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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue II, 26 November 1889, Page 2

There are so njany Nelson men in this distrie thafthey will he- glad to leavn' t'riat the Anchor line of steamer? urpoae running an excursion to Nelson' and back at Christmas, if sullicient inducement oifors. ' Thirty passengers are the minimum, an! applications niusi. he made before die. tenth of December to the agents, Messrs McMillan, Rhodes tv Co., and a deposit of 10s paid, which will be rtitunucLif eno gh to jis'iify the running are not- oooked. The; far s > return, are only twenty -live shilliugs, and the boats are well known for the comfort of their accommodation nmX i\w attention paid to passengers. ! The steamer will leave on 24th December, ajid leavo Nelson on thn return trip on the ..igh.t.of the 26th December. A g-jod. deal has at times benn written about the voracity of .certain kinds of .fish, and the experience 'met- with by Mr C Honore whilst fishing at Stcwarl's islaud i<\ worth recording. i ; e informs v that- lie was having remarkable good sport groper fishing and made many heftvy lioulk, and one, a seventy pound fish. toAk iho buil, a cod's head, greedily, yet when lmulr-d np was found to have the tail of a shark )>rotruding from its mouth. On further examination the whole fish, two fe<H long, was discovered inwmis, hut coimemed with the tail* the head of the hsrk having bseu assimilated with the. Rvopov and the remaind r in vai.ijus biates oi assimi'ntion. It becomes a question as to how long tin: fish had remained in t|io position desci'ocil, and 1-o.v i».Wß>^bla "tA»takfl i i -n.^ro food, wr.ilat the flifDftt.was u^'vn f.s n' -ii'.fioain. These fish evidently lp:;e no .:.;>p .-.rumi y to provide for a dnywhon 'fofl jnny 'li'vomc scarce. Mr I'-i. M. Snclson w,is '1 '•"•irr! ('.nv opposfd) of Palnierstoii. . Colonel frimnlois'^ii/ntTffl s .fn,l<j.:> o' the Kative Lend Coin-,. At the present i.us- o, v" : 'fi : 'f~ s 'ho whole of th« oxoav lions for the Munchf/diei 1 Hhip Oittfcl c*n b« fltkishfl « thv^ year*.

Thn Wirokiuo Tio d Bonrd aro. calling for hrider3 for vni'iouH wor'rs. 'hie committee formed fov un-augirig lot a fanes' fair for All K»M< Church fund, held af meeting test m'&'if. Mr Ray was in ' the chair, nod reported whrl. step* had siren dv hcen taken. A letter from Mr Mcl'j°nnari was <ilso received, in which he stated that his ga denor Mr Mffrk Sherrin, , would act as judge. This h vory sr/:«---fcclciiy. "Th 3 co'ivsmniee then arranged the classes for the fl:\v«-s and vegetables, with rho entrance fees and prizes, as well us for rhe poultry. A larp.e* number of ladies havo promised their assistance. ' TTte stta!'v> parts tfttf following nn-ivals'to SCDrin-i ln>:*, waok— Mr J. G. Wilson's:' feu; mares. • opa?!, '*fr'.:«p; Topsy, Kuroro, and .another; Mr J. B. McDonald'.* lout were*, \ PolWidaiii of Tmiiiis and. Sfrepbon), Mhminjitaj Mermaid, and (J olden Gr peanare; MriT. L. Oliver's Apology; Mr .1. V.nrr's .Mineile ; : Mr .'. MircWey'F Slave Oirl ; M>baton's Frantic vn»u-e ,' Mr Sfeeiran's mare. Mr W. L. Itailey"* ware; Mr Sconlan'P mnre : Baker Piid'lVs Pearl. Hotiro, • nd Lady Uobmson. Two rnnres from Vr ■Monektnn v'-yit Poneaster. The following is told by a f;pn temporary, and is woiir>\ df reproduction. An energetic housewif-e enters it, SeC* n nrtd asks for a dozeu black hens eggs. "1 can : { f»pfc t out black hens eggs," soys fhe storekeeper.---l "Mill 1 cp.fi:" 1 "Well,; do." Hhe picks over a large baskei. flivl ?rtpc'fs fho' ' v e;*y largest. 'Then turning to 'the v ndor she says, " These oa-e blnc'c lif>ns epgs :' r and the storekeeptr says, "Oh!" Yesterday ut Court, ftays the Waipava Mail, the *( hinamnn whose horse broke I uwhy fi'oitt Ihe verandah print in the mp-iri si reel and ran over a child, came oiu-.-in shining colours. It was shown that fhe man realised not only his legal but also his moral obligations, and this to a degree seldom- if ever met with ftmong those Homi' nally termed Christiana. Immediately after the accident- he untight to make all the amends in his power. He had the Wimtlah.-pusl'mr-ndt'd atouce; then p id tho doctor who dtfehdod'the child the' sum ! of £10 ; then, not being able to get one ! sniUib'e in the town he ordered afipecial [ peranibnlntor to br mndc in which ihe i little sufierer niigin be taken out in the fresh air. Ah Chee also calls every day 10 r.ee how the child i« progressing, and takesit tempting presents of fruit, etu. Every one in Court, when these facts were narr ted to the Bench, felt inclined to cheer the despised '• heathen Chiru-e." who has set an e.v&mvle to his fellowmen here and whttitjvti the story may be told. A sbepp shearing machine has bee-i exhiliired in Sydney. and Melbourne, which is j snid to bea very decided improvement on j Wolseley's. The impiovement is in the hi'ftl;»i!t. core which conveys motion to the I knifV from !hc belting, and which is cxi tremoly simple and flexible. The inventer i is a young man .rom Tamworth, in New i South Wales, named William Silver. j Wolseley-'a company threaten an action for infi'iugertient- of patent. The new Lord Mayor of London (Sir ! He ry Twacs) is an exraordinary contrast lo'hi's courtly nnd polished predecessor Alderman Wliitehead. Neither he nor his wife, havn an 'h' in their composition,, AWernian Whitehead's term of office, which tins l>oen a most successful one, will end with a great ball at the Mansion house early ne::t month. He. has been offered a hft'.oneicy ; but, in the interests of his t-ldtvu y hi, who thinks he might in he f pi •:)■'.' \'ri'\ the title a nuisance, refused it. i - l^Mi.lt.u sncf-ifll. ' l'ij> Mi-lbourno Argus hvx written rlatteringly .about the New Zealand frozen meat tv&'M. The Chronicle, the representative of tli? Church; if not the State, in Wangamii, ijuoted laro.ol.v from it, and in one I pnssag- a envious slip, illustrative of the i'tiling -ppssion of ihe editor, stands out. The Argus stated that the farmer had abked the other business men in this colon- to " Help me to dispose of ray surplus.'* The Chronicle quotes itfls " nelp me to dispose "of my BurpliceK." It cannot be helped. London is to have a "monkeries," at which 1000 monkiee. will be on exhibuon. Immense interest has been aroused in a rurat neighbourhood in the South of England by the appearance of one of Archdeacon I''arrar's daughters in a new character. She bi\<s m de her appear net before, a large rustic audience as a preacher in a barn. The lady is quite young, and is married to one of tiio masters ot a well known public school. The bread h of her training is shown by the fact that her husband is a clergyman and attends the church nf the. parish in which she holds forth. There is some probability of ft rather novel case coming before the court shortly says the Wanganui Uerald. A week or more ago a man named Frazer was sentenced to 10s tine or 48 hours, for drunkenness. When he got out of gaol he consulted a solicitor as to whether, when the justices had not said "hard labor/ in sentenciug him, he ought to have been placed in the hard labor gang. The result of his consultation is that Mr Hutchinson will probably bring the actiou alluded to. From what we cau gather it is customary to leave the matter of hard labour entirely to the discretion of the Magistrates, but the whole thing in this case hinges on the points as to whether or not the actual words wt-re made use of. and, if not, whether they had the power to insert them in the warrant of committal." The justices interested are Messrs J. T. Stewart and James Thain. \ syndicate is being formed in Wellington for thy erection of two large flaxmills on tho Brandon Hall estate, which adjoins the famous Heaton Park property in the Rangitikei. •The Fruit and Poultry ■ lists are now published. '■ ■■ ■ i S\v Edward Guinness of <Tninness' Stout fivue. has given a sum of two hundred thousand pounds for the -purpose of providing.dwelling:- ior the pooroit of the poor in tin* ?U.Y of Jwii'if'ii. and iiUy -mousand p.iundfni,.tho.re in Dublin. - • - •' 'Nominations 'for thrv representation of tho \Valpa ••lentoral district In the House of Jtnpivfentativn* were rm-.-iverl oh the 2.lst. John Brycti was tho only caudidate proposed. umFhn was accovdiii^ly declared elccud.' ■ Newrf'is'to hand that Captain Wi^man has seat a ntiTvai) to meet Mr H. M. Stanley, Emm i'r.shft, nnd Signer Cai»ati, who are m;uriiitiv; towards Mmvawpa, in the territory of tlin Germnn East African r.diupun.v. A correspon 'a it, who tuk^ a lively interest in the ila.x ii- do, itlihou^h not now engag «d in it, iivronus us (Sjuthland Times) ihat intelligence lun reaehel him that K'.nwi\l eai i'nlialH in Melbourne arc turning thr.ir atieiition to t'le.' manufacture of oornsae'es .and v.-DO-'vuickri in this cdony from the tow of \i'v '/?aland hemp; also Ujp ciaiwer kind> ol tv.ute. ho largely used, from tha prepured iliire. It is vuid that the ata c-)ll-?i:tPil is highly ptnTiurnjjing, and the projectors only await furiiier advicoa from I .alrt'a and ' D.ui.lw, vlien matters may jbn oxpf-c!'"(t n inke n prnctical turn. This j( hp com^n'v.-'iV": >•':) w.mii! n-.w.c- a, k -:-nt ii-.i-n 1' :v- tl:«.\ d '-'->o<- ; . ■>. .- .hey i cou'd thfi-- i-v (,M :-id «,•'' l"ii" ''". 'i:' hiuni. ai. d a ln.rgc< quantity of the prep. I'roil1 ' roil libvo j v,(Hild h!* 1 " bp «»*«! in tho colony.