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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 35, 17 February 1877, Page 2

The Napier leaves Wellington for Foxton to-day (Saturday), and will leave Foxton on Monday on the arrival of the noon train. 'Mr Bergensen's tender for the Karere road contract was, we understand, £900, with the use of the locomotive and trucks. The second concert of the Foxton Choral Society is announced for Wednesday next. The programme will be found m another column. The Government have at length supplied ft map of the Otaki district, so that the valuations will probably be completed within the time specified by the Act — before the Ist April. According to the Wellington "Argus" it has been rumoured that, with a view to keeping Mr Travers out if possible, Mr Fox is being pressed to stand for Wellington, so that, if successful there, he might resign his Wanganui seat. A public meeting of the residents m Mainstreet will be held at Mr Deard's Hotel on Monday evening at 8 o'clock, to get up a petition to Government regarding the forming and. metalling of the street, and the erection of a railway platform. The sheep and cattle Bale which Mr 'Thynne was to have held yesterday on behalf of Mr Loudon, has been postponed, but we do not know to what date, none being fixed m the telegram which we received on the subject. Objections to the valuation seem to multiply m Wanganui as m our own district. The time of the Town Clerk is to a considerable extent taken up with showing the valuation roll and receiving objections. A man named Jansen had a very narrowescape from a serious accident at Messrs Richter and Nannestad's saw mill at Bunnythorpe on Thursday last. As he was squaring a piece of timber the axe slipped and cut his left foot severely, but no bones were broken. He lives m Palmerston, where he is now under the care" of Dr Akers. The " Church Chronicle" says :— " The Bishop has received a communication from the Rev. H. Bevis, of Palmerston North, intimating his wish to resign his appointment at the end of the current month. Mr Bevis has had the charge of Palmerston and the surrounding districts for the past fifteen months." To this we may add that tomorrow (Sunday) Mr Bevis will officiate for the last time m Palmerston. Mr Hutchison, the Mayor, and Mr Travers, are announced as candidates for the seat m Parliament left vacant by the resignation of Mr Pearce, one of the members for Wellington. The Government have consented to allow the Land Office to remain at Patea. They had resolved to remove it to Wellington, but on Wednesday last a deputation from the district obtained a promise that it should not be removed. The jurisdiction of the Resident Magistrate's Court at Patea is to be extended to £50. At the sale of sections on deferred payment -m the -Sandon township, thirty-six sections, ranging from 116 to 200 acres each', were applied for, and deposits of one-fifth of the purchase-money paid thereon to the amount of £1,664. The full payments for those sections, extending over five years, will reach the sum of £8,320. Seven sections of from 200 to 300 acres each, were also bought on Tuesday for cash at 20a per acre. , The total amount of cash paid into the Land Office on Tuesday was £2,490 14s. There are twelve sections on deferred payments not yet applied for. There are also twenty seven sections of the 20s land still open for sale for cash. In many cases of the deferred payments sections there have been Several applications for the same sections. — " New Zealand Times." The misunderstanding between the All England Eleven and the Wanganui cricketers arose, it appears, from the following telegram, sent from Wanganui m reply to one from Mr Bennett, stating that the Englishmen would not be able to leave on the 6th as was intended, and that the pro.prietors of the Manawatu steamer had asked £50 for the delay : — " February 6, 1877.— t0 Mr Bennett, Agent Cricketers, Wellington. — I am instructed by the committee to state, that owing to your altering date of leaving Wellington, your non-arrival here to make necessary arrangements, and difficulty m treating with you generally, the negotiations re match are considered at an end. — G. A. Horlex." After this a telegram from Wanganui announced that the Napier had been engaged to take the Englishmen there, but Lillywhite was so annoyed at the above message, after having sacrificed a more lucrative engagement with. Napier m order to secure the Wanganui match, that he refused to allow the team to goIn Otago 2,000 sheep have been drowned on the Henley estate, Taiei'i Plains, and a large number of cattle and sheep were carvied down the river. ■;.;.,■;.

Mr Fox is studying "an enormous quantity of printed Parliamentary papers which embrace the work and talk of last session;" and when he shall have completed this task he will address his constituents. We pity the hon. gentleman and wish his constituents patience, feeling as we do that they will need it if Mr Fox keeps them waiting until he makes sense of the proceedings of last session. A recent telegram from Nelson says: — Sad accounts continue to come m from the country districts of the damage done by the recent floods. Houses and orchards are completely destroyed. Cattle, sheep, and horses, hare been swept away. One small farmer lost the wEole of his littfe. flock of 300 sheep. The Motueka district is the greatest sufferer, but a quantity of land has been swept away m the Waimea by the. Wairau river, which was never known to be so high before. We learn from the " Church Chronicle " that the subscriptions for the erection of the Rev. Mr Robinson's new church at Naoier is "proceeding at an astonishingly i rapid rate." In a few days £600 were collected. Mr -Rhodes has put down his name for £100, and has expressed his willingness to contribute another £100 towards procuring a peal of bells for the church when completed. v The receipts on the Foxton to Feilding railway for the four weeks ending 13th January, 1877, were as follows : —

In the " Gazette" of February Bth, Mr Hardcastle, late clerk of the District Court at Hokitika, is appointed Resident Magistrate at Wanganui with a jurisdiction to £100. Mr Hardcastle is also appointed Sheriff of the district. „ A telegram from Auckland says :—-During the passage of the Thurland Castle, on Dej cember 12, on the watch turning out, twomen were missing, and it was suspected they were broaching cargo. A boy was 1 sent down the hold, where he found a man's hat. The fore hold was then closed and a guard placed over it. Raps- were heard below, as a signal. The hatch was then raised, and two men were discovered with two bottles of gtog m each hand, five more at their feet, and night lights. One of the men had actually handed two bottles to the mate, supposing he was his shipmate. The. men were placed m irons till arrival. A large quantity of hay and straw was within two yards of the broached brandy cases, and also enough powder to blow the ship to pieces. Traces of melted grease were found close to the powder. It seems we are,not going to let our Yankee cousins eclipse us altogether m the matter of hyperboles. A correspondent of the " Otago Guardian," describing one of those sudden gusts to which Wellington harbour is. liable, writes thus:—" As we enter the port the wind shifts round, and we have it blowing right m pur face with sufficient fury to spread our ears back and twist our noses partly round on our cheeks." A co-operative stoTe is about; io be established m Christchurch. Alarge number of householders have promised their support to the scheme, which has especial favour among'those employed on'the railway. | A case of some interest to publicans was heard at the Resident Magistrate's Court m Christchurch recently. Mr Hiorns, licensee of the Central Hotel, was, summoned for j having more than one cbar. on his premises,: and it was decided that,* although" undet "the" Act of 1873, a person might have'as many bars as he liked, provided there was only one-opening directly on to the street, the Act of 1874 stipulates that for every bar more than the one allowed to each house, the licensee shall pay a sum equal to onethird the amount paid for his license. It will thus be seen that an hotel-keeper can have several bars if he pays a certain amount extra for each. Where the publican pays £30 for his license, he will have to pay £10 for each additional bar. ' At a recent meeting of the East Malvern Road Board, Canterbury, a communication was received from a Mr John Jebson asking the Board to provide a balloon to give access to the residents on the south side of the Hawkins. Mr M'Millan was of opinion . that, m the event of the Board entertaining the request, Mr Jebson ought to be asked if he would supply the gas. Speaking of the new assessment the " Canterbury Times " says :—There is every prospect of Mr Lee having to adjudicate upon a much larger number of objections to the new assessment than has come before the Court m previous years. It is stated that up to the present time nearly 400 objections have been lodged. ' The comparative values of the imports and exports of the Colony for the years 1875 and 1876 we're as follows:—lmports for 1875, £8,029,172, for 1876, £6t904,889 j exports for 1875, £5,828,627, for 1876, £5,626,333. For the four principal ports the returns for 1876 are as follows:—Auckland, imports, £1,232,881, exports, £674,Q03 ; Wellington, imports, £1,151,740, exports, £666,684; Lyttelton, imports, £1,184,963, exports, £1,775,405; Dunedin, imports, £2,086,356, exports, £1,521,017. The Goteborg Insurance Company have just voted a substantial sum as a reward to the Swedish boy of 12 years of age who has successfully navigated the schooner Takla Maria, of Goteborg, from Lagos (West Coast of Africa) to Falmouth. He is the Bon of the captain of the schooner, and she had scarcely left Lagos when his father, the mate, and some of the ,crew were taken ill, and obliged to remain m their beds. None of the sailors who maintained their health possessed any knowledge of navigation, but the boy, who knew how to take a solar observation, navigated the ship, and after a voyage which lasted six months, brought her into Falmouth, where the sick men 1 were taken into hospital. Mr James Pollard, carver, of Melbourne, has discovered a method of raising photographic pictures m the form /and character of medallions. He has obtained a patent. The "Post" is informed on the best authority that at a public supper "which took place at Kaipara, Auckland, recently, as the alcoholic; liquid had all run out, they had to drink the'toasts'in Pain-killer, which^ with the'exception of water, was the only drinkable liquor m the place; . ■

£ s. a. Passengers, 2,673 363 18 6 Parcels, &c. 16 H 2 Season-tickets 32 15 0 Freight, 170 tons 304 12 5 Total £717 13 1