Mr Pirani and the Cartoon.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 29 November 1890, Page 2

Mr Pirani and the Cartoon.

With that unblushing impudence that is the characteristic of the man, Mr Pirani pretends to have objected to the is^uo of the coffin cartoo-i, and to assert thut it was printed at this new-paper office. The nnfji'tmmte sfcateW muddle in which his endeavours to impart ; his political notions to the public, have left him prevents him- from conceiving the mconcousistency of our endeavouring to create cositonipt for ; .a gentleman for whjni-v.o 4i-ave' the greatest -respect. Howtver this c.iiinot be helped. " ■• •••: " The actual- t-(;ls aye that on tlie sth of October Mr -'iinHs Mackio, tile chief nit'inboi. 1 of Mr Pirani's Fcxton eommiUoc 1 , thong'nt of this inler'esliug skit; and i-.ierviewe-l a cabiue'.maker. also a member rf Mr Pirani's com:niiiee..t"> "fit him to cut out the block. Tlrs b.ing d-me, the two repaired to a prinf.i- g ofliee, which Mr Mackie. states was not the Manawatu Hera:d 0 Pico, and there obtaincl the type and printed the same by tlvmselves^ On Satiu\lay, the 11th of October, Mr. Pirani s^ojee, at Foxton, and in tlie eVening Mr Mackie showed the copy to Mr Pirani, who n.ppL'..)v.ed of it,! Mr Mackie iiK^utionsTvvatit^v^^.some one to see the cartoon ;s> e%ryer than was intended, airl theiiljjijlnght thaf " as the eat was out of the bag " the others might as well be distributer. Mr Mackio very hououi'ably takes tlie blamn upon himself.-'' ■ Now to a. few other v facts : — Saturday the 15th.Novem,ber.was the first day wo proposed, to. -.Mr W. Cook to purchase his jobbing plant, on the following Monday we concluded negotiations and on' Tuesday the 18th November we inserted a paragraph to that effect .in this paper.- No one bofore'i tlrat c'nuLl have hail the lightest ■id&a that we over intended to buy. piLt Ish' Cook's bu-iness. As Mr Cook wag al?o a inqniber of, Mr Pir.ini's <>omio!ttee» M*. Pirani would bo ..aware of his • position, ho that how Mv l l! i'i < fH\i I *cUn have tbe audacity to insinuate, that w^L-printed such a liL'hly objeeUouablo document is byoud Cfmeeption. Our purchase of tlie plant, th-u. diil jirint tho cirtoon. w'is not made until pK won'^s af'.er, tho cartoons <vere printed.

On Tuesday afternoon the ladies race will be rowed. This was one omitted at the regatta on account of the rough weather. A ennoe rac I.'1 .' between black and white will also bo rowed. Next Tues 7fty Staff Captain Robinson will hold a special meeting of the Salvation Army at the Barracks. On Saturday next there will be a coffee supper." Round about Manakau there nre ]">OO acres of bush down, ready to burn. Tho polling at the Foxton Court-house, on Thursday for the Maori election, 'resulted in 'M votes being rcrorded for Hoani Taipu ami -nono for any of tho rttlvrcandidates, A' Otaki Hoani ;.; << 71 \ures ; Ki|>a Te Whajaiuii -A ; Tatana ;. "JV W'hatupoko (O fiki), 1 ; the other candidates none. • At Levin there is a very nil-; 1 hall.i-rccled by the hands employed at th'- saw mill, in their spare time. TTryh r v built it for plaoe to meet in and to diinc» in. They have in fact made it a regular spider's, web, and they miiat tnke caro thai tho>a they induce to enter, don't take th-m in. The Hovongh C vincil'iiv-is on Monday evening. Mr Kebbell has been re-elected Chairman of the Horowhenua County Council.

Tlip new Roman Oatho'ic Church at Palmerst-on was on lire oj Friday morning, bat b>?in<» quickly seen was soon extinguish :d. It is thought to have boon the | work of an incendiary. The, ..season for the distribution of almanacs has opened. We have to thank Mv Hankins for the nice compilation ad- [ vertirfin-,' the Public Trust Ollice, and Mr Gibson for th? almanac issued by the N. Z. Insurance Company. We notice that the last, mentioned almanac is a representation of the old Maori carving, and looks very o.'t'epfive. Mr C. V. Ransomc was re-elected Chairniaii of the Manawatu County Council. A freak of nature, . in the shape of a three-yotu'-old colt standing about two feet l'ijlh, was among the "horses" on exhibition al the Wellington Agricultural Show. We are glad to learn that arrangements were completed on Wednesday by which the proprietary of the Manawatu Daily Standard remains in Mr McMinn's hands. The E.''« witter states that Mr Murphy has found it necessary to destroy Foul Play, The horse became paralysed and there seemed no hope of his recovery. The following members have bee 11 elected :— Hon. T. Fergus. M; Hon. J" Bryee, I; E. J. O'Conmy I>: R. Reeves' 0 ; I), (ioldie, M. Men are wanted- by Messrs Dudson Bros, for flaxcuttin;,'. At the meeting of the Wellington Education Board on Wednesday, the following business was transacted :— The application .for a' grant of £">Q for the Kereru school was acceded to. — A request for a :.'..\j ;.!' Europe for the Paraparamu School was granted, but an application for a grant for clearing was refused. — The Board decided to call for tenders for fencing 'tho Shannon school ground. j The Hinemoa, from Sunday Island and ! the Kermadec Group, arrived at Auckland !on the 25th. She brought back teu settlers j from Sunday Island, who report that the | settlement is a total failure, and regivt j ever haying gone there. They were almost ' starving at times during the winter, and I subsisted principally on mutton birds Mr I Hovel, the promoter • f the settlement, has • returned disgusted with the Kermadecs. It ! is said the Bell family will also leave the island before long. One family of settlers ' remain. No wreckage or shipwrecked people were found in the Kermadecs. The Manawatu Times says :— The managers of Messrs Bartholomew & Co. and Mr Watkins, of Levin, have had considerable dilticu ty with the Horowhenua Natives ! over the supply of -green flax. The rights i for the first-named were obtained from Major Kemp and Wirihaua Hunia, and for the latter from the resident Maoris. Owing to a dispute the Maori women made an onslaught on the flaxcutters and drivers of the flax drays, tak ng the cut flax away from them and throwing it into the swamp. The mills were temporarily stopped, but it is expected that amicable relations will soon be resumed. At the election of Mayor for Wellington, | A. W. Brawn po led 927, and C F. Worth (i! 39. Majority for A. W. Brown 288. For Wanganui, Councillor H. Nathan was elected Mayor of Wanganui, polling 208 against Councillor Hafrick's 180. And for Palmerston North, the following is the result of the Mayoral election : — Snelson, 2O'.t. Abrahams, CO. It is not often that a horee wins a rare ar.d meets his death before lie can return ■ to the paddock. Yet this happened re»eontly at Windsor (England). A six-year old horse called Brownie won the Autumn ;• - Handicap by a neck, wheh in pulling up lie' crossed his legs and l'el , and one leg being found to be broken, the horse was dostroyed. Herbert Tomlinson, schoolmaster, of Mount View, near Marton, appeared at R.M, Court, Bulls Wednesday, on a summons issued on the information of James i Bowater charged with embezzling £242. Mr Esani appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Cash for prisoner. Prisoner was remanded to Marton until the 3rd pros, bail being allowed in his own recognisance of -CIOO. •' The Bishop of Nelson is seriously ill. i On Saturday, evening ..when reading prayers in Bishopdale Chapel, he suddenly stopped, "hayinglost his sight. , He is now suffering from congestion of the brain, and the doctors .says that under the most favourable circumstances he.must have complete rest for three months, No map in Nelson is more popular than Bishop Suter, whose sud icn illness has given quite a shock to the community. Miss Cobden, who was elected to the London County Council for the Tower Hamlets, has been fined for sitting, women having been declared by the decision of Courts to be ineligible. -A correspondent the Manawatu Standuni asks, whether " The Sa lie Writer" will publish anymore letters in the Manawatu " Times,", now that a'l letters to the editor of that journal are to have the real names of the writer appeneded ? Mr Startup advertises for a boot machinist. Men are wanted by Messrs Du'dsen Bros for flax cutting.. Mr J. G. .Wilson received a vote of confidence at Awahuri last night. Hardly the plant to grow. The Nelson Mail . records a- strange looking flower, . known- --as- the snake lily, growing in the ' gitrden of Mr Trask, in Collingwood street iii that city: It is shaped like an arum lilyj but is of giganticsi/.e. The odor it exKalcs is simply abominable, and is so like 'that of a ■ dead body in an nd vanced stage decomposition that the flies cluster th'ckly round it. ' Its rarity is one of its 'greatest recommendations. Ocr 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 Te Aro House. Wellington. I.\ sunshades and pa'asols, we have the 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, Wellington. . . For instance, our new stoolc of gloves in both kid and silk is excellently assorted in all the new colors, the best makers, and the most complete range of size. Our stock of ribbons is exquisitely recherche, comprising all the new colors, the best widths, and the most fashionable styles. Certainly no lady could be otherwise than pleased with these, at T-; Aro House, Wellington. And then also there' is an immense profusion of laces in Vandyke, macrame, guipure, Eiffel, Torchon, and Chantilly. Our assortment of Swiss embroideries and flouncing.? came to us'direct from the manufacturers, and are excellent in value and style, being made to special order for Te Aro House, Wellington. Ladies should see our new beauty spot fall nets, -Medici collars, beaded and braid ornaments-, -Liberty and tartan sashes, sa^h ribbons, cambric, hemstitched," and silk handkerchiefs, &c, at Te Arc-House, Wellington.