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Manawatu Herald, 29 October 1892, Page 2

Messrs Gorton & Son sold the property at Scott's ferry, in the occupation of Mr Arthur Am-n to that gentleman. The pro petty contains over 1281 aores and ha « a 6 roomed dwelling house. The prioe paid ia £6000. Our Otaki contemporary asserts that something must be dona to get the main roads in the Otaki district properly constructed. It feels confident that "if the main roads are once constructed by the Government it would be an easy matter for the Couuty Council to maintain them," and that this view " only want 9to be put before the Government to obtain their sanction in the matter." If our contemporary will only put this view before tho Government and secure their finding the money, the editor will deserve not only a seat in the Legislative Connoil, hut all the advertising from all the' local bodies in ths district. It all hftuga on the " if."

We have heard of someone having had sorae ripe strawberries already. It is early and they may be nice, but we cannot speak authoritatively on the point. The Dampier and their Dramatio Company opened last » onday at f* elson with the play " Robhery Under Arms," to an immense house, most of the tickets being sold during the day. At half-past six crowds commenced to gather round the dior, and shortly after seven hundreds had to be refused admission as there was not standing room. They only dispprsed on Jb^a manageitien.t. promising, to .repeat .the performance the following night This they did and had another big house. Last night, by special request of the Mayor and a number of influential citizens, the evening was devoted to Shakespeare. Mr R. Gardner, of Paiaka, has late!" ' imported torn"—; a shipman'a two"horse power fuel kerosene gas engine for use in his dairy. He has besides the lates; improved churn, cream-separator and butter-worker. The great advantage of the engine is lhat it can be got ready for work in ten minutes. It burns a large volume of atmospheric air, combined with a fine spray of kerosene, on the principle of the Bunston burner. The churn, which is a model to look at. is a Bradford Diaphragm, and can churn forty gallons of cream at one churning. The butterworker is also a Bradford; The creamseparator (an Alexandra No. 2) runs twice a day, and can put through about 200 gallons per hour. The separator and churn we Were told took first prizes at the Boyal A gricultural Show at Exeter a few months back. The cost to work the whole amounts to the small sum of 2s per day; The building has a double roof, both being covered with felt and whitewashed, with galvanised iron on top of all. In the dairy proper, which has a concrete floor, the walls have three linings, built in a rather novel way, to circulate a draught through, which keeps the room in a cool state. Mr Gardner is at present milking 45 cows, feat he intends very soon to add another 50 or 60. It is to be hoped the enterprise he has shown in purchasing this ! costly machinery will meet with its due reward. The Public Fall was well filled last Thursday evening to witness Robson's panorama. The audience was a most appreciative one, and the different scenes as they came into view each time were much applauded. Tha exhibition was both interesting and instructive, the blowing up of a Russian cruiser by an English torpedo boat being particularly good. The Paiaka hemp mill is at present running three strippers, one engine driving f em, besides working a californian pump. A separate engine is used for the scutching. The foriTjji' engine Is believed to be the most powerful in the district. The soutoh- i ing shed is. a large room, and is capable of noldiiig a deal of fibre. The Postal authorities have accepted the following tenders for the conveyance of mails in this portion of the district for the next twelve month 9 : — Ashurst to Pohan gina, S. Palmer ; Feilding to Fowler's, Pringle and Richardson ; Feilding to Coyltoii, i. T. Marshall ; Fowler's to £piti, W. Managh; Foxton to Kereru, J. R. Stansell ; Halcombe to Stanway, C. H. Thorby; Makino to Waituna West, R. Robinson ; Paremata to Pahau'.aaui, A. Nicol ; falmerston North to railway station, R. E. Partridge. Mr P. Cut-field, who, during the time he Has been stationed as junior clerk at the Bank of Australasia in this town, has made himself very popular, by his courtesy and other good qualities, left for Palmeratou yesterday morning. His friends will be glad to hear of his promotion. His place has been taken by Mr T. W. Morse a young gentleman but lately from Home. We have had an opportunity of inspecting the new house being built for Mr J. A. Smith, of Motoa, and although not quite completed, will look a handsome and comfortable residence when finished. The building is a two-storey, and oontains 14 rooms, the downstairs portion consisting of a parlour, 16ft x 16ft ; dining-room, 14ft x Oft ; kitchen, 20ft x l(sft ; store-room, lift x Bft ; larder, lift x 6ft Gin ; bathroom, 7f' x sft ; scullery, 12ft x lift ; men's room, 12ft x Bft. Upstairs there are six bedroom 8, the largest one being a fine room 19ft x 16ft, with a fireplace. There is also the necessary ward robes let into the wall. Over the bathroom there is a 12 hundred gallon tank, and within a foot or two of the tank a splendid flow of artesian water 13 obtained. The parlour and dining-room are adjoining, both having cabinets let into the walls each side of their respective fire-plaoes. In the bath room and scullery a plentiful supply of hot and cold water will be available, and in fact every modern convenience possible to conceive is to be had throughout the house. Mr R. Hopkirk, the contractor, expects to have the carpentering work out of his hands in about two week 3, and Mr F. E. Jenks has made a start with the painting and papering of th.3 building, which he ia pushing on with all possible speed. Mr Smith may well feel proud of his residence, which will be one of the best in the district. At Paiaka they have the timber seasoning to build a light racing boat. The one from Paiaka whioh was successful last year at our Regatta was built there by Mr Gardner, junr. Our local rowing men had better make a note of this. The Advocate reports the sudden death of Mr 3 David Sanson at Sanson on Wed- | nesday. She was taken ill on Tuesday night with severe pains in her stomach and expired the next day. At the dairy factory meeting at Shannon on Wednesday night the scheme was favourably discussed, and a committee consisting of Messrs G. Wood, J. Jolly and A. McPherson were appointed to meet the central committee. Two hundred cows were promised. The Star says :— Te Kooti and one hundred followers ara expected to arrive at Awahuri on th« 27th of next month, and great preparations are being made for his reception. The meeting which considered Te Kooti s proposition to visit Awahuri was, we understand, of a storrqy oharaoter. A madman, well armpd, cleared a church in Illinois, an' 1 oocupied the pulpit for upwards of three hours, Other preachers, not so well armed, have as quiokly oleared a church. Patriotism in the United States will not be strong enough to withstand temptation, as it is stated that the pointsmen engaged on the United States railway lines will strike during the World's Fair. The Queen has sent a letter to President Harrison con oling with him on tha serious illness of his wife. At the last meeting of the We'lington Education Board Mr M. Voysey, of Shannon, was granted leave of absence, as he was Buffering from a broken arm. A requisition was received from householders in Otaki, asking that a new site should be provid'-d for the school at Otaki near?r the railway station. The committee wrote threatening to resign if nothing was dous in the matter. It was decided to forward the requisition to the local committee.

Messrs Lord <k Lewis in a couple of days succeeded in getting a good flow of \vater at No. 4 well on the Motoa Estate on a part lately purchased from Mr Ashby, at a depth of 125 feet. We have heard that this is the quickest time so far at which success was assured. Four other wells are to bp sunk, one being down now a little over 50 feet. We draw attention to Messrs McMillan, Khodps <fc Co.'s new advertisement in today's issue. The whole of their spring and summer drapery is to hand, and comprises some of the newest colours and designs in dress goods. We advise an early call. On .Monday evening Professor liifehtwark, the champion horse educator, will give a free lecture in the Public Hall. We should advise all who care for the noble animal to attend, as the Professor is admitted the Dest expo ent of the art in the colony. Mr E. J. Riddiford, the well known Hutt settler, wrote a few days ago to the Press expressing his admiration of <ihe system exhibited by Mr Lichtwark. The Professor purposes forming classes for instruction in horsemanship* Mr T. Mitchell advertises that the whole of the machinery in connection with the Riverside flax mill is for sale. Gilbert in one of his operas asserts that " things are not always what they seem, milk frequently masquerades as cream." Of course there is a foundations for this strong statement, but it apears odd why when there can be no question as to a certain thing being the property of another, someone else should think it advisable to to remove it; Absence of mind— nothing more or less — occasioned a carter at one of the hemp mills on the bank of the river the other day to, after watering his horse, drive to the stack of green flax, the property of a neighbouring mill, and commence loading np. As there could have been no objection coming from anyone except the owners of the flax matters might have gone smooth enough had it not occurred that they Were sitting on the other side of the stack. As they failed to see the case in the light the carter did, they requested him to leave the leaf alone. He did. A new battleship, the Harfleur, lias been launched at Chatham, the cost being estimated at £600,000.