Wanganui Chronicle AND PATEA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTISER. "NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1879.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXI, Issue 4033, 6 May 1879, Page 2

Wanganui Chronicle AND PATEA-RANGITIKEI ADVERTISER. "NULLA DIES SINE LINEA." TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1879.

The Okoia,. Accident.— We- regret to hear that' the ma a who was recently killed at Okoia, by a log rolling over him, leaves a widow and ti ye children atWestport. -:■ : Teacheb's Allowances.— The North Canterbury i Board of Education has received a cc-mmunication front the Government stnting that it is un der consideration w ith the Government Insurance Departmen t to establish a teach er's and widows and orphans pension fnnd . Haloo^be. — As an indication, of the substantial progress of Halcombr, it is stated by the Advocate that thexe are at presant no less than thirteen 2-h onae and two bullock teams in daily use in the place! all of which are key t fully employed. The owners and drivers of them all reside either' in or close to the township. This will give some ; ideabf the business being done at this vigorous young* townabip.i Pangr'ama.— Rainer'e panorama, of the | Russo-Turkish war, which is to be £x- j l.ibited in Wanganui shortly, is at ! present attracting considerable attention ! at Chriatcburch, where, according to the Press, it seems nightly to increase in ! attraction, and the songs of the delim ator, Mr tJarry Stanley, every evening « xcite the p'atriopc feelings of the audience to enthusiasm. T.he other night in add ition to the usual presents a handsome ioleograpli picture wa s awarded to the fortunate author of the prize cunundrura.

County Bukial.— " Matarawa" wishes to know by what authority the police: interred a dead body in the Maarawa Churchyard, without even saying " by your leave." A Wealthy Community.— At a latemeeting of the Selwin County Council a sum of nearly £2000 was apportioned among the various cemeteries and recreation grounds in the Count? of S.-lwin. Feuding.— The manager of one of the banks at present unrepresented in Fetlding (says the Advocate) paid that township a flying visit a day or two ago, on a prospecting tour. The financial barometer, however, was not encouraging, and the branch is not to be opened at present— perhaps, and most probably, not at all. It is said that two banks can comfortably uudertake all the business to be donß in Feilding, which i 3 not nearly so brisk as it was. Life Assurance.— The terrible accident of yc-Htrrday, by which a father of family was hurled into 'eternity without n moment's warning; should vivo poin t to Hie le.w hints on the duty of life as*ur ance that we placed befoie the public on" the previons day, nnd sad though the event lias been, we trust that it may result in inducing a great, many to make some provision for. their families, in view of an event which, 'though not always so sudden, is yet'to all' inevitable. Wanted, a Doctob.— Some Maoris called at the pound yesterday with some 300 or 400 sheep, aud upon the poundkeeper asking for what purpose they wero brought, the natives said that they had brought them in to be doctored. Upon examination it whs found that on some of them the wool had fallen cfE in patches, ard there is no doubt that thej were scabby. As the pound keeper had no doctor to produce, the owners drove the flock off through the town, probably in search of some other medicine man. Meteorological Observations.— The following are taken from self-registering instruments, recording observations taken each twenty-four hours previously, ended Saturday, May 4th :— Weather during the week fine, with high barometer. The highest barometer recorded was on the 29ch, 3040.. Lowest on the 3rd. 29-85. .Mean for the week, 30 20. Highest, temperature in the shade, on the Ist, 70°, Lowest on the 30th, 37 Q . Mean highest, 65°. Lowest, 42«. Highest velocity of wind for the 24 hours was, on the 27th, 150 ;. 28th, 115 ; 29th, 156; 30th, 119; Ist, 125; 2nd, 110; 3rd, 307 miles. Rain measured during the week, on the 3rd, '03 inches. Total for the week, -OS inches. Going to Law. — An instance of the reßult of letting the law decide between parties in dispute was exemplified in th« R.M. Court a few Jays ago. A. B. employed C. D. to do a certain job for him. C. D. did the job ; but A. B. did not approve of C. D.'s price, and Baid, " I , wont pay you, you charge too much ; let the law decide." C. D. thereupon sued A. B. for £7 7s, the amount of his little bill. A. B- defends and employs a lawyer. Result : C. D. gets a judgment for £5 Is Gd only, which A.B. has to pay ; and in addition the costs, viz., Court costs, lOs; cne witness's expenses, £1 Is; C. D.'s lawyer's fee, £1 Is ; and his own lawyer's fee, £1 Is. Total, £8 14s Gd. Moral: " Keep law and lawyers at a distance. 1 ' Bankkupt Estatey. —The following notice from T. Kennedy McDonald, ; certificated accountant in bankruptcy, appears in the advertising columns of r . Wellington paper . — An exceedingly ■ pernicious system having grown up L during the last 15 months of Certificated Accountants in Bankruptcy collecting i proxies from creditors, and through these proxies voting themselves in as trustees of the estate, fixing their own renumer- ; at ion, &c, I hereby give notice that, as I consider the practice most degrading to all concerned, and calculated sooner or later to result most disastrously to I creditors, after this date no proxies will jj be requested by any of my clerks, but I I will be happy to act as heretofore for creditors unable to attend meetings of debtors, when specially .requested by them so to do. Sureties made to Stomp Up. — A Wellington correspondent writing to the Canterbury Pres3 says :— The result of i the verdict in an action just tried here, the Athen»um Committee against Mace and another, is rather a hard one; The defendants were the sufeties for the conI tractor who built the Athenaeum 'buildI ings. The contractor failed, and the [ committee had to finish the contract at a , considerable loss. They, therefore, sued ihe sureties, and got a verdict for several hundreds. The defendants' contention I vas, that had the architect not been I careless in giving certificates for progress ! payments, and had he kept back as he ought, the 25 per cent, which, by the contract the committee had a right to keep back, there would have been no loss. Whatever the law may be, there is no doubt that the result is very hard ou the suretios.