Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1890.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 20 December 1890, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1890.

We thank the Sooretary of the Otaki Maori Racing <_'lul> for a complimentary ticket for their meeting. Our boating men are very quiet. If is too hot to row, wliich it is not, surely they can swim. Last year there was a capi tai lotlof swimming races organised, why is there no move made this? Messrs McMillan Rhodes ct Co announce in another column the arrival of a lot of toys, fancy goods, electro plate and fancy glass and china ware, suitable for Xmas pri'. ont- - . Km - H ix'ng day tho members of the l'liu;]'- v. Methodist Church have secured the > t ane r Ivy l\>r a )>i.nic op to Shannon. Tho ti.-';ots are very clioap ani t!r.- -toanior should bo crowded.

Two horses have been lost from Motuiti and tiie owner oilers a reward to any one vho gives information oi their whereabouts. Over tlie Jeader vi i \w seen a notic* that this paper will not he published either on Christmas or New Year's day. Messrs Levin <fe Co announce that they now run the Mail Coach between Bulls and Sanson and connect witti the Tiamway service. The much vexed question as to what is the value of iiax, is still undecided. Mr (rfirdner informs u.s that a little while ag. he sent, two samples, one very supeiior to the other, to tiie London r, >..„ta, by the same vessel, a .id sold at -.:». same sale, yet he received jiu:... .uueh for liui one sample as for tho otiier ! It i.s curious but it's true. On Thursday afternoon as the boys at the school wero playing leap-frog. one. little Freddy Walls had hi . arm put oui. at the elbow. It appears that he had taken a run, for the back of another youngster, when the boy. in fun, laid down low, thus baulking Walls, and sending him with force to the ground. Mr Jensen is advertising for a pressor. Messrs Dud. en require a cook who can bake bread. The Borough Council will mcci on Monday evening to iustal the new Mayor in oflice. Contractors must remember that tonders for drainage on the Moutoa estate must be in by mondav. The police in Masterton have made a raid on parents in 25 cases for not havin. complied with the Act in sending thei l ' children to school... Tho retiring Mayor of Wellington responding to a toast after the installation ventured a suggestion that the .Mayors of the four centres should have seats in the Legislative Council during their terms of ollice. Mr Johnston appeared to think the mayorality of either of the four cities was an ollice which might reasonably have a little more honour attached to it, and he made tliis snggo stion as nt any rato worth consideration. The trairic returns on the Wellington Manawatu Railway for the week ending 13th December. 1K')0, amounted to £1410 15s Hd, and for the corresponding period of last year Ll2(>s fls lid, showing an increase of £145 15s _d. The following extract from the Engineer of_4th Octoher last will be read with interest: — " A new departure has recently taken place in tlie frozen meat trade, by which the cargoes are able to be brought over to this country at a very much less cost than hitherto. The refrigerating agent used in the machines is carbonic anhydride, by means of which brine is cooled and circulated in pipes in the holds. Messrs .lames Nelson and Hon's steamer Highland Chief, which is titted in the wav by Messrs .). T v E. Hal 1 , of Dartford, has just arrived in the Liverpool Docks from the River Plate with a cargo ofihl.OOO carcases of mutton, all in splendid condition, audit is slated that tlie coal consumption for working the refrigerating machinery has amounted to one-iifth of what it would have been under the old s.\stem, a very important consideration in view of the advancing price of coal."' The Emperor of China has determined to receive foreign envoys iv February, and once a year afterwards. Two hundred and fifty miles on crutches I for the sake of being among his relations at j Christmas time was the feat accomplished j by an old criple here recently, says the | /';'_-■'.<. This ol ( man, who has ;ost one of his legs and has to walk on crutches, left Taranaki some three weeks ago. Avithout a peuny iv his pocket, for this city, intending to earn his food as best he could on his way down. Fortunately he happened to fall in with a exceptionally goodhearted lot of people during the journey, and so arrived here safely a couple of days ago. He at once applied to the Benevolent Institution to pay his passage to Lyttelton -he stated he would walk there if he could— whero he had friends who would keep him, and the Trustees at their meeting yesterday decided to grant his request. Almo.t the whole of this remarkable journey v, as made along the railway line. A curious fact in connection with the allotment of claims by Natives to a block of land in the Otaki District is mentioned by a correspondent of the New Zealand 'limes. It appears a Native got his name hy some means entered on the first certificate of title granted, and thus became entit'ed to some award. The title being more, fully investigated, however, the Native Land Court judge marked his opinion that the olaim was not an equitable or just one by making the award so small that it would be a matter of very little moment indeed to this landed proprietor whether the next Parliament decide on a progressive land tax or not. The claimant was granted one square foot of land on the top of the Tararua range out of a block of 50,000 acres. The annual report of the (tear Meat Preserving Company, to be presented to the meeting of shareholders to be held on Gth .lanuary, is as follows : —Your directors have the pleasure to submit to your balance sheet and profit and loss account for the year ended ..oth November, 1.5.10, and in doing so congratulate you on the continued success of the company's operations. After making due allowance for depreciation, there remains a balance of £i), 407 lilssd. which your directors recommend for dividend on the paid-up capital of the company at the rate of 10 per cent per annum (of which an interim dividend for the ha f-ycar ended -Ist May, IS'.H), has already been paid), and a bonus of 2S per cent, L 575 0; to be carried to next year's aeconnt, £31i57 IDs sd ; total, £9407 l'Js sd. Tha reserve fund has been increased to £10,000, and the insurance reserve to £. '274 12s Bd, making a total of £18,274 12s Bd. In accordance with the articles of association, three of your directors — Messrs Reid, Thompson, and Didsbury retire and are eligible and oll'er themselves torn' election. The auditors forthe ensu iug year havo also to be appointed. Messrs T. K. Macdonald, M.H.R., and D. T. - tuart offer themselves for reection. The Cash C earing Sale of Jobberns & Co. Bankrupt Stock by Ross & Saxdford, in Main Street, Foxton is still proceeding with unabated interest. Cash purchasers of Drapery iV Clothing are invited to pay an early visit of inspection. Ross A SandFOUI). It ivill undoubtedly be a matter of interest to all mothers and heads of families that there is an abundance of the newest and most useful styles in Chi'dren's, Boys, and Youths' clothing at Te Aro House, Wellington. We make a special study of how to clothe the rising race, and we keep tlie largest and best selected stock of any '■no house in the colony, at Te Aro }lom<: W< llington. Mr" (4. J. Fergus >n, late of Wauganui has now charge of our Clothing Depart ment, and from his intimate knowledge of the requirements of the country districts will be able to execute all orders promptly and satisfactorily. He v quests his numerous friends to forward them with every confidence to Te Aro Honse, Welliugtou.

In forwarding orders, the age ot boys j and the cla^s of .suit wanted, ne. v only io j he sent to To Aro House, Wollington. It -hould. also lie rememhered ihat all purchase- in our Clothing Department, whether for Roys' or Men's wear, will entitle the Customer to a Christmas Present at Te Aro House, Wellington. We have a grand seleetioii of Kaiapoi Tweed Suit. , specially adapted for school wear, from S)0 to 12/0: a .superior ot of Kaiapoi Suits with pleated fronts, fiom 10/(5 to 1./(i ; and a" immense vari-ty of other Colonial Tweed Suits in plain, pleated fronts and Norfolk shapes, from 11/(5 to 21/- at Te A ro House, Wellington. There are also large (juantitiis of English Tweed Suits for Roys wear, from 4/11, 5/11, fi/11, 7/11, a/ll.'to 10/11. Velveteen Suits in three colours, and in the Patience and Sailor shapes ; as also an immense variety <>l - Hoys' Jcrs.y Suits, nt prices ranging from ."ill lo 7 M. and upward- al Te Aro llou-.e. Wellington.