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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 11 March 1890, Page 2

Oh our front page will be noticed a very attractive advertisement from Messrs S. Ijitke A- Sons. They have made a speciality of ilie manufacture of cooking ranges, besides their general business of ironfounders. The 17th March is going to be celebrated hv a regatta of tin 1 river, and a concert in the evening. The regatta has a novelty in events for tho ladies, and we understand that. «■ large number of entries are expected, as the fail 1 sex". are daily practising. Mr A'fixandejf -McDonald of Awahurihas been gazetted a Native, interpreter. Our local Solicitor Wt Foxt-on on Friday for a trip to Auckland, and may be exDfiC.ted back at the end of the week. Rumour states that he will not return alone We notic » that the bales of hemp, concerning the wet and damaged s at° of wlu'-U th" N. Z. Times wrote so powerfully al)ont. and instancing it as another sample NTnnawavu cai'eles«n- s-<, hnnpened to lie from tV , Wairavapft. The N. Z. Times was not our authority, as it was not in--1:1 Fried to mate the amend honourable. The attempt' to float the barque Willie I McLaren have been unsuccessful and have been abandoned,. The Mariawfitu Times says that we understand that last night (sth), the negotiations for. an amicable settlement of the Horowhenua Block case fell through, after three weelw parleying, and the whole case will now have to be thrashed out before the Native Land Court. The sitting of the Court willbe prolonged for a considenble period in consequence of this failure to settle matters. One of our hemp millers after furnishing enough hemp to complete hie contract, sold the remaining balance of hemp last week in Wellington, at £18 a ton. Not bo bad after all the news we have been told, and especially for one of the Manawatu millers. The. N. '/>. Times would look upon him as one of " the few and far between " ones. We are glad : to learn from a hemp miller, who haa ' determined to close his mill for a time, that, the owner of the green material, with whom he was under contract to pay bo much per month per stripper, haa met him, and the' depression, in the right spirit, by foregoing hig claim to rojalty for. the time he ia closed. The Telegraph are calling tenders for thS Supply and delivery at Wellington of 14 ( 000 telegraph arms. Mr Ashby wants tyro cows in milk or about^to calve. - * .■ We acknowledge the receipt from the Government printer of the last Crown Lands f vide. The Evening 'Press says :— We have had several queries from correspondents as to when the season within which the shooting of either native or imported game is permitted, will ope.n in the Wellington district this year. We have made full enquiries on the subject, and are informed that the Acclimatisation Society have recommended that the season for each class of game should at&vt on the Ist May. The question tho public wish to have answered is, of course, whether the season will be open for Easter. Nothing has" yet been decided, but it is more than probable the Society's recommendation will be adopted by the Government. Last year the Easter holidays were included in the season because they fell rather late in the month of April, but even then it was found thai the birds were so young that it was a crujlty to shoot them. This year Easter comes earlier, and in . the intemtu of the birds and of sport generally the Government we in lined to continue the close season until the date mentioned A coi'respondent of the Wanganui Ht-raltl assorts that the Maoris near Bulls are starting to plant flax. Yesterday at the Supremo Court, the prisoners Keeve »nd Baird were sentenced to 18 months imprisonment with li rd labour.

heard at the Supreme Court tomorrow. . The Eegatta Committee are evidently intern npJu g^D' the P ub ?icau unusually good day's enjoymnt On tno 2 7th inst > asm addition t0 the aquatic sports dumff the cay, they now advertise a grand coilcert:to w ,nd tip the.days apiusenfeut. M*vmg had a perusal of lie programme; which wi ] appea. in next i. sue, weca , confidently **y th . fe no I t " fov a long tlraa has such a one been brought before the Fox on pu lie. In J- I TJ° &U the locai f vourities, we noticed the riara'eg of several Palmerston performers, comic and ceritlnerital; this alone should bring a sufficient guaranee of t substantial performance, which we do not doubt will be the case. Altogether, the projectors of the whole affair deserve great credit for the trouble and time they are bestowing upon the undertaking, and we wish them every success. We find th:it we mad vert-, my stated mat, t ie hay shed on Mr Vautiev's "property was burnt on Tuesday, whereas it was on Wednesday. This slip might be inconvenient. A narrow escape from a serious tire occurred at Spelman & Cos.mill, Oroua Bridge, on Wednesday evening last. It appears that about two tons of tibre had been carted in from the.iield, and, tippled «p to the Bhedj andleft lying about. . The driver was taking the fire from the engine, and several sparks were carried by the wind to the fibre, which .was soon ablaze, being all burnt hefore the tire could be extinguished. Lnekily, the shed* which were full of fibre' are of iron, otherwise the whole Luilding must have, been destroyed. As it was the fire just scotched through the "iron but not sufficient to fire the fibre inside.