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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 270, 28 May 1889, Page 2

Mr Tennant, the owner of the " Downs '* hemp mill has been pushing his work well on, having shipped away a good many tons of dvessed fibre. The site of the mill is close to Hunia's lake, on the seaward side of the tramway, and the siding for loading is opposite Messrs Lind <v Go's mill. A caterer for supplying and cooking for hemp mills advertises That he is prepared to take one. or two more. His past duties have given every satisfaction, and proof of the same is ottered by the credentials lodged at this office, which are open to inspection by those wanting a caterer. Another firm on the Oroua Downs Estate will soon be shipping the dressed hempe Messrs Hoe & Gatton having informed us, that some time this week their first load will be in. Mr Wilson, the manager of the Moutoa and Carnarvon Estates, has taken up his residence in the station house at Moutoa, formerly occupied by Mr Larkworthy. The hands employed at Mr Rutherford's mill are now being boarded, in a house on the opposite side of the road to the mill. Till lately they have been finding their own board and lodging. On Sunday morning a most welcome rain fell, and was most needed, as at no previous season has the district been so short of water. A few young sportsmen were out over the Moutoa swain]) on Friday, and though they secured no ducks, made a very good bag of pukekas, which were remarkably plump. A large mob of cattle brought from the Carnarvon to the Moutoa estate did some damage to the No. 6 line in the Borough. This is the road that runs by the boundaries of Messrs Whibley and Bowe's land. The country lies low, and in, the road drain there is a little water. The cattle, directly they reached this road, made a dart for the drain, and for half a mile along they rushed into the drain, drinking, pushing, and fighting, and the stockmen's efforts were unavailing for a considerable time to make them move. The beasts, in their struggles, broke into the adjoining properties, knocking the banks about, and it is to be hoped the owner of the mob will see that the repairs are done at his cost. We think the Borough should also see that the drains are at once attended to, as we are aware that Mr Whibley had, at his own expense, just finished cleaning out the drain along j his boundary fence. We do not suggest that the owner of the cattle is to blame, but that is no reason that he should not be /ailed upon to repair damages.

Next Thursday night Mr ,1. G. Wilson inVites the electors to meet him at the Public Hall. We trust that a good number will attend, as Mr Wilson will probably give his reasons for leaving the political' party he has hitherto been attached, and will explain what course he intends pursuing at the next meeting of Parliament. Interest should be shown in a member's action, as an attendance will react for th« benetit of this district, as Mr Wilson will then perceive how much interest is taken in its progress. A portable engine was lauded this morning from the s.s. Napier, for Mews AnderBon * BurgeeH who are about starting a mtU in G»tinKvwi>

Let tern have recently been received Bays i the N. Z. Times, from Home from the manufacturing centres, such as Bradford, in -. which it is stated that New Zealand flax is J being steadily used more and more, mixed t witli other fibres; ill quite a number < f factories, and that by m^ans of ndw machinery t it is confidently believed by experts that -i it will be m much more steady demand than heretofore. * A smart earthquake shook was ex- * perienced here yesterday morning about 8 seven o'clock. The dhection was from t West to East, and was of some seconds ( ddratidn. "the firm 1 of tbyune Linton &Co bavehad i a half ahatc in a hemp mill in fall g<>n ] order placed in their hstiis for sale, They i recommend a spetdy application, as there are many on the look out for such a chanceg * It will be notice that Mrs Burr, the old ( , established df#BßrtJaktfr,- in Foxton, will re- J anove in a few days into heir tie I *' residence i on the Motoa road. Her customers will i not be put to any incouvenience as the . house is only two doors from her present \ plaoe of bußineas. The tritde on ihe tramway is so grea ( that the engine had to rtiii down again this morning 'which- is not her usual day. Hhe left almost directly with 6 trucks of coal. We learn with regret that the Church of England Sunday school has been closed. There seems to have been a difficulty in obtaining the services of a competent person to take charge. Things have now arrived at a pretty ' pass, there being uo clergyman and no school. On Friday next a special meeting of the Borough Council will be held to confirm and attest the Burgess Rolls for the year. Defaulting ratepayers had better attend and miuare their accounts, or they will be debarred from all the privileges'of voting for a twelvenlolitii; Yesterday a special arrived from Palmerston having Mr O'Connor and Mr J. G. Wilson on Board. Mr O'Connor has come, at the request of Mr Wilson, to view the bar of the Manawatu, and to report upon what lie deems necessary to improve it. Mr Wilson will remain here over Thursday night. The Stormbird grounded on the South Spit in-idethe bar while entering VVatr ganni on Wednesday '.a*t. She was in smooth water, and got off the following tide. On the arrival of the train from Wei* lington at Loagburn the other evening it was found that a window on each side of one of the Company's first class car ridges had been broken, apparently by a rifle bullot, there being round hole* corresponding so exactly that it seems scarce possible the damage could have been caused by a stone- A gentleman, the only passenger in the carriage, stated that the missile pasted through somewhere betweed Longburn and Pal" marston. Four additional steamers are building for the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, two for cargo chiefly and two for the passenger trade. The new passenger boa is will it is stated be larger than anything at present in the Company's fleet, and will, of course, as far as finish is concerned, be, like the whole of the Union Steamship Company's best steamers equal to anything of their size afloat. A new method of bootmaking, known as the " Ah Intra " syafem, was given a trial at the factory of Mr A. Lindsay, Lanibtonquay. The invention (which has been patented) revolutionises the New Zealand Times says the method of putting soles on boots, and the modus operandi is as simple as it is ingenious. The inner sole is placed alongside the wheel of a machine which drives through it, from the flei»h side, metal points barbed at the cud. The upper fitted with the inner sole having been put on a last, the sole is laid on the points, and either by hammering or by the use of machinery, the points are forced into it. The barbed points, of course, hold firmly.and the attachment of the sole is complete. In addition to the saving of time the invention has an advantage in the points being driven into the sole instead of upward from the bottom of it.and thus the familiar unpleasantness of ', a nail in your foot" is done away with. The fact that the work is not removed from the last in the process of bottoming is also an advantage, in that it keeps the lining clean. The test was conducted by Messrs J. B. Hayes and Co., agents for the patentee, and was very satisfactory.