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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 279, 2 August 1889, Page 2

It may be useful as • warning if we quo^ a portion of M The Police Offences A"t 1884," relating to the conduct of audiences at a meeting or entertainment. Any person found guilty of the following offence is liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds : — » Disturbs any congregation assembled for public worship or at any public meeting, or any lecture, concert, or entertainment, or any audience at any theatre whether niouey is charged or uot for such lecture, concert, entertainment, or theatre, or interferes with the orderly conduct of any religious service in any church, chaps], cemetery, burial-ground, or other building or place." We may also mention fljat iriyvj one being obstructive can. be asked, to leave the hall, and on refusal can be turned out' by force and handed over to the care of. the police; ' „ .. .' . ' \ The traffic at the port is daily increasing. We have now on record that duving t.»o week hitwcvn ilio 22ml and 30th July. 1229 bales of lniup. wens despatched byf steamev. As we w:-iti- <1 ajß are craving hour by hou.' loiuUml wit a yet more bales, whilst the stores are nearly full, and the tramway is eyir-y . other day bringing he,f quota. • There will be an n»ly crush when tin* wool season sets in. • . On the fourth page will be found an interns tin < report of the .New Zealand (Jovennnent Life lusurance Depart tveut, which should receive the attention of thona insured in it. The Manchester House advertisement, for so ,loug commanding a prominent position on our third page has disappeared. What is to fake its place is at present a mystery.' 1 . ' ' . Ainougst the.successfiil pii^iKteacbtrs at the last examination we notice the name of Afiss ll'jlfn IMi.vu,-. of Foxton, who -passed thi> scLoh.T class with 6rt.9 per' cent, of posi.. sible m'arks^in 'coinpulßory siibjeols. M» BSndon has now commenced the tou.' of the southern end of Lhis district, on hi K r yearly examiimtions, at wliicii he expect ; to be kept fill Xums. The battle is not far off. 'Mr Matthews was in town to-day, lieinj,' interviewed by clients for whom he will act at the next fitting of the It.M.- Court, which .will be on Wednesday, next. /There are likely to b t > souie important, matter* to lie decided, ' ,<

The meetift'g" erf .hemp-millers to-mono night we trust will be well amended. They surely can aiford to consult their otfft frrteirests. ._ ; A Maori took a horse to Mr Barberfs shop* yesterday and left it tied Op. The animal managed somehow to cut his leg badly above-.the knee, ftftteewall the Native troubled about it would have We# to death. Mr George Barber, however, very ScWtiderately tied the wound up. . It w& s'tttied that the rope had put an artery through. . 4.<Jc(o^ fe a^vertisiDg for ftjbb: rWa'loofeuVe'Wob^p«.a'» today brings to the front, atwsh«: W^', of, the. niam staple of the district & Jttr ijidaen.' ; 6ee hie advertisChienti ' ..' , ' ' „-' r«\ '.V ■: ' ■ The tr-ainway train brought in nine trucks loaded, with hemp. • ► .: A'painfuFcccident happened at Butherford '» mill thw raorriing' to : the engine» driver 1 ; Mr Stttheflejv 'By some moans .he g'cii eatight U the belting, and was so severely knocked tiiicMt.««-to necessitate sending for Dr Foot. ThedticUK reports that no bpnes.are broken, but at present it is impossible to s^iy what internal injuries may have been occasioned. Yesterday, between 12 and 1 o!cloek, Mr Hortoi'e'a horse and trapwas standing in the road by hk shim. Mosb persons know when it is dinner ume", and so did this animal, as he mairche^ off &u6 took the trap into the yard* Ifowever; having seltloiu essayed this by Jiiniseli i&e . steered rather wildly causjr^g i^e wlle^el to .catch one lialf of the gate,' thus turhing^ilief trap over. The incident was most useful to a number of persons who soon gathfted found, and helped jto restore -the v«hiole..4o ftg proper poastiaßt; Th«.persons treated, to theJnciv dent desired to pass a vote of thanks%to the animal for" cafldHa jj .Jteeak ,in. the dull monotony of their lives, without r doing any harm to its Owner's pfbpeity. Ex-Inspector BntteH%as bound oV«f In heavy.amounts to keep the peeace towards the informants, and to. pur latest news, he had lieen lodged in gaol, failing to obtain sureties.. t " • '•' In a very iliort' time an altered time Üble will come into fgrce on the Government line, when provision will be mad 6 fet a regular daily service. ■• ■■■•-• . A case is now proceeding in tlie Resident Magistrate's Court, Christchurch,' in which H. Piper, late, .fcaj.ner of ..Sultae, cjaims from Mr Williatns, tihe pvroer of the. horse,, a commission in the- fetkke in the Diinedin Cup. Prper'aflffiitted'in croSa-'eifenimaticin" that K'lGutto, owne*.of'lkidU< hadpropoaed 'duriqg -Jlie Walljingtpji meegng. to cutup the' Wellington and T?uned|n . Cups .. between. Dudu arid Sultan. ' Piper drafted' a letter to Mr'WillWms bonVeving the '^rqpps'ai; Vuf 'states that aftti* stioVin^'a 4 - copy-^d White," -the. jookey, he .dptermineif «ot to. send it. j'Pipjer proests that tl\e races were decided on theit _ merits..'.! White, in" his evidence, stated' tliat after riding Sultan in the Wellington Cup, he,, remarked! to Piper, 1 "The horse is '— — well stuffed. The friends of MrG. 8., Studd will be interested to learn that he has not ceased to play cricket because he is .in Shanghai. A recently returned traveller described h'iin as playing " in Gninesa. dress aild pigtail,", he having adojited the native I . 'dress' in ac-. cordande with the rules of the. mission , which, he belongs, he adds; "The loose, clumsy dress did not seem to interfere with, his. play much, for he was'qmt* V' his bid form, and made over a hundred runs first innings. His old admirers at Lord^s and. the- Ovat will marvel -at- the oliange Qt costume, but . not at thje good "form" Mr Studd' resins in his batting. ••^3fnce the .Colorado beetle w'nlch tin Act'of Parliain'eut, po insect has .arisen across the Atlantic so full of terror^ns it\ie Texan .flea. This unclean creature' is aaid to be killing out tile partridges 6f Georgia. It was brought to thtf state on Texan ponies whose bodies it deserted >for the partridges,, entire coveys .of which ( perish before its venomous attacks. The Texan fleq is evidently a fearsome creature, and the'import of Texan ponies will evidently have to be prohibited by the- civilized world. ' A cyclone in Southern Hungary devastated a tract of country 21 rpiles in extent along the Danube. Houses and churches were wrecked in numbers, and at Pesth ,5 crowded ferry boat was caught in the vortex and swept awsy. Hundreds of persons were drowned. . - . The Argus, in an article on the ,'poiitica^ deadlock in New Zealand, says t)ie Parliament of that colopy is jiot lagging behind in olie matter of obstruction, although ■ »'t has grftce to close itsddbrfi^ani'.wra.ngleTii private.: TWe dfejnirte< is unfortunate", for while, k upsets tuifßß upon a .miserable squabbjfl! het^-een tojin and country.; Ufa better . eov»id ;.be done than attenifo^-tb 'arrange aq' electoral basis ahioablj. 'SurelyY' «ayB v the r Atsi the questiqn. of Jthe representatidn of tKe cities is one which. xni^ht be settled in a spirit of fairness, tokwardp th^m, 4 ... '. 'Judge Ward's solicitors hate been served ou his behalf with; a writ, at the insuanoe, of William 'Christie, claiming daimageft jfor illegal, and 'malicious imprinoninen^ Messrs Hislop nnd Crea^h Are Mr Christie's solicitors. ,:. . »- .• During the p'rd£*er:s oif anjeetingof town memb^s Mr Izßrd'^ed tliafr altlleugft he would do- all fin hißi>power fid stfjifet the town meii\bere,^y vqjijig. n«d ' tJppftkJng 'in the Hmise and ; in v f ommi^tee, ,he w«b, I ledgeid*as a . aiatter of jcbnscienop agauist stonewnHing; Wher\Vfß^ he wodld -"do. aft he ; 'could. .". . ;!. ' .■,■.-.■ .-.;. •.. ' " •-.■' ; Atftlfe Wanyanui Recent Ma<ristVate's' Court Mr ;T.iomaß Reid was charted with : ipakin^ f^lse Property ,tax return* on Obctober 1, 1888, in his statement showing cash to th» amount of jKl^.aod no, more, and that lie had no debts due to him -or owned ddlfefitureif or 'otheY?lita rieJSuS(ie«, whereas in truth, and in fact he had ip the Buhk'of New Zealand- £7550 IBs 7d;'£kOb' in the Loan and Kinance Company, in pUce of £10,000 stated ;' deiflOO \|as due by C. H/^irfrrttT-r«ntrTllOO(r^»fiidoi» j debentures. A .pleaj-pf not gniltv. wa« entered by Mr Bainicbat for Mr Kefd! . The H.M.' stated it wps not uaiial tb' inflict the full penalty, unO he thdught that'he wdnld be doing his duty by imposing s penalty ot. £50, which, of course,, carriea- with it a treble tax on £10,250. After some argument, the counsel's fee of two guiueas, and costs 9s, wer« allowed, but no expenses to Mr Crombie. Mr BeW did not appear in court. ' ' ' , . During the past few days % discovery of a decidely ihipbrtfentf character *ias Keel made oxr.iaiid iu"do«^ mroiirnitytc tW Wejlinstc^n, »«dj Mnna'wfttu : Railway. IW&,' but the,e?;«jct apot )uffs.notj, foeiwime rQ.dio^ or otlier beeh allowed to tra^spjre. , The discovery consists ot& quarry" o? olUe sfone ' (bftsalt). v.hi»tl'rt l is3vJlieved, will nroyo to be «f illimitable este.oi fc . A -specimen.; of, tlie stone has Keen forwarded to the Colonial Museum, and ho important was the discovery considered by Sir James Hector! that he despatched Mr McKay, of the Geological Department, up the .line by thin ' nftitning's t'ratnfto* Visit • tK*"*j>W*. Not >nly may the find be considered valuable rom a builder's arid a road cu^traeow's, standpoint, but it is believed that it may lead to other mineral discoveries o» perhaps' n pven more important nature. — K. Pnut

The Mtttal«Ktf^miiy Council art invitJog tenders for ctrfung flax in the KftWa- , ik»waand Awahou^jfJingß. ' The Advoaate sfjrJßMrP. ScoM arrived: home frtjtW Gmtoiptirch yesterday,' but he had left Mf/M flmwa, .having disposed of , him to Mr Rutherfoftf for the sum of £400, ' Mr Scott has 'now the' reiher melancholy f satisfaction of knowing thai tins new pur.cbager .valuejJLAhua. At - Xu>xtJHk& ' tb» ! amount paid for him, as he. Him -sines ascertained that, Mr Butherford morpre- . mredUtgo as fligh aa 2150 r>ther vma lose him. ■ " * KEATJ^G'g* COUGH LOUNGER'S* cuife Coa'gbs,- Astbma,' Bronchitis; Medi. oaf Wftiton* state* that no other niafUefo* Umi enot]*l in: tha ©are of .Aese d*ng«r< 'ouTraaladm Gbtf lazunge alone^JiW ea»», or two at bedtsW& WmroMs rest. For relieving diffioolty of fctMthinß they. ar» invaluable. They conttiV jdo opium nor ; any violent drug. Sold by all Chamiata ''. n Tint, It J£d and 2* 9d «ace.