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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 8 January 1891, Page 2

The shop adjoining the Centre of Commerce is undergoing alteration, and wiil, in a few days, he opened by an old resident of the town. Mr T. Eastou is putting up a new hotise for his brother, on the plot of land corner of Cook and Main streets. Part of the bid building removed from the Moutoa-road will be utilised in its construction. ' Mr Earle's duties at the Bank of Australasia have been taken by Mr Shaerman, a young man who enters upon this phase of his life for the first time. Mr Brabant wa? unable to get down to attend the R M. Court yesterday, and what little. civil business there was, was post poned to next month. George Williams and Joseph Bradcock were brought before Mr Thynne, for fighting in a public place, and were fined 10s eaoh with costs 9s. Early this morning one of our local fishermen secured a fine specimen of the calmon trout in his net at the mouth of the river, It was a fine fish, over two feet in length, arid weighed ißlbs. The fish was cut up and sold' in portions to those desirous of: tasting the novelty such a'fish is to this district. •.•;•,■. On New Year's Day arrangements .were made to~hoto"a picnic at the residence of Mr J. Carter,. Moutoa, under the auspices of the Primitive Methodist Church. The day being, s.tormy, only, a small nurar bef attended I,"'1 ,"' so .Mr Cartel' . : gener«usly offered to~prepare for another gathering on the following. / Tuesday. This was a beautiful day, and a grea number availed themselves of the opportunity for a run into the country ; six traps and buggies and twelve riders went out fr m town, and several came over the river from Shannon. A very pleasant 'afternoon arid evening was spent, and before leaving a hearty vote of thanks was given to Mr and Mrs Carter, who provided everything for the affair. Mr Carter responded in graceful terms, and expressed the hope that on some future occasion a like gathering woull take place at his house. The result of the effort was £5 4s Gd to the funds of the Church. Messrs Loveday Brothers have an advertisement over the leader about some hats ! Fishing near the mouth of the river is getting interesting. Within the past few ! days some good takes have bsen recorded A Home paper writing on tho Eight Hours day says that it is h\ no means certain that the workmen wil! relish the Eight Hourj? day if it inv^ves & correspond. Ing reduotion of wages. One very curious oase reoent'y occurred in the North of England where an arbitrator who had given the workmen the . Eight Hours day was waited upon by them shortly after and asked to withdraw his award and compel their employers to re-establish the nine Hottrst

Mv McLennan is calling for tenders for harvesting 30 acres ot' bats Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary's Church on Sunday next ai 8 and 11 a.m. Messrs Stevens & Gorton hold their Bulls stock sale on Tuesday next. At the annual meeting of the Gear Msat Co-, Mr T. K. Macdonald, one of th« auditors of the company moved " That the shareholders Hereby place dh record their recognition dt lue great services rendered t6 theiri by the Directors during the past eight years. Asa mark of their apprecia tion of such services? they hereby vote io the present BoArd of Directors the sum of £500 ai? a special bonus, in addition to the ordinary remuneration, to be divided amongst them in proportion to their respective length of service since the formation of the company." Which was, after | discussion, unanimously carried. The best paid men in the Coldiiyi a:cording to the chairnlail Of the tleaf Meat Co., are Without doubt, the foreman of each department df that Company. The Auckland jkefotf s&yu that the Inspector of jtlie Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited, has received advice from London that Mr Larkworthy has resigned his seat on the Eoavd of that Company, and, that Sir i'ohn G. Gorse,t,.Q.C }f! I .^:, and Mr H. J. Bristow have joined the Board of Directors in London. Mr D. P. Fisher at a meeting in Wellington to consider the position of Unionism said " that after recent experience New Zealand should remain New Zealand, and not be federated with outside countries. He Woltld go further, and 'silt tl-St rnrli centre iii the Colony shdrild have Contro of its own affairs ; amalgamation of a Union for tho whole Colony had already been found to work inharmoniously." Mr Duthie also mentioned that the strike had seriously checked the progress of the country. There was a fourth less land in cultivation in Southland, a fifth in Otago, and a fifth in Canterbury than last year, because of it. Unionism will never prosper as long as the labourers allow themselves to be talked to by paid lecturers, who will only say to their hearers what they think their hearers wish. At the meeting in Wellington Mr W. W. Collins is reported to have ftpoken the following nonsense " The reduction of the area under cultivation was probably diie, also; to the fact that New Zealand was becoming intolerable to the labourer." A singular mortality amongst horses has occurred in the Masterton district during the past few weeks, and the number of deaths ts greater every week. The disease, which appears to be infections, is unknown to veterinary experts. " Puff "'in the Press is concerned about our beautiful new stamps— He says— Have you seen the new twopenny-halfpenny stamp ? I have ; and a more twopennyhalfpenny affair I've not seen this year ! Well, the year's young, you may see worse —but not much ! What's it like ? That's rather hard to say — the Queen's jubilee head is on it, and she looks as if she is suffering from an extraordinary big gumboil ! The 2£d is very plain though, as it's printed in white letters on the front of a black belltopper ! In the lower corners there appear to be a couple of white-bellied sharks, evidently swallowing the odd three-pence-halfpenny that have been thrown over-board by the postoffice ! What's in the top corner ? Ah, now you have me — on the left side it looks like a racecourse grandstand full of people waving their handkerchief at the finish of an exciting race ! On the right there's something that might be the Colleen in the act of getting up steam to tender the mail boat ! The whole affair wouldn't be looked at by a quack physic maker as a label for a patent pill box ! You're a bit rough on the stamp men ; you'll see hidden and unsuspected beauties shine out wbep they print them better ! How the printing will ake all that oheek off her gracious Majesty I don't see ! Well, you can't expeot any oolonial department to be stingy in the matter of cheek. Flying " kites " in the commercial world was, some years ago, a very fuvourite amusement. The banks at last woke up, and now our fellow countrymen have taken to flying pigeons — a muoh more harmless game. A race from Wellington, the second flown under the auspices of the Christchurch Pigeon Flying Club, was decided on Saturday last. The birds were despatched by the Takapuna on Friday afternoon, under the care of Mr A. S. Moys, chief offioer, who liberated them at the Wellington wharf at 9 a.m. The weather when they were let go was fine and clear, with a moderate north-west gale which afterwards increased to a stiff nor'-wester, telling against fast time. The club consider the fly the most severe test of a bird's staying capabitities, and the race resulted in a tie for Mr A. Smith's Vauxhall and Sedan, covering the distance, over 205 miles, in 5 hours 59 minutes, making a velocity of 1003 yards in a minute. At the inquest held before G. M. Snelson (Mayor), a verdict of " died from syncope accelerated by alcoholic poisoning," was returnd at the enquiry as to the death of Mr Williams, chemist of Palmers ton. The want of a public house has been attempted to be met, but the strong arm of the law has nipped it in the bud. On Monday John Better, a settler of Levin, who failed to appear, was charged on two informations of sly grog. selling at Horowhenua, before Messrs . Simcox and Small, J's.P. He was fined £10 and £4 Is costs on the first charge : the second was withdrawn.. It remains to be seen if this will have the desired effect. Intense heat is being experienced in Sydney and throughout the oolony general y the temperature ranging from 97 to 113 in the shade. Tremendous bush fires are raging in Barmedman diatriot, 313 miles S.W. of Sydney. Homesteads and 8000 acres of grass are burnt. It is reported that the Manawatu Racing Club|have niadeasumof £200 over therecent Summer Meeting. A proposal has been made that the Autumn Meeting, on which always money is lost, should be abandoned, and the surplus money, together with an additional £300, be spent in effecting improvements to the course. TheCaßh Clearing Sale of Jobberns & Co. Bankrupt Stock by Ross & Sandford, in Main Street, Foxton is still proceeding with unabated interest. Cash purchasers of Drapery & Clothing are invited to pay an early visit of inspection. Ross & Sandford.