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Manawatu Herald, Volume VII, Issue 266, 14 May 1889, Page 2

The case Hancock & Co. v. Mahoney, in which the plaintiffs, who are_brewers r sued the defendant, a hotelkeeper at Auckland for damages for alleged, bleach of contract in selling beer other than that supplied to him by the plaintiff, terminated at the Eesident Magistrate's Court today, when Hancook and Co. were nonsuited. ". .- ; A sad accident whioiT resulted ' fatally, happened to a little daughter, 11 years of age, of a respectable settler at Fordell named Henry N. Harrison. It appears that the girl was riding home from school on a pony behind her brother, when some children began throwing Btones. Qne struck the pony, which reared and threw the deceased, who fell on her head and was killed instantly. Mr Thomas Price died last week at his residence, Eyre street, Feilding. He will be remembered here in bis position as Constable for a few months just previooi to hf a retirement. The vice regal party, we learn who paid a visit to the Hon. J. Martin last week had excellent sport in the vicinity of Martin* boi-ough. They got no deer, the present being an unfavourable time of year, but in the way of wild pigs, ducks, etc., his Excellency was given a very fair idea of the resources of this part of the country from the sportsman's point of view, A strange and unknown disease has appeared at Menra, Japan. Tbe mortality exceeds that of cholera, and is, even a more, terrible death, which, in most instances, ensneß after twenty hours intense suffering. Out of 66 cases reported 4d deaths are re* corded. The age of the majority of the persons attaoked range from two years to. twenty years. The epidemic, has visited six villages. A varied collection of animals, comprising a leopard, a tiger, monkeys, snakes, and a profusion of birds of plumage, arrived recently at Melbourne In this British-India Company's steamship Ctdna' v frpm Calcutta, via Singapore. The doljeegoh (says the Atgns) is in private himds, «t& will be exhibited as a menagerie; There is also on the steamer a dwarf 'specimen of Indian humanity. 42 years of age, 'and standing Bft 6in in his atooJdng spies, .He measures 58in round the waist, >and the circumference pf his "head is SJHn. His appearance is not what would be considered winsonie or engaging. Among the more prominent business which will be brought forward at the next session says the N. Z. Times are the following Bills :— Electoral, Hospitals, Charitable Aid, Chattel Securities, Patents, Industrial Designs and Trade Marks, Medical Practitioners, Copyright and Libel Aot Amendment. It is understood that, the Civil Service Beforra and Classification Bill will also be among the number. These Bilk have not yet been formally approved by the Cabinet. H.M.S. Baven, in December last, hove over a bottle when about a couple of days sail from New Zealand in lat. 41.8 S, long. 164.40 E. Mr S. H. Amon. of Lower Itangitikei, founnditon.ftMK the ted inßt., at high water mark, aflgot foft 4 mile north of the Rangitikei Bivw?. It contained a ! note requesting that •• Whoever fifcds this paper is requested to forward it to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London, with a note of the timeand place at which it was found, Hydrographic Office, Admiralty." Mr Amon hfo sent the original tothe Admiralty with particulars of the place in wfaiifa it wm Ipoml.

I was home again, in San Francisco, without means and without employment. I tortured iny brauvfer a saving scheme of some kind, and at last a public lecture occurred to me I I sat down and wrote one, in a fever of hopeful anticipation. I ■howed it to several friends, but they all shook their heads. They said nobody would come to hear, me, and I would make a humiliating failure of it.", These are the recorded statements of Mark Twain, previous to the delivery of his first leoture. We have introduced them here as they better represent the position and feelings of the lecturer on Thursday night, than could be done in other words- The gentleman who hones for an audieface is one who has seen sirring life, and will describe from personal knowledge life in the goldfields of South Africa. We understand that he has in that country addressed an audience, but never in .New Zealand. Some friends have kindly offerred some musical selections, so that the literary and the musical shall both be satisfied. Several parties ate looking to tow to provide payable employment during the winter. We believe that as the occupation can be earned on under cover, a labourer would do as well at this work as any other goiaq;, and there appears to be an almost unlimited field for this employment. We notice from the returns of the exports for the quarter endiag March, that a number of ports are showing a good output of hemp, Wellington heads the list with 574 tons, Wairau next with 475, Lvttelcon 351, Auckland 307, Nelson 151, New Ply* mouth 110, Dunedin 88, av\ Picton 47 tons. The whole tonnage reaches to 2103, and was valued at £46,258. The corresponding quarter for 1888 only showed a value of £10,497. Mr Hamilton's advertisement was shut out, of our last issue, owing to the late hour it was handed in. It will be seen that he claims to be the noted cheap draper, and selli for ready cash. His establishment will no doubt receive a good share of the business doing. .Mr Cook has a four-roomed house and five aores of land for sale in Union Street. Those who desire to settle in the town should have a look at the property, as it would make a comfortable home. The Clerk ol the Licensing Committee gives notice today that the next quarteily and annual meeting of the Conuaittee will be held" at the Court house on 7th June. We observe that a first class hemp mill in full work, turning out seven tons of dressed fibre per week, is in the market. Messrs Thynne, Linton & Co are the agents. An advertisement is running the rounds of the papers, urging that "Everyone should be photographed, not necessarily . for their own sake, but ' for the parents, sisters, brothers, and relatives generally." Those who agree with this have every opportunity of carrying it out, as Mr Kirkwood, a photographic artist of no mean ability has taken a place of business in Clyde Street. Mr Kirkwood is no unknown 4 "shadow catcher" as he has frequently paid a visit to this town on business. We eire glad to learn that he believes in making this distriot his head quarters. He has been at some expense fitting up a building with a good lightjahd therefore a first class portrait can be looked for. The Horowhenua County Council met on Saturday, at Otaki, when the following tenders were accepted: — Hakaraia te Whena.Jor contract No 3, Farnauhaka; Sheerm/andjMuilins, -contract No 4, do; H, Cornelius, forisupply of metsl on No 1 contract, Manakau, and No 2 contraot, Ohau. The tenders for both sections of Shannon ro4d, were left with the engineer, to Ideal withr making »11 reductions possible, and those for Porotawhao road . were leftwith Or Stows aad. thaeogiaeer to £eal,vith. „ .-,..•'. •A man and tf horse early this morning created some excitement in town, by the persistency shown by the horse to proceed the way he considered the best. The rider, who hardly appeared to enjoy it, .was taken on to the footpath, and under the verandah by the Centre of Commerce, and tfce horse : alsftfrttempied to enter that-es^fblfßhrnent tajl first. The proprietor, objecting to anything backward assailed- him with force and got him to keep the street. The animal then playfully took his rider to the Post Office, and backed and filled between the door and the bar erected for fastening horses to, and gave the horseman the appearance of endeavoring to make a hurdle race, taking that obstruction as the first flight. However, the whole establishment. t turned out, and thrust and struck at the horse, bat it availed nothing, and thehovse jrould have had possession until now, had not some considerate person led man and ahorse out into the centre of the road. .Some persons seemed to think the whole •affair amusing, but it was decidedly dangerous, as the children were coming to school,. and the main street of a town is no place for an exhibition of incapacity on the part of either hovseor rider. The meeting convened by the Maoris at Motuiti did not attract much of an attendance, as only Mr Russell, of Messrs Russell & Co, was there, and Rore. The result of the non-attendadce his been the dosing of tfre road through the Maori reserve, and entailing upon the millers a longer journey round the north end of it. KEATINO'S OOTJGH LOZENGE* cure Cough*, Asthma. Bronobitis. Medi* oal testimony states that no other mediola* ico effectual in the oure of these danger* oqs ma'adiea. 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