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

Mr and Mrs McLennan purpose goi:ig for a holiday to the South Island on Fii.lny. Mr F. G. Andrews' hack, Kimberley, has changed hands at the satisfactory price of seventy-five guineas. Miss E. Scott's Kimberley won the Ladies bracelet of the value of £20 at the Turakina .races, last week. The wreck of what, was, onoe the .noble " Claimant " is now Hying at a sing-song public house in Birmipgham, where he attracts customers. He is quite ready to accept a glass, and to sing a song. Somuus' daughter, Fair Helen, was third in the Trial Stakes, five and a half furlongs, run at Moonee Valley, January 17th. A marble monument to Sear] e, the champion '''sculler, is to be erected on. the bank of the Paramatta River. The plague of rats in the Lincolnshire Fens is so serious, that the f armors are paying 3d a piece for their' dead bodies. Acting Sergeant Hannah has been ap-pointed-Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at Otaki, and Clerk of the Liosnsing Committee for the distrfaf of Horowhenua. It is feared that thp French transport Annanuto, bound to Tonquin with 700 troops on board, lifts foundered in the Levant, The scuttled ship Leading Wind has been raised.. She was towed to a bji-th at the- QaeeO'Street- wharf, only .-partially pumped out, there being still 6ft cv Bft of water in her hold. Pumping is 3tiU going on. The ship will be (lisohar^ 'A and docked for examination, It may not be generally known, says the N. Z. Times, that Mr Owen, who was dismissed by the railway authorities daring the strike— one of the four at Lyttel tonhas been reinstated, and is driving an engine on the Palmerston North section. Messrs Stevens & Gorton announce their first sale for this year at Foxton!' The "entries at present number some 1700 sheep and lambs, and Mr Davidson infor.ns us that with others to come, he look* to see 3000 sheep yardel. Good entries Figures good buyers, and it is hoped that all settlers will give early intimation io Mr Davidson of the stock they will offer. Entries of cattle will also bo taken. The Herald states that Mv Heavn, who has edited the Rangitikei Advocate during the last ten or twelve years, shortly leaves for Wellington, to occupy the editorial chair of the Press. Mr Wilson, of the Napier News, has been appointed editor of the new paper, The Mercury, to hs issued in Marton about April Ist,

• The Messrs I'ockm&n ftl'e about starting ft henip 1 riiill oil the baLk of the river close to the diagonal drain, in the Moutoji estate. In a .very brief letter; Mt AridreW Johson jioiifiec! tlta« owing to private causes, he had to resign his position as Councillor As the Act takes the whole matter out oi' the hands of the Council, all the member.' could, and did do, was to express their regret at his aption. , Mr Jorison, liftsbsen A quiet, useful, member, rind it is p. pity that he has not seen his way tc assist his fellow townsmen, by remaining a member longer. From New Plymouth we learn that the boring operations at the petroleum works are going on steadily, and good indications of oil have bee'H. obtaiiied. Double shifts Will tie started next week, and the manager expects to be down to the 1000 ft level in about six weeks. The bore is now down 240 ft in sandstone strata. Oil is now seen floating on the surface of tlic water brought np from 240 f t( and better indications are being obtained every day: 'thd, Cllvistcliureli Prw says i— ifooried, the wiilnet' oi Ihe hack race in Wellington, is by Cap-a pie from Fugitive, six yearn old. Fugitive is by Anteros, from Sludge by Sledinere from Gitana. Some twelve months ago I was asked to name this animal, and I suggested Evasion which the o wrier tb'd ltiehe tfdulct Addpi; ml for soitie fetlsoh he was called Moonee instead. Fancy so well bred a horse being so little thought of in such company. A well known Wellington hairdresser had a whole ticket on this hack receiving the surprising dividend of £131. His In.". ' wa<= in striking contrast to that of the exminister of the Crown, who dropped £100 over Graclishot in tile maohitie oil the Cap ra<Je. At the meeting of the Wellington Education Board on Friday, the following business, relating to this district was determined. A grant towards the new school building at Kereru was allowed, and Miss Howan was appointed teacher. The owest tender for the erection of a school at Te Horo was accepted. The question of the selection or a sohool site at Ohau and the erection of a school at Tokomaru were left in the hands of the chairman. The sum of £15 for fencing the Shannon School was passed. Important disclosures have been made in connection with the beer and spirit trade in Queensland. An engraver has confessed to making plates of Foster's and Bass' labels, also of others, including leading brands of whisky. The methods of working up the beer, if edifying, are not over pleasant, as it was shown that in one case a lump of mer.t was thrown in the vat and left there till the beer had obtained the proper flavour. The police are instituting proceedings against those connected with the affair. A young man named William Guy was received in the Dunedin Hospital a few days ago, suffering great pain in the stomach, having received a severe thrust from a bamboo oane wielded by a Chinaman. His injuries were at first thought not to be serious, but lie became so bad that an operation became necessary, and his depositions were taken. He died on Friday evening. He was 2G years of age Two Chinamen — Ah Jam, fish hawker, and Gee Loy, vegetable hawker — have been arrested. Guy stated that while he and another man were playing with a ball it accidentally struck one of the Chinamen, who became enraged, and getting the assistance ol another man, attacked the young men, when Guy received the thrust from a bamboo rod. The New Hebrides and the 3outh seas have been a subject of conversation since Mr Watt's lecture. A gentleman, who, in his early days indulged in a little " blackl.irdiug " as labour getting is prettily designated, has informed us, that cannibalism leaves pleasant reminiscencies behind. He was engaged for a period on an island where such practices had fortunately been given up, fortunately for the inhabitants that is to say, for our informant would not provide a rich feast now, nor, should we imagine, by his build, at any earlier time. He had, in the course of his duty, to travel through the land accompanied by a native who had " improved " his way of living. However just as they were passing the outskirts of a settlement a dear little chubby native boy, about two years old was espied, and suddenly there burst from the attendant native, a great smacking of lips and regretful exclamations. He explained that a few years ago that dear little fellow would have been " collared " a slight knock would have been administered to his head, and a bread fruit placed artistically in his inside, when, after being " done " to a turn, he would have supplied a meal an epicure would have been satisfied with ! Travellers by rail may often wonder at what expense the lettered and ground glass provided in the new railway carriages cost. Our visitors attending the meeting of the Advancement of Science Association at Chris'church were initiated the other day into how it is done. As it is very simple and interesting we extract part of the report of the visit paid to the Addington workshops — The pa ty next visited the sandblast, machine, which, by the aid of a jet of sand driven out of an orifice by an airblast, grinds glass or roughens any" hard surface. The man in charge of this machine was grinding the patterned glass one sees in the skylights and smoking cars of railway carriages. The pattern, of j gelatine or even brown paper, is pasted on the glass, and the shower of sharp sand, though it cuts the smooth surface of the glass, rebounds from the softer substance, and leaves the pattern in smooth relief against the ground surface. Was it not Sir George Gvey who desired legislation to stop the sale of matches ? Yet thera are p aces in Sootland where the old' tinder, flint an 1 stell are still used for oblaiqing a light. It is said that when some visitor in a cabin in the Highlands struck a wax vesta, the dame declared 11 she wouldna ha the unoannie thing i'the hous, tak' it away from my sight." Wise old lady after all, and though dubbed antiquated, yet secured herself from many disappointments as witness the following. In this town a lady prides herself on the splendid manner, in which she can '• top oft* " her pigs, and had, nearly ready for slaughtering, two line specimens in her sty. Alas 1 her good man smo'ied, his pipe, not these pigs, no, nor ever will, they passed away, fully mourned, but not as pork and crackling, and bacon, and fry, and the many other good things pigs deve'ope into when dead. The husband, as we have said, smoked, matohes were therefore necessary to light his pipe, and on this day, ever to be remembered, he purchased one dozen of matches in paper boxes, and put them in the pocket of his coat. When he got home he inadvertent'y hung his coat on the fcnee of the sty, and then weut in to dinner He dined well, the pigs unwisely, as on turning to get his coat he found it in shreds, and the matches I missing! Those pigs had devoured the lot. They sickened and in a few days died. What a lamentable result from such a little cause. Matohes stand a ohance of being " tabooed " in that dwe'ling for the future, thus obtaining ene mow I convert tor the Knight of Kawau. '

Mr Kebbell, the Chnh'man of the HorowliSnua Comity Council drove through this morning aloiifr the riew County road from Ollau to Wivikino: This is the first trip a bupgy has made along the whole length of the road sines its comp efion. The adjourned meeting for the election of church officers, in connection with All Saints Church, is fixed for Thursday evening riext: Rotice is given by the Returning Officer, Mr Gibson, of the election for a Councillor in the room of Mr Jonson who has resigned. A watch pendant with a name on it has been found and the owner can have the same by paying expense?. The Salvation Array in New York has decided to erect a large building in that city as a memorial of the late Mrs Booth. 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 rtn ertrly visit of inspection. Kogg <ft Sandt'Olit).