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Manawatu Herald, 25 February 1892, Page 2

As the B.s. Queen of the South was entering the bar this morning she ran ashore on the south spit. Her position ia not dangerous and it is expected she will float oil with thiß evening's tide. Mr J. R. Tripe, surgeon<.dentist will visit Foxton on 12th March. Mr Nixon has left for his annual holiday and Mr Mathias ia relieving him. A few of our business men, who regularly use the Qneen of the South, made a hurried visit to the bar to notice the positilion of tho vessel, their interest being quickened by having cargo on board uninsured. The officials of the Town Band are preparing for a concert to be given at the Publio Hall on St. Patrick's day. Mauy amateurs are rendering assistance, and a sileasant finish up to the regatta may be ooked for. The prioes of admission to the conoert have been fixed at 2s and Is, and to the dance afterwards at 2s. The proceede are to be used to defray the expense of the new instruments, and therefore there should be a capital attendance at the concerti The officers connected with the Public Works Department, stationed at Palmerston, have been removed to Hunterville. Messrs Stevens & Gorton's sale at Palraerston is advertised to-day. Levin is to have sale yards, Meßsrs Stevens & Gorton having scoured a site, upon wbiehjto ereot them, in that township* Mr Morrison is about starting hackling in this township, and has scoured a pieoe ef land on which to ereot his shed, near Mr Rutherford's mill. The libel case of Hutchison v. Ballance oame before ths Chief Justice in Chambers on Tuesday morning on a motion to amend the pleas. An order was made directing the defendant to file a more explicit statement of defenoe as to his connection with the Wanganui Herald newspaper, and the plea which gave Mr E. M. Smith as the authority for the allegation that defendant had signed a paper to support the Payment of Members Bill was struck out as being irrevelant to the aotionThe opposition to Mr Balfour's Irish Local Government Bill is rapidly abating. The English Government are oofident that they will carry their principal measures. The Tory party have £59,000 in hand with whioh to oonduot the London County Council eleotions. The Liberals are responding to the exertions of the other party. Messrs W. & G. Turnbull and Co. ha^e lodged a petition in the Supreme Court to have Arthur Winton Brown declared a bankrupt on the following grounds: — 1. That he has left the Colony with intent to defeat or delay his creditors. 2. That being out of the Colony he has remained out. of the Colony with a like intent. The Chief Justice in Chambers on Tuesday, upon the appjioation of Mr Gully ,« who appeared in support of W. <Sr G. Turnbull and Co.'s " petition; adjudicated Arthur Winton Brown, ex-Mayor of Wellington, a bonkru.pt. , . , ......•• We are informed, says the Post, that the Flour Millers* Association met at Timaru last Thursday, aad decided that the prioe of flour should not be reduced, and it still remains at £12 f.o.b. Mr James Carrol,,M.H.B., has accepted a seat in: thß Executive Council as native representative at a salary of £400 per annum ; but while drawing his salary Mr Carroll does not receive the honorarium as member for the Hast Coast Native District. The remains of the 180, British sailors who, during the Crimean war, died and wer« buried at Beioos; on the Upper Bosphorus, were, on Dec. 39, disinterred and removed to the cemetery at Scutari. Her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires, Mr Fane, with* the staff «f the Embassy, and the officers of her Majesty's ahipa Imogene and Cooka. trioa were present in uniform. The Sultan, who desired to honour the memory of those who had fallen in defending his country, was repmenteS by three aidei.de-oamp, and a battalion of troops, with the band and oolotks, rendered military honours. A short funeral address was delivered by the Embassy chaplain, and the remains, endosed in two large oases, having been consigned to the earth, three volleys were fired over the grave by twenty men from the British ships.

Meßsrs Boss and Sandford, of the Bon Marchd, elsewhere direct.the attention of cash purchasers of general drapery to the advantages to be secured by making their selections during the present olearing sale at the Bon March*. The goods being disposed of are all fresh and new, and the difference between present prices and ordi. nary prices is considerab'e. A large quantity of stock has already been disposed of, bat there still remains a good choice < f thorough bargains in Cotton Stuff, Dress pieces and Remnants, also Calicoes, Sheetings, Shirtings, Flannellettes, and House - hold Drapery, * while Mantles, •Millinery, Dystplaaits^pdSunsha^esar^ being disposed of at nominal prices to affect a complete clearance/ " *

Oar first shipment of new goods for the Autumn aid Winter Season have now come to hand by the latest mail steamers and are ready for inspection at Te Aro House, Wellington. We have no hesitation in saving that the selection for the present season is without exception the best, largest and most varied we have ever previously been able to show at Te Aro House, Wellington. Our display of new Dress Fabrics for Autumn and Winter wear is really superb and manifests the good taste and judgment exorcised by our British, FreDch and Continental buyers. Ladies requiring patterns of'thete should intimate their wishes to James Smith, Te Aro Hou*e, Wellington. Patterns of these and new dress fabrics and charts for self-measurement will be forwarded free by post on application. We would 'earnestly advise ladies to make an early selection and to secure the advantage ; of getting their dresses made in good time in the season in our celebrated dressmaking rooms at Te Aro House, Wellingtod. All orders will be carefully exeouted, finished in the latest style and forwarded without delay from Te Aro House, Wellington. .