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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 15 August 1891, Page 2

There appears to be a good demand tor stsunoh trap horses in this district. We have had many enquiries as to where they could be obtained. Tuesday night Is drawing qlose and the excitement in connection with the Dramatic Club's entertainment is being felt-^-by the performers — and we hope by the public, Elsewhere we give a sketch of the plot, Lambing is pretty general throughout the Carnarvon and Sandon districts, and reports ara very- favourable, Certainly the weather la. . We heard 1 of a purchase made of a very line line in lambs in wool, at ten shillings and sixpence a head, last week. Everywhere there is a cry of scarcity of feed, the many frosts having upset the oaN ou'atlons of the farmers. Heatherlea way it is said/, the feed has never been so short. . Our mail coach propiietor adopted a new plan in our Thursday's issue to obtain passengers, as he advertised that members of the Horowhenua County Council would be charged one shilling extra ! There is nothing like opposition so that the members may perhaps insist in using his coaoh in spite of his threats to make them pay more for it. We hope they will, as we should see more of them than we do, which would go a long way to smooth down any little irritation that geems dominant just now. The funeral of the late Mrs Cummerfield took place on Thursday afternoon, a large number on foot, on horseback, and In conveyances, followed the o-ir« tege to the cemetery. The Rev. James Duncan performed the burial service and previous to commencing,, addressed a few words stating the number of years that he-had known the deoeased lady, and of the kindly interest all had felt in her welfare, arid the strong belief he felt in her having gone to a better land. Mr Mitohell brought under our notice . a case&f lukeinasheep at Moutoa. The ewe a strong and apparently healthy one, died suddenly and on being opened, the liver ; was 'found qui{e destroyed. Mr Mitchell say# that an old book he has on sheep ajates that these animals are very subject te fluke/if fed upon strong rank grass, and that there is no outward sign of their suffering from it except it may be a dullness ia the rfye. Oats we learnt at Sanson have an upward tendency, settlers wanting an increase of twopence a bushel. We are informed that at the last Pa'merston stobk sale, a seller dispose I of some throe year old bullocks, not fat, at £C 10s. He had a lot of cows in as well, and after picking out what he considered fit for freezing sold the balance for £4 a head. We notice that Messrs Stevens and Gorton report that they have an unsatisfied demand for cattle. . . A meeting: of those who have promised to support a medical man is convened for Thursday evening next at Whyte's hotel. The Hawera Star says :— From two separate sources we hear of hawks chasing young lambs about and buffeting them to death. One day last week a strong lamb apparently more than a week old, was seen running half dazed aoross a paddock near Noraanby with no less than four hawks swooping down' upon it every few Seconds, and no doubt it soon succumbed tojtheir attackd. Since then another observer saw two hawks hovering over and striking at a lamb. Wei foresaw that now the New Zealand hawks had found out that they could hunt and kill hares as they now do persistently, they wou;d not be long in discovering that lambs were much more helpless and more easily procured quarry. Mr Buiok, mother of the member for Wairau, died at Oamaru on August 12. She was 67 years of age. Captain Edwin states that there is every sign and probability of heavy easterly weather on the Queensland and New South Wales ooasts, and also strong indications of heavy gales from ttje northward in this Colony between midnight of the 15th and midnight of the 17ihV,tHe wind changing towards the west. The barometer, the captain states, -wi'l be lower between the 16th and the 17th, and if .the Aurora Australia., is^ observed in the Southern parts of the obuntry the reading may be unusually low. Sixteen hundred Thames engineersiiave struck beoause work was sent from Sa* mndas. Mr Billena, the photographer will visit Foxton next Saturday, and remain till the following Wednesday. Geoi'ge.Greiga, the young man. who pleaded guilty to having stolen an overomt from the dressing room of the Skating Rink last month, appeared before the Justices on Wednesday afternoon in Wellington. Mr Maginn^ty, the • chairman, said that the Probation Officer's report was anythingbut favourable towards the accused; . who had served five years in an industrial school, but which' apparently had had no good effect. From the report it wou'd appear that the accused was 1 steeped in crime. He was then sentenced to bo imprisoned for, one month with hard labour. Messrs T. G. Macarthy and W. M. Maskell were the other Justices on the Bench. PERSONS OF DELICATE CONSTITUTION, who ate obliged to abstain from ordinary Coffeei should try Crease's Tabaxacusi or Dandelion Coffee, which is recommended by medical authorities as a very valuable beverage for persons who suffer from weak digestion, flatulency, and nervousness. Sold in llb'and ilb tins. Is tins.

Look at the prices of our Surplus Sttfck in the Mantle Department. Ladies C oth Jackets reduced to 6/11; 8/6 and 12/6. Cloth Dolmans reduced to 7/6, 12/6 and 15/6. These are fully one half the usual price at the Sale of Surplus Winter Stock. Te Aro House, Wei ington. Look at the prices. Ladies Cloth Palitots, reduced to 12/6, 18/6 and'2o/- Ladies Slad: Jackets i'ed.uced to 6/9, 7/6 and 10/6. Wonderful bargains thdse 1 at the Bala of Surplus Winter Stock, Te Aro Hoifse; Wellington. Look at the prices. Ladies Sealette Jackets, reduced to 22/6, 29/6 and 35/6. Ladies Tweed Ulsters, reduced to 6/11, 8/9 and 12/6. '^^rments like these canonly be obtained at these bargain prices at the Sale of Surplus Winter Stock, Te Aro House, Welington.