Manamatu Herald. SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1891,

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 27 June 1891, Page 2

Manamatu Herald. SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1891,

Next Wednesday the usual sitting of tho R.M, Court will be held,

"the Foxton Borough Council will not meet till Monday week, when a very inter-, esting, and we beljove, useful meeting will bo held. The water supp'y committee is expected to i.vport, and there will be the Library business to consider,

The ..artisans owp oypd ,by the. -railway,, have now completed the' weighbridge nt tho wharf, and dii-eotly the rajis aro laid it wilj. . be ready fdr use; It will be felt a great advantage- by all purchasers of materials in bulk. ■.-.,-. . . . ; The Bailway Commjapionevs aro now having a very neat and siibotnntifil packet fence erected on the boundary of iheirpro*. perty abutting on tho Main-street. sj; We notice that the Corporation men; are now .forming. crossings over ths Majn-sireet at ceita v points. • Mr Ahem hns on hand a new dray for Mr -B. Coley, for carrying green flax Tx> >nib this load the dray is extra long, Rotlie seven feet eight inches, a d has very strong guard irons for tying the slippery' load fast, it appears just tin* veliiole for thn work, and to save the i-oada will have iUe inch tiros. ; . ' ' The 'ooal agents for tho 4.M.P. Society, Messrs Thynn' 1 . Linton A 00. have posted to the sbarehplde s their boil r oerlifloates for tho past' year. To those who have been: I insured, a Jew years, the I'oversionary Bonuses' are extremely satisfactory, in most instances the sutus placed to credit being as much or more than tho insured ,said in cash for premiums. It id no wonder that this Society is so popular. . _, A deep interest is felt among Primitive" Methodists on the question of thrtMestablishment of a separate order of/Evangelists, the acceptance or rejection . of which will have to be .decided at the English Conference which meets at Northampton during the present month. , , The Bible-class meeting in" Mayfie'd-, Grove, Primitive Methodist Chapel. Nottingham, claims to be the largest "in England. There are 1122 members abqvp. seventeen years of age on the roll. The' class has a benevolent fund, a sick fund, a temperance society, a brass band, and a Recreation, club connected with it. In 1860. M, and Mme.de Gasparin ,1W: ■feUta ftourfe^ 'f^fi%i JVaud)i an Evangelical school for sick nurses. ;lle>'< cently ; Mme. Gaspa.rin has acquired ; the estate on which the school is situate, and has endowed the institution. She has also, established'/dn a working basis a. Bathing, Home at Yverden,. at' which poor invalids 1 may have .the benefit of medicinal jyate'i'swithbht charge: The aggregate 1 sum i expended < on ' these benefactio"na is 872^500 francs.- ..:-.-.' /■:•_., •■. .-. ; -■ I<l -.- The principal pictnre in the May number of the British Workman is a speaking' ! esson on the temperance crusade. A ' black African: is earnestly addressing amissionary who has a copy of the scripture in his hand,, saying" Send us more Bibles and no firewater. ;. ' ! ;

In the Taff.Vale Wales) distriot a plebiscite on the liquor traffic has beeti taken, Bhowi'ng:Bo to 97$ per cent, in favor of 'fitting the people decide the number of' lioenses to be grahted; and' from 68 to 75^; in favor of total prohibition: •; - . '■'■'

Petersen & Co., of Chriatcharoh, have constructed a< silver epergne, with, cradle nttnehed, to be presented to the Hon. J. 6. Ward by the telegraphists pif the 1 six' principal towns, in commemoration' of - his having a sod born during his term of office;

: A batch of 200 shearers forßockliampton vifve shipped , by the s.s. Waihora from Dunedin on Wednesday. ' . Numbers, of others join at Lyttelton and' WenTngton. Mr Scott, wlio was engaging the men,, had to refuse many.

No application was received for the position of lirad teacher at Ohau at a sa'ary of £100 a year by the Wellington Educat on Board. , f , , , ,

The memorial statue of the late Mr Jame3 Macnndrow is in the shape oV 4 tnarblo bust life si Be and a half, i It, haa been executed, by Mesavs Greorgo Manrb &bd BOM 1H theiy studio at Canovft, - Thie hka>

In Thursday's Issue of the Palmerston Standard there appeared a paragraph about the starting of a carpet faotory in thig town. , Particular referenoe was^made as to the site antlthe owners of it. " We hope it ma,y be tru«, but it hardly appears likely to be, as no om» in town has met, such a person in search of a site, and the owners of the land referred to, know nothing about it.

... ?i l i/|<M/J n y R . ft magnificent instance, of vert tapeism is furnishsd In connection with the recent discovery of a human skeleton in the Puhipuhi Forest. 'An Inquest was held, when the medical evidence proyed that death had occurred at least 20 years and posslbly-SO years before. The lnijuisiv tion and other papers were duly forwarded to t! c Jnsiloe^ epartment ?iu» Wei inßton, but 'Cttivned beoftuse not iacontpanied by the usual oertifloate of the cause of death, It .wdbldreqnire. a" clever matf to tunii«h tWfr. jj . - ,

The We llngton Lnnd Board has granted leave to Mr P. Mangan to out firewood on the unsold seotlons In Levin township npon the üßiml conditions,

Tho WiplUngton Education Board postponed deciding upon the Manakau School Gonimmeg's application for £15 for a shelter §he<l and £6 for fencing.

On Wednesday at Auokland an ejarthw : qwalve oodavteA just before 11 o'clock. The shook was accompanied by : a distinctly peroeptiblo rumble, Those who timed the B)ioqkbtato hat there were two earthquakes — onq slight • and the other , immediate y fol owing rather more severe, Nearly every building in town vibrated more cv les»;wlth the shook. Qujte large. numQers of people complained of headache, or nausea, after : the shock, i The shock caused the new Custom housebuildings to osoUate rather violent y, but the only damage .done was a rent in the',qej}ing. ( of ;; ih? building in the Purvey Depnvtment. Very Htfce damaije was caused in town hy the, earthquake, the injuries to the buildings njoscaffeoted heing chiefly oonfinod to falls of plastor at Cql 'ins Bros 1 establishment, Police Barracks; the Newtown Savings' Bank, &q. In, the .New 2[ea^nd ( lnB i piaqoe.OQ, > 8 Victoria Arcade a lar/re pate, glass window, of. FaraveKs,' barber, was fiactiived throughout in various ■ directions. The shook was felt at Otahuhu, wljero the public schools, were dismissed throufth the ehakinK of: the building; At, Waiuku, . I funtley, Hantflton, and . i Cambridge there, was a preat rush of Maoris out' of t^ecN^im Vands Court. Singular to W;nJ;3iotmm the earthquake was not felt. At Rag an the Natives heard a loud report out at sea^ whloh gave rise-to the. conjecture (hat* submarine .explosion had taken place oil .the coast. .'Tlvaißhock:, was also felt up , the Northern AVairoa and. at Wanganui.

Mw Jlosa # .Sandford, of the Bon llarche, Pajmerstbn. North, state that in. Co ODial i ßHd.impor.tel- F annels, Blankets and Rugs they, hold a' very large stook, and the values.are not surpassed in this Colony. They . respeotf ally request their numerous qu>toniers to. send for price lists of Blankets and Huge and patterns oi Flannels. Colonial Flannels from. ls. per yard at the Bon MarchtS. Boss & Sandford, Pa'merston North, Direct Importers.

ITamlet — '• Tho air bites shrewdly ; is very cold. • ...-.■ Horatio— lt is a nipping and an eager air rtiy.Lord.?' ; Hamlet, Scene 4, Act 1.

As in the time of Royal Dane and Courtly Horatio so of late, to use a very common ; on t the. weather taas. been .""bitterly oo d," For the present wintry season there >have been imported thousands of yards 'of the )>e3t Flannels and bales upon bales 'of. excellent Blankets atTe Aro House, WeJ- v Jington. Of Flannels wo have at present a stock "of about 20,000 (twenty thousand) yards in JilLthe. beat .English, ami .Colonial, makes, ;in v^Vhite,'; Shetland, Orkney Scariet and Fancy "colors, and "tile prices range from 9sd to .83 per yard at, I p Ap House, Wellington. ' ■ .'<:.'•-..'..•'..>

ll e .ii'o. noted> thvougliout the Province for the excellent value we give in Flannel?, so, tha( customers may rely on getting their orders cxcoiited most advantageo'usy at Te Arp lion*?, AYe lington. , . Our n«ual stock" of blankets Is between COO and 700 pairs, in both the Best English and Colonial manes, WB buy at lirst hand in the English markets, from the very best manufacturers an 1 at the lowest cosh prices, and our Colonial-Blankets are picked with great care from the best mills. We are thus able! to. soil .our Blankets chedpor than nine-tenths of tho trade in tho colony can do. • \ Our prices range froni Gs " lid to 50s per pair ot'Te'Aro J louse, Wellington. • As / brdera sometimes gome addressed to hands in our employ, and delay is therefore* caused, we would notify that a 1 orders and busin?s3. letters should be addressed on'y to James Smith, Te Aro House, Wei ington.

PERSONS GEDELIOA.TE CONSTITUTION, who are obliged to abstain from' prdihAvy Coflee, should t.ry Crease's TabaxJL^o^^DkNPEupu^ Cpj*«Bji '^vbi«^i is. recommended T>y "htetlicat "a"t»th ; oHfies as a very, valuable beverage for persons, yirho suffer ■from wak digestion, flatulency, and nervousness. Sold in lib and £lb tins, Is tins. : '- ■■• ■'■_.' '■ ■■'■■'*>' :

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