Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1892.

Manawatu Herald, 9 June 1892, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1892.

It will be a matter of true regret for our readers to learn that our esteemed fellowtownsman) Mr Robert McLean, lies at death's door. Last Sunday afternoon he was in the yard by his house when he felt a peculiar sensation, whioh he feared was paralysis, and on reaching his back door he fell down helpless. He was immediately puUin bed and Dr Dermer was called in, who did what he could to ease his sufferings. All Sunday night and Monday, Mr McLean was in great pain, and the lower portion of his body completely paralysed. Since then we learn he has been free from pain, and possesses his full consciousness. It is now a mere question of the strength of the patient as to how long he may survive, the doctor holding out no hopes of a recovery. Every inhabitant has testified to the deep interest they feel with the family, and hourly inquiries are made. In the midst of great afflictions it is impossible to do much to assuage grief, still it must be consolatory to the sufferer, and his family, to know that all have appreciated the quiet, considerate, and charitable character of the one laid low, and to be assured that his work whilst hers has been truly appreciated,

Mr J. G. Wilson will address his constituents at the Public Hall, Foxton, on next Thursday evening, The N.Z. Times the other day published two heads of a man and a woman asserted to be likenesses of the Earl and Countess of Glasgow. This was bad enough, but in the report of the Governor's reception they unkindly say " the Vice-regal pair were easily recognised by their portraits which were published in the Thne* oil Saturday last 1 1 1 Those who have seen the portraits will appreciate our objection to the statement. Mrs Snehon is to be warmly c ngratulated on the success of her efforts on behalf of the new hospital building fund (says the | Times). To-day she handed to the Treasurer, Mr Park, a cheque for £0.1, which included the proceeds of the recent bazaar. 'I his makes a total of £100 paid in by the Bazaar Committee. This is indeed a splendid record, and speaks well for the energy of the ladies, and also for the liberality and public spirit of the residents of the district. Additions to Messrs Stevens cfe Gorton's Palmevston hot'se sale are made to-day. Messrs Barber Brothers invite tenders for cleaning out and deepening drains. The trustees of the late Mr Honore announce that they have sold the interest of the grocery business to Messrs Hennessey and Westwood. The Maori Hill (Dunedin) Licensing Committee refused to grant the only license in the district, and the Eoslyn Licensing Committee also refused the only applica-. tion in the district, which is now without a hotel, on the ground that they were not required. One licensee complained that at the suggestion of a former Committee he had spent about £600 in enlarging his premises. It is reported that Mrs Labouchere, Lady Edith Howe, Lady Somers, and a dozen other well known persons have been converted to the Church of Rome. In England there are signs of a revolt against dangerous public performances. The audience at the Tivoli Music Hall in the Strand recently would have nothing to do with Messrs Western and Mervyn's performance, though full of that cleverness which American riflemen have made familiar. So long as it was shooting at marks the skill was applauded, but when they came to fire about each other's heads the audience began to protest. The men stand in frame works in which glass balls are suspended, in nuch a position that one false shot might have been fatal. This was, however, nothing to the scene which followed. One of the riflemen stood beneath a small glass ball dangling an inch above his head, and the other— in William Tell style— proceeded to the farthest distance possible, the front of the balcony stalls, and with a bullet from his rifle shivered the ball into atoms. Thero were cries of angry protest when the preparations were being made, but at its end the performers were greeted with a storm of hisses.

A meeting of the ratepayers of the Horowhenua County was held at the Council Chambers, Otaki, on Saturday last (says the Post), Mr Kebbell in the chair, to consider the proposed action of the Government in appointing the Wanganui Resident Magistrate to preside at the Otaki Court instead of the Wellington Resident Magistrate (Mr Robinson), and also inc'uding Otaki in the Wanganui Magistrate's Court Distriot instead of the Wei ington District, as heretofore. On the motion of Mr Simcox, seconded by Mr Best, the following resolution was carried : —•'That a petition be presented to the Minister for Justice, praying him not to attach that part of the Horowhenua County at present within the Wellington R. M. District to the Wanganui R.M. Dis trict." The County Council was appointed a committee to draw up the necessary potition and present it to the Minister. It was pointed out by some of the speakers that it was more convenient for the Wellington Magistrate to hold the Court, as the tram for Wellington leaves two hours subsequently to the train for Palmerston North ; also, that as the greater number of lawyers practising at Otaki come from Wellington, and that in the event of any law points oocurring in oases, they oan be conveniently argued before the Magistrate at Wellington without expense to litigants.