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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 25 April 1890, Page 2

,■ Mr MeCnrdy c young gentleman who ni some years ago in the local telegraph- office, ie now on a visit to this town. Soon' after leaving her* (he severed hit connectiom with .the N. Z. Government and en ered into th« service ol the Queensland Government, and for the past three years has been frizzling in a &ia ion away in the interior of that Colon/, on the overland route. From all fcceounts the situation seems admirably fitted for one who desires to meditate and melt, ai the therometer ia never 1 wer than 75 degrees and sometimes it 140 degrees. The adjourned annul meeting of the Foxton Co-operative Butohering Company wat held yesterday afternoon at the ComJ/any's regist red offiot. The balance sheet was adopted. The meeting eeeted Mr Thynne aB Secretary and Messrs F. Robinitn, Oower, McMillan, C rter, Osborne, Whibley and Russell ai directors. Messrs Beattie and Gibson were re-elected au titor« The Directors met and elected Mr Gower at chairman. If* W. Mosleyhai bees appointed poatmaster at Oroua Bridge. We understand that Mr Seymour** mill will almost at once resume work, though it only dosed on Saturday. This arises from mora satisfactory intelligence being received from Home. Tomorrow afternoon the football match between Foxton and Falmerston takes place. On Monday evening the householders of the district are requested to meet at the school house to elect a school oommittee for the ensuing twelve months. Mr Levers has opened the Rinking at the hall, and had a good attendaaoe last Tuesday evening. The case of S. Trask against G. Johnston was settled out of Court on defendant agreeing to pay £20 and £8 costs. As it should be! The Ot ago Education Board has resolved in future to send all eligible applications for appointments to the committee. It is said that the solicitor for the det fendant, in an action at the District Courthe other day, compounded without being clearly aware of the facts. . The action against the defendant was for damages occasioned by complaint laid by 'him, but oddly enough, so it is reported, that by some eversight the steps were, all taken on aa unsigned affidavit. . ' Cattle taken away, gates left open and fences destroyed, are some of the reasons that hare prompted Mr Carter to issue. the notice to trespassers on his property near Messrs Baston's and Howan's land, We understand the trouble these irresponsible visitors cause an owner, and we would reoomtaend them to mind the caution given. Mr Carter is more of a man of aotion than of words. .. On Wednesday morning Walter Atadnrf was brought before E. S. Thynne Bsq J.P. «n a charge of having been drunk and noisy on the Avenue the previous evening and also with resisting the constable The accused who had been locked up all night pleaded guilty to the charge of drunkeneis •ut not guilty to the charge of resisting the police. He wat however found gultyon both ebarges and fined in eaoh ease ten shillingscost two shilling!, or 24 hoars imprisonment. He was givea to the ft lowing day . to find the money. , At the last meeting of the Harowhenua County Council the following resolution was agreed to: "That this Council joins with the other local bodies along the banks of the Manawatu in opposing the Borough of Palmerston North from emptying their sewerage into the rivar.' ' Mr Buick stated, at the meeting of the Longburn Freezing Company, that in one year the fellmongery business of the Gear Company returned the capital invested in it, whioh was equal to a dividend of 100 per cent. The Directors of the Longburn Freezing Company earned a resolution, at their meeting on Saturday, to inorcase the capital of the Company by 1000 shares of £6 1 each. The Church of England scandle has at last been laid at rest, as yesterday Bishop Hadfield was duly elected Primate, by an overwhelming majority. Major Kemp is at present p*yiag this ! town a visit. The races brought down to Foxton one well-known old resident— in the person of Mr S. 8. Quin. He is still carrying oa his "highwayman's mode of life" in the > Hawkes 1 Bay District, and taking lives; ana it allowed, at he working for the Government, to be at liberty. He looked 1 the picture of health, but seems to have a ' picture i£ his eye of .'.'.' ' "A little farm well till'd, A little house well filled, r A little wife well drilled." I WebopeitmejaUwaeriiaL

Mr A. J. Hadaelcl, «n Saturday at Pal- \ merston. won Mr Lyon'a Cup in the final i match fired by members of the Manawatu Rifle Association. £ Bad habits are catching —A native ) cashier of the Chartered Bank of India, ■ ustralia and China has made large de- ( faloationa, and -$he direotors of the bank ; have placed the sum of £60,000 to the i credit of the contingent fund to provide for the losses. It is reported that Stanley will shortly i be appointed Governor of British East ! Africa,. . ( There was a . light fall of snow around Sydney on last Thursday morning. ' Some Bensation has been earned, says the Evening Press's Masterton correspondent, by the stioking up of two men on the ( Upper Plain Boad, olose to the centre of I the town, on Sunday night. The men, re- \ apectable residents, were assavlted by three strangers who were ambushed beneath a hedge, and it is generally believe* * n nt. t wheir object was robbery. Th" '-..•"• £*•* I A *eU>ffr#m from Botorua to the Herald announces that three Natives of the Ngatiwhakau tribe have proceeded to Wellington to take action against ths Government for £28,000, in consequence of the informaKties in connection with the purchase of the; township. They would not accept the money from Mr Lewis when that officer: was at Botorua. It has been rumoured fer aome days past, | lays the N.Z. Times, that Mr F. W. F »nkland, . the very sible Chief Actuary and Commissioner of the Government Insurance Degar]fment,_had received a tempting offer from an English ; office. This proves to be the ease. MrFrankland decided yeeterday to aeeept the offer, and wiU leave with his family by the B.M.S Tongariro next month for London to enter on his new duties. The position he will occupy is a high aotuarial post in the Atlas liife and Fire Insurance Office, London. It is not yet settled who will succeed Mr. trannland, as pr*ce will not be easily ailed. Ever sinoa he entered the service his "commanding abilities," as the late Colonial Treasurer very justly termed them, have made themselves felt Indeed, a colony is seldom fortunate enough to secure the" service of men of his ca ibre. It is greatly- to be regretted for the sake of the Government Life Insurance Department that Mr Fiankland oould have not been induced to remain at its head. - The Post says:— A very mysterioui disappearance of property has puzzled the Hospital authorities for some time pasi, I appears that several months ago, one of the patients in the Hospital lent his watch to a Jnurge to enable her to take another patient's pulse, as she had been ordered to do, at short intervals. The attendant only kept it in her possession a few minutes and then laid it on the table of the kitchen, which;was quite close at hand. When she returned for it almost immediately afterwards the watch . was gone, having, it is supposed, been stolen by one of the patients Thaaidof the detectives was invoked but all efforts to discover the culprit have been fruitless. The owner of the watch, who is still under treatment, valued it at 10 guineas, and hiß elaimfor a refund was brough before the Haspital Trustees at to-day's meeting. Without any demur, it was deoided to allow the owner to deduot the value of the w»toh from the fees due by him for treatment, but the Chairman (Mr F aser) -ook the opportunity of making known his opinion that it was base and despicable ingratitude on the part of any person receiving treatment in the Hospital io have committed such a theft. News has been received that a number of extensive oaves, showing anoient workings, have been- -disco-ered in Swaziland. The workings are exceedingly rich, and good authorities believe them to be the mines from which Solomon obtaiucd vast quantities of gold. ' Here is the l.test story from the " City of the Saints." An absent-minded and tender-hearted Mormon elder, who is the father -f 37 ohildren, whilst wa king in the street of^Ufah Jhe. other day came upon a litte"boy sobbing b tterly. After vainly trying to comfort the little fellow, he determined to take him to his house, and on arriving there with him, said to his favourite .jwife, who was then on duty. " See here, Lydia, this poor chap baa got lost. I guess. Let us take him to our own bosoms and make him. our own Bon," •' Make him our own-sonY" exclaimed Lydia,, aggressively. « Shucks, man, why he is one of our sons already. This shows theunnat'rel sort of father you are not to know our own little Bobert Phinea* by aight." ~.-