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Manawatu Herald, 20 June 1893, Page 2

The acljonrnud "annual general meeting of ilie Foxton Butchering Co , will be held to-movrow at the Racing Club's office. > Since, last Thursday over 500 tons of coal have been delivered at the • fc'oxton wharf. The Normanby school Committee have selected Miss Ballantine as assistant nus- ■ tress at that school. The selection has to be confirmed by the Board. In answer to a query in the Standard we obligingly explained, on Saturday, why, as the editor of a newspaper, we did not intend to contest a seat in the next pav l^. incut. The editor of the Standi rf i having found that he was rather rash^m making these enquiries, isp; aed an absiml persona f attack on the editor of this paper iv Wonday s isiae. It may please him, it does noli nurt us, but it is tto answer to the arguments we used. The Union Clothing Co., having been the successful tenderers for a large banki nipt stock in Wellington, have sent a big i share to their Hoxton branch so that the public will have an opportunity of buyin« boys' and men's outfits, at a great reduc. tion off usual prices. The Palmerston Borough Councillors do not desire to know the law* if the law does not suit them all the worse for the law In thi? respect they resemble many other local bodies. Owing to a Councillor having tendered for a contract with the borough, the Mayor, on Thursday night informed the Council that he had given the clerk instructions, not to sign it, as he had i sought the Borough's solicitor's advice and fouucl that by so acting both himself and the other Councillors would be answerable, it not being legal to accept the tender of a Councillor sitting at tile table. He desired to have the solicitor's opinion read to them i when the Councillors objected ! and rose ! from their seats thus breaking up the meeting. It is said lhat the opinion is j very decided against Councillors beinj* pftid ' for supplying goods to the Cttuncif. It appears very curious that the Council should refuse to listen to their own solicitor's opinion. Mr Greenwood will visit Foxton on Wednesday dight and will leave by the afternoon train on Thursday. He can be consulted at Whyte's Hotel. The Chronicle says;— On Tuesday Mr Drew received received a valuable contribution to our looftl Museum in the shape of the bones oE perhaps the most perfect example of a moa yet found in New Zealand. The bones were exposed among the sandhills between the Turakina and Wangaehu rivers by a late gale, and having been noticed at once, have been brought to Wanganui in a very perfect condition. Though the skeleton will only stand Uh high, it is evidently that of an adult bud of a small variety of moa. This is proved not only by the hardness of the bones, but by the fact that, along with them, were many fragments of the shell of an egg, which must have been nearly hatched, as there are also bones of the young chick. It would seem as if the bird had been overwhelmed by the drifting sand while silting on her nest. Even the bones of the head are complete, which is a very unusual circumstance, as from their fragility they unusually get broken as soon as c posed to the weather and trampling of stock. Alon" with the bones are the harder portions ol the windpipe, which we believe had never been previously found under similar cir cumstances, and seem to point unmistakeably to the bird having been alive at a comparatively recent date. With the introduction of arc lights in the iSonth have come numerous bugs of more or less dangerous species. One iv particular that is worthy of notice has been termed the electric-light bug. It is about an inch and a half long, and from a sixteenth to a .quarter in thickness, and seems to consist wholly of legs and wings. They have hitherto been considered harmless, but now it is believed that they bite or sting, with direful results.— Electrical lieview. The following paragraph from " Search Lights" in the Cliriatchurch Pregu can be. read with advantage by both Good Templars and Hotel-keepers in this district, Loyalty is proverbially the attribute even of thieves. I suppose it is because it is such a commonplaoe commodity that Mr Sherwin, the hotelkeeper, has washed his hands of it. For to judge by his example there is certainly not loyalty among publicans, I cannot admire the eagerness with wich he rushes into print to boast of the fact that he gave a substantial subscription to the Prohibitionists in the holy cause of keeping the other hotel ia his vicinity closed. It is doubtless flattering to Mr Sherwin's pride to feel he has got Messrs Isitt and Taylor in his pay ; and can pull even prohibitionist wires in the interests of his bar trade. But the knowledge of the views he holds of trade loyalty will not add to the flavour of his beer to honest topers. The Reverend L. M.lsitt on a 1 memorable occasion oharged his opponents with being the " slaves of a liquor ring " ; it would seem as though the boot were on the other leg. The public will form their own conclusion as to the sincerity and honesty of a party that in the high name of religion aud philanthropy relies for its financial support on the profits of a trade it designates as crimiriaTand; immoral. Parliament meets on Thursday. M. Turpin has invented a mitrailleuse capable of projecting a hundred thousand missiles a distance of two miles in a quarter of an hour. Strafige r scenes marked the; weighing of the anchor of a man-of-war belonging to a South' American Government at Toulon the other, says the Paris correspondent of the Telegraph. It is said that the officers had contracted debts amounting to about 30,000 francs in the southern naval seaport. Accordingly the vessel before leaving the. roadstead was surrounded by boatloads of excited and clamouring creditors, who made attempts to get on board, but were threatened by the crew of the man-of-war. Both officers and Men, according to the report, said that they would prevent anyone from entering the ship at the point of the sword. The French cooks and j stewards, who had been hired for the mess- ! i room of the foreign man-of-war, then left the vessel, as they were afraid that they might receive bad treatment during the ' voyage. As the creditors were unable to ' get on board they had themselves rowed j back to shore, and lodged a complaint with , the Justice of the Peace. A " writer " was despatched out to the foreign craft, but the ' captain refused to see him. Soon after- ! warclj the man-of-war stood out to sea, and the creditors finding , that the Naval ( Prefect of the .port could do nothing for them resolved 16 bring their grievances to the notice of the Minister for Foreign ' Affairs. ' i

Another wonderful Licensing Committee The P cis reports^ that the last application before the Licensing Committee, after we. went to press yesterday, (Friday), wa< that of James B .wden, who sought to oblain a fivsh license tor the Branch Hotel. Inspector Fender: The only objection t) this hotel is that excessive drinking is allowed. The Chairman : Refused 1 Mr Edwards (for the licenseej: Why, we hay« not even been calld upon for an explanation ! The eh aifman : Hotel not required Mr Edwards: Well, under the circumstances I apply for the statutory adjournment of 14 days. The Chairman : Granted Thus, the tersest manner on record, the license was refused, and an application for a re-hearing granted-. London meWhaMts &A IS preparing to con- ( sign goods by the Hnddart-Parker steamers via Vancouver. As compared with the route round Cape Horn, it is reckoned that there will be a saving of four months in the round, iyip, Dr Walker, of St. Patilj Minilesotftj while OIU shooting, fired at,a squirrel, &hi; missing it, shot dead an Indian girt who 1 was standing nesir The tribe captured Walker and toasted him on a slow fire, while the relatives of the girl mutilated his body in a fearful manner. The military have gone in pursuit of the Indians. We understand, says the Pod that the Agent-General has appointed two thoroughly qualified veterinary surgeons, who will leave England for the Colony at an early date with a view of being placed in charge of the North arid Sdtitli Islands respectively uiider tile head of the Agricultural Department. The new men will travel over their big districts giving advice to settlers where necessary, and investigat. ing all cases of disease in stock which may be brought under the notice of the Department The departure ia one which will still further add to the usefulness of the Agricultural Department as administered by the Hon. the Minister for Lands; Circus Man (hunting for a stray elephant) ; " Have you seen a strange auimal around here ?" Irishman: "Be gorra, Oi hoy that. There was an injunrubber bull around here pulling carrots wid its tail!" A specimen of that rare British bird> the pied flycatcher* ha? lately be"en seen at liberty in the vicinity of Regent's ParkThese birds are supposed to live entirely on winged insects, and it is remarkable how rapidly they seize their food, which is so minute as to be invisible to the human eye. In the London Bankruptcy Court Mr Alfred Emden, one of the registrars, in referring to the frauds committed in connection with the Liberator Building Society* said he regarded it as a national misfortune that the police were unable to capture Jabez S. Balfour, the principal offender.