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Manawatu Herald, 1 November 1892, Page 2

The framework of Mr Davidson's new r lionse at Heatherlea is up, and we understand it is to be completed by Christraas. When the townspeople agitated for a kveighbii 'ge at the wharf, it wa? very un favourably received by the powers that bn • : sinA we believe we are entitled to some of the credit for its final erection. The fact i hat the weighbridge was a want has been sufficiently proved since it was ready to be used, as every ton of coal for local use, and they are many, is weighed once, oftpn twice, besides other loads such as flax &c. We are informed that the receipts have already nearly paid for its cost. It h the old tale, give the public a convenience and they are sure to appreciate it. Mr Thomas Mitchell, who lately sold his farm at Motoa to the Messrs Strang's. has been hunting for another home, and has visited fifty different properties in various districts and has failed to please himself, anil has not seen any near apprnnching that wbioh he sold. Under these circum stances, Mr Thomas Wilson, the manager of the Motoa estate may be congratulated on securing the two propei'ties adjoining the estate at the price he did. It is pro liable that Mv MUehell may yet settle down not far from Poxton. Tomorrow the Manawatu County Council hold their monthly meeting at Sanson It has been arranged to meet a week earliei for two reasons, one is that the statutory meeting for the election of the chairman will have to be held this month, and th< other, that most of the Councillors wanto attend the A. & P. Show. - The usual special train will run. The framework of the shelter-shed at the Cemetery is all all up and.it will not by long before it is c )tnpleted. Mr T. Easton has the contract in hand. Mr -Stewart, the head master of the Foxton school has lost no time in spendinp part of the proceeds of his succ essf ul entertainment. He has procured a capitnl croquet set for the girls, and got the lad* to help form a lawn upon a portion of the playground, which has been fenced in with wire to keep the horses off. The caretaker upon going to the State School yesterday morning, at an early hour to dust, found the outer door of the mis tress' room open, and the whole class-room disfigured with ink, there being ink on th floor, on the walls, on forms and desks, ir fact ink everywhere where it should not bp and none In the- bottles. The matter wa> at once reported to Mr Stewart, who prp vented the children entering school, am 1 on the Chairman of Committee's arrival ir town made him acquainted with the facf The whole question was fully considered and resulted in at last the admission o' the offender. The mistress's room had tr be thoroughly cleaned, and the children granted a holiday. The head-master'-room did not wholly escape, as the desk were partially covered with ink bui ar hour's work put them right. The stain are likely to remain for a long period. I transpired that a little elf of mischief, p small girl of nine years had, on Saturday afternoon put two minute children into th room through a window and then follower 1 th^m, and to pass the time away played at aftprnoon tea, using th*» ink receptacles foi cups/ The result was disastrous not only to the School but to their clothes. Thp chief delinquent is to be punished an 1 the father has undertaken to recoup the Com ■ mi t tee the cost of the cleaning. We hay j repressed the names as the act appears thave been more of a childish thoughts one, than one of evil intent. This is the first, and we hope will be the last, act of the kind. ! A good schoolmaster is easily found by t looking o .'er his playground. At Manakau we were pleaded to see that Mr Bethune had got his' lads to stump and dig up a plot of ground in fn nt of the ohjol house, for a lawn ternis ground f mr n girls. Kbpai, a? the Maovies would say.

In the procession at Wellington on Demonstration day, Mr Tennyson Smith, the temperance advocate, also appeared on the scene, with a cart hung round with canvas, containing warnings against drink, and pointing out the, awful effects of too great indulgence in the cup that cheers, and, alas ! also inebriates. Inside the cart were two barmen engaged in dispensing imaginary drinks, while outside were two or three apparently drunken men, one being so far ' gone ' that a gentleman in blue had been forced to take him in charge. Carter Brothers have a mare in foal to Tarn O'Shanter for sale.