd Keating, of St Thomas' Church, Auckland, and formerly pasfor of All Saints 1 congregation here, is taking a short holiday, and intends paying a visit to Palmerston. Mr Keating will conduct the Anglican per vices here on Sunday, Nov. 4 when have no doubt very, larg* cougregations will assemble. A curious circumstance has transpired m connection with the Barke election Queensland, At the Woolgar polling place 117 votes ware given for one of three candidates, and it was discovered that 102 of these had beau erased by one person. The ballot papers were quite clean and unfolded, and bad neve** been m the ballot-box. They had been placed among the voting papers surreptitiously, and subsequently to the polling. AU were rejected! The machinery at the refrigerating works of the Wellington Meat Export Company is working very satisfactorily, and excellent progress is being made with the work of preparing a shipment of mutton for the s.s. lonic, whicn i* ex* pected to arrive m Wellington about the Bth prox. Four thousand carcases have been frozen up to date, and the remainder of the consignment will be ready m less than a fortnight's time. The steamer Triumph takes away a further lot of 40°0 towards the end of the month. We are pleased to learn from the energetic interim Secretary of \ the Manawatu Butter Factory that ye ry j few application fees now remain unpaid, and there is every probability that by the day of meeting viz., Wednesday next, the promoters w ill be m a position to take steps to register the company. We trust the few who have not yet paid up will lose no time m doiug so. Husbands are so stupid. The story m the June Drawer of a man who went to town with bis wife to do errands, and was sorely perplexed at missing something on bis return, until be reached home and found He had forgotten bis wife, reminds somebody of a wom*n m Philadelphia who gare her husband six comn-issious to execute m *"ew York. He telegraphed back that be had execu* ted five and forgotten the last. It wjs an order for an illu.ninated Lantence for a Sunday school room. He was a good deal astonished when he received the reply : " Unto us this day a ctild is born — two feet wide and nine feet long." At; Mr G. M. Snelson's auction mart at noca to«day the section of land m tbe estate of F. O'Reilly, deceased, and sold by order of the Public Trustee, was disposed of to T. H. Caverhill, Esq., for the sum of LIC3. We have no doubt this will prove a profitable investment to the purchaser. From our telegraphic columns it will be Been that cable communication has been restored. The accutnalated news of the last week will no doubf be perused with great InterestMessrs Palmerson and Scott advertise four new cottages to let, at moderate rental to good tenants. The last statement of the National Insurance Company shows that the liabilities of the Company on 30th September, 1882, amounted to but £19,324 9s, while the assets were no less than £261,749 5* 6d. The capital of the company is £2,000,000 m £10 shares. The number of shares issued is ! 196, 115, and so far calls to the amount of ten shillings per share only have been made, thus leaving a large margin of security for insurers. The local agent of the Company is Mr L. G. West. Major Atkinson, the Premier, passed through. Palmerston by last evening's . train to Wanganui, en route for New Plymouth. Mr E. Larcomb, C. E. invites tenders fpr repairs to a residence m Palmeratoa, ' .