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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 9 September 1890, Page 2

We. leavn that the Rev Mr Harvey has ceased attending Foxton and will not hold his class for communicants. The other day Mr T\ P. Williams had offered to him, by one of the local fisherman a salmon trout, which would have scaled twelve pounds This is the nrst we have heard of being caught down here, Mr D. Scott of Willow Bank, flangitikei has purchased " Flintlock." the hand.some son of Musket -Gorgi, and intends placing him at the disposal of breeders during the present season. Flintlock will be sent to Foxton one Saturday during the present month for the inspection of breeders. The Queen of the Souths crew have struck, knocking off work yesterday. We believe they make use of Captain Harvey having joined the Shipmaster's Association as the excuse. The owners expect to have a free crew in her to-day and be here tomorrow. It is as well to be even with the news, but our contemporary the Patea Pres* asserted that on Thursday the Railway hands had slrnek. On Sunday, we are informed, a resident In this neighbourhood enjoyed a rhubarb j tart, from the fruit grown out in the open ! in his garden. The unownosed return of Messrs McMillan and Williams was a just compliment to those gentlemen for the manner they had attended to their duties in the Council. We hope that they will not relax their efforts during their new term of office. To those who know Oxford (England) well, it will be with much regret that they hear it is the intention of the owners of ' the Mitre Hotel, to pull that ancient ! structure down. This house was built in IG3I and was the best hotel of the town. . 1 A weaHhy widow named Hatchard attended Sliinlev's wedding reception and stole several silver spoons. She has been sentenced to two weeks' imprisonment. Thf> trial of William Black, charged with the murder of Robert Streeter at Gisborne, was concluded at the Supreme Court on Wednesday at Auckland. The prisoner was found not guilty, and was therefore discharged. The French Minister of War lately offered ' a prize for the swiftest bird in a flight from Perigueux to Paris, 310 miles. There were 2740 entries, the winner doing the distance in 7hrs. 34mins. — or at 43 miles an hour. The Union 5.3. Company's boat notes are crossed "strikes and lock-outs excepted " as one of the conditions of loading. A small but doubtless enlightened body of Japanese enthu9iast3 are organising a crusade for the rescue of the world from the snare of Christianity. They have got far as to start a newspaper — The Bijou of Asia. It is stated by a Wairarapa paper that one farmer who set seven traps for rabbits one evening found them next morning occupied by stoats. Large numbers are, it is said, being destroyed in this manner, and this, too, while they are still being imported at a great cost to the country. It is stated that the slip which occurred on the Gorge railway line cannot be cleared by Christmas. The permanent-way contractor has laid the rails nearly that far, but can do nothing more till the slip is cleared, away. It is considered there will be no chance of the Gorge line being opened this year. It is an open seci"et, says the Hawera Star, that the latest returns from London I of Taranaki butter sold there are very discouraging, much of it ranging from 45s to 55s per cwt. . Seeing that dealers mostly bought the butter at about 6d per lb, the losses have been yery^icayv — running into thousands* bf pounds sterling. New Plymouth buyers are heavy losers.

The Rev. McWilliam conducted service at All Saints Church on Sunday evening. Tlie Hetnrning Orlieer publishes the result of the nominations for the Borough Council. We welcome the return of Mr Nye to the Borough Council. He is the Councillor who has most free time, and he has never been laggard in devoting it to the servic? of his fellow ratepayers. He also possesses the class of knowledge which is of such Use in small corporations where ibe funds are too small to retain the services of a trained overseer. We have hopes that some decided step will be taken to supply the town with pure water, it it is in only a primitive manner. Mr Healey the owner of the thorough bred sire " Wizard " notifies that this horse will visit Foxton each week. " Wizard '" is a dark chesnut horse standing 15 hands ;5 inches high, on short kgs and compact, showing great power as a thoroughbred horse. He was bred by the Middlepark Stud Company, and purchased by the late Hon. William Robinson as a jearling for 2.">0 guineas. He only ran in two races, the first being the Welcome Stakes, won by Stonyhurst, Hermitage second, Wk&rd' third, (carrying 7st 711)) beating Spade Guinea and l'usilade ; the next was the Juvenile Stakes, won by Marion, and was not placed, (carrying H.st 81bs). Then he did not sport' silk again! He was shown twice and took first honours on both occasions. .-Wizard is closely related to Spade Guinea, Stonyburst, and ..other good performers. . " The Wellington /W,. which, was recently intervied-'by Mr Moss, .M.H.R., respecting the Caroline Islam!, said': — " On the coast of Ponape there is one of the marvels of the Pacific — the ruins of an old temple, built with basaltic crystals covering a great area and of great thickness and strength. Prom its nature the temple could only have been built among- a dense population; whereas there are not more than a couple of thousand people on the whole island. No tradition tells how or by whom the temple was built, so it remains. oue of the irvysteVies as well as marvels of the Pacific." The Hawera Star says that Mr Chew Chong has received a notification from the Union S.S. Company to the effect that the company fear they will be unable to guaran-. tee shipment and delivery of goods by their boats for four months to come. Mr Chong has sold butter to Christchurch and to West Coast merchants, and now finds himself unable to deliver the goods, at a very serious loss to himself and, ultimately, to those who are supplying him with milk. On all hands, tradespeople are complaining of business being stagnated through the strikes. A Piedmontese paper called the f!<n ftr not long ago took a step which, for ludricrous wuvrtti' 1 and honesty, is probably hitherto unexampled in the history of journalism. One day the following note appeared in the paper : — " We regretfully recognise the. fact that the story in course of publication in this paper presents too little interest for the majority of our readers, and we find ourselves in the disagreeable situation of being obliged to suspend its publication." A man named Henry Williams, whilst engaged shifting some iron rails from the steamer Manapouri on Saturday night, had his leg broken. Williams was in tne act of removing the rails from a truck when one fell across his right leg, breaking the shin bone. . Dr Henry was sent for, and after setting the broken bone ordeied tha man's removal to the Hospital. The unfortunate man is a View arrival here, having shortly | come from Fqxton — j\ T . Z. Times. The following is an effective way of preserving wire, writes " Bruni." It was used at Terinallum many .years ago by Mr R. M'Kehflie. who waa then manager of that estate. This is the recipe r— Mix oue'third kerosene with two thirds coal- tar, and i keep them simmering for some time on a slow fire. With a brisk fire there is danger of burning. The wire-netting was dipped in the mixture for about a foot. When dry j it forms a sort of enamel on the wire that effectually' xvsists the action of the minerals in the soil. I saw wire netting fences at j Terinallum that bad been up several years ! and wore then sound, ami that was in a i soil that would oat invay unprotected win; lin twelve months. This mixture has also i preserved the pipes conveying water from a ! mineral spring, which would soon eat through an iron pipe or tank. The first heat of the Manawatu Rowing Club's sculling race (prize a silver medal) eventuated at o.iJO o'clock yesterday evening. The contest was between McPhnn and F. Curtis. The course chosen for the sculling race i.s from the point opposite the Pah and down to the north end of the wharf. Both competitors got away well together — each taking the water at the same moment— and, for some time it was hard to say who would turn out the winner, but on Hearing the point opposite the old ferry Curtis' boat gradually drew ahead, and finally won by about two lengths. Some of the remaining heats of this race will be rowed this afternoon ; and also the final for. the pair-oared race. Mr Knott gave one of Gough's temperance orations at the. Primitive Methodist Church last night, which was listened to by those present with great interest. At the request of those who attended last night's lecture, Mr Kuott has consented to give to-night another of (-rough's orations, which he stated would be both more anuising and more pathetic than the one just delivered. As; the 'admission is free, and only a collection will be made to defray ex pensesra dr,o\^ded audience may be looked for. The lecture wiH commence at half . past seven. . ...... The different tactics of the Union Steam Ship Company and the Unionists are good to \yatch, though the company generally go ''one better." The Unionists tried hard to pet. the compositors-" to setup the company's advertisements, then tried the proprietor's a-nd-failed. At Christchurch, owing to the protest by the Executive of the Canterbury-- Typographical Association against "■■ muzzling the press, and asking- if the attempt was to be general, Mr Millar replied " no good would be done by that, as they cannot publish timetables." Could'nt they though, why the Union Company immediately whipped in the dates of sailing of their steamers North and South. Now, Mr Millar try your next, but leave the Press alone if you have any consideration for your cause. Haviso now completed our annual stocktaking, we are desirous of bringing under the notice of the public the. fact that we have also opened out a splendid assortment of new spring goods, at Te Aro House Wellington. These are part of our first shipments for the spring season, and have come to hand by the steamers Tainui, Kaikoura, and Doric, and the goods have been selected with that excellent taste and judgement wh'ch for years past have characterised Te Aro House, Wellington. ! We are hardly as yet ready for our grand general display, but in order to give the ladies of the city an opportunity or at once inspecting such as are ready, we have decided to have four special show days during the present week at Te Aro House WoiUnntnn '

Wk shall commence with showing on Wednesday, at 10 a.m., a magnificent range of spring dress fabrics ; on Thursday morning we shall exhibit all the latest fashions in spring mantles, jackets, Ac; on I'riday morning our fascinating and attractive Parisian millinery will be on view ; on Saturday morning we hope to delight crowds of visitors with our new zephyrs, brocades, pongee cambrics, and washing dress fabrics generally, at Te Aro House Wellington. Wk invite visit? from all our friends and the public generally on the above days, as we fell satisfied that, our new goods will compare favourably with anything previously imported into this city. Our grand general display will take place on Thursday, 11th September, at Te Aro House Wellington. — Advt.