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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 81, 28 July 1877, Page 2

"Harmony's" communication shall appear m our next issue. A batch of Parliamentary papers has reached, us from'.Q-. Didsbnry, Esq., Government Printer, the receipt of wliicn we acknowledge with thanks. Mr G. M. Snelson will offer for sale at the Foresters' Hall this day (Saturday), the balance .of furniture and sundries belonging to E. T. Miller, Esq. Also sundry merchandise and town properties. 'By telegram from J. T. Dalrymple Esq •we have been placed m possession of the following information : — "The Government have agreed to fill m the ditch opposite Mr Linton's property. The bridge at the Lower Ferry would cost' £B,ooo. Government cannot do it." ' ' The Secretary of the Manawatu Highways Board notifies m our present issue that the rates for the current year, are, payable at the office of , the Board on the Ist and 2nd August. The Collector will attend at Fox-, ton, Otaki, and Sandon on dates to be advertised m a futnre issue. Written tenders for the supply and delivery, at or-near corner of reserve abutting on ?he railway line between the Oroua river and Feilding township, of 20,0^0 railway posts, will be received at the Public Works Office, W^lm^.o i, up to nooa on Wednesday, the Bth August. The s. s. s Napier arrived at Foxton on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock with five passengers and a full cargo. She left again for Wellington on Wednesday at "eight o'clock p.ui uit'i six thousand feet of timber, also a few tons of sundries and the following passengers :— Miss Eae, Mrs Allen, Messrs Hazelwood, Allen, McArthur, and Tricklebank. She will arrive again this morning, leaving for Wellington about 10 p.m. In pur advertising columns. may be seen a notice from Messrs Charles Wiley & Co. to the effect that they are m a position to supply shingles, palings, clothes-postsf,. house-blocks, &c, m any quantity. Having seen samples of the articles which this firm guarantees to supply,' we feel confident they will do a good business. We understand they are sending large quantities of shingles to Wellington, and we sincerely wish them success m theii' enterprise. A very numerously signed petition was yesterday forwarded to Wellington, praying that a bridge be erected over the Manawatu River at the Lower Ferry.** We are pleased to see that the promoters are m , earnest, the large number of signatures at- ' tached to the memorial proving that not much time has been lost since the public I meeting of Monday last. We believe the i signatures represent all the residents from Woodville to Palmerston. We trust the Minister for Public Works will accede to ' the prayer of the petition, inasmuch as the ' construction o.f a bridge at the Lower i Ferry is a -work -which has been long pro* ' mised, and is one that would ensure the' . safety of travellers and tend largely to toe increase of traffic on this line.