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Manawatu Herald, 10 August 1893, Page 2

We notice by the passenger list of the 8.i., Rimutaka that Mr Gordon Andrews has left for England. Mr M. J. McCarthy advertises for a lost horse. Wallath, the highwayman, escaped from the New Plymouth gaol on Tuesday morning. He scaled a wall 12 feet high, and was fired at by the gaoler and Dr O'Carroll, but both missed him. Prisoner made for i the river, where he was caught by men 1 warking Ultra.

The flood and the general very wet state of all lands has hud a very serious effect on the flaxmilling industry, and we may say that nearly every mill is idle, and there are therefore a very large number of men out of work. To show the advantages the recant amalgamation of flaxmillers as an association ia to the millers joining, we were informed by one of them yesterday that not a single merchant in Wellington would buy just now, but the agents of the Association Ja3 Lead of. simply abiding by the agreement entered into, voluntarily has offered to make an advance far in excess, though the price quoted in America was only a little over £3 a ton more. This, it can easily be seen, is of an immense advantage to the miller at the present time, and is a guarantee of the agent's faith in a probable rise. It appears that the deoision of the Association in the choice of its agent has been wisely made. It would be very unfair to omit to accord more than a word of praise to both Mr Stansell, the contractor for conveying the mails between Foxton and Kereru, and to his son Robert, who has done the riding and driving during the extremely rough and wet weather we have experienced, for the manner in which the service has been carried out. The. roads, where, there are any, are more mud holes than roads, and where the roads should be, in other portions, they have, been represented by sheets of water. From within a mile of Foxton, the Wirokino road for three miles has been covered with water from two to four feet deep, along one side of which runs a drain over six feet deep and without any mark to distinguish it from the water on the road. Fallen willow trees have floated on to the road, and a number of deep and unknown holes are in the road, therefore the riding along such a pleasant thoroughfare is neither easy or safe. To state then that the mails have daily arrived not half an hour later than usual, except of course when the train was delayed, is to say that a large amount of energy and pluck has been exercised in carrying out this contract. On Tuesday Miss Langley, only daughter of Mr William Langley, an old settler in this district, was married to Mr W. Arnold, of Campbelltown. This young lady was the recipient of a present from the local Good Templar Lodge, of which she was a member, as we mentioned in our last issue. The happy couple left in the afternoon for their future home at Campbelltown. We find it recorded in an English paper that a Victorian farmer in the Warragul district had a unique suite of drawingroom furniture made of bullocks horns. It was one time on view in Melbourne and he was offered £100 for it, but he would not sell. Now he has had a fire and the furniture has been transformed into ashes, which will not realise anything approaching the offer. Moral, a man should always sell when a fair price is ottered of he may live to regret it. All the men from the •unemployed at Palmerston a few days ago, to work on the Forest Eeserve road, struck work on Saturday and have returned to town. They Btate that the price offered for the work would not bring in 3s 3d per day of eight hours. The Hon J. G. Ward, who has been complaining for some days of an injury to his knee, was informed on Monday, says the Times, by the medical men at Invercargill that the Jinjury is likely to prove seripus, and that at least. 14 days' rest is necessary. Mr Ward does not know how the accident occurred, but his knee is now swollen to an unusual size, and he can walk only with difficulty. He intends to leave to-day for Wellington, and will take here the rest which has been ordered him. It is to be hoped that thg fears of serious injury will not prove correct. On Saturday night about eighty persons attended a banquet to Mr Bruce, M.H.B , at Hawera, whioh went off very success' fully Great disappointment was felt that 17 or 18 members of Parliament who had avrangpd to come were unable to get through, owing to the interruption of railway traflic. The proceedings were very cordial .~ Mr Bruce was presented with a library consisting of 250 books. This reads something very like a whale. Some eighteen months ago (says the Southland Timen) August Anderson, a resident of Ocean Beach, and a man named Robert Petitt, who was afterwards killed by : an accident on one of the Tyser liners, were fishing in the straits about seven miles to windward of the hill. Petitt, when hauling a groper aboard, dropped his knife into the sea A short time ago Anderson was again fishing in the straits, this time off South-west Point, at the back of Flagstaff Hill He caught a number of blue cod, and four of these he sold to a workman at Ocean Beach, who, on preparing the fish for cooking, discovered in one of them a knife in a perfect state of preservation. The ' maripi ' was shown to Anderson, and he at once recognised it as the one that Petitt had dropped overboard. The knife is a large one, and must have been a dreadful encumbrance to the fish that had carried it so long in its internal economy. The tide in the Wellington harbour on Monday morning was the highest known ' since the memorable tidal wave of March, 1883, when part of the Hutt Railway line was washed away (says the Port). The water got into the cellar of the new Harbour Board office, but no damage was done. Mr Harold Thompson, who caught the highwayman, was presented with a gold watch and chain and an address by the inhabitants of New Plymouth. Mr Holmes, who assisted Thomson, received a diamond ring.

Extraordinary success has marked our Great Salvage Sale at the Te Aro House Branch, Main-street. But all good things come to an end and co will this Salvage Sale. We shall positively dose it on Saturday next. A few days only remain in which our wonderful Salvage bargains can be secured, »o look lively, and secure them without delay. Those who are wisa 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 cheaply, 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. As showing the wonderful development and steady progress of Colonial Manufactures during the past year or two, it is worthy of note that Messrs Bobs & Sandford, of the Bon March 6, 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 gigantio 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. — A»vt.