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Manawatu Herald, 24 March 1892, Page 2

His Honor Judge Richmond has just decided that the Manawatu Eailway Company must in the matter of return tiokets always conform to the soale in force on the Masterton line. This is a very important ruling both to the Company and those who use the line.

The Wellington District Hospital Board has made a requisition of £14,400 to enlarge the hospital. The Horowhenua Council are oalled on for £88(5 1 They had better have joined with their northern neighbours.

The Shannon ratepayers in the Wirikino Boad Board have determined to form a separate Road District. Mr Lind suggested tho division of the old district into two wards, but was not successful. The ratepayers will have to be very careful how they proceed or they will incur a lot of expense without reaping any advantage.

Nominations for the Foxton fiacing Club's meeting must be in by 0 p.m tonight.

To-morrow evening the Sports Committee meet at the Manawatu Hotel at eight o'clock.

To-night the Salvation Army have a coffee supper and entertainment at the hall. The 12 Hallelujah Lasses Band will perform appropriate selections. The entertainment is both cheap and good and will doubtles be well patronised.

Dr Vaughan, who succeeds Cardinal Manning as Archbishop of Westminster, is the eldest son of the late LieutenantColonel Vaughan. He was born in 1832 and was educated at Stony hurst College and in Rome. He was elected Bishop of Salford in 1872. Bishop Vaughn, who has acquired a considerable reputation as a preacher, has published several pamphlets, and is proprietor of the Tablet newspaper and of the Dublin Review.

In the Observer libel action at Auckland Brigham v. Kelly, the jury awarded the plaintiff the full amount of damages olaimed, viz., £200. Costs were allowed on the lowest scale.

Judgment was given by the Chief Justice on Monday morning in a case which has considerable interest for building contractors, and indeed the pub'.io generally, says the Post. Mr Edwards, a builder, of Palmerston North, lately sued, a Mr Ireland, of the same place, for the recovery of a sum of money for work done. At the trial the facts were admitted by the defendant, a special oase being stated for the decision of the Judge. The facts were that the plain* tiff had contracted to effect certain alterations to a building owned' by the defendant. Some of the work had been completed a fire occurred which destroyed not only the original building but also the additions then in progress. No progress payments had been made at the time the fire occurred, neither had the architect given his certificate, nor was the new bnilding insured by the builder. The questions for his Honour "to decide were (1) whether the plaintiff was entitled to recover on a building destroyed in course of erection, and (2) whether the defendant was excused from carrying out his contract to pay the plaintiff. His Honour replied to the first question in the negative, and to the second in the affirmative, holding that the contract on the defendant's part could not be fulfilled, inasmuch as there was now no old building to which additions could be made.

The port of Lyttelton is the busiest in the colony just now. The Christohurch Press says : — " Xhe port is at present looking better than it has done for many a long month, and for some time to come will oontinue to improve in appearance. The many grain ships that for the past few weeks have been heading for Lyttelton from all parts of the world are steadily arriving, and as they fill up the vacant berths at the wharves they are giving the inner harbor a very presentable appearance. There are now moored to the Gladstone Pier as fine a lot of cargo vessels as one could wish to see. If things continue to go on as at present the spectacle that used to be witnessed years ago of ships lying two abreast at the pier will again be seen dining the present grain season. ' Still they come ' may fairly be said of the grain ships that are now arriving from all parts of ths world. . For some time past scarcely a day has gone by without a ship or a barque being signalled, and on some days two and even three deep-sea vessels have pit in an appearance."

Visitors to the Palmerston races yesterday complain of the state of the " Correct Card." Owing to the late hour whioh acceptances were received, the cards were filled up with the whole of the nominations, and when the fields started the numbers we considerably reduced and therefore the horse-cloths and the Totalisator numbers did not correspond with those on the oard. This caused much confusion and surely might be avoided for the future.

The attendance at the Palmerston races was not large The racing was good and the running of the horse Entry was somewhat of a revelation. The largest dividend was obtained in the first race."

To-morrow Messrs Stevens & Gorton hold their stook sale at Feilding.

The Palmerston sale of Messrs Stevens & Gorton will be held next Tuesday.

The Bangitikei Advocate of Saturday has the following :— On account of extreme pressure of other business engagements Mr R. B. MoKenzie has found it impossible to adequately attend to his duties as a member of the Palmerston North Hospital Board, and he has decided to send in his resignation as a member of that body, Mr McKenzie's resignation will be reoeived with general regret, but he is to be commended for the high sense of duty he has displayed in retiring from, an honourable position for suoh motives.

The School Committee met yesterday morning at Mr Bay's offioe. Messrß Thynne (ohairman), Bay (secretary), Little, Spelman, and Walsh were present. Mr Bay and the chairman explained what had been done daring Mr Sanson's visit. The Committee decided to vote for Messrs Carson and Fry as members of the Board. Mr Gibson was to be asked to audit the committee's accounts, and if he agreed his name was to be submitted to the Board. The shelter shed is to be filled in to level of bottom plates. All the places broken in the soil by the swings and turntables are to be filled in and gravelled. The swings are to be put in first-olasa order. The Committee have determined to do their .best to win scholars to the school, and if unsuccessful in this way intend to compel them by the strong arm of the law.

We regret to learn that diphtheria has broken out again, one or two of Mr Murray's children having been attacked.

The well in the main street was supposed to have been completed the other day but the sand silted up the bottom quite two feet. The contractor, yesterday, removed this and has had some large gravel thrown in to try and step a recurrence of the mischief.

In Victoria, the Governor, upon the advice of the Cabinet, has suspended the Railway Commissioners on the ground of inefficiency and mismanagement.

During the last few days days Taranaki has been invaded by bees, whioh mnst, people think, have been driven in from the bush by fire. The bee is what is termed the wild bee. Fruiterers 1 and grocers' shops have been attacked by the insects in their quest for food. The majority of the fruit shops in town have been attacked, and in many instances the beea have invaded private houses : — Herald. •

The following is from the Brunner News : — The Chinese are proverbially cute over money matters. A number of them the other day booked at a certain station for Greymouth ; between them they carried a comrade on a stretcher, whom they carefully deposited on the floor of the carriage, taking the precaution to have him well covered over. The guard made inquires respecting the invalid. " Oh, him welly sick, welly sick," they replied in chorus ; but the hard-hearted guard felt a bit dubious on the subject, and on lifting the cover, instead of finding a "welly sick Chinaman," he discovered he was a " welly dead one "—a corpse in fact I There is a speoial charge made for carrying corpses by rail, and this particular instance it amounted probably to about thirty shillings.

Our first shipment of new goods for the Autumn and 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 Continental buyers. Ladies requiring patterns of these should intimate their wishes to James Smith, Te Aro Rouse, Wellington.

Patterns of these and new dress fabrics and oharts 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 trill be carefully executed, finished in the latest style and forwarded without delay from Te Aro House, Wellington. Messrs Rosa and Sandford, of the Bon Marchd, elsewhere direot the attention of cash purchasers of general drapery to the advantages to be secured by making their selections during the present clearing sale at the Bon March 6. The goods being disposed of are all fresh and pew, and the difference between present prices and ordinary prices is considerable. 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'-ca, and Sunshades are being disposed of at nominal prices to effect a complete clearance.