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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 281, 27 September 1889, Page 2

Morfey vqllslip to the.'fortytiatefWrokjno 'Road, Boaidy a&the (toveiriinen't ' httve : Justi deposited at' the Board's account at the Hank the sum of. £500 "being ,the, first instalment of the second £3000 loan. ; ' Wednesday witnessed the sight of two of the Justices of the Peace who attended on summons to take their rota, being locked out of the Court, and the local policeman in his shirt sleaves smiling at their simply ty. Matters 'after a time got on a . better footing. ■' Messra W.. and- G.Tnrnbull have orders iron i America for two shipments of flax, and they have in consequence booked all the flax at present in store. The barque Rebecca Cromwell will be the first vessel ,3etit away which will be in about three weeks, time. . The s.s. Huia was successfully floated oft" i the beach yesterday morning and steamed up to the wharf. After taking in coal she left, with Captain Bendall on board for Wellington.: The steamed is but little the worse for her rest, no doubt a few plates have been strained and she leaks a bit, hut « Captain Kendall will have her on the slip and-expnets two or thj-ee days work will put her in trim. It has been brought to our notice, that i the charges over the Wirokino ferry are . excessive in some items, which may perhaps , he reduced, when brought prominently before those who have that property in charge. The law .allows a, charge of double the usual. ferVy fees to \# Made Vhen 1 cros- . sing after ten at night, but the case m point appears to hhvej been overlooked. It now happens, that any of the mill hands desirous of attending any entertainment of an evening in town, would cross the ferry before seven at night, and would need to return after. Jen,, The charge before ten is i one shilling' fbf : ho'vse and rider for which he would be taken back free, if returning before'te^hut if .after ten, the ferryman charges r /mw. shillings, thus getting '■three shillings, tor which lie would have received j i only oti+ shilling before ten. The fair , clmrge would seem to be one shilling extra, or say. two shillings. in all as one , shilliftg, must, be more than ilutilrti tiof/u'ixj. : We think that the lessee of the ferry' would benefit, If he' agreed to this proposal, as mow would cross If the ohwges were less, as it fa inipowilile to return before ten, and see any entertainment out.. As tjiere -will lie the Payne family, and the liaby Ogden troupe showing here within the next two weeks, it would pay the lessee to notify his abatement if he intends to make it. Mr Jack, one of the owners of the Ajas mill \r now staying at Moutoa rearranging the workingof his property s* and in cbnseqnenoej tve understand! Mr J. W; 'Stewart has severed, his business relations with that firm. It is quite probahjc that some arrange m^nts will be entered into between the Wirokino lload Board and the Horough by which the objectionable toll gate may never be erected. So may it be. The /Wellington Harboar Board ha>e now a press erected on the wharf, and every shipment of hemp is subject to severe examination. One bale of each brand received is wholly opened out and thoroughly inspected, and then rejmcked, and a hank is withdrawn from the centre of each of the other bales, -of the same brand. This is all to the good for the respectable and honest miller, . ,; "Horse breeders liave now another draught horse at their service, as the Messrs Symona notify that they have the pure-bred Clydesdale entire horse Conqueror. His pedigree Hhould be scanned, as also his prize list. Conqueror is a dark bay, stands 17 hands high, has bone of unequalled quality, with immense mtt&cnlsr pd\v«r, Splendid action, and most docile. temper. A musical tmil is iii store for the residents of Poxtpn and'dtetrvJf. arrangements , having beenniafle fAi l " ! th^ J tfppea'rance in thpj'nblic Hall on Saturday atfd Monday evenings, October, sth and 7th, of tho celebrated' Payne Vamily of' Musicians from Ballarat, Victoria. -They 'comprise Mr Payne, tenor, Misses Lizzie and Nellie, seipraiHO, violinjste, aqd pianifites ; Miss Maud, cpntr^ltp, *ioliuiste, and pianist; 'Sir W. J: l'ayne, ' Baritone ami flautist" 1 ; and Mr Ralph Hteele, Kiritdnnatidpjanist; They haye 1 won ten- first prize gold medals at #ie .musjeaJ gompetitions cf the Ballarat and W ( elsh Kist jddfodanf) ai^'now.on their, rehirn flip to the B)uff having dra^'p' packetl houses 'trqia Irivet'cai'gill to Aucklandj.many of the halls not bei g nearly lar^ettQugh 'to the cEOWda.. '■ he press praise their performances hiv "stintedlvj jthe^ Wellington, Times going, so ■far* sfe to saj l their. singing excels/that o* tli* f Anious^lisk JlAilee siiigei's. : At the nominafito "6t candidates for the Oamaru seat in the ' House of Represent*-, jtives < at ; Qawari) on Monday, Ml- T. Wi iHislpi/and Mr Duuj^jrere nominated. The snow of lianas wag in favour of Mr Hislop; arid .the poll takes place on Monday next. At Sydney the other day ah unfortunate boy named Clarke met with a 'horrible death, being crushed into. a. shapeless mass beneath the street steara roller.

Mr Snteison hat 4 gotfel tip drays »nd X Hr^iight hof6e- for sdle. . • c A cotiic {& mhki ttt tiickiori & Cob mill- \ A terrible earthquake iddk piiee it Kulflaniato, in Japan, on the 29tii A'6tfriflt; -THete' .53 Blocks Altogether; Thirtyone Utfi&eS aenVoljshfe'fl; «Wd 15 persons killed. Bridges were aMrbfeA; kHUt rents j^aci.m.&ft.fiaLQiiftlin.i^piftCK,, ... The iron screw steamer Queen of the South is a vessel of 190 ons gross and 121 tons net measurement ; length, 126 feet 2 Inches j breadth, 22 feet; and 7 feet 8 inches depth of hold. Her oHgineß are 40 ' Kffi'Se-power. The'TJueeV 6t tftrSoJsflb " fa* tb tie enipioted in the New Zealand coast- ■ ing tracte,- ! wHb hex 1 heaid <juart«rs in Wef'j l^ngton. .. , The Duke of Poiftlftnd's itxtitmt hoYs^ Ddrtdvaiij by!T»ianing the Lancashire. i%t# of £12,000 dfi RainrSay last, raises his total of money won in S^freS .to as nearly as possible £55,500. This is itio?« than double the amount won by any other hoi'ifr on the English turf. The Duke's winnings since the beginning of the present English season now amount to about £70,000. . Te Chronicle saya : — We , notice that Mr Soler exported seveh octaves of wine by the Storm blrtl on Saturday last. The produce of our local vineyard is evidently increasing In demand. * •■'•■■ ••■•»: The Everting Ptietk' gays! — During the progress of a fire inauv&tieV case in the Supreme Court this morning, b£for& 3lr Justice Eichmond, the question of the itiefhod of making wood fires cropped,up, .when, life, Itortc'): 'srtift he had not yet conic across anyone in {he Cdidrir who could make a proper wo*od fire.' Mr Ti'affei'Sf who • was appearing as counsel on one side, sd/d he had had the same experience. He was taught to make wood fires in France, where .they did it properly, and he had been for yean endeavburing to teach his domestics the correct method. His Honor said he had gained his knowledge on the subject in the same country, and pointed out that a Frenchwoman was never known to waste' the wood ashes as was done in the colonies, but used them in the, ptycepa of washing. He was" glad to find a sympathetic soul at last as he also had been trying to make his servants kndw the value of wood asdics, but an English woman could never bs brought to iiae them in this way while cnals weve so cheap. Says the Lyttelton Tiinef! {—-The excursionists who went to Little Eiver oil Thursday were witnesses of an extraordinary fact in natural history. The train when near Lake Forsyth passed for three-quarters of a mile cJose alongside what was described aa a wall of mosquitoes or midges. This wall was about 20ft 'high ' und JSiti thick, and must have contained millions of the little insects. Probably the bright and wai'hi sunshine of the forenoon caused this enormous swarm to spring into life. The con'racts to b« let shortly by the Midland Railway Company extend horn .Ahanra to Roefton, a distance of twenty-six miles: This length will prabqhly be divided into four contracts, the.formation and laying of permanent -way teing let separately, or together, according-- to" the manner of .tendering; ; TJia ttwuier' of ' Jetting the contracts for the ]arger_bridges has not yet been determined by the Chief Engineer. The conh f act fot' the Springfield lettgth will , be let about the same time as the Beef ton contracts. The manner of letting this has not, yet been deoidedj . !•.. .-. : i