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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue II, 19 November 1889, Page 2

Mr Thompson, the relieving officer connected with the Department of Justice, is now taking Mr Baker's place, but in two or three weeks time the officer stationed at Tanranga is likely to he here. On Friday Messrs J. H. Berhune ACo will sell, in Wellington, a valuable town section in Foxton, being th t previously owned by the late Joseph Lawson. There I is nearly an acre of land, and the property faces the Moutoa road. At the Palmerston Show, in one of lhe stands, a young woman made herself extremely obnoxious to many others present, by spreading an umbrella to save her complexion She was asked once to close it, and' did a for n minuie, (when up it went again, and she glared defiance to would-be petitioners,. We were pleased to see that Mr J. G. Wilson was exceedingly successful with his exhibit of Lineolns at last week's Show, taking 2nd prize for a ram 30 months and upwards; two Ist prizes for ewe with lamb ut foot ; 2nd prize for ewe over 18 months ; Ist, for three ewes of any age with lambs at foot ; and for a family group of 3 rams and 3 ewes 18 months and under. Mr Oliver offered a special prize for the progeny of Prince Charming in the year 1887, but only two were exhibited, and' the first prize fell to Mr H. F. Davidson's brown filly, Mr Hankins being the other exhibitor. v The entertainment on Saturday night did not. take place as proposed, the principal perform*". 1 having had to take his part in a drama of another character. It appears \ that this prince of conjurors has acted ! ninny parts, in aome of which he has not I l>e«r> a willing participant, and on Saturday afternoon the strong arm of the law got him within its reach and carried him off to Taranaki on a charge of wife desertion. It is now fully rumoured that he has also i been oi assistance (o that law lie has defied, by assisting in carrying oat its execution, when the proper official failed, this is. however, not positively the case. The \ public anyhow lost their show. We remind our sporting friends that the j nominations for the Eangitikei Hacing Club's meeting close at the Eangitikei Hotel, Bulls, on 30th November, at i) p.m. Weights will be declared on 7th December. The attention of owners is particularly, called to the fact that rhe Telegraph Office at Bulk does not open after 5 p.m. The nomination fee* are all £1, except for the Rangitikei Handicap, which is £2. Mr Wilson's offer of a prize for cricket is J having its effect, as the Star says :— " By the ! mail train to-day, a team from the Palmer- I ston State School arrived to try con- ! elusions with a ream of cricketers from the Feildiisg school. The match will be played in Stevens and (.Tortou's paddock, near the Denbigh Hotel. This will be the first game in connection with the prize offered by Mr J. G. Wilson, M.H.R." We also learn that a Eangitikei Bchool has challenged the Foxton School. These contests will be very interesting. An exhibitor of poultry at the Palmerston Show is wholly dissatisfied at the judging, and as he is not a prize-taker, this is only, natural. On the other hand, considering that the bird he exhibited took first prize at the Wellington Poultry Show, it may still be reckoned only natural. that he should be dissatisfied. The judge expected by the committee for this class never turned up. and at the last moment they appealed to the strongest nerved man on the ground, who gallantly undertook the duty. Unfortunately for the exhibitors his experience was not equal to bis desire lo aid, and it is ' said that for a tima he was unable to judge between the male and female specimens, though he stirred them up with a stick to endeavour to do so This was awkward, but the committee was equal to the occasion, as they got the judge to retire for a short time, and in his bsence they inserted an egg into the cage of every hen. and when the judge recommnnped his dutips, the peg explained all that was necessary. This cannot be doni>t"J, as every hen at the show had an egs in its coop. A scene of sortie excitement occurred' on I the Qiieen's Whnrf on ' Thursday afternoon; says the N.Z. Times. A young man named Robert Mackay, for some a ears in the employ of the Rank of New Zealand at Timarn and Ashburton, has lately returned from a visit to Australia, where he had b°.en for his health. Daring the past' few days he had been subject to sonw great mental worry, which throw him into an excited state. He premeditated a visit to Scotland, and purposed proceeding by tbo R.M.S. Tflthui. He went, to the the wharf and engaged a boatman to take him off to that vessel, bu» his friends informed the hoatmini that ih«y did not think him in a fit state to be put aboard owing to his mental excitement. 'I lie boat wan moored to the wharf, and Maokay finding that, he could not be taken off, jumded into the water with the object of swimming to the Toiuui. One of his friends called the assistance of j Constable Moore, who took a boat and went • in chase of Mitekay, who, getting rather I excited at his canttu-p, iuvned restive, and gave his captor s?o::ir> trouble in persuading him to return. He was taken to the Police Station, and will be medically nxftinined j t 'tis morning. Mackay is a noted, athlete, and is' one cf the best MvhnnTjrs in the colonr, «6 that there was very ttttlc danrr-ir ' attached to his escapade. He is an ab- , stninfir and c nan-amoker. Th* st-U^inent that he attempted to commit suicide i« in. i ' aomot. :

Josepli Mmtcith, who was again remftnrbd, having failed O find the n cessary bji), for his reft p atance will wait his nftit examination at Bulls at the Wanganui | gajl. He was to have been brought up to-tTfry. Excellent fibre Is biing ptoduced at the i Brandon Hall flaxmi 1 aL present, Bays the | Advocate, but difficulty arising from want [ of wat r lor washing parpDS js is likely to t be folt in a Very short time, unless we gat a i good downpour of rain, ffs the Tntaenui is rapilly drying up. In order To provide water, however, Mr Harris, tho manager, has engaged Mr G. W Smith, of Bulls, to put dewn s shaft for him in the vicinity of the mill, aud to duve,a heading under the, bed of the creek. The wo'rfc, however, is experimental, as it is not known if strffici«nt water can be obtained in thie manner to" make an efficient wash* In the event of there not being enough,- it is contemplated to place au engine alongside the Rangitikei, aiid pump water, and by means of fluining, convey it to the mill. As a means of helping to bleach the fibre Mr Harris is having it stacked, as it comei from the washing, for from twelve to twenty-four hours, preventing it from drying by turning a hose on it now and again, and lie finds that the pressure to which it is exposed pr sses the green water out of it f and it bleaches much better .and quicker than if taken to the drying ground at once from tlie wash. "kEATING'S POWDER "destroy Bugs, Plnnti. Moths. Belles, and sll oher insects, whilst quite harmless to domestic animal*. In exterminating beetles, the success of this powder is extraordinary It is perfectly cleao in applied inn. See the iriic'e yon pureh-.ne is "Kea'ines," ac imitations ar« fii»vtr>«p : auil i effectual So!H in tin^, 6d, is 61., and 2s 6ieach, by ! : ail chemiHcs. DEAF FORTY YEARS. The di scription of a simple remedy, by Thica a complete care of deafness ai>d noises in tie head of 40 yea r h* standios; i has been efi>c'ed, will h*> sen' free to at>v one who apples «o J. Hv Nicholscn, 175 William Street, Melhourue.