Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1891.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 3 January 1891, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1891.

Mr Lee the»Otaki slhoolmaeter goes fr Pahiatua, and Mr Yates of the last name< iohool goes to Oiaki. The usual monthly sitting of the R.IV Court will be held on Wednesday. The Borough Council meets on Monda; evening. The Manawatu County Council meet an Tuesday at Sanson. The tenders for trimming and metallic an the Foxton-Sandon road, and Rosini line, and for metalling on Swainson' Peilding line, for the Manawatu Count; Council close at the County office San son on Tuesday at noon. The Rangitikei Advocate changed hand tit the end of the year, and Messrs Andrew xun Ke low are the nominal new pro prietors. The hemp mill on Mr L. Pascal's prp perty at Keren] will start work agaii ilmost at once.

We learn thftt MrMeKelvie has stopped Button's mill an?l %ill not allow any native flax to be cut, as he has given all tfgr.ts to Messrs Johnston & Cbv, who will open Robertson's nun in a short tinio. . Peaches, in lotne parts of the district seem to have recovered from the .disease, as at Mi 1 F. Übbinson's jiro^eVty 'the trees are loaded with fruit. It is yery ptoßiole that large mobs of shte'p \ViM be finding their way through here from the Napier side of the Gorge, as they have experienced very dry weather and feed is short. The Caledonian sports at Palmei'ston were postponed to a future date* owing to the heavy rain. It occurred lftst year .just • the same. The Ministrels are stated to be practisI ing so as to give an .enteitflinniont on I beha)* of the schooK T!iss is as it should be> •* Bfcptinus Wood appeared on remand on Tuesday afternoon at the Justice's Court. He was informed by the bench that the report of the probation officer wna against allowing iim out under" "The "Mist Offender's Act and he Wafc Asked if he had aaythbig ftti'ther to Mfte The prisoner called Messrs Stansell . and Hughes who stated they had known him for nearly twehe months, but knew nothing against him.^The decision of iHc BeHfili however Was tl»t Wi* i& sentenced to seven days h&i'J laboui in Wanganui goa 1 . An advertiser wishes to hear of customers for good milk. Tenders for lighting and ddllePtitlg dog tax close on Rtdttdfty-. W6 have been informed that Master W. D. Smith who started at the Bank of Australasia, as assistant to Mr Nixon on Monday, received his first insight into the dark deeds that are committed by bankers behind the fortresses they erect against the general public. It speaks well for the young man's bringing up when we state that one day was sufficient, and at ten o'clock on Tuesday morning he tendered His resignation* The N. Z. Times travelling correspondent has visited Pulmerston and writes " By-the bye 1 may here remark a new style of spelling Wednesday appears to prevail here among business houses which obsel've & \. half holiday on that day. In all such the , large eai'dg exhibited notifying the fact read as follovs : — ' This establishment will close, &c, on W<'il?imlaij at 1 p.m,' I cannot say I think the alteration any improvement, and if I may be allowed to do so, would certainly advise that the present i cards be replaced by new and correct ones. No doubt to local residents the present '0 style has ceased to appear strange, but the erroneous spelling is so conspicious as to at once attract the notice of visitors, and looks bad to say the least." Mr E. M. Smith, the new member for New Plymouth says the N. Z. Times has written to the Minister of Mines, informing him that a seam of coal has been discovered at Urenui, a place on the coast about 20 mies to the north. of New Plymouth. It is intended to send a Government officer to inspect and report upon the discovery. The following tenders have been received by the (Pubic Works Department for the Mangaonoho contract of the North Island Main Trunk Railway : —Accepted—Cleghorn, Forest, hod Magee, Auckland, £26---499. Declined — J, Saunders and Co., Wellington, £27,972; R, S. Allan and Co., Dunedin. i'9B,\>B.{; It. MoKenzie and Co., Wellington, £29,784; Wilkie and Wilson, Waitotara, £30,8X3; A. Bain and Co., DunedinV £33,515; A MoFarlane, Wanganui, £34,253 ; W. G, Bassett, Wanganui, £34,800; J. and A. Anderson, Christohurch, E £87,037. Some people have greatness thrust upon them. When wi.l our Mayor have a show ? The Pout says : — A great commotion was created in Petone between 1 and 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon by the vagaries of a cow which had broken away from a mob of cattle that wera being driven through the township to Mr E. Barber's slaughterhouse at Kaiwarra. The animal was very wild, f and made for everyone who was passing 10 along the road. One child was knocked down, but was hot severely injured, and several children narrowly escaped a similar experience. After some difficulty, the . brute was got into Mr Webley's back yard, where it was shot dead by Mr R. C. Kirk, I" .Mayor of Pelone. News from Wairoa states that Constable Barry, while crossing the bar of a river in a punt, was drownq&oh Wednesday. A B j |wave capsized thb ptmt and Barry, though * an excellent swimmer, was washed out to sea. A boy who was with him scrambled to shore. II The Eram inemays:— The Gorge bridge it has been found in such a bad condition that th# whole of the upper timbers will „ have to be removed. The work will be done under Mr McGonagle's supervision '* and as it is proposed to continue it without ;r interruption to traffic there is some intri1, cate work before the Department. ,b Last night Mr Matravers, the Clerk of the R.M Court handed over the office to . Constable Glllespie, who will in future act j in that capacity. A Government is nothlo - ing if not economical. )r An old resident in the town, passed }" peacefully away to a bettlr world on New Year's night. Mrs Blake was well known and much liked in her circle of acquain tances and will be both# missed and mourned. We tender our sympathy to' the bereaved. — The Wellington and Manawatu Railway — Company have held an inquiry into the circumstances which led to the unexpected meeting of the two trains on the line near 3) Paikakariki on the day of the employes »(( picnic. The following resolution will show how the Company have dealt with the « matter :-f& The|Directors, after carefu'ly considering the reports and correspondence, with^rotes df evidence taken in inquiry, have directed that Routley's misapprehen- * sion of thei.'uleg and regulations is of too serious a character to be passed over lightly, and that the interests of the Com. — pany and the safety of the public require that he should be dismissed fr m the m aervice. The Directors regret exceedingly " that they had to adopt this course, as they ° felt that Routley's good record and long " service entitled him to much consideration. — Times. The Cash Cleaving Sale of Jobberns & Co. Bankrupt Stock by Ross & Sandford, y in Main Street,tFoxton is still proceeding with unabated interest. Cash purchasers of Drapery & Clothing are invited to pay an early visit of inspection. Ross cV Sandford. g