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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 27 October 1891, Page 2

Mr Wilson, the manager of the Motoa estate, commenced shearing those fit for freezing, yesterday. After dagging, he intends to complete the shearing of the remainder.

To night the Manawatu Rowing Club hold a special general meeting to arrange for the purchase of more boats. A good attendance of members is requested.

Very likely! The Economist considers that the New Zealand Government had better waive some of its rights with regard to the Oamaru Harbour Board, and assist in bearing the loss.

The printers throughout Germany have decided to go out on strike in a fortnight unless their demand for nine hours a day is conceded.

A discovery of tich gold in the Kopanga mine, Covomandel.is reported. This mine is the property of an Eng ish company.

The N.Z. Times says,:- -The firm of Messrs K. Kennedy Macdonaid & C 0.,. »he well known auctioneers, has been converged into a joint stock company, under the Companies Act. Mr Kennedy Macdonald will act as managing director and also as its auctioneer. The reason for this change is, we understand, that it is impossib'o for the firm, Mr Macdona'd being a member of the House of Representatives, to undertake any business even indirectly c:nnected with the Government.

The Amateur Dramatic Club are endeavouring to make their performance on the 9th November to surpass their previous efforts to please. Scenery and stage effects will mark the new piece. There will also be a number of songs introduced. In one scene, one of the performers, -who is also a member of the Rowing Club, will exhibit his skill by rowing a boat across the stage, j As be has a lady passenger, we trust that! for fear of accidents he is able to swim, as I the channel in the stage is both narrow and tortuous. There is an evident deaira on the part of the Club to oater their best for the public amusement. We hope they will meet with their reward. Mr McKee, who has been driving the engine for Bredow, fTanko & Co's mill, which was unfortunately burnt down on Satuiday, has called in to explain that though when the wind was favourable, he has burnt tow, yet on the morning of the fire no tow had been put on, as the wind was in the wrong direction. He imagines the fire was occasioned by there being a match in the fibre being scutched, as he 'has at times found matches in such positions. ..:... I After the second Handicap Hardle Race ! at Wftßganni, M« Douglas, of Napier, puv ! ehHsed Wfttw bury from Mr Mofilwftfa, tor [tftife

The water bottles at the meeting o! the Wellington Harbour Board were filled with the water taken from the artesian well now being driven in the harbour at the end of the Queen's Wharf. The water, which was filtered, was beautifully clear, an-1 the fact that it had been drawn from unseen depths made the membprs anxious to sample it, which they did, one and all expressing the opinioa that it was the finest water they had ever drank.

A special meeting of the Borough Council is convened to elect a hospital delegate.

The Financial Times denounces New Zealand for taking outsiders* capital when payment of interest was hampered by the labour troubles.

As the express from Dunedin was running into the Invercargill station on Friday afternoon a youth, driving a tilted express, essayed to cross the line at Clydestreet. Being inside and a strong west wind blowing, he alleges that he did not hear the whistle. The horse and shafts were cut clean from the trap, which remained standing, while the lad scrambled out at the back. The horse was killed. Fortunately the engine did not leave the rails.

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