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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 18 July 1890, Page 2

Notice is given by the Borough Council that the Avenue Bridge is unsafe for heavy traffic. MrD. Goldie, M.H.R., will conduct service on Sunday at the Methodist Church. The Star says Mr Skerrett, who is retained by Constable Gillesple for his defence, stayed in Hawera on Saturday night and over Sunday. The solicitor expresses himself very confidently of a satisfaetory issue to his client'i cast. Jobbing Watts was brought up at the Police Court to-day on the eharge of having been drunk oa the loth inst, to which he pleaded guilty. He wan fined 5/- and 2/- costs. Hay for sale in large or small quantities is notified elsewhere. Mr Walsh has a house to let. We have to thank the Government, printer for another batch of Bills and Parliamentary papers, also Hansard. The Island of Rangitoto-a volcanic forma' tion near Auckland, is to be permanently reserved for recreation purposes. If holiday keepers ean only be induced to find recreation in climbing its rocky slopes the bootmakers in Auckland will have a " booming " time of it, as it is not safe to take a trip to the island without carrying a reserve pair, the jagged edges of the rocks with which the island is covered being most destructive to shoe leather. We notice that the Hon Mr Shimski in a Bill entitled " Coroner's Inquests " which he has introduced into the Legislative Council, proposes in the third clause that " No inquest or inquiry under, " The Coroners Act 1867 " or any amendment thereof, shall be held upon the premises of any licensed publican if there shall be a Court - house, police station, or other public building whereat, such inquest or inquiry can be conveniently held situate within a distance of two miles of such licensed preniiaes " We note that Mr Thynne the resident Coroner has for many years acted on the principle of the clause, always using the R.M. Court for his enquiries. • An earthquake has interrupted cable communication with England. " No reasonable offer refused " is not a matrimonial advertisement, but is portion of a statement set forth by Messrs McMillan, Rhodes A Co. re. their Annual Stocktaking Sale, which is now on. The " enormous reductions " which the " skin-flint " parliamentary party wish to enforce can be feund also at this sale. * The Wellington poisoning case came to a conclusion on Tuesday, when the following verdict was returned to the effect that by a mistake on the part of some person strychnia had been put into a morphia bottle in Mr Fitzgerald's chemist shop, that Mr Fitzgerald had used every precaution and was not to blame, and that death was accidental and by misfortune. As we have at present a small revival in Church matters, the following hint might be copied : — ln New York a Life Insurance Company has lent £24,000 to a church, and the church has had the lives of a number of its members insured in favour of itself. Each time one of these dies, the Insurance Company will reduce the debt by the amount of the policy. Since the unfortunate half-caste Frank Able, died the natives at Motuiti declare that he has visited his home, and are very uneasy at such an appearance. They assert that they hoar him thumping on the vsalls, and have also an idea they can discern his figure in the gloom. So uncomfortable has this made the spot that many are thinking of going to "fresh fields and pastures new," thus steering clear of this" stubborn unlaid ghost." We feel mueh depressed. Our new baker —Mr Brandon — desired a notice in our last issue that he had started baking, and was selling bread cheap. Hew do we carry out his wishos ? By stating that he will sell a 21b loaf of bread at (id ! Thank you for nothing, tho buyers say, as we can get it cheaper elsewhere. We own to the mistake, and trust to be forgiven : and we now state that for sixpence Mr Brandon will give you a 41b loaf of bread! That's better ! Well, it is cheaper than any other baker is selling in town. It may be interesting to note that Sunday is the first day of the week. Strange that it should require a reminder, but as we were asked to state which day is the first day we do ao. We notice that the Rev. J. Berry has been explaining why the change wa« made : as the Jewish Sabbath was always the seventh day, and our Saviour observed it. Mr Berry referred to the almost absolute unanimity as to observing the first day of the week a« the Lord's Day by the various nations. He also mentioned that six weeks before the day of Penteoost Christ had laid in the tomb where he rested till His resurrection on the first day of the week. Christ manifested Himself to His desciples on the first day of the week. Thomas saw and believed on this day • and ever since believers have assembled on this same day to worehip God. Potato blight has made its appearance in Ireland. A Reuter'a telegram from New York •tates that the town of Edgerton, Kansas, has elected a municipal " ticket " entirely composed of women, including mayoress, judge, councilwomen, and policewomen. Tt is possible the following may be nceful: — A test for watered milk consist in dipping a well-polished knitting-needle into a deep vessel of milk and then immediately withdrawing it in an upright manner. If the milk i« pure a drop of the fluid will hang on tho needle, but the addition of even a small proportion of water will pievent the adhesion of the drop. In ihe oase of the Napier Park Racing Club v. Captain P.ussell, a claim for the rteovery of iitake woa by Van Piema'\ judgment was given tor: plaintiff with costs. After the itake was paid over, it was discovered the hor«se was ineligible to start. ' The Club then paid the stakes ths second time to the seeond horse. Captain Russell refusing to refund, believing his aorse was eligible. A suK<»es'. : on, approved by all classes, has originated at Swansea, that Madame Patti should reoeive a tribute from the peopU of Wales, net only in recognition of her musical aharms, but «• a resident in the Principality and the benefactress of her own neighbourhood and the great charities und institutions of Wales. It is prornted that the presentation shall take the form of a casket and tho freedom of the caanty-borough of Swansea, to be presented tt the National Eisteddfod t* be held at Swansea ant y«r.

The Chronicle says :— Mr H. E. Burr the popular station master of Waverly, left on Monday for a well earned fortnight's holiday. Mr f^eprge Slater takes up ihe Up the duties during Mr fiurr's absence. The site of the Watkin Tower has been fixed in the neighbourhood of St. John's Wood, in immediate contiguity to the Metropo.itau Railway. It is intended forthwith to begin building operations, in the hope that early next year the tower may be opened to the public. A Select Committee hao been appointed to ascertain whether all or any of the accusations made against the Government, and especially against ce -tain members thereof, made by Mr Hutchison, member for Waitotara, in a Rpeech in the Home on Wednesday, the 2nd instant, are in substance true or false, and to report their opinion thereon. The Committee consists of Messrs Ballance, Bryce, Fitchett, Withy, Hall, Larnach, Macarthur, Ormond, and Saddon. Mr Antonia de Navvarro, the fortunate gentleman who is to marry beautiful Mary Anderson if, Tit Bits informs üb, thirty years old, and was admittad to the American bar in 1884. Like Misg A nderson, he is a strict catholic. He is a clever linguist and musician, and is sufficiently good looking to make a suitable partner for the well known actress. His Spanish style denetes his descent from an old family of Spain One of his ancestors accompanied Columbns on his second voyage in 1493. It may interest our hempmillers if we give the text of the letter sent by the AgentGeneral to the fibre brokers" of London It is as follows : — Westminister Chambers, Apri, 30. 1890. Dear Sir,—" The Zealand Government received information at the beginning of March, that in consequence of the serious fall which has taken place in the Hemp markets, many mills employed in the preparation of New Zealand Hemp had been closed, and that the output of fibre from the Colony would diminish instead of increase. As this information may be useful to the market at the present time, I am directed by the Agent-General to oommunieate it to you, and to request that you will maice it generally known through the trade."— l am, dear Sir, Yours faithfully- (^igned) W. Kennaway, Secty., Agent-General's Dept. In Mr D'Oylys Carte's new theatre, which is being! erected in Shaftesbury Avenue, and which will be one of the finest theatres in the world, the comforts and convenience of the artists will ba particularly attended to. No longer will singers, either chorus or principals, after hard work during an act, have to toil up several flights of stairs to their dressing-rooms. A luxurio us lift will be ready to raise them to the floor on which their rooms are placed, and they may descend, if they choose, in the same easy manner. This will be the first theatre in London where a lift has been used for the artists engaged. Mr H. M. Stanley, in his only magazine article, which will appear in the June number of SiTibncr, says : — " Constrained at the darkest hour to humbly confess that without God's help I was helpless, I vowed a vow in the forest solitudeß that I would confess His aid before men. Silence, as of death was round about me ; it was midnight ; I was weakened by illness, prostrated by fatigue, and wan with anxiety for my white and black companions, whose fate was a mystery. In this physical and mental distress I besorght God to give me back ray people. Nine hours later we were exulting with a rapturous joy. In full view of all was the orimson flag with the crescent, and beneath its waving folds was the longlost rear column." Here is a description of the presention made to Mr Stanley the other day by the Lord Mayor :— The table ebhind which the Lord Mayor sat laden with gold and silver, in the way of maces and other Corporation instruments, which would indeed have gladdened the hearts of Quashiboo. The centre of interest was, however, the Gold Box for Stanley. The casket stands upon a base of Algerian onyx, surmounted by a plinth of ebony. At each end stands an ostrich carved in ivory. Behind each bird, and curving over it, there is a representation of an elephant's tusk, looped to three spears placed in the pannelled angle of the casket, the pillars ef which are of crocidolite, resisting in sockets of cold, and surmounted by capitals of the same metal. The panels of the casket and also the roof are of ivory, richly overlaid with ornamental work in fine gold of various colours. The back pane 1 bears the City arms emblazoned in the proper heraldic colours ; of the end panels, one bears the ti'icoloured monogram of" H. M. 5.," suimovnted by a wreath — emblem of victory ; and the other, that of the Lord Mayor of London. During the earlier portion of the present me nth we shall offer some very special bargains in winter dresses of superior character. Many of these were bought late in the London season much below their usual value ; marked at correspondingly low priees at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aio House, Wellington. We have of these about 590 first-class drecses, consisting in the main of French tweeds in the latest designs, French amazones in the most fashionable shaded, a variety of plain materials with combinations in scroll, floral, and other patterns, and some handsome boxed braided robes, all of which will be offered much under the usual prices at Te Aro House, Wellinglon. This opportunity of securing really good dresses for little money is perfectly unique, and not likely to be repeated this season, bo that ladies who may be desirous of purchasing at these reduced priees should do so without loss of time, at Te Aro House, Wellington. The original prices of these lovely dresses ranged from 85s 6d to 8-ts, and customers will have the opportunity of purchasing them at prices varing from 24s Od to 57s Gd, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Are House, Wellington.