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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 2 October 1890, Page 2

We Jiave to acknowledge the receipt of the latest number ot Typo. Messrs Stevens and Gorlon will hold a stock sale et Bulls on Tuesday next; Mr Rutherford hits telegraphed up to his manager here to .start his mills at once. A meeting of Mr Wilson's committee i 8 called f»r Monday evening next. The ladies' working'bee for the All Saints Churoh bazaar have n arly completed their labours, and we may Boon look to steps being taken to dispose of the products of th«ir skill and patience. The Mayor has to leava the disirict when the usual meeting of the Borough Council should take place, and in consequence the date has been altered to Monday week. Mr James Rousall has disposed of his valuab'e farm at Moutoa to his neighbour Mr John Smith, the price has not trauspireo but is something considerable per acre. No doubt the land along the bank of the Manawatu is hard to beat, and Mr Smith is to be congratulated on baring been able to secure an increase to his area. We learn that Mr Honors has placed another 200 tons of fibre, and thna eight mills will be at work. It is a question whether the milltrs are acting wisely in taking contracts so cheaply as the price ia £15 to £15 10s in Wellington. Mr McMillan informs us that his linn refused similar orders, believing that any price under £10 too low to pay the millers for the risks they run. Mr James Purcell left town yesterday morning for Wellington, to take up the appointment as buyer to the Gear Meat Company, We understand the area which Mr Purcell will work will lie between Otaki and the Upper Hutt. Mr Pureell should be the right man in the right place in this line, and we congratulate him on the appointment. In our list of scholars who passed their standards at the last examination of the Foxton School we omitted the name of Cora Gower, who was among those who passed the Third Standard. We regret the omission, as it must have canted a temporary disappointment which we would not have been willingly the means of causing. The many friends of Mr and Mrs Walter Simpson will learn with sorrow the heavy blow which has fallen upon them in the loss they have sustained by the death of their eldest daughter Maggie early yesterday morning. Tho little sufferer has experienced a happy release having had a long and painful illness, but the Wow to the parents is still great. We learn that the funeral will take place on Saturday at the Foxton cemetery. The fnueral cortege will arrive by the mid-day train. The R. M. Court yesterday was not held owing to the absence of Mr Brabant, who, late on Tuesday afternoon, wired to the Clerk his inability to attend. The cases w.ere therefore adjourned to Saturday morning at 10. An hour's earlier notice would have enabled the Clerk to have made the announcement in the paper and thus saved many a fruitless journey The German Squadron at present at Sydney is likely to come on to Wellington very shortly. The squadron consists of three vessels, the Leipsic, Sophie and Alexandrine. Next Tuesday the friends of Mr Henry Sanson tender him a complimentary banquet, and the Committee have politely forwarded us a complimentary ticket, for which we are obliged. Mr Sanson well deserves the honor, as, whatever his other failings may be, he has always laboured hard for the advancement of the district named after him. We notice that both our Wauganui contemporaries mention the forthcoming festivities but, — such is fame — the Herald dubs him Mr Henry Sandon, and the Chronicle refers to the able manner he has so often filled the chair of the County Council ! The Pout thus refers to the Bank of Australasia's manner of conducting their business for some two years past. " Rather an uncommon banking arrangement is carried on in tho Manawatu district It may be depcribfd as a kind of portable ti'!!'.-i-'« oflice. On certain days of the wc-Ai a clerk fr. m one of the Palmerston Hanks travels up and down the railway line from Palmerston to Otaki, transacting the ordinary business of the Bank en ronfp. h-xdon with a satchel containing his supply of cash, and provided with r teller'? usual precautions against danger of robbery, ho innkes the carriage his head-quarters, and there receives visits from customers at the way station?, changing cheques or taking deposits as occasion may require. This plan must bring a good share of grist to the Bank's mill, and prove very convenient, to settlers, who arc saved all tho trouble of journeying to town 1o relieve themselves nt surplus nionev.

The Punt says:— The Lyttelton Times, which throughout the labour difficulty has supported tlie strikers, now advocates cutting the painter with the Austra ian organisations, and says : " The fact is borne in , upon us that they cannot be allowed to drag us at their chariot wheels any longer." The Times is alarmed at the length they are going to in Australia. Borne dismay has. been occasioned among the shearers iil SydSey who are free selectors by the discovery that iiie'lr holdings are liable to be distrained upon. It is anticipated that the pastoraluts will sue the shearers for damages on the ground that their refusal to work is n breach of agreement* A cablegram states that a team of lady cricketers will leave shortly on a visit to Australia. They had much better stay at ■ home. W. CV Pown*g pf .Harvard College and the New York Athelenc Clufc lttrt on tlip .second of July 400 yards in 43 second's, and 440 yards in 47 2-oths seconds, thus lowering the record. j The Wellington P>ygs of Saturday say* : - —The supply, cf cottl s^fc the gas-worka is very low, niui .Vila td dtiy iitit fiiiiticJeiJt ,t0 last " a week. The company's ofneiais, however, are doing all in their power to obtain a fresh supply. The steamav Orawaiti is expected to arrive on Monday fromthe W*rt Coast with r cargo of coal, of which the company hope to secure a portion. The matter was laid before the the Executive Committee of the union last week, the company offering to employ none but Mo" WJc* Hi M, effbH to obtain a shipment of coal, but the answer was riol favourable, ' on the ground that the iteamer't owners were amongst these who were blocked. • If the city is left in darkness, therefore, the blame will lie at the doors of the unionists: OOR arrangements tor the present spring season in two of the most important departments in our warehouse are now complete in all their details, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Thk departments alluded to are dresses and dressmaking. With regard to the former, we may say that we are in now in possession of a Very full supply of the most fashionable fabrics for spring wear, and without going into particulars it will be sufficient to say that our Itome biiver has displayed excellent t-Hste.iiinl j,ud*£jnent; both in fabrics, and colourings. We iiivitfe an early visit of inspection of our beautiful spring dress material? at Te Aro House Wellington. Miss Valentine, with a large staff of dressmakers; stills ccupies the commodious site of rooms facing Dison-street, and will be happy, to see ail her lady patrons As early during th& season as possible. It would save disappointment if ladies would make their selection as soon as convenient, and place them in her hands at Te Aro House Wellington. The dressmaking department* have always been the most successful in the city, and our arrangements for the present season are such a c will keep up the prestige already attained in these rooms, at Te Aro House Wellington. Miss Dumont, recently arrived from the studio of Madame Beattie, George-street, Sydney, may be interviewed in the suite of rooms fronting Cuba-street. In both rooms we are prepared to do the fullest justice to all requirement?, so as to ensure the utmost satisfaction with our dressmaking skill at Te Aro House Wellington. Patterns of the new Spring Dress Fabrics will be forwarded with self measurement charts, post free on application to Tames Smith Tfl Aro Honse Wellington.