Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1892.

Manawatu Herald, 9 July 1892, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1892.

We a aifert tQ j, eU) jjjti oul . i-eadel'S of i.ne big sale now goibg ob at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse) Te Al ; b HoltSe, Wellington) autt a6 ft Mattel' of fact we are told that the attendance has been phenomenal. Despite the unfavorable weather at its commencement, business has been koing on vigorously. The attendance keeps up, the bargains are still in quantity and there is no stint of ready money. Out readers will no doubt take a note of this and be ready for the emergency of paying a visit to this sale before it closes as it v-onlcl be manifestly to their advantage. The Hon. J. C. Richmond ha& resigned nis seat in the Legislative Council. John Young, the well-known ironmonger, of Cuba-street, Wellington, has been adjudicated a bankrupt. The firat meeting of his creditors will be held on Thursday next at 2.30 p.m. The Taranaki Mernlil saya : — The re* mains of a human body were found on the Onacro beach on Monday. The lower portion of the body was eaten away, and the face and skull were bare. It is supposed that the remains are those of Robert Baxter, who was drowned in the Mokau river about a monfh ago. The remains were taken to Waitara. A girl 10 year? of age was, a few days ago, charge. l at the R.M. Court, at Napier, with being ft common drunkard. She ad~ mitted the offence, and it was elicited in the evidence that she had been working at a sitnation in the country and came into town to knock down her money like a station hand or busbfaller,. The R.M. ad monished her, and discharged her with a caution. Messrs Shadbolt Bros, have an alteration in their advertisement. Mr Bourke inserts a notice in this issue. We learn from a Palmeraton paper that the enquiry into the Wirokino Road Board election, held before Mr Brabant, R.M., at Pahnerstou, yesterday, resulted in the election being declared void. Costs amounting to £G 18s Gd were allowed, to be borne in equal shares by the petitioner and those petitioned against A well-known townsman had the misfortune to lose five £1 notes yesterday morning. By the advertisement in another part of this Issue it will be seen he very liberally offers a reward of £9 for its recovery, Messrs Dudson Bros, want an experienced feader. Mr C, E. Laroomb, architect, of Palmerston North, calls tenders for the erection oi a 14-roomed residence at Motoa. The Manawatu County Counoil meet at Sanion on Wednesday next, A special train will run, leaving at 9 in the morning and returning at 6.40 p,m, The New Zealand railways have oost to date £14,656,691. A correspondent to a Rangitikei journal, referring to tha drop in that district in the prioe of sheep says :— Perhaps in the course of time men's minds will not be quite so opaque, and the day will come when general faro ing, dairying, fruit growing, poultry, bees, etc., will be universally in vogue. Not all the eggs in one basket, and that basket tended by one or perhaps two lonely and miserable mortals of shepherds. A Nelson man gave an acquaintance a thrashing, and on his being fined £5 for the assault, told the Court he considered 11 the money was well laid out," What the other party said is not reoorded. In the case of Wm. Hunter v. A. McDonald, late of Awahuri, claim £100 for alleged hreaqh. of contract heard at Palmerston last Court day, oame up for decision last Wednesday, His Worship gave judgment for the plaintiff for the following amounts : — Damage by fire £8, damage to orchard £4, damage to fenoes £5, value of plants removed 10s ; total £17 10a, less the amount already paid into Court, £9. Costs were allowed on the amount of judgment. Witnesses' expenses 87s. The elections at Home look as if the expected victory for Liberalism is not to come about, but that the Salisbury Government will still maintain power, We notice by the cablegrams that several constituencies which have hitherto returned Liberals, have gone over and returned Conservatives' and vice versa. The Palmerston Knights of Labor have passed a resolution disapproving the passage of any Bill through Parliament in favor of compensation to publicans. Mr W. Hutchinson's Eight Hours Bill is not to apply to domestia servants, who, however, are to have a week y half-holiday. No child under 18 years of age is to be employed for hire, and no person under 16 is to be required to work more than five hours per diem. Offending employers are to be fined £2 for first, and £5 for each succeeding offence. Mr MoGuire, M.H.8., is moving in the Houee the advantage of the Colony acquiring the Manawatu Railway, and the Railway Commissioners, in their report, dwell on the advantage of suoh an aoquisition. We are pleased to learn that the Good Templar work of the local Lodge continues to be carried on with great energy and success, although without any great flourishing of trumpets. At the last on Thursday night four new members were added to the roll, and were received by the older members with hearty congratulations. We are informed that an open meeting of the Lodge will shortly be neld, of which due notice will be given in our advertising columns. We may state that these open meetings aye free to the public. Additions to Messrs Stevens & Gorton's Bulls sale next Tuesday are inserted to-day. Tenders for the leasing of the Carnarvon. Panson Tramway must reach Sanson by Wednesday next, 13th July. ( The wife of a Nelson Congregationalist preacher— Mrs Evans, M.A.— takes her husband's place in the pulpit when he is engaged in other parts of the circuit. She is said to preach a good sermon. The Hon. Mr Miller has been elected to the Speakership of the Legislative Council, rendered vacant by the death of the late Sir H. Atkinson. Lord Brassey declares that he " fully recognises the desirability of an eight hours' limit of labour as a motter of practice ; " but he thinks that any such arrangement could be far better adjusted by the working men themselves in negotiation with their employers than by an universal j law.

Vhe Wanganui Herald sayß :— Breeders of thoroughbred stock in this district will no doubt be pleased to hear that Mr Baker will in all probability travel Somnas here next season.

The same paper has the following:— Dick Matthews, the well-known athlete, died the other day in the Wairarapa Hospital. It seems he never got over the effects of his contest with Laing-, who-, we hear, has been released frttm gaol aha" gone to Sydney to make a match with some of the big men over there.

The charges of alleged em^-lement against G. N. - Rggett WeM called on at Wellington on Wednesday. Tho only evidence offered was that of Mr Marchant, Cohitaißsioher of Crown Lands in Canterbury) forhlerly Of Welllbgton, who desired to explain that he was not aware of the scrip transaction which formed the subject of a recent conspiracy charge. The accused was then discharged, and all the informations against Baggett were withdrawn. The Controller-General will investigate the head office accounts, and in the event of any surplus in Baggett's account the amount will be paid him ; if there be a deficiency Baggott agree! 1 to make it good.

The Hixaminer states that the syndicate who are taking up the industry in the Woodville district are prepared to expend £15,000 in the erection of factories and creameries.

Harry Rogers, of Eureka, California, horse-whipped the Rev. Father O'Kane, a Roman Catholic Clergyman, in a public street of that town. Ihe trouble grew out of assertions reflecting on the honesty of Rogers' wife, made from the altar some time ago.

American invention of time-saving and labour-saving appliances is unique. An arrangement of machinery is now in use In Micanopy, in Florida, so constituted as to stamp and cut a wrapper, pick up and wrap an orange, and deliver it to a bin ready for packing. There is one machine for each size of orange, and each machine has a oapacity of from 125 to 168 boxes per day, or even ten hours. The machines are run by steam, and the capacity of them all is about 900 boxes per day, or about three car loads.

A big sale of Surplus Winter Stock will commence on Friday, July Ist, at The Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington.

We would earnestly advise all country settlers to make sure of this opportunity and try if possible to pay a visit to the Empire City during the continuance of this big sale at Te Aro House, Wellington. We feel sure that the expenses of the trip would be far more than recouped and there would be the additional advantage of choosing from the largest and most varied lot of Bargains in the Province. If this is du'y estimated a trip to the Te Aro House big sale will beoome a positive necessity.

If unable to come, orders with oash can be sent to us direct and we will guarantee instant attention and prompt despatch from the Big Sale at Te Aro House, Wellington.

Our Sale Price Lists will, on application, be forwarded postage free from the Big Sale at Te Aro House, Wellington.

The annual stock-taking sale at the Bon Marohe, Palmerston North, is now on. The feature of the annual sales of this 3rni is that the whole stock, without any reserve, Is offered at greatly reduced prices, every article in stock being subject to reduction as the stock must be reduced at least £2000 previous to the Annual Balance, and purchasers have the benefit of a £6000 Btook to select from. — *dvt.