Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1892.

Manawatu Herald, 17 May 1892, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1892.

The D.0.A., Mr Scott, baa thoughtfully arranged that the men in Robert Elliott's eitate who have wages due, will be able to receive their dividend! at Mr Osborne's ■tore. A nesting of all intettwted in forming & Tinnii Club li c»lUd for tomorrow evtning ftt Wltytt'f Hufoh

The natives at Poroutawhao aye holding a tangi over the son of the chief Tatana who was drowned on Saturday. A large number of the Ngatiraukawas passed through town to-day. On Thursday the funeral wil take place. Bullocks and sheep are being killed in expectation of over 200 visitors.

The river was bank high at Moutoa yesterday morning but it has since subsided considerably.

Ihe purchaser of Mr Oliver's Willow Grove property is Mr P. Vautier of this town.

To-morrow the charge of horse stealing will be heard at the R.M. Court.

A meeting of the Choral Society will bo held at Mr Furrie's house on Thursday next.

The gale on Saturday was rough enough here, but fortunately no damage was done. In Wellington a tree was blown across the railway between the Lower Hutt and Hayward's station, and the down train from Waharapa ran into it and derailed the engine, two trucks and two carriages. No injury was done to any one. The sea did considerable damage to the railway line between Ngahauranga and Petone, and passengers had to be taken by road from Petoue.

We are informed that the Messrs Ennig are moving in the matter of a concept in aid of the Palmerston Hospital, and they mean to ask the Mayor to convene a meeting to consider the same. They believe a first class concert would draw a very large audience, and by engaging the assistance of the train and tramway, tne s.s. Ivy, and the owners oi vehicles, visitors might be brought from Sandon, Oroua Bridge, Kereru and Shannon. This is a mere outline of the scheme they will submit to the meeting.

The next quarterly meeting of the Licensing Bench will be held on the Bth of June. As this will be also the annual meeting, all new applications for licenses will be con* side-red.

Owing to the miserable weather " Billy " Barlow had a poor house on Saturday night, but those who brayed the elements thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

The Deputy Official Assignee has a notice about dividends in certain bankrupt estates in another column.

Silver has fallen in London to 40£ d per ounce.

In connection with the large quantity of grain that has been rejected from the various vessels in Port during the gresent season, a notable instance occurred at the Gladstone Pier yesterday (says a late issue of the Lyttelton Times.) Seven trucks shunted alongside the ship, and out of these (say 420 sacks) only part of one truck, about 30 sacks, was passed by the samplers. The other sacks were in a very bad state, in fact some of them were one mass of net work, the shoots from the wheat having interlaced.

The population of the colony, exclusive of Maoris, on the 31st of March last, is estimated by the Begistrar-General as having been 637,438, and the Maori population 41,993.

The following gentlemen will form the Board of Reviewers under the Land and Income Assessment Act for this distriot are gazetted :— Charles Dunk, Bainesse ; Thomas Manson, Buunythorpe ; Henry Sanson, Sanson.

Messrs Stevens & Gorton sold Mr Burgess' far n at the auction Bale, Mr Dalton being the purchaser.

Examination of the Chinese lotterykeepers' books seized in Melbourne recently show that the bankers made a profit of £2500 monthly.

Let brotherly love continue. The folldWing paragraph from the Post has a good deal of it:—" Bro. C. Hulke, P.G., of the Zealandia Lodge of Oddfellows, has volunteered to entertain members of his lodge with a series of lectures during the winter months. The introductory lecture was delivered on Thursday night, the subject being "'I he Geology of the Earth," and it was rauoli appreciated. Bro. Hulke was afterwards accorded a hearty vote of thanks on the motion of Bro, P. Gardner, seconded by Bro. Beharrell. Amongst the visitors to the Lodge was Bro. A. James, of the Alfred Lodge, Oamaru."

During the present month we shall be prepared to send full dress lengths of any of the undermentioned new Wintbii Duess Fabrics, " free by parcel post " to any address. The goods are all of the present season's importation and are splendid value. Country residents should certainly request patterns of these forwarded from Te Aro House, Wellington. The following are the Bpeoial items. Full dress length of good quality, Melton, in any shade for 10s. Full dress length of superior quality, Melton, for 12b. Full dress length of Granite Tweed for 12s. Full dress length of Grey Homespun for 128. Any of these sent "free by parcel post " from Te Aro House, Wellington. Full dress length French Foule Sebge, all colors, for 14s 6d and 16s 6d. Full dress length Navy Dress Seboe, all wool and fast dye from 13s 6d to 22s 6d, and full dress lengths Fancy Homespun for Bs, 9s, 10s each, " free by parcel post " from Te Aro House, Wellington. Patterns of all the above are now ready for dispatch, and can be sent immediately on application' to James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington.

Customers sending orders will please enclose cash in postal notes, post office order or oheque, payable 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 aro now completed, their first Direct Shipments of Autumn aud 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 speoial attention to their stocks in the following Departments viz ir-Dressgoods, Mantles, Plush and Scalette Jackets, Ulsters, Millinery and Fancy goods; also Flannels and Blankets, General Drapery and Household Furnishing, which are now stocked more largely than formerly and in keeping with their extended premises, Boss & Sandford, the Bon March, Falmerston North.