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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 24 September 1891, Page 2

llv Hull, the Sheep Inspector, wa^ at the Sartdon sfclc and impressed upon tho setllers the necessity of resuscitating the rabbit society, or otherwise he would have to put men op. to destroy the rabbits. It would be cheaper for tie settlers to manage the business for themselves. Messrs Stevens & Gorton's sa'e at Sandon on Tuesday was ft great success, nearly every line being disposed of at satisfactory rate?. Wethers realised 17s Id a head and hoggets l;ls fid. Mr Lind ia making preparation.") to start his hemp mill at Shannon next week. This will ; c a help to the Shannon ferry as he obtains his supply of green flat from the Motoa Estate. The Counties Act Amendment Bill has been rejected by the Legis ative Council by If. to 10. Mr H. D. Bell is being urged to allow himself to be nominated for the Mayoralty of Wellington. Bad critics. At the close of Little Lord Fauntleroy on Monday evening two small boys were heard discussing the performance. One of them said it was about the very worst play he had ever seen bar , and the wretch had the audacity to mention the piece so successfully carried out by our own amateurs. What next ? In this issue our new grocer, Mr E. Perreau, has an opening notice. He has started in the centre shop of the old Tram Sheds, and has a very good display of all new goods. We understand his business will be carried on the strictly cash basis, he bftlieving customers would prefer paying elevenpence in cash to having the same a- tide booked at fourteen pence. I An accident happened yesterday afternoon to Messrs McMillan. Rhodes & Oo.'s trap when it was on its way to Paiaka. The road line, laid out by a clever District Engineer, in days gone by, runs along the top of a high s&ndridge just along the frontage of Mr Thynne's property, and itwas here, unfortunately, that the horse " jibbed " and backed himself, and necessariiy the contents of the trap, down the hi I. Fortunately, young Wall*, the driver, got assistance, and got the horse clear, but he had to go to town to get help to get the trap on the road again. We do not think very much damage has been done. The accident may be the means of some decided steps being taken to have this portion of the road properly formed. We have urged it fivque tly on the Borough, but the present and late Mayors, are past masters in the art of delay, and nothing has been done. Some lioyal person has to be damaged, in the Old Country, before anything is ever reformed, and as now a member of the Borough Council has had practi 1 cal evidence of the unsafe nature of this road, something may be done The road, dangerous as it is, is being daily used, and but a very small outlay would make the road convenient and safe. We hope, at the next meeting ot the Council, to hear more about it. Mr Frank Robinson, is having eighty acres broken up on his farm at Carnarvon, Messrs Thompson & Co. , of the Paiaka hemp mills, want a good cook to take a contract for two mills. There if. trouble over Mr Hatch's sea lskin venture. It appears that owing to the Customs having intimated that they would seize any skind arriving in the Colony after the closing of the season on the 31st ultimo, an I Mr Hatch's ketch Gratitude coming after that date, the skius had been deposited at Stewart Island until the intentions of the Customs were ascertained. Some men of the party have now, it is alleged, removed about 300 of the skins, valued at £1000, and converted the proC3eds to their own use. A lady doctor who has a large practice in the West End attended Princess Christian for a nervous affection. The Northampton people will perpetuate the memory of Mr Bradlaugh by erecting a statue an£ building a Bradlaugh Hall. In one of the American weeklies a con. troversy has been raging as to the expediency of choosing definitely a song to be accepted as the National Anthem. Several yotes have been in favour of " We Won't Go Home Till Morning.'' Mr E. B. Pilcher, of Oamaru, has in his I possession a copy of the Auckland Times of 13th October, 1842, printed on a mangle This is two months earlier than the date of the paper the Governor presented to the Auckland Free Library. During the sealing trip at the Aucklands, Mellish, headsman of the Gratitude's party, found the headless body of a man, fully dressed, and in a good state of preservation, [ lying on his back on the sandy shore at North Havbo'ir, just above high water mark. He wore sea boots, reaching to the knee, large socks of Scotch grey wool, corded serge trousers, pilot cloth vest, cardigan jacket, woollen shirt, striped, white and black. Mellish searched the pockets, but found nothing to lead to positive identification, only a piece of bees wax, a round bootlace, and a comb. ,The body is that of a tall, powerful man, very hairy, of ginger colour. ( The fo! owing from the Hawke's Bay Herald will be of interest to sporting men : — The litigation in which the Napier Park Racing Club and Cap am Russell were engaged has at last been settled by the Court of Appeal in favour of Captain Russell. The circumstances were peculiar. Captain Russell had a horse called Van Dieman which ran at one of the Club's meetings, and fmis ed first in a hack race, a horse named Vesper, owned by Mr Gooseman, coming in second. The Stake 3 were paid over to Captain Russell. .Subsequently the owner of Vesper protected ngninst the winner on the ground that the animal was entered for the Wauganui D;'rby at the time the hack race was won, and tho stewards upheld the protest, calling upon Captain Russell to refund the stakes. This he refused to do, alleging ha,'.\ law and equity in support of )\\a refusal, and litigation resulted which was continued into the Appeal Court. Oa Friday a decision was given in Captain Russell's favrjr and Captain Russell at once wired to the secretary of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Cob stating that after deducting legal expenses he would hand over the ba auca to th-j fund for .distressed jockeys.

A communication has been received at Sydney from Baron Hirsch to the effect that he is sending an agent to inspect the Mallee country, with a view to establishing colonies oi Russian Jews there. It is repo ted that a large number of Boers at Pretoria are preparing to trek into Damaralßiid. If they do it is pretty safe to expact that they will very soon trek out of it again. General Booth has stated in Melbourne that he received most advantageous offers of land for his colony in South Africa, and was almost tempted to close with them or the spot, but he thought it best to enquire in the colonies before coming to a final dcci ion. He has als > received a hearty invitation from South America, but prefers to establish his colonies in some part of the British dominions* Messrs Ross & Saxcfoijo, of the Bon Marches are now showing their first shipments of new Spring and Summer Goods ex " s.s. Rimutaka and lonic." 46 cases and packages aro already to hand for the present season, and a highly attractive display of new goods is now on view at their ieil known establishment, The Square, Palmerston North, of which they respectfully invite the inspection of the residents of this di trict. THREE CENTURIES have rolled by since Bacon said " Coffee comforteth the brain and heart, and helpeth digestion ; Use CnK\«E's A. 1. Coffek. Sold only in l ; b and 21b tins. The appearance both externally and internally of our widely known Family Drapery Warehouse is now extremely bril--1 ant. With the advent of the Spring Season come an entire change of Fashions. The dark, sombre tints of winter are now completely effaced by the light, cheerful, beautiful new colors that distinguish the present season's fashions at Te Aro House, Wellington. An advantage to customers not possessed by any sma'l traders anywhere is the immense range of choice in every description of Fabric and Fashions to be always seen at Te Aro House, Wellington. Visitors to our Warehouse will view with wonderment our vast piles of every doscription of Spring and Summer Dress Fabrics, consisting of Jacquard Beiges, natural Homespuns, Art Diagonels, French Corduroy, French and Scotch Chirids, Saxony Suitings, Camel Hair Tweeds, Jacquard Vigoreaux, Twilled and Plain Bei . es, French Delaines, Printed Bengalines and Foulards, Floral and Striped Bengalin s, Silk Grenadines, Summer Serges and Foules, Ac, & r e, at Te Aro House, Wellington. The colors of the new Dress Fabrios are principally Grey, Grey-Blue Lavender, Cornflour Blue, and the most delicate tints of Dove and Fawn, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Patterns of our new Dress Fabrics with self-measurement chart, will be forwarded uost free on application to our only address, lames Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington.