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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 21 October 1890, Page 2

. Aa.6ld-establishe(l bakery business isail:vertisedfor ssfle r . ••> This : sboukl be an opening for a good bakey. ... • , ;•, Mr Edward Bawson is appointed Registmt ot Elector for the Palmerston District, vice Mr Dean. ' . ' ■ -"They hav^6n Lake Geneva this season a floating hdtel which moves from place to place. : ■•■■ The first supplementary roll is now 'partly in the printer's, hands, and will contaiti about 1400 names. There will be further 'supplementary rolls issued till the writs are out ■ The result of the inquest held on the fire I at the .old Qovernment printing office was nil,, tlyere Beiag nothing to show how the fire broke put. Fifty two Chinamen left Greymouth last week for lfie. Flowery Land. They took away betwoeii thfem Ll 1,000. The passage money amp'unted to L 1,144. Rough on the Unionists ! From Melbourne it^i's reported that Mr Champion has cabled Home to Mr Burns that the strike has been grossly mismanaged, aud that even flic loan of L' 20,000 cannot pre* vent its total failure. ' Elizabeth Cornstock, the Quaker preacher, now aged* and infirm, living at Union Springs, 2>[.Y., has in her lifetime visited 122,000 prisoners, 195,000 sick and wounded soldiers, arid 85,000 inmates of pborhonses and almshouses. ' : Mr Gladstone, in an article contributed to the Jewish World, states that if the edicts said to be issued by the Russian GoVernment against the Jews are proved to be" correct, he will urge ' that steps be taken to. -rouse the conscience of Europe against the tyyannical action of Russia. Farmers must keep their eyes open. The Post of Friday says :— A lively discussion took place' at the meeting of the Knights of Labour last evening, Mr W. McLean, Presidentabdng in the.chair, on the question oi f -| larid-iftnd'' income tax. The genevalf Reeling was that a land tax was preferable." AirifhirTheeting of Jobbern's creditors it was resolved that the debtor be publicly e'x&miried and that the proceedings be removed .from Palmerston to Wellington. Some amnWemenf was caused by the reading x»f a lettai- from Jobberns to 6"ne.° of. his 'creditprsj^n-whi^h he said no.ohe n^tned Jobb'erhs ever knew the word " fail." The Earl of Hopetown, Governor of Victoria, and Sir Henry Norman, of Queens land, -hate" each sent LlO towards the .Prison -g_ftte' and Rescue- : work of the Salvation' Army in Australia, to which is now addeda free' labour bereau and loan fund, started by a" contribution of LIOO from Sir F. T. Sa'rgood, M.L.0., the head of the firm of Sai-gobd, Son & Ewen, of Wellington. '. : 7iftyisix years ago, when Mr Miller began his philanthropic work of caring for orphans, 'the total accommodation in all tae Orphan 1 Institutions in Fjngland was for SGOO -Orphans, and, at the same time, there we've" 6000 orphans under eight years of age in the prisons of England, according to the public statistics. Now there is ao 'commodation in England for at least 100,000 orphans. ' Mr J,s.- Flower, manager of the Bank of .New Zealand at Kaikoura is now on a visit to Foxton. Mr Flower was for many yews manager of the Bank of New Zealand jhere., and made himself most popular and liked. He has. been away close on fen years. We are glad to see him looking well and but a trifle, older, and his ofd friends will be glad he has availed .himself of his. holiday to visit them. •Mi . . We.are-glad to learn, says N.Z.. Time*, that, through the agency of J. C. McKerrow & Co., laud Agents of this city, that fine pastoral property, known as Brandon Hall, situate in'jthe Lower Rangitikei, has been sold, at aprioe alike satisfactory to both buyer and sellers. The. property was partof. the estate of the late Hon John Johnston; and the "purchaser is William Wastney, Esq., of Wakapuaki, Nelson. . Whilst wishing him every success in his new venture, we heartily congratulate the district in securing the settlement of suoh a respected,, practical and energetic gentleman as; Mr Wastney .: = •." •>'•'■ We hadtthe pleasure of an interview with Mr Courtney yesterday, who is interesting himself insetting the waste product of the hemp mills — tow — worked up into marketable articles. He is desirous of possessing agreementsffrom .the .njijlevs, good for two years, by^^ich/th'ey wjll deliver the tow at a certffQj price. 'He lias come down the coaßt and*has been liberally met by those in the trade, and hopes to receive the same treatment here. Mr Courtney is leaving the colony on Saturday, therefore millers are requested io see Messrs McMillan, Rhodes & Co on this matter immediately. It is Mr Courtney's intention to proceed to Dundee and show the manufacturers there the available waste product, and thus induce them to start a manufactory in this, district- for the making of sacks, wool-bales, and other articles. Mr Courtney is the well known immigration agent, and has been successful in introducing a large number of settlers, who all speak highly of him, and he should.be the very man .to assist'the industry in this direction. 1 The authorities at Somersu House are actively preparing for taking the census next* year, • About 8,0i.0, 000 schedules are required for England nnd Wales; 40,000 enumerators will bo required. They are appointed by the Registrars of Births and Deaths. The.immense amount of clerical work involved in the census will also necessitate the appointment of a large num ber of temporary clerks, ynho will beselected by. public competition. The day fixed for the census is Sunday, April Cth. The collection of the papers will be mad* •,n t.h« fnllnwfttß <Uy,

Whitfield's " Tabernacle " ia Tottenham Court road, London, is to be rebuilt, and for that purpose £20,000 is required. The original Tabernacle was raised by the famous preacher, the greatest pulpit orator of his day, in 1756 : and Augustus Toplady, author of the Kock of Ages, lies buried its vaultß. Tho site ia to be covered with a " Wliittield Memorial Church" and a " Toplady Hall." Already between £5000 and £i>ooo has been raised. The Agent-General, writing on the 6th ultimo, states that the price of New Zealand hemp continues to be steady, notwithstanding the large importations into Great Britain and America all through the present year. Between Ist January and the date of his report more than 60,000 bales arrived in London, amounting to 11,000 tons, while about 50,000 bales were received, in America. The stock in Great Britain, notwithstanding the large deliveries which have taken place, has crept up too close on ■ 6000 tor.s at the time of writing, and prices would have gone down if the latest advices from the colony had not pointed to an appreciable reduction in shipment*. The Agent-General acknowledges receipt of a message from the Government directing him to cease cabling the price of flax on the jLpndon market. Many people who live in the buih are altogether debarred from the luxury of ice in hot weather (remarks an exchange). We all know its use is almost essential in treating cases of concussion of the brain or spine, and how in fevers ice gives such relief to suffering humanity. Now here is the simplest method of making ice, which is perhaps known, and anybody ought to. have sense to follow it ; the cost is a mere trifle :'• fill a gallon stone bolilc with hot spring water (leaving room for about a pint) and put in two ounces of refined nitre. The botfle must be stopped very closely, and let down into a tank or well. After three or four hours it will be completely frozen ; the bottle must be broken to procure the ice. If the bottle is moved up or down, so as. to be sometimes oat of water, the consequent evaporation will hasten the process." The cost of nitre would not exceed Is 6dperlb. Sir George Grey has made a present to Wanganui, and the Herald says :— Having been favoured with a glimpse of Sir George Grey's donations, which comprise two large books, and which were placed in the Library to-day, we are enabled to give a brief outline of their scope and value. The larger of the two is a folio, measuring about 2 feet by 1 ft 3in, published by' .Smith, Elder & Co., of Cornhill, London, in 1845, and entitled " Illustrations to ' Adventure in New Zealand,' by Edward Jerninham Wakefield, Esq., lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wickstead, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr S. C. Breeß, and Captain W. Mein Smith, 8.A." The cover and frontispiece contain a pretty little vignette of Mount Egmont and the Sugar Loaf Islands, and the 15 beautiful coppef • plate illustrations that follow are executed in a style and finish that one rarely if ever sees nowadays, making the" book doubly of value in years to come. Miss Dumont, recently arrived from the studio of Madame Beattie, George-street, Sydney, may be interviewed in the suite of rooms fronting Cuba-Btreet. In both rooms we are prepared to do the fullest justice to all requirements, 60 as to ensure the utmost satisfaction with our dressmaking Bkill at Te Aro House Wellington. Patterns of the new Spring Dress Fabrics will be forwarded with self measurement charts, post free on application to James Smith Te Aro Honse Wellington. Odr 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 dresses and dressmaking. With regard to the former, 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 fabrics, and colourings. We invite an early visit of inspection of our beautiful spring dress materials at Te Aro House Wellington. Miss Valentine, with a large staff of dressmakers, stills occupies the commodious site of rooms facing Dixon-street, and will be happy to see all her lady patrons as early during the 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 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 Aro House Wellington.