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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 25 October 1890, Page 2

We hear that the Rev. Inues-Jones will preach at All Saints' Church, Foxtou, tomorrow evening.' Service will commence at 7 o'clock. The body of the lad Codlm has been found in the river, near the Shannon ferry, and an inquest is likely to have been held to-day. The Qtace'ii'oi the South "Vent" up the river yesterday afternoon to Wirokino to take in hemp, . '■ < . . H. ' ■ „-,■.'.. A meeting of Mr .T. G. Wilson's committee is called for Wednesday next at 7 p.m. A black gelding is now in the pound, and will lie sold nexr Saturday if not sooner claimed. The train took away, yesterday morning, three of the long.Mauawatu Railway Company's trucks full of sheep'and lambs, for Pahiatua. They were the property of Mr Dearlove, who has been in the district a little time buying up sheep to stock his run. Shearers are notified that sheaving will commence'on Wednesday at the Oroua Downs, weather permitting. The local School Committee, we lear,n, has been summoned to meet next Friday, to consider the advisability of bringing the compulsory clauses of the Education Act into force in this district. Mr D. O'Sullivan, a representative of the A.M.P. Society, is now in the town paying a business visit. He is accompanied by Dr P. F. Money; Mr O'Sullivan is staying at Whyte's Hotel, where any one can interview him. .There are more farms coming vacant at Michaelmas in the counties of Kent and Sussex than'have ever been known. The Minister of Justice has given Mr Samuel permission to see. Ma.hi Kahi iv gaol with reference"to what he said yesterday before sentence-was passed on him, when he accused another Maori of committing the murder. Counsel for the crown is likely to accompany Mr Samuel, and the statement of the prisoner' will be taken down in writing by an interpreter in the presence of the gaoler. Replying to a deputation of Christchurch fruiti: growers! the representative of the New Zealand Shipping and Shaw-Savill Companies, agreed to provide space for 5000 cases each for the export of fruit next autumn. ( ' Th«.Gqvejmment, we (Times) understand, is considering the necessity for constructing fire-proof towers for the safe deposit of all'the valuable documents in the Public Buildings. It is estimated that £15,000 will do the work. If so, the work will be done cheaply, far more cheaply than the most rigid economist could havo expected. The expenditure will be the best economy. News from Tahiti is to the effect that a large proportion of the French residents there are moving in the direction of changing the present form of Government and establishing a coinmune'there.; Dr Nansen's expedition to the North Pole is to start in the spring of 1891. His com-' panion, Captain Sverdnup, will take the nautical direction. The Rev. Canon Howell, who has been acting as incumbent at St. Paul's for the last seven months*, during the absence of the Rev. Mr Still, was presented with an address and a purse of 100 rovs. The address was signed by Lady Onslow and 670 ; parishioners A committee has been formed in Germany for the purpose of purchasing Moltke's birthplace, the object being to present it to the nation on the occasion of the great warrior's ninetieth birthday. It is rnthor a startling fact that the celebrated " Passion Play" is farmed by Jews. The Regent is stated to be so thoroughly : dis<\n<-icd that lio will never permit another : ptri'omuncr.-. ll is true, as stated, "a hideous incongruity, a Passion Play worked for tlir benefit of a Jew syndicate." •

From a single strawberry farm tit Or- \ I pington, Tngland, the proprietor got 50 I t ms of fruit, an amount which, evi-n at 2d a pound, represents a tarn over of .£OOOO General Boulauger's collapse is said to be due to his failing hi« follow conspirators at each critical moment, owing to his lawless love for a lady whose name is i hidden under the phrase " Madame X." The present French Gov> lvnnent appears to favor Protestants M. Oltramare, P.of ;s---sor of New > reatment Exgesis in the University of Geneva has been made a Knighi, of tho Logion of Honour, on t ie proposition of the French Minister of Foreign Allah's Sevtr.il other influential > rotcstanis have recently rpivivcd the same distinction. A curious way to stop a train is reported from Sydney. While a number of free labourers were proceeding to Wanona mine, at Bulli, several trucks came flying down the incline. They were stopped in time to avert a calamity, and the train again ;r---tempted to proceed. Crowds of meu and women then lay down on the rails and refused to budge. The tin in had to return, but a body of troops were despatched to the scene, and another attempt will be made to get thefrei' labourers to the pit to-morrow. Part of the printing office destroyed by fire at Wellington was a building brought in the ship Adelaide by Dr Evans in 1840, and erected next year. It was long used as a hotel by Dickie Barret, the noted old whaler, who was a conspicuous figure in those days. This house was two storeys, and. was gradually added to and extended till it became a considerable pile. The Post says : — Mr Andrew Young, than whom few men had more experience in the coaching business in the ante-rail-way days of New Zealand, is once more about to take up his old line of business. Mr Young to-day received an intimation from the Postal Department that hi* tenders have been accepted for the carriage of the mails between Eketahuna and Woodville and between Springfield (the present terminus of thp inland Canterbury railway) and Hokitika, a distauce of about 110 miles. The contracts extend over two years, starting from the Ist January next. It is rumoured amongst the Maoris that Te K.ooti is about to pay a visit to Martinborough in order to be present at the formal opening of the new meeting house there. It is expected that a large number of natives will accompany him. The motion to attach an Editor was argued (in Banco) before Mr Justice Edwards. This is the Woodville Exn miner case, and one Sowry, of Woodville, objected to certain evidence given by him and others, before a Parliamentary Committee, being re-published by defendant. His Honor reserved judgment, but has pretty plainly expressed his views, which were- - '• That it was impossible for the course of justice to be interfered with by what had been done. He did not see that it was possible for the matter of the publication to come into question in Sowry ; s action. It was plain that Mr Haggen had done no harm. No doubt Mr Sowry did not like the publication of the evidence— he did not know who would — but the question was, not whether it was unpleasaut to Mr Sowry, -but whether he was injured by it in the pending action. If there, why not here ? The Blenheim Borough Council has passed a by-law including in the term " hawker or pedlar," " any person or persons who shall within the Borough sell or seek for orders for the sale, purchase of books or other publications, including prints engravings, and pictures, either for themselves as principals, or as agents for the publishers of such books or publications, prints engravings, ■& picitures, or for any other person whatsoever.' 1 The fee is fixed at 10s per month The late Sir R. E, Burton whose death is announced was born in 1821 at Tuam, County Gal way, Ireland, he was educated at Oxford, and was destined for the Church, but yearning for a military life he entered the indian army in 1842, where he served for 18 years, the last eight of which were on the stall' of Sir Charles Napier. He became a distinuished linguist, and made an expedition to Mecca and Medina in 1858, and next explored parts of Abyssinia and Somali Lund in East Africa. During the Crimean war Captain Burton was chief of staff to General Beatson. In 1806 he set out for his great explorations in the lake regions of Central Africa. Tanganyika. In 1861, when the Indian Army changed hands, he ended his military career. He next spent throe years exploring Fernando Po district, on the West Coast of Africa. Then he was sent on a three months' dangerous mission to the King of Dahomey, with presents to induce King Gelele to abolish his " customs." Captain Burton has. written some thirty volumes which describe his various travels. His latest work was a very literal translation of the original " Arabian Nights," a translation hardly suitable for general reading. I The Italian law on the Opere pie has duly received royal sanction. By this law 185.000,000 franks (about £5,500,000 sterling) of yearly income, which belonged to the poor, but which had been in the hands of the Romish Clergy, are given to the needy people of the nation. Tho two chief' reforms instituted by this law will poon be carried on, namely; (I) Conver- : aion into homes for orphans or old people (2) Administration 'of those properties by local committees composed exclusively of laymen, and elected by the peoply through their municipal representatives. We understand, says the Stamdcml, that Mr R. Whiley, of Manakau, is making inquiries with a view to sending Home new potatoes in the cool chambers of one of the ocean steamers. He expects to arrange the shipment so that it will reach English market about February, when, as a rule. the product should command a high price. Freight, it is expected, will be equal to I'il per ton, but even at that high cost of carriage it is believed there will be a substantial margin of profit. Mr Whiluy has decided to send the potatoes packed in dry hay in boxes, which will be placed in the cool chamber, and it is expected will thus reach the market in good saleable condition. Misa Dcmoxt, 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 rre prepared to do the fullest justice to all requirements, 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 James Smith Te Aro Honse Wellington. Miss Valentine, with a lar*,"? staff of dressmakers, stills occupies the commodious site of rooms facing Dixon-Rtreet, 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 Linds at To Aro House Wellington. The dressmaking department? havealways 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 1 Te Aro House Wellington. '