Untitled

Manawatu Herald, 7 March 1893, Page 2

Mr R. Gardner has just had built a flue room on his property at Paiaka, m»aßtirin« 40 feet by 25 feet. We has had ierectei to provide a building in which religions services can be IHd on a Sunday : as a schoolhonse for his children ; and as a suitable room for holding a dance in. He purposes also opening it of an evening as a reading and writing room for the hands employed at his flax-mill. Among other changes we understand that Mr Lyon has bought Mr Alexander Macdonald's property at Shannon. Wn believe, however, that Mr Macdonald will continue to lvside ou the farm but will givo his attention more to Native business in which he is so well posted up in. Every day, now that tho Longhurn freezing works are in operation, a cask containing from 300 to 400 sheep's tongues is despatched to Wangauui. If, instead of gotting mixed up about the oonntrv electorates, our contemporary the NZ. Times would interest itself in the Wellington candidates it might come out brtter. We are assured that. Mr T. Kennedy Macdonald intends to confpst, Wellington against all corners and should make a very good recn'd, nvfn if nit returnpd, which however appears exceedingly likely. Mr C. S Lewrs who is svell known in this district, more pspficii'ly as the active organ i«"»r of Mr Stevens' Foxton Committee at the last election, is no.v a traveller for thn wMI known fir-n of ironmongeva, Wiikins and Field of Wellington. Mr TTenry Coley has negotiated a lease of tho Remn^ton mill and will make a start almost at onc>. T ! m wi'i !i e in addition to the mill now being worked on the Hirnitangi run.

Messrs Abraham & Wi.liavw bold stock sales tit Woodville and Colytcn on Ti.jsday next. Yesterday Mr Ransom, thr Chain' an of the vianawatu County Cjuncil, paid :. loug visit to the Motoa estate to see Hi. road line which it is intend ;d to exchange. i\e also visited the sand drift between Messrs Carter and Austin's properties Mr Corpe ha:- decided to .Irect a butter factory at l'ampb.;lltown r.nd purposes making a stan in September. Three hundred and fifty cows have already been promised. Wlu-n the facto.-y is in fall swing it will be t lie means of distributing something like £1000 a raonth around Uarapb;lliown} Additions to the Palmerston and Feilding sales of the United Fanners Alliance appear to-day. The public works committee of the Borough Council met on Saturday and opened and accepted the following tenders : —For the main swamp drain tlu tenders of H. Me ! iay at 2* 9d per chain and V. Adin at Is 2d per chain were received and Adin's accepted. For Guerin's drain H. Ltfc'.iay tendered at 3s and J. Ingram 2s Gd per chain, and the latter's tender was ac- ! eppted. '<. Aldridgi's was the only tender received for painting and repairing boat at £3 103 and accepted. H, Aldridge's was th? only tender for |pan-to at the ferry at £12 10s and it was accepted. The Manawatu County Council meets at Sanson to morrow, when all tenders must be in by noon. The usual train arrange inents will be made so as to insure a return trip. The jonrney to Wellington can b> most conveniently broken at Pakaikariki. A traveller by the afternoon train reaches thpre at 8 p.m. He can get comfortable quarter? for the night at the one hotel, and proceed on his journey next morning by the train which leaves at a quarter to seven, reaching Wellington at ten minutes to nine. This avoids the inconvenience of arriving in Wellington late at night. Mr Rowe, who purchased a portion of the Oroua Downs Estate, at the sale of that property has parted with it to Mr Walter Johnston, 'ihe pries is mentioned' as eleven pounds an acre. This will #ive Mr Johnston about 10,000 acres in this district. Mr Bpeirs is erecting a six roomed house on the Motoa road for Mr Urwick. rue situation has been prettily chosen, bjing on a hill towards the back of the sec ion. It is to have a verandah in front, from which an exctsllent view will be obtained. We noticp that through some cause or another a fire has been amongst the trees on the race-course boundary by the railway and many kiiled. A few panels of fencing have also bi-en destroyed. Seel, chW officer of the barque Annie Stafford, charged at Newcastle, with the manslaughter of Win. King, whose death he caused by striking him with a block, and knocking him from the topmast rigg ing to the deck, has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment. On March 2nd Melbourne experienced the hottest dav for 11 years, the thermometer registering 105 in the shade. The N.Z. Times understands chat Mr J. Grimmond, who represented Hokiiika in the last Parliament intends to contest the Westland seat with the Hon Mr Seddon at the general election. There are many wonderful advertisements but the following, culled from a cm'pmnoiary, excels in want of taste and expression— Ha ! ha ! ha 1 you and me Lm!e Squat Bottle Don't we love thee. Ha! ha! ha! he 1 he! he In little Squat Bottle Is somebody's Whiskee. It does not suggest that those who seek this paniculir brand of "whiskee" are parlio'i'a'ly tvnp°rate. Mr Tennaut is gatting things ready for his mill at Carnarvon which will be in the paddock belonging to Mr McLennan, on the seaward Bide of the Sandon road. Mr Tennant has someone driving an artesian well and though down 150 feet there is no sign of water. The Weathersfield, rescued from the Otaki beach by Messrs Saunders & Co is lying at the Te Aro breastwork and is getting put into a state of thorough repair. She suffered no damage whilst lying oni the beach, but the necessary work to any vessel that has been so long idle, and rigging her, will cost plenty of money. We are informed that she represents some 63 TOO a? sb.9 now is, and is worth some £7000, the diffieu'ty being, who will buy her? The owners therefore do not stand to make a fortune, though luckily they are saved a loss. Mr Gordon Andrews' many friends will regret to hear that he mchrwent another operation on Friday, the eighth we believe.* Though having a most heathy appearance, he is, of course, in a serious state, as for the last nine months he has been confined to his bed, unable even to sit up. He has a brave spirit to accept his misfortune in the excellent spirit he doe 3 and all will be heartily g^d to hear if his strang efforts saconded by his doctor's skill have carried him through his illness to renewed health. One of our oldest settlers, one who arrived in 1840, who now numbers eighty five years -Mr Gcait of Tirakina,— is a fine example of the physique of the men who opaued up tb.3 oolony, and we have only to meatioa that we had th 3 pleasure of meeting him in Wsllinqtoi last week as he was about to start on atrinto Melbourne and Gipsland to show in what a hearty state of heath ha still is. May he have a pleasant trip is our trua wish. At Qaito, tha only oitv iv the world on the line of the equator, the sun visas and sets at six o'clook tte yeav oind. Ouv Palmerston contemnovary with tho long title say 3- No less thai 254 telegrams wer? seat from and v^cuved at the telegrnh o'ti's3 on thi Pa'mn'ston vx-noo'irw (taring th? two divs' mating. Tl3 benefit to tin club wa<? co-mbraVe as hundred* of pounds wire wired for investment ou the totalizator. It is estimated that the fanavn,t*i lUcin'» Club will mike a profit of £183 OV31 1 tfn Autumi uniting. This will place the e^'ib in a very satisfactory financial position. On Sunday, a man named S'trith, who was once dog tax coll°ctor fir tin Borough nnt with a severe acci lent a* he wag riding home to M-» hou=?<s n a ar A tiki. Th<», girth bnka wHoh caused th* rid^r to fa'l and to r >cnivp a f raoture on tin skull A mes- • en^T cam > in for Dr D»rm«»r. but. he was nnfortimaHy away in Wellington, having to attend as ft witness at the Snnreme Ourt "itM'n »q. We have bopn unab'e to ] am *<nw i* progressing but it is thought unlike'y that he will recover. Th* Innorbrrn Fr-^zin? Cotiowv are j about isßiiincr t.h-> maHofted H'iar i s. It is rumoivd that if unsnc-essful in getting them off, tha works will b? c'o3ed. Rors-> r»wn ts are rpmini-d thaf acc«mt--1 fine*' and g>n thl r»ntms for th* c andon , Inc't race ineeltiog, close on Thursday • evening.