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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 18 November 1890, Page 2

We have always endeavoured to keep our plant up with our iueiea.-ed businc-*-;, for whioh we thank our numerous friends, and we have now secured, at a large outlay the whole of the very larpe and new plant but lately purchased by Mr Cook. We ays therefore in possession of one of the best jobbing plants on the coast. To-morrow afternoon at 2 pan the Iky. Innes-Jonea will open tho Church of England Ba.zn.ur. We hope to ' o able to record a large attendance. In Palmerston tln're is «oing to be an interesting contest for the Mayoralty, us Messrs Suelson and S. Abrahams are announced as candidates. Foxton and Palmorston, with Woodville, have been transferred tn the Wellington police district. Farmers must keep an ever watchful eyo upon the " labour '' candidates, hast weekMr Fisher calmly proposed to raise a revenue by taxing the export of frozen mutton one half-penny per lb ! Constable Gillespio has his quiver full at youngsters, being able to roll up a noble dozen. The Union Steam Ship Company have decided to keep to Auckland as the port of call for the San Francisco service. In another column we publish a leader that appeared in the Hawera Star on the first of this month. We may mention that the supposed cause of action against Constable Gillespie occurred in the Hawera District, and the Star fully reported the case, so that besides the Government we have tho opinion of the Press on this case. At the Palmerston Horticultural Show, we noticed that Mr Mark Sherrin, gardener to Mr McLennan, of the Oroua Downs, took first prizes for gooseberries, cucumbers, a sparagus, broad beans, kidney and round potatoes, and lettuce. Messrs Simcox, Atkins, and Tompsitt have been elected Councillors for the Otaki Riding of the Horowhenua County Council, an ) Messrs Best and Bills for the Te Horo Riding.

To-night Mr J. G. Wilson addresses the Palmerston electors at Pahnerston. Tlie Public Works Department has decided to try and get the Gorge Railway opened by Christmas. Mr H. Davidson's horse Rajah was shown at the M. A W. C. A. <k. P. Association's Show and was highly commended. There is nothing like having a good opinion of one's own town. The Manawatu Times thus mentions facts ? Wauganui residents who visited Palmerston on Show day expressed intense astonishment at tho scene before them. Coming from a place where inactivity i« <he rule they found themselves in a busy bustling town with all the ouU ard and visible signs of prosperity and progress around them, and it began to dawn on them that the centre of this coast had shifted southward. As one expressed it, there were as many people in the Square at noon as there were at the Wanganui Show altogether. Mr E. Raw.son, Clerk of the Palmerstou Court, has passed his general knowledge examination in law. The Countess of Onslow gave birth to a son at Government House, Wellington, on Thursday morning. John Gi ison was this morning charged before Mcbbig Thynne and Russe , J.P.s wth being drunk yesterday, and aso with exposing himse f in a pub ie street. On the first charge he was fined ss, on the second ho was sentenced to one month's hard labour. The nominations for Mayor must bo in the Returning Officer's hands by noon to* morrow.

The committee that assisted at the bazaar la=t year, met at Mi Ray's oftice this •norning au.l resolved that the proceeds should be handed to Mr J. R. Kusse 1 to forward to the « hurch Trustees, to liquidate a further portion of the debt on Al Saints «'hurc:i Mr Easton agreed to hand over a sum of Ll.t from the chu'.ch funds towards the same purpose, so that the parishioners wi 1 have the satisfaction of knowing that only L'2s wil reman due. A meeting of the Rowing C ub 13 called for Tuesday next. Servict-j at A 1 Saints Church on Sunday next will be cm lucted by the curate, the Rev. Innes ,T mes Matins and Hoy Communion at 11 a.m. Children's service and baptisms at 8 p.m.. Even-song at 7 p m. The sentence of death passed on Bircha'l for the murder of an English tourist named Bennett has been carried out at Ottawa. A bunj/e was made of the execution, and it was fully six minutes before the condemned man was strangled. The I body was interred within the goal wa'ls. ! What was the matter with him? The Ailvnctitf «ays :— Mr Donald McLean, who moved the vote of thanks to and confidence in Mr Hallanee at South Makirikir. assures us that he did so under a misapprehension. He has no confidence in Mr Ballance; lie has never voted for him and never wil 1 . The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine, which was exhibited in full work at the A. <fc. P. Show, under . the charge of Mr Hutchinson, attracted great attention says the Manatcutu Time*, its chief advantage appears to be not merely increased speed, but that a considerable extra quantity of wool is taken off tiie sheep. At the show a capital illustration of this waa afforded by the fact that one of the sheep shorn by the shearer who took first prize in the shearing competition was afterwards operated on by the Wolseley, when three ounces more wool was obtained. This sheep had been specially well shorn by the prize winner, and the average extra quantity obtained by the machine would probably be nearer six ounces per sheep, representing over 371bs per 100 in the flock. The machine certainly doe*) its work well, and must come into general use where large flocks are concerned, while owners of small ilocke will also doubtless combine to have their shearing done with these at some central shed.

'• Labour "' candidates do not get on with the papers. The Po4 in a leader on Mr Fraser's speech, thus repudiates his attack on it. li We object to the property tax now as we have always done, and as we object to a great many other nuisances which have nevertheless to be submitted to. We believe in a land tax— a graduated land tax — as much as ever we did, but, unfortunately, irrefutable facts and figures prove that a land tax, or a land and income tax combined, would not raise the revenue which the property tax yields, and which is absolutely essential to the preservation of the public credit. We are not prepared to take a leap in the dark, much less jump with your eyes open into a financial abyss of unknown depth. This position we have endeavoured to demonstrate by plain statements of fact, official figures, and clear argument from the premises. It, of course, rests with a higher Power to furnish Mr Fbasek with capacity to understand either facts, figures, or aguments " Some little light was thrown upon the tricks of the flax trade, says the Post by a statement made at the meeting of J. C. Butler's creditors to-day. The manager of Mr Butler's mill mentioned an instance in which Houtohera had scutched only the outside hanks of certain bales of flax, leaving the inside portions absolutely unscutched. 'J he consequence was that the bales wore condemned and detained in Wellington. •• 1 suppose," observed the Official a s-%nee, v that that's the kind of flax which, when it goes Home, gets the Wellington article a bad name." Captain R resell in addressing a meeting of electors at Hastings, said that he was as staunch a Freetrader as ever, and if the Ministry proposed UfW protective duties he would leave their ranks. He expressed regret that the primage duty, which violated no principle of Freetrade, had not been retained, and a corrasponding amount taken off the duties of the necessaries of life. _ _ Our fancy department is just now a most interesting study and source of attraction on account of our new spri g stock of the thousand and one articles so indispensable for ladies' at 'IV Aro House. Wellington.