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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 10 January 1890, Page 2

1 Mr Gould left the district tins morninp. He had intended leaving by yest irday af ter- . noons train, but arrived on the platform at the time the guard's van had just passed it. i In our next issue a vary effective adver- . iisement of the Centre of Commerce will appear. Mr A. J Hadfield returned from his trip ; to the old country, to Palraerston on New Year's night t Yesterday afternoon as the rain •Meiu-e 1 * off, the ranges appeared with a <-<vpi>in;; o ( i "snow. This is more remarkable than the I snow of some days back, and t«nik t > «}k>\v what extraordinary weather we ar j experien- ( cing. The Messrs Symans lirothers have replaced their draught stallion Conqueror, by another first class draught horny from the » New Plymouth district. 1 A Native Lixn:! Court will h » heM in Pal- . roerston on Wednesday or Thursday next i week.

We learn that Mr Foley has secured the Public Hall for the 21st and 22nd, when he will give a new programme. , Kudara the conjuror will appear at the end pf tHe niontli heJ'e, md g?f «j ftH exhibition, of his clever slight or hand imki. It is expected that the rcHult of the Go▼ernment's decision, as to who will be the 1 IWw Resident Magistral , for this will be known in a few days. ia adMJrttyHe'S tfltH iU« ihfMon ftl'iived at, atTtlie kgt niefeiiii^ ,df the BoroUgh Poj.in.cjl; {lie Cieik has forwarded a letter id tiiose Garters wljo fperfjistetitly put On eltra heavy load,* .o*^. their, dray's, warn-, ing the:n that they will be Held Vdble'fW aJI damages caused by so doing, to both roads andb.idgaa. : ( „ Yertercjay, Ma -Mayor -of Palmerston North P« it mtU fh'fs^o'wri.and.we were glad to notice he looked tlie ffilnie of health. Mr Snelson |\vas, many years ago one of the first settlers ia Palraerston, and was iudentified with it3 progress in nearly avery capacity, so it is satisfactory to find fiat the Burgesses have oiice igftiri filled t.heif business in the haiidj »f Sri did arid faithful titiWje rttan, and one who will Ik'&h nd Htbfte tmtttated to forward tlifii advplcemeni. " Captain " Condon of the Salvatio 11 Army has one little trouble in life, and we are the innocent cause of it, and it arises la the folbwihg manner. " Captain " Condon is most energetic in the disposal of War Ci'fs, and never misses an epportunity to do a trade with tie, Which we promptly meet by producing a Copy tf h;eh We deceive as an Wdhinge'j tod is ihat is received Us a sufficient reason for refusing, the matter HeS oVer ia fnfe following week. There were edriie' Wi'&J characters about on Monday, at Wdodville A MM named Charles Ctesar was knocked down by sdnte person' who Approached him from behind wheii f'etrirriirig frdm Woodyilta to his home in the village 1 tietiietifent; He says that for a time he was senseless, His face presents the appearance of having beeri kicked, and some of his teeth wore knocked out. A warning to the venturesome is to be found in the telegram from Timar» announcing that the Evening Muil started there by Mr Ivess two years ago, has ceased publication. The South Canterbury Times' the oldest established, it the other evening paper. The Hawera Star says the Gear Meat Company, having had several successful years, have determined to greatly enlarge their business in every direction. They have doubled their already large slaughterhouse, erected & large fellmongery, and increased its machinery. To meet the demand for more freezing power, the company has ordered from England a Bell-Hailam-Colem-n machine— a machine far bigger than the largest yet seen in New Zealand. It appears that the directors have woke up to the importance of this district, and have determined to get a large slice of our trade. The company's buyer, Mr Gillies, now pays regular visits to the Hawera-Patea district, and buys more freely. The Gear Company, we are informed on good authority, will in a few months be ready to take orders for all the sheep and cattle that this district can supply ; or, if the settlers are prep. red to sell, they will buy freely. It is expected, too, that the charges for freezing will be much reduced next summer. Tha Gear Company, in the past, have bought largely in Wairarapa and Manawatii ; but, in the near future, their trade will be as actively pursued throughout the entire district of Taranaki. The Company is this year very largely increasing its buying, and next year will display an enormous out-put. TWft wtfe of the Rice Privileges in con ruction with th« Summer Meeting of the Foxtjn Haoinn Club wero solo by Pitblio Auction on Thursday, by Me^rs Tbynne L"nt<n& Co. The atfendr.nca wri fair, bnt tha bidding roild nor. H termed ■pjritfid. The gates fell to C. B«oo«hton for £45 The Grand S^nd and totahsatir padd ok to J. Hillary fnr £50 The two Publican's booth* to T. P. Willi-ros for £20, the cards to H. Brjdcook for £8 aed the Horse prddock f o J. M»rliu for £1 3s The refreshment booth was posaed id. On Saturday at Invercargill when the Clinton train, due at Invercargill at 10.55 a.m., reached the Mill-road Station, just as the engine was about to pull up before going on to the siding, it passed over a large fang bolt. Meanwhile the guard had gone up to move the points to let the train into the giding, when he found two iron bolts known as " dogs " and several utones of a considerable size placed on the rails at both ends of the siding. Deteotive Madden went out by the 4 15 p.m, train, and when going to examine the place where the obstructions were found in the morning, discovered three stones planted in a cheek rail, two iron dogs, a piece of iron bolt, and a large stone on the main line. After removing these, and when the train had gone past, the deteotive kept watea until 9 p.m., but nothing occurred. He again went by the 6.40 a.m train to-day, and had not waited long before he noticed a boy named Brown, living near by, plaoing stones on the line. The boy was promptly secured. An investigation as to whether he had an accomplibe will be made.