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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 68, 13 June 1877, Page 2

On Monday aod Tuesday evening? a troop of acrobatic dramatic; and musical entertainers had possession of the Public. Hall, to produce "their artistic effects for the delectation of the public. As we did hot receive- the usual press ticket, we are not m a position to criticise the proceedings.

The adjourned meeting of the members of the Palmerston Evading Room is announced for this evening at 8,30. The s.s. Napier left Forton on Monday morning, having been detained since Saturday night on account of the blowy weather. She took seven passengers with her, and will return from Wellington to-day. She will leave Foston on Friday after the arrival of the mid-day train. We desire to direct attention to an adver* tisement calling for tenders for lining, seating, and papering the main hall of ' the Public Hall. T Tenders are to be sent m by next Saturday. Specifications are now on view at the omce of Mi* -R. N. Keeling. The Immigration Officer advertises for the information of . all persons wishing to . nominate friends m Great Britain that the lists will be closed each month sii days before the departure of the mail. This m, the current month (will be the 20th. ; . ■ The Trustees hi the Estate \ of Messrs. E. arid W. H^ Brightwell have eifcerided! the time for tendering f qt the; purchase" of the. stock-in-trade of that firm to the v 30th inst. Tenders are .also invited : fdr the; purchase of: other effects comprising the dwelling and! business premises of the Messrs. Brightwell, and properties inF.oxtbni and Wellingtpn, particulars of which may be seen, m the advertising columns. Tenders are to be sent : mby the 30th. : We understand also that, the Trustees willshortly callif orrtende'rs for ' the other . freehold-properties; belonging to the estate, comprising many valuable sections ; m Palmerston, particulars .of which will .shortly be advertised. . ' / ; To-morrow will inaugurate what .isjuaPalnierston a new phase of commercial enter- ■ prise. - ,The NeWmarkefc iSale Yards wfllMt>& .opened by the first ; p|-,a series pf , ; mpnthly sales .'of-.: cattlei pigs, ; poultry; '■ &c v . /^hese yards are situated at the rear pf.Mr Dearda' Princess Hotel, and are constructed with the special view of accommodating live stock. They ..are. commodious,. and* yfe bW. lieve m every w,ay .sjiitedrfor .the piii?pbse m view. The want of such a. convenience has . been for some time" felt . both by; purchasers arid ve4dors>. TiLe hitt^i^speoiftlly find ' them a great; convenience m relieving them of all aniiety cpncerning/the' safety of the . animals they bring to market. The-yards, ■> too,'are conveniently situated for the general v j; public. Considerable interest ' is felt at the r Terrace End concerning this venture on account of the local stimulus it [will produce. We have no doubt ;that ' ; Mt Or. M. Snelsqn will find himself largely supported; to-'mor-rtfw by both town arid country'; J ■' ' ' '■ ' ■ The " Argus " of the 6th instant re - marks : —There wilt, be no, ; excuse {ji.br the ■ bakers for a short ■ time ,io come to seD " bread made from "sprung" wheat, :flour.. Three ; hundred tons' of Adelaide flbiir arriverhere torday .by the barque Wild Wave from Adelaide. :Of course"; till- the L sjS;bck is> used up bad bread will be the exception, not; the rule. " • '_■-'- {"'': ' Presence i of mind isa splendid'pbs'sessiorL An individtial m this city showed it m a remarkable manne? a few days ago. 'A man was walking the! street when he; observed, his dag pick up a roll of paper 1 , and :6n look* - ing closer found it to consist of bank notes. He was just taking' them out of tne^dog's moutH when another m dividual hu?ried'up, ' put out his hand for the notes, expressed his thanks, and was apparently feeling id his pocket for some shiaU coin to' be given ;, to the owflettpf the dog, when his generous intentions were, defeated, by the'.reftf.;owner of the notes coming back to look, for; the money he, discovered he had lost. The man with presence of mind was. rather taten aback at this, arid made off as "rapidly as possible.— " : Pbst r>: ; ;-! „ ..; So the murder is out ! Mr Whitaker; lias • 'unbosomed himself to a reporter.in^Adck*land, and hisV admission shows thai there 1 was some fire to causer the recent smoke about dissensions m the Cabinet. In fact^T. Mr Whitaker's statement pretty well shows that the " N. Z: Times " has/as uraal/MbJbed, and that. the Press Aglency has been made 1 a fool of, m their respective" cbritraSictiofls'of 1 the report which ' first found cufreiioy m these columns.: Mr Whitaker admits that i there was a "'slight disagreement regarding minor questions.- This- strongly reirtirias us of .che excuse put forward, in 1 defence of her virtue, by tliß nurse girl m" " Midshipman Easy "—-that her baby was : Such a little one. .There have been disagreements on .minor points, but on the 1 mainr policy tberU has been np^": serious "dffiicidfcy' The qualification hereT is significant, , reme.m-- ' beririgf by whom the words are spoken. Mr Whitdker is so much an adept m the. use of language, according to. Tallyrand, ; that it is a pity he. did not add to his statement an iii- ' terpretatiori clause defining the precise meaxiing to be attached to the phrases "serious disagreement," ." main policy^" and " minor points." "If we were asked to define the main policy of the present Ministry we should.say.it is to keep,; inontce by hook or by crook, and to try to raise, m similar fashion, the means for doingiso. It is, possible that on tins' there was not any 'vseripus disagreement," although, if report. pe true,. Mr Whitaker himself is not altogether m .earnest • even m this policy; We ;: whether he regards the New Native Bands Bill as a .mfetof detail. .Mr Btatemtent, as telegraphed,. by pur^AacklanoV tfori'espofident, fufiy justifies the statements which ye made, arid f or repeating which bo. '. much wroibh has been showered down pn the head of a wrtairi cb"rrespondent<^'A»gJdiß.": " At Sfc ! Joseph's Church, Dutteßin> ott Stftfday, Bishop Moran' read an allocutiooby tlte' Pope, delivered; to the Cardinafe; fe etWsis* tory, on 1 March 12, anoi ia whielt the destruction of the temporal pwref and the suppression of the religious houses m Kome^ and of the misaioris there, are deplored. The Times says :-^-In hisjemafks iip'on the' document i which he"^read, Bishop Moranexpressed the opinion: that - war m -Europe would soon become' general, and' that' it would not only settle the' Eastern, but also the Roman question.—" N.Z* Times."

A return which has just been prepared for the information of the Chamber of Commerce demonstrates the rapid progress of Wellingtou during the past seven or eight years.. The rateable property of the city m 1870-71 was £72,125, it now stands at £176,050, showing an increase . m value during the period named of £104,000. , The principal increase has taken place m Te Aro, viz., £52,000 5 Lambtort ward shows an increase of £32,000, and Thornddn £20,000.-^ '• N. Z. Times." ' The question as to-the carnivorousness of certain plants h*a Deeneet at r^iri'a'-way that mates the matter plain fid plain people. Mt.Frilnsttidt, experimenting on the habits of Yenus's flytrap, took some small pieces of coagulated albumen colored with aniline red, and placed them on the leattes of the plant... The leaves closed gradually on the pieces of albumen, the time taken being from twentyfour to fifty-four hours. In eight days afterwards the leaves opened, the whole of the at bumen having .'disappeared, and the gland 'cells \veW found to hAVe red ; nucles, they having been before filled with transparent liquid, the inference is dbvious; s PitfsuT ; ing the .experiment^ it ;wSs "found that the, absorbed albumen played an important part . .m the function of . nutrition; ,r:The celli df . those leaves which had been fed with albumen contained some days ; after wards mlich less starcn ' than those which had biedn starved. The expei^eritshafe not yet been concluded. • ' * : " ;J> ' 7 L v"