Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JAN. 12, 1892.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 12 January 1892, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JAN. 12, 1892.

Palmerston North has been constituted a district under the Factories Act, 1891, and Sergeant Manning has been appointed Inspector of the district. ' : A number of contractors have called to ' inspect the specifications for the various . works required by the Manawatu County Council, but they, one and all, are loud in '■ their complaints of the almost indecipherable character of the copies forwarded. Theie certainly is much room for improve- ' ment in both design and orthography. j The Government tax of 1£ per cent on '■ totalisator investments has resulted in the ' sum of £91 19s being paid into the Treasury over the recent Manawatu Summer meeting. ' A thorough y experienced engine driver , and stripper-keeper is wanted by Mr D. | Guthrie. j , A meeting of the Rifle Club is convened ' for Friday evening, to make arrangements , for a team to attend the Association's ] meeting in March. ( The Secretary of the Foxton KaoiDg i Club it in receipt of the totftltator pwmit, i

4 Fome useful furniture wil be sold after the Bale of the Racing Club privileges on 'i bursday. Messrs Loveday Bros, have an altered advertisement over the leader, referring to seasonable lines for the race meeting. The dangeia of the navigation from the centre of the town towards the Norbiton road, on which subject Cr Startup is oft times eloquent, -was practically shown the other evening, when Mr Alzdorf met with a nasty fall which has severely bruised his leg. The owner of a general store at Levin advertises the prope.ty for sale, with goodwill, stock, Ac. Mr Nye has a word in season, ahont the stoppage of the artesian wells, in a letter in another column. During" three days early in July no fewer than 10 special trains laden with strawberries from the south, passed through London and North-Western Railway Station at Crewe for Manche ter, Liverpool, and Yorkshire markets. Orer 100 trucks, all laden with this fruit, passed through Crewe. Such heavy* consignments had not been known for some years. Money-lenders in Wellington have, fortunately, a far higher reputation than in Brisbane. In Wellington it is proposed to place one in the House of Representatives, in Brisbane they examined one in a bad bankruptcy case, owing to a young man named Sheehan, having " got through " £15,000 in seven months, with this moneylender's assistance. One specific instance as related by Cohen himself, will suffice to show what went on. Sheehan gave him a promissory note for £500, for which Cohen gave him back £100 in cash. " What was the other £4uO for?" asked the examining barrister. "For interest." "For how long, Mr Cohen ?" «• One week." At Stevens and Gorton's stock sale at Palmerston last Thursday nearly 8000 sheep and 500 cattle were yarded, the former fully realising recent prices and the latter showing a slight decline. The. .Palraergfflo Hospital Board have received twelve designs for the new hospital. The mortality from the influenza epi* demic in Paris, Athens, Calais, Philadel* phid, New York, Boston, Kansas, and Memphis is very severe. Thirty thousand cases are reported in St. Louis, U.S., 10,000 in Chicago, and 50,000 in Copenhagen. In the latter instance the extreme suddenness of the attack is very marked. How they must have enjoyed themselves. From Dunedin we learn that a party of seven males and seven females have just completed a trip to the Sutherland Falls. The rain fell on four out of the six days. The Mercury's travelling reporter writing upon the flax industry got, off the following, which we shou d like to know the meaning of: — "A second lot was sent Home by Mr Harris, and Sir Dillon Bell got 18 experiment that made 18 various kinds of goods which were manufactured from the fibre. The Government of New Zealand paid the oost of the experiments. We are not in a position as yet to make known the results, as the matter is in the hands of the Government, a report of whioh will shortly appear. Messrs Stevens and Gorton, says the Times, are about to erect large and extensive premises on the seotion adjoining their present yards in Rangitikei-street, the plans and specifications for which have been prepared by Mr T. H. James, architect. The building, which will be similar to Messrs F. R. Jaokson & Co.'s premises in Wanganui, will be 60ft. by 45ft., and 30ft, high. The front portion of it will be taken up with managers' and olerks' offioes, and a farmers' reading room of considerable dimensions. In the centre will be an open way, 14ft. wide, leading into a large area, 30ft. x 24ft., which will be used as a horse emporium. On one side of the area is a gallery, capable of accommodating 120 people, and on the other side is the auotion room, .30 t. by 20ft., raised 3ft. 6in. from the ground. There will also be a hide room and a strong room in the building, whioh, when completed, will be one of the best ani most convenient of the kind to be found in the colony. Messrs Perrin and Oakley are the contractors. The present premises will be occupied Jby Messrs Barraud and Abraham. The Hawera Star states that over six tons of gooseberries have been gathered from a settler's garden at Manaia for the purpose of wine-making. The many friends of Mr George Grant, of Sandon, will be pleased to learn that he has returned to the colony, having thoroughly enjoyed his trip to the Old Country. The Committee of the Wanganui Jockey Club, at their ordinary monthly meeting, disqualified all the horses, trainers, jockeys, and owners that took part in the races held at Ca t'ecliff on Boxing Day and. New Year's Day. They also removed the' disqua ification from all the horses racing at an unauthorised meeting at Kerioi.