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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 4 July 1891, Page 2

Parents will be pleased to learn that the State School re-opens on Tuesday. The Borough Council meets on Monday afternoon. < Tljb Manawatu County Council's usna)^ monthly meeting will be held on Wednes-^ day at Sanson. ' > The first lamb of the sofison was noticed in Mr Gifford's paddock in i armuvou on Tuesday. ' j Mr A. S. Eftpton, who has been r ftldiuj> for some time 'with a poisoned hand, was about on Thursday afternoon, and informed'; us that he was improving aa wel as could be expected. Mr Jonson U making good progress with the 'arge stable he is erecting at Whyte'a Hotel, having all the framework np. It promises to be liuished well within the contract time. Mr Staff has almost completed the houso he is building for Mr IlonoiiS, on the Norbiton Bond, as well as another: he has in hand at Heatherlea. The sale of Laird's trees on !'■ ursdny passed off exceedingly well, there being a good attendance' arid spirited bidding. Apples ranged from eight ponce to lifleen to eighteen pence each, plums fetched two shillings, and single four year old apples two shillings and sixpence. With regard to the Minister of Lands' assertion that he had never declared in favor of Mr Pyko's Private Schools Bil , the files of both Oamavu papers have been ■ searched, and the reports show that he distinctly dec'ared in favour of that Bill in one of his election speeches. Views change after election. In the Court case on Wednesday .an amusing incident occurred. Mr : Birchley, one of the defendants, was being" crossexamined by the solicitor for, the pJaintiQ', when the plaintiff crossed the Court and whispered to his counsel. "Now Mr, Birchley, what have you done with Dolly." Mr Birchley disclaimed all knowledge. Do you mean to say that you did not sell her, Dolly or Polly, a horse you know." The witness stated he certainly did not know wha.t he nieant, and that. any horses he had went with the sale 'of the mflK No one was then satisfied and. an impression was left that " Dolly " had been in. some way mysteriously dealt with. The plaintiff had had , his suspicions aroused by somo item in an account he had seen, -and- we, are creditably informed that after Court wa3 over, another scrutiny, more careful than the first, was allowed, and " Dolly " was found not to be a high class mare, but a " trolly " for wheeling green flax along the tram in the swamp. The plaintiff invited defendant to supper after this. The new hotel at Levin was opened for business on Wednesday. There was a large gathering of Europeans and Maories. The Manager of the Manawatu Railway has led the setters at Levin to understand that he purposes shortly to erect a suitable station and to place an officer in charge, as the trade has so increased that it is one of the best paying stations on the line. The expenditure in connection with the Union Steam Ship Company's fleet now amounts to something like £60,000 per mouth. The mileage run by the Company s steamers will this year be olose upon two millions, and the actual consumption of coal will amount to over 150,000 tons.

The annual stock-taking saje at the Bon Marche, Pa merston .North, is now pn. Visitors to Falmerston are requested to inspect the bargains in every 'department. Mi linery, mantles, ulsters, household drapery, Men's and Boy's clothing, a 1 at clearing prices at the Bon Marche, Palmerston North. Boss & Sandfobd. Ham'et— ;> The air bites shrewdly ; is very co d. Horatio— lt is a nipping and an eager air my Lord." Hamlet, Scene 4, Act 1. As in the time of lloyal Dane and Courtly Horatio so of late, to use a very common expression, the weather has i been" bitUrly

co.il. For the present wintry season there I Imveb<jen imported thousands of yards of ti)e hest i ? launels and bales upon bales of excellent Blankets at Te Aro House, Weilington. Of Flanneb we have at present a stock of about 20,000 (twenty thousand) yards in fill the best English and Colonial makes, in White, Shetland, Orkney Scarlet and I Fancy colors, and the prices range from 9 id to 8a per yard at Ie Aro House, Wellington.. „...,, „-_- . ... - -;•■ ;-"■ ™c M-e noted throughout the Province roy the excellent value we give in Flannels, so that customers may rely on getting'their orders executed most advantageous y at Te Aro House, Wellington... Our usual stock °f blankets is between GOO and 700 pairs, in. both the Beet English and Colonial manes. s We buy at first haod in the English markets, from the very beVt manufacturers anil at the lowest cash pi;Jqee, nndoifcfolonial Blankets are picked wUh gi-eat care from the best mills; We fire thus able to sell our Blankets cheaper than nine-tenths of the trade in the colony can do. Our prices range from 6s lid to 60s per pair at Te Aro House. Wellington. As orders sometimes come addressed to handH in our employ, and delay ie therefore caused, wo would notify that a 1 orders.and business letters should be addressed on y to James Smith, Te Aro House, Wei ingtiuu. •