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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 3 March 1891, Page 2

Mr Brabant expects to be relieved by Major Tuke, so that at Court to-morrow a change will be noticed in the ocoupant of the Bench. Mr Brabant has a month or six weeks leave, and intends visiting Rotorua for the benefit; of his health. Next Friday, at Mr J. B. Pascal's residence, at Awahuri, Messrs Stevens and Gorton will sell by auction, without reserve, the whole of the valuable and well n ssorted furniture. Luncheon will be provided at 1 p.m. Tenders are invited up to noon on Saturday for cutting and carting green flax for the Papakiri mill. On Thursday Messrs Stevens and Gorton held a very large sale of sheep at Palmer ston, amongst which will be found many Hawke's Bay bred. " Spectator " Bays that Mr C. Brewer sold the Somnus — Antelope hack mare Minnie, after the first day's races at the Egmont meeting, to Mr Horseman, of Auc land, the price mentioned beng £100. Owing to the late insertion of some ad* n¥ti§effl«uts, vr« wevs unable to call speatel tHtfWOH ** them !« «m ! I»h«j {«nne. w '

Wilson has for sale 250 young cross-bred Lincoln ewes, and a few well bred Hampshire Down ewes. These latter are the sheep for early and fat heavy lambs. A meeting of those interested in holding a Regatta and Water Sports on Si-. Patrick's Day was held last evening. Mr Curtis was voted to the chair, and cad the advertisement from Manawatit Her..ld convening meeting, when it was deck" ed that the above be he d. Messrs Cook, Cowles, and Potter were elected a committee to canvass the the town for subscriptions A further meeting will be held on Friday evening when a programme will be arranged, and a working committee formed. Mr McCloskey has purchased the business of Mr Startup, carried on under the direction of Mr A. James, who is leaving here in a few days for Sydney. During his stay in this town Mr J\nies has won the goodwill of everyone by his att ntion and civility, and all will hope the change he is making will be to his advantage. Mr McCloskey has been unfortunately placed in the past, as he arrived after Mr Levien had established himself, and also 'had anything but suitable premises. Wo have no doubt that now having secured a !first class site, he will, as he is also very obliging and attentive, obtain a very fair business. In the race card issued by Mr A. G. Brett, of the Egmont Racing Club, the following appeared under the heading of Notices :- '! Owners are cautioned that their jockeys must be clean and decently dressed. Any jockey presenting himself at the scales in dirty or disorderly apparel will not be allowed to ride " Dr Bernheim, of Paris, claims to have effected wonderful cures in tuberculosis by transfusion of goat's blood. A squared kauri log, identified as one of those shipped by the missing barque Kentish Lass from Hokianga to Sydney last June, has been found washed up near Hokianga. A petition to the Governor in favour of a commutation of the sentence of death on the women Flanagan was signed by several leading residents of Lyttelton on Friday The ground of the petition is that in the opinion of the petitioners the claims of justice would be met and society sufficiently protected if their sentence were changed to imprisonment for life. To some minds it becomes very exciting, esp.' cially if they are suffering from thirst, to watch a number of people drinking, even if its only make-belief. A visitor from the country attended the Hall on Saturday evening, and the Wake scene fetched him. On the stage men and women wore imbibing " lashings of beer " and he apparently earnestly desired to be there. He was seated near the door, but as the fact dawned upon him that " liquor was about," he crept further towards the stage, until at last he made one bold march forward up to the footlights, and steadied himself with one hand, whilst with the other pointed to the largest jug, and made a mute appeal for a drink. Mr Dobson appeared quickly from the wings, and taking our dry friend by the arm, led him most carefully to his seat, as far removed from temptation as possible. Before the scene was ended, the desire to be about that engaging spot was too much, and up he jumped and hurried towards the stage. Half-way his progress was stayed by the stalwart form of Policeman Gillespie, who, without words, but with decided action, placed him safely outside the building. Of course it may not have been the desire for drink, but that the action arose simply from some defect in his vision that made it necessary to approach so near, to see the action on the stage. A little learning is a dangerous thing — for the proprietors of the Automatic machines. A Wellington correspondent to a Southern paper thus describes an instance : — I wonder if the proprietors of the various penny weighing machines fondly imagine that they reoeive all they earn. I once thought that it was " above reproach," but the other day as tl c scale of the machine fell the scales fell from my eyes. Two very small boys, evidently members of the " upper class," mounted upon the machine together and dropped in one penny. The indicator flew round and showed the oombined weight of the two. " Now you jump off and see where it'll go," said the elder boy. The indicator of course moved to a smaller weight, and by subtracting this from the original amount the first boy's weight was obtained, " all for one penny !" and — the loss of a little integrity. A trial consignment of eggs has been made from Canada to London. The McKinley tariff will cripple or orush the i rade hitherto carried on in this product with the United States, and investigation has shown that from September to March the English market can take all the eggs Canada can send. The demand is always increasing, and although supplies from France, Italy, and Austria have also increased of late years, prices have not fallen. The tendency is still upward. The result of the trial has been 10s per 120 eggs. The top price for the finest eggs on offer on same day was 11s and 11s 3d. The Canadian consignment reached the market in as good condition as many consignments from Normanby. In the summer prices range down to 8s 9d, in the winter they attain a very substantial figure. Cool storage and good packiug are the essential points. The Lathyrus sylvestris is not the only fodder plant that is capable of growing in dry sandy places, nor is it the only useful plant that will grow in sand. Baron Von Mueller, in his valuable book, " Select Extra-tropical Plant'," mentions many varieties of grasses, shrubs, and trees that will grow on the most dry and barren sea shores, and which he thinks are very well adapted for Australia and New Zealand. He mentions, amongst them, the Lavandula stoechas, or topped lavender, and says :— " This shrub can be utilised for oil distillation and other purposes. Mr James > Dickinson, of Port Arlington, Victoria, in forms us that this is the best plant known to him for staying sand. Every seed i which falls germinates, so that around each bush every stroke of the spade brings up lots of seedlings fit for transplantation. In mild regions it is five months m fu'l flower annually, coming into bloom early. Bees are passionately fond of the neotar of the flowers. Mr Diokenson oaloulates that a ton of the finest flavoured honey can be obtained annually from an acre of this lavender." Considering that the ordinary lavender plant will yield for the fir.-t sea<> son's growth in Australia something like 401 bof oil per acre of plants and that this oil is worth 5Gs per lb, the Lavandula Stoechas might be more valuable than a fodder plant. A young and beautiful Hungarian maiden, an orphan without means, but well educated, and with domestic tendencies, has been seeking a "partner for life" with the help of advertisements in several of the Californian papers. The answers were to be directed to Paris, and thither at least a dozen eligible offers were speedily on their way. To each gentleman came a shy acceptance, accompanied by an exquisite photograph and a request for a remittance by way of travelling expenses. Some £300 were netted by this adroit pwimllo, and the ! would-be bridegrooms are left mourning ' &nd \n mortal terroif t?f Uieiv mum* it-ana.

The Cash C earing Sale of Jobberns & Co. Bankrupt Stock by Eoss & Sandford, in Main Street, Foxton is still proceeding with unabated inter -st. Cash purchasers of Drapery & Clothing are invited to pay an early visit of inspection. Eoss & Sandfobd. To-morrow we invite special attention to the remarkably cheap lots in our dress department at Te Aro House, those who will throng that counter and make their selections from the array of bargains displayed will have every reason to be thankful for the institution of " The Fair." To morrow we shall offer dress lengths of French cashmeres in several beautiful shades of the new greens at 25s for 12s 6d, dress lengths of the fashionable coloured mohairs at 15s for 10s 6d and dress lengths of black grenadines reduced to 5s lid at " The Fair " Te Aro House. To-morrow we shall sell full dress lengths of the following double width material, viz : — Delairns at 9s lid for 6s lid. Escarte at 12s 6d for 8s lid. Beiges at 16s 6d for 10s 6d, Knicker Tweeds at 21s for 12s 6d. Striped Cashmeres at 16s 6d and Figured Sittings at 21s 6d for 15 9d at " The Fair " Te Aro House. Tomorrow we shall show dress lengths of summer mohairs, reduced from 5s Gd to 2s lid summer checks reduced from 7s 6d to 3s lid, summer flakes reduced from 8s Gd •to 4s lid summer tweeds reduced from 12s to 6s 6d at " The Fair " Te Aro House. To-morrow we have resolved to clear out all our Bemnants of Black Satins, Coloured Satins, Black Silks, Coloured Silks, Black Silk Velvets, Coloured Silk Velvets and all drees fabrics at ha f price at " The Fair,"