The London County Council.

Manawatu Herald, 12 March 1892, Page 2

The London County Council.

This body was created in 1888 and controls all that area lately wperintended by the Metropolitan Board of Works. It is what is called in administrative county in contra listinction to the County of the City of London which is non-adminis-trative. The new County have no jurisdiction over the putlic, and in ohat respect differs from other counties. The Counoil absorbs so far as rateable value is concerned, about seveneights of Middlesex, about two-thirds of Surrey and nearly one-third of Kent. The Council comprises a chair•'man,. 19 aldermen, and 118 Councillors. The term of office for aldermen is 6 years, but 10 retire every alternate 3 years. The Councillors are elected for 8 years and all retired in 1891. The new elections have just taken place. The neoessary expenditure is defrayed out of capital money raised by the . issne of Stock, and current income raised in a county rate. The Council commenced with a net capital debt of over £17,600,000, the net liab ney on the 81st March, 1891 was stated to be £17,900,000 equal to £9 8s 8d per head of the population. The Council meets weekly and receives reports from its 18 standing committees.

■_M-ilW__l>-_----B_aHMMMM We should feel particularly obliged by advertisers noting the fact tJiat the Heralu j will not be published on " hursdiy next. 1 Everyone purposes making holiday on that date and we desire to allow our employees | to participate in the fun. ] Messrs Thompson & Co, want a fly -boy, catcher, engine driver, and flaxcutter. I Mr Tripe will be in town to-day and the ] three following days. In another column the train arrange- . ments on the tram for St. Patrick's Day are advertised. ' Elsewhere will be found a letter from the Eev Mr Raine who appears to have j totally misunderstood the meaning of our , Shannon correspondent's letter. We feel quite sure that he desired in no way to speak slightingly of the religious feelings ; of Shannon residents. We learn that the average attendance at ' the State School for the present week has , been 195.6. although this may be regarded as a high average for the Foxton school and indicates a marked improvement, we hope to find the attendance better still As the sohool roll for the week was 245 the faot stands out plainly that on the average there were no less than 50 children absent every day or one in every five who might have been present. This is certainly too high a percentage of absentees. We hope and trust that parents who have children at the sohool will realize the faot and remedy it. On Monday evening all ratepayers^ and others in favour of forming a political association will meet at the Publi . Hall. Invitations have been addressed to a large number of settlers. The meeting is not a public one. The manager of the Carnarvon estate obtained a dumber of Merino rams which came by rail to Foxton thiß week, and were taken out by road. We believe it is his intention to give hia flock one cross with these sheep, Threshing i? almost completed in the Sandon and Carnarvon districts. Mr Davidson, early next week, leaves Okaua, and will superintend Mr Cobb's farm during the latter's absence in England. We are not sure whether his absence from this distriot is ony. temporary or permanent, as he owns a very fine property at Heatherlea. Anyhow, short or long, his absence will be very much missed and muoh regret will be felt at his leaving. During the many years Mr aud Mrs Davidson have been at Okaua they have been most hospitable, and their absence will create a void hard to fill. Theiv many friends will wish them all the good fortune that can come to them. Travelling down the Sanson tramway on Wednesday evening we noticed that part of the fenoing on the main road belonging to the Carnarvon estate was on fire, and the gorse hedge in the Taikorea hill paddock of the Oroua Downs estate also. In both oases the fire bad spread from the road. Mr Boyle will in a few days finish his claying contraot on the maiu road between Carnarvon and Campbelltown. It is a great improvement. During the week fires have been doing a good deal of damage. There have been' one or two fires on the Motoa estate, amongst flax again. Through setting a log on fire, which spread to other timber, Mr Thynne had his hay shed and hay burnt. By some accident a fire got into Mr Honore's orchard at Heatherlea, but only a few trees were burnt, the MessrsStaff having worked hard and stopped its spreading. We notice that someo-e connected with the leather trade has opened up in the Tram-Bbeds. Mr Fred Young, the agent of the Queen of the South, has moved into the centre of the town, and taken those onices adjoining the " Centre of Commerce." We have to thank Mr Nye for two samples of his very fine grapes. One was a bunch of the white Assyrian, a large and dccli ate fruit, the other bunch was Muscat Hamburg, a dark grape. We have a difficulty in deciding upon which which we like best. At a meeting of tbe oreditors of Benzon, " The 3u bilee Plunger," it was mentioned that the whereabouts of the debtor was unknown. A mau named Davis, of Sydney, has , sail ad from Liverpool for the United States, and wil) attempt to swim the Niagara Falls. Drought is assuming serious proportions in the west country in New •- outh Wales. Round Wilcannia it is worse than the drought of 1888, Dr Hirohfield, bacteriologist to the Brisbane hospital, has discovered the influenza bacillus in the blood of a patient. This ia the first time the bacillus of influenza has been found in Australia. Williams, who is wanted in connection with the Windsor tragedy, is believed to have been the perpetrator of the Iberia gold robbery Beveral years ago, and is identical with the mau who robbed the South African mail in 1877 and secured 5000 sovereigns. The Figaro asserts that the German Emperor has ordered the garrison at Gesler to learn to skate, in view of the possibility that their services may be required in Russia in tbe winter. Tasmanian fruit growers seem to have made very systematic arrangements for the carriage of their produoe to England. Six ships of the P. and 0. Company are to take away 100,800 caßes, and five of the Orient Company's vessels 27,650 oases, during the present season. These companies have also jointly chartered the s.s. Elderslie to carry about 38,000 oases, while two other vessels are to take 33,000 cases between them, bringing the grand total for the season to nearly 200,000 cases. The Post in a sub-leader ou Wednesday is very sarcastic re the Agent General's letter to the London Times. " Never since the memorable encounter in whioh the innooent little shepherd boy David killed the giant Goliath, has such a triumph of right over might been acheived as that of the shepherd of Westminster Chambers over the ogre of Printing House Square. Mr Perceval has used an inkpot as a aling and a goose-quill as a weapon against the giant of the press. The N. Z. Times is not forgotton as there follows:— " In the graphic and conclusive language of the great Liberal and patriotic organ, "That letter was published, and the Times will never be quoted as au authority again." It is wonderful what opinions Liberals have of each other, but it may be aB tbe Post says, and we may find the Timebeing published every morning in happy ignorance of the destruction whioh has overwhelmed it, and still as an authority by the benighted millions of the United Kingdom and the ignorant inhabitants of foreign countries. The Wanganui Herald, evidently writing under the direot inspiration of Mr Ballanoe says the Government is bound to ask Lord Glasgow " for enough appointments to »he Legislative Council to give them a working majority to carry the measures, aud the Governor is equally bound to either grant tke request or to dissolv . Parliament. '

_a_a___a__wa-_M—_-M^_^MM_H_MMa_B__— *■__■■-■ The majority of the prizes to be competed for at the Begatta wil be on view iv Mr Hamer's window tliis evening. We insert the particulars of a concert to be given on Thursday evening in aid of the Foxton Brass Band. Mr Border's supper last night was a great success, he evidently is a man possessed of many friends. The tabies will accommodate seventy or eighty person. and were filled three times. The Brass band attended and helped to enliven tbo proceedings. Great heat has been experienoed in the Broken Hill district, and the water is again exhausted. Supplies are being scut by trains. At the Mokau Coal Company meeting Mr Joll, one of the Directors, said there never was any business conducted at the Board meet ngs. There was a lot of correspondence always on the table, and when it was suggested that it had not been dealt with, Mr Brown, the Chairman, would jump up and say that he had uot time to waic. as he was « losing £5 or £10 a minute." 1 1 ! Messrs Boss and Sandford, of the Bon March., elsewhere direot the attention of cash purchasers of general drapery to the advantages to be secured by making their seleotions during the present clearing sale at the Bon March.. The goods being disposed of are all fresh and new, and the difference between present prices and ordinary prices is considerab c. A large quantity of stock has already been disposed of, but there still remains a good choice of thorough bargains in Cotton Stuff, Dress pieces and Remnants, also Calicoes, Sheetings, Shirtings, Flannellettes, and Household Drapery, while Mantles, Millinery, Dustcloa s, and Sunshades are being disposed of at nominal prices to effect a complete clearance Our first shipment of new goods for the Autumn acd 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 saying 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, French and Con-, tinental buyers. Ladieß requiring patterns of these 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 applioation. 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.