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Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1189, 1 March 1884, Page 2

Gorernment are endeavoring to intro* duce the telephone at Wanganui. A general opinion is expressed that people are burning their bush too early. The Eev. Mr Wright has returned from the Presbyterian Assembly at Wellington. 4rrangements will shortly be made {or opening the Terrace End School under Mrs Harvey. The Fisher Company played to a good house m Foxton last evening. The Company will not play m Palmerston ' this evening, but will open on Monday evening. The traffic clerk of the railway department, Wanganui, is authorised to i ixauklettecs, &c., oa public -service.

Mr Richard Evatt has been appoint* cd an acting inspector under tbe Sheep Act, 1878, for the port of Wellington MrThos, Short has been appointed a clork of the Resident Magistrate's Court at Masterton, vice C. S. K. De Castrc. Letters of Naturalisation have been granted to James Johnson Porter and f -ee Chung, market gardener, Wellington. At the inquest on the body of Michael Hogan, the victim of the recent Parnell fire, rh • jury returned a verdict of accidentally burned to dea f h,and a«ldedaridetbat there was no evidence adduced as to the origin of the fire, and considered th ( m tteir opinion it should bs compulsory for a boardig honseof two orth»eestori s m height to be provided with five escapes or ropes m its upper stones. Robin Hood'a prizes on the Dunedin Cup went as follows :— I [he first to a grocer's shopman m Christchurch ; the second to a bookkeeper m the same town ; and thiid, to a saddler m Gisborne. The sweep was drawn full. We notice he announces another sweep as open on the Chrntchuich Cup, M> Nairn, of the Bank of Auatrlasia Saodon, is abont to be transferred to Manaia. Mr. Knowles frem Wellingto n will cake Mr. Nairn's place at Saudon. A letter from the Rev Mr Gaustai on " Spiritualism " will appear m Monday's Times. Mr Monrad's letter came too late for to- day. It will will appear on Monday. A siting of the Native Lands Court is to be held at Palraerston on the 27th instant, to deal with the Otamakapua block. Referrine; to the matter last night's Advocate says:- "Why this extraordinary decision has beeu arrived at, we cannot even conjecture,but there is no doubt that it is against justice and common sense. By far the large number of tbe Maoris who are interested m the block reside m Eangitikei, whilst there are only a very few of them resident m the Palmerston district. It is moustrous that hundreds of Natives should be put to the heavy expense of travelling all the way to Palmerston when tbe business could be better dooe m xvlarton. We would advise TJtiku and the other Eangitikei Maoris to lay tbe matter before the proper authorities, with the view cf securing the holding of The court at Marton instead of at Palmerston. Another aspect of the case is, that, under the clear understanding that the court was to be held at Marton and tbe money paid here, tbe tradespeople of this town allowed the Maoris large credit. We are afraid that, if the money be paid over at Palmerston, a great portion of it will remain there with the local publicans, and the Marton storekeepers will be left lamenting." In England there is more land lying idle m sporting grounds, game preserves and landlords' parks than the whole kingdom of Belgium, which supports m happiness and prosperiay 6,000,000 people, and sends large food exports to London. An income of £35,000,000 a year is received by 8152 landlords as rent on 46,500,000 acres of land. While tbe population of London is larger than that of Scotland, the metropolis had school accornodation last; year for only 527,000 children, fcco Jand with ail its physical disadvantages, had accomodation for 619,000The name o£ the Hag o' Nails Inn, m London, was a puzzle to everybody till an antiquary renovated one of the old signs, and discovered that Bag o' NaiU was a corrupti >n of Bacchanals. How the world has progressed within a century I George Washington, the first President of the United States, never saw a steam boat. John \dams, the Becond President of the United States, never saw a railroad. Andrew Jackson, {he seventh President,knew nothing about th? telegraph. Abraham Lincoln, the seventeenth President never dreamed of such a thing as the telephone. The London Telegrapb/thinks the time is not far distant wben every nightfarer will carry his own ray of electricity about him, enclosed within the compass of a machine not larger than the watch now ticking m his pocket. Notice is given that the first call on the capital of the Manawatu Butter Company is made due and payable on the 24th inst. Aa error was made m the previous notice. We ate informed that a little daughter of Mr Peter Anderson, at Stoney Creek, was this morning attacked by a savage dog, th<> property of a neighbor, The Masterton coach was passing at the time, and the driver rescued the little girl from the animal. The circus troupe which is to appear on tbe usual ground, m Cuba street, to-night, arrived m Palmerston from Woodville this morning. The company includes a large number of artistes, all of whom are well up m their different lines of business, and the newspapers speak m high terms of praise ot the show. We have no doubt the company will do tfell. They are able to stop only one night, as thej are engaged to appear ac Wanganui on Wednesday night. They intend performing at Bulls and Marton on the way. Particulars will be found m the advertisement. Mr Denis Clifford, our well-known townsman, has entered into possession of the Princess Hotel at Terrace End, and the usual notice appears m this issue. Mr Clifford has bad previous experience of tbe hotel businesK, and doubtless his courtesy and strict attention to business will soon attract a large connection at this old-established and popular hostelry. Mr Clifford is an old resident of Palmerston, and bas made many friends who will doubtless rally round him m his new undertaking. Mr Greenwood, dentist, will be at Palraeiston on 13th March, Mr J. (Viyian, auctioneer, announces that the Commercial Horse Sale yards will be opened on Saturday, March 15, when he will offer heavy draught, trap, and saddle horses. With reference to a breach of the ; Sheep Act, caused by driving sheep from the Wanganui District, which is an *' infected " one, to the Rangitikei Dis« trict, which is a*' clean " one, we learn that an information bas been laid by the inspector, Mr E. E. Simpson, against Mr A. Drake, of Waikawa, near Otaki, tor a breach of the section relating to this, and that the case will be heard at Poxton. Ai new engineer Mr Graydon, has come up to take charge of the Tahoraite railway works on behalf of the Government. It was understood that be is shortly to be stationed at Woodville as Resident Engineer m place of Mr Holmes. — Examiner. Yesterday's Examiner says;— The ilanewatu Times is as jealous as ever of Woodville and as an advocate for his client so pleads the Timbs for Palmerston. It says that our condemnation of Mr Macarthur's representations is undeserved. If they were probable or even justifiable we might admit the charge, but we know and we can prove iv way tuat might not be palatable to either the Times or Mr Macartber that they are "grossly over-colored," to use the expression of the Times, but we are compelled this issue to hold over the argument. Daniel O'Brien, whose left thigh and right foot were broken through a fall of earth m tbe Asburst gravel pit last December, return to Palmerston to-day. He speaks highly of the treatment he icceived at the Wacganui JRoyptai, ■