The Daily Times. The oldest Manawatu journal : Established 1875. SATURDAY, FEB. 16, 1884.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1177, 16 February 1884, Page 2

The Daily Times. The oldest Manawatu journal : Established 1875. SATURDAY, FEB. 16, 1884.

The Manawatu Herald of yesterday contains a leader pointing oat the laches of tie Manawatu Acclimatisation Society. It state? that, beyond fixing the dates for the shooing season and the price of lic,)seß,-the Society has done nothing at a", for the past three or four years. Five years ago 18 persons took out I'censes,laßt year or!y two did so. It alpo complains that the Society takes no steps to protect license holders or to provide game, ard that no effort has been made to stock the rivers with fisb, or introduce quail &c. The article concludes by expressing an opinion that if the Society does not wake up to a sense of its duiies the Booner the members resign and make room for a more capable set of men (he better. There is to be a very large and important ram sale m Wanganui on Wednesday next, when Mr Freeman It. Jackson will offer 160 purebred rams of all classes. This should be a first-class o .^jortunity for Menawatu farmers to improve their flocks by the introduction el new blood. Last night's Herald s ys: — By the Huia this aftr moon Mr Jickeon received 70 pure bred Lincoln rams, which will be offered for sale at the St. Hill Street sale jards on Wednesday next. The rams are from Christchurch, and al bough they bave had a rather rough pat>su£e, they were landed m good condition and looked remarkably well. Mr Ward, E.M,, dearly loves his little joke, and very often makes a dfcide r J hit. He did the other day at Balls. Two youngsters were; charged with ste ling apples, and after the evidence had been given the Magistrate said to one culprit — "You were tempted by the apples ?" Defendant : " Yes, your Worship." The magistrate : " You are t not the first pet son who was so tempted" (Laughter). They were dismissed with i a caution. The Marton Horticultural Society have received a most welcome windfall m the shape of a donation of £14 from Sir William Fox, being the amount of bis dividend as a shareholder m the Marton Hall Company. '

The mail arrangements between Pi>'mers'.on and FeiUfing appear to be still m a rery unsatisfactory sta*. . It ap* pears that the mail from IVilding to Palmerston &c closes each evening at a quarter to 5, though the tra'u which con Vi*ys it from thence does nol le;:ve nn il twenty minues to 8. Why tuis siate of affairs should be allowed to exist it is impossible to say, as if works out clearly o the inconvenience of tlie puW!ic. tT-der present conditions it is impossible to receive a reply f'/om Feilding to a letiler sent oy the evening tra^n f^om Palmerston until noon on the following day, though the distance is only some ten miles, and the Palmers' on tivin arnves m K'Udine: about an hour and a half before the down tian sets out for return. We trust this matter^ will be -..reclined without delay, m, order that the existing inconvenience to the public may be obs viated... v , Messrs J. and A. Anderson are advertising for drays for earthwork at the Manawatu Railway Bridge. It is notified m our advertising columns that this annual general meeting of the Fquitable Insurance As3oci»tion will be held m the Company's offices, Dunediu on Monday 3rd i VUnSnT~- J LUuLJaisinesj^ of the meeting will be to receive report and balance sheet for past year and to elect two di-ectors and two auditors. Large numbers of sheep are being poured into Wellington to supply the demand for frozen mutton. Eich of the a: earners leaving this po ; have been carrying cargoes of sheep, te Hauraki taking last Wednesday son c 500 head, shipped by Mr R. Stevens *br the Welliugton Meat Preserving Company This gentleman has aso recently purchased a mob of 1000 splendid weathers from Mr M'Lennan, of the Oroua Downs Estate. — Manawatu Herald. We remind contractors that tende-s close on Monday next' for keeping clean drains, on the Oroua Downs es;a : e. As showing the magnitude ot the improve men fs effected on this great estate, per» baps the finest and most complete m the Worth Island, we may vote that the present render is for keeping clean 250 miles of drains ! Attention is directed to Messrs Wilfcie Bros advertisement for bushmen, and navvies, for the work on the Wellington Manawatu lailway. We direct the attention of contractor to an advertisement inviting tenders fo • erectioD of a mile of fencing on Mess. s Pascal Bros' farm at Bunuyihorpe The contractor has to split the posts, j and clear tbe line four feet on each bide of the fence. L.he job is therefore one well worth tern for, and there will doubtless be < insiderable competition. The specificati' 09 are now on v ; ew at the Dailt Tim s office where they may be 3.ai durin ; office bours. Tenders close on Saturday, 23rd instant. j The Post ssys a ! l sorts of reports are m ci*culation as to the pending reniganisation of the Civil Service. One rurapui is that the Audit, M arine, : id Reg'^.trar^Geneval's Depar'tmcits are to be abolished as separate (' ia tments and abo jrbed into others, so . ducingtbe number ot sepa aie highly- aid beads. We cannot, of course, vou.h for Jhe accuracy of 'his or any rumcur on tbe subject, which, indeed, can scarcely be moie at pre :xt than mere gossip, tbe intentions of the Government being kept i. a strict CaMuet secret. We believe, bowevev, that we aie justified m statiDg definitely that the scheme of re« organisation will positively be Bub~ mitted to Paihament m the coming session. At tho Bulls Court on Thursday, several Foxton residents wee summoned by Messrs Sanson and Bailey (liquidators of the Sandoa-Carnarvon Railway Co.) for calls due, and judgment was tecorded against them. Mr Freeman's caw-mills on Hicford's line are now rapialy approaching completion, and will shortly be m full operation. The cricket match, Rengitikei v. Manawatu, will take place on March Ist at Feilding. Mr Brown, Secretary to the Wanganu 1 Education Board., and Mr Clere, the Board's architect, were iv Peilding yesteriiay. Trey iv company with Mr Sherwill, Chairman of committee, visited the school ; and there is every probability of the present building being added to. The following were nomi rated for the Feilding Licensing commiit i je9;erday. J. W. Eade, E. Gichard, L. Go >dbehet c, J. M, Higgen, D. H. Maca thur, W. D. Nicholas, H. Rutherford, E. Ranger, J. C. Thompson, H- L, Sherwill. The Foxtoi, people have decidfid to hold the annual regatta on Thursday, 18th March, The programme comprises six events, as follows: — Sailing Race, first £10, second £3: Senior Fours, (iuiigged) first £12, second, £3 ; Junior Fours (outrigged) first £8, second, £2 ; Senior Fours (outrigged) first £15, second £3 ; Junior Foim(in-igged) first £6, second £2 ; eculling race, first prize £3 and cup presented by the Club. The new Licensing Committee for Foxton will consist of Messrs Caikeek, Simcox, Rockstrow, Gibson and Gower, they having been elected m the order named. A new tenor has been discovered m Copenhagen. His name is Tarsley, and he had been following the trade of chocolate making until he was discovered and sent to college at the expense of the fctoyal Theatre management. The official returns of revenue and ex. penditure on thy New Zealnnd Government railway for the ten months ended 31st ult. have r )t yet been made up, but ft oman approx: aate rough balance-sheet it appears that ac gross receipts araouutediniound ouml:rs to £800,000, and the working expebces to £550,000. the receipts are thus about £50,000 less than ten-twelfths of the estimate for the full yeav, although tbe traffic shows a la ac increase m all classes. The net prcfit, for tlia ten month.3 was abou" £250,00 ; which is at the rate of £300,:00 per annum, as against L 360,000 fo la-»t year and L 369.000 for the year XvK v ore The Manchester Rifles iiave determined to send for new uniforms. Catholics of Wangaiui and other places on this coast will be interested to know that the tender of Messers Murdock and Rose for L 12,275 has been ac cepted foi the erection of St. Patrick's College m Tory-street, Wellington* The building is to be completed witbin 18 months. The plans have been prepared by Mr T. Turnbull.— Chronicle. We are informed that the Mayor has promised to call the meeting to consider the boundaries of the proposed wards for Tuesday or Wednesday next. The Wesleyan Sunday School annivma>y seimons will be preached on Sunday, 24th. February, by the Rev. W. J. Williams, m the Wesleyan Church. On the following Monday the annual tea and public meeting will be held, The return cricket match Tasmania v Otago, was continued yesterday. In their first innings the Taemanians ►cored 168, and Otago 78 for the loss of three wickets. The stingiest man we know is a miserly old bachelor who talks through his nose so as to save the wear and tear of bis voice on his false teeth. " Yes/ says Mrs Parvenu, "we bays taken a shattoe on Maria's account — she's 26 you know — and we will entertain m as hospital style as any of the others," *