Summary.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 14 October 1890, Page 2

Summary.

:-.V«iitte*of land in New Zealand £111 millions Jtertiict, Crown Lands £12 mil. Native .. . . 5J „ under •-:? ! P.T, Act.. .. 42} „ Church, Educatn., Municipal Resrvß 9 „

69 mil. Total .... .. 42 mil. Add, Land taxable but not defined 33 „ Taxable land under P.T. Act,. 45? „ Add, Value of land at present exempted from taxation undet P.T. Act .. ....... ... 42J „ Total taxable property in the Colony .... . • £88 rail. Mr Pirani wants to tax as unimproved land . . . . . . 75 mil. Deduct all unimproved Crown and Native Lands . . . . 18 „ Leaves for taxation . . . . £57 mil. To make up the above £57 millions we must assume that the land owned by owners holding over 10,000 acres is unimproved to the total value of 15 J mil. And then we need to tax the property of every owner previously exempted to make up 41J „ £57 mil.

And oven then we do not bring the land liable to taxation up to the £75 millions amed by Mr Pirani.

Shearing will soon commence on the Oroua Downs Esuue, and Mr MoLennan advertises for four active boys.

Owing to pressure on our space we have to hold over our report of the Borough Council meeting on Monday night.

An advertiser, with great faith in advertising, notifies that he has lost three black and white suckers. If in anything like fair condition, they are probably eaten.

I he writs for the Maori Elections are is sued and are made returnable before the tiOlh Decemoer. ihe nominations for the Western Maori Electoral District are to be made at Kihikihi on the 27 October.

A report reached town yesterday that the son of Mr Codlin, a sto;ekeeper in Palmerston was missing at Shannon and it was feared that as he had been down to the river to water his horse, he had been drowned.

The Hospital at the Bermudas is filled with the men of the Grenadier Guards, sick with enteric fever. Several have died, and' it has been found necessary to omit the customary firing over the graves, owing to the depressing effect on the patients. ■

Horse breeders will be glad to kuow that tho Messrs Syinons have put their pure bred Clydesdale stallion " Champion " at their, service this season. .He is in the pink of condition and is perfectly quiet and good-tempered,- He is a splendid- horse in harness being both steady and staunch. The wholo of his pedigree will be seen on the ea'rds; The : fee fixed is very reasouable. '

"I wish to say to the congregation.' 1 said a minister, "'that the pulpit is not responsible for the error of the printer on the tickets for the concert in the Sundayschool room. The concert is for the benefit of the Arch Fund, not the ArchFiend. We will now sing hymn six, 'To err is human, to forgive diyine.' "

The Native Minister, the Hon. E. Mitchelson, has issued orders for the arrest of about 20 natives, who are supposed to be concerned in the destruction of a trig station in the Upper Thames district. A trig statioa in the same locality was destroyed some months ago, but proceedings were not taken, as the natives promised that interference would -not happen again. One of the natives arrested is Tawhiao's secretary Keri Kahau. The brother of this nian asked that the order should be countermanded, until he could sec Tawhiao, but Mr Mitchelson replied that it was too late to grant this request, and that the law would have to take its course. It appears that for some time there has been a difference between the Government and the Kingite Natives as to the right of the former to erect trig stations outside the boundaries of 45,000 acres of land recently handed over by the Natives to the Government.

Our arrangements for 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. The departments alluded to are dresse» and dressmaking. With regard to the for- i mer, we may say that we are 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 Home buyer has displayed excellent taste and judgment, both in fabric*, and colourings. We invite an early visit of inspection of our beautiful spring dress materials at Te Aro House Wellington. Miss Valextink, with a large staff of dressmakers, stills occupies the commodious site of rooms facing Dixon-street, and will be happy to see all her larty patrons as early during the season as possible. It would^ave disappointment if ladies would make ilieir selection as soon- as convenient, and place them in her hands at Te Aro House Wellington. The . dressmaking departments have always been the most successful in the city, and "our arrangements for the present season are such as will keep up the prestige already attained in these rooms, at Te Arq House Wellington. Miss Dumoxt, recently arrived from the studio of Madame Beattie, George-street, Sydney:; may be interviewed in the suito of rooms ' fronting Cuba-street. In both rooms we are prepared to do the fullest justice to all requirement's, so as to ensure the utmost satisfaction with our dressmaking skill at Te Aro House Wellington. Patterns 'of (he new Spring Dress Fabrics will be forwarded with self measurement charts, post' free on application to James Smith Te Aro House Wellington.