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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 83, 4 August 1877, Page 2

The JTui will leave Foxton to-day after the arrival of the midday train. . ; The minutes of the meeting of the ManawatorHighways Board held on Wednesday last are unavoidably held over. ; ■ j Dr Skerman, -will vaccinate gratuitously at * the Palmerston School-room to-day, between the hours of 12 and 2 o'clock. , / We notice that the alterations to the old Schbolhouse have been completed, ; and that Mr and. Mrs. Collins have now^ taken .up their residence there. ■ * : • , Erratum. — A typographical error appear? m an advertisement inviting tenders / for. . the erection /of a 4-roomed house at the Terrace End. The date to which tenders . will^e received, should^read the "10th" instead of the "18th " August. ' Mr GK M. Snelson has been instracted by the Creditors' Trustee m the estate of B. Stanly, to sell by auction on Tuesday next, the 7th inif. commencing at 12 noon, household furniturfr and effects, fowls, ducks,turkeys, &c. ' ,' V ' - y Tenders are invited up to i noon of frriday the 17th inst., for the construction, erection/; and finishing of nineteen high-side wagpns and two timber trucks. Specifications jind 1 plansmay be seen at PubUc Works offices, Wanganui and Foxton. ,; ! A «P«»al meeting of the, Palmersfcon North. Local Board was held yesterday, when it was resolved that the district constable at present stationed m Falmerston be appointed Poundkeeper m room of Mr J. Donnelly, resigned. ■ A list of the unclaimed property now lying at the Foxton and Palmerston Rail- . way Station is advertised. The Foxton portion will be sold on Friday next, the .10th ittst., and the Palmerston on Saturday, the 12th inst., if not previously claimed and charges paid thereon. The Masons of Palmereton; North have taken the rooms over the shop lately m possession of Mr Anstee, with the view of holding lodge meetings therein. We understand that the lodge will be* formally opened on the Friday nearest the full of the moon m September. '

At Mr J. H. Wallace'sland sale yesterday the following porperties were sold :— Acres 334 and 343, Andrew Young, £2750 : %•«• 896, 1086, 503, m one lot, £480, 6. W. Clajton ; part of 378, equity of redemption, £260, F.Wills; two allotments, Grainger-, •treet, £210, E. Whitehead ; 262, 264, £8 10a. each, E. Whitehead; 196, Fitzherbert, £7 55., E. Whitehead; 208, and 209, Fitzherbert, £16 10s., P. Scally ; 314, Fitzherbert,- £B, W. Gathercole ; 35ft., Brougham-terrace, £160, J. H. Schwabe. Total amount of Bale, £3908 15». Dr Schlieman,thegreatdiscovererofTroy, states that Iron was unknown m the time of Agamemnon. In the time of Homer, it was a very rare and costly commodity,' and was prized more highly than gold. At ; first, iron was probably, obtained only from meteoric stones, hence' tfif Greek for " iron" ' is nearly the same as that .for " star." In Egyptian hieroglyphics!the : word iron means : also "stone of heaven-" or "sky stone." The extraction of irdri^rom it ores is one of great difficulty, and of much later date. From an interesting review of the Colonial ■ wool trade for 1876, published m the monthly trade Organ called^ the "Textile Manufacturer "a contemporary extracts the following paragraph, which seenis to, be important ;— New Zealand [wools] gradually losing their weUknbwn name, : many of the clips at one time eagerly competed for are wanting m quality, bo much so that they are scarcely recognisable as bid favorites ; while the average of the clip, bo.th washed, and, in -^grease,, are grown more for weight .'than, quality : but, fortunately for them, the demand for some • time has run.extensively on. half -bred androugher .fibred w descriptions,, so', that, they? ;■ have' found . a ready -market, at more than .their relative value. : We would advise caution m negligence, for on a weak and less decided market— as m June-Angust sales— the fall" in/these poor, ■ open, hungry qualities would indeed be serious." Contrast with "these remarksithe following sentence .from ' thepjorticiin of, the same article; relating to Victorian ' wool :— . " The ' beautiful growth and character of the choice Victoria ..wools cause them eagerly -sought for the production of the most beautiful fabrics, and high rates can arid will continue to be paid for the prime and i extra wools that wills give a yarn to spin^with silk, or. with : fancy fabrics requiring delicate fibre." ; V