Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, DEC. 29, 1891.

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

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, DEC. 29, 1891.

We have to thank the honorary seoretary of the Bangitikei Racing Club for a complimentary ticket for their meeting oil the first and second of January. Tr c opening of the Shannon Church on Saturday was very successful, the effort made resulting in the Church standing free of debt, with a little in hand towards the paintin ■. There was no picnic, the weather not being sufficiently enticing. The tea was well attended, as was also the meeting, over which Mr McCullo h of Otaki, presided. About forty v:sitors went U'om Foxton. The Canterbury Times' Christmas number is a very interesting one, being fu 1 of short stories, some entered for competition, others oulled from the English papers. Ihe ordinary news is also given in full. The proprietors have evidently spared no trouble to make the issue attractive to their readers. The competition stories are to be decided by the vote of the readers, but no restriction to the " one reader one vote " seems to be insisted upon. The Colonel won the Maiden Steeplechase at the Auckland meeting.

Mr T. P. Williams suffered from the ga'e, a chimney in the house having been blown down. The gale has made havoc in Mr Ehodes' garden, as a'so with some trees at Mr Gower's, and amongst some plant 6in Mr Gibson's garden. Apples wro plentifully shed in all the orchards. We think that tho wind was almost equa', for a time, to the Hydrabad gale some twelve years ago. The Maoris celebrated Christmas by a scratch race meeting at Himitangi. There was not a large gathering, as the notices exhibited in the windows of the stores was the work of some amateur in the copying press line, and the particulars were far from di tinct. However, a pleasant outing was the. result of those who did go. Mr James Symons' mare hurt herself in one of the races and had to be shot. The Eeturning Officer notifies the election of Mr Startup as a Borough Councillor Mr Guerin has a house and a few acres of land to let. Mr Shearman, clerk at the Bank of Australasia has resigned his position. He has wisely decided that a Bank offers no decent opportunities to a young man. It would be well if more of our young men had as much sense. In this district many of the settlers sons have given the Battles a trial <md found they are wanting in that whioh calls forth the true energy of a man. We therefore congratulate Mr Shearman on his decision, though we shall regret his leaving the district. He has always been attentive to his duties. Boxing day morning started with misty showers, but with alao a dark and threatening sky. The oracles who declared for rain were mistaken as about 11 o'clock the sun shone brightly and the rain disappeared. In the evening the clouds rolled up very black, and the glass fell very suddenly, and between 9 and 10 heavy rain fell accompanied by one of the hardest gales we have had this year, though it is nearly out. Mr Carter's many friends will be glad to learn that he is enjoying his trip to the Old Country very much, and atthie time should be in the district in Cornwall where he was born. To show how advisable it would be if an effort was made to ereot two or three small cottages on the sea beach, we may mentiou that we have already had two or three enquiries as to when the cottage we men~ tioned the other day would be disengaged^ There appears some chance of the bar of the river shifting to its old site nearly opposite the pilot's house, as we are informed that a considerable opening is being made at the south spit. It would be of much advantage to the shipping if this did come about. On Thursday last tremendous heat was experienced throughout New South Wales. At Wilcannia, 583 miles N.W. of Sydney, the thermometer registered 170 in the shade. The great heat is proving disastrous to the c opa and grass. Bush tires are raging in some parts. There is a water famine at Bourke, and the Government have made arrangements with the South Australian authorities to despatch water trains immediately. The N.Z. Times remarks that there is a lot of room for improvement in the starting as well as in the luncheon arrangements of the Manawatu Baoing Club' 3 races on Saturday. At the Hawke's Bay Bace meeting on Saturday MeEsrs Baker & Co.'s Lochnigar, carrying eight atone, secured the Welter Handicap of 50 fovs. The firm had a share of the £14 4s dividend. A man named Charles Neville whilst out boating in the Wei ington harbour on Christmas Day, landed at Orongorongo, and took shelter with his mates under a rock. A heavy mass of rock came down without warning and struck Neville on the back, seriously injuring his spine. He was taken by the s.s. Mana to the hospital. What men will do at election times. Mr McLean, the Government nominee for Wellington, declared himself the other overling, an out and out, Home Ruler! Everyone has a right to change his opinions, but it is not long ago, when the same Mr McLean attended an Auti Home Bnle meeting and seconded a very strong resolution. His reasons for the change would be very interesting. Meßers McMillan Bhodes & Co., offer a reward for a lost horse. Strephon, a horse lately the property of Mr John Busßell, won the two hack races at the Manawatu Racing Club meeting. The totalisator arrangements at the Manawatu Races on Saturday gave great dissatisfaction, says the Times, and there were many investors who were unable to get their money on the machine in each race. The Education Board have withdrawn the notice to leave given to Mr H. Von Blaramberg. The Times reports that at 6 o'clock in the evening of Saturday last, Mr James P. Bryant was found lying unconscious on the Fitzherbert road, opposite Mr Honore's residence, having evidently been thrown from his horse on whioh he was returning home from the races. Efforts to restore consciousness were unavailing, and he died at 9 o'clock. An inquest was held on Monday when the jury brought in a verdict that the deceased met bis death by accident ly falling off his horse. Mr Hawkins who had been ailing for the past ten days, died at 1.15. p.m. on Boxing Day and was buried on Sunday. The deceased was an old Colonist and was a quiet and unassuming man, and made therefore many friends. He kept a boarding house next the Bank of New Zealand, but times had not been favourable to him. and we regret to learn that his widow and family are left without anything. Mr Stansell has interested himself and secured a fair amount, which will bs devoted to paying the burial expences and the doctor's fees. Mr Hawkins claimed to be one of the seconds of Tom Sayers in his first prize fight. A correspondent writes to ask if we could explain the reason the public were not allowed a delivery of their letters on Boxing Day evening after it had been advertised in the paper, and had also been posted up at the local post and telegraph office that the office would be open from 7 to 8 p.m. for the transaction of post and telegraph business. He writes that a great many people were dissappointed, and people from the country, after coming several miles, had to return without their letters. ' A lady's hack is advertised for sale.