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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 85, 11 August 1877, Page 2

Owing to the pressure upon our space we, are compelled to hold over several communications till pur next issue. The Government advertise for 7,000 railway posts. Tenders will be received up to the 15th inst. We remind our German friends that the Rev Pastor Honore will preach m their language at the Wesleyan Church, Palmerston, to-morrow afternoon. at 3 o'clock^ A general meeting of the members of the Manavratu Dramatic Club will be held m the Office of the Highway" Board, Palmerston, on Thursday next, at 3 o'clock p.m. Mr E. E. ,Caney, .our local photographic artist, secured a" first-rate photo, of the Public Hall on Thursday last immediately after its exterior had been decorated with evergreens. Tlifr inhabitants of Foxton have, we notice, opened a li6t for the purpose of getting up a subscription to John Hillary, who for the last nine years' has held the position of JFerryman at -the Foxton Inland Ferry, during which time he has gained the good will of the public, not only by his attention but by his courtesy. We trust that all travellers will show their appreciation of his services by contributing. A some w bat serious accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon during the election.

Mr Owen was driving his buggy rapidly through the Square, and m rounding the corner opposite the Post-office it unfortunately capsized, precipitating him and four other occupants to tbe ground. Mr Owen, we regret to say, sustained a fracture of his collnr-bone, and remains very unwell. , Messrs GHUard, King, Ditnond, and another I gentleman were also injured, but m a less degree. After tbe upset the horses still went on with the empty vehicle, and finally 'landed it m the ditch near the Kail way Station. The buggy is damaged, we understand, to the extent of £20. We understand that Mr Linton, as one of the trustees of the Cemetery Reserve, has given instructions to have it cleared. This is a perfectly safe step on the part of the trußtrees, for the public are now bo earnestly interested m the matter as to be quite willing to give countenance to all work requisite to transform . the unsightly wilderness of blackened logs arid brambles into a decent burial ground. It is very likely that before long one or more public entertainments will be given for the special purpose of raising funds for laying out and^planting the cemetery ; and it has. been suggested that the ten gentlemen wha^now constitute the Borough Council could not more gracefully memorialise their accession to the position than by making a small donation from their private purses, say £1 each,' for the same object. An amusing incident occurred , durmg a performance ,of Othello at the Prince, of Wales Theatre, Birmingham, m the bed chamber scene m the last act. .Othello was ■ just m the net of taking the^ife of his wife,' when an old lady m the pit broke the stillness of the tragic scene, and caused a good deal of amusement <&t an inopportune ' moment by making a dash towards the stage exclaiming, "Oh, you wretch." Othello was greatly pleased at the ch'cumstance, which he considered a tribute to his genius. * f\ The metropolis of the British Empire, the ' largest city the world, .^ever saw, covers within fifteen- miles, the radius of Charing Cross, nearly 700jsquare milea, and numbers within these boundaries '4,ooo,ooo of inhabitants. It comprises 100,000 foreigners from every region of ttte globe. It contains more Jews than the whole of Palestine,'more Roman Catholics than -Rome itself, more Irish than Dublin, more Scotch- . men than Edinburgh. The port of London has every day 1 on its waters 1,000 ships and 9,000 sailors. Upwards of 120 persons are added to the population daily, or 40,000 yearly, a birth every five minutes, and a death every eight minutes. On an average 28 miles of streets are opened, and 9,000 new houses built every year. . - t . ATOip EXCITEMENT, '•■ DISSIEATIOJtf AND lATE hoxtbs. If you are not naturally nervous , they wiiyw Bpfc..to make you |^, unless yon have a constitution of iron. If youare nervous there is*** still ~ 'greater reason to ' shun them. The best remedy for weakness of the nerves, as well as for its almost invariable concomitant — a deficiency of' constitutional vigor — is Udoipho Wolfe's- S.ohiedam Aeomatic Schnapps which multiplies; the physical energies, promotes assimilation of of the food, and tranquilizes the brain.