Mannamatu Herald. FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1890.

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

Mannamatu Herald. FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1890.

Mr and Mrs John Kebbell returned from 8) dney by the lait steamer. A small earthquake shook was experienotd about midday on Wednesday. It is probable that rinWng will soon bt on again at the publio hall We have heard from a couple of hemp millers that they hay* been offered a three month's contract at a price which they do not desire to disclose, and they have not as yet decided upon accepting.

Mr Montague Williams telia 'a. good story in his " Leaves 6f & Wife " »'a which Mr Keeley, t*ie VfcnVuus old comedian, and Sir Jfetivj," James iigure. Not many months before his death Keeley was playing whist at the Garrick, his partner being Henry James, now Sir Henry. When the rubber was over, after a moment's thought> he turned to James and asked, " Why tMn*t you lead spades?" The «iis\Vef toasj ufc didn't tlibk it the a»itt*.' ; " VWI, men, you're ft fo^' S*W Keeley, and petulantly shuffled out of tlie room. Of course they were all rav'ier astonished, but nobody ever took much notice A few days afterwards, James and Keeley met agrtW fA the Garrick, Keeley » % ««tt.Wg alter James as if lie were gotlj to apologize. " I :iave fe««tt tMil^.ng " said Keelc;/, with t'ue stolid expression his face so often .wore, "over that little affair abuut the spades, and \ find that I was rijjht— you are ft fool !" •* Gypsy King " In the Wftntfanul Htfah\ says:— lt may not ba .»gen4rilly kiibwu; but Mr J. Mftcdonftld, 01 HordwUenda, Foxton; has ft 3-year-old half-brother t« tTraHliSi lij SamnusJ 4-jM»i-dU tSdmnl\s=-l>Bhhy, by' ftSn Ittftn— Peter Flat mare) ha.-brother to Volcano, the hurdle horse; 4-year-old Natator-Candour (half-brother to The Colonel) ; 5-year-old Castoff Peeress (full brother to Tonsariro) ; 4-year : pld Somnus — Sator mare. The majority of theße

horses have only been handled this season, and are now just 'ready to be taken up for next season's racing. It ■would be ha«l to beat this collection on this coast, as all the horses are related to fast horses and winners.

Spectator in the Press thus writes of <he handicapping for the Autumn nitetip* df the C. J. Club •» Wh*t Ail e*ftlted opinion the 0-. ix C» nahdi&atipers have of Ahua, Or what a poor opinion they must hold ef the cattle opposed to liim ! I suppose ha other writer in New Zialand has had a greatar opinion of tho son of Painter and Cornelia than I have, but I am not in it with the C. J. C. handicappers."

At a meeting of the Maaawatu Road Board on Tuesday rhe resolution from the Btrough Council objecting to the proposal of Palmer -ton to empty iieAiifAge itfto the Manawfttii river, wa« read, and. on the motion of Warde-i Plyger it was dficided ta join with the Foxton Borough Council in protesting against th • emptying of the Palmtrston sewage into the Manawala.

One of those swlnd 1 ' 1 * whioh the atrociowe Charitable Aid Act ena jles fo be ated on the public, occured on Wednssdav. A roan of the most distinct loafs- type, v/'.th a nose resemblng the sun as seen through a foj?, hunted up thn Town Clm'k with an " applioation for relief, assar .ins; that ho was very bad. Hi* step was frehle, and lie was troubled, at the time of making the application with a cough that would have put Maccabe's 6e ebrated on^ to the blush. The Town Clerk hastened to the «-teauier and aranged a pawage for the man to Wellington. As the steamer was soon to leave, there was but little time to " collect the mr,*a and his valuable trins together, but alas ! this haste occasioned the n^iraonlous recovery of the patient, as direo ly he was assured of a cliaap tvip, he stepped merrily out, and forgot to keop up event'.ie semblenoe of a oou'jn. The constable informed the clerk that he knew the men well as an old gaol bird, but never a hand did he stir to use the powers he possesses to olear the town of UU presence. Tlie ratepayers have to find t"ie constable's wages and also rates to remove these ob. jectionable visitors. This is no*, as it should be.

Truth states that the marriacre of anothe* daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales has been arranged, and t'.ir.t t!i c public announcement wilt not bo made hefore April. In foi* statement the Irish, Times London cor r Pspo:i(t«Tit ' saya :— "Another romance oJ Roy ally is in social circulation to the effect tha 1 . ; . a vounKor giater of the Duche s of Fife has followed that Princess's patriotic l°al by also Wing in love with n nativ« nohlema- — nn Encrlishmau this -iino. The royal choice is a young earl, not by nny menns among tlie w<»althi«it metntiiM'M of his o dor, \m\ personally what thpv .till in Scot'and, ' a very pretty man. ' of goo/1 jnti^iwt'i" 1 Rifts and high eha"ac';er. It is saia V>jat the heir apparent fully approves th» earl's successful suit, while the- Qu^n tlinocr'i fegrotting tho Uraitml ront voll, has di'ci'l'nl sot to interfere. TTcr .hlit set >»p' - f ac« sternly a ainst the rjice 'of Gorman fortune-hunterß, who are henceforth oxeluded from the royal ma tvimoftkl market — an exclusion for whidv.by ■ ill >.-Pf o'int.« they have to blame the intractable Battenberg."

We learn Bays the Manawatu Timtt that Mr W. L. Dean, the popular Clork of the Court at Palmerston. has been appoints! relieving officer in the service, and w'H leave here in a few da vs. FUs place will be taken by Mr Rawson, from Cromwell, a son of Judge Rawson.

.An inhabitant at .Maine has auplied for damages against' the Electric Light Company of i&P.t pfcfce. W< case is * ttiv v the light keeps his fowls Avfake tUW>tt« jn the morning, so that they Me too tired to lay eggs on the following day ! The shares of the company are falling rapidly.

An exchange says : — Men about town in New York have introduced a new way of dressing oysters before eating them. Instead of using salt, peppp.v, o: catsup, the raw oyster is covered with sugar, and vlth the aid of a little lemon juice it is ready to eat. The new style was introduced by a Chinaman and was quickly taken up by lovers of the bivalves.

The Advocate says : — At Messrs Stevens * Qorton'i sale yesterday (Tuesday) at Bulls, there was -a good demand for tie better olass of sheep. A. line of Rood 4 and six tooth wethers brought 9s 3d, and fat wethers 10s 6d. Cattle were generally in poor denund, though one mob of steer a bought by Mr Potts, fetohed 23 2a 6d per head.

The Borough some months ag> forced all land owners to clear the gorse off the roads, and quite right too, but they refused to clear the scrub off, and therefore mr.de it a matter of impossibility for some owners to burn with safety Th« goree therefore laid amongst the manuka at a risk which has been experienced by Messrs Th«nne and White. Yesterday, either by accident or miichief some one Ret the lot alight, iesuiting in a very 'ong length of fencing being destroyed.

Colonel Trimble, Judge of the Nfttive Land Court sitting at Palmerston yesterday, gave judgment ahout a portion of the Herowhonua block, claimed by both Kemp and Hunia. The area is some 15,000 acre*, and extended from the sea beach to inland beyond the lake. As a gr^ji deal depended on the value of the land, both gidea agreed to take Mr John Davies* valuation and yesterday morning" he handed it in. The result of the Judges decision is that Major Kemp gets 8000 acres, part being the ran occupied by the McDonaM's, and half the lake, and Governor Hunia gets 6 7000 acre* of the land on the south of the stream flowin? from the lake, and about the other hei'-f of the lake. We are informed the litigants are fairly well satisfied with this arrangement.

A reward of five shfllings is advertised for the recovery of a Malacca waking cane.

T~e wanganui Education Board give notice of the dates foe the Annual election ot school committees.

The influenza scare has reached here, every one with a cold fancying that it is the fashionable La WW^*. A *?*«»• request* thofie dwihg. him *v OT.^f pit thi ianle to nW before HU iW\saty Im.iness.

The ladi, playmatei arid '.'iends'of yourlg l-jonias Spring, who met hii deaih but A short time ago by diowtiitLg *Hlfel WWg, V- 7^-W gooawiil the deceased was held in. l.icy have made a collection amongst taemselves, and hare secured live guineas i©r a tombstone for his grave. The father asks us to express his acknowledgement of WSftnd to say he feels their aot most deeply, ■Tlw Conti'ac^f, Mr lWoti, i« taaklag g(>od progress yfrith the pdrit fdr the WittfWrto ariy. framing of the hull is ddne; arid the Udttdni piarikiUg Is tidw being ptrirf. Tiy im A mst awAy Wo bottom to the decking, aiid the side* 9us-itly # contract at the ends. The m«asurem«at<i 6v«r all-are,- length 44 feet, breadth 14feet, and depth 2 feet, She appears to be most strongly put together.

Masi \vill be oielebratcfd next Sunday, iv St. Mary's Ch.uvoh, Poxton, at 8 and 11 a nt.

It hag leaked or.t that something ap. proaojiing mutiny occurred on board H.M.S Eg«via, survey ship of fie Pacific stationduring her voyage from Sydney to Auoklaad. Xht Egeria, which is at pi'eseafc . tt Auckland) has been oi'dei'ed buck to Sydney wM'e- this l'iiigleaiteru Id t\» itfair w:'i b« tried by court mmrtiai.

A rich resident of Morocco ii aacuud of having amrd«red 16 of hi» mistrtsMs, and with two accomplices packed the headlesi. truuka in c*s9b, waich w»re gent to Mazagm, where they were opened.