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Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1316, 9 October 1884, Page 2

The Friendly Societies Sports Committee meets this eve a ing. • Alu'ra'ion is directed' to Mr Joseph Beales' advertisement which appears m this issue, 1 The meeting to form an Agriculture' 1 andPastorol Association m M ana. rat u will be he'd m the Town Hall at 7 o,cl ck this evening, We regret to learn that the Bey H. E. Copinger it suffering from illness- Asa conspquence he' ii * unable to ' deliver his promised address this evening. Mr Qroenwood, dentist, will visit Palmerston on the 24th inst, on which date he may be consulted at Walkley's Commercial Hotel. The remainder of the machinery for the Manawatu Butter Factory; together with a staff of workmen from Mr Mu.ray'g establishment arrived m Palmorston 'to-day. The Masonic Ball held m Wellington on Monday evening -appears to have been a most successful affair. His Excellency th--G-overnor, and a number of other distinn guished guests were present. V"c remind our readers of the aale of furniture to be held to-mowow on the premises of Mr W. Ty Wood, who is about to leave tha district for Tasmahia. Mr Snelson not being able 'to return from, Wellington till tb-mofrow evening, the sale wi'l be conducted by Mr H. L. Sherwill, of FeildingJ The Feilding Star says :— i' The patent stump extractor invented by Mr James finton, of Palmerston, is gaining notoriety for the provision ifc offords of rendering bush farming a comparatively easy business. It removes the largest stumps ' out of the ground bodily, with only a small expenditure of manual power, which must >o n £- ea fc desideratum to sottleia on DUBh lands." -v number of complaints have been made to us; recently as to the excessive use- of the cane m the Halmerston School. ,It is alleged that the use i: >his aid to learning has greatly increased since the departure of ; Mi'ss Blair. We would suggest that thoee who have any complaint to make should, lay the matter before thi committee, when douktlea steps will be taken to rectify it. It may b * that the approaching examination causes the teachers to put forth' all their energies, muscular as well as mental. The newt. of the success of the boldv ex* petiment made by New Bouth Wales i m putting a 3$ percent. t ,loan qn. the London market is good hews ' to^ all the colonies. .The loan has been covered threefold, and it is expected that the average will- he £94, or 2 per cent aboTe the minimum. Th c evident desire of Knglish capitalists to invest m colonial loans should render it- easy for for Sir Julius Yogel to give effect to hi 3 scheme for the conversion of our New Zealand «iebt; — Post. ; --:: ■■■'-•' •• Sportmen will be glad to learn that as. stiwiig effort is now being made to stock bur magnificent but comparative y barren, river m the 1 North Wand with valuable fish. The steamship Wairara pa brought up last trip two cases of brown trout ..ova from the Otago Society, for Wanganui and Napier, and 250 American jbroujb for the ponds m Masterton, 250 American and 250 brown . trout for Napier, 1400 brown and 600 American trout f or Gisborne, and 1500 American trout for Tauranga, from Mr Job n ston's fish -hatching establishment m Canterbury. The Dunedin > Society have supplied quanties of ova to the Ifortb Island and will no doubt derive a handsome income from ; the tale of it j but next year tha Wellington and Wairarapa Society should bo able to Rupply- sufficient ova to «tock our rivers quickly, and. thus pkee ». healthgiving, fascinating amusement within tho reach of everybody, and introduce a food supply, the economic value of which has long since been proved m older countries.— Post. : At a meeting of the Woodville Settlers Association. held on Friday Evening a nnmher of resolutions were carried among which were the following: — That m the < pinion | of this meeting, theMangaone Block skould be opened v.» as soon as possible, as access to it can be ha I rom Woodville, without the 1^ necessity of going through. the Maungatainokq Bio- k, by meais of a road partly, formed with good fords aorosi the Manawaju also that rumors being cunvnt that a company is endeavoring to purchase the block, tais meeting desires to protest, against- its being old m such a "way. The Association also recommend that the block be, opened up on the priu'ciples already recommended, by the Association, and which are m 'the hands of the member for the district. It wasdeided to represent to the Minister of Public Works the urgent necessity of ._ ; constructing the Lower Ferry bridge as a co'onial work, and pointing out the hej,vy taxation imposed on the settlers by ;tli« F< j rry charges. It was resolved, that the Minister for Public Works be requested, to let the railway formation between ' Woodville and Tahoraite m ; t.wo cpntiacts, so. as-' to have it pushed on as rapidly, as pos : . sible. • - ■ ! ' ' :ti A West Somerset (England) jury is ( said to have returned ; tbe vvrdiof,*' l)ied by the heieditary visitation of God.'-'irVthe case cf a man who had broken his neck when drunk, and whoso father had met with a like mishap.

Two Blenbiem hotel keepers haw been fined for not keeping their lights burning at night' The American newspapers are mentioning the somewhat curious f«ct that of the candidates for'the Presidency Mr Blame was for a time a teacher m a deaf-mute college, and Mr Cleveland w»b a teacher m an asylum for the blind. An extrao dinnry company, etyled the Diseases Assurance Corporation, is being floated m London, of which the Duke of Buckingham is chairman and Ca plain Duug'as Graiton is vice-chairman. They propose to ensure cust'me s against sickness m general, and zymotic sickness m particular, starlin ', with a capital of £200.030, m 100,00, shares of £2 each. There will be a sight worth seeing shoitly off the Noit.'iern coast of Scotland, as a first-class bombarment of fortifications has >een orvered, H.M,S. Sulton baa armed m the Forth, with o decs to test the newlye: ededl batteries on the Island of Inchkeith, The intention is to lest the forts by firing at them from the iionclad at various disances, both from the small machine guos and the 18 ton guns and the 12 ton guns on boa x\. Shell, of course, wiil be used for thiq purpose, and m order to ascertain what would be the probable efiect on the-- men who wouW have to wok the guns bri the fort m the event of a real bombardment ment, ovee a hundred " dummies" or wooden figures will- be placed m position. A temporary lighthouse has been sent off to the island m case the present erection should sustain damage, or be render d useless by the . firing. . The Sultan, while carrying outthe exp< riments, will be cleaifd for action, with her mas l^ and funnels lowered, as when she took part m the bombardment of Alexandria. The building of the worts has occupied several years, the difficulties to ie overcome m the island part of the undertaking being neither few nor small. The handsomest man m England is thought to be Edgar Vincent, brother of Howard Vincent, lately retired chief of the London detective department, oi police. He carried everything before him m his university career, was ..director of finance m Egypt at twenty-four, and is now to marry the beautj Gladys, Lady Lonsdale, who, 6ft m height, is only Sin. shorter than her lover. We have the pleasure to announce (bat Mrs Francis is now installed m the Dressmaking department, Ladies requiring Dresses made to their o r der for the Coming Season will oblige by an early; inteiview, we guarantee entire satisfaction m the matter of Style, Fit and Workmanship, charges moderate, we have opened out an exceedingly choice collection of Dress materials, which are now ready for selection C. M. Boss and Co., The BonMarcheV We are now showing a choice assort* inent of Spring Goods which for price ani quality ate far superior to anything previously shown m Palmerston. Ladies are invited to call early and secure a choice of Patterns. Our Lace Goods for this season are worth inspecting, the patterns and design being perfection itself. We baye also received a fresh supply of that wonderful Everlasting Washing Tweed at Is per yard. -Also Men's lt£gatta Shirts, collars a!t»ched,l 4s 6d each at Bentlet Bbos, Marl' borough House, the Square, .