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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 11 November 1890, Page 2

A catcher is wanted at the Papakiri mill. The Concert last night passed off most successfully, and the proceeds were satisfactory. Over £5 was taken at the doors, besides tickets sold. A good general servant is wanted at the Bank of Australasia. The meeting for considering the question of a water supply will be held to-night at the public hall, at 7.30. 1 At the races held at Horowhenua yesterday Welch's (otherwise Tapp's) Rose won the big money. This was a very exciting race, having been run oil twice, the first race having been, in the judge' 3 opinion a dead heat. However the second time round Rose won by ten lengths. Mr Easton also secured a hack race. The Porirna races yesterday witnessed a bad accident to the horse " Result" which fell at a hurdle and is much hurt. Mr Birchley's " filave (JiiT' carried off the Porirua handicap of 50 sovereigns, Benbolt being second and Rahui third. Mr Macdonald scored a win in the Maiden Hat race with Ruahine, full brother to Tonguriro, and Rnapelm. The Woodville Police Station, which has hitherto been under control of the Inspector of Napier, has now hern ;\dded to the Wellington district. The K. Z. Time.-' .say.-: -The (i.jvornnient have received a communication asking whether a bonus would be given for the utilisation of ila>: *■ w for tho purpose of bagging and wool baling. The subject is now under consideration. The granting of a bonus would be in accordance with one of the recommendations of the Committee of the House, which investigated these industries last session. General Booth, of the Salvation Army has purchased the site of a brewery in the city, and purposes converting it into a city colony The English bishops and Cardinal Manning approve the scheme. Lord Augustus Loftus is said to be writing a volume of his reminiscences, chiefly concerning his experiences in Australia. Sydney still rings with stories telling against Lord Carrington's predecessor, and it is expected that Lord Augustus, who used to have a pungent pen, will retort in a style to make the New South Wales squirm. So nays the Hawk.

The Ncsv Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report range of priced at the Christchurch wool sales a.9 follows : — Greasy halfbred, 8d to lOd ; crossbreds, 7d to 9Jd ; merinos, 6Jd to Bid ; ])ieces, Bsd to 7d ; locks, 2d to 3Jd. John Bertie, of the Pier Hotel Wellington, has been fined £5 and costß ior Sunday trading. At the Wellington Magistrate's Court on Friday morning, John McDermott, one of the strikers, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment on each of three charges for assulting free lab urers, the sentences to be cumulative. The Magistrate, in delivering sentence, said it was manifest that the assault was part of an organis d attack, and it was unfortunate that McDermott was the only one identified. The Court, he said, was determined to deal with cases of this kind in a manner that would tend to stamp them out. Thn work of our Acclimatisation Society, says the Chronirh', is producing good results in the matter of fresh-water fish, an article of which the New Zealand rivers 1 and lakes were rather deficient. The English perch, liberated in several of our Wanganui lakes, have done so well that persons having ponds or lagoons on their property should endeavour to stock them with these fish, which are excellent food. Several very fine ones have lately been hooked in the Virgina water. On Saturday Mr H. Harper caught two very large ones, which were exhibited in Mr I 'rew's window on that evening ; on Monday Mr Field hooked one which he judged to be over 41bs in weight, but it broke his rod and escaped. On Thursday morning however, he caught another weighing 3;Jlb3. It was a female fish in the very pink of condition, being nearly as yellow as a carp. Its dimensions are length. 17j-in : depth, fijin ; thickness, 2jsin. As it seemed full of roe, he took it home alive and liberated it. Messrs Liffiton and Cliavanne alao caught several good n>h there lately.

The account ot the regatta wo are obliged 10 hold over to nest issue. I The Official notice re. Polling-day ! .appears in this issue. |

Our fancy department is just now a most interesting stndy and source! of attraction on account of our new spri g stock of the thousand and one articles ho indis-r-pnsahle for ladies' at i c Aro House, Wei Hngton In sunshades and pa asols, wp have r.he very latest novelties in moire and shot silks. We have a beautiful assortment and selection of ladies" aprons in a variety of useful and pretty materials at Te Aro House, W"llin«ton. For instance, our new stock of gloves in both kid and silk is excellently assorted in all the new colors, tin; best makers, and the most complete range ot size. Our stock of ribbons is exquisitely rerhcrcli*, comprising all the new colors, the best widths, aud the most fashionable styles. Certainly no lady could be otherwise than pleased with these at Te Aro House, Wellington. An*» then also there is an immense profusion of laces in Vandyke, macrame, guipure, Eiffel, Torchon, and Chantilly. Onr assortment of Swiss embroideries and flouncings came to us direct from the manufacturers, and are excellent in value and style, bciug made to special order for Te Am House, Wellington. Ladies should see our new beauty spot fall nets, Medici collars, beaded aud braid ornaments, Liberty*and tartan sashes, sush ribbons, cambric, hemstitched, and silkhandkerchiefs, ivc, at Te Aro Hous<\ Wellington.