Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUGUST 80, 1892.

Manawatu Herald, 30 August 1892, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUGUST 80, 1892.

Mr Ennis haß just received his spring and summer goods and having had a view of them we can honestly recommend all to do likewise.

Mr H. P. Foster announces that he has opened his refreshment room, to which we referred last week.

Mr Osborne one of the candidates for the offioe of Councillor has an address to the eleotors.

We draw the attention of our readers to the Q. T, notioe in our advertising columns. We understand that a good programme lias been prepared on the same lines as in the ordinary meetings, and, the admission being free, a large audienoe may be expected. We are not surprised to learn that the Lodge is still successful ia its work,

The Returning Officer notifies the nomination of candidates for the offioe of Councillor for tbe Borough. There are seven candidates for the three vacancies. Public opinion is very much in the favour of a meeting at which all candidates should explain the views they hold on the municipal business.

The Rowing Club concert promises to prove a rioh musical treat, as many of our best singers are practising some glees for the occassiou, and the best musical talent have kindly promised their aid.

Messrs Lord & Lewis started ye_terday to sink an artesian well for Mr George Satherley.

Contractors are reminded that tenders for cutting and delivering flax for the mill at Oroua close on the evening of Thursday next.

The tender of— Cassie, was accepted by the Wellington Education Board for additions to the Levin school. The amount is £223 7s.

G. H. L. Denham, Clerk to the Salvage Company, was found dead on the stranded steamer, Elginshire on Thursday. The evidence given at the inquest, which was held on Friday showed that he was strangled by a bight of a rope over a beam, having been hung with his feet a few inches from the deck. Nothing is known to suggest suicide, aud he might have tripped over a loose pipe and got his head over the bight, or might have been amusing himself in gymnastic exeroise. The jury found an open verdiot. Deceased came from Port Chalmers, and he leaves a wife and two children.

A dastardly attempt was made early on Thurs lay morning to burn down the Toi Toi Valley Girls' School Nelson. When the fire was discovered, two holes, the largest being about 18 Inches in diameter, were foun<) to be burnt in the flooring boards Fortunately the boards were damp, otherwise the building, whioh is a very handsome one, would have been burnt down. As it ts, no great damage has been done. Only a few weeks ago the Hampden-street Sohool was burnt down.

An important decision to hotel-keepers was given by Mr Robinson, R.M. in Wellington on Friday. An information had been laid under Section 164 of the Licensing Act 1831 against certain hotel-keepers for extra fees for extra bars. His Worship said he had no hesitation in dismissing the case. He could not be convinced by any amount of argument that this structure which was approaches by a passage, a flight of stairs and a lobby was a public bar under the meaning of the Act. The Act said opening immediately on the street, and unless he gave a different meaning to the word ' immediately,' beyond what was usually applied to it, he oould not apply it to the present struoture.

The miners who went on strike in Sens, a town on the river Tonne, have resumed work now that the Belgian miners have been discharged.

The Cholera epidemic haß spread to Rouen, in Franoe, and Altona, near Hamburg. Cholera has appeared in Berlin, and three cases have occurred at Gravesend among Jewish immigrants who arrived in a steamer from Hamburg.

No Bill this session has drawn forth such practically universal denunciation as the Well ngton Fruit growing Association Bill, says the Post. It is said in the lobbies that the violent opposition shown to the Bill was because it was believed that the junior member for Wellington was the real promoter of it. Mr M'Lean said he knew nothing of the Bill— hadn't read it, and didn't know the names of the directors — and then went on, in a long speech, to show most intimate acquaintance with it and all concerning the project. Both Mr Fisher and Mr Duthie expressed surprise that they had not been consulted as to the measure before it was introduced. It was only circulated on Friday.

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. Our Sale Price Lists will, on application, be forwarded postage free from the 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 duly estimated a trip to the Te Aro House big sale will become a positive necessity. If unable to come, orders with cash can be sent to us direct and we' will guarantee inßtant attention and prompt despatch from the Big Sale at Te Aro House, We - lington. The annual stock-taking sale at the Bon Marche, Palmerston North, is now on. The feature of the annual sales of this firm is that the whole stock, without any reserve, is offered at greatly reduced prices, every article in stook 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 stock to select from. — Advt.