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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 29 September 1891, Page 2

Advertising pays, arid we confidently refer to the Borough Council for an endorsement of the fact. The tenders opened on Monday, for the pound an 1 old pound site only, just makes a difference in the receipts for the three years of £36 9s in favour of the Borough. Mr Alexander Maddonald is having a i large dwelling house erected on tlie property he has purchased near Shannon, lately owned Messrs Palmerson and Scott. Mr James Oliver was to have left London by the s.s. Tongariro, and may therefore be expected here early in November. He is accompanied by his wife and sister. Mr Frederick Andrews wi'l not leave for the colony till January. Some of our settlers who have been specu'ating in Native lands within the Horowhenua Block, will receive the intelligence that Parliament, in its last hours, inserted a clause in the very much abreviated Native Land Bill, preventing any alienation of that Block til the end of next session, with much surprise and vexation. We have heard of one gentleman who has a cash deposit of £100 out upon this venture. It would pay better in sheep. We notice that our old settler, Mr D. Hughey, is still busy in land dealing, as he has sold out of his property at Ashurst, and is going to build on his farm at Pohangina. Reports mention that the Hon.B. Seddon intends to take up his residence in Palmerston. Our readers will be glad to know that the talented Payne family have secured the Hall for the 31st Ootober. Direot'y prices fall in London for hemp, buyers in Wellington get very fastidious as to quality, and lately they have been playing " high jinks " with the fibre sent from this port. Four or five of our prominent millers left by coach this morning for Wellington with the intention of showing the (l expert " a wrinkle. We hope to see them all safe home again, but it depends chiefly on the fighting weight of the said " expei-t." We notice that " Spectator " got off his jiocount of the Foxton Racing Club's dinner in the last number of the Referee. A very healthy rivalry c ists between the Canterbury Times and the Weekly Press, and both papers are constantly publishing polite references made of either of them The Times has ol se upon five columns of clippings from the various newspapers, remarking on its enlarged and improved appearance. The public are large gainers. Last week Miss Duncan' received an autograph letter from Dr Barnardo, thanking her for the amount she had collected towards the Silver Wedding Fund. We may remark that this fund is being kept open to the close of the year. To»morrow is the first clay of the Foxton School examination. Taking the rainfall for the last year at the four principal stations, Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin had more than the previous year, but Canterbury had very much less. The Mercury has been great-y enlarged. This paper is well patronised by advertisers and appears to be running on satisfactory lines. It is very well printed and must be a formidable rival to the Advocate. There is a rumour that Shannon will shortly be connected by telephone with Foxton. Eariy this next month the Woodville Examiner is going to be published daily: We wish the proprietor success in his enterprise. "Oh! what a surprise." The cablegrams solemnly assure us that Marie Wilt the singer, jumped from a fourth storey window in Vienna, and was killed. When v/ill their clamour cease? Mr Parnell and his party are appealing to the Irish throughout the world for money to assist the evicted tenants. A banquet is to be given in London at the Junior Carlton Club by the colonists and leading engineers to Mr Eddy, Chief Commissioner of the New South Wales Railways, who is on a visit to England. In London an interim injunction has been granted to restrain the publication of a handbill issued by the Union, requesting carpenters to avoid certaiu jobs, pending the settlement of the striko. Some wonderful stories about the Russian famine come to hand. The last is that peasants of Nijni Novgorod, are eating their children. The inhabitants of whole villages in the province of Astrakhan are dying of want. A sharp frost was experienced here on Sunday and Monday mornings, cutting all potatoes down to the ground. The apple blossoms are in many casos hurt and discoloured by the frost. The ranges have a good capping of snow. Mr Burke announces that he has taken charge of the boats whioh Mr Hillary owns, and trusts, by civility and attention, to receive the same support that was accorded to Mr Hillary. Captain Mair has secured the house lately occupied by Mr Jenks, and will reside here until he erects his dwelling house on his run. Yesterday morning Daniel Donovan was fined 5s and costs 2s for being drunk on Saturday evening. John Jones, who failed to appear, had his bail of 20s estreated, for being drunk on Sunday. The Committee appointed to open tenders for the various reserves met yesterday nt 2 p.m., when the following tenders were opened : — For Pound, B. Spelman, £5 a year. Cemetery—^. Howjin, -£4 a year. F!ax--C. Austin, 10.?. Section 488— H. Coley, 35s per year ; John Ahem, 32s fid. Section 250— j. McGill, £5 a year; C. Austin, £o; J. Rutherford. £7 3s. The tenders of Messrs Spelman for pound, J. Rutherford for section 250, H. Coley for sfictiou 488, C. Austin for flax, and S. Houan for the cemetery reserve were accepted.

Our member. Mr J. G. Wilson, has returned to his ittmS a* Balls. The Press sa>'s that Messrs lt&rae>oh and Loughrey, late Public Trust Commissioners are not satisfied with the £3 3s a day votect by parliament, and have made up their imrictf to sue the Qoyernmant for payment at tne rate of £10 10s a day. What about Mr Maedonald '! Sorely he is entitled to the same amount of remuneration as the others, whether £3 3s or £10 10s a day. Tender close on Friday for clearing 60 Stores of scrub for the Messrs Barber Bros. Messrs Ross a; JfeWraßD, the Bon Marche, aye now showing their first shipments <<f new Spring and Summer Goods ex " s.s. Rimutaka and lone." 46 cases and packages ar > already to hand for the present season, and a. highly attractive display of ne.".v goods is now on view at their well known establishment, The Square, Palmerston North, of which they respectfully irivite the inspection of the residents of this di trict. THREE CENTURIES frgver. rolled by since Bacon said " Coffee comforfe<b the brain and heart, and helpeth digestion ; Use Cbease'p A. 1. Coffer. Sold only in lib and 21b tins. The appearance both externally and internally of our widely known Family Drapery Warehouse is now extremely brillant. With the advent of the Spring Season come an entire change" Of Fashions. The dark, sombre tints of winter ai'e flow 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 im^ mense 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 description of Spring and Summer Dress Fabrics, consisting of Jacquard Beiges, natural Homespuns, Art Diagonals, French Corduroy, French and Scotch Chirids, Saxony Suitings, Camel Hair Tweeds, Jacquard Vigoreaux, Twilled and Plain Beiges, French Delaines, Printed Bengalines and Foulards, Floral and Striped Bengalims, Silk Grenadines, Summer Serges and Foules, &c, &c, at Te Aro House, Wellington. The colors of the new Dress Fabrics 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 post free on application to our only address, James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington. THERE IS ONE THING every house wife should know, and that is that Hercules Baking Powder is the best. Why ? It is the cheapest because the Best for makng breads, pastry, cakes, puddings,'scones, &c. Beautifully light and wholesome, in Gd and Is tins. From all grocers.