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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 17 January 1891, Page 2

Mr Cawston. of the Manawatli Hotel, informs the jjiiblic that oii the Race mornIng they can obtain a good lunch at 11, and a first class glass of beer. Mrt 1 . Howard requests that all outstanding accounts be paid to him by the 22nd instant, as he purposes leaving Foxton at the enc] of, the ; month. He is holding a clearing sale of jewellery. ,TliB tr£iii arrangements for Anniversary day-appear elsewhere. We certainley get vevy bad information from the cables sent out. The important step of the Bishop of Winchester resigning, within suoh a shaft time of his appointment—in October last— is slnipiy, stated, but nothing ,abo.ut his reason for doing so. It Was said) in the Home papers, that his translation fr'din the sea of Rochester to Winchester "received the approval of men of all parties." What will the Napier people say? The Woodville Examiner writes. " The timetable of the through railway service between Napier and Wellington, which appears in another tSo'tiniri, irie,ans,tmjt this district cuts Ihe painter With Napier and that hitherto Wellington is to be the port and the business centre. Under the new arrangement it will be much more convenient for people here to do business with Wellington. Alraady a great deal of wool is being sent front here to Wellington and that is how heady all tlie produce of the district will travel in future." A good many have gone through the ordeal of being locked up on the charge of lrunkeness. A very few have evpr objected to not having been locked up, or have ac cused the constable of neglect of duty in not having " run them in." However a correspondent to the Examiner complains of the Woodville constable's conduct in not having confined in him the lock-up, on his own representation that he was drunk. He writes "I had just left a little musical party, I found the Club Hotel shut up, the place was all wrapped in dense cold white fog; I was terribly sleepy, and merely wanted to lie down in any dry place until say 7 a.m." The constable opined that he was only " half-drunk " and declined the responsibility of his keep. The outraged citizen announces his determination to report the facts to head-quarte s ! The Waitaki County Council have this season paid for 7943 sparrows' eggs. The largest collect on by one boy was 1000, for which he received 15s. For last month £34 14s lOd was paid for small birds eggs, and during last year 100,000 eggs were collected. In a case at Dunedin where the defendant had advanced money for a flaxmill plant and paid the labour, securing himself by a joint brand of his own and the borrower's initials, Mr Eawson, E.M., yesterday ruled that a partnership existed. Judgment was given for £25 wages, with costs £8 ss. The Post's Palmerston correspondent says: — The iUanawatu I-oad Board have fully determined not to contribute towards the cost of erecting the bridge over the Oroua river, which the Manawatu County Council is bent upon constructing and forcing the Board to participate in the cost. The Board threaten that if made to pay any share of the cost they will erect a tollgate on the bridge, and so raise the amount of their contribution. The Licensing Act, which gives Justices power to issue orders to hotelkeepers for bidding them to sell to a prohibited person auy liquor during the period of prohibition, has, we believe, been often evaded by the prohibited person piocuring a friend to get liquor for him. Anyone who, with a knowledge of such prohibition, supplies a prohibited person with liquor is liable on conviction to be fined £5. We think it is most wrong for anyone to assist a prohibited person to evade the Act, and we are glad to learn that it is the intention of the police to prosecute any person who shall give, sell, purchase or procure, any liquor for or on behalf of any person or for his use. The Earl of Jersey, the new Governor of the colony of New South Wales was warm'y welcomed on his arrival at Sydney on Thursday, and was sworn in at once In the Novomoskoysky district of Poland an investigation is being made into a cruel mistake committed by the Governorgeneral of Warsaw — Gurko. A sergeant was murdered, and a young officer, named Perloff, was suspected, tried, and condemned to death. His father, who is a Moscow millionaire and a tea merchant, informed of fhe occurrence, telegraphed offering 200,000 roubles bail if a respite were granted for one week, but General Gurko ordered the immediate execution of the sentence, which was carried out. * Jewish woman came the next day and accused her husband of the crime, his motive being jealously, as he suspected the murdered man of criminal relations with her. The husband has, it appears confessed. The Tzar demands a detailed repart. Unhappy Board. No sooner is one action settled than another commences the Post says : — A writ has been issued to-day against the Manawatu Eoad Board, at the instance of Mr E. J. Armstrong, late Engineer to the Board, for £199 10s, for engineering work done while in the service of the. Board. The Herald reports the following conversation overheard at Chavannes :—Wanganui Man : " What will you take ? " Interesting Foreigner: "I vill take a drop of Contradiction" WV.: "Contradiction! What on earth do you mean ?" 1.F. : "Veil, you put in ze whisky to make it strong, ze water to to make it weak, ze lemon to make it sour, and ze sugar to make it sweet. Den you say, 'Here's to you !' and you take it yourself 1 I consider I am one little bit miscellaneous. The Cash C'earing Sale of Jobberns & Co. Bankrupt Stock by Boss * 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. Boss <fc Saxijford.