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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 28 March 1890, Page 2

The Borough Council meets on Monday night fqr its uiual monthly sitting. The coach from Kereru was rather lata on Wednesday nofarriving before 1 o'clock. A private party are now running r handicap billiard tournament at Mr Stansell's hotel. It will take all tbis week to play out. The opponents or marriage with a dnceased wife's sister will no longer be able to ba6e their principal argument upon tho tarpons text contained in Leviticus, viii, IS, for (writes the New York Tribune,) accordin?; to a letter which has just been received by the Marriage Law Reform Association in England from Professor Sehroeder, the president of the Imperial German Commission for the Revision of the Bible, Hie correct translation of the verse from the Hebrew is so constructed as to mean that a man must not take his sister in law afl his wife while her sister is alive. That is to say, he must not have two wives living at the same time in his house who are sisters. On a point of thig kind the opinion of the greatest Biblical scholar in Germany— a land which has a 'proud pre-eminence as iv«ards Sor'ptnral exegesis — is important. Luther's text is in essential agreement with Professor Schroeder's rendering of the passage. On Tuesday afternoon the town was aroused by the progress of Messrs Austin's portable engine through the mnin street. It was drawn by nine horses. . Some one suggested she was being brought home to lav up to* the winter — of fiehemp trade — but the sun having again shon« out we trust she will not be allowed to rust. A consignment of green flax left by the last steamer, presumably for experimental purposes in Wellington.

Messrs McMillan Rhodos & Co make some very interesting announcements in t«eiv established column. We advise all l ourlady readers to inspect the window of their drapery department, where the new ] stock of blankets, flannel shirting, sheeting, j and calicoes are admirably arranged. Oxford won the Aniversity boat race by a length. The local footballers opened the season with a scratch match on Tuesday aft:_noon last, when tliere was a large number took part i/i the game. Messrs Cook and Ealfour chose sides, and after a good game the former's side came off victorious, tries being obtained by J. Whyte, F. Young, and Shadbolt, none of which, however, were converted into goals. It is proposed to send a team to Otaki on Good Friday, to try conclusions with that Club, and all intending to go are requested to leave their names with the Secretary before Monday evening next. The Manawatu County Council hold a meeting tomorrow to adjust the representation. Unless the whole of the Ridings a\-e altered we fear the result will bo tlie loss of one member for the Awahou. We would ask our advertising friends t° note that next Friday being " Good Friday o we. shall not publish, and that we should b 9 oblged for their, favours on Tuesday. The Queen of the South brought up 150 casks of cement, a portion are for the Long- . burn. Freezing Works. Lucky people — We hear that a large party are now enjoying themselves on Kapiti.. fishing. How many of us, here, would like to be there ? A rumour is current that Mr D. H. Macarthur will contest the Rangitikei scat. We believe that Mr Mitchell is close on achieving success with hii boring for water. He informs us that he has got through the rock, and is now on soft sand at one hundred and twenty feet. He has had an expensive job, and we should think it would be only fair if the Council met him in part, as if lie gets water, we are »ure to get it in town. The initial number of the Daily Graphic appeared on the 4th January, and marked an important event in journalism, in that it is the first illustrated daily newspaper in Europe. Its get-up and style of printing aye admirable, and it presents every indication of success Mr Heath Joyce is the editor, and Mr W. L. Thoma» the mans p.^ing director The latter gentlemen statethat it is their intension to cater for aH classes, keeping their readers informed of everything that is going, and anything startling that occurs in the metropolis before 6 p.m. will be accompanied by an illustration the next morning. Provincial news will be illustrated when possible. The foreign correspondence will be in the form of letters, accompanied by sketches. Tiio news and comments are to be given pithily and smartly, and the ordinary man iv not to be asked to wade through columns o: a speech when he'couldgetasimuchas he required in a fourth of the time. The new daily is not to interfere in any way with the weekly Graphic ; the difference between the two will be as the rough notes compared with the carefully finished picture. A company is to be floated in England to carry out the manufacture of locomotives on the terms proposed by the Government of N. S. Wales sometime back The manrg:ng director will be one of the ablest engine-builders in the United Kingdom. It is understood- that the Railway Commissioners are favourably disposed '"> the scheme, which will shortly be 'nought r u'er ?he consideration ot the Cabinet The work will afford employment to a thousand hands. We understand says the Times that the police are about to prosecute Henry Burton, f\e defendant in the recent gambling case, fov perjury. 'Hie charge pA'ises out o? statements made by Buvton in connection with a dice-box said to h?,v3 been found on his premises. The Commissioner of Crown Lands has forwarded us a plan and particulars of the Ovoua Coal Creek.Block of land which will be open for sale or selection on the 9th April. The Vock i«s situated between he Oi'oua river and Coal creek, and ox. "ads '■■3m the Wanganui Harbour BonA'd Block northwards six miles, towards the Feild'ng Special — settlement block. It is 22 inilei :'.'ora Feilding. There has been an idea abroad that hackled tow was superior to the ordinary dressed flax, but the true test, its value in the large market, proves it is not, as a parcle from this district only realised £24 5s a ton. The Railway department notify the Easter train arrangements. There are a few who have sufficient charity to Tiew with regret the misfortunes of one who may have at some time or another caused them pain. It will therefo.obea shock for some to learn that a Mr John R. Johntton, a commission agent, and collector of debts, and who paid a vi3it to this town once or twice on business connected with outstanding accounts, has j beei convicted at Napier for forgery in altering raceipts from smaller amounts to larger ones. These would we expect be for sums paid by himself, and not for what he had received. s-> it will be useless to expect a bonus in the shape of monies returned. Immidence goes a lonr* way, as far as San Francisco at times, and we believe it, when it is stated that ' Dudley Eyre of Wanganui celebri '.y is stated to have " a deal of Church work to do " in that town. On the first page Mr Osborne announcees that his cheap clearing sale closes at they end of the month. There is therefore very little time to lose. He has just received a large quantity of new goods d'rect from the manufacturers. Messrs Stevens & Gorton have published a list of stock for sale on -he second of April. With reference to the sardines we mentioned inlthe other issue, we leavn from the natives that they look upon them as quite new fish, and that they do not know how or why they come ashore, but they found them at hijh water mark. Mullet is said to be plentiful in the upper reaches of the river. When the shooting season commences we look for' sport with pigeons, as the white pines are covered with berries.