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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 10, 26 September 1879, Page 2

Fatal Accident. — A sad accident oc-. curred at Bunnythorpe on Wednesday last. Tt appears that a man named Andreas Vetto, a German, was engaged bush falling, when it is surmised that the tree he was cu f tiug fell iv a contrary direotion to that which Vette expected. " The tree, which was a small one, struck the deceased right on the temple. As he did not rotrrn to dinner, his wife informed a neighbor, who found the unfortunate man under the trej in the position above stated. Death must have been instantaneous, as the deceased did not appear to have moved after he was struok. The deceased, who leaves a wife and several children, was noted for his steady and industrious habits. He had recently left Jackeytown, and taken up a large section at Bunnythorpe on the' deferred payment system, and was at work on his own land when he met his untimely end. Au inquest will be held to-day before H. M'Noill, Esq., J.P, The Bains. — Although the recent rains have proved so acceptable in Manawatu, they have caused a number of small slips in the, Ilorokiwi v"alley, though none of sufficientmngnitude to prevent the arrival of coaches, in tiraefor the train. It has been pointed out to ua that the mnintenance men on the Horokiwi and Paikakariki sections of the Wellington-Foxton road might reasouably be expected to show greater alacrity in the inspection of the road after a heavy rain liko that which occurred on Monday. A man should certainly ride over the hill in sufficient time to clear the road before the arrival of the coach, if possible. On Tuesday the driver an'l passengers assisted the Arorkmen to remove a slip which obstructed the road, in order to reach Foxton at the usual train time. The Otaki Lock- (jp.— The Hall of Justice at Otaki has acquired a colonial repu " tation, as one of the nastiest Courthouses in the Colony, being in fact nothing but an old tumbledown shed. The lock-up, which is attached, is of a similar description, and it is even stated to be useless for the local constable to " run in " lawbreakers, as they could easily escape. Wo notice from the police reportSjthat no alternative is given to a small fine. In other courts the sentence genenilly is, " Fined 5s or 21 hours' im prijonniont" At Otaki the luxurious alternative of a day's repose and meditation is denied, and when a fine of f>s is inilictcd, the Bench generously allows a week to raise the amount ? Otaki should be a very para disc to lawbreakers. Seriously, though, evary provision should be made by the country to carry out the law,for the slightest relaxation is too often construed into a premium to crime. A new Courthouse, lock up, and police barracks are sadly needed at Otaki, and we hope soon to tee the southern settlors receiving that justice in the matter referred to which has been so long denied them. PitoGitEss. — During the next few months a considerable impetus is likely to be given to Foxton, as we understand a number of new buildings ar« likely to be erected. We hear Mr S. M. Baker intends to start shortly the erection of a large and commodious house upon his land up the Avenue ; Mr Hulke is also about to build near Racecourse Bill ; whilst Messrs Ingram and Hughes have been importing a considerable quantity of timber lately, for building purposes. They inteni erecting houses near .that occupie by Mr Stevens. Death. — We regret to hear of the sudden death of a litUe girl, the second daughter of Mr Georgo Merabery, formerly of Foxton, but now residing near Palmerston. It appears the child wao taken poorly on Sunday and on Monday afternoon die 3. An inquest was held at Mr Membery's house, on Ilangitikei Line, yesterday, before H. M'Neill, Esq.. J.P. Dr Marriner gave evidence to the effect that the child had died from " pulmonary apoplexy." The jury, of which Mr J. B. Dungan, returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony. Accident. — We regret to hear of an accident at Campbelltown, by which Mr George Mudford, a young and esteemed settler in that district, lost a fine draught horse valued at £50. .It appears that a few days ago, Mr Mudford was engaged ploughing for Messrs. F. Rich and Co., butchers, of Campbelltown, when one of the horses trod on the end of a pointed stick; the other end cant'd up, and when the horse felt it touch him he backed on to it. The result was that a frightful gash was inflicted in the stomach, part of the entrails protruding. Mr H. Deuton and other neighbours lent valuable assistance, the wound being sown up, but after lingering for 8 hours, the auimnl succumbed Great sympathy is felt for Mr Mudfoid, as so heavy a loss is a serious matter to a youifg settler. Tub Cora. — Tho schooner Cora sailed up to the Puiaka on Wednesday last, to load timber from the mill there for Oainaru. As there was a good westerley breeze blowing, and the schooner hoisted all sail, she looked very pretty as she sailed past the towridliip. Our Export Trade. — We are pleased to see that our export trade is decidedly looking up. Almost ove^y day large quantities of timber — sleepers, poie*, and ordinary building tnnterial — are brought down by the train. .Several cargoes are already stacked in the railway yards awaiting ship, ment, whilst die Mary Ogilvie is rapidly' filling up for Lyttelton. The Second Seat. — Should a second member be conferred upon Manawatu, a great many electois think of asking Sir Win, Fox to contest the seat. This would certainly complicate matters very much— especially for somebody's nephew. If Sir William stood, a great manj electors predict he would have a walk over. The Southekx Raii/way. — A monster petition is about to be got up, asking the Minister of Public Works to start the Wellington railway at once at the Foxlon end. It is stated the whole of the plans are ready for the suction between Foxton andPaiaka, and that ihe work could be commenced at once. At present there are so many men out of employment at Wellington, that a railway contract ot Foxton would be a godsend to that city, to relieve it of surplus population ; whilst the benefits of pushing forward the work at both ends are ho apparent that it |ta unnecessary to enlarge upon them. The Rainfall, — We learn from Mr J. T. Stewart that the rainfall at Foxton from Monday at 9 a.m. to the uarae hour on Wednesday was about 2\ inches. The Coaches. — Notwithstanding the alteration made in the timetable of the coaches, considerably shortening the time allowed for the journey, we hear the drivers

nave icepc wen to tao inai-K. a.h the weather haa been very wot since the change, filling up tho rivers and softening 1 the roads, Mas^vs Pugsley and Maher deserve crcr' ; t for the work they have get through. Parliament. — Parliament wa3 opened by commission on Wednesday. The Governor's speech was read yesterday. It wns substantially the same as that read at the beginning of last session. Pressure on our apace prevents our giving a resume in this issue. Important Parliamentary news will be found in our telegraphic column. Immigrants —By the ss Jane Douglas there arrived yesterday evening a further batch of 9 immigrants par ship Rakaia. They will proce 'd to Feildingby this morning's train. TuE Sandon Eait.wav. — The voting for Sandon Railway took place yesteiday, at tho County Council office, Foxlon ; the schoolhouße, Carnarvon ; and the Company's Office, Sanson. As the voting wac by ballot, we are unable to give the rosult. The poll took place between the hours of 9 and 6. We believe, however, the number of objections will be very small indeed. About 100 votes were recorded at Foxton. Mutoa Road — We hear complaints from Moutoa settlers to the effect that lar^e bod.es of water are flowing over the road' opposite Mr Satherley's horses being compelled to wade through the temporary streams, in some cases up to the girths. Mobe Libel.— Mr Henry Anderson, of Wellington, has entered an action for libel against the proprietor of the Rangitikei Advocate, and Mr iU'Minn, editor of the Advocate, has entered a cross-astion for libel againßt the proprietors of the Evening Chronicle. Mr Bullunoe, also, has entered an action for libel against the proprietors of the Wanganui Chronicle. The Land Question. — Referring to the land question, the Evening Post says : — The general nature of the help sought from the Government (by the Wellington Working Men's Rights League), towards the settlement of the land may be summed up as the opening of blocks t<« ,be sold on easy terms of deferred payment, the settlers to be employed by tho Government at fair wages during a part of each week in making the roads to and through such settlements. A portion of the new loan could not be batter spent thin in thus promoting Betlcmeut of the lands. Tho expenditure would prove reproductive in the lonjr run, lor by creating a new class of consumers the Customs revenue would be augmented ; by enabling more people to become producers, our exports would be increased, so that instead of beinjr, as at present, dis-' proportionately small as compared with our impoits, they might ultimately equal, or or even surpass, the latter ; by multiplying village settlements and population centres, the traffic on our railways would be. pxtended, and the lines rendered more profitable. Above aH, the surplus labor could be absorbed, and rendered beneficial alike to the laborers themselves and to the Colony at large. The proposal that presuming the term of payment werp fixed at ten years, and an industrious settler had saved enough to complete his payment in five years, he should be allowed some rebate on the purchase money, would act as an encouragement to industry and frugality. It might be worth while for the Government, in laying off deferred payment settlements, to throw open only every alternate section on the-e terms, reserving tho balance to be sold for cash. This would go far towards recouping the outlay on surveys, roads, Sec, and would tend materially to facilitate the. execution of tho scheme. Wpol Souting. — The European Mail says : — lt may not be generally known that the wool sorters of England and the Con« tinent suffer frequently from a very painful disease which is engendered by badly gotup wool. Dr. Rabaglioti, in commenting upon the subject says :— " The simplest and most effectual, as it would also be found probably to be the most practicable measure for preventing this disease would be the exercise ol greater care and cleanliness in the making up of the bales in foreign parts. Fallen fleeces, or the fleeces of dead animals, ought to be rigidly excluded ; at least, if they are packed, they ought to be previously washed with soap and water, or some disinfectant. All the rest of the wool, sound or otherwise, ought also to be subjected to the same process, in order that the scab, parasites, and other filth might be removed before decomposition has rendered them poisououb." To Stov Blood.— Take the fine dust of tea, or the scraping of the inside ojf-^tanned leather, and bind it close ujon th&OTound, and the blood will soon cease "'to flow. These articles are at all times accessible, and easily to be obtained. After the blood has ceased to Row, laudanum may be advantageously applied to the wound. To Cujie A Coughi. — The following remedy for coughs may be found useful to many of our readers : — " Take a large teicupful of linseed, two pennyworth of liquorice, and a quarter of a pound of sun raisins. Put these into two quarts of soft water, and let it simmer over a slow fire till it is reduced to one. Then add to it a quarter of brown sugar candy (pounded),atablespoonful of old rum, and a tablespoonful of the best white wine vinegar, or. lemon juice. Drink half a pint when going to bed, and take a little when the cough is troublesome. This receipt generally cures the worst of colds ia two or three days, and if taken in time, may be said to be almost an infallible remedy. , It is a most balsamic cordial for the lungs, without the opening qualities which endanger fresh colds on going out. It has been known to cure colds that have almost settled into consumption in less than three weeks. The rum and vinegar are best to be added only to the quantity you are going immediately to take, for, if it is put into the whole, it is apt to grow flat." Pickings. — A cruel hoax was played recently in oDe of the suburbs on the Surrey side of the Thames. Two men advertised .■for a housekeeper, who was to be a widow, and ws to apply at the place mentioned ata* particular time When that time came* there were, we are told, more than forty widows outside the house, and their presenoe naturally attracted such a crowd that two policemen had to be Btationed on the spot to preserve order. The applicants w»re invited in one by one, and when a few had come out aguin and related how they had been asked ridiculous questions, such as whether they could spßak Greek, and black boots in tho Dutch fashion, it dawned upon Ihe whole company that they wore the victims of a trick. John in the Box.— " JEgles " of the Australasian, says . — " Another Chinese .gentleman lately appeared in a witness-box at Hay. The Clerk of the Bench inquired of him how ha was usually sworn: The witness, who was evidently of an accommodating disposition, glibly replied. " Ah ? kiss him book— kill him cook— -blow him mateh — s' help me Bob— all along the saraeP" Turf Money. — The Dunedin Star gives the following list of moneys paid in this Colony during the past racing season: — Stable winnings — Mr Ray, £8875 ; Messrs. Mason and Vallance, £3039 ; Messrs Neilson, O'Brien, and Robinson, £1883 ; Mr Butler, £1725; Mr M'lvor, £1045; Mr Goodman, £1012; Mr Walters, £555; Mr

Gibson, £515. Maritana tops the list of winners, With £2415; Pin fire, £1397 : Agent, £133 C ; Matr ,£1010 ; Fishook, £832; Nemo, £704 ; Chancellor, £077 ; Temploton, £G6O; Foul Pky, £001 ; Otawa, £515; Lou glands, £495 ; Te Whotu, £475 ; Sink- ' ing Fund, £145 ; Camhallo, £415 ; Merliriji £415 There are also twenty winners under .£4OO, Natator figuring for £278. Mb John Buigiit on Rkoiimiocity.— Mr John Bright ha 9 written a letter, in reply to a communicttion %om a meeting in favor of Free Trade, recently held in Bradford, in which, referring to the advocates Reciprocity and Protection, he si) s, " the simpletons who have no, .memory and no logic," forgefthat the state of the country from 1839 to 1842 was ten times worse than at present, although that was the jgeriod of_ the fullest "Protection." He points"to the United States, which he calls the " most protected nation in the world," aud says the distress there during the last five years has been in every way greater thairiir this™ country. ..'..' EmvAitn Hanlan .on Teetotalism. — Teetotal readers may feel \ ioterestied jtor knowing in what light their principles are regarded by Edward Hanlai, the Canadian sculler who so easily bore away the aquatic laurels from Tyneside. The following statement of Hanlan' s views upon the use of alcoholic stimulants has been communicated to a gentleman in Manchester : — "I have to state that in my opinion the best physical performances can only be secured through absolute abstinence, from their uSe. This is my rule,' and I find, a'fteV three years' constant work at the oar, during which time I havo rowed many notable match races, that I am better able to contend in a great race than when I first commenced. In fact, I believe that the use of liquor and' tobacco has a most injurious effect upon the system of an athlete— *by; irritating the vital*, and consequently weakening the system." This is not bad evidence to come from one who is a hotel keeper himself. Unevexhaxdku Justice. — The other day in Otago, two m«n were " caught " by the railway officia's jmo* ping from a platform on a train while the latter was itt motion. One of the culprits was a farmer, the second a member of a Parliament. The farmer was duly summoned, convicted, and fined. The AI.H.K. wa.« lnft alr-ne, (and went on his way undisturbed by anything more uupleasant than a word of caution given in smiliug tone and hat in (hand. Another instance of the two different kinds of sauces served out with the goose and gander. ' . . An Inquisitive Mineii. — A son of New England, havins plied a new-comer in the milling region. of Nevada with every con ceivable question as to why he visited the gold region, his hopes, means, prospects, Sec, filially asked him if he had a family. " Ye.s sir, " was the reply, " I have a wife and six children, and I never saw one of them." Then theru was a brief silence, after which the "bore" commenced," Were you ever blind, sir 'i " " No, &ir." " Did you marry a widow-?" " N "', sit." Another pauso. " Did I understand you to say that you had a wife and six children, and had never seen one "f them ?" "Fact." "How can that be ?" " Why," was the reply, " one of them was born after I left." The Govkiinmext and the Land. — We are pleased to no lice that the Government fully recognise the need that exists for bringing the deferred payment system generally into force throughout the Colony. Recently the Hon. James Macandrew, replied as follows to a telegram re Dur.edin unemployed: — "I have communicated, with the view of providing immediate employment to those on whose .behalf you wired me: I apprehend that the unemployed in Duneiiu now consist largely of those who would desire the possession of small holdings of their own, which could, so far, plaie them beyond the vicissitudes of the labor market by affording the means of providing fjod'for themselves when not working for others. It is therefore purposed to be sought from the Legislature to lay off at once village settlements adjacent to some of tha railway lines in course of construction) on which employment will be found. lam in hopes that by this mean 9wo may largely rempve the anomaly of unemployed in a country to which the term should be practically unknown. — J. Macaxiiuew." Immiguatiox. — A new era seems to.be dawning upon New Zealand i-i regard to' immigration. People of the riiihe sort are at last beginning to pay their own passages to this colony, and as it may be presumed, bringing some little capital with them. The Forfarshire, one of Shaw, Savil, and Co's vessels, will be due in about a fortnight with about 300 of this desirable class of emigrants. The Wanganui, one of the New Zealand Shipping Company's line, is a full ship with a class of passengers paying £28 for second cabin, aud we understand that several vessels of thu line will follow for different ports, with farmers and others desirous to purchase land and make New Zealand their home; Every |eno roifragementishould'be given^o^th^s olass df immigration, 'and thejGp^eiime^jslioWu take care on the arrival of the vessels to efford all needful assistance to those who want laud, as it is important that new arrivals should not bo disappointed, and so report unfr vorably of the ( olony. It is oxpected that this and next year will be the best New Zealand has known in respect fan influx of small capitalists.— Exchange. The Panama Canal —At the last meeting of the Geographical Society of Paris, M. do Leaseps made: some communications respecting his Panama canal scheme. As in the case of the Suez canal, he himself, he said, would alone bo responsible to the public. He was going to ask them for 40",000,000 f. The caution money of 2,OOO,0( Of. required by tl»e Government of Venezuela hart already bfeeu paid in. The total expenses of .constructing the canal M. de Lesseps does not think will exceed 750,000,00(1 francs, and he believes it will not take more than eight years to be completed. He endeavoured to show that the jliffioulties to ; be .overcome are not bo f ormidp,ble as those encountered in making the Suez Canal. He dwelt on the advantage whioh accrued from tHe existence of a 1 railway along its course, and of large towns at each cxiremity, and compared this state of things with the difficulties met with in a desert where there was not a drop of water to quench the thirst of the workmen M. de Lesseps, in conclusion, mentioned that Louis Napoleon, while shut up at Ham, thought a great deal about a Panama canal, and sent an oftio-r devoted to the Imperialist cause to explore the Itithmiis. The officer's report being favorable, lie wrote to the French Ministry asking to be set at liberty in order that he might clovote himself to the realisation of his scheme, and promising never to meddle with politics again. No reply was given to his petition, and he afterwards escaped and went to London with a view to setting to MorlT on his project, which U described at length in the " Revue des Deux Mondes" of 1847. He fas just preparing to start for America when/ the Revolution of 1848 made him alter his intentions,