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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 1 November 1890, Page 2

Tenders for leasing the Cemetery reserv c must be sent in to tho Town Clerk by noon of Monday, accompanied with the amount of a half-year's rent. Mr T. U. Cook will act as deputy returning officer at the Maori election, on the 27th of tins month. He informs us that every male Maori over 21 years of age is entitled to vote, and the voting is open. Nominations for the Councillors to represent the seven ridings of the Manawatu County must be made, by noon of Tuesday - next. The Borough Council meets on Monday evening for the usual monthly business, amongst which will proably be a mention about a water supply, and nothing more. English cablegrams mention that " The man Kandcliffe, formerly a clergyman at Ghristchurch, New Zealand, who was committed for trial last month on a charge of larceny, has been sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment." We are glad to be able to state that Uandcliffe had not the charge of any parish around here, though we have not been altogether free from such characters. On the occasion of her marriage with the son of King John of Abyssinia, the daughter of the King of Shoa wore the historical crown of the Queen of Sheba, which has been treasured by the Ethiopian Kings for twenty-five centuries. A feat in mechanics has just been accomplished by the production of a machine by means of which square holei can be drilled in mrtal. Hitherto it has only been possible to drill round holes, but now square holes and, in fact, holes of complex geometrical outline, can be drilled as easily as circular holes. 'J here ate two machines for effecting tl.is object, one of which will > only drill either round or square holes, but the other one will drill holes of any shape. I We understand that the following polling booth* will be gazetted in connection with the ek'Oiiou for the Palmerston teat : -Palmerston, Longburn, Oroua Bridge, Foxton, Oroua Downs Homestead, Campbulltowntown, Sandon, Awahuri, Bunny--1 thorpe, Linton, Makerua, Shannon, . Moutoa, Kercru, Levin, Ohau, Manakau, Otaki, Waikanae, Paraparaumu, Paikakariki. The first supplementary roll has left the primer's hand and contains the names of laillj more electors. The total for th« roll i ko fnr is afiOfi !

We remind our readers tJiat Mr John j Stevens wi ] address the electors at the Public Hall ton;ght at 7.30. 'Vc have to thank the railway department for the November tune-table We have been- informed by an eyewitness that the lauler of the demonstra •tion against certain shopkeepers on Tm-s day at Palmerston, when they halted and hooted, was Mr Fred Pirani, one of th<-Kn-Vhts of Labour and a candidate for the -••'•;•.. ..setitatiun of this electorate in Parliament ! Mr MeLennan informs us that h'"s gardener has already supplied him with cucumbers, new potatoes and }',reen peat Ou Wednesday u'-'hi without a "by your leave or v.i'h your leave" to Mr McLennan, Mr Pirani addressed the shearers at the Oroua Downs. It is generally considered polite to ask for the use of another person's property before using it. Shearing has commenced at the Oroua Downs station, nineteen shearers being at work. There will be close on 000 bales, which will be shipped by Messrs McMillan Rhodes * Co. Mr It. McLean, of the Other House notifies that lie has Xmas cards for sale. Our Palmerston contemporaries differ about the vote of confidence gained by Mr Stevens at Palmerston. However a vote of confidence was carried, the Standnrd says unanimously, the Time* about 12 for and 2 against. In connection with this we understand that the Times will . declare in support of the " labour candidate." Is marriage a failure? To Mr John Kreagher of Waikanae though he went " broke "' six weeks after marriage, we should say it was not. In his evidence before the D. 0. Assignee he said. "He was married six weeks ago having then in his possession 253. The wedding cost him £17. He had received a cheque of £17 before marriage, £1 of which was paid on account of furniture which he had bought. The rest was left in the house. The debtor could make no offer to his creditors." Poor creditors ! The marriage has been a " failure " to them, but they must charitably hope it will not result so to the debtor. Mr John Stevens will address the electors of Palmevston in the School-house, at CampbelltOiUi, on Saturday, Bth November, at 7.30 p.m. The Railway Commissioners notify in the Gazette that wool (undumped) consigned from Feilding to Foxton for shipment will be charged 3s per bale, including wharfage, to come in force on and after November Bth. Mr T. R. Ellison (Tame Rangiwahia Erihana), whose name appears among the list of successful candidates at the recent law examination, is, we believe, the first Maori who has passed as a solicitor in New Zealand. Mr Ellison was educated at the Native College at Te Aute, Hawke's Bay. At the last monthly meeting of the Wellington Education Board the following grants were made :— £2o to the Otaki Committee for repairs ; £25 to the Levin Committee for fencing the grounds and sinking a well. The tender of Mr Whiley at 18s per chain was accepted for fencing at Levin On Monday morning John Webster, third son of Malcolm \V»b«ter, a well known citizen, shot himself with a rifle through the head. He w»s heard to leave the house at 4 o'clock, and not having returned an hour later his brother went to look |for him, and heard a shot from an unoccupied house close by ; death ensued instantaneously Deceased was 24 years of age, a fine young fellow, and a general favourite. Twelve months ago he met with an accident which affected his head, and ever since he has been subject to fits of depression. The. Governors of the Wanganui High School, at their meeting on Tuesday, appointed Mbs C. E. M. Harrison M.A., of Nelson, and Miss J. Burjoyne Hudson, of Auckland, to .the positions respectively of Lady Principal and First Assistant of the new Girls' College. Both ladies forwarded most excellent testimonials the value of which in each case was substantiated from independent sources.