Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1878.

Manawatu Herald, 25 July 1893, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1878.

A meeting of flaxmillers is convened for Thursday next at 2 o'clock sharp at tVhyte's Hotel. As the business to be transacted is of importance, it is to be hoped all will make it a point of attending. Tenders are required by advertisement in another column for the supply and delivery of telegraph armß for the Telegraph Department. Specifications may be seen at the local Post and Telegraph Office. By the alteration of their advertisements in this issue it will be seen that the sale at Te Aro House Branch positively closes next Saturday. - . A man named Partridge, a miner at Croydon, Brisbane, has fallen heir to the sum of £100,000 through the death of relativ«i in fioglaodt

In the Gloucestershire match Bannerman stonewalled for three hours cttid a half for | 39 runs, and the spectators expressed great delight at bis uismissal. Bannerman sagely remarked, " There's no way of pleasing U>em— lf you make a lot of runs they don't like it ; if you get out quickly ther say you are a fraud to come Home te plfty cvicket ; and if you stop in it donH suit them at all. The following are the ages of the Australian Eleven now in England :— Blackham 88, Danuerman 34, Bruce 29, Conninffham 27, G. Giffen 34, W. Giffen 2'J, (ualiam 22, Gregory 2a, Jarvis 32, Lyons, HO, McLeod 27, Trott 26, Trumble 26, ami Turner 30. The ineasleß epidemic in, Wellington is much the worst' ever known there. The schools still suffer largely in attendance. ,It is also becoming prevalent |tt ; otHer .parts of the colony. ; : ■ '' ' At the Police Oqurt yesterday before Mr J. B. McMillan, J.P., Frank Reeve was fined £1 and costs for interference and obstructing Mr H. Baker, who is a member ot the Salvation Army. A big petition now before the Native Mairs Committee is that of Major Kemp, who asks 'that two Native Houses of Parliament be set up* with full power to the Maoris to deal with their affairs, and to issue titles for lands held by them. A point has been raised by the Hon. Mr Richardson that the petition cannot be entertained, »8; it is opposed to the constitution; that the Governor could only aot as suggested on a resolution of both branches of the Legislature! Mr Speaker is to be asked to decide the matter. It is reported in legal circles that the Official Assignee in Chriatohuroh has decided to institute criminal proceedings against three members of a certain firm, whose sensational bankruptcy has recently excited considerable attention, both in the oolony and at Home, a large number of the creditors being English capitalists.— Pod. Two men named Potter and Clements were smartly arrested by Detectives Herbert and Gantley, while helping themselves in the Rainbow Hotel, Kaiwatra, early last Saturday morning. The former is a notorious and oft-convicted criminal, but, as far as the police are aware, this is Clements' first dip into crime. The attention of the officers when opposite the Rainbow Hotel was,attraoted by a light in the bar, and upon looking cautiously through the window they saw two men, who, having regaled themselves with some little refreshment of a liquid character, deliberately proceeded to take several bottles of liquor and .two boxes of cigars from the shelves. The detectives posted themselves quietly one on each side of the hotel, and awaited results. Potter was the first to make his exit from the house, and was followed by Clements. Gantley selected the former as his man, and a terrific struggle ensued. Potter, who is an old sailor, fought like a demon, but eventually he was manacled, and, with his companion, was lodged in the city lock up. In Potter's inside coatpocket was found a crow-bar, about 15 inches in length, a most formidable weapon, technically known as a " jemmy." With this crowbar the prisoners had prized up the windows of both the White Horse Hotel, Ngahauranga, and the Rainbow Hotel, Kaiwarra, and, in order to make good their retreat* they unlocked the front doors before proceeding to operations. The local agent's iri Wellington of the firm of Oetzes and Jerritsen, London, completed the purchase of the largest parcel of butter ever sold in one standing line in this oolony, viz., 72 tons from the Crown Dairy Factory Company, New Plymouth. All fine butter, its value, with freight, insurance, etc., being over £6000. The Spanish training ship, Nautilus sailed for Lyttelton on Sunday from Wellington. Her offioera declare New Zealand is the finest country in the world, aud the captain says that should he abandon the sea he will return to New Zealand to take up his residence. Numbers of the officers only returned from Hawke's Bay on Saturday night, where they have been inspecting the country. Louis Albert Sanderson was brought before the R M. at Wellington on Friday morning, charged with having caused the death of W. Spreat. The Bench considered that it was not a case for trial and therefore discharged the accused. Tenderers are reminded that the time for tenders being deposited for the purchase of the Foxton Co-operative Butchering Company's business closes at noon to-morrow. Captain Brown, of Manawatu, has (says tho Woqdville JSigiwiner) been feeding his hoggets .with chaff this season. Having lost a number from some cause not apparent, Captain Brown had the carcases opened, and in the stomach were found hard balls, composed of binder twine, which 1 had eVidently caused death by sotting up stomachic trouble. • It is thus evident that it is dangerous to feed stock with chaff cut without removing the twine bands before cutting the sheaf, Many are the uses of money; but Mr Joseph Newton, late. of the Royal Mint, points out there is at least one use which is not generally known. This is the availability of coins for letter weighing when the ordinary postal weights do not happen to be. at Hand. Commencing with the sovereign, this weighsa very safe quarter-ounce for foreign postage,' two equaling of course a. half ounce and four one ounoe. The next denomination, the crown piece, is just on the right side of one ounce in weight, and the half crown of half-ounce. Five separate shillings, or two shillings and a sixpence, for the, ounce and /half-ounce, will do as well! Descending frdra gold and silver tp hard-working bronze, it is found that either three penny pieces of five halfpence or ten farthings, will respectively make up one ounce. Another peculiarity in rega.ul to halfpenny ■is noted by Mr Newton. This is its diameter, which is precisely one inch, so that by using it as a measure it will be seen that twelve halfpence laid flat and in touoh, are;" equal, to pfaeifoot, iand thirty. six to one yard. 1 )■• . Constable Moore, of Eamo, is investigating the cause of death of sundry Maoris, who died in the Ngunguru district, within the past few months, it is alleged through treatment by a Maori Tohunga, who was providing remedies against witchcraft, or mukutu. The treatment, it is said,,qonsisted of being stripped and put into a i scalding bath and then cooled off in the open air, and in other cases the application of poultices of boiling hot potatoes or pumpkins to the bare skins. Eight persons are stated to have died in the Ngunguru district, from an infant six months ; qld to a girl, pf JLS. Constable Moore has been informed that 40 to 50 Natives have died between North Cape and Whangaiei through this kind of heroio treatment for preventing being mukutued or bewitched. •■• > i - j ' The greatest floods sinee 1 1852 are' reported along the Launceston line. The people in the lower part of Longford have been compelled to leave their residences. The loss of stock is veiy_hea,vy;_ „ ; , ; , The vOAro^oZe j says-pWe h«^r . that a writ has "been'iSßued against Constable Pennefather in connection with the late Potto case. The damages are assessed at [ £50, and the trial is set down for the Dig. trict Court;

Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a stock sale at Levin to-morrow. Another shocking case of total toss 8f memory is recorded— "-this tftiie f Ifoin Napier. A man in MuttKngp'oiis laid an information ! against ft publicau for Sunday trading. The police prosecuted, calling the inform-, ant as witness. But his memory had totally gone. He did not know what a public house was. Thought ii was some kind a Church. He had no conception of what whisky was, but imagined he might once have seen it in a cage in some Zoological Gardens. So the oaae was dismissed. But immediately afterwards, when invited to " take a sup of whisky," the witness said, " Thanks 1 Irish for me, please miss— no soda." — Truth. The Wanganui Women's Franchise League passed the following resolution at a meeting one evening last week : — " This League has learned with surprise and regret that Mr Willis, in his speeoh on the Addreas-in-Reply, while stating that he was bound to vote for Women's Franchise, endeavoured to damage the cause by misleading statements, calculated to produce an impression that in this electorate the bulk of the women were opposed to the reform ; that the contrary is the case is abundantly shown by the fact that, against his own convictions and those of many of his leading supporters, Mr Wills judged it expedient to pledge his support. This League trusts Mr Willis will loyally fulfil his pledge, and while regretting the inaccuracy of his words as published in Hansard, hopes their misleading character was rather the result of inadvertenoe than of intention." Extraordinary success has marked our Great Salvage Sale at the Te Aro rouse Branch, Main-street. But all good things come to an end and so will this Salvage Sale. We shall positively close it on Saturday next. j A few days only remain in which our ! wonderful Salvage bargains can be secured, ko look lively, and secure them 'without (May. ' Those who are wise will profit by this announcement and hurry up to the sale during its last days and thereby save money. Those who are dilatory will miss this last chance of buying oheaply, and will lament ever afterwards. But this need not be. There is time yet to secure the biggest bargains of the sale, only a few days how. ever. We cannot prolong the sale beyond Saturday next at the Te Aro House Branch, Main-street, Foxton. The D.O.P. Sale at Loveday Bros is a great success. Why? Because they can undersell all others. Compare their prices. Note the piles of bargains that are exhibited outside. All other sales fail under the great D.O.P. Sale. Never before were such bargains to be had. Bush to the sale and be among the fii-Bt to have the pick of the Bargains. As showing the wonderful development and steady progress of Colonial Manufactures during the past year or two, it is worthy of note that Messrs Ross & Sandford, of the Bon Marche, Falmerston North, are now retai.ing to the public Men's All : wool Colonial Tweed Suits at the wonderful low price of One Pound, quite a3 good as what could be bought a short time back for double this mouey. This iivm 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 CJlotlung and General Drapery to pay them an early visit.— Advt.