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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 14 March 1890, Page 2

Mr McMillan did yeoman's service for the regatta the other day, whilst being interviewed by certain Commercial Travellers and by his persuasive powers obtained prizes from the undermentioned firms, viz — Messrs Archibald Clavk it Sons, Auckland ; E. W. Mills & Co, Wel'ington ; and J« H. Cock it Co, Nelson. Mr Hammond's traction engine go ! away this morning, but we are doubtful as to her success in negotiating the heavy Sandon road. The alterations for the running of the Tramway on St. Patrick's Day is notified elsewhere. Mr Brook's has laid himself out a busy day. The Manawatu County Council has a notice in to-days issue relative to tho do,? tax. A novel and appreciable departure hag bsen made by the New South Wales Government railway commisaionera. By a notice published in the Gazette it ii made known that "on any day, exc«pt a public holiday, return tickets at a single fare and a quarter will be issued to parties of not less than six first class or ten second class passenger ; but no loss charge than a shilling for each adult passenger will de made — children hnlf fare. To parties of not le»s than twenty first class or forty second c'ass passengers, travelling not loss than thirty miles, both going and returning, tickets at the single fare for the double journey will be issued. The tickets in each case will be available for return on the day of issue only, and parties must travel by trains arranged with the Chief Traffic Manager, who may refuse any application." An exhibition is to be held in London in May next of stamps from all parts of the English-speaking world. The Postmaster General of N S.W. proposes to send to the exhibition specimens of the stamps used in the colony from the earliest date. A history of the post and telegraph systems of the colony is also to be prepared and forwarded to London. Dr Houison, Mr C. Potter (Government printer) and Mr Lambton (Under-Secrefary Postal Department) have been appointed a committee to take the necessary steps for preparing and forwarding the exhibit. — Sydney Telegraph. We learn that the Public Hall has been secured by Mr Maccabe for to-morrow week. Mr R. Higgie has resigned the position of starter to the Wanganui Jockey Chib, and Mr S. Powell has temporarily undertaken the duties for the present meeting.

At the annual Conference, the Sheep Inspectors have passed the following resolution : — " That the number of imported or doubtful sheep in the colony being now very small, all future cases should be considered as matters of special urgency;, arid veew.wUi.ng me necessity of eradicating scab in the shortest possible tinie, this corf ference is of opinion th*t officers, of , tl^e Stock rieiUrtmeriUliotiki l)e,errij|o^ered id deal directly niid iiWeVe'ticteiitly tff tlie 'iwAe'v, Vvilil -any future Outbreak." On Monday afternoon, and for the greater part of Tuesday, the Supreme Court was occupied with the hearing of the Foiton cases, brought, by Him'idria Kohai, Ariki Prei'p'n, and WiiWa Awarda yi Hector Macdoriaia, in which each plaintiff claimed £200 as damages for malicious prosecution. A mixed jury were expanelled, two Euro- , peans and two Maori, and Mr Matravers, Clerk to the Foxton Court, acted as interpreter. Mr Jellicoe appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr H. S. Fitzherbert for the defendant, who made a counter claim of £200 as damages for wrongful conversion of sheep* and pleaded that there was reasonable and probable cause for the prosecution. Briefly stated, the facts were that some transactions took place between .the parties for. a sale df ,a particular! floiili df, sheep 1 that had belonged to the natives. The natives alleges that M'Donald paid only £97 out of £117 purchase money, and that_ delivery of the sheep was not given to him ; that they subsequently desired to return the £«.)7 and cancel the bargain, but that M'Donald went upon their land ami mustered the sheep, whereupon they re-took possession of them. For this they were charged ■with. sheep stealing, but the case was dismissed by tlie Justice?— hence the claim for damages. The jury awarded the plaintiff's £25 each, TheN. Z.TJoan A Mercantile Company report that the Lord Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, have decided that this Act should not be'applied to the ' marking of bales of wool imported into this country from Australia or South Africa. It will not therefore be necessary for shippers hereafter to print on their bales ' Produce of New Zealand ' aud ' Produce of Australia. 1 The Pacific Rural Press states that Jumbo, a Canadian horse, of the Clydesdale breed, wai exhibited recently at one of the towns in California. The animal is of a dapple-bay colour, standing 20$ hands high, and weighing 27G01bs, which, at six years of age is exceptionally heavy — in fact, Jumbo is the largest horse on record. The arm measures i) 2 inches around; stifle, 45 inches ; across the hips, 84J inches ; around the girth, 7 feet 11 inches, ; in length, lift 4in. Tlie animal was sired near Brompton, Canada, and is a " right smart of a chunk "of a horse. Jumbo has been known to draw over six tons; his walking gait m five miles an hour. His owner. M. T. Lundy, has refused an offer of £1500 for him. It will be within the recollection of our readers that a few weeks back a young man named O'Halloran, who was working at a rl&xmill near Foxton, had his right arm torn out by the machinery. The case was a bad one, and there were grave doubts a« to whether he would survive. Amputation at the shoulder was performed, a very critical operation we believe, and rendered more so in thist case in consequence of the wound left. Dr Sorley, however, succeeded in his work admirably, and we are pleased to state that, the patient is recovering quickly. O'Halloran has requested us to return his most sincere thanks for the «reat kindness and attention he Vm received at the hands of Dr Snrlev, to whom he is fully aware he owes his life, and to whose skill he wishes to hear the highest tribute within his power. He also thanks the attendants at the Hospital for doing their utmost to alleviate his sufferings, and help onward his recovery.— Wanganui Herald. Mr Labouo.hre in Truth says :— I remember once having some conversation with a purveyor of the " fleshings " in which ballet girls encase their legs. He explained to me how their " fleshings "—or, perhaps, I should say how the legs — are made. The artist fits on a tricot. He then marks where the leg is defective, and he has the tricot thickened at these place?. " Calves," lie said, " give us the greatest trouble. Nature generally makes them wrong. They are either to high or too low, and we have to work in the calves so as to remedy this, and to make the ankles appear small." The artist told me that ho made legs for many ladies in society. •' What can they want your legs for?" I said. "Well," he replied, " you sen. that their dresses might catch getting out of their carriages, and they like to be prepared for any accident of this kind." He further told me that he had a large practice in arms for gentlemen. It seems that those who have mere sticks of arras wear stuffed tricots under their coats to give thernselvas a manly and muscular look. Rather an amusiug anecdote, which (remarks a London correspondent) I have every reason for believing to be true, comes to me concerning Mr Justice Matthew, of ■the Queen's "Bench Division. The learned jud^e does not— a fact which is more to his credit than otherwise— give one an impression at first sight of being either a shrew 1 Londoner or a stern dispenser of the law of the land. One might take him to be, perhaps, a benevolent and simple country squire. At any rate, some snch impression evidently prevailed in the mind of a professional seller of painted sparrows, who came up to Sir James Matthew one day in the neighbourhood of the Strand, and, showing him nno of his birds, asked the learned Judge's opinion as to what species it might belong. Sir James stopped, carefully examined the gaudy litttlo creature, and then replied that ho had not senn a bird exactly like this one before, but, judging from the old proverb that " birds of a feather flock together," ho Bhonld say thnt it was a gaol-bird. Tlie vendor waited for no furthor particulars, but instantly shuffled away. The nwne', Mr Himmmv' Ins had some lihtle difficulty in setting his now traction oupir.R in working ord°r, nwini? to some Iflakacre in thetuWa. Directly this i* pn* riaht it will set fort.h npon Us travels dranrcing a new threshing machine after it. Both machine nnd engine afe from Messrs Hmnsbv'a we'l known English factory. We dmw atte^vn to *ho programme of fthe Foxton Racing Club, for their Autumn meeting. On onr fourth page will be seen Mr Thomas BnlMnger's corrected Hat. of pricep for corrugated !>ron, black or L'alvanised.