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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 21 March 1890, Page 2

Messrs Stevens and Gorton announo c that their next. stock sale will be held at. Foxton on the 2iid April.

We understand that Mr Hillary no 1 * only lent every assistance at the Kegatta on Monday, but placed the use of his l:oa s at the Club's disposal at a merely nominal sum. This is very like Mr Hiilavy, who has always been known aa a capital supporter of nil amusements connected with the water. It may be news to a good many to know that Mr Hillary is an old man-of-war's man, though it makes him no better, yet it has made him no worse.

Drunkenness is •» wretched vice, and is not only exceedingly unpleasant to the drunk himself, but causes him to be a first class nuisance to all around him. At the land eale on Wednesday, a man, who should have known better, walked into the hotel wheie the was held, and into tho room set apprt fov it, and t!ie first pet of his, v.as to annoy the auctioneer by putting questions to him whilst, he was making his oppnhig remark?. He was, as he deserved to ba, .promptly sat upon, verbally, which drove him to actually sit upon a \ isito' 1 , on,t ! ">e.pofa. Without a word the visttoi- resigned fyis position to tlie " drank." When the birring commenced, the liqour caused this ei-ring one to imagine himself the possessor of "'thousands" and he bid most spiritedly an advance of £100 over a previous bid. The persons present, having a ' e'.ter knowledge of his means, tlian either tlie Auctioneer or himself had, immediately objected to any notice being taken of his bid-, and he was informed thai, he would have to show that he wps in a position to sustain t'.ie offers made. This was so dull and business like, that he fell as'eep, and left the sale free from his maudlin interruptions. If the man could only have seen himself, as others saw him, surely he would ever again make himself the painful exhibition he did.

Nothing like push. A blacksmith hp.3 started tv Manakai'. Otaki will have to look to itself, or this litt'e place will soon wipe the old tnwn out of existence.

We received a sample of " Sunlight " soap from Mr Honore, who ii the agent for this brand in Foxton. We find it a very nice soap, and well worth a tvial by those who are pavticular as to the kind of soap they use.

The new advertisement relative to Messrs Joseph Nothan & Cob Ready Money store appears today.

On the first page will be seen a new advertisernen from the Government Life lnsuraace Depai'tment which deserves attention.

It will be noticed that though Jenkins & Co. are fiivr.ig up the wheelwright business, of which iliev pave notice of last issue, the trade will still lie carried on by Mj Ahem, win conducted the business fa: 1 Messra Jenkis&Co. We have commented on the class of -\vovk turned ant at this establishment, 'p iifl wo ; can I heiefove recommend a visit to the pvo t nifitov befoie sending eiders out -of the d ; slrict.

Dipping is ia 'full lyragress amongst the large flock owners, as the Messrs Robinson and Mr T. Wilson the Manpger of tbe Mou'.oa estate, are bpi'a at it.

Some more mills are ebout io close, unless far bett?v nay,'s is Boon heard, Amongst these are MeisriCo'e, Je-iiks&Co.. Russell <fe Co., 8.-edow Yanko & Co., a.id Mess;-s5 Oliver a'ul Wonnald. Tliere is also a ruuiour thri Mr Tlntheii'ord's mil will also stop before lon«. This sounds bad, but it is the wisest step, as ii wiU .'et the London market know that a certain price must be K'lveu f r our hemp, and at that price a fair steady supply can be obtained. We have every belief in the "whirr" of the mills soon resounding a^ain over our plains, and we hope so.

We were asked the cthe:- day when the Autumn Fruit Show wa.9 going to be held ? Our reply was, that we dorbted its be^ug held at all, as no one had evinced any further interest in the matter, and it had also laid dormant, waiting io hear about a sale of work for the Church of England ! This put the quietU3 on the s'-ow, as we then learnt that not an inch of work has been done. Itia the same old cry related. aB was given hundreds of years" ago, and reported in the Bible, for the reason that the subject Vas been overlooked. It is time however tliat so nething was done, as we learn from our Manal<au correspondent that on Saturday Archdeacon Pancourt will pay that rising locality a visit, with the object of estimating the vupoort that could be obtained for a olergvman, yet I'ie Mission Station at Otaki is only some four or five miles away.

The Wangamri ChronfcWs Wellington I correspondent is answerable for the fol- j lowing : — Tho other day an amusing occurrence took place on the Wharf The day was the Sabbath, and the hour about 7p.ui A gentleman, of strong religious views was tak nj» advantage of (he beautiful summe 'h evening by txh. rting the pa3(jers-by to remembtv that :i there was a future," and being earnest and very eloijuent, he soon , collected a considerable, and to ail appearance, a most attentive audience. Among others who weiv listening to his exhortation was a nursegirl with a perambulator, infant, and i ottle, who, in her anxiety to catch everything that was said by the speaker, left her precious charge unprotected a few yards from the crowd Ju°t then an excursion steamer arrived at the wharf to discharge her passengers. On board was a very quiet and unusually dooile monkey, who had her freedom through the rigging of the boat, and from a-loft spotted the youngster's bottle in the perambulator half-full of milk. Quicker than lightening, and long (before the energetic passengers could land, Miss Jenny had sprang from the yard-arm, landing on tho shoulders ol ■an attentive, but ndw "flabbergasted," listener, ar^d from thence to the ground, making with all speed to the perambulator, into which she jumped, and haying taken possession of the baby's bottle and laying, her fhead on the pillow beside that of the " beloved family representative," and holding the bottle in both hands, ne\ er removed it fram her ilittle mouth until the last drop of milk had disappeared. It is needless to say that while this was going on the nursegirl, screeched most violently and the audience generally deserted the preacher, who was • much disgusted at finding that the ant cs of the •' missing link " were more attractive than all his eloquence.

Extraordinary landslip* have occurred at Eosewood, a station on the Koutnern and Western Railway, 35 miles south-west of Brisbane. Large areas of land moved bodily, and numerous houses were destroyed. Several farms have been ruined, and fissures from 10 to 20 feet deep rent in the earth. The residents of the township fled in terror, but no fatalities are reported.

A private letter received at Auckland from Johaunesberg states that busi-o* s there at present is very dull. The wate 1 ' supply is wretched. In wet weather the water is the colour of blood, owing to the red clay washing into the reservoir There are 150 cases of typhoid a r the present time, and inflammation of the lunas is also very |prevalont, caused by frequent dust storms. Though the writer is earning from £9 to £10 per week as a compositor he intends to Jeave the country in a few months.

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A periodical for the betrothed is the most recent venture in Vienda. It is published twice a month, and its content* are suited to its aims, which really are adveitising; for the editor tellß his prospective readers that every announcement of a betrothal or marriage will be inserted gratuitouoly provided the happy couples will 'buy their trousseaux of the tradesmen advertising in his paper. Grazier* in all parts of the country districts says th s Chronicle tre feeling the long and sever* drought, and unless rain comes the losses in stock will be very serious. The prices of sheen and cattle at Messrs F. R. Jackion and Co's sale yeiterday was below the late averages, and unless rain comes to improve the feed will go still lower. A Boston paper says it is never weary of reading a good epitaph — one wlvch indicates the work of a lifetime in a few short, crisp words. Here is one, for instance, which needs' no exp'anat ; on; It was inscribed on the tomb of a cannibal : -" He loved his fellow meu." A fire broke out in Bartholomew's flaxmill at Feildinr: on Wednesday afternoon It wa« kept under by the steam pump at* tached to the uiill until the Fire Brigade arrived, when it was extinguished The damage is confined to a portion of the woodwork and about a ton of Ivmp. Our reporter went a litt'e astray in the I report on the ladies race at the regatta, and who can be surprised at it, when the crews were composed of the gentler sex. One evew apparently he had in his mind's eye. r.o that he thought he had duly mentioned them, but the fact appears that their names were omitted. We hasten to make th« amniih honourable, and to state we find 'Imt though mentioning the Miss Gray's and two other crews, we wrote that the two crews, formed the three other*. The crew omitted should not have been treated in this manner, as they rowed very well, but did not pas* the Judee, the water being extremely rough in the course they were steered. The laics were the M'Stseß Stan■ell and Burr, and were in the third position during the distanoe they rowed. . Wa fvnsfc these lp.dies will look over the omisv 1 sion. The following story of the Exhibition [ refreshment rooms is told by the Dunpdin | Hemhi: — A Komewhat snrl looking ! countryman nlouche ' in aud lurched int'i a seat at the n«* -est table. One of th* " nice young maidens" who ant as nt'endant sprites pi need the bill of fnre beforo him H«» looked in utter astonishment first at ;t and then at her Findin.7 sh* did not tftki this tncomprehrnsive thin? iuv»<\ he finally blurted out, "Gaon ! Oi didn't come 'ere to re^d I came here to eat Wf nnd "taters." He was soon fulfilling his deitinr. The fir«t t*-o boats in the Tidies Racf had a quiet contest between themselves on Tuesday levening, to determine the ci'oio* of *priz«K Miss Hp.riev enmnefod wifh Miss C, Easton, and s<*cnred the brace'pt. and Miss Rymnns won the bangle iv the race wiih her sister.

The town disliked fhe monopoly the henv,) millers wer« having in fir<"<. and on Wednesday morning started one locally. At ten, r small boy with ft liking for noise, climbed the hell t^wnr and rancr the loud alarm of firo. Thin was owing to the straw stack on the property occupied by Mr Rptter having caught fire, propably from a snark in the chimney. A num'er of willing hands nent down to 1 And aßßifi. tance, amongst whom. Mr T P. Williams, mine host of thp Mancwntn lintel. wa& prominent, but notlrng could bp done, exrept to let it burn and watch the house. For some reason, best known to the owner, the stac 1 ' was made close to thehou«e. and had the breeze been any other wa,y thpn it was. the house must have been burnt too. Surely some one i« to blame for this serious breach of the by-laws of the town, yet a glance around will «hnw other stacks in quite as dangerous a position.

Mr T. Mitchell ii still getting lower and lower— witMiis artesian well we meau — and is now d.nwn flfi feet and in papp, rock. He is in hones that after going through this strata hiss hopps will be realised, and ro does everyone. If he gets water he deRerves a monument.

The Borough Council me': on Tuesday evening to own tenders for building the new punt, W'our only. Mr Nye who lip. 1 ' charge of the work was present. Three tenders wr-.-e received p.s under : — W. W. Bacoi, 10s; H. Abridge, £3!) 10"; T\ Hecker, £84. The tender of W. W. Bacon was accepted.

The last Gastte fixes the date for the opening of the shooting season for the first of Maj.

There was a good attendance of English a, id Colonial buyers. at the wool sale of the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company at Wellington on Tuesd.y. Competition during the Bale was moderately brisk. Abut 300 b>!es were catt-Ogued, prhr cip • y limbs'. A consider b c portion of the unso d 'ota were disposed of afterward private y. Good greas y crossbred •■•o-ilised from 8d to BAd, medium 7d to Bd. Interior sorts were negl< c cd. Lary * pare es of good scoured ambs' sold from N.Jd to ll£ i ; r.fean, *el" grown grea v, Sd to «J ; medium 7Jd to 8d ; while log-stained and inferior parcels only realized sgd to 7d In another column Mr Asher of Wellington notifies that he has opened up some goods in Whyte's sample rooms winch should be inspected, and as he is here for only ft very short time, no time shpuld be loit.

Sir Harry Atkinson was the guest of Mr J. G. Wils«n, M.H.K., at Bulls on Tuesday says the Advocate. It had been proposed by the chairman, secretary, and a few members of the Acclimatisation Society to interview him with reference to alteration* in the regulations affecting game, but he was to ill to receive anyone. The annual accounts of the WellingtonManawatu Railway Company shows a credit of £5070. but the directors do not propose to declare a dividend. Dunne; the year 172,300 passengers "were carried over the line, which is 72,000 more than the previous yea*. The total revenue was £69, 16y, being an increase of Jb'11,990 over that collected in 1888.

Our readers will hardly need reminding that Maccabe and Maddl Minnia appear at the Public Hall tomorrow night.

We hear that 'Johnston and Co. have at last disposed of the Bvandon Hall Estate, but to whom, or at what figure, we have no information. It it thought that this is the real reason why the hemp mill is under orders to cease work. The men engaged at the mill have, however, very fairly and considerately volunteered to submit to a considerable reduction of wages, if that can have any influence in inducing their employers to continue, md it may be that the new owner will take this into consideration. Certainly the offer to pubmit to a considerable reduction is made in the right spiit by the men and there ousht to be a very determined attempt made by all parties interested, by little self-sacrifices all round, and by evary means in their power to keop the industry alive, pending the return of higher prices. The labour outlook for the winter is rather dark at present, with mills being shut up ia all directions — •Advocate.

Says the N. Z. Times:— the usually quiet village of Johnsonville was galvanised into excited life on Saturday evening by the appearance in the township of an animal whose species is unknown in the locality. Shortly before the arrival of the late down train, the Btationmasler, going out on the platform, was attacked by this animal, and, being startled for the moment, beat a judicious retreat. Subsequently, however, he recovered, and started in pursuit of the unknown, Iwhich had sought shelter in a cattle truok. An exciting chase resulted in the eventual destruction of the animal, whose carcase was promptly seized for investigation. It was a first thought that it was an opossum, but that Mea was abandoned, and the most popular theory now is that it ?is a crosi between a rabbit and a monkey. The skin of the deceased is now in the possession of Mr Frank Gower, of •fohnsonville. Itii conjectured that this may be {the animal whose occasional appearance in Fitone was chronicled some little time back-