Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1890.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 16 September 1890, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1890.

Our readers will not forget the meeting called by the Knights of Labour for to-morr-ow night. In another column Mr J. G. Wilson inserts hi 3 parting address to his constituents. Our Palmerston contemporary has already mentioned over half a dozen names for his successor. By advertisement elsewhere the electors are earnestly requested not to pledge their votes. This is undoubtedly a wise caution, and we trust will be accepted. Mr Honore has an advertisement in this issurf in which he details a nnniber of items that he has for sale at his stores. The itonis are in general provisions and ironmongery. A perusal will well repay the troubl-. 1 , and will suggest a call at his establishment. Messrs Stevens and Gorton advertise a stock sa c at Sandou on Tuesday next. The Pox ton Racing Club have had their Summer programme approved of. Mr Thompson has a notice about churns.

We are porry to hear that owing to the :li.saiTangemi-nt of trade caused by the striker,, Mr llutheiioid is about closing his nill until labour is settled. Dressing was 4oi>ped on Saturday and when the fibre * ~ 111 got in the rest of the hnnds will be discharged. Matters in Wellington were very quiet n Saturday but the precaution was taken -> swear in 80 more special constables and 110 yest 3 rday, so that the "force" will •lumber 42U. The N. Z. Tiniest say?:— "Strike pay -a* distribntM 1 to the Union men who are >nt, at tlifi Exc^an^e Tkrildirtgs on SaUivInv. Th« pay was only iv money in a few •t^os. and simp urn who got small Rums -averaging a'"out five shillings— expressed discontent thereat. For the most part, however, the strikers were given ordersthe married men and expressmen on the Union store in Parish street for rations and horse feed, and the single men for board and lodgings." This is hardly encouraging so early in the strike, to those who have thrown up good and permanent positions. Our railway hands will surely heed the caution. Our Palmerston friends thought that those, who resided on the banks of the \fanawatu river and used the waters for drinking purposps, were raising an uncalled cry when they objected to the sewage of that, town being emptied into it. When anything occurs to interfere with_ their water supply, the question becomes important. The Government purposing to sell a portion of the forest reserves on the ranges has agitated our friends tremendously as they fear rain will therefore not fall, and the stream from which they now collect the water will run dry and that tlie day is not distant when they will have not exactly to " to consume their own smoke " but actually to drink their own sewage. Our sympathies are not with them in this matter. Some one in town missed their firewood believing it was being taken by " some person unknown." So he branded certain pieces by inserting a dynamite charge, and as an explosion ocenred in another person's residence, which damaged the chimney and nearly set the house on tire, ihe owner of the firewood has some id*a where it used to go to. Tin's may be right, but still we do not think so. and would strongly advise other and safer detective means to !be employed in future. To catch a sneak thief there is no need to run the risk of murder. Have we not a constable ? The final heats fur the Manaivafu Uowincr Club's sculling rime were finished on Friday evening. The heat betwen McMillan and Cowle.s was won easily by Cowles by three lengths. Mr Kirk acted as starter. The heat between Blackby and F. Curtis was won, after a hard struggle, by Blackby by four lengths. Hlackby also beat Cowles in the concluding heat, thus becoming winner of the sculling medal. Mr Short acted as judge, Mr Took as starter. F. Curtis and Hunter take the pairoared medals between them. To-night the Primitive Methodists hold their quarterly tea at their church. Tim tpa will be on the tahl». at 6 p.m. The admission is only one shilling. We have recpjvpd from Mr Jaft'rav a most useful compilation he hns made of handy i tables for engineers. Amongst the tables will be found those for showing the weights and strength of iron, stwl and other nWals ; also of chains, rop°s, girders, tve There are tables showing the capacities and power required to work the various kinds of pumping machinery used for mining and irrigation purposes. The tables should bp of much use to the flax-millers of this dishict, and can bo ymrohnsod for the small nviee of one shilling. We do not know if it is procurable in this colon y, but Mr ■Taffrav, who is a practical engineer, can be found by addressing him at ;">O4 George street, Sydney. The Stanley wedding-favour was a double bow of white satin ribbon, with a pi^ee of f?ildr>d cardboard sn^n^nded from it, the shavtp of the man of Africa. It was a copy of a trinket Stanley had given his bride. • A new French clock contains a novel ai"inli>a f ' <r >n of the mngne. 1 -. The clock is shaped like a tambourine, with a circle of flowers painted on its ho.id. Around the «ircle two bees crawl, the. larger oopn p rerinirinrr 12 hours to complete its circuit, while the smaller one makes it nv»rv hour. Different flowfrs represent the hours, and the bees, which ar° of iron, are mov^d by two magnets behind the head of the tambourine. There ar» few gardening ideas which come from China, but they have evidently a simnle method of rooting roses. The following is described as th p ir system : — Latp in the summ n r they select a vigorous ■shoot of the same year's growth, and toncrne it ; th^n put in a nibble to keep the slit open, and bind a handful of fresh moss around the tongue, keeping it constantly moistpned. In about six weeks it will have struck roots, and is planted without disI turbing the mossy covering. We acknowledge the reeeint of a lavgn 1 i"atlv minted sheet cotrmiled by the New Zealand Shinninc; Compßtiv, showing the onrsoes of ships from New Z"aland to '"inropp and embracing th« rt n riods from Ist Tnly 1899 to 30th June, 1800. From it wa TWn that the exports of m°ats are equal t.o 1.489R29 carcases of fiOlh each. Lvtteltr>n heads the list with 507159 wcasps ; \ T qr>i"r follows with 202,120. Wellington "358.780. nnd Port Chalmers 157.951. T n Wf Wellington ex»wt/>d (>.o39.. ! mib*. \ T apier 1,844,977, and Lytte.lton 197,477. The bales of wool and pX-'m* exnorted from Tjvttelton w»v« 70.228, Wellington (V>.33fi, NTanier 48.883. Port Chalmers 45.6'i2. Timavu 21,fi86, Buff 15.021, Oamani 14.866, Gisborneß.fiß7, and Auckland 7.550. ■Rq>s of Flax, Wellington fi5.922, LvtHtnn 10.538, Port HiaWrs 5,500, Auckland 8 153, and Nanier 1.fi95. Casks tallow and nolts, Wellington 10,371, Lyttelton 9,457, Vanier 4.623. Port Chalmers 1.965 and \ncVlnnd 1.792. Racks of erain, Lvtte.iton W.lflfi, Timavn 103.741, Onmaru 75.114, Wellington 23.589, Bluff 13.300. Port Obnltiers 12.727. p ie.ton 12.638. Nanier 2.847, and Auckland 1.900. Cases preserved meat. Wellington 36.010. LvtHlnn 8.632. Bluff 7-396, Oamavu 5.325. Nanier 3.975. and Port Chalmevs 1,117. In tons sundries, Auckland 5.100, Lyttelton 2.193. Wellineton 2152. Port Chalmers 1,120, Bluff 68, and Napier 32. The Emritui Prena, in its leading article on Fi-Hav on the riot in Wellington, says 'a«t nicrht's work was, we firmly belipve. a olarmnd and organised attempt at decisive intimidation, and notwithstanding the manifesto miblished so promptly alter the distnrbffnce, wp believe the withdrawal of 'inionists pickets was part of the plan. And as proof of this, it is a fact that the manifesto was printed he fore the riot, and not issued until utfa? it. The. leaders of the strikers evid«nflv knew what was poin<j to happen, and they apparently kept back the manifesto long enough for the demonstration *o be made Against free labour, and then a' once issued it to shield themselves from the consequences of their share in the proceedings. At any rate, the affair bears this construction on the face of it, I and it shakos all confidence in either the power or the «ish of the unionist leaders to preserve the peace on the part of their follower?.

I>y a return laid before Parliament, made up tj the ;51sl it was shown that shf:ep had increased by (J9?,oTlj>. The only places wliere a decrease had taken lilace were in Hawera, Waitotara, Rangitikpi, Manawatu ('3013), North "airarapa, and fourteen other districts in the South Island.

The Fpilding Star states that Mr Sandi. lands, actiug on behalf of Mrs Lissaman, has caused to be served upon the Eev. Mr Willis, head teacher of the Feilding State School, a writ claiming recovery of a sum of £1000 for alleged libel and £200 for slander. The case is to be heard at the n n*mng sitting of tho Supreme Court. Wanganni, which commences on the 23rd instant.

Havix« 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 ouu first shipments for the spring season, and have come to hand by the strainers Tainni, Kaikoura. and Doric, and the goods have been selected with that excellent taste and l'ndgement which for years past have characterised Tc Aro House, Wellington.

Wrc are hardly as yet ready for our grand general display, but in order to give the ladies of the city an opportunity of atonee inspecting «ueh as are ready, we have docided to have four special show days during the present week at Te Aro Honse Wollington.

We shall commence with showing on Wednesday, at 10 a.m., a magnificent range of siDvinp; dress fabrics ; on Thursday morning we shall exhibit all the latest fashions in spring mantles, jackets, &c. • on Friday morninp; onr fascinating and at. f.rar f 'V° Parisian millinery will be on vi<nv . on Saturday morning we hope to delight' crowds of visitors >■ ith our new zephyrs, brocades, pongee cambrics, and washing •Ivess fabrics generally, at Te Aro House Wellington.

Wk invite visit? from all our friends and the public generally on the above days, ns we fell satisfird 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.