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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 31 January 1890, Page 2

In respoßM to tenders umted by Mr Goirer fer cutang his bush nest Mr Nye'# property, we are informed that Messrs Ingram and Sosnlon hare been sacosisful Useeuring it, The sale at YorV farm passed off very satislaotorily aa regards the stock, bat only 1 two farms were sold at the anction.

An alteration is mu3« in the ftdv«rtii«] iMoi of U» B^gistw's tbMw bMag m JfWt^joutb^lWMl.

The entries for Messrs Stevens and Gorton's Bam fair at Bulls increase day by day, and we may expect the numbers will reach to the very large total of last year's fair,

For some little time now Mr Rutherford has had one of his hemp- milk werking all night, and of eoUfstr the twd, all day. Mr Hillary ts Unlucky with his " yacht," It is not long since she arose from the bottom of the river, where those two " sons of the sea *' Messrs Gould and Marley, had left her^ after a partial cruise. On Tuesday just after & slit, tint of the Him thcrtight it best to " dip " the colours flying at thd masthead, but in getting up the mast to do so, got " dipped " himself, and landed •the yacht once more on the bed of the river The Wellington papers hint at troubles in the Ministry, and accuse Messrs Fergus and Hislop as feeing the cause. It weuld be ficeedfal|ty satisfactory if the last named gentleman is at the bottom of it, as the Premier, after the expose of last session, had no right to readmit him into it. And so say all'

The attendance of the c{urk of tfl* B. M« Court here ia something' Ukia comet's appearance, rather erratic, no tone knows when to hope to see him. A notice on the door asserts that he will be present Tuesdays and , W«dn«adays, but .when he is wanted se&e very excellent reason is topplied for his not being present. This week many anxious enquiries, have been made for him and the Constable knowi nothing as to why he is away. Surely he ought to.

Mr B. H. Barber has just .fiitisfced putting into repair a portable right horse power engine, for Messrs Westwood Bull * Co.

„ Mr Button, who used to be at Moutoa "with Mr Cebb, pai*a visit to this district last week, to bid his friends good bye, be having arranged to run home for a holiday.

The J.P's Messrs Bobinson A Thynnc attended at the B.M. Court on Wednesday and were informed that there was nothing to do.

The Miss Gray's will on Monday epen a private school. We are glad to learn that they have reccivad very encouraging support, as they are well fitted' for the task they have undertaken. On two days in the week they will hold a dancing class tor children which will no doubt be well attended. For terms, and particulars, parents are advised to apply during school hours to Miss Gray.

Dr Bockstrow yesterday says the Manawatu Times had a nasty experience of the danger of travelling on the narrow Btoney Creek road, now that huge loads of fasoines are continually being carted alcag it. While driving into Palmerston yesterday afternoon he met a dray loaded with these, and though he used his best efforts to pass it one of the protruding ends of the fascines caught his horse in the blinkers causing the animal to take fright and land the trap in the ditch. Mrs J. W. Gower, of Foxton, who was an occupant of the ttap, was thrown out and considerably shaken. Dr Bockatrow managed to stick to the reins, but the shaft was broken, and other injury done to the vehicle.

"A consignee" writes to the M. Times eomplaim'ag of the manner is which the Wellington Harbour Board conducts its business is not furnishing notice to conntry residents of the arrival of goods consigned to them. Our correspondent say's ten tons of goods arrived for him per Aorangi and he has only just freeeived notice from the Board that these have been lying at the Queen's wharf for a month, at a charge of 2b 6d per ton per week. The consignee has thus to pay about £6 for the privilege of having his goods delayed in transit. The Board attach a foot-note to their notice aa follows :—" The Board do not in any wav holft themselves responsible te give notice to consignees «f arrival of geeds, and 'no remission of storage can be made on plea »f non-receipt of each notice." Beaiden'iß in country districts who are importers are thus placed in a very awkward position. Could not the Board at least send the notice at once, without taking re. spo nsibility and charging cost to consignee f

/The inglnaftes of enegood sire is scarcely MtimaWe, but in the Live Stock Journal Almanack for 1889 Mr \T. Burdett-Couts, jM. P., calculates that the celebrated ! hackney stallion, Triffit's Fireaway, represents in his stock a money value of £150,---000. He is now rising thirty years old, and baa been at the stud for over twenty-five years. He has averaged over one hundred foals a year, the last prices of which are given at £100 each. So great is his influence that his stock caa be recognized at sight, and an instaace is given of foals got by him out of a cart mare which as five year olds were sold by London dealers at 300 to 400 guineas the pair.

Oats are likely to be cheap this season, as the crops in the Sandon district are very fine, and we have heard of a parcel being offered in Foxton at ftfecn peace.

Aa instants of the absurdities cabled as new*, is given iafthe following item, that " Mrs Parnell, mother of the Irish leader, lias, it is alleged, been living on a pittance of Is per week.", The thing is so grotesquely absurd it is a wonder to see it in print. Fancy anyone, muoh less a lady, living Oft a pittance of Is per week in England 1 What shall we receive next ?

. The latest quotations for N;Z. Hemp report is dull, and prices are irregular. The latest quotations are from £28 15s to £29.. ; The notorious Major Pinto, the cause of the disturbance in Africa between England aad Portugal has been despatched on a mission to West Africa, &• it was feared hit return home jwt how would excite the populace.

So, say we. Why on earth did the man sit still? One of the most extroardisary «ases o« record, says Galignani, has just come before the Police Court of the Seine. In July last a man [named Dubois took a room in the Rue Trarersiere, and one of his first aots was to put up a swing lamp. In order to fix it he began boring a hole in the ceiling with a eentre*bit, and wa« hard at work when the concierge and some of the tenants rushed into the room and called upon him to stop, assarting that he had pierced the oeiling and impaled the tenant who occupied the reem abote. He went upstairs with them, and found the tenant in question, a violin-maker, sitting fixed to the floor and writhing in agony. The instrument was cautiously i withdrawn from bis (flesh, but the injury inflicted was so serious that he was confined to his bed fer three months. The ease caused a good deal of amusement ia Court to every one but the peor violin maker, who was only awarded. 350fr compensation, for three months' loss of work; while Dubois was fined 16fr for negligence. That a man should have been sitting on the floor exactly above the spot where the hole was being bared is extraordinary. But that his ories should not have been heard by his tormentor is still more remarkable.

The N. Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company bnilt their new stores under the impression that they had prepared rather in advance of tb« possible requirements. Thefaot however proves that they were wrong, as they had the whole packod from ground to roof with wool for Utt •eto*

Judging by the following efttrilegranS railway travelling in some parts of Aiaeri«*, cannot be pleasant ?— Eight passenger trains were snowed up in Oregon. The eccupants suffered severe.privations, and several died of cold and hunger.

To those cennected with the production of flax, a very important advertisement, cdlliflgfor tenders for the whole of the work at the Waverley flax mill, where two strippers are kept going in the day, and one at night.

A rare chance |to make money is offered in the salts of G. A. Gray's book debts, tandem (or which must be in by tomorrow week. -'- - : ' ; . - . ■ -■■ " "

On Thuriday morning Mr Qarrand the repreaentativeof Shqrt'i executors retired from the business he opened hejca soma gjjr months ago. . During the ectlief. part of his oavesi here he adTortised free)y> an 3 reaped his reward, bttt for the $i*t four months he endeavoured to run the show on his own account, with the certain result that has] occurred. MrOerrand, penonally, was very popular.

THrWangaaoi JoaktttClub hald-a jjMefc* ing os Tataday to cenndir the BaH'*pror t«t, but came to no aioisou. This protestit in reference to a hack belonging to Mr J. Q. Wilson, who ran him at the Marton races nnaamed, an* then at Balls named. It jwal tatrtlj *O ;dverii|ht «p Hr. Wilwn'a part, but has esused a deal of trouble U •et right.

Ik* Botoagh Council will mwt for business on Monday evening.

The next sitting of theRM. CwMtkwill tehetton,W«4n«fl4»y. : ■ ... Mr Trip* will visit Foxton OQ th« 12th and 13th of February.

On Wednesday a carter was employed to carry, on his return journey into the country,* jar of food whisky. The sellers .omitted the wise precaution of sealing the jar, and the temptation to taste could not be withstood by the carter. The result was unsatisfactory, as he arrived at his journey's end muoh the worse for wear, and so did his horses, but his nature had become as mellowed as the liquor, so he thought he could not do less than invite others to taite what he had so much enjoyed. The owner of the dray had to Journey to recover it from the driver who had at last got beyong even taking care of himself, and it is said the sight of the the owner, driving his team, continually exaniniag the butt, of his whip, which was all that was left to explain the earlier return of the team, was something worth witnessing. The owner of the mill had to take to fibre carting next day and four hands are now seeking other employment. It is wonderful what a lot may ocour from the want of a little bit of sealing wax.

Property keeps oa the move in this town. Mr Sawyers has psrohased the property owned by Mr McCtjlloeh, and which has been oocupied by Mr Dearlova for some months. Mr J. Ingram has also bought Mr Wickena house and land, and has added considerably to it.

The N. Z. Timei asserts that the returns of the banks doing business in the colony show that they hold, in deposit from their customers, as much as six millions more than these same customers have acknowledged to being possessed of in their statement! to the Property Tax Department. Our Wellington contemporary points out that if the Department were eitpowered to tax the genuine deposits, the revenue would benifit by £25,000 per annum.

A very painful accident occurred at Mauri Stuart Sntton & Co'ft Ecliptt mill, yesterday morning. On* of the hand*, named John Allen wat working at the belt of the scutcher, and hit clothes getting caught by the belt, he was thrown violently against the shafting in which his arm was caught, tearing it off a little above the elbow. It ii stated that the man Was ohucked one way, and his arm the other. The other hands did all they could for the poor fellow, and he was taken itraight to the Wanganui hospital. We shall fear that there wiill be little "chance of his getting over saeh a ■hock.

The fellowing |New Tear's day aneodot* is given in a. London paper. — A rich banker enters his office on the last morning of the old year, and heaps his warmest congratulations on the'- head of his cashier, who, on January 1, celebrates the twenty fifth anniversary of his employment by the firm. After the banker has exhausted his stock of fair phrases, he graciously hands his employ^ fin envelope, saying, " Here is a keepsake for you, in memory of your jubilee." The man takes the envelope, mutters many words of thanks, but does not dare to open it. '• Open it," the banker says, encouragingly. This is done, and— the photograph of the donor is found inside. The cashier remaining silent with astonishment, bii employer says : " Well, what do you say to it ?" " All I can say," is the reply of the unhappy man, " is that it is very much like you."

Mr Gibsoa returned on Saturday |(rora attending the Primitive Htthodit t District meetings at Dnnedin. The mMtiag were held in Dandu Street Church, and Mr Gibson attended them for a week. The usual business was put through very satisfactorily and it waa arranged that Mr Olphert woold reside in Foxton ait minister of the Fexton station. He will arrive Here at the latter end ef March, The townships of Moutoa and Shannon will be in this station and other new ground will be opened out. Mr Gibson expresses himself highly pleased with his trip down South, having had an opportunity in the ereningi to attend the exhibition.

The oldest bank notes are the "flying meney," or " convenient mosey," first issued in China 2697 b.c. Originally these notes were issued by ths Treasury, but experience dictated a change to the banks undsr Ctovernment inspeotion and cantrol. The early Chinese " greenbacks " were in all essentials similar to the modern bank notes, bearing the name of ths bank, date of issue, the number of the note, the signature of the official issuing it, indications of its ralue in figures, in words, and in the pictorial presentation ia coini or heaps of coins equal in amount to its faea value, and a notice of the pains and penalities following counterfeiting. Ovsr and above all was a laconic exhortation to industry and thift: "Produce all you can; spend with economy." The notes were printed in blue ink, on paper finade from the fibre of the mulberry tree. One issue, in 1399 b.c, is all carefully preserved in theJUisetic Museum at St. Petersburg.

Some time on Friday night bit says the N. Z. Titnii the Colonial Museum wm broken Into, and a valuable oolltotieo of void snd silver coins and mftdab stolen. The robber or robbers, it is supposed, effected an entrance by the b*ek door facing Bolton street. Th« door Mad b«eo forced open by meant of a piokhead, and thia implement had also bees used to prise open tho gla»* cues eantaining the stolen onina. The custodian (Mr Biggs) sleeps on the premises, bat he heard nothing of the burglars, and it was not until next morning that the > robbery was ditcoverad. The talus of th« «o)ns stolen, we understand, is abo«t £00. The detectives an* d*w investigate **• matter'

A humble bee's nest was discovered says the Ccnterbsry Tiroes in a curious situation on Saturday, Jrn. 11, i. «., inside a sparrows neHt built in the top of a fir tree on Mr E. fliotDs' gronnds at Linwood. It was found by one of Mr Hiorns' sons, who was looking for sparrows' nests. The hu«able bee's nest contained, it wr.s estimated, about 200 cocoons, and in the sparrow's nest were two young birds about a fortnight old. Ha Hiorns presented the nest to Mr 8. C. Farr, by whom it hr.s been forwarded to New Plymouth, in order to introduce the humbor bee there

Lords Onslows and Carringtoa Motived an entbwiaetio -welcome at Auckland. Among thoM present was th-j celebrated Maefiebief, Bewi Maniapoto, who was •coehiawdafed with* chrir, being very bai), was introduced to Lord Onslow by tike Magsr. The Governor, when, told Bewi was present, started with surprise* and said, "Is Rewi here ? I should like to see him." The old nan stood up, and Lord Odblow went up to him and cor. dially shook hrnds. His Lordihip then introduced him to Lord Csrrington. Mr LooS*, -'wt*- v literpMted ; - i*di&t«4 Lord Onslow. Rewi again sainted him, and turning U Lord Carrington said, "I also salute thee, 0 Governor of Port Jackson." Lord Onslow said, " I hare read of your name all through the history lof New Zealand for many years past. I i know all the events in whioh you ha re taken part. lam delighted indeed triat ! you hare come to meet me. Good bye." Their Excellencies v «re tka&d^T* 1 »P- to th« Noriluru Club, where tMejr jrill ffUj during their visit.