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Manawatu Herald, 26 November 1892, Page 2

Mv Wilson has arranged with Messrs Anderson about tho metalling on the Motoa road and a start will be at. once made afcr the specifications are signed. It has been decide I to voluntarily wind up the Wellington A thenrcum. Wo have never had much to do with hatching, either plots or eggs, and there fore are nniible to say whether it in a curious thing for a double- voiced duck's i>gg, lite real thing we mean, not that used in cricketing /uwltiiicp, to hatoh out as two ducks. We have been informed that .suoh occurred the other day, but if any part of the egg hatched we should think it would be-more singular if one duck only oame out as that -\ould bo less than two. The surprise, we expect, comes in at the egg being fetlilc. Almost in the centre of the Motoa swamp, as it uspd to be, but now only in name, a .large paddock has been ploughed ani sown down in rape and mustard Tnia is up in its fourth leaf and bids fair to be a Yf>7 heavy crop. Mr McMillan will address tho Burgesses on Tuesday nig t. ■ (-Another large seizure Has been made at Syiutty of opium smuggled in as tea. We understand that Messrs Lird arid Lewi.s the artesian well sinkers have determidfd to dissolve partnership. .; A small boy, a first offender, was summpned the other day and the oasfr deoid d by a J.P., for disturbing th. Salvation .A'rtay during service. The boy pleaded gnilty to the charge and had apologised to the officer for his conduct. It appeared that another boy, with evil thought intent, had brought a collection of rotten eggs and laid them on the window sill of the barracks. I hese tempted the boy to mis-use them whioh' he did by throwing one tfirough the open window. The unpleasantness thus occasioned caused the service to be interrupted. The boy was let off very lightly, after being severely cautioned, wLh a* flue of Is and costs 7a. The friends of Mr and Mrs Hector Booth will learn, with much sorrow, that on Thursday last they lost, by death, their qn]y baby daughter. A rabbit story has been told to us which is honestly vouch d for, but all the same it appears to be needed to be taken with as much more of the ordinary grain of salt as the sufferer had to take. The reader t > swallow it, the sufferer ju<=t the reverse. A rabbiter, now skins are being purchased at sixpence, was annoyed to find that some small skins disappeared down the hungry throats of the pack he had to keep to catch them with. He determined, if unable to put a stop altogether to this, to, at any rate, be at no loss by the transaction. The other day, amongst other skins lying around be noticed four small ones in a heap, and turning to attend to something else he noiic d one of the pack of hounds swallowing the lot. Hid mate remarked •' Two bob gone cronk," " I think not," sai 1 the owner, " tin re are other ways of killing a dog than by thoking him with butter," and he evidently knew of it, as calling the animal, he secured it and then with a handfu of sa t admin atered a dose which oausfd a retnrn of the sto'en property, which have be^n dn y made up with the other skins for sale. Tenders are invitrd for paddooking fir the Paiaka hemp mil, up to noon of Weijiesday.

The usual quarterly, tea iv .eoiinßeticiri with theTiiitlimve "MeUiodisl chur.ch will be held in the public HAH on Tuesday evening-. To morrow the Rey .T. C. Chirk of Otaki p.rea'ches at the Primitive Alcthodist church. Mr George Nye, one of the candidates for the Mayoralty notifies that he will address the Burgesses at the Temperance hall on Monday evening at 7.HQ. A fire, resulting unfortunately in the death of a child occurred at Mas.terton on Wednesday night, the house of Mr 0 T. .* attach, Architect, being almost totally destroyed, and his two year old child, Kathleen, being b rnt to death. When the fire broke out, shortly after 11, the inmates Mr and Mrs Natusch and six children, iVllas Spenco and Miss Eagle, and Messrs Wills and Wright ha i all retired 1 to rest. Ml" Wright, who was sleeping on a couch in the dimngroom ( and was awoke by a crackling sound oh the ground floor, was BrdusOd first and ar used the others. He and Mr Wills oollared two children each and rushed downstairs and escaped. The others rushed on to the balcony in their nightdresses. Mra Natusch threw the young baby down to Ml* Vv ills and then slid down to the ground. The child Kathleen was left behind Vfforts to rescue her wefe made by Mr E. li. Eton, but without avail. The Fire Brigade turned out, but the fire had got too good a hold The building was a new two-storied one, built and owned by Mr N&tuscli . Oft. September 23rd a diver named Jones, residing at Cardiff, was eugaged in attempting to raise the steamship Accringtoul which was beached at Penarth some time since, after being in collision. She had seyeml holes In her side, which had been plugged while the vessel was pumped out. Jones accidently pushed ill one of these plugs with hia right hand* and the suction of Hie water 'became so great that his arm was drawn into the hole to the shoolder, and he coukt not withdraw it. A message was wired to Cardiff docks for another diver. , Nearly two hours elapsed before he reached Penarth with his diving apparatus, and in this time Jones had become so exhausted that he was found hanging by the vessel's side on his arm. His rescue took a considerable time. This was. a London school board boy's essay on " Poultry " i— " Hen's is curious animals. They don't have no nose, nor no teeth, nor no ears. They swallow their vittles whole, and chew it up in their crops inside of them " Different ways of looking at a fact. Those who had something to lose might very probably assert that the action described below was as it should be for the protection of life and property, but the Sydney Bulb'tin puts it this way :— lt leaks out that the N S.W. Ministry took every precaution for the dragooning of the people in the late crisis. The guard boat was kept iv readiness, night and day, to convey the artillery from Middle Head, the Maxims, Catlings, and Nordenfeldts were ready for transport to the Barrier, and, on the night of the monster Sydney meetiug the infantry were under arms in Victoria Barracks, and a tra ■> kept waiting to hurry them down for the protection of Parliament douse. The trial boring for artesian water on the Wanganui racecourse has met with temporary hindrance, as after reaching a dpptli of 250 ft a stratum « as reached which defied further penetration. In all probability a fresh boring will be made at another spot, with better results it will be hoped. Tho contractor has succeeded in withdrawing 130 ft of the piping used in the experiment. The alterations of the train services on Wednesday and Thursday next appear elsewhere. At about 230 a.m. on Thursday a fire broke out at the Nelson Bridge-street Boys' L 'chool, one of the principal Government schools in the own. The fire was evidently the work of an incendiary The major portion of the building was destroyed. This is the third public school which has been on fire within the last few months, each outbreak having occurred under most suspicious oironmstances. The case Davenport v Syms was conclu ed at »* oodville on Thursday and His Worship said he had decided to commit. Accused said Ihe ohargn wn.3 absolutely baseless, and ho reserved his defence, Syms was then committed for trial at the Su reme Court sittings at Wellington on Monday, bail being allowed, himself in £100, and two sureties of £50 each. The Mercury records the follow in? :— A mob of four young horses, in charge of Mr Green, of Crofton, were being di-iven through the town. Mrs Mewitt was crossing the road from the > ercury office towards Temperley's when one of the horses jumped clean over that la y's head very much to her astonishment and alarm, fortunately she sustained no damage beyond the fright. Messrs Ross and Sandford, of the Bon Marche, beg to intimate the arrival of their first shipment of spring and summer goods ex cargo steamer Buahine, comprising the largest delivery ever received by them at one time. 1 hey are now making their first show for the season in all departments fuller particulars of which will appear at a future date. Boss and Sandford. The Bon Marohe. Good housewives resident in tha country distriota when in want of floor oloths or linoleums, should remember that we have one of the largest and best selected Btockß in the colony, which for cheapness are unequalled outside of Te Aro House, Wellingtou. We have some very nice, light, carpet pattern floor cloths suitable for bedrooms and can cover room? 9 feet by 12 feet for 10s 6d, 12 feet by 12 feet for 13s 9d and 15 feet by 12 feet for 19s fid, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Some heavy floor cloths 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 feet for 20s and 18 fpet by 12 feet for 24s at Te Aro House. Wellington. From floor cloths, all in one i ieee we can cover rooms 9 feet by 12 feet for 18s, 12 feet by 12 feet for 21s, and 15 feet by 12 feet for 30p, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Heavy Linoleums, splendid carpet patterns to cover completely rooms 9 feet by 12 fept for 275, 12 feet by 12 feef; for 375, and 15 feet by 12 feet for 4os, 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 feet. Orders can be addressed to James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington.