Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, NOV. 19, 1892.

Manawatu Herald, 19 November 1892, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, NOV. 19, 1892.

The work of " trimming " No. 1 Lino is not a very heavy bnt a much needed job, it being principally tilling in the horse track oa the ridge past Mr T hynne's- farm aud the round bush on the Motoa Estate and up to what is known as the " red " house Tenders must be in Sanson by noon of Wednesday. Messrs Gorton A Son hold a stock sale at I'eildmg ou Friday. Mr l». S. Abraham holds a sale of stock at Va merston on Thursday. The Manawatu County Council invite tenders for four different works. One is for metalling part of the Foxton Shannon -road just tliis side of the ferry. In the advertisement of the two pleasure boats for sale, a mistake was made in the length of the Era, she is 21 feet not 20 feet. Both these boats are well knowu to Foxton residents, being what may be called capital family boats, and have ofter. been in use for picnic parties, having as mauy as from 15 to LS persons aboard. At the Wellington A & P. Show WBurt took the first prize for dressed flax, and Bidwell Bros the second and thhd. For dressed flax not hackled or comb scutched, and iv bales of not less than Bcwt, we are pleased to notice that our local mi lers, the Hopkirk Bros, secured Messrs Nathan &' lo's special prize of £5 ss. Monday will inform us definitely how many candidates there are for the honour able oflice of Ma or of Foxton. We hardly expect more than two, only at times the most unexpected often happens. The Manawatu County Council meet on Wednesday at Sanson for the election of Chairman, and the despatch of ordinary business, it being unlikely that a meeting will be held in December. The usual convenient tram will run. Tom Mann deposed before the Labour Commission that he was in favour of a voluntary eight hours system. He would accept legislation if quicker, bufc preferred a local optional eight hours, system. M r Freeman R Jackson will be a candidate for the Mayoralty of Wanganui. Mrs Brown, who recently died while touring in America, has bequeathed between £50,000 and £100,000 for the establishment of a home tor crippled children in Adelaide. A warning to rude people. The Prince of Monaco is suing the Eclaireur paper, published at Nice for defamation in oescrib ng his crown as a roulette table. The number who attended the Wellington A . &P. Show on Thursday is stated to have been 7500 The Wellington A. tt P. Show was held this week ot the Hutt. There were 580 entries of stock and 240 exhibits of dairy produce, implements, &c. Mr T. C. Williams has published a lengthy letter in the N.Z. Times condemning very forcible the prospectuses of the Parapara Goldmining Company. Surely this was a very rough inuendo on the sitting Magistrate. They never are rude in the colonies, and this occurred in London. An old woman was up for an assault, and in defence said " She would leave the case to God, for God was above the devil." She was remanded to give the Magistrate time to think it over. Farming is in a bad <=tato in Essex, England, there being scarcely in the whole couuty a village in which a sale of live and dead farm stock is not impending. A good election story is to haud from Belfast, Ireland. Four voters, all married to Roman Catholic wives, and opposed to G adstone's party, woke up on the morning of the poll to find themselves locked in and every stitch of clothing removed. The plot, however, failed. In each case they were rescued by vigilant Unionist workers, who broke open the doors and, having swathed the men in bankets, carried them oft* in carriages to the poll.

We direct attention to the preliminary notice of the entertainment which is being pr-pared liy Mrs W. S. Stewart and a largs company of able an * willing helpers on beha'f of the Sohool Prize Fund. We aye able to state on the beat authority that thN wil! bo one of the finest amateur entertainments ever presented to a Foxtou audience; anl, as the school sands vow in the hi^'h- st favour with the pub ie, and the obj- ct is such a really worthy one, it goes without saying that success is already assured. Afternoon tea is to be an institution amongst tlie paupers of Nantwich, the guardians having resolved to supply the sugav and milk for it. A member horribly suggested also snuff, but tlie line was drawn at that. Dnring tho debate in tlie English Parliament the division on which led to the Tories defeat, Mr Chamberlain is credited with having made the most incisive and effective speech ever delivered in Parlialiament. Ho set forth with extraordinary lucidity and force the fixed determination of the mass of the British people never, under any pressure whatever, to concede to Ireland that full measure of colonial independence. As Mr Chamberlain read out extract after extract from the speeches of Crladstonian Ministers, he made it abundantly clear even to the dullest understanding that any attempt to pass such a Home Rule Bill would shatter the Gladstonian party to its base. Mr T. C J. Williams has in a letter to the Times, a hit at the clergy. He states he hopes one day to be Premier and if he is he would pass certain Acts, one with a view to make it somewhat sultry for any bishops, high church archdeacons, low church rural-deans, or broad church curates, who, after the passing of such Act, should continue with their Hocks to repeat twice, three, four, and even five times in one service a prayer, having been distinctly told when such prayer was given to ' avoid vain repetition,' to shorten rather than extend, that all tlieir needs are fnlly known beforehand. It is generally considered of much value to have a good doctor under one's lee, but a gentleman who has forwarded a letter to Mr I'ichardson, in praise of his house at Plimmcrlon. puts the distanco " out of the way of .'odors " as being likely to "give a new lease of life." To show w.j are not misrepresenting Ihe fact we quote the following extract:— To tliose fated to live in our towns or un ealthy inland districts, where the air is saturated with malarial or other atmospheric contamination, a stay at 'Mimnierton, out of the way of doctors, in the pure sea air. unmixed with any deleterious e.xhaluli n from the lnnd, would work wonders, and give a new lease of lifo ! Tlie deepest flowing well in New Zealand has just h- en completed at Npreydon, Canterbury. The depth is .30ft Hin and the lvight of the liow l_ft. The drill is 2in in diameter, and the supply 37,800 gallons a day. A new side to Trade Unionism is shown in the Contemporary /,'evicn: At Harllepool a vessel was lately b:;ing built in a hurry, and the men employed upon her thought it, a good opportunity lo strike for an advance of two shillings in the. teeth of the agreement under which they" were working. The shipbuilding firm immediately wired to the Executive Council of the Trades Union an account of the situation. The Council wired back at once, asking tliem to pay the. advance in the meantime, and proceed with tlie work, because they knew the vessel was needed in a hurry, and they did not wish lo came any delay ; but when the vessel was finished the Council compelled the men who struck to refund the money, aud then sent a chequ? for the amount to the firm that paid it. The August number of Judy has a caricature entitled " at the top of ihe poll," which represents th? G.O.M in his great ladder f. at. Tiie sketch show . Mr Gladstone balancing on the top of the pV.e, the oiii half of the ladder up which ho has climbed with one foot resting on the top rung, marked v self,'" his left foot kicking away the other half to which the rungs " home rule, labour, clericals, on?-man-vot-e, Welsh Church,'* adhere. Messrs Ross and Sandford, of ihe Bon Marchc, beg to intimate the arrival of their first shipment of spring and summer goods ex cargo st?amer Ruahine, comprising the largest delivery ever received by them at one time. T hey aro now making their first show for the season in all departments fuller partioulars of which will appear at a future date. Ross and Sandford. The Bon Marche. Good housewives resident in tha country districts when in want of floor cloths or linoleums, should remember that we have one of the largest and best selected stocks m the colony, which for cheapness are unequalled ontside of Te Aro House, Wellington. We have some very nice, light, carpet pattern floor cloths suitable for bedrooms and can cover rooms 9 feet by 12 feet for 10s Gd, 12 feet by 12 feet for 13s 9d and 15 feet by 12 feet for 19s (3d, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Some heavy floor oloths in Mosaic and Tile patterns are well adapted for kitchen use and we will cover 9 feet by 12 feet for 12s. 12 feet by 12 feet for 16s, 15 feet by 12 feefc for 20s and 18 feet by 12 feet for 24s at Te. Aro House. Wellington. From floor cloths, all in oue « ieee we can cover rooms 9 feet by 12 feet for 18s, 12 feet hy 12 feet for 21s, and 15 feet by 12 feet for 30s, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Heavy Linoleums, splendid carpet patterns to cover completely rooms 9 feet by 12 feet for 275, 12 feet by 12 feet for 375, and 15 feefc by 12 feet for 455, are to be had at Te Aro House, Wellington. We can also cover, all in one piece rooms from 9 feet by 12 feet to 75 feet by 12 feefc. Orders can bo addressed to James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington.