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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 11 April 1891, Page 2

Sir George Grey's election has been gazetted. Martial ardour has entered the breasts of many of our townsmen, and they purpose taking all necessary steps to form a Volunteer Corps. Two or three gentlemen have been talked of as oaptain. Footballers must roll up to practise if they hope to do anything. At the match with Bangitikei, Foxton could, on their own ground, raise only 13 men. With regard to potatoes growing on the stalks of the plant as well as below ground, we are assured by Joe Tos that he has seen them like this at times in the gardens of the Chinese, when they have had too much water. It was a matter of surprise to those who watched the regatta the other day, that the Committee had selected two judges. At the start the judges neve even surprised, but that lasted no longer than the first race. A gun had to be fired to announce to the first boat that " its course was run," and the firing of that gun almost answered in a similar manner fur the judge. Why two prominent citizens, notable for heighth and breadth should have been selected for this dangerous post has yet to be explained. The gun was o'd, was dirty, was rusty, and the firing of the piece was just a question which went " off," the gun or the judge. So serious was the position, that the judges decided only one should use the weapon, thi refore allowing him to get more accustomed to its vagaries. These "forlorn hopers " as the boats neared the post, bade each other a solemn farewell, an 1 then one left for cover, which he carefully kept until the explosion assured him one more danger was past, when he gazed forth, anxious as to which he would see, the gun, or the judge. Those who have to do with firearms should assure themselves that they are clean before they incautiously accept them to use. , / Messrs McMillan, Rhodes & Co. haye 1 /sold the Soho hemp-mill to Hopkirk Bros., ,ata price which has not been allowed to. transpire, but which must have been mutually satisfactory. This mill was advertised for sale in our columns a short time ago, and which led the buyers to make enquiries concerning it. This mill has been constantly at work since the date it was erected, and the quality of the fibre has been of the highest grade. It is something to hear of a hemp-mill being sold as a going concern, without the intervention of creditors. The purchasers, it is satisfactory to know, are experienced flaxdressers. On Monday tenders for gravelling have to be in. On Monday the Salvation Army indulge in their little fling. When the Oreti arrived at New Plymouth from Wellington on Wednesday evening it was discovered a mad woman was on board, and that her name was Sarah Ann Durant, a resident in Wellington, who had stowed herself on board the steamer. When discovered on the passage a great deal of excitement was caused, as the woman tried to throw herself overboard. She took her clothes and boots off and threw them overboard, and did many mad acts, so the captain ordered her to be confined below. On arriving there a constab'e was sent for, and he had great difficulty in bringing the woman to New Plymouth. She was charged at the Police Court with being a lunatic, and was remanded for medical examination. The well known boxer, Harry Laing, and a man named William Noble were remanded at Wanganui for seven days for the alleged robbery of £200 from Joseph Abbott, on Sunday night, at Upokongaro. Bail was allowed in £200 each, and two sureties of £100 each. A Gazette extraordinary, issued on Monday night, contains a proclamation that Parliament stands prorogued from the 9th of this month to the 27th. It is stated, says the Herald that the Government intend to complete the Wood-ville-Eketahuna line, and that £40,000 wi 1 be put on the estimates for that purpose. The Americans go in for big things, and one of the largest is a big cheese, the biggest ever seen in the locality where it was manufactured, and probably the largest ever made in the United States. The cheese factory at East Otta is oredited with having made tl is monster cheese, which measured five feet in diameter and was 39 inohes high. Its weight was something like 400lbs, and fully 88,0001bs of milk were used in its manufacture. It was expected that this huge cheese would be of prime quality, as the pasturage on which the cows fed had been abundant, and the milk was unusually rich. To cure it thoroughly would take at least a month. The cheese was made special y for a grocery house in Cincinati. Mr A. J. Hadfield in a letter to the Manawatu Times writes : — From long experience in sheep and cattle farming in New Zealand, and for the greater part in the district between Bangitikei and Wellington, I am convinced that the majority of the diseases existing in stock in such districts are the offspring of a damp climate and a soil too overcharged with water, intensified too often in the case of sheep by their mismanagement. The remedy for the disease is not in ignoring them, but in ascertaining their nature and counteracting their causes as far as possible ; and if Farmers' Clubs were established at convenie t centres it would lead to the promotion of knowledge of practical farming, and wel'managed farms with healthy stock would no longer be the exception. The news of the wreck of the British sohooner-yacht Nyanza (says the Auckland Star), in the Carolina Islands, has already been received here. It may be of interest to recall the fact that the Naynza was the yacht in which Mr B. L. Stevenson, the noted novelist, made one of his cruises, through the Pacific in order to gain material for further volumes of travel and fiction. The yacht was a fine three masted schooner of 247 tons, and sailed from England last in July 1887, for the Pacific. She cam 6 out by way of Maderia and the Azores, calling at South American ports, and then cruising up through the Marquesas Group Thence she visited Tahiti, Samoa, Fiji, and New Caledonia. On this last cruise of hers she went up to the Caroline Islands, and thare was totally j wrecked on a coral reef at Ponape recently. A Spanish man-o'-war rescued her pasMQgers and orow. Mr Dewar, the owner K nd bio vrlfo were on board.

The Messrs Robinson caution trespassers about shooting over their property. Further additions are advertised for the Bui's sale. The s.s. Rowena arrived yesterday. She has been lately purchased by Mr J. M. Cleland, of Wellington, with the intention of running her to this and other ports. Captain Lambert commands her. The Bowena is 74 tons register, and has been more especially fitted for passenger accommodation. Her saloon is a comfortable and large cabin, and 20 berths can be made up. Off the saloon is a convenient ladies' cakin, and on the corresponding side of the companion, is the pantry. Bight aft is the second class cabin, which will accommodate 13 passengers. The steamer draws seven feet six inches when in light trim and eight feet two inches heavily loaded. She can carry seventy tons of cargo. Her last port of call waß Wellington, but she brings a nearly full cargo of flour from Timaru. She is loading timber for Oamaru. No agent has as yet been appointed for her at Foxton, It is felt that owing to the bad character of the men who were lynched at New Orleans, and the circumstances which gave rise to the outrage, that the incident only requires the recognition of the principal of international justice. Only two of the men concerned were Italian subjects, and both of them escaped. It is rumoured that Italy and the United States will refer the difficulty with regard to the New Orleans lynching outrage to arbitration. Messrs Ross and Sandford, The Bon Marche, Palmerston N., beg to announce the arrival and opening up of their first Direct Shipments of New Goods for the Autumn Season, Comprising Latest Novelties in Ulsters, Mantles, Cloaks, Dress Goods and Millinery. The whole Embracing the Handsomest, choice on this Coast. They respectfully invite the Inspection of purchasers. Boss and Sandford, The Bon Marche, Falmerston N. For the seasonable, the attractive, the fascinating in material, shapes, styles, and the very latest fashions and novelties just to hand per steamer Bimutaka, ladies should not fail to embrace the opportunity now offered, and pay a visit to the mantle department, at Te Aro House. We are now showing some marvellous " creations " in ladies' sealette jackets, and specially note the following : — " The Melba," with deep beaver facing, high Fife collar, which can be worn in four distinct ways, and at prices ranging from 3 to 6 guineas ; " The Bamsay," faced with nutria fur, reversible collar, cord ornaments, latest styles, from 2 to 4 guineas, at Te Aro House. An exceedingly handsome garment in " The Douglas " sealette jacket, faced with Persian lamb and real astraohan, high reversible medici collar, lined silk throughout, from 2& to 5 guineas. An equally charming sealette jaoket is " The Isle of Wight," with deep facing and collar of pure squirrel fur, price 5 guineas, at Te Aro House. In plush, seal, plushettes, and sealette jackets we have an immense variety. A liner assortment was never yet shown in the colony. The new stock is larger, better selected, and more complete than we have ever previously been able to exhibit, and we are sure that any lady requiring the latest fashions in jackets of every description, ulsters, macintoshes, fur-lined cloaks, travelling wraps, &c, will find everything desirable now on view, at Te Aro House. — A DVT.