NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 152, 13 August 1881, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

The Commercial Hotel. — Ims splendid hosteliiewrs opened for pubHc patronage on Wednesday atteiiicon. Iv our next issue we int.nd t:> give a desci iption of the build'ng and its appointments.

The Public Works Statement. Mr. Hall, the acting Minister of Public Works, delivered the usual Sessional Statement on Tuesday. Elsewhere we ha»e eiven those portions which tefec to this district, and wouM naturally possess interest for our readers.

A School for Terrace End — We may say that we heattilv endors •■ ihe sentiments of our correspondent " School." wiHi regard to the n 1 cebsity for the ->rection of a rchool nt Terrace End, The site referred to m h's letter, is, we believe, that ori<; ; nauy selected Mr. Collins, sohooU master, under the immigration regulations. It is situated m Terrace-street, close to Broad and Grey streets, is both dry and levsl, contains two acres, and is worth at present £250, not a bad fife for any district to get.

Great Clearing Sale.— Those who have any respect for their " under-ttanding" had 1-e.iter ■ cuept the invitation given to them m anther column by M-. AUineham to pationisphis great clearing si'e of hi)ots an'i shoes. We are perfectly awar<i<ha( this is a free c 'Uiitiy, avl if a man has no shoe I'he1 ' he can go ban-footer!, but we imagine, will 'he weather Puch a < *i 1 -hfls 1 '3 ndiiring the past week, and pwlal p-otcutors af tbe minimum figure|offered by Mr. AlHngham f<>w would care to enj.iy his equivocal " freedom."

Ir quid Refreshment.— Aithon.^h the artifci il lake m f ont. of the Times' dr r nnv be the means of ke."pine advertisers at. bay, it has a central/ effect upon that, nob'e animal the horse, and its mud y waters have proved a boon to thirs l y travelling quadrupeds, which stop opposite our door to imbibe. YesJenlay we counted no lrss than three ho^s, and two vagrant bu"O'ks which were partakin? with onpat gusto of the liquid repast si plentful'y supplied by Ju|)iter Pl'ivius, while ahu -c retriever had improvispd a duck- hunt to the no srmll aiuusemeat oX some dozen small bo T s.

St. Patrick's Church.— We under. Rt&nrl that. . ffort' are being made to set up an eut -rtainment m aid of the Choir of Patrick's Church, tho arrant ments of which will be of such a novel character, as will e.isure liberal patror-ge. Thanks to tl'3 v»vy generous assistance given by the various rlfinnminations of the town, 1h • l;ist (Jatho'ici Cmcerf— which took plice th-ec years ago — was one of the most successful ev< r !^iv«n m Pa'mersto-i, and the promot m's of the proposed eruirtainniGnt trust that the same liberal spirit which made their last concert such a success, will be extended upon the cominsr occasion.

A Rose among the Thorns — Thomas Host, wcll-kivwn m this district, was arrested by Constable Gillespie on Thursday, as the poor f-llow was suffering from a very severe attack cf delirum tremen.B* Hq had heen SovvA wandering \n

the hush by a gcod Samaritan, who kindly brought him into town, and handed him ove" to tin*, police, en that he might bo taked cnro of. As the poor fellow was m a bad stat«\ and required considerab'e attention, Mr. Balcaelar g-neious y bupplicda botile of the best brandy to be given <-> him me^cin illy. Ye-»r.-rday moi-iing he was brought before Messrs. Linioa ami Wuldejrave, but as he was still suffering IVoin the • ffects of the drink and exposur?, he was leman led f<»r four days. Unfor unate Accident.— Fn.m a telegram, kindly f.ir.varded t j us on Wednesday, we J earn that Mr. Hayns, the Couaiy Eiigiiiuer, h.-.s s.ffcred a considerable loss, by the swamping of his horse and trap m the Ofcaki River. Mr. Ka ns had inlende 1 tnopmp fo'- s^me time at Otaki. ;uid fotwaidaJ oa Monday his t :nt nnl oilier apparatus m charge of S^tephe' 1 Rogers, one ut the rr admen, intending to ' follow himsrvf m a da or two. Fr-.m our telegram it appears that Rogers attempted to cro-s the rivor on Tuesiny nigh*-, but evidently entered the wrong crossing wh n horse, trap and co tents, were swept away and lost. We sympathise heartily with Mr. Fa ns m hU mi-fortune. as|his loss must bo considerable. The DslUge- — The late heavy rains | have had the eff-ct of almost swim pin* several poitions of the district, and m Palmerston we hare had our sVire of tha deluge. To show how +he springs have risen during the rains, we may state that the cellar of the Clarendon Hotel had on Thursday last, about two feet of water m it, which caused the proprietor considerable annoyance, •••ud is likely, before he gets rid of'it, to give him more All the rivers and creeks m the Manawtu, ha^e been overrunning their banks, but =o far as we can learn no damage has been done. A )ar«<* portion of KangitiUei Ko.d was flrodei through the overflow o£ the Mangaone, A Dangerous Position.— o«r cnvasser bad, on Thursday morning, o*c»sion to go some distance np Bansitikei Line, and on arriving 8t the bridge ne?r Mr. Lloyd's Brewery, was somewhat surpri63d to find a man sitting fast asleep against one of the np-i«hts of the railing, ju-t m thp cenhe of the bridge. The foolish man was at once awakened, and conducted to a placo of safety tn repose himself. Had tho unfortunate m Ms sleep shifted ever so little to either side, the probabilities are. we should have had a death to record, ns the creek was deep and over-innnin.g iM bank?, and m his helpless condition he could have done little to save hinua'f. As it was, it anpeared wonderful how he ha 1 managed to poise hioualf aghast the post so long. Need of Improvement.— The necessity of Home improvement being made to the Borongh Sale Yards was plainly snt forth on the occasion of Messis. Stevens and Giiton's sa'e ther«. Bv- ry pen was a veritable " slough of despond," and not a few remarks wr re made on the subject. The yards appear to be Bituared m a hollow, and after a rain each pen appears to hold the watT like brsiu, and for a person 'o enter the yards m question, meant going to the kn es <n slua^ ; consequently aH ap» peered to b" 1 - anxious to avoid siuh un« pleasantness. A few loads of gravel m each pen ; nr at least m those most v' ed, would hi found a great advantage. The sheep penned a' Wednesday's sale were liteially standing up to their b -Hi s hi mud. Such a stnta of th n^s is unsatisfactory boil) to intending vendors and purchasers alike. A " Simple " Blunder. Instances a-e often p,i<-°.n of the amusing effects of typographical mistakes, but weoonsid-Ttlic following which app aied m the Wan gamtl Herald i* e.ilit'o.d to the palm. In its report of the P iblic Wo*ks Statement, Mr. Hall is made to siy with regard to the immigration: — "But at nrsrent circum stances do not permit us to do more than assist a number of persons who have been to ronv* degree srrpr ; sF<l V>y the suspension of subsidised immigration, and to extend this assistance to a very limit 3d number o." simple women, and of nominated immigrants who are anxious to join their re'ations.' It is needless to exp'ain that the word int nded is single. The mistake is a vciy simple one, but wer.» the posed strangers to be of the class represented by our ontempo'-arv, we imagine their introduction would not be beneficial to themselves and decidedly bad for the colony. Valedictory. — We are p eased to hear th it our oid follow-to wnsma", Mr. T. King. is not to be all-wed to take his departure, without a substantial expression of fealinsr bei g cx'iiljit.'-d. Although of a parf.'culasly retiring nature, Mr. King has, during his residence m Palmirston,. occupied more than one official position. He was unauimousl v elect, .< Captain of the Fire Brigade whinh was organised about three ye^.rs ago ; and for a considerable time was a representative m the Borough, from which he retirad for the ~ame reason as now necessitates a charge of sc:ne— his health. The moment it became knov.n that he contemplated a depal ti ra, stepswere immediately initiated by his numerous friends and well-wishers to entertain him at a valei'icto'y dinner, a proposition which met with the heartiest response, and we believe that is the shape which the demonstration will assume. We need not Bay that we heartily endorse tho movement, although we deeply regret that it should be fcr such a purpose. Stevens and Gorton's Stock Sa'e — Messrs. Ftovens and Gorton hold th ir usual monthly sale of stcck at the Borough Sale Yar s, oa Wednesday, when, notwithstanding the extreme inclemency j of the. weather, the attendance was goo*, j and the bidding fa ; r. Before reading the i co ditiong of sa'e Mr, Gorton npologised J for tho non-appearan"e of some of the ad- J vertised ptook. but stated that this was caused throueh the rough sTati* of the weather, as he had been assured by their clients that the were t jvilly unable to get stock from the buah. The auctioneer concluded h ; s remarks by saying he hoped h« wou'd not have to meet his oli»nt<» again m such o Id stormy weather. The (i st lot of* fore 1 was eleven head store cattle m good condition, but. which did not realise the resprv price £7 10s, and were pis-ed m. '■■ Ten head primo '-eo.f was next offered, and after some Ween oompfltition was knocked down at £7 5s p*r h>-ad . Milch cows m calf rpalised respectively. £7 10s j £6 10- ; £7. A cow with calf at foot void for £5 10s Then wre only twe r>ens of she^p. b-oedinsr ewe« m lnmb. of 100 each pen ; one nen sold at 7s 6d per h;-ad, and the othor Bs. Some pigs were offered but little or- no competition was offered, and they were withdrawn i houses as usual were at a discount, Fourd Dead Drank.— Some consternation was created m town on Thursday, by the report that a man was lying out on tho Rangitikei Rond. if not at least m a dying state. With that zeal and p"nmph'tudo. for which he is so remarkahlp, the Constable securpd a trap— aui h.'iving first despa'oh^d » massage for the doctor, urgine hi ■> immediate attention to the oaie— started for where the su^EereT was said to b.i nca: 1 the Taonui School-house. IJnon arrival, the invalid was found Wretched on *he bank unconscious but still alive. Enacting the part of an iEJscnla 'ins, tho constable was m the act of workinglthe stranger^ arms, feeling hislegs, and tapping his ribs to discover m what 1 portion of bja frame b,is injuries weresus*

t lined, when Dr. Ma- rin^r ro^e tin m post hes'e, al'«rhtcd from hi« horse and joined m the scientific s.-ach It di I not, however take him long to d is 'over the disease from which Ibe victim suffeied, which was an overdose of "James tlcnnessy," and quickly remo in'in*, he said the patient was a fit subject for Dr. Gillespie, to whose tender e;>re he commit- d him. The trap was utilisrd as an ambulance, the unknown w.ns transferred from his sylvan couch to the cart, and the author ot the sell, half an hou"* later snugly enconced m the cell, where, utret -hci at full length He lay like a warrior tat : ng bis rest, With the lock-up quilt aroand him. Yesterday m- truing he was bought before the Bench, and having cried peccavi, was fined 10b.. id iet at liberty.