Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1892.

Manawatu Herald, 7 May 1892, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1892.

There will be services held at St. Mary's to-morrow.

Messrs Dudaon Bros, advertise for flaxcutters.

Messrs. Stevens & Gorton will offer for sale the property of Mr Burgess on Wednesday next. This will be a roost convenient day for likely purchasers from Foxton, as the special train runs to Sanson for the County meeting, and returns same night. Passengers leave by the ordinary nine o'clock train from Foxton.

It will bo noticed in an advertisement in another column that a general meeting of the Manawatu Political Association will be held at Campbelltown on Thursday next.

The Commissioner of Taxe3 warns persons who have neglected to send in returns of income that legal proceedings will be taken against them unless they r.re forwarded by the 13th instant.

At a meeting of the Palmerston Hospital Board the following tenders were accepted in connection with the work of erecting the Hospital : — Timber, Messrs Eichter, Xannestad and Co. ; carpentering, Mr G Carter ; plumbing, Messrs J. and W. Ilawi.ins ; bricklaying, draining and plastering, Mr A. Tanner ; painting, Messrs. Pi. and E. Tingi'.v. The total of the various tenders was £2.274.

The Manawatu County Council have gained by the Awahuri bridge enquiry. Instead of fifty per cent being their contribution, it has been fixed at thirty seven and a half per cent, the Manawatu Eoad Board paying an equal amount and the Palmerston Borough the remaining twenty five per oent.

Twenty thousand women have signed a petition to the Canadian Parliament asking for the suffrage.

Another body of a women* mutilated in the same was Jack the Ripper's victims, has been found in Chicago. This is the second within a short period.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) have received the following cable message, dated 3rd May : — Wool— The sales closed firmly this day. Since close of last sales the following advances have taken place.:— Greasy and scoured merino, superfine greasy and medium crossbred, and coarse greasy and scoured crossbred, per lb ; greasy merino, medium and inferior and fine scoured crossbred, £d to Id per lb ; washed super medium and inferior merino and scoured medium and inferior merino, Id per lb. The total quantity sold during the past sales is 336,000 bales, of which 212,000 have been taken for the Continent and 11,---000 for America. It is estimated that 20,000 bales have been held over for future disposal.

Commenting on the result of the Bruce election, the Daily Times remarks : — " In 1887 Mr Allen defeated the then Premier of the colony : but in the present campaign he has completely eclipsed his former victory for he has defeated the Ministry. Mr Allen's return cannot be regarded as anything else than a triumph of ri^ht over might. The two prominent aggressive members of the Ministry, who have during the contest besieged the Bruce electors with their heavy artillery platform orations, have learned that the tactics successfully pursued in Wellington on the recent occasion are utterly distasteful to the southern constituency which they had invaded. The Bruce electors have distinctly l'efused to sacrifice their sound and independant judgement of the merits of the two candidates for suffrages at the call of interfering Ministers."

The Hon. Dr. Grace, chairman of the New Zealand Board of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, left Wellington on Saturday by the s.s. Wakatipu, to attend the annual meeting of the society, to be held in Sydney on the 11th inst, says the Pott. This is in accordance with an arrangement made by the principal Board a year ago, by which a delegate from the local Board of each colony visits Sydney every year in the interests of the society, and thus the members in each colony are duly represented at the annual meeting, and the delegates have an opportunity of meeting the members of the principal Board and discussing with them subjects of interest in the management of the society's business in each colony.

The Melbourne Daily Telegraph ha 3 ceased publication, the Herald having bought the business.

Mr Gordon, first mate of the ship Laira, has succumbed at Hobart to the injuries received during the voyage from Port Chalmers.

Some clothes were found at Petoue on Tuesday, and it has been ascertained they belonged to a man named Baldewein, who arrived from Germany two or three weeks ago, and has been staying at the Post Office Hotel. He was seen in Wellington on Monday, but his friends know nothing about his movents since then. MountedConstable Healy was sent out to Petone to make a thorough search for the body.

Congress has granted permission to the Inman line of steamers to carry the American flag on condition that any farther additions to the fleet are built in America.

The Premier, in the course of an interview with a correspondent of the Christchurch Press, said, " I may tell you that the Government have replied to Sir John Lubbock's letter relating to the claim of the Taranaki Harbour Board debenture holders. The Government absolutely repudiate all liability on the part of the colony. We intend to appoint an officer (perhaps as a Royal Commissioner) to enquire into, the '.question of the reserves, but that was not mentioned in the letter to Sir John Lubbock. In that we simply disclaimed all liability whatsoever."

The captain of the s.s. Bellringer, which collided with and sank the barque Presto oft' Melbourne Heads, has had his certificate suspended for six months.

We have the largest Family Drapery Warehouse in the city, and not on'y so but the most conveniently arranged. Our premises are distinguished by their fine architectural appearance and our tower with its flagstaff and ensign is easily distinguishable from land or sea, from the steamboat or railway, and when the Te Arc- railway is completed, which it will be shortly, our country friends will be able to alight almost at the doors of Te Aro House, Wellington

In the meantime we ask them one and all to give us a call and inspect our newly imported stock for the Autumn and winter Seoson, which comprises all that is best and most fashionable in Dress Fabrics, Millinery, Mantles, Ulsters, Jackets, Ac. all at the most moderate and economical prices at Te Aro House, Wellington. Inability to oall need be no barrier to purchasing from us. Write to us for patterns of any and all materials that may be desired and we will send them promptly and postage free to any address. All letters should be addressed to James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington.

Messrs Ross and Sandford of the Bon Marche, Palmerston North, beg to intimate to their numerous customers in the district, that the additions to their premises are now completed, their first Direct Shipments of Autumn and Winter goods for all Departments, which are on a more extensive scale than on any former season are also to hand and ready to select from, and they respectfully solicit the early inspection of customers, they direct special attention to their stocks in the following Departments viz : — Dressgoods, Mantles, Plush and Scalette Jackets, Ulsters, Millinery and Fancy goods; also Flannels an! Blankets, General Drapery and Househol 1 Furnishing, which are now stocked moiv; largely than formerly and in keeping with their extended premises, Eosn & Saxdford, the Boa March, Palmevston North.