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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 6 February 1892, Page 2

The report of the meeting of the Shannon ratepayers, appearing in our last issue, was taken from the Manawatu Times, and was inadvertently unaoknowledged. We understand that the Levin vote was in favour of merging the Boad Boards into the County. The judge of the Assessment Court notifies that he has fixed Wednesday, the 2nd. of March, as the date for bearing objeotions to the valuation list of the Borough of Foxton. The Sandon Racing Club have issued a very inviting programme for their annual meeting on the 17th of March. There are seven events with a prize list amounting to £915 On Thursday afternoon this district was visited with a heavy rainfall. The sky, previous to the rain falling, was intensely black towards the north east, and the smoke which was in the a!r was so banked down that at a quarter to four it was as dark as it usua ly is at eight in the evening, and candles w«re necessary to see about thehoase. It brightened up again about; five. A Borough Councillor is wanted— by tho Borough, not by the police. Who i* to be the coming man ! We hope there will be some interest taken in securing a representative who will be a oredit to the town. Mr Joseph Gray, of Sandon, says tho Post, is repc.rted to have sold 403 bags of this season's wheat to local millers at 4s per bushel. A correspondent informs the N. Z. Time* that the tenderers for the construction of the Te Aro Railway section are Messrs Oronin, McGrath, Carmiohael anl -'oni, Lambert, S. Brown, D. Gil on And Price. ' The, lowest tender is about f 5600, the others beiner £6800, £7050, £7300, 17620, £8000 and £1701, there or thereabout?. The men Middleton and McGuire who encaped from Milford Sounds, are to be sent

. Baron Hirsch ia favourable to the estab- tt lifltiment of a Jewish colony in Western _•_ Australia, provided he is assured that it : t will be countenanced by 'the Government and the people. " , w The Manawntn took away from New °* Plymouth on Tuesday 77 tons of bntter for S€ reshipment en the Doric at Lyttelton for cc London. The seconr of the test matches between hi Lord Sheffiel i's team and combined Aus- r , tralia was fir. ished at Sydney on February „ 3rd, the later again "winning, this time * l with 74 runs ;o spare. w The tweb-h- triennial session of the General Synod of me Anglican Churoh, II province of Zealand, was.oponed at _ ? ° -iock on Wednesday afternoon in the v large hall of the Board of JSduoation building, Wellington. Yesterday the children attending the * ( Church of England Sunday School were to a have had a picnic up the river, but, just as £j all were ready to start the rain commenced, tnd an adjournment was made ,to the Public Hall, where games were indulged in P until the rain had eft off. The sports H were carried out in Mr Stansell'a paddock a joining. Prizes in money and toys were ri distributed amongst the children. Mrs . Startup, the Superintendent, wishes to thank everyone who so kindly assisted to c make the outing tbe success it was, though s the rain did spoil the original programme fl There were over a hundred at the gathering. ■ The day's amusement was brought to a close with some Fakir' 3 tricks by Mr Stansell, at half past seven. V\ Mr Startup advertises a reward for the c return of a horse lost from his paddock last f; night. t( We learn that the Bowing ' lub purpose publishing a programme for their regatta, v on St. Patrick's Day, early next week. If . they want competitors from outside of the *' Club members, it is time they did, so that 11 a little practice may be indulged in. g During the thunderstorm on Thursday n afternoon, Mr Curtis, our postmaster ; was fc adjusting the telegraph wires, and had a y hand on two separate wires when a flash of , lightning struck the outside wire and gave * him a severe shock, which caused him a I good deal of inconvenience. He states I that this is the first experience he has had, ( and is not an ions for a repetition. Mr H. Webb has finished the painting of the local post office and it is needless to say that it is considerably improved in appearance. The work has been very well c done, and much taste shown in picking out c the many breaks in different colours. l An unusually violent thunderstorm « passed over Masterton on Thursday afternoon, lasting about two hours. Bain fell 1 in torrent , and the thunde at times waß \ v«ry heavy, and the lightning fearfully vivid. It is reported from Opaki that one , man was struok dead, another paralysed, ' and four horses killed. I Increased 'thermal a tivity In the Lake ' Taupo district is reported by a correspon- I dent of th^ Herald. He states that an , immense volume of steam is issuing from Kuapehu, and that Ngawaruhoi, the active , volcano on Tangariro, is hot down to its base. Services will be held eaoh Sunday at All Saints Church at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. On Thursday evening the heat, McMillan and Imrie v. Cook and Symons was rowed off. The former, who made good use of ] their lOsec allowance, won by three lengths. As McKee Hi 1 not put in an appearance, Stansell and Austin soored a bye. Ihe final will be rowed on Thursday next. _________________ ■ i