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Manawatu Herald, Volume XII, Issue 259, 12 April 1889, Page 2

There will be mass next Sunday in St. I Mary's Church, Foxton, at 8 and 11 a.m. j On Monday Mr McLennan finished shipping the last of the sheep for freezing, this season. Mr Wilson has taken over charge of the Moutoa Estate, and dipping has jast commenced, during which the tally will be taken. Mr Larkworthy will then leave for England. Mr Walls the leading Druid has been round town with a list to secure Mrs Dunn's boy, medical attention. In justice . to Dr Foot we mention that he has been attending to liim, directly he was aware, from our local, that the child needed attention. For all that, the residents thought some notice should be taken of his kindness. A report says that Mr James Purcell got lost the other night in the bush. We do not doubt it, but it is time these young batchelor's gave up going about by themselves. They had better get a wife to take care of them. Some time ago we mentioned that Mes rs Bartholomew & Dunn were about starting | a hemp mill at Horowhenua, when both '■ the Palmerston and Feilding papers con* , tradicted the report, As an item of news •■ they both now make the assertion that a i mill is being started by that firm near • Levin. ! It was rumoured a little time ago that ! Messrs Wollermari & Co purposed opening j a branch in this town. We believe we are i i correct in stating that they have abandoned 1 i any intention they may have had, and, in ■ fact are relinquishing any bold they had here. The Directors oi the Foxton Co-operative I Butchering Company have purchased the I boiling down plant that Mr Larkworthy 1 I imported, but never vised, for the utilisai tion of the waste products of their busi- . ness. | We learn on good authority that the | Messrs Ryan have disposed of their hemp j mill at the Oroua Bridge. i The " Ivy " has at last secured the whole ! of her machinery and boiler, so that we : may hope soon to see what speed she can : attain. i Another first class flax dray was landed from the steamer Huia yesterday, consigned by Mr Bohan to Messrs Thynne Linton & Co., for sale. ; The steamers Huia and Napier were ; discharging and taking in cargo, and the j Railway department supply one man, to I tally cargo, and attend to the wharf sheds. I Of course the thing is an absurdity, and is I a great bar to the. progress of business. Carters bringing hemp to the sheds have ! to worry up the porter and he makes a dash | to open the shed door and then has to fly 1 away to some other part. Surely the ' carters should be able to have assistance : in discharging and should be entitled to a receipt for goods delivered. Economy is excellent, but no attention is absurd. Our city fathers are doing a little towards the repair of the main street, as one man and a rake, (this does not mean two men) i are hard at it, filling in the wheel hollows. ! We observe that the contractors have ; made a good beginning with Mrs Startup's 1 new dwelling. A photographer's studio is in course of ; preparation in Clyde street. Who will he| jbe2 ZZ 1 j Mr Russell brought to our office this! J morning a hank of dressed hemp which \ I measured fully six and a half feet. Of' i uourse this would not represent anything /wonderful if cut from the old growing I bushes, but this sample was cut from a green flax bush which had been cut clean ! le-,s than six montlis. ago. It has been asked at times, what provision has been made to secure a fresh crop ? We believe this supplies a very fair answer, for most of the mills have a two years supply around them, more indeed than is needed, if the \ix. month's growth is like the sample menioned. . The body of Mrs Doran, who has been I missing, was found in a water hole in the I Wanganui river, close to where she was seen last. An inquest was held on Wednesday and there was no evidence to show how the deceased came by her death. A verdict was returned of found drowned. The member for Thorndon, Dr Newman, is about starting, a hemp mill in the Bangitikei district. . . Next week will see the commencement of the -Easter holidays, and we would ask our subscribers and advertisers to note the alterations that we find necessary to make in our issues so as to give our employees the benefit of this recess. We shall publish next Tuesday as usual, and then on Thursday instead of Good Friday, and again on the Wednesday, instead of Easter Tuesday, after which date we trust to get upon the usual track again. It will no doubt be puzzling and a little inconvenient, ! but with a population that has experienced _ for some months, intermittent train and : mail services, any little irregularity will be ; quickly grasped, at least we hope ho. i The dates lor posting letters for the next European mail is given in the Post Oflice notices. j Mr J. B. Hamilton has an altered advertisement over theleader, to which we direct our readers attention. The sale of 'the privileges in oonneotion with the Foxton Racing .Club's Autumn meeting is advertised "for next Thursday at half past one in the afternoon.

We remind our readers that tomorrow night the employees at Mr Gardner's Mill at Piaka give the concert, to which they have freely invited all. Invents of children attending the State should watch our \feekly record of the attendances, arid endeavor tat the benefit of their ohildreri as well as the fichdol; to keep the numbers well up* On very good authority we lefarii tha"t we may expect very shortly, to htive A daily train. This is good news, and more so 44 it is not likely that the Thursday and Saturday midday services will be stopped. In fact we may 'state that most likely these latter services will be altered to meet the wishes of the townspeople, by the afternoon train being timed to leave later than it does now, so securing to visitors a period of two and a half hours to do their shopping and visiting in. These arrangements would be meeting the publio in every way. Mr M'Lennan gives notice to trespassers on the Oroua Downs Estate. Mv Thomas Wilson also warns trespassers on the Moutoa Estate. We remind our readers that tomorrow is the last day for forwarding the competition tale. We hope to have some good ones for the decision of the public, as the value of the prize should be sufficient for the very short story demanded. If we find that thare is a likelihood of getting longer and better ones, we shall increase the value of the prize accordingly. The musical public will be pleased to learn that the Fisk Jubilee Company have made arrangements to appear at the Public Hall next Thursday. This Company needs no puffing, they have secured their name throughout the colony before now. There are eleven performers. When they were passing through Palmerston on their way north, it will be remembered that the Mayor telegraphed to their Manager, to see if they would not give a concert here, and they then explained that their tour was mapped out, but probably they would call on their way back. Thus they will come. ■We hope to see a crammed house, as a company of their size and merit, costs a lot of money to move about. Seats can l>e reserved at Mr R. McLean's stove. Tenders for the road formation between the Ohau Township and the Werevoa cleaving have to be at the Hoiowhonua County Office, Otaki, by 10.;Jl) a.m. tomorrow. In another column the Railway Department give notice of the alteration in the train services for the Easter holidays. Excursion tickets will be issued from the 16th inst, available for return up till Tuesday, 7th May. The Feilding races on 22nd April will alter the hour of the train leaving Foxton to 8.30 instead of 9 a.m. Great storms have swept through Virgina and Maryland. Numerous wrecks are reported on the coast. By a fire at Savannah, Georgia, fifty buildings were destroyed. The damage is estimated at 300,000 dollars. The prairie fires in Dakota State are still raging. A train entered a burning prairie the other day, and as it sped onward the rails behind it was destroyed by a fire which was following. A furious fire was also raging ahead, but those in charge of the train resolved to dash through. The scene is described by the passengers as being wild in the extreme. The train was partially destroyed, but no one was fatally injured. Mr Geo. Fisher's resignation of the portfolios of Education and Customs, and of membership of the Exeoutive Council, were placed in the Premier's hands at 9.30 last Sunday. The Railway Commissioners contemplate starting express trains in something more than the name between Christchurch and Dunedin. The journey at present occupies about 12 hours, and it is proposed to reduce this by fully three hours, trains leaving each centre at 11 a.m. instead of 8 a.m. This would enable passengers from as|f ar south as Clinton to reach Christchurch and as far north as Midbury to reach Dunedin, in one day. At the inquest on the late Captain BusI sell, at Woodville, the jury returned a verI diet of suioide while in a state of temporary insanity brought about by financial difficulties. A trial of a Has stripping machine, invented by Mr David Robertson, took place says the N. Z. Times at Messrs Robertson and Co's Phoenix Foundry, yesterday, in the presence of a large number of gentlemen. The machine is similar to those as ordinarily used. The prinoipal ohange is the feeding portion of ' the machine. The usual machines in use have a pair of rollers, but with this machine there are three, with four springs, by which it works with ease and efficiency. A most important feature is in the springs connected with each roller. Besides being much stronger than the usual ones in use, they are at the top of the machine. In the event of them getting out of order, they can be promptly replaced. The machine -has a rotary beating bar, thus avoiding the extra wear and tear. The advantage which is claimed for this machine is that it will deal with double as much flax as those now in use. The gentlemen present expressed themselves thoroughly satisfied with its working capacities.