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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue II, 12 November 1889, Page 2

The Railway Commissioners give uotiee of cheap expulsion tickets for the Dunedin Exhibition, a iirst class fare by train and i steamer, available for five weeks, can lie obtained for .t'ii, other fares at lesser rate«. The tickets will bo issued from 18th Nov. and the ,31st March. This should surely encourage Travelling. The Ban^ have a special holiday ou Thursday to enable the managers to attend the Show at Palmerston. i The master of the Foxton State School has been anxious for some time to give an . entertainment, the proceeds of which should be added to the school fund, which in th.'se days of Education depression, is of very slender proportions. The number of amusements provided by professional companies, has had tne effect of crowding him out, but human patience lms a limit, and he has determined to "run a muck" on Friday night. The School Committee, on their election, undertook to provide prizes for the children who passed best in each of the standards at the I?i»peclor"s examination, and during the entertainment advantage will be taken to present th -se children with the prizes so gained. As the parent? are interested in the .Mieoesft of their offspring, though it is difficult to g?t them to of ten show it, it is hoped, as the prices of admission are fixed at & nominal figure, and many of the youngsters will also perform, that n full hall will be secured. The adixlt performeib are most of them new to, the public. The New Zealand Herald understands that large shipm-nts of Auckland grown apples and peart are to be made to London in tin early part of next year. Space has already been engaged in one direot steamer for 3000 eases, and the fruit will arrive in London at the dearest season of the year. 'I hid morning John Cmnmings *li s j Wairarapa launch, wns charged with tiie I larceny of a pipe. The ens? having b ea proved, Messrs Ifobinsbn and Thynne, t c I presiding justices. scnt»ru-cd him to •.'in I days' hard jAbpurin \Vimv'.initi<iaol. J Our tyufy* y:'»U b^.lly need reminding that the ftlanawatu and West Coast A. and P. Society hold their grand annual show :it Palmei'Ston tomorrow and Thursday. In j another co'.umn will h:: seen the rates of j fare* fov tho««» desirous of attending the j •how.

We are informed that last Saturday, oflfc young man was returning to his mill along Vie* a'narvon road, he was mstby a horseman, who gave him a friendly lift behind, and, alter h ilme another man coming up, the rider dexterously threw the one picked up off the horse head tir3t upon the railway line, whilst the other kicked him on the head. They then " went through >: him and iefii We have heard of no action being taken yet. The Manawatu Tiine3 says? — Messrs Ryan Bros, formerly of Oroua Bridge,. irtJo have forwarded a considerable quantity of flax Home, have just recived returns of a shipment which realiseS £35. 10s in the London market. It may be of interest to flaxmillers to know that the total chaises on this shipment, which was sent through the N. Z, Loan and Mercantile Company amoimted to &t 13s 4Ad per ton. As an evidence of the careful mrfnner in which the Company attend to the interests eff their clients it may also be mentioned that the Company recovered £4 3s for damage caused to part of the consignment on board ship. The N.Z. Herald is also an authority for the statement that at least a dozen sailing ships will be loaded at Auckland during the next few months for New York and London, sol\ie at the vessels taking flax only, and others mixed Ca'i'gCes of flax and gunu A few days' ago a cable message was received from America for the largest shipmeUl oflax yet ordered in that manner at present. The market rates and commissions are steadily coming forward each week. The additional returns of the London ! strike fluid show the Australasian colonies subscribed nearly £80,000, and the balance is t'7300. The total amount of subscriptions was £44,100. The Strike Committee have ordered the dock labourers, after November 8, to refuse to load or unload all ships and barges belonging to employers involved in the dispute with lightermen.