Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1892.

Manawatu Herald, 20 August 1892, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1892.

We much regret that the contractors for driving the artesian well in the town have had to desist owing to meeting with a eimilar mishap to the last, name'y bending the pipe. ,It will be remembered. that the pipe bent the first time at 4tJ ; feet, when it was thought the gravel had been passed, but on sinking the other pipe alongside, the contractors found that the gravel' still continued and' though they had reached 62 feet before the accident occurred the pipes were Btill in the gravel bed. They have moved their plant to sink a well for the Messrs Hopkirk Bros, and then probably will return and make another attempt at some other spot. We hope the Council will take enorgotio action to decide on the course to be pursued.

Yesterday Messrs Weioher and Wickham, two Amerioan gentlemen, paid a visit to this town, They had' been guests of Mr Robert Gardner the day previous, Mr • Weioher having been, introduced to him as ah expert in machinery, and as, being anxious to be permitted to investigate the mode employed here in dressing the New Zealand flax. Mr Weicher has produced a maohine, a stripper, for preparing the leaf of the sisal, which is now in general use, and which has had the effect of oonsiderablv reducing the cost of that fibre. Hearing of the possibility of the Government issuing a bonus for a new stripper, Mr Weicher thoiight it wise to thoroughly post himself up in the present machinery. The- sisal machine has been very fu ly described in the Scientific American. Mr Weioher was astonished to 'see what a very good maohine wad in. use, ,he having been led to. believe that only the crudest was employed. He thinks a better one will be hard to produoe. These gentleman have been through the Auckland district, but are, not. impressed with the mills or milling there, and they look upon this district as the centre of the trade. They of course thoroughly examined Mr Gardner's mi 1, e,nd yesterday afte*noon ; Visited Mr. Rutherf ord's, , and' fortunately; Mr Ruthetfor'd ia riow on a visit here, • It is needless to say that' Mr Rutherford put every information at their disposal; v and' Mr Weicher made many notes upon what he saw, ,He expressed himself yery pleased with the excellent sample of fibre turned out here. Mr ..Fositer, "Mr-Rutherford's manager, f took the ktrippei*' 'to pieces to; allqw-.of a. thorough examination 61 ever/ part. This visit only emphasises bow important it would be to thq industry? if- <the Government wduld only decide oh offering a substantial bonus for f a better flaxdressing machine.' : : - : -■''■& ■ -• ■■ i

Mr Hood has let the property advertised in our columns, and also sold the cows. :

In our Farmer's' |!!xchange..column,. one which every* eettlet has found the usß of, will be ssean^a-aiotincatioh ■that- Mr P. Guerin has some young cattle for sale. The pigs advertised by Mi[ Whibley were; sold at onoe' • after. ' advertising. This column is both dheap and useful, and shouldfalwayglialned ;By those "who have either, stock or. pipduceforieale. V j . .'-

Mr T. Easton has secured the contract fov the ereotion ot'a nine-roomed dwelling house for Mr .Walter. Bqbinson, which will; we understand, be an improvement to the Borough. It is to be erected on a site near the river bank, on the river side of the plantation on the private road leading to Harrington.;, Coming , events oast their shadow before, tliem. : „-••" The annual meeting of the Fjoxton Amateur Dramatio Club will' be lield ' at Whyte's hotel on Wednesday evening.

' The Bachelors intend' to' leave" nothing undone to make ! their tea on Tuesday a thorpugh Bucqeßa. . IJy. thQ. advertiaeinent ehewhere it will be ,seen that they, have scouted the 'Public! [Hall' so, as to have room to entertain the'numeroua gnests expedtedv A very pleasant evening may be looked forward , to. :, .... i am «;ii';oi ''■■.•■.>:[ >'

"We direct attention. tg.,M<}sjgrß;HenneFßejr We?tw.ood <fc Go's.; new, advertisementnOf garden : and bther' seeds. ■'•',', a ',', ,"^ Messrs 'Stevens <fc ' Q-prtoii'a further ,adyertisements appear today.

Farmers will be glad to learn that Mr Henson, the o>vner of " Tani O'Shantev," the thoroughbred carriage horse, has de» cided to travel him this -season in the Foxton and Otaki districts. Last year. he had a very successful season aud his percentage haß been excellent.,

The Horowhenua County Council refused to agree' to the proposal to divide the Wirikino Biding so as to give two members for that large district.

The Coroner's jury at the inqueßt.on the death of Charles Hilliar brought in a verdict that deceased shot himself whilst labouring under a fit of temporary, in-' sanity.

_ The two Farmer's Companies, the Wellington and Marton ones, have amalgamated, and will now be known as "The United. Farmer' s. .Alliance, Limited,'?- The names of the Directors are— Messrs F. Y. Lethbridge (chairman), E. J. Armstrong, A. Alison, J. A. Bailey ( Hon J. Bryce, D. Carman, John Cottev, E. C» Jletoher, .Alexv -Higgie,- J. - R«~ Johnston; Bobert Linton, John Martin, A. N. Mcßeth, R. B. McKenzie, 8..5. Penny, Coleman Phillips, Geoffrey PottafPJ -Stewart, Tl ti\ Taylor, George Whitcombe.

-v >-Som,e time? agoftta {Na,ti?es tfear $aupo pi-4p^|?ied-w]ejiirthpuike,;owing»to'm i ioii^ little matteri they liad noticed: 'Evidently these thingq are ,w/>rth studying, as the news from Auckland,' dated the 16th insjtant,. states that unusual; pigup [of volc'ariic' activity . are reported . ffofti Lake i Taupo arid Mbtmts Tongariro" and 'Ngarahbe.V The crater on ; Tongariro Mountain ha? been emitting . flames lately : and a change lias taken place, in the aapeotof the lips' of the crater, one part of which has apparently fallen -in.' On the 10th inst.y twenty five -shocks of earthquake, some of , them ; , ; very, ; severe, ; were . felt in the immediate vicinity of, TokaanUji Lake Taupo jithe shocks ail travelling from the diction of Tongarivo r and , only, felt within a f small • vaditis ; of 1 All'the 'hot' springs arpurid Taupo are stated to be very abtiive' at pre^er^, .and the geyser known, as!' 1 The 'Crow's Nest '' js throwing up great; volumes" of Wa'te'rV ', ' '" :'.,.':/,. „ „ ■ !! AT flourishing' cplpny this , the Charitable Aid; Boar'dd tof the cblony last year, disbursed/over £74,000 in relief/ . '

!i Sir W; - Hutohisoti is tb'move'.iri u t ! he ;House, '.'That, in the - opinion "of i; tniß House, appointments .• to ( the "Legislative Council qhpulid be. ,nia,dfl as< rjia^s of 'hohburaßTe 'distinction,' .and it,, is, consequently desirable that the Gfoyeinoi; should .only call to that Counbil stfch' person's I 'as . liay^ serv.ed. • the-, publio aa i logislatbra ! or administrators, or who. llayej songh't::the benefit of the State in, the > departments of - moral or social reform) or applied tiiem-:. selves to the professibri 'or promotion of literature^Bcienqe. pr.ar.fy.and "the^Ga'zettei conlaining the nomination of 'legislative; Councillors should setforth the particular; service for which each. of them, respectively; has .been nominated." If this* is agreed to, surely the great old "People's William"; shouid secure a seat.

Mr Scobie Mackenzie was not so far out when he described the Wellington morning paper thusly :— " Its Parliamentary Notes are well written, but, generally speaking, it is a question whether it.is worth noticing at all* for since it has been mainly owned and entirely controlled by Ministers, its leading columns' have been a libel upon colonial journalism !"

The Manawatu Times says:— The master butchers of Manawatu district met the other evening and decided to raise, the prioa of butcher's meat Jd per lb all round, in oonsequenoe of the continued' increase in the price of stock. The, new price .list; came into force on the 18th inst. ; , ;

The Broken Hill mine owners, have resolved to adopt the old schedule of wages, which, however, is largely subject to a satisfactory recovery in the price of silver. They intend to re-open the mines at these rates on' the 25th instant,^ and if'insufficient men apply for wojjk they.will beoompelled to'm'ake oflier arrangements.

, Mr W. W. MoCardle has instruotecf ;hi»< solicitor, Mr Tosswill, of Patilatua, to institute proceedings for libel against Mr Coleman* •Bfiillipl.' nThfalleglci'^lbll ia containei iff- the petition noir Jbefeufe the Housed reference to forfeited sections in the Puketoi distriot

I The following paragraph, taken from {he Insurance and Banking .-{eoord for July, will be of interest to the many members of the Australian Providant Society :.r— " The late Hon. T. T. a'Beckett was one of the vory first in Victoria to join the Australian Mutual Provident Society, he having affected policy No. 110 in 1851. When the V etorian branch was established twelyp years afterwards (in 1862) he was appointed a director of the first local' board. ' 'He retired in .1865, but appoinWd'in' lß66, ahd : held the office till he finally retired in 1877. We are informed tb.at his, polioy was-iofi £800, a»d -that- T)c*nuses Have been added to the amount of £1700 108, thus increasing the sum assured to, £2550 10s, or to three times the original sum.

The Railway Commissioners have decided to concede excursion fares (which are rather less than half ordinary single fares) to bandsmen attending the Brass Band Contest in Wellington in November.

A big sale of Surplus Winter Stock will commence on Friday, iJuly Ist, at^ The Wholeßale">Fatoily r p < ra i peisy War^quseijTe, Aro Jlouse^Wielilng.tqn. ; i; f, j * \ 'fj jj Q '[ '' We" would earnestly' advise all" country settlers to make sure of this opportunity and try if ; possible , to pay ayisit^o the Empire City during "Ithe , c'onfinuanoe of this big sale at Te Aro House, Wellington.

Our Sale PriceLista^ will, fla-application, be forwarded -postaga.. free.. 'from the Big Sale at Te Aro House, Wellington. We' feehsure that,- v the expteb6e'^ r oiih ! e trip would be far more than recouped and there would be- the additional advantage of choosing from the larg^sVtfrid niost- varied lot of Bargains in the Province. If , this, is dii'y esthnated^trip to:the Te i MtQ' "ffdase big sale will become a. positive necessity.

s < If. unable to com?,; orders. w;th , gash )oaij 'be Sent' to us direct' and we will guarantee instahif attention 7 , and Jprotn^t ' 'ddSp'atcn fi'oni;theißig'Sale',atiTeiArb House,- 'Weilington-

The annual stock-taking sale at the. Bon Marche, Palmerstoti Nbvth, is now on. The feature of the annual sales of r this •firm is that the whole 1 stock, without ; any reserve, is offered at greatly reduded prices, every article in stook- being subject to reduction a?, tb,e stock must ,be redueedajfc least £2006 previdus to the Annual Balanoe, and purchasers have the benefit of a £6000 6tock to select -from.— Advt; •••i •■ ' •■ :