NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 143, 25 May 1881, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

..•t ; .]/-.i i:o-- ; --; ♦;■.;■•/■• i Ascension Thursday.— We have been requested by the Rev. Father Moreau> to intimate to the members of the congregathat to-morrow (Ascension Thursday) Mass will he celebrated at -eleven- o'clock, and Vespers as on Sunday. Dangerous Accident. —As Mrs,: Templeion, of TeMatai )r was riding aloug^ Broad street,' on J ' Saturday" Evening, the ; Bhoe of her horsa caught m the tram laid 1 across the street, and broke the animal's; leg. Fortuna ly Mrs. Templebon had the presence of mind to spring from the saddle, and so escaped without injury. Wilful Destruction.— The contractors for the Borough fencing have complained to us that m many places m the towa the fencing is no sooner up than it is. torn dovru again, by those mischievously audjmaliciously inclined. We warned the culprits m a former issue, and now we hope that they miy fa'l intj the hands of Constable Gillespie, who will place ihem'in a position to receive a warming instead of a warning. Apology. — We hare to apologise to those persons who were unable to obtain copies of .our last issue. Expecting that there would be a demand for them, we printed one hundred extra, but that amount was by no means sufficient, and we could have disposed of double the number. One business man m Wanganui wired that he would take every copy we had on hand, bu' unfortunately we were only ah'e to fotvard a dozen. The Borough Election,— T< , day at noon is the hour appointed for the no* mination of candidates for the vacancy m the Palmerston Borough Council, caused by the resignation of Councilior James. The candidates arc Messrs, Joseph Leary and George Snelson We have seen Mr. Liary's nomination paper, which is signed by Messrs. Lin on ; but we have not heard who are to be the proposers of Air. fenelaon. The. Gordon Prospecting Com-pany.—-We learn that Mr, Thomas Walton, the Beoretary to the Gordon Prospect-

ing Company has been, most {successful m his <udeavors to have shares taken up, scarcely a member of the community giving a'refu&tl. Although the shares are limited lo one shilling^er month, the receipts acv cording to the'number allotted will • represtnt £30 per mcinth, an amount which is, considered quite, suffjcieat to thoroughly carry, out the objects of the company. . Qp.ien's Eii'ttldayv Yesterday/b& ing the naial day of Her Most Gracious Majesty — who has now -reached her- sixtysecoiui' year—was -observed as, a closed holi day throughout the town. - On Mond ay ni ht the Marlon Band arrived by the lat--« tiain, and yesterday diacourHed Bweet sounds at intervals. Our local defenders, to the number of thirty, assembled on the Pquare i a li'"tle after nine, and fire a feu de joie m honor of the occasion. , „;,;• The Rev. Mr. Dew^b^y.— The many friends of 'Mr. Dewsb'.iry will learn with legret that although it is, some con--iderable time sinc^. he resigned his pas(oral charged through severe illness he hat never been able' io leave Palmefsfoh totake charge of his new one; The ,rey. gentleman has been the victim, of a painful in'ernal complaint, which has necessitated his confinement to the house^and difficult operations. Ho is constantly attended by Dr. Marriner, under whbs* skilful care we trust to see him soon recover his former strength and vigor. "Under the Influence."— Robert Sigley, who had fallen into the hands of Constable Gil'espie on Friday night, waß ■n Saturday morning, brought before his Wusbip the iVlyyor upon the charge oi: drunkenness. JTJhe apprehending constable stated that tbe accused was simply incupable and he had locked him up, for fen.r something might happen to him. Prisoner said he had been working m the country, and as he had not tasted drink for a considerable time, when, he had.embibed it had bad a great effect upon bim. The Bench accepted the explanation, and as he had not been guilty of disorderly conduct, dismissed him with a caution. Of Weak' Intellect.— On Monday morning Constable Gillespie arrested aman named Hans Hansen, upon the charge of eing a vagrant. Some time ago the ac« cased was committed to the Lunatic Asylum, but upon gaining his liberty he made his way back to Manawatu, and for some months has varied his movements by wandering about and living with the Maoris. Before arresting him the Constable asked him how he had been existing, and the reply he receiv d was "upon air," the accused appearing rather glad than otherwise when imformed that he would be locked up, Whether he was really not m a. condition to work wo cannot say, but certainly from appearances we sliould have been led to BU| pose that his food of late had been something more substantial than air. West Coast Railway.— On Monday morning, Mr; Lioton 1 made another canvas? of Palmerston with a view of getting more shares m the Weafc Coast Railway taken up, and we are pleased to hear that he met with succes beyond his most sanguine expectations. Before he 'had been at work an hour he had added some seventy five shares to thosee subscribed for, which left it within a couple of score of one thousand taken up m Palmerston and the immediate vicinity. We hear that somewhere about eight hundred have been applied for between Feilding and Halcombe, and as Sansoh and Carnarvon have yet to be visited, there is little doubt that the balance of the second.thousand wil! be readily taken up. Aa this represents £10,000, the re.--maining"dG4o,ooo required should be, and no doubt will be, readily subscribed m Wei-

ling^on. Distressing Accident.— We regret to have to chronicle a very severe accident which "happened to Mr. Stubbs, one of the new settlers on the Kairariga Block. It appears he . was working on his ' section on . Saturday morning bush falling, when by some means other he leceived a blow from the axe, whicli -inflicted a nasty wound to .his leg. His brother immediately started for assistance, and. calling at Mr. Coliin's Rangitikei Line, that gentleman very kindly lent a conveyance- npon : which the injured man was brought into his father's house, opposite the Brewery. We deeply regret to bear of the occurrence, for independently cf the paiii -'inflicted upon the poor fellow; the Stubbses are the right kind ; of settlers, and it is a pity their industry aDd enterprise should^ meet with scch an unoleasant delay. "Honor to Whom Honor is Due "—We have tp apologise to Mr Stake, counsel for the def ndant m the late libel case, for omi'ting a welKmeritei compliment paid to him by the presiding magistrate, Mr. Ward said he had rarely, if ever,, heard a more eloquent address than that delivered by Mr. Staita upon behalf of his client, and his defence was worthy of all commendation. That the' remarks of the Bench found a hearty response from those present, was quiVs apparent from the attempts made by the audience to smr.ther the spontaneous applause which the ad' dresses, but particularly that upon the second day evoked. As the party most interested, we must say we heartily re-echo Mr. Ward's sentiments, and although we suppose we will now be looked upon as as a double-dyed prisouer and criminal, we, feel that it is not Mr. Sta*te*% fault that we are sq.

A Sign of the Times.- We are continually chronicling the arrival of new settlers, or the erec+ion of new buildings. We have now very much pleasure m stafc-; ing that Mr. Joteph Leary has hi in-, compelled to mflke material additions. io^hjs job printing office m order to ;keep'jpacec \vith his business, and execute orders'which are deily flowing m upon him. Perhaps thore^is no other trade which is such ja sure : and cc' tain index of the state of the times as job printing, for whenever .that, branch., of industry ia well pationised, it may be taken for a certa : nty- that all other -busi"nessea are m a flourishing state, We chronicle Mr Leary's success, with pleasure,, the more so as it has been shown that m doing so we note a state of public prosperity The timber for the proposed alterations' are already on the ground. , _„ : Land m Fltzherbert.— A couple of years aoro do one 1 ever heard of Fitzherbeit, unless it was to-be told of large'/fracts of magnificent land taken tip and. afterwards abandoned by the deceived settlers; Since then, however, throught the efforts, of. the members for that district.in the County Couucil and Highways Board, a . certain! measure of -ingress and egress has been ■ provided, and we are pleaced to say ; that there is now every probability of facilities being provided for the owners 1 to get . to' their land. Considering the most decided disadvantage under which it labored, some surprise might he evinced at the number of settlers — aud settlers of the very best class— • who have within the past two years invested m Ihat locality, and each day finds an addition to the list. Within the past ihontli Messrs. Preuder^ast and Stallardhave be':, come perrp inently located there, and wa, lately chronicled the pu; chase by .Mr. W.Mackpy of sixteen hundred aores. This last: we learn was a portion of some two' thousand six bundled acres, lately owned by' Mr. Kennedy Macdonald.' and has beta pronounced by competent jiirtgeß to be some of the best la'ndV m the . Manaw'atu^ We nnderstand that the balance, about a thousand acres, is now m the market, haying t:en placed m M-.-Linton's hands for sale. A portion of it adjoins Messrs. Knight and Stewart's holdings, while the' balance f fonts Messrs, Waldegrave and Wordsworth's. We understand Mr. Linton : is authorised not only to part with the pro*, pe. iy at a very moderate figure, but also +-) mat* the most liberal arrangement with buyers. Intending investors seeking really a good property had better make a note of the above facts, and as the biißhfaUing season is now on, every day's; delay may' Ke deamed a loss incurred. . „ ' ' ""■"' Still Another Upset.— Evidently he season for upsets is not yet. .over, AH-QA Tuesday morning the driver of a conveyance belonging to Messrs. Anderson and Jansen, of Sandon, had an experience to the contrary. He was driving up jhe Bangitikei road when the animal becoming restive, upset the vehicle,- but fortunately without doing any damage, . '".