Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1891.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 23 July 1891, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1891.

The annual meating of Churoh members will be held in All Saints Church" tomorrow evening. Mr El Is h • b s Id the sheep he advertis d in our Farmer's column to a purchaser who is not a subscriber to the Herald, but sti' nonage* to find what is going on from it. Yesterday, with the advertisement slip in his hand, he was inquiring the whereabouts of the sett er. An advertisement reaohea far wider than the actual circle of a paper's subscribers. The fact to note is, always to advertise for what you want, either in buying or se ling. The meeting ca'led by Mr Gardner last night was so poorly attended that he de- . ferred reading his paper. It is. to be re : gretted, after the trouble Mr Gardner must have taken, t at so few showed any interest in the matter. The country round Jerildriei N.S.W., is an immense sea. Sixtv thousand tra elling pheep have been stnok up by the floods, and it is feared they must perish. A dispute is prevailing among t*ie Party as to whether Mr Goschen or Mr Baifour should succeed to the lea ership of the House of Commons in the event of Mr' Smith resigning. A majority of the Party prefer Mr Balfour. The Austrian military authorities are testing eorasite, the new explosive, which has double the power of dynamite. The Porte is sending troops to in Ist on the release of Miss Greenfield abducted by the Khurds in Persia. The shearers are forming a camp out in the Western district of Sydney, and are active'y engaged persuading free men to desert tbeir emp' overs. Bichard Butt, soHoltor, .charged with embezzlement of moneys of the Co-opera tive Store and Bakery Tompany (Limited), appeared before the Oaraaru R.M. Court on Monday Mr Harv v, oounßel foi the Company, app'ied to have the charges; withdrawn. The police objected, but the application was entertained and the. case dismissed. 4 At the Supreme Court on Monday, before His Honor the Chief Justice, the case of the Attorney-General a d Manawatu Road' Board v. the Manawatu Bailway I'ompany, ocoupied the whole of the day. This is an action in which an injunction is sought to restrain the Company from obstructing the main road at Longburn with their railway line. It is all ged that the Company have failed to fulfil their promise to acquire land close to the present sitn of the ' station for the purpose of laying down the line; that at the present time vehicular and other' traffio ia obstructed ovinjg to shunting operations aoross the road ; and that by the present situation of the. line the flow of water from the swampy part of the> and at Longburn is retarded, to the inconvenience of the inhabitants. The Company have filed a general denial of th? allegations.— N.Z. Times. . Dr Oorke, in a speech in Limerick a short time ago, said, "I am great'y afraid the cause is lost. Are we rea'ly fit for Home Rule, and do we deserve it ? Within the last four months I have heard severa staunch and in elligent Irishmen say that, considering all that has ooou'rred in bur midst s noe the revelations of the London Divorce Court, and the strange turn that some of the Irish party and a certain section of our people have taken, preferring the interest of one man to the cause of their country, we have given both friends and foes reason to believe that we are at present utterly unfit for Home' Rule!"' '" 1 The Post a ys :— There, is an angry feeling amongst the Government Party at the scathing remarks made by the Minister for Justice when deali g.with the, Criminal Code Bill, in reference to supporters of the Government, notably Messrs Reee, P lmer, and G. Hutohison. Coming on top of the Ministerial treatment of Mr Palmer's Railway Bill, > hese remarks are taken as an addition of i- salt to injury, and it is hinted that something may be attempted ia the way of retaliation. : The s.s. Alameda arrived at Auokland < on Saturday from Sydney, after a fast trip of 3 days 17 hours. On Tuesday, Lieutenant Phi ip J. Hodges, R.N., a steerage passenger for San Franoisco, committed suicide bv jumping overboard. The ship was at the time going 14 knots, with all sails set. A strong breeze blew from the south-west, with a high sea. A boat was j lowered, but without success. After staying 20 minutes the Bteamer kept on her course. Hodges formerly belonged to H.M.S. Hyacinth, and was recently oiurt* raartialled and cashiered. He was very melancholy prior to o >mmitting suioide. The report of the Publio Accounts Com: mittee, which (on tbe. motion, of < Mr Saunders, Chairman of Committee) was read on present ition as follows :—" That the C mmittee have agreed to the following resolutions— (l) That it would be to the advantage of the publio service that the office of Public Trustee be filled by some other person than Mr Hamerton; (2) that failing Mr Hamerton's resignation, Government be requested to take proceedings to remove him from his office u der the Pubf lie Trust e Act ;. (3) that this C> mmit ee recommend thac a superannuation allowance be imde to Mr Hamerton from Ist August 1891, of the same amount as ijf he had retired from the public service ip June,, 1880, upon certificate under the Civif Serf v joe Superannuation Aot," 1882, Beptidtt % '

It is announced in the Gazette that a number of town sections in Levin will be tnld by pabio auction on the 12th of August. It seems poor economy that the sale shou'd be only announced in this manner. The Chilian insurgent steamer Itata, w ioh was surrendered to the United States cruiser Baltimore at San Diego, has given bail, the amount b ing fixed at ! 160,000 francs. By the vote of the people at Ballarat East, taken on June 26, the number of hotels it that Borough is to bo reduced from sixty-eight, the present number, to twenty eight. One thousand and tix hundred and forty votes w re polled from a roll [ 0 BSSB, and the majority fop the reduotion was 844. The annual Stock-taking sale at the Bon Mabcbe, Falmergton tforth, is now on. Visitors to Palmerston are requested to inspect the bargains in every department. Mi'linery, mantles, ulsters, household drapery, Men's and Boy's olothing. a'l at clearing prioes at the Bon Marohe, Palmerston North. Boss A Sandpsrd. Ham et— •• The air bites shrewdly ; is very co d. Horatio— lt is a nipping and an eager air my Lord." Hamlet, Scene 4, Aot 1. As in the time of Royal Dane and Courtly Horatio bo of late, to use a very common expression, the weather has been " bitterly co d." For the present wintry season there have been imported thousands of yards of the best Flannels and bales upon bales of excellent Blankets at Te Aro House, Wellington. Of Flannels we have at present a stock of about 20,000 (twenty thousand) yards in all the best English and Colonial makes, in White, Shetland, Orkney Scarlet and Fancy oolors, and the prioes range from 9|d to 3s per yard at Te Aro House, Wellington. •■••"-■•■:••" » AV e »re noted throughout the Province .for the excellent value we give in Flannels, so that customers' may rely on' getting their orders executed most advantageous y at Te Aro House; We'lington. As orders sometimes come addressed to hands in our employ, and delay is therefore caused, we would notify that a 1 orders and business letters should be addressed on'y to James{Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington. Our usual stock of blankets is between 600' and 700 pairs, in both the Best English and Colonial manes. We buy at first hand in the English markets j from the very beßt manufacturers and at the lowest cash prices, and our Colonial Blankets are pioked with great care from the best mills. We are 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.