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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 10 June 1890, Page 2

* $M nix 4 •Assembly has been postponed till tou&oftanf; weeJ ? the. 18th_ Wuoe.-V'. .. i; "' ■ ' ' li ' ' ' Lait week a few of the Carnarvon lettlera had a very enjoyable drag-hunt qver tb<e Carnarvon Estate. : . V ; Tenders are wantad by Messrs JonesPfcjdv 'Rogei'i for cutting flax and loading drayiiS/ Mr Greig, of the Eclipse Herap«nwH, wantg.'tor'morrow, handi for various duties. Tenders are inrited for' oleaning atoat 240 chains of-drains on the Oroua Dowm Estate. ..... „'V '•■ ' : ' • .. A purse. has bean fonnd at Moutoa. which the owner can' have by deicribing it and its contents and paying- farfadvertiseraent.. - . A : horse, and saddle.fhajs been found wandering, at large* *nd the >wner can have the Banie by giving..propWdtßcription and paying expenses. - '"• The Executive of the Eailway Employes Society have appointed Messrs Haban (resident), Owen (vice-President) Edwards (Secretary), Winter, Elevens, and Haden to interview the Commissionerson June on 16th,with instructions to adhere to the corhmunieation of March 89th dealing with boy labour, hours of labour, and piece work.; : ,;,-, The Wfti'raripa Daily of the fourth understands tb*> the. largest flaxmill in the district, the Kahautara, owned by. Meisr«._ Tringham and M'Kenzit, has suspended operations, the whole of tbe-*Taploy CB . (over 100 ) bting paid off yesterday. The Canterbury Press saya :— As an instance of the interest displayed by the brethren who have joined the Grand Lodge of New Zealand in the welfare of its B«nevolont Fund, it may b« noted thai o»« r«-

contiy making his will has bequeathed the sum of £100 to be appropriated towards the Be'tie'voleiit Fund! Recently --established by the Grand Lodge 'of Now " Zealand. A.poH'p! tho • Queensland railway employes on the question of compulsory insuranco shows them to bo almost unanimously against it. At Brisbane the poll was 250 against, 11 for, and 9 informal. The Post lay* *be proceedings in connee. tion with tin liquidatiott of the affairs ol the RaiißiUkel Fibre Company have been delayed through the neßessity „ fp?. certain ■forihaiiU'essQ^ho Supreme Cejlrt. This portion of the business has now been settled, audMr T. t.. Macdonald, who . -hasbaen appointed liquidator, will aommenee' his.duties at 6net.. ■:•••.••' The new play "Chums," written *bj. Mr-David Christie Murray^ an* th» ; igene of which is ljiid in Otago, was~ produced .on the 4th at tlie v Auekland Opera Houae '-by i?t Maar company before a .crowded audience wj.(h great success. Mr Murray, who^fti^tWh'tiVr'Was called befoM the curt&itf2jphPi B 'j^fP oe °B h« xaid »ne of hi* dearest mern'ories, wouldJje that he was the firfif'Englkhman.oJ 4»ttefi fo^rodut* a now play^jeforea colonial audience. v We (Otfigc I?eUi/ Time*) l«arn that Captain Baldwin has purchased the New Zen,land Times aad- New Zealaad Mail, add that' the paper? "will bo 'oarrie'd on under the new ...proprietor's management very ,'fhtftyo, -, W* ,mej congratulate Captain Baldwm.eri Sjain ' taking up "his rssidenco '

Jtf V&7. (%s^land, r ; ns sspri;'a thabo^a.fß&f- 1 'vetxUtnerwill.bAAV fruit^uT .reaaltlJ; .' ... ... ,'jln .'ft}^bW h> UDprecedeQted : •iflil?it-' rfi* obrted Yo hiiV6 'lien *'eeiin ■ ftf-ABhuriVori . WedK«ia«j. lVat/Caayp.'lthe Chrtiiiicte), when -*4.igHt of hi%/^.awar4? i «3tirui.ifed to aura•teftr *t least: OMMty, jTfts^osßfryed ]to* paili ■foVer^h^'plaeft-ijom .M^pawktu Qeivzoi " ' *TjM. %&W°sii o^Wedttfertay nignt/ Mr' ;A^a|t]iyr^tni^^yiS'f^'ffkviog'atiyth(iif'' „to,do^^i jKe-^rop^osSls' df'Mr Ferg«3 -;tj, .'' lloUyiiihjita^ing' t]iat "£hrVoughout hie BBeecjiv'vJJip Fergus .lgd. his to believe thst he wan propounding the Gpve ra- • "t^eM feolicy, *tod- :<Kd;>i}ol'-*»pudiftte the aftterfiwii toilg*Ven'cot made by pne elector, he-oou^d not believe it vrai the pilict "r^.o^Mn t, buVthWt : the prcponsl-wai Mr Fergus' own; -In ib&^! conduct on the part oH a oonsti-rtu«fi<rti»V-MJti«ftir-.'d3 attempting to pledge Haii collenguss to a policy which they lid not. believe in wao moit reprehensible, afrd;< it hiY optaiori.^he.Oabiast was not qai.ttr' so, mad ac tq.promulgata such projjq^ls,, 'igo v 6d I ttiany'meißb»rß vcouJd prefer Jo rosign twice -Over thao-pui their namei to the r policy promulgated in Mr Fergm 1 speech? ? i JjojtWind lading deluded of iheep. Suoh (remark's the Weitern Star) . i> the cry we hear on all sidei, and thW« it a ' dedi of truWin what ni~ ■being >•** forth. (M-late ft'greutaoany hav^ been Mtajjred by foreig4-.buyetß,,anq. only, last week fome 8000 were shinped' frbni ' Thornhnry l the bulk of them going 'to Oanterbiiry. The farmers y with feed— and feed &as n%ver it thiffßeksort teen' bo plentiful —are now. beginning to realiie that they wi^-have the "utmoitdiffiiuiiy.iQ fitting itock to put on it, and.what they g_et they will h»ve;t9pay a •long priee'ldr. 6n Wedneiday at '• Thornbury ihere vrat a large attendance of buyer* and 'tho 'nutoW of sheep offered, wan. altogether itiatlequate to supply the demand, .Thoai dlip6aei of showed a, remarkable rise in yaldo,' ths lamba at the. same market sold a", month ago fit- 2b ' lid 1 this week brought' Wiil and within thre» weeks another lot of lambs jumped from .fis-8d:to8i8d. ; ••'."..-■ An Ea-cMrtf/e fiayg -the Union Steamship Compafly arc using tin flags now, It iis said that these were first of all' tried" oh one of the large intercoloniii boats' s of 'the fleet, and being found to work admirably, •all the veisela will bo fitted with them. When. it is borne in mind that the flag made .of . bunting lasts a very short time, exposure fcr ft few days being almost enough to ruin it. the new departure ra&de by the Union Company appears to be a very «en«ible one, though -iconoclastic from the point of view of poetry and' romance. '•We sometimes, wondeir ' (nays "the -Mafia'-* watif Standard) what would eothe : .to 'pas» : , should anything happen to Somnus, (Mr j Somnus Baker's horse). Every now and again we come nerosg in our exchange; ! . jjaragrap^hH like thig, taken from the Foxton'p'&peV':—' r 'We : trhderstand that a number of Hawke's Bay breeders are making strong, endeavours to induce Mr Baker to ■«nd hi« horse Soinnus to that district for , the next season." .Sometimes he is to be sent to Wairarapa, lometimcs to Auckland, gdmetimerf' to Honolulu, or Borne qther remote locality. Why don't .they ha re ! a big -Yankee grab^ so. muoh -in ; and the winneY .jeh.outs, of courie Mr B^ker to collar the pooi, and thus end" the bramble once and for all? If Somnus could only realise what an immortal name he has, it would make j ! him. carry hi 6 head and tail., very itifliy. He has bean photogi-a'phed pfelity "oftefli, : and we tbini his pnusei have been sung by' several pqets, though w.e are not sure if the ;fpmposijioi\s have been get fo Vntiifc, but we' are rhofally certain that the word |".Somriuß" could be found ahgrnped;. on ; tiie-heatf 1 of <hi« -owner. Meanwhile, we sincerely trust the struggle for the possession of Somnus will not develop into an intercolonial revolution, attended* with dreadfuTbloodshed and slaughter: ' ' ' ■ s ; ; ♦ ( ?&rvation Army is ftarting, in Lon-* don, labour bureaus for the purpose '-of' regjsterinjg the uneniployod. It is intended, if possible, to esiabrish farms 'ja'ndwdTftiihops. •- - , '"■-• ''v ' ' « .pr.^phett'a ejtpprferlce» iatthe. Hop*,« } of Common's are wortfr'noticing/wflfeX a feonffoa-tforrespondent. On the way her.i the travellers fell in with several Gla^rlstonian M.P.'s, who hearipg,th|v ; w'er^ brothers in •rfj?ii«lation were very civil a.ndj "iiiyited tr(em-to call at thej Home^ when V^'^arwvid". • This DrFitchett did. lend•rngToftis^ra-* 00118 of . hi ? erstwhile fel.4ow_traYelleV«i A,.He waited tnree-quarters of an hour, and nothing came ofit ; ; .whpM-. upW he lost patience, and aent'in another card. to the Sef'geani'-at;armi. In less than two minutes a messenger appeared, and invited Dr Fitchett to.follow him. The S'sr-gflant-At-arms ha 3 givan ord«rs that he should have a seat in th« distinguished stranirar'a gallery. This Httle anecclpte shoW?(lifct after all officials are' soraettrnes' more, aourteous and satisfactory' g«'nerall,r than private- individuals, and nioredvMjurnishes a' very excellent «' tip "for any M.H.'R. who may come «v«r here in the future: ''Don't trust- private; members,. bilt;send hr your ,«ard to tht Sergeant alarms." • • • We have recently received and " opened out no less'-than lOOpieces of Linoleum*, and Floor Cloths, and theie arc a^l of the very best speoially selected patterns, »nd to-. We" Nad at" the Wholesale Family.Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro Houao, Wellington. Our large and increasing trade in Floor Coverinßs necessitatfts our keeping a large •and varied stock, and as we takemore.than usual care in selfictinp both patterns and qualities, all persons intending to furnish or replenish their houses will do the bent thing possible by calling in or sending their orders to thn furnishing Prpartrnent, T« Aro Home, W«lUoi?^»

We have alio received ft fresh supply of White Blankets in »11 sizes, from the Smallest single-bed to tht very largf.it extra". Bize. . We can- guarantee the value to be first-class, and better than, that given by any wholesale 1 house in the colony. . Value for value, vf • olaim to bo the premier house in-tlii city, 'our statements at Te Aro Home, Wellington. We would alio call atteation to a freih lot of Window Poles, with rings, Midi and braeketß totnplete in '4ft 6in, 6ft, and 9ft lengths ; also, an excellent assortment of Dolly Varden Down Toraliumi and Quilts at TaAro Houie, Wellington. Wo have also a fresh supply of Honeycomb Toilet .and Alhambra Quilt* direct from the" manufacturer's, and; a complete shipment of Fancy and Coeea Mattingi, J.ute Squares, Tapestry Mati and Rug«. Cocoa Biigß, «tc, 'and -we. ask our friende and the publio generally to remember that. 'a; T«ry large Tariety and'exepllent talue are Attainable only ia .(he. Carpet and Furnißhiag Department, Te Aro Haiii#, Wellington. " •• : ''' : '•'•< ■' ;