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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 8 July 1890, Page 2

There will he Mass next Sunday at St. Mary's, at 8 and 11 a m. Tenders are invited for renting the Recreation Reserve. Mr Tripe will visit Foxton on the 23rd and 24th inst. A meeting of the Manawatu Rowing Club will be held at Whyte's Hotel, to-morrow night, at 8 p.m. A call of the Legislative Council is ordered for Thursday next. The Chairman of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, in an address to that body last week, speaking about the flax industry, said : — " In connection with this he read an extract from a letter received by his firm — Levin & Co. — showing that the I u«e of New Zealand hemp was getting to be more general at home. Their correspondent wrote : — " One of the United Kingdom ropemakers has been telling us that he hai recently, and for the first time, used some fully fair New Zealand hemp to xnaka twine for an order previously filled with sisal and Manila. He is very pleased with the result, and indeed tells us (and he is probably the best ropemaker in the United Kingdom) that he finds the New Zealand hemp has been better than sisal or Mftnila." That seemed satisfactory, but he pointed out that it would be necessary to keep up the quality of their export. Probably the best plan to arrive at that end would be to appoint some trustworthy person to classify and grade the fibre at this end. By this means they could sell the article which was guaranteed at this end, find which would be accepted at the other end, if people got into the way of using it. On Friday Mr Sanson. a member of the Education Board, paid a visit to Foxton, and in company with the Chairman of the Committee inspected the school and grounds. Mr Sanson has authorised the removal of the closets, so close to the teacher's residence, to some less inconvenient site ; and lias further arranged to get some gravel carted to the ground, the Committee undertaking to get it spread. He will also bring under the notice of the Board certain necessary repairs required in the school, and will also urge upon them to have the headmaster's room ceiled and painted throughout. The other rooms being lighter, he will suggest having only the walls painted. This matter of painting will have to stand over, in all probability, until the midsummer holiday. We welcome this interest being shown to our school, and do not fear but that the Board will find the Committee only too willing to aisist. The Customs officers when searching the Chang-aha, on her arrival at Sydney from Hongkong, found seven Chinese stowawaya. Thetmen were packed away in most extraordinary places, where it would seem almost impossible for human beings to exist, but concealment even in these holes and corners would have been impossible without the connivance of Chinese members of the crew. One was in the butcher's shop, another in the saloon, two down the forepeak, one in a locker, and one in a spare cabin. The men when pulled out of their hiding places were most pitiable objects, and appeared to utterly collapse when they found that all the discomforts during the long voyage had beeu borne for nothing. They were carefully locked up on board, as the ship's officers determined not to become liable for the £600, in which they would be fined if the men got ashore. At a meeting of the Philosophical Sooiety Mr Kirk quoted statistics illustrative of the wonderful fecundity of the common sparrow in New Zealand, and as a proof of this he mentioned that before the breeding season closed the first hatched birds of the same season were rearing their young alongside the parents' nest. The well - known theatrical business manager, Mr Hughes, has received a cable message asking him to book dates for J. L. Toole for a nine weeks' tour of the colony, commencing 29th September, and for the Brown-Potter Company for a season of eight weeks from Christmas. Both companies will commence in the South and play up the ooast. A northern contemporary says : —An amusing instance of the manner in which contracts were carried out in " the good old times " was mentioned by one of the Councillors at the meeting of the Piako County Council on Saturday. The Engineer, in speaking of a portion of the CambridgeOxford road, stated that a number of wooden culverts that had been erected by Armed i 'onstabulavy when forming the road had given way and would require removing, as portions of the timber were sticking out of the ground and made travelling a dangerous undertaking. He remarked that timber must have been plentiful, or the workers wanted to prolong the job, as some of the culverts were not above a chain distant from each other. Mr Williams said : — " I know a contract for road-making that can eclipse that. On & road not a hundred miles from Cambridge a set of pipes were ordered to be put across % road to carry off the YrittK. Somtfetw> th«J 4tt B9t to Whftt

was required, and years after it was decided to remore them. But when the road was broken up, lo ! there were only two pipes — One on either side of the road." History sayeth not if anyone was asked to refund, but as it wa3 in"" the good old times," wo suppose the matter was allowed to slide. A very special invitation is herewith extended to the ladies of the city to pay «.n early visit of inspection to our magnificent and attractive display of ball and evening dress fabrics, which, together with all necessavy requisites, are now being shown on the central counter at Te Aro House, Welling ton. The variety of these charming fabrics is very large, and the numerous fashionable tints are of the most pleasing character, while the prices are exceedingly moderate. This display is easily accessible, ii very artistic to its smallest datails, and could not fail to be gratifying to all visitors to Tt Aro House, Wellington. We shall be delighted to show them to all visitors, who may rest aisurtd that they will not be importuned to buy. Indeed there will be no oooasiou to do this, for the goods will speak for themselves, and we imagine there are few ladies who could look at these beautiful yet expensive fabrics and requisites without feeling an irrestible desire to purchase at Te Aro Houtt, Wellington.