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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 6, 21 September 1880, Page 2

Divine Sekvice.— The services at All Saints' Church on Sunday last were conducted by the Yen. Archdeacon Thorpe. The morning sermon was upon St Paul's experiences of a thorn in tho flesh, and in the evening the rev. gentleman contrasted the views of life held by a worldly rum with those of St. Paul, the texts being £cclesiastes, chapter ii., v. 18-23, nnd Philippituis, chapter i., v. 21. Notwithstanding the threatening nature of the weather, the evening congregation wus very lurge. After the service, the Archdeacon held a meeting of the Church members. He proceeded to Palmerston yesterday evening, to consult with the clergyman and Church officials there, and will thence return to YVangami. Archdeacon Thorpe intends to visit Fixton again about the end of next mout.li, after t.he close of the Diocesan' Synod. MoCTOA SCHOOL. — A. moeting of the Moutoa School Committee was held at the schoolhouse on Saturday last. Present— Messrs It. Edwards (Chairman), Carter, Smith, and Sauudeis. Accounts amoin>t T iug to £1 Vlb 3d were passed for payment. Proposed by Mr Carter, seconded by Mr Saunders, and carried, " That tho Chairman be instructed to opeu tho school at onco. I .' Proposed by Mr Smith, seconded by Mr Carter, and carried, " That the Chairman be instructed to write to the Education Board, and explain tho causes of the bad atumiance." The Chairman was isistruated to have some necessary repairs done to the building. There being two vacancies on the Committee. Messrs G. Wood and J. Urown were appointed. Important to Valuators. — Persons who are accustomed to making valuations should remember th&t under the Stamp Act Amendment Ace which comes iuto forco on the first of next month, all valuations are liable to stump duty. The following are the clauses of the Act bearing on the question ; — " 7. Every appraiser by whom an appraisement or valuation is made slnll, within four;eeu days after tho making thereof, write out Ihe same in woids and figures, showing the full amouut thereof u;jou duly stamped material, and if he neglects or omits so to do, or in any other manner delivers out or states the amount of any such appraisement or valuation, sh ill forfeit any sum not exceeding fifty pounds. — 8. Any person who receives from any appraiser or pays for the making of any appraisement or valuation, unless the same be written out and stamped us aforesaid, shall forfeit any sum not exceeding 50 pounds." The exemptions, however, are rather important, for it is provided that any valuation is exempt from stamp duty which is " for the information of ono party only, aud not being iv any manner obligatory as between parliea, either by agreement or by operation of law " ; al>o, all valuations are exempt from duty if made for the Government, or any local body having power to levy rates. Where the valuation dees not exceed £20, one shilling is charged ; £50, sa; £iOO, 10s; £200, 15s; £50«>, A' l. Entiue Hobse.— Mr AW. Lurasden, of the Fox i on line, Sanson, announces in another column that the entire horse " Champion " is open for sale or exchange. District Covet. — This Court opened at Palmerston yesterday before his Honor Jtidge Hurdcastle. The only case set down fur hearing was tbe one in which Thomas Pearce was charged with assaulting lid ward Osborne. Our readers will remember that we published in extenso the evidence takou in the case et the lower Court. The Crown Prosecutor prosecuted, and Mr Hankins wached the case on behalf of Osborne. Prisoner w;is undefended. He made a long statement, and applied for an adjournment on the grouuds that he wa9 unviot'oiided,im>l could not procure his witnesses, who are in Wanganui Gaol. 'I he Judsre refused to ad journ the case, prisoner having had evory opportunity to pruparo his defence. The jury, after an hour's retirement, returned a verdict of " Guilty," but recommended prisoner to mercy, on the grounds that ho was undefended, aud his chief witnesses were absent. He was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Assignment. — The proprietors of the Wellington Evening Chronicle havo assigned their estate for the benefit of their creditors. Waimate Lands. — A correspondent, telegraphing from Hawera to the Wanganui Curonicle, says that many visitors are there looking after land, particularly on the Waimate Plains. Convalescent.— Mr W. M'Kenzie.Messrs Barber Bros.' head stockman on this coast, who was amongst those injured by tho accident on tho ttimut&lia railway, has bo far recovered as to be able to resume light work. He was rolled down tho gully about 209 feet, and besides bain? very badly bruised on tbe chbst, had his left arm dislocated at the shoulder. He still carries the injured limb in a sling, and expects to be three or four weeks before he can remove it. Mr M'Kenxie's many friends on the coast .vill hear with pleasure of his recovery, after such a miraculous escape.

TrtAT $ew Kvifb.— "JE^lc-s," in the Australasian says :— •' In ono of the Xew £ Zealand provinces thero dwelt a cautiy ( Scot, familiarly known as Wattio Now, i Watti-j's sheep were incroasriuir at a mu^h i more rapid rate than could ba legitimately < accounted for, and hw neighbours at list i suspected that their flock- wwe being laM nmU'V contribution. Tliia was. however, difficult to prove, as Vattie's earmark waH the convenient one known ai a ' crop.' Amongst those moat victimised was un easy uoinz inrtividualt who one day went over to Wat'ie's yards, and found deveal sheep with Watties earmark quite freshly executi'd. Picking up some detachel and still bleeding hilf-ears with his owd mark plainly visible at the tips, he drew attention to them, quietly remarking, 'This loMjs bad, Wattie— caught in the act— eh?' Wattie looked at them for a moment, and then broke out, « Bad is it— bad— it looks d d bad, but that boy of mine has gotten hissel a new knife, and he is aye— whuttle, Whuttle, whuttle at they sheep's lugs. I just canna stop him I The Membeb for Northampton.— Tho Northern Whig describes the member for Northampton in a more favorable light than we have recently been accustomed to see hi»— •" Mr Charles Bradlaugh is a remarkable man — one of those men whom you oould not meet in the street without turn ing round to look after. With a splendidly biiilt body, massive h.'a.l, and wellout face, he is every way fitted for iho career ho has chosen and led for thirty years. One thiug niust bo said of him : whatever his speculative opinions on religious tind social subjecty, he has boon bofore the public con stantly for half ii generation, and in all the Jierce 'attacks made upon hirr, I have never hnard a single charg<* made against his private character. Anyone who has seen him at Hyde Park haranguing a multitude that could only be numbered by the ten thousand, is not likely to forget him. With his trumiict-like voice ami perfect nature, ha can sway them at v> ill, and yet a mob of h's gathering ha-* never done an illegal act, while they hava swopt away many giievances. Mr Braillaugh is, beyond all comparison, the most powerful platform speakei in England-— lt remains to be seen what ho can do in a House that has tamed and broken so many wiid spirits. " Example. — It appears that New Zealand is coming to be regarded as a " shocking example " by tho otliur colonies. The Sydney Morning Herald Siys: — " Tub state of New Zealand finance might serve as a warning to those of our reckless members who want our Government to make things pleasant for tho present by simply shutting their eyes to tho future, ani to go on spendi'ig without considering where tho monay is to come from. Such a couise is sure, t,ot to lea 1 to discredit, hut to a much severer financial pinch not long hence. Every year thut we postpone doing Uie right thing, thnt right thing becomes more difficult to do We have tio doubt whatever about the ability of New Zealand to work through its difficulties ; its only danger lijs in a sjt of reckless and popular-ity-hunting politicians, who are ready to purchase pleasure and power at the price of their country's credit. The people can pay nil that the (Jovemmeat neiitU to discharge its liabilities, but it will reg lire some- selrdunial and steadfast honesty of purpose for a term of years. It will bo a sevure discipline but a very healthy one withal. Tlic people have a lesson to learn, and if t hey digest that loss™ thoroughly they will find themselves all the wiser for it." The Chicago Hog Tkade. — A corres pondent of the Otago Daily Times thus describe.* hia visit to the bacon curing es tablishment of Messrs Armour, of Ohic-igo : — When in full operation they h ive four distinct sots of machinery for killing and cutting up hogs, in which oase they con vert pigs into pork at the rate cf thirty or forty per minute. Only one set of machinery W;i3 in operation When I was thero, but that was enough for my purpose. The hogs were together in a yard, where two men woeo doin^ nothing but putting a chain round one of their hind legs. In this slate of suspense they glided through a compartment where a m:m stood, dripping from head to foot, doing nothing all day but plunge his knife into, the pigs' throats as they glided past. A little further on the chain was loosened, and the pisr dropped into a oistern of boiling water. After hu hud remained there a minute, nnothtr machine lifted Mm out and laid him ou a table. Hero was an apparatus of revolving knives, through which he passed, coming out in a few seconds scraped. He is tiien beheaded and befoot'd, and hung up by the hind again. Noxt he is opened, cleaned, and generally finished off, after which, still hanging from tho ceiling, ho travels down a long passage through the establishment and takes his placo with hundreds more quietly hanging in tho same sad predicamout. The whole process which 1 have just described tikes about seven minutes ; and during those seven inmutos about 3VO pigs are similarly treated when the place is in full working order. Of course my readers won't believe me, — but I cannot t help that.. Apples. — ni he following is a letter to the Canterbury Times on the subjeot of kepping apples : — Sir — In pruning my apple trees some few days ago I found among the long grass a quantity of apples — evidently wind falls— as sound and firm as tho day they fell from tho tree. Those apples must have lain where I found them some considerable time. I noticed that the deeper tho fruit was buried and most perfectly covered were in the best scate of preservation, there being no sign of decay, and quite untouched by woodlice. The idea struck ma that, if apples were pitted in a manuor similar to potato pittiujr, it might prove an excellent method of keeping apples all the year round. Perhaps bjhio of our readers might kuow something of this matter, and could give us further iuformad-m on the subject. Good Advice. — Linen drapers (an exchange says) should tike a lesson from the lawyers, and make out their bills to their customers as follows :— To attending upon you in my shop, Ga 8d ; to advising you as to what to buy, I.ls 4d ; in decidiug with you to buy black ribbon. 6s 8d ; tho price of the ribbon, 2s j to making out your account, £1 la ; to attending cashier fir change, Gs 8d ; to handing you Raid change, ltis 4>J ; to wrapping up parcel, nnd placing it in your hands, 6s 8u ; to attending you to the door, £1 1.-f; to advising you to put up your umbrella, as it was g"iig to rain, 6s 8d ; for use of my shop whil« completing your arrangements, £1 Is. To'al. £15 ss. Local Industries. — A correspondent of the Lyltelton Times suggests that, iv theso times of encouraging local industry, it is a wonder that the making of barrels for exporting or transmitting potutoo', is not tried. He refers to the fact thnt in America, where the wood is more difficult to prooure than here, potatoes are novor bagged up, but placed in these lough barrels, which arc produced at a less cost than sacks, and at the sum o time prevent thorn boiug)bruised. Tho V.D.L. palings are, ho adds, -well suited for their manuiacture. if no native wood can bo used, and there are plenty of binders growing in our bush districts that would serve as hoops. If praolinuh'o, thin would bo opnning up a now local in-luHtiy, and it has the recommendation of tt very superior method of packing potatoes for export to any climate.

Smuggling Case — The capture of the imuggled jewellery in pi-ise.ssion of the Janaan.Jacoo Seift, at Auu'.d uul last woek, md his being fiaetl £U'O for smuj/glin,' did iot end the 'extraordinary bunnoai. Some zold duit wa3 found anting his eff.-ct*, ffhioh the police arit id. Defendant oluimod the gold dust, and said it was not smuggled, but *hat he had procured it down SjuMi iv axchange for goods, and lie asksd (hat it be returned to him. Ths M'iffistrate decided to consider the matter, and the result w.is that a fresh inforraatiou wa3 laid by MiHill, under the Gold Puties Ac, and tha defeudant mulcted in a penalty of 20s and costs, although ably defended by Mr Dufaur, who urged that, as the gold had not been removed from the colony, there oould hare beoa no export. The Bench, however, held that shipment of gold from one port to another was an export. Then tb.6 ability of the delinquent to pay the fine was a matter for discussion, but this difficulty >vas aoou solved, for though he denied the ability, the detectives discovered, amongst the effects at the hotel where he lodged, a cartridge case containing about 2'vO sovereigns, although defeudant had averred that it only contained cartridges Out of this treasure trove he paid fine and oosta. Sir Arthur G-ordox — The advent of Sir Arthur Gordon as the future representative of the Imperial authority in this colony (says the Christian itecord) will, no doubt, be nuiled with satisfaction amongst us from a religious point of view, inasmuch that horseracing, balls, and theatres are not at a'l likely to be paM'oniaed by that gontluiinin. Sir Arthur, who is the fourth sou of the late Eul of Aberdeen, holds evangelical views of the truth, and is not backward in exemplifying such in his talk and conversation. The Protestant religion in Fiji has had his full sympathy and support since ho assumed the reins of government (here, nnd his dopaiture thence will be regretted by the respective church a in that colony. As a mnn of uniform integrity and deportment, ho will not purpuo a different course in New Zealand. This testimony to the tnoral^ivligious, Protestant, and anci-wor'dly.amusement proclivities of our New Governor will doubtless greatly comfort many an nnxious mind in Dunedin und elsewhere. Kxehange.

The Rise I* Wool. — Referring <o the rise in the pi ice of wool, the N. Z. Tiua - says:— The exceedingly satisfactory aocounis of the wool saks is a gleam of sunshine that lightens the prevailing" gloom. Prices have been well muiniuined throughout, whilst crossbreds are quoted at a penny hitiher tban what thpj commanded at the last scries. Nothing could he more favorable fur New Zealand thr.n this, for the unsold bal'ince — a large one — of last season's clip will be disposed of at these sales, whilst crossbred wool predominates in the colony. The sales are rapidly drawing to a close, terminal ing as they do on the 29th inst , and it may be said that their success is certain. And the tone of the market, together with the assuring intelligence received of steady improvement in tr=»de anil commerce in the mother country, justify the anticipation of good prices at the next sales. Not only woolgnnvvrs, but the whole country wil rejoice at thi*, for every branch of business will benefit by it. Mtioh required cash will be put iuto circulation directly, and, with the very encouraging prospects that are so apparent of another abundant clip, and a good farming s.-ason besides, warrants a hopeful view of the future.- A rise of one penny per lb. on ths entire clip of crossbred wool for the year id worth about £20'J,009 to the colony.