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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 15 April 1890, Page 2

Dr Foot issues a notice about out standing accounts.

The bankruptcy ofHukiki Waretiai is gazetted.

The Co-operative Butchering Co. Ld. will hold their adjourned annual meeting tomorrow week.

It is not long since that a judgement waa tioprdea in the Supreme Court asserting that flax was a weed. It may however be of service to some to know that " The Police Offencies Act 1884" sets forth, that any person who wilfully sets on fire any timber bush scrub grass fern flax or other vegetation upon any land not his own property or in his own occupation, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten poundi or to imprisonment for a period not exoeedinj three months. New Zealand hemp, on April 11th, was quoted : good medium, 120 to £20 ss. H. If. Stanley has arrived at Brindisi. In our local re the loafer in our last issue Mr Gibson informs us that we misunderstood what he said about the constable, as he it was that told th (constable that the . man was an old gaol-bird. The action of i the constable is still open to condemnation, as he is supposed to keep the district clear of objectionable characters; and, if instead of knowing them, he has to be told about them, the least he could do is to " move them on." Witnesses called on behalf of the Crown have for many years been paid according to a scale, which makes a distinction be- ; tween the professional man and average i witness. The latest scale was : — Profes- '< sional men, when their evidence as experts is required, per r'iem, £1 Is; professional : men, bankers, merchants, auctioneers, and j other gentlemen not specifically mentioned, per diem, 15s; masters, tradesmen, farmers, and clerks, per diem, 12s ; shopmen, journeymen and mechanics, per diem, 10s; : laborers, per diem, 6i. According to a l recent Gazette all witnesses, male or fe- | male, will be paid at the vat* of 6s per day. Except in the case of medical experts, who have their guinea continued. Mr S.M. Baker, the owner of Bomnus and Loohnagar, says the Advocate has sold out his stud farm at Feilding. with the object of selecting a more suitable location Before the opening of the season it is his intention to take a run round the district for the purp se of finding the most desirable place, but he thinks it will probably be in the Rangitikei district. The Soon- 1 nus youngsters have made a name for themselves, and it is hardly probable that so excellent a.sire will be allowed to go out of the district. The Painter horse, Lochnagar will also be retained in the district during the next season if sufficient inducement offers. The obelisk at Otaki, says the Standard, commemorating the landing of the Church of England missionaries, is now surrounded by fifty stones, recording the advanoe of Christianity yea:* by year from J 840 to 1890. The block for eac'a year bears its own date ; and is larger thaa its predecessor. Thus, the 1840 is very email ; the 1841 is of a greater size, and so on, till the last Btone, laid be-ide the obe.isk on Saturday, is a huge boulder, in strong contrast with its diminutive prototype it half a century ago. Great sensation was caused in a Parisian I block of buildings lately by screamg proi caeding from tho roo.a riocupied by a milliner named Marie Sautareau. The police were informed of the shrill vociferations, and opening Marie's door they found her in a pri a ive costume tied to the leg of r, bedstead, her body being painted a jet bleck streaked here anil Caere with white, and only a portion oi her face retaining its pristine, colour. The girl related that three men who she knew cane to see her, an 1 after they had been witli ler some time high words arose. The men asked her what she was working at now, as her mii'inery labours seemed to be at a standstill. She replied rather saucily that she was engaged in teaching canary-birds to talk. No sooner where these words out of her mouth when the trio seized lier, shonting, " We'll teach you how to make canavies talk!" and having torn off her clothe?, they smeared her all over with a mixture of milk, grease, beeswax, and molasses. They then dried her before a fire, and final y emptied the content of a big jar of ink over her body. The rasoals afterwards tied her to the bedpost and began to jeer at her, saying, " Now you can enow yourself at a fair! You are a splendid zebra i" Two of the perpetrators of the outrage have been arre ted, and have been condemned to terms of imprisonment, with fines.

The gross earnings of tlie railways of the colony for the twelve months ended 31st March was £1,002,000, which ia nearly £100,000 in advance of the return for the previous yeav. After deducting working expenses, there will ; «3 a return o» a')out £696,000, giving a vet profit of nearly £400,000. Tim will give a return upon the capital eo«t of the railways, waich is nearly £14,000,000, of about 3 pc- cent. This is all the mo: 1 * gratifying as the capital account has during the year been added to by a portion of unproductive railways being handed over to the Commissioners.

The Auckland Herald of April 4th says, "Th- bmgling caused by the Government in conneotion with the Alderncy bull, importe.l to Auckland by the s.s. Te Anan. has come to a rideulous ending. The animal is now on its way back again to Australia. When will New Zealand east off that inoubus whioh drags her in the mire, and oaused all the efforts of her ptople to advadce her interests to be ■ rendered futile.

The inquiry at Brisbane into the cireum stances conneoted with the wreck of th QuetU is practically concluded, though the evidence from witnesses resident at Thursday Island iB being awaited. The Chairman of the Bench stated there was nothing to prevent the captain of the ill-fated vessel proceeding Home, adding that there was nothing in the evidence to sustain any allegations of neglect on the part of the officers of the Tassel or the pilot.

Another anecdote characteristic of the Viotorian Governor's homely instincts is related iv connection with his recent visit to Ballarat. When the special train stop-; ped at the ancient township of Ballan, his Excellency stepped out of the carriage and *M »o*oiU4 by aa eldwlj dint, wht mi,

" Sir, could I see the Governor ? " " Certainly," replied the Earl, "I am the Governor." The old-fashioned lady was rewarded with a hearty shake of the hand, and when she had recovered from her astonishment at hia youthful appearance, she ventured to comment on the faot of his Excellency being clean-shaved. "Well," said the Earl, I bad whiskers once, but they were inclined to be nearly as red as a fox, Bud the Countess insisted on my shaving them off." The incident caused great amusement on the platrorm, and was the principal subject of conversation "on the i block " at the little township fer several days subsequently.

The favorite fad of the hour among luxurious New York women is to have themselves rubbed all over several times a week, after the bath, with cocoa oil. It is a favorite practice with Mrs Cleveland, who, by the way, decidedly refines and improves with time. She has now the expression she looked as a bride, and her complexion not a bud can beat.