The Manawatu Daily Times. THE OLDEST MANAWATU JOURNAL. ESTABLISHED 1875. TUESDAY, JULY 1. 1884.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1232, 1 July 1884, Page 2

The MANAWATU Times. THE OLDEST MANAWATU JOURNAL. ESTABLISHED 1875. TUESDAY, JULY 1. 1884.

Ag advertisement from tbe Returning , officer for the Manawatu election will appear to-morrow. The San Francisco Mail was delivered ; ft the Palmerston Post office last .eysh-'j ing. j [ Several latters ralatjijg tojlast fight's I | meeting are held over, *? we cannpt j find room for them. Mr G. M. 9nel son's usual sale of cattle will take place on Saturday next. A general meeting of the Manawatu Club is convened for to-morrow evening at 8.30 o'clock. : At a meeting of Mr Arkwright's Bup» posters the other night he jocularly dbservfsd that "If he might venture to make a 'suggestion, tbe best line for bis friends to take would be tp ?idmit taat Mr Bruce was a very 'good - man and would be an ornament to the House, but/ that Mr Arkwright was still better, and,' if possible, even more ornamental."— |T Vfuchlauphter and cheers.) The Rangitikei Steeplechase meeting takes place to-morrow. It is a parol/ local affair

The nomination of candidates for the Manawatu seat will take plact at the Town Hall, Palmeiston Noith at noon ou 16th inst, and the poll, if necessary, on the 22nd, Tbe following pollingplaces have been appointed :— Town Hall, Palmerston North (principal) ; Court House, Feilding ; School, House, Halcombe ; School House, Ashurst ; School Hous*, Karere ; School House, Awahuri. j We remind our Palmerston readers | that Miss G eorgie Smithson will appear m the Foresters' Hall this evening- m her entertainment of Music, Mirth, and Mimicry. This talented lady's F ame has preceded her, and we have no doubt she will be well received. We learn that at Feilding on Saturday and last night the Hall was crowded on th. occasion of her performances. The Committee of the Manawatu Racing Club met at the Commercial Hotel last evening. The Ground Committee were empowered to prepare estimates, &c. and call for tenders for forming a training course. A grocer up the country who had a great many travellers constantly calling upon him, put the following notice outside his shop ; " Nineteen travellers have called here this morning, I always shoot the twentieth." No one has called for an order since the notice was put out. The following very satisfactory report has been received by the' Taratahi Dairy Company from an eminent London merchant to whom some cheese from the company's fac» tory was submitted by the consignees, the N-w Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company :—" The quality is such as will suit our market ; perhaps a triflle more colour would be an advantage. The cheddar shape would realise tbe higher price- -W. J. Hutchison," We shall be glad to hear that the price realised was as good as the report. The West Coast Meat Preserving Company's Works at Patea will commence operations about the middle of this week. The company have accepted tenders for the tinning, coopering and orher branches so that everything is now m readiness. The freezing plant, consisting of a Haslam refrigerator with the" necessary accompaniments arrived from England by the Doric, and is now m Wellington waiting transhipment. Messrs Watt and Carson met at the Education Board's office this afternoon to count the votes of the various School Committees to elect a new member to fiH the vacancy on the Board, M« Batter receired 24 votes, Mr Fry 22, ami |£r A^rdry 10. There was one informal yotie.' r fhe result will not be formally declared until the next monthly meeting .Of W e #?£?#.=— Herald. Mr B.Ellery Gilbert, the weU-fcuowp pianoforte tuner has, we learu, decided to make Wanganui bis bead-qvarters. iv place of New Plymouth. Mr Buchanan, M.H.K., bas recently had returns of a shipment of frozen mutton .and lamb, per Doric, the former averaging 6|- per,jb, and the latter 7|d. These.'prices {-ajs.iW W>irarapa Standard) will give the very pet return of at le.is: 2id an<l 3£d rrsp-ctive-' lyVand ought to -namr u« out .^b'eep farmers- i-- support ii.yi ;'ii i'uiu.strv wh.icb h#*. «i)rf:rly circuited such a large. auioun.-.i>.''/'."Hdv cm>li .throughout the; col ny ItVii'. hf i> ><}y, bf under-, stood tb ! 'A.} 6 v&Af.*iy<ii $ value . of; skin >'nd Uu>s\. I*[A '"'".. The Waugauui are en-| deavorin^it^ secure the next price-ring' meeting phet§, The New Plymouth Harbor Board 1 Dotifiy that from and after, July }st, steamers and vessels visiting this port will be tendered at the breakwater, instead of at the roadsread, Colonel M'Donnell has addressed the Waitotara electors, and received a favor*able reception. The pupil teacher's examinations commenced to-day m the Christchurch Schoolroom, Wanganui, and will last oyer three or days. There are 52 teacher^ presenting themselves for examination this yjaar* An American clergyman say? Jhat if women and men would only dad'eis m j seperate rooms he would not object to dancing, "It would be just as graceful," he alleges "and just as healthful exercise and they could keep step to the music just the same." At Perth, W. A ,, beef is selling at 8d per lb and mutton at ,7d. Why not try the Western AustraliAns with the frozen artielb? ''•'• 'A-' A Newton mother surpassed Milner: Stephen'^ she has cured Her boy of | smoking'by the " laying on Of haiids." I Tbie fwted pngdom has 18,000 miles of railway, tfr.e capital invested m which exceeds the national debt.. ■ The aunua} butter pr j'dflct ' of th© ! United States js and " : cheese figures for » tSftt-h. of that amount. I The correspondent of the Daily News I at Vienna: —"On Saturday, afternoon, ! 26th Marcbj three Scotsmen— Dr Wat^ son, Mr John Maclaren, and MrKoberl Mackenzie— were walking over the Rich' 3 bridge, which spaus the Danube at » yoff, The two younger men teased I)r Watson, sayjng that his courage would fail bin. had' he Jto jtimp from the bridge into the riyer Aii at^ o'ice Dr Watson mounted the parapet, and, before his friends could hindei? bim, jumped into tbe river, which ran 70ft below. Despite the water being at 5 degrees l-'eaurnur, and with a terrible current, D- Watson swam comfortably fo flje shore, where lie was received by the puijcey .'jmsde bim ffhange bis clotb.es aEai.ust h^ - t'h.e mci"; dent created a painful sensation among the hundred* Of people who were crossiug the bridge, Dr W a tson will be subjected to a flue." • At Wellington op Friday a youth named Edward Grigg wis charged wj,th using obscene language towards Joseph Hildrfcth, a member of the Salvation Army, on Sunday last, at the barracks. Tiae prosecutor stated that . tbe accused had o'a a previous occasion behaved m an unseemly 'fanner m the Tory Stieet Hal', and, acting under instructions, be declined to permit tbe defendant to enter ; the place, and thereupon the latter used some exceedingly opprobrious epithets towards him. The defence was that »vlr Hildreih hai irritated the defendant by designating bim a larrikin. Tbe Bench considered the offence proved, and .inflicted a fine of 3<? s P r 48 hours' imprisonment'