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Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1154, 19 January 1884, Page 2

We learn from a pt irate source that the nun? who are to teach m tbe New Convent School at Taranaki have nlready been promised no less than fifty pupils. The return match between the Manchester and Pelmersfoa cricket clubs will be played at Feilding oa Saturday next. A Wellington telegram received yesterday states that Mr Stoddart, of Hampdeo, an Ota go settler, who has returned by the Aorangi, brought out with him 1C 3,000 Loch Leven trout ova. The hoses have been opened and it is found that a considerable portion are dead,Bome apparently having not^een impregnated. The ova m one box, however, is m fairly good condition and will be forwarded to Otago by the To Anau on Monday- [A contemporary wil hare it that the gentleman referred to brought out LIOO,OOO for investment, but it was only blundering as usual.] We understand it is probable that the ratepayers concerned m the proposal to bring Roberts' Hue under the Road and Bridges Construction Act will negative the proposal at the poll. It is said that the majority are opposed to the idea of being rated for fifteen years for the work The poll is to be taken at Mr Edwards' residence,Stoney Creek, on Wednesday next, and it has beeu suggested that a meeting of the ratepayers should be held on Monday or Tuesday to consider the question. ; Crops m the Wairarapa are reported to be very promising, and harvesting operations are to commence m about a fortnight. Major Walmsley, manager of the Auckland Stud Company, was a passen- i ger by the Bingarooma for Sydney ir charge of ten thoroughbred yearlings, colts and fillies, and three two-year-old Clydesdale colts belonging to tbe com- ' pany, to be sold at Hand wick, New South Wales. t We observe that the Foxton Racing Club have engaged a Wellington Band to play at the races on Tuesday next. The railway time.tuble has been arranged to suit the convenience of! visitors to Foxton and if \he weather is fine we nave no doubt the attendance will eclipse that of previous years. Tbe Woodville Examiner hears that Mr McLennan, of Eketahuru, ha* pur-cha-ed from tbe trustees m the e^ta/e of Mur.iock McKenzie their interest m the vbercom Arms Hotel, It is understood tbe figure is about L 1,500. Mr P. B. Larkworrhy, or the Carnarvon Estate, is importing from Home per Aorangi, now due at Wellington, eighteen Hampshire Dpwns sheep, selected especially for the estate. — Advocate. MrT. S, Hoe has been appointed creditors' trustee m the estate of J. A. Heaton. Bishop Redwood is to preach m St. Mary's Church, Wanganui, to*m >rrow. Those who attentively read tbe report m ast night's Times of the Borough Council's discussion regarding tbe propo«ed LSOOO loan would observe some striking admissions of tbe correctness of the arguments we used against the L 30,000 proposal. The Foxton Racing Club are certainly to be congratulated upon the singularly attractive fields their » ace programme shows how' the entries and acceptances are all m. A really good day's sport appears to be certain Notice is given of alterations m tbe railway time table on the 22nd inst. An extra train will on that day leave Wanganui at 5.50 a.m. and reach FoxtOn at 11.5. *.m. thus enabling visitors from a distance to attend tha Bapw; '■■" " •" ' ' - ■ ,

Major Stapp notifies that the Palmer- j stoa North Rifle Volunteers will parade for inspection on Bth February at 7 p.m. We remind those in f erest.-d that the raffle for a picture by Mr Young, the well-known local aitist, takes place at Fenton's Koval Hotel this evening. We understand that nearly all the tickets have been disposed of. Mr R. B. Hamilton, of Manutahi, weighed the fleeces from three of the owe hoggets recently shorn by him, and the result was as follows :— 32ilbs,. 32!b3.. and 221bs, The fleece from the ••hampion ram at the last show weighed , 25lbs. The Patea Mail asks, " who can beat that ? " A beautifuHy»nrrislv. 3 d view of W^nexecuted m the Wzb style of c'lromo-lithograpliic a>t ha-* just b-.eti proauced by Air A.. D. Wiliiv Copiescan be obtained from Mr Park, stati'mer, for the moderate sum of five shillings each, and they are well woith tht money. The Feilding Star states that an Orange Lodue will be opened m Feilding at an early date, The N. Z. Times says:-— We very much regret to learn that tbe wellknown lecturess on social matters, Madame Lottie Wilmot, lies m a mos' precarious condition at the house of vlr Morr^r, of the Lower Hutt. The whereabouts of Madame Wilmot was quite unknown to her Wellington frieods til last evening, when she wrote to a stentleraan m the city, informing him that she had for tbe past six month> suffered the most acute agony, and for the last four months she had been confined to her bed. In a most pathetic manner she writes -"If I hare any friends, I need them now- lam here, 1 fear, on a deathbed." Some anxiety is felt as to the where* aiouts of the ketch Annie (belonging to Mr Thomas Denby, of this town), which left Oamaru«on the 4th of this month, with a cargo of, flour for this port, consigned to the order of Mr James Duigan and Mr W-P. Currie. It may be, of course, that' the prevailing north-west gales have driven the Annie into shelter on some lonely part of tbe coast, — Chronicle. Although nothing has been hoard for some time respecting the scheme of Civil Service reorganisation whicn the Govern* ment were stated to ha\e m hand, we understand that steady progress has been made and is being made with the work. It is particularly desired, we believe, to have a complete scheme ready for presentation to Parliament next session, especially m view of the large falling-off m revenue and of the consequent probable deficit. . Rumour points to the like* iihoed of a strenuous effort being made to bring the expenditure within tb. reduced income, so as to avoid tbe al ways unpUa'able necessity ot' increasing taxatiou.excepting possibly an additional forthing on tbe Property fax, which would bring it up to its original amount, a penny m the pound* No definite daemon will, ot course, be come to on this point until the complete result of the current year's operations sh'll aye beesi ascertained. One or two *U2geited departmental changes affecting the colonial revenue and expenditure will, however be considered shortly m Cabinet. —Post. Members of the local Masonic Lodges will be giad to leara that tbe hr^e ohapei organ wbicb was ordered from Vlr D. F.'tieat'y, of Washington, New U.S.A., for use m tbe ceremonies, was shipped at New York m tne Rebecca Crowell, which left that port for Weiiingtou on 11th Decembr. Tbe instrument is beiug procured through tbe agency of Mr W. Park, stationer, &c. A lengthy letter from Mi D H Macartbur regarding the proposed Palmer*ton Borough Loan will appear m next issue. The Poverty Bay Herald remarks that it is stated m Auckland that the Triumph when repaired will be retained m the colony to go up and down the coasts to collect and freeze meat for export from Auckland, Yesterday should be remembered m shipping circles for many a day to come. It is about a year ago that the question of a direct steam ser« vice to England was made the subject of a very general discussion, and even ardent, suppers of the scheme then considered that one steamer per month would be all that could be looked for a long time to come. Since then Wellington alone has been visited by ocean steamers at least once a month, and yesterday we had the pleasure of seeing two of them m port together. Merchants, producers and the public generally now admit that we are on the threshold of a change, the extent of which is almost incalculable. — N.Z. Times. A Timaru telegram says: — The District Grand Lodge of Freemasons E.C., visited Oamaru on Thursday, on the occasion of the installation of the W.M. and the officers for the year. About sixty members of the craft came down from Christchurch, and there was a large gathering of masons from the district. Mr F. J. Wilson was installed W.M., D.D.G.M. Bro Thompson performing the ceremony. In the evening the visitors were entertained at a banquet.