WITHDRAWAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 6495, 25 April 1888, Page 2

WITHDRAWAL.

Wb never looked upon tho action taken against Mr Field by the Executor in tho Churton cstato, for libel, ns other than nn exceedingly ill -advised and foolish proceeding. It was very difficult for anyone to say whore tho libel existed. Mr Field had written strongly on tho subject of Churton College, In which ho felt a deep interest, ! but he never intended tho meaning which professional ingenuity attached to tho inuendos. If tho Executor had met the points raised by a letter explaining his actions, tho public would hftvo been satisfied, and ho would havo raised himsolf in tho ostimation of overyono. It may be necessary hero to state that, recognising we had published tho offending letter nolely in tho public interests, tho Executor w ithdrow h(3 action against tho Hbeaid some \ -coks ago, and thus ended tho litigation tho reason of which wo, and a good many more, havo never been ablo to understand. We had ono, and only one, object in view from tho beginning — to savo somo part of this unfortunate trust from the wreck. Wo called on tho Executor, who was also ono of the trustees for the Collogo, to assist to have the building set aside nndcr the TrUßt Deed for tho object intended by tho late Mr Churton. Wo had a right under tho circumstances to expect this assistance If the deed had been properly executed, a splendid endowment would have given to tho district a noble and philantliropic institution to bo handed down to remote generations. It was j useless crying over spilt milk, and the only thing to be dono was to save tho building, with the hope of obtaining an endowment in other ways. We still trust this may bo accomplished, and we arc glad to notico that Mr McCaul has expressed his intention of rendering any assistance in his power in this direction. Tho decision of tho Supremo Court wrill bo awaited anxiously by tho friends of tho instituion.

Tho frozen meat by tho lonic and ship Ilangitikoi is selling from 4d to 4>. Tho market is steady.

Captain Culbert, of tho stranded ship Ploione,has been appointed to tho command of the ship Pleiades.

A further sum of £16 is to bo spent by tho Council on tho wator supply for tho wharf. Last year's rovenuo from this sourco ciuno to £27.

At tho Supremo Court yesterday His Honor put the caso of MeCftul v Booth and others, in which there are only legal arguments to be heard, down for hearing at Wellington.

Tho present trough at tho end of the bridgo is about to be shifted, and two troughs will be erected, ono opposite the fenco next tho N.Z.L.M. and A. Company's office, and tho othor on tho other sido opposite Bussoll's hoarding.

Tho Bowling Club do not caro about paying tho Borough Council 15 per cent, for their water meter, preferring to buy it outright. Their request to tho Borough Council to bo allowed to do so was agreed toby tho Council last night.

At last night's meotingof the Council, tho Mayor snggostcd that a main bo laid in tho upper portion of Wicksteed Street, asthorc wero sovoral houses there, and in case of fire thero was a difficulty in getting a supply of water. Tho suggestion was adopted.

At the Nowmarkot (Auckland) mooting of lioiisoholdcrs tho following resolution ■was carried : — "That this meeting request a new meeting, to call to attention of Government to tho present pernicious system of electing School Committees, whereby each householder to record his full number of seven votes to any ono candidate."

The following Dre the name 3of tho Gordon Club's playors in tho football mutch with the Collegiates on their ground on Saturday, at 3 o'clock sharp: — Smart, Tonnsend, Copeland, Carrol], West, W. Armstrong, Jamison, Grogan, Clark, A. Walker, J. Walker, J. Adamson, McMillan, C. Galpin, Arnott, C. Anmodt, Jarrott, J. Cronin.

We arc glad to hear that tho Mayor has instructed the Inspector of Nuisances to visit the whole of tho town, as a lady has complained to him of some \ery dirty places in the town. Ho told the Council ho had spoken to Dr Earle on tho matter. Tho doctor said he did not know of any nurticidar cases, and the Mayor asked him when ho know of any bad cases to report at once. Bovoral Ora alluded last night to a very bad spot nenr Maiift Place, and tho Mayor suid tho Inspector liiid instructions to bo no respecter of jiursons.

Some little curiosity has been manifested (says the Now Zealand Herald) as to tho nat'iiro of the will of tho late lion JrtmtH Williamson, probate in which was granted somo few weeks ago. The exact amount of property left by Mr Williamson has not yet hoc" ascertained, tho accounts not j et being ■loicd hut it i fl nc understand, very much uudor' what was popularly bclicicd, the •eat depreciation in property of recent years having greatly affected the property of H.'n deceased contleman. i-o far as is known It present, fc>o»d the foot thatMr.Williamson has by will appom e<l 1™ thw bwi« trustees in his>tate, he has boqucnthed his whole property to his taimly.

The tender of Mr F. J. Jonos, late of Wanganui (12s 2d), was aceoptod for W. I. England's stock at Nbrmanby. Bush and Fisher came next at lie 9Jd.

The last £25 in the Laing-SUivin Match was deposited by each of tho principals last night at Chavannes' Hotel. There aro now in town a largo number of "Wellingtonians, and amongst them a number of spielers, who if they don't make money on the fight will have to raise it some othor way to pay their passages back. The public had therefore better bo on the look out.

Mr Bell in lib opening address to-day caused a laugh in alluding to the severity of the weather last winter by mentioning that it would be rcmombered that on tho last occasion on which ho was in Wanganui it was shown that in Mr Hutchison's journey to Karioi, twolvo bottles of whisky were consumed by three men to enablo them to stand the severity of tho weather.

This morning thero was considerable excitement over tho Laing-Slavin match, and tho numbers of country people who were in town testified to the widespread interest taken in tho match. As an indication of the popular feeling on tho matter throughout the colony iio may say that we havo beon inundated with requests from othor papers for long and full accounts of the contest. A fow leader writers may thunder against it, but the fact romains that boxing is as popidar now as ever with the great bulk of the people.

Mozart was a musician — and a gentleman ! Brown -nas a labourer — and, nell, stmplj a man without the prefix "gentle." At a mammoth concert recently — locality, not 100 miles from Wanganui — Mozart (who is not conceited, as some infer) was to render occasional service, but in the meantime -was lounging, in a most graceful attitude, on one of tho front seats. An unncoompanicd lady, observingalady friend (also unaccompanied) seated by tho great rertuoio, appealed to him to exchango scats, but Mozart simply raisod his oyes to the fair interrogator, and, rubbing his "ivory thumpers" in the most languid abandon, remarked— " I-ch don't intond-eh to-eh more for anyone," and sank back in a most fatigued manner. The lady retired, chagrined. A short time Inter another lady, in search of a seat, found herself in tho vicinity of Mozart, but seeing no vacant space, was on the eve o^f retiring. Her predicament was observed by Brown, tho man (who was seated close to the musician), and he, with tho gallantry of a hero, resigned his scat to the fair one, who accepted with grateful thanks.

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