Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1892.

Manawatu Herald, 26 May 1892, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1892.

It is with very much regret that we have to announce that Mr D. H. Macarthur, M.H.It, for Eangitikei, died at his home in Feilding on Tuesday morning. Mr Macarthur was very well known in this town, having been one of the first members of the Manawatu County Council, and on Mr Thynne's retirement, he occupied the chair for some years. Ho was always recognised as a shrewd and energetic public man, and he devoted very much of his time to the advancement of the several districts. His plac2 will be hard to fill. We tender our respectful sympathy to his widow aud family in their loss.

The Commissioner of Taxes, in an advertisement in this issue, again reminds objectors of the dates fixed for holding the Reviewer's Courts.

On another page will be found farther interesting testimony of the good effects fiomtheuseof the Rev. Mother Aubert's remedies.

It is a .relief to record the eiid of .I>eemIng. This crimind.l ftbitivDeu much more attefttioM tfctn was healthy, and the last tit is satisfactory. He was hung on Monday morning at Melbourne, and died protesting his innocence of the Eainhill murders. He has left certain papers, the advisability of pu.bjishin£ Svhich the Government ai : c 'donsidering. We hope they Will uot.

The Wellington Criminal Sessions commence next week, and all witnesses aye warned to be in that town by Saturday night. The calendar is a heavy one.

A. stretch of imagination; A lawyer thinks he ought td say sorhjethirig for his client, \}\xi for the accused's counsel to assert that there was nothing in two of Langley's cases to warrant a committal, was, to say the least, stretching the point as far as possible.

They do not always manage things better in France. Mr Deacon who shot and killed the man he found in his wife's bedroom, with her, in Paris, has been sentenc d to a year's imprisonment !

The usual quarterly tea meeting was held in the Primitive Methodist chapel on Tuesday evening. The report wa3 that both financially and spiritually the quarter's work had been most successful. The funda permitted of a good balance being carried forward.

At a meeting of the Tennis Cub on Wednesday evening Mr W. B. Rhodes was appointed Secretary and Treasurer. It was decided to. form one clay court and the tender of Mr JJ. Gray was accepted.

Mr J. A. Smith has disposed of his Heatberlea property to Mr Macdonald at a satisfactory figure. The area is some 317 acres, the whole of which with the exception of 40 acres, had been cleai ed of bush, and s wn down in grass.

Disastrous droughts have been experienced in iSouth Australia A Gnalto thirty thousand sheep were destroyed, and at other stations they are dying by hundreds. Many owners are killing lambs to save the ewes.

The Government received a cable message from the Agent-General yesterday stating that the appeal iv Edwards' case had been allowed, the Court holding that Judges can only be appointed for who ■• salary is fixed by law. No costs on cither side. The London Times commenting on the decision of the Privy Council in the Buckley v,, Edwards case, says had the Judges allowed the appeal a disastrous blow would have been inflicted on the independence of the judiciary in New Zealand.

The Foxton Brass Baud did not forgot to recognise the Queen's birthday, as on Tuesday morning they assembled at the head of Main Street and played a selection of tunes, winding up with " God save the Queen." They then lunched together at Mr Cawston's hotel.

A shocking accident occurred in the Port Phillip harbour on Saturday. The half-decked centreboard boat Progresi was conveying a team of footballers from Mordialloc to Mornington, when she was struck by a squall in the open waters of Port Phillip and capsized, sinking stern first. Fifteen members of the Mornington Football Club, including three sons of the Rev Mr Baldwell, were drowned. Three bodies only were recovered.

No doubt our lady readers will note some effective announcements in our advertising columns of some specialities in Fur edged Cloaks at Te Aro House Wellington, We understand that these are unusually cheap and as a further advantage, orders with Cash will ensure their being sent Carriage paid by parcel" post.

By the latest mail steamers we have received fresh supplies of the most fashionable and seasonable dress materials at '''c Aro House, Wellington.

We have opened out a nice variety of Dress Tweeds in a variety of patterns and colors in both single and double widths, from Gs fis to 25s the full dress length at Te Aro House, Wellington.

We have also a very good selection of plain Colored Dress Fabrics in all the favourite materials and colours, such as Drap Hombourg, Feules, Serges, Amazones, #c, and in the fashionable shades of Reds and Navy Blue at Te Aro House, Wellington.

We have some handsome specialities in Single Eobe lengths such as the new Diagonal Tweeds with camel hair mixtures from 29s 6d to 455, the Cheviot Tweeds with Vicura Stripes and Checks 31s Gd to 455, the Aberdeen Tweeds in Checks and Fibras and the Khedive Tweeds in Oriental designs at Te Aro House, Wellington. We are also selling Colonial Dress Tweeds very freely, our selection having been very judiciously made from the best mills, and in order to ensure a good variety of choice, intending purchasers should without delay send "for patterns to Te Aro House, Wellington.

Messrs Ross and Sandford of the Bon Marche, Palmerston North, beg to intimate to th,eir numerous customers in (he 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 Flannelß anil Blankets, General Drapery and Household Furnishing, which are now stocked more largely. than formerly and in keeping with their extended premises, Ross & Sandkord, the Bon March, Palmerston North.