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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 22 July 1890, Page 2

Constable McLean dropped down dead oa Friday arming. He was on dnty and •ad star the polio station, at Paimcrston. Some eameliafl are floweriag ia Mr Rhodes' i ardcn. It it on the cards that Mr Rutherford may Make Foztoa bit bom* for the f ature. If ra Jamti H. Robinson and Miss Thynne left yesterday moraiag for a trip to the South liland. Tb* ship M crops, which we ltarn by eabla ia burnt, had a larga consignment of flax, fram thii diitriet, oa beard. Shippers do not appear to ba eait dowa, a* the laiuraacM ara likely to ba better thaa market ratal, A aotiea in aaothar column informs tha public that Mr Harry Andrawi hai resigned th* appointment of manager to Mr Rutherford, and Mr Walter Forster hai bean appainted in hit stead. At Clapham Junction, an tha Loadoa and South Western Railway, a few miles out of London, thirteen hundred passenger-trains pass daily, in addition to which there ara large numbers of " gooda " trains. It is stated, in a London paper, that Mr W. J. Stead, late editor of the Pall Mall Gazette and now of tha Review of Review began life as a clerk in th* office of tke Russian Consul at Newcastle. What will home life be like soon ? In Dunedin they ara forming a Domestic SerTaats Union 1 For Why ? Surely thoy can hardly expect more than they receive now, •r da much less. Last week Mr George Hughes had th* credit of killing tha heaviest pig of his age that wa have heard of. The pig was a black B*rk ahire barrow, and only ten months old when he was killed, yet he scaled dead weight 3991b5. He was not farced, but simply grew away from his family ; soma other members of which are good pigs, but would not weigh heavier than SOOlbs. Forty pounds increase a month is vary profitable. According to th* Wellington Pres* Mr Loughman of th* Catholic Tivien and late of tha Lyttelton Tlmei, has been appointed editor of th* New Zealand Time*. He evidently moves with the times. Th* English Parliament has paseed aa Act to suppress indecent advertisements. A new quarterly has been started entitled " Subjects of th* Day." It bide fair to be a valuable addition to periodical literature. One of Her Majesty's Cruisers in the Bed Sea has captured a dhow with 131 slaves on board. A British Company is to be formed for tha administrative development of Zululand, Oongaland, and Swaziland. Tha death is announced, in London, of Mr James Naimyth, the inventor of the steam hammer. An ugly fact lies in the following : — The colored races "in America are said to be multiplying faster than the increase of whites, by birth and immigration combined. A good example has been set by the Chicago Ckief of Police who has stopped the sal* of cigarettes to boys under sixteen years of age. Som day wa may hope to ■a* such restriction ia force in this Colony. Something lik* progress is marked when w* flad that tha woman af Greece have submitted to tha Government a petition, asking that ■• good educational opportunities be given to tha girls of tha nation as to tha boys. Bishop Tempi* (bishop of London) owing to impaired eyesight, hat offered to resign his Sec, but th* Archbishop of Canterbury hai advised him to the eeatrary. Last year th* Religions Tract Society issued 77,000,000 publications in 199 languages and dialects, which ii a grand record. In 1889 tha circulation of Salvation Army periodicals reached tha immense num 1 er of over 37 millions. The total income of the army for the year was three-quarters of a million sterling. Mr Christie Murray dealares that New Zealand, with its rich scenery possessed the playground of the world We are Informed that th* Revd. Mr Harvey will visit Foxton one* a fortnight to prepare candidates for confirmation. The Committee appointed, to inquire into Mr Hutchinson'i charges against the Government bar* determined to take the whole of that gentleman's speech in the financial debate as tha basil to start from. Mr Ang new th* great picture buyer lately purchased at auction Tomer's " Sheernese" as lean in tha light of tha aarly morning sun rising on a fog for 7,000 guineas. Before ho left the sala room h* had resold the pictur* at a ten per cent advaaee. Not such a bad afternoon's work. Tha Palraerston Borough Council has this said about it in a local paper :— Last night th* meetiag lasted for nearly four faonrf, aad th* business accomplished amounted to almost nothing. Long dissertations upoa technical matters of which aa expert should b* the only julg*. references to aats and by-laws while all bnsiness was suspended, and irrelevant matters brought up until thay assumed tha proportions of a no-eonfidenee dobat*, occupied the eveniag to the etelasion of motions of which none* had been given weeks ago. An experiment should certainly bo tried of electing a Council of women, for I am sura they would aot atay away from their homes till nearly midnight for the attractions of a. Council matting." Tat its members number Mr Hadfield as on* of them, • gentleman who has had lons experience in both the Maaawatn and Horowhenua County Councils.

A society, haying for its object the propagatioa of love of poverty, hat been formed at Moscow, Russia. Members pledge themselves to spread the doctrine that all trne joys of exists tee may be obtained without money, and that wealth is in no genie desirable. We think name of the name of the Society should be " The Loafers Soiiety." The well-known painter Mr Alma Taderaa has just been bowled out in ft curious mistake he has made. In one of his Roman scenes he paiaied a climbing shrub the Ckmati's Jackmami, which has only beea introdased into the world within the last 25 years i How then could he hate imagined it flourished 1800 years ago? Nothing like extravagance. A glever has made an expensive pair of gloves for a lady. There were tern buttons, aad each button was a diamond. The price ef the gloves was £40. This was in London not tfoxton. The new rules for regulating the practice at to Judgement summonses and orders therein, come into force, in the B.M Courtt on the first of Aagust. The Chief Justice, sitting it Chambers on Thursday gave judgement for the defendant Stewart for £55 11s Id on the counter olaim in the action of Jack v. Stewart. Mr Chapman was for the plaintiff and . Mr Haseldei for the defenfat. In Chambers on Thursday morning the Chief lustioe granted ft motion by Mr Jellieoe ordering C. E. Zehrab and E. Hindle Smith, two of the directors of the Rangitikei Fibre Company (in liquidation) to appear for public examination relative to the affairs of the eempaay. It will be recollected at at a previous siittiag a* order was made for taking the evidence ef the Hon. R. Pharazya and Dr Newman, members of the directorate, and R. Badham, secretary of the company, ox the same date. The following neat thing in bonnets was' on show in a London milliner's lately. Fortunately copies are not like y to find their way to the colony. It was sprinkled over with real gems. There were diamonds, sapphires, amethysts, turquoise, rubieß. The stones were set on a crown of gold embroidery. The bonnet wat toned down with a little black velvet in front, and had black strings. It was a fabuleus price. Constable Gillesdie accused of perjury in the Supreme court case of Okey v. Fits.patrick, was committed for trial last Tuesday. Mr Kettle the R.M. laid he had carefully considered the evidence and the able addresses of counsel on either side. In case* of perjury, the law required corroborative evidence — either documentary or circumstantial— or at least some outside facts which go to corroborate the testimony. This is a question of law. I have considerable doubt as to whether there is sufficient corroboration of Okey's testimony, but Ido not feel justified in deciding that point. I think there is some ciorroborative evidence, and therefore do not feel justified in dismissing the case, It is not necessary that the guilt or innocenoe ef the accused should be proved. I am not now called upon to decide whether the aeoused is innooent or net. What I have to decide is whether a prlma facie ease hat been made out, or whether there is evidence against the accused sufficient to lay before a jury. Of course if the evidence for the prosecution is contradicted or shaken it is very evident I must dismiss the case. But lam not bound to say that Okey's evidence is not to be trusted ; nor on accused's side, though the evidence may be very strong, that it disproves guilt. I eannet dismiss the information for the evidence of the defendant is contradicted. A writer in ' BaUy'g Magasine,' in as article on Sir Charles Rusiell, says : If&ny an anecdote of the late Baroa Martin, when An circuit, can Sir Charles tell. Once during the Spring Meeting at Liverpool, the assizes being on, the learned baron was much exercised in his mind as to how he could adjourn the court in order to allow him to see the Grand National. So he took counsel with Mr Russell, at he then was, who advised the baron boldly to adjourn without atsigning any reason, but to this the judge demurred, because it would get into what he called " the peppers," and cause a scandal. At last, to his great relief he discovered that the Grand National was to be run on the birthday of one ef our royal Princesses ; so in eeurt that afternoon hie lordship gravely announced that in eoneequeuoe of the morrow being the birthday of Her Royal Highness (we forget who) the courts would net sit on that day. Not a bad story comes to hand from a village not far from the town of Beaune, in the tunny province 1 ef Burgundy. The favourite pastor of the parish was a round jovial-faced little abbe, who enjeyed a good glass of wine ; and so, as a surprise, the villagers, who were mostly small vintage owners, agreed to give him a pleasant surprise by filling a wine tun that wat lying empty ra hit back yard, and presenting it U him on his birthday. Each nan was to bring his share of wine, and pour it into the cask quietly at night. The next morniag the cask wat decorated with wreaths and flewers. All friends assembled, and the leader presented the full decsrated cask of red wine, good sound burgundy, though nt no speacial brand to the delighted abbe. Glasses were brought, aad with cries of " Vive If situ V Abbt!" all stood reund to drink his health ; hit eld housekeeper turned the tap, and drew out the first glass ; bat, miracle of miracles, the wine had become pure water ! Each cunning peasant had thought his share of water would not be noticed among the other wine, but their unanimity had worked a miracle by no TBeans acceptable to " ATsitn V Abbe!"