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Manawatu Herald, 10 June 1893, Page 2

Mr\CStansell -.has been good enough to call our attention to a mistake as to the period which he took when he made the statement that 851 persons had slept at his hotel. The period was from June '92 to June'this year, which thus discloses a much larger trade to that which we understood,' (as we, had made it to appeal for fourtyears. '-. .-■', ' p "The Eev. J. M'William, preaching in St. Paul's Church on Sunday evening, reviewed the early missionary efforts of Bishop Hadfield, of which he spoke in glowing terms. Bishop Hadfield was, he claimed, responsible for the conversion of 4060 men to Christianity in those, early years. , By a supplement to our present issue Messrs Boss and Sandford, of the Bon Marche, Palmer?ton, announce the com- 1 mencement of their annual stocktaking sale. Wo notice they claim to be the first firm in New Zealand to supply the public with men's all wool colonial tweed suits at .the moderate sum of .one pound. The cyclone which struck the town Eldorado, in Arkansas, buried the town in a pillar of dust. Thirty oE the residents were killed. The survivors fled oh horseback. - ,' - ■ ; At the Botanical Gardens, Adelaide, several magnificent blooms of the Victoria Begia have been on view to visitors of late. One of the staff had thsidea of testing; the carrying capacity, of one of "the large floating leaves, an'd'a'little'gW of nine years of age was placed upon the miniature raft in a sitting position. A photograph was taken of the interesting incident.

A messenger of the Societe Generate has absconded with a quarter of a million francs (£10,000). Sir Robert Stout was returned for Inangahua on Thursday by a majority of (527. The numbers were— Stout, 1467; O'Hegan, 840. There was a heavy fall of snow in the streets of leildiug and Bulls this morning. The public schools of Napier are closed for another foruight on account of the prevalence of measles. The Manawatu County Council meets on Wednesday, and the usual special tram will run to and from Sanson. Mr J. G. Wilson, who arrived on Wednesday night left yesterday morning by train for his home at Bulls. The second officer of the R.M.S. Arawa, on her last trip to England, took home a live albatros which i 3 now in the Zoological gardens, in Regent's I'ark, London. The bird is young, and measures 11 feet from wing tip to wing tip, and was sold to the 200 authorities for £16 He is the first albatross ever brought to London, and is drawing large audiences in the Regent's Park Gardens. Six armed men seized a bank in Dentenville, Kansas, and compelled the cashier to convey £20,000 in gold to a buggy which they had in readiness outside the building. The cashier took refuge in a newspaper office, which was fired into by the robbers, who afterwards decamped. Two were killed in attempting to regain the money. Lord Roberta states that 25,000 more men are urgently wanted in India. It is probable that the Queen of the South will bring the steam-boring gear on her next trip. It is about time. Our townsman, Joe Tos, appears to find farming pays, as he has secured another forty acres to put under crop. He is also going in for a large quantity of small fruits and strawberries. The Rev. G. Aitkens holds service at Levin to-morrow morning and at All Saints' in the evening. Messrs Abraham & Williams stock sale at Levin will be held next Wednesday. Messrs Gorton & Son's sale at Campbelltown is fixed for Friday. The weather has turned remarkably cold. A heavy gale arose last night and changed to the south, and early this morn ing snow fell but did not lie on the ground. The Star's Otakeho correspondent says : There is a great movement going on in in cattle just now. Our southern friends from Palmerston and Oroua Downs side are making big inroads on our herds — several hundreds are gone and any amount more required. I hear they are very short of store stock down that way. Captain Russell, at the invitation of many of the Palmerston residents, is going to give an address in that town on Monday night. Mr Gerbes notifies elsewhere that he lias removed to the Tram Sheds, where an ex cellent assortment of furniture may be viewed. . A telegram from Greytown says that 50 head of cattle and 150 sheep are reported to have been stolen from the estate of Coleman Phillips. The Wanganui election yesterday resulted in the return of Mr Willis, the nnmbers. being— Willis, 5)51 ; Carson, 552The Manawatu Times reports that the outward train to Foxton on Tuesday evening ran into a buggy driven by Mr George Richardson, near Longburn The horae was killed instantly and the buggy smashed to atoms, but Mr Uichardson miraculously esoaped with a severe shaking. It is stated that the accident was caused by the horse shying on to the line, and no blame is attached to the driver of the engine, At the Police Court yesterday, William Charles Johnson was charged, before Messrs Thynne and McMillan. J.'sP., with having obtained the sum of £3 2s Gd from Edmund Osborne with intent to cheat and defraud him. The aocnsnd desired that ihe oharge should be dpalt with summarily and pleaded guilty. Mr Osborne stated that the acensed had ordered some goods and tendered a cheque for £.10 on a Wei. lington bank in payment, and he handed him the money, £3 £te fld, as the balance. The oheque was returned marked "no acoount." He thought the man was suffering from the effect aof drink. He did not think he was to blame for accepting a ch w que from a man he knew nothing of. The oonstable did not think the man was a rogue, but had acted foolishly and wrongly from the effacts of drink. Tho accused said he had no desiro to act fraudulently, and would, if he obtained a chance, work out his debt to Mr Osborne. He had obtained the cheque from the Bank of New Zealand and ' the Manager had filled it up for him. The Bench convicted the accused and ordered that he wa« to come up for judgment when called upon. It may be of interest to some of our readers to know that the Government have instructed the police to put down all sorts of fights, glove-fights included. The Irish members were much irritated at the Premier's acceptance of the amendment including aliens among the subjects excepted from legislation by the Irish Parliament, and therefore voted against the Government on the question, as did 70 Radicals. The amendment, however, was carried. The Duke of Abruzzi is on board an Italian warship which will shortly visit Australia. A rumour is current in London that Allsopp and Co. and Bass and Co have agreed to amalgamate. • The Daily Chronicle is convinced that the Home Rule Bill will not be passed, and that an appeal to the country is inevitable. It oousiders the present debate a mere farce.

I As showing the wonderful development and steady progress of Colonial Manufactures during the past year or two, it is worthy of note that Messrs Boss & Sandford, of the Bon Marche", Palmerston North, are now retai ing to the public Men's All-wool Colonial Tweed Suits at the wonderful low price of One Pound, quite as good as what could be bought a short time back for double this money. This firm are now holding a gigantic Clearing Sale of the whole of their extensive and valuable stock and it will be to the interest of buyers of Clothing and General Drapery to pay them an early visit.— Advt. We have the largest stock of New Zealand made .flannels in the Province. We can show over 10,000 (ten thousand) yards in white, Shetland, grey and other colors at Te Aro House, Wellington. These New Zealand Flannels are well made, well finished, all pure wool and guaranteed to give every satisfaction in wear^ Send for patterns to Te Aro House, Wellington. We will send the following parcels carriage paid to any address on receipt of order and cash at Te Aro House, Welling* ton. New Zealand Flannels. Parcel No, 5— 6yds white for 6/fl, 6yds Shetland for 6/0, and 4yds grey for 4/6, 2Jyd"s Plaiding, eithpr white or grey, for 6/3. The lot for 24/3, ♦ Carriage paid, from Te Aro House. This is a good useful paroel.

Parcel No 6— 4 yds each of white and Shetland Plaiding for 20/-, 6yds white Flannel for {)/-. The lot, carriage paid, for 21)3. This is a splendid parcel for winter use. Send for it at Te Aro House, Wellington. Parcel No. 7— 6vds white Flannel for 6/9, 6yds white Flannel for 9/-, 6yds white Flannel for 10/6, Byds fine white Flannel for 8/-. The lot for 32/3, carriage paid. This is a mixed parcel of the various qualities we keep in New Zealand Flannels at Te Aro House, Wellington.