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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 6 August 1891, Page 2

The present proprietors of the Motoa estate ar,e steadily improving. The two new main drains . out will carry off the water- conducted to it by a number ot minor' drains^ which will be formed in the portion nearest to the Shannon ferry. This, land is still very wet and bas a young orop of flak Upon it. When better drained the flax will grow luxuriantly and thus a large area of -this useful raw material will be ready for the millers. We.haye,beeh infosmed that a >$ood many- Hawse's 'Bay- sheep farmers have already sold for the coming season the ewe culls of i their flookl'at what: sounds big prices. Evidently some people do not. anticipate sheep becoming much ohea.per; ' i ; ,Mr •■ Gower has' dfefiriitely made up his I mind to build at Levin, and has already: consulted a competent parson as to design and oost. It is said that the house is to be fimshedrvwithin akrmontha. -. 1£ this takes, place Mr Bernard 1 Gower will reside in the present family residence. • * Land has life in it' about .the ' town.' Mr James Robinson purchased that block of land on the left hand side of the road leftdipg to the, Wirokinoi ferry; : from ; Mr 'Gower. at. a , satisfactory figure^ , -We hear alsd^ that our oldest resident is thjnking df parting with' the larger^r.tio'n of^iis pro? perty. ■■$.* ■ ■ ' ' Mr Easton is makinglfopid progress with the much needed addition to the polioe station.. > ' ; , ; ' About two years ago pc floodgate in the Earikari drain on the Motpa estate was rendered useless by the~ foundations being undermined. - The Manager erected a dam for a time to see whether the other two old gates, on Langley'a and the Diagonal drains would be able to do the work. It soon became evident that a new flood gate would have to be put in at the Karikari, and^ome months ago Mr George Sather.ey, who had superinteiided thvereotion of the original gates, -was.*, entrusted with the erection of this, and two new ones onother drains , recently cut. This work he has now completed jn a most substantial and workmanlike manner, and to the entiro, satisfaction of Mr Wilson, the manager of the estate. An idea of the cost of this work will be gathered by a description of one of these gates. The drains at which they are plaoed, are, at tha mouth, 25 feet wide and from 10ft to 12ft deep.- The timber, consis s of heavy abutments flanking 4 large iron doors Hung so as to be self-adjusting, the two tmder doors being Bft by 10ft, and the, two top doors 6ft ibylOftv. , , . r . " 1 Fifty 'drunken Italian navvies in West Virginia plundered and burned the house of a wealthy citizen, and. killed his family, numbering seven. The populace were very much excited at the crude, and threateii"to lynch the ofjfenders. :■ . . : '! ! France has been allotted 150,000 square yards of spaoe at the Chicago Exhibition.

The Government has decided that New South Wales shall be officially represented at the Chicago Exhibition, but only a small commission will be appointed. The N.Z. Tiw»"M says :— A huge monster, supposed to be v aea serpent, was seen by the chief offico and one of the quartermasters of tbe Botomabana while the s earner was between Napier and Gfsborne on Saturday morning last. The quartermaster, Peter NelEon, was the first to discover the monster. It was then about a mile from the steamer, and it rose straight out of the water about 30ft, and then disappeared almost immediately. Afrer a short interval the serpent again rose out of the water about 30ft. It appeared to te about 60ft long, had a good sized head, and two fins like wings, about 10ft long. Its baok was black, the belly pure white, and on the last occasion it rose to the surface was only about 100 yards from the ship. Nelson has been about 25 years at sea, the chief officer has been in various parts of the world during the last 26 years, and they concur in saying that such a singular looking object never came under their notice,, and they are also certain it was not a whale. A shook of earthquake occurred in Napier about the same time as the fish was seen, and the purser suggests that its appearance may have been due .to: that cause. Another sailor on the Botomahana states that he saw a similar object oft the coast of Africa about 8 years ago. Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary'r* Foxton, on Sunday next at 8 and ll a.m.: Tenders ate invited for the erection of a house. • . _ ■ A good feeder is required for the Herrington mill. ; , • •'• Messrs Stevens and Gorton's sale of .stock at Bulls will be held next Tuesday. . ; We are glad to report that on Tuesday, i afternoon Captain Harvey was. fortunate enough to re.am the surf boat belonging to the Queen of the South, with oara., gratings, etc, and be also picked up his Bcwt. anohor. He put his steamer on the " hard " yesterday to tepair the damages to the rudder. Messrs Pascal require four steady young men for paddooking, and one boy to tie tbe stripped fibre, at their Oroua Bridge mill. Mr Glover, the well-known organiser of the New Zealand Alliance will address a public meeting in the Primitive Methodist Churoh tomorrow evening. , Mr Hamer, suooessor to Mr B. Leary, has an interesting advertisement over the leader. Yesterday Mr Nye received the following tenders for the erection, of a five-roomed house for Mr Thomas Bowe :— -Aldrjch & Proctor, £148 ss y T. Easton, £152; Speirs, £189. T. Easton's tender has been aocepted. ■;,...; At the conclusion of the case Burr v. De Bidder yesterday neither party seemed satisfied with the judgment. The plaintiff breathed threatß of taking criminal proceedings, and the defendant's solicitor was powerless to restrain the fiery indignation felt by defendant, who insisted on addressing the Magistrate, desiring a re-hearing, and uttering very dangerous opinions as to the actions of the plaintiff. Nothing eventuated, the Court was declared olosed before either party had said all they appeared to have' wished to say, Very, luokilyfor them, The unpleasant slander oase was before Judge Kett'e on Tuesday evening, on a motion for a re-hearing. The Judge granted this on condition that the plaintiff entered into a bond with sureties for the payment of the verdict, and. costß, given in the first otvs'e, ' Some boyj have found a small bag buried near where the skeleton was found on the Oroua Downs Estate, and Constable Gillespie has gone out to seoure it. The case of the Attorney-General and Mauawatu Eoad Board v. the Wellington and Manawatu Bail way Company was resumed'on Tuesday morning at the Supreme Court before His Honor the Chief Justice, says the N.Z.. Times. It was announced that a settlement had been arrived at, the Company agreeing to pay all oosts of tha action, whioh had occupied the Court for nine days, and ereot a goods shed at Longburn in accordance with a pan produced before His Honor the Chief Justice. In ad Ution the Company undertake to erect a hi.h fence round the station fo as to prevent pattle frpm being frightened by the shunting oper tions. The main road is to be diverted and the drains covered in, and ihe Company is to pay the Board a sum of £200, to enable them to oarry out certain works, The plaintiff's were represented by Messrs .Jejliooe andP aterson, .and' the defendants by Mr Travers.

In conneotion with the sale of Surplus Winter Stook, commencing on Friday, July 31st, we have had- pointed; .a ..very effeotive . Price List, copies of which we shall be most happy to forward postage free to any one desiring the same. Applications 'for these should, be \ addressed to James Smith', Te Aro House, Wellington. This Sale Price.List is unique o|4ts,kind, the paper b-ing printed on bothj sid^sY ; ; On the. one side is a most complete Hsf of -the Bargains that will be offered, and on the other side are various illustrations showing the various stages thib'uglv which Te Aro House has passed from the year 1845 up to the- present date.- This Pictorial History will no ddubt be of interest to all country settlers and will be kept by them as a memento of the Surplus .Winter Stook Sale "oi 1891,. -at Te Aro House, Wellington^-' ' >■-- One thing in connection with this sale is worthy, of special notice — All the goods are of our own direct importation, and are excellent value at even ordinary prices ; but at our greatly reduced sale prices are marvels of cheapness, and as such shou'd be, and no doubt will be, speedily purchased at the Surplus Stook Sale, Te Aro House, Wellington. The annual stock-taking sale at the Bon Mabche, Palmerston North, is now on. Visitors to Palmerston are requested to inspect the bargains in every department. 'Millinery, mantles, ulsters, household drapery, Men's and Boy's clothing, all at olearirig prices at the Bon Marche, Palmerston North. Boss & Sandfohd. : At this sale we shall have no rubbish, "no old or soiled goods, no damaged old-fash* ioned stuff,' everything is nlew,, frfesh, seasonab'e ; nor are our goods of a low priced or inferior class. We hold -that such as these may be quoted at very 10w prices.-but they" would be dear at any price. The goods we shall offer at this sale are fresh seasonable and of excellent value, and those country settlers who may pay us a visit during its continuance will get' double their moneys worth at the Surplus ; Winte* Stock Sale, Te Aro House, Wellington.