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Mass. — Father Morea" Hnnounccs in another column that M»ss will be held at Foxtoa «o Wow Year's Day at 11 a-m.

Okoi-s. — Travellers along the railway lino cannot fail ro notice the largo quantities of potatoes being grown this season, between Foxton and Pnlmerston, mostly by persons possessing small holidings. It is surprising to sco how little maize is grown. Witii tho exception of a faw small patches at Kaiere and Awapuui thoro is none to be seen. Taking it all round, it is a far more profitable crop than potatoes, and the soil and climato of Manawaui are eminently adapted for it. More Amalgamation — Wo understand that tende.s till shortly be called for alterations required to tho Post and Telegraph offices at Foxton, consequent on the proposed amalgamation. Itis nowalittlo over twelve months since these departments were divided, and a large expenditure was gone to in erecting suitable buildings. Now that the retrenchment itania is on, however, the Government intend to save an officer's salary by amalgamation, and to do so must spend a large sum to hack about the buildings erected a year or two ago. The next thing we expect to hear is that another assistant operator has been appointed to the Foxton office. Had our suggestion been taken, and the Customs and Postal Departments been amalgamated, all this expense would have been Bayed, and the public would not have suffered. Persons on the spot can see these things better than even Ministers. After all their retrenchment bungling at Foxton has finally ceiled, W6 will strike a balance sheet, aud lancy the result will ahow that their retrenchment means increased expenditure. Engineer. — Mr N. ftlarchant, formerly City Surveyor of Wellington, has been ap pointed to the same position at ftapier. Paikakariki Hotel —Mr 15. M, Symons, who is at present landlord of the Hor<>kiw Hotel, is about to erect a substantial building on tae site of the recent fire at Haikakariki. The new hotel will contain about 8 rooms, and will be a very comfortable house. Travellers along the coast greatly miss the old hostelry, and will be glad when they can once more get accommodation for man und beast at tho place. A Want Supplied. — A water trough has been erected on Paikakf ril;i hill, about halt' way up on the beach side. It is similar to those frequently seen outside hotels, and has been placed at a point where a small crystal stream runs down the rocks. The water is conducted to the trough by means of a short piece of spouting, thus keeping the trough full of deliriously cool water The forethought shown in this matter is highly appreciated by travellers over the hill, while both the position and manner in which tho trough is kept filled give to it an air of novelty. Decoeated.— Mr Bell's butcher's shop at Otaki was most handsomelj decorated for «he Christmas shew on Friday last. The show was a capital one, comprising heef, mutton, lamb, poultry.sucking pig, and other articles to bo found in any first clas9 town shop. The whole affair was a credit to Mr rtell and to the township, and would have favorably compared with any establi.-hment of greater pretensions. Maori Kaces. — The natives of Horowhenua held a meeting on the beach near the Hydrahad on Christmas Day There were about three hundred spectators present, und a lot of scratch races were run for small amounts. The proceedings were very orderly, and those present had some good fun, if not much sport. Railway Survey. — We are reliably informed that Public Works surveyors are at once to commence the survey of the uu finished piece of the West Coast railway line, commencing at I'aikakuriki.and end : ng at Horowhenua. We do not think any importance is to be attached to the matter, as the work is being done simply to hay« the whole of the survey complttt-d, in case anything should eventuate from the Wellington company to construct the line. A Fi'Xton Raceb. -Mr J. Robinson has entered his mare Uarrauid for the Produce Race at the Rangitikei meeting on New Year's Day. Tho mare is said by the knowing ones to have any amount of " go " in her, with good staying power, and wo hope Mr Robinson will be rewarded foi his pluck by seeing bin colors land tho r.ice. Otaki Races. — The priucipal topic of iuterest at Otaki now is tho forthcoming races, to be held on the 13th January next. On Friday last Mr H. Stevens brought up a griding named The Orphan, the property of iir H. Gillies, which ia to take part in the races. Tho Orphan is a likely-looking horse,a son of tho well-known sire Southern Chief, and has done some good work in the Waiiarapa, although generully running under singularly bad circumstances, und his bacKers fully expect him to show to the fore in the events for which he is entered. In Luck. In the drawing for Tonka' sweep on the Champion Stakes, to be run at Melbourne on January 1, Mr A. J. Why'e's ticket has secured him Wellington, a horse that stands a very good chance of faking the money. Mr J Birohley also drew Koyal Consort in the same sweep, and was offered £60 for his chance. This he refused, and shortly afterwards learned, to his supreme disgust, that the horse had been scratched. — Mr W. Barnett has drawn the horse On Dit in North's sweep. So far as we can gather, it is the only horse thai has fallen to this district in the sweep. Railway.— The railway will probably be opened to Waverley in about two months. Official —Mr Blaokett, EugineerinCharge, North Island, arrived in Foxton on Friday night, and left for the north per train on Monday morning. His visit has no particular eigoifioanco. Q-azetted. — The election of the Foxton Highways Board is gazetted. Entehtunment. — The people of Foxton and the neighbourhood will be able to enjoy a literary treat on Friday evening. Mi Howard, the Principal of the Wellington Normal School, is spending his Christmas holidays by making a tour of the North IsJand, and giving readings from tho works of Dickens, Tennyson, &o. We believe he was in the habit of doing the same thing in Canterbury when residing there, and his position n.ay be taken as a guarantee of his ability to afford what is advertised in the j bill*, "A pleasant evening in good com I pany." Particulars will be found in the advertisement. Cricket. — The cricket match, Nelson v Wiinganui, was finished yesterday, and re suited in an easy victory for the former, with eight wickots to fall. Abrest.— On Christmas Day, Constable M'Anulty arrested a man named Windsor, who is wanted at Wellington on a oharjr>; of vagrancy. He has only one arm, which defect supplied the constable with a clue to his identity. The Bible in Schools. — The Auokland Scriptnral Gift Association having asked permisKion of the Minister of Education to place illuminated cards with the Lord's Prayer and the Commandments in the public schools, the Government reply that the matter i« one to be dealt with by the local authorities. Hematite Ore.— lt is proposed to form a company to work a deposit of hematite ore found in Aucl.land.and large workshops will be erected at once, the artisans coming from England.

M EAurr.v.ss, it- Tnui:.— Mm Brooks, of Pioton, is at present searching for her husbanJ and two sons, who went a-missing in a yacht, threo years, ago, on a voyage from Picton to Wellington. She had beer* informed that persons answering their de acription were worKing at the Kaipnra timber mills undt>r assumed names. The police are making inquiries. Auckland Item*.— tfour thouaand persons in Auckland are liable to the Property Tax by possessing property abovo the value of £»00. — The Admiralty llou3e is being renovated for .the reception of the Commodore of the station. — The Postal, Telegraphic, Fire Brigude, Police Stations, and public offices are to be shortly connected by telephone. ExTRAoiiDiNAnY Yield of Wool. — During the p;tst week a merino ram, imported by Mr Teschemaker.for the Avoudale Run, in February last, was shorn, and on the j fleeco being weighed, it was found to turn the scale at 22lbs. There were many opinions as to the probable weight of fleece before the animal was shorn, but the result whs a surprise to all present. — Marlborough Express. Immigration. — During Noveml er last, the excess of immigration over emigration throughout the colony was 1119, of whom 1052 came from the United Kingdom. Population- or tue World. — If the numbers are arranged in the order of tho great divisions of the ylobe, Asia, with its 831 millions of inhabitants, stands first on the list, followed by Kuropc with less than half as miiny, viz., 310 millions. Africa has •!05 millions, and America only 95, while Australia and Polynesia contain four millions, and the polar regions only 82,000. These numbers added together, with the fractions which we have omitted, give the grand totul of 1.456,000,000. Rowixci. — A. late telegram from London says : — There was a scene of great excitement after Ross's victory over Trickett, on Saturday. Wnllnoe Hoss has issued a challenge to row Laycock, proposing that the match should be for the benefit of his defeated opponent, Prickett. Laycock has not yet replied, but it. is not considered likely that he will enter into any arrangement until after the contest with Hanlon. Mr SEnnox.— An exchange says of Mr Se<idon, whose talking in the House has cost the countiy so much: — "Dick does not stand on his dignity too much. A race came off nt Kumara between the M.H.R. and a dough-kneader. The distance run was 100 yards, and our Representative man was the winner Seddon-street was lined on either side with spectators, and the winner of the event has been dubbed ' Nimble Dick ' " A Tottoii Study tor Foreigners.— Wife, make me some dumplings of dough, they a-e bettar than a meal for my cough ; pray, let them be boiltd till hot, though not till they are heavy and tough. Now I must be off to my plough ; and the boys when they've had enough, must keep the flies off with the bough, while the old mare drinks out of the trough.

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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 34, 29 December 1880, Page 2

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Untitled Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 34, 29 December 1880, Page 2

Untitled Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 34, 29 December 1880, Page 2

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