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Manawatu Herald, 22 August 1893, Page 2

t „.:, Mr T. Eastou has secured the contract , fop the erection- of an addition to Mr Sli'ang's house at Moton. Getting his/hand in. We congratulate Mr E. P. Cowles, of the local Post-office, on the gazetting of his appointment as :' : Deputy -Registrar of ' 'Births," Deaths and Marriages at Fox ton. The ba'rque'Achievement was towed into Wellington harbour on Saturday and was q to be placed on'the'patent slip. Messrs .Gorton and Son's Marton sale will be held oa Tuesday next. Messrs Abraham and Williams hold their Coly ton sale on Tuesday. , My Lucena, who has Keen relieving Mr Howard at the Bank of New Zealand left > this morning by train for Patea, where he will stay a month, ' relieving the officer there. Mr Howard returned from his holiday on Saturday. The Post says~that Mr C. B* Izard has decided to beoome a candidate for the. representation of the Otaki' district in the new Parliament. * ' ' '" At their, meeting on. Friday the Manat watu Eoad Board discussed Mi- Grant's claim for damages ..for the overflow of - water on hi 3 land, when the following resolution, was passeck—That ; >vhile admitting 'no "liability, on the 'part of the board, the question as to whether No. 4 ;. Line and Government Reserve drain do cause any, and.if^aay, wjiai amount of^ \ damagd to; lff^ Grants jandj le-^ubmitted* to ,tbfe : flnir*' delei^mih'dt'i'on •of two civil engineers of eTriinence from outside the district, both to be selected jointly by Mr. j Grant and the board. This proposition to be submitted, without prejudice, by the board's solicitor, to- Mr Grant.'- ; The Ministry are not noted for mildness L> of manner or speech in the many odd | .things they do; but still something even' -. more than, the expected occurs. On Friday night because-Sit John Hall desired that the consideration of the Betterment J Bill, should be postponed ofring to its containing a very important principle and it -'was gfittiog.late in the session, .the Premii-r, according, jto th*e ; ' Ministerial -organ,, told ' members they ir.ust remember, that they i. 'are now paid by the year ! aud though not l .'saying so^yet inferred that -therefore' they ! were under the oontrol .of the Government, who would make them work just as long as they pleased. Yet this is a Ministry that has passed Acts forbidding private employers acting in this manner. ) We notice. Jfaat> .a .Palmerston paper mentionjj|>thit p ,tAe nolice 3i& that tow.n * deßeVv*f wi&ji'Predit'fQr *4neff' prompt action in.; capturing- the iseaped prisoner Harper." Seeing that just previously in the T .sajne report iti^ mentioned .that some man, • 'name- ""not -given, recognised Harper and tr **wentrtcPth i e police-station and gaveinforI tftatton," the.pdjnt wher* the oredit to the . golice oomes in is not clear.. • - „ . ' A youtfg lady, excellent in eyerj respect, ' ■' bo said the defendant, but tone, ?iied'for • wages, which she obtained. Her; grievous fault, in the eyes of her employer, she being a barmaid in Wellington, was that she had on more than one occasion given .long .glasses qf beer for short ones,, And as „ the, iicior Innate defendant explained "it would not pay to" allow drinks to be served ?in thak fashion." : . '"■ , - -On PHJay afterrioon at the'Cafisde Paris, Palmerston, the police arrested George' Harper, who it will be remembered escaped from the Wanganui Gapl abouL.two monlhs ago and has been at large ever since (says OjUi^ett m . nlacF, wniskers. and. wo?e eye- ! glass^^,, JJad^t^iJot been for his voice beJraying.Mi»,-^e s> mTgb,.t liiVe" 'escaped detection.- When arrested accused admitted ■ his identity, and said he was endeavouring to find a passage to America. The Pall Mall Gazette gives publication to a statement that the sum of £COOO was i pi"jvat»)-y>fiub3ciribed ipt ihe po ! rpo^a-Qt|(b-dWcdng}fyora'iT3^feaosjA.yresf > "'4.- A(^ehi|r J9a'l4%>e&-M.i?r| w^hb fs Wftnfetl^n Bngla'nd to abe-Wer .charges ot iraud in connection with the management of several building societies, of which he was managing director. Four victims of the Liberator Building Society undertook the work, and Balfour was secured by them. He was gteatlytej-rifled, and applied to tire : Argetai ting^EejiubHpforprotejction. -•/*":' i ; Says the. Oamaru -.Mail : — Even in the best regulated printing offices a type will occasionally break during the process of printing the paper, but ie is seldom that i one breaks with such fiendish malignity as , a' lower case bourgeois "1 " displayed the , other -Id6y'.> 'Our Otepopo tcorrespondent . had occasion to remark that the annual bachelors', ball at Otepopo promised to be > as well seen to in the future as ever, so \ long as there were lads anc} lssses to, see ; to . it." The horrified dismay of thepppa girls ' '38$ tie imagined when as a result of the ■ mishap above, the paragraph was. • found to set forth that the ball was likely , to be a success as long as there were " lads and 'asses " to see to it-- ■■.. ■_, . ■;;'/: 1 Th,e Premier saya the- Qbvernnißnt does not intend this session to appoint an expert. 1 to examine and grade dressed flax previous; to export. Mr harkness asked the question.

The Government school at Otaki was burnt down on Eriday night. Eeyolting and/ sickening details of a baby faroi in Warasdin, a town on the Drave, 28'^niiles north-east of Agram, has been published. It is alleged that children were purposely crippled, in order to .accompany bir{/f;.iis soliciting alms, tiorrible implements of torture were found on the .premises. Two children were found with" their legs and arms purposely broken, others /had their eyes gouged out, aud another child was doubled up between tightly screwed boards. The wind does blow in Wellington sometimes, a fact occasionally admitted by the Wellington papers. Remarking on such an occurence last week the f'ress says : — The wind at intervals blew with such terrific force that between two and three hundred telephone wires were twisted together in contact, and two or" three carried away. In consequence the telephone empfoyeV," have been severely handicapped-v during ih;6 "day 5 . The iron chimneys on the Supreme (Ddurt Buildings were considerably Wnt, and at Newtown two were blown over.;-. No very serious damage jg; reported. In one :br two in* stances ladies were knocked down- by - the force of -the wind, one passing along Lambtoo^ Quay being rather seriously hurt. ■ i She had evidently het doubts of him. At Strassfurt.th'e other. day (say» the Daily News) an elderly couple, tiredf Qf life, made a compact to rid .ibemseivW of. their! troubles. etid;,tHey>-erected two poles, with airogsbeara.io-which they attached two ; ropes; . They - were to plttoe their heads In the noose at the same time, and at a given signal— the word " &6" from the wife-^they were to hang in the air. The word was given, when the wife, turning round, with a view to see if her husband was true, saw he had drawn his head out and was looking calmly at what she was doing. She quickly released her head, and roundly upbraided him for not carrying out his part of the bargain. After some recriminations the pair resolved to live a little longer, .and forthwith pulled up the gallows. /'.'" , 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 so will this Salvage Sale. We shall positively close it on Saturday next. A few days only remain in which our wonderful Salvage bargains can be secured, «6- Idok lively, and steure them without deltii/. . ' . , 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 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 thesale beyond Saturday next at the Te^ro House BrancH, Main-street, Foxton. As showing the wonderful development and steady progress of Colonial Manufactures diuring. the past year or two, it is worthy 6f note 'that Messrs Ross" & Sandford, of the Bon Marche, Palmerston North, are now retai ing to the public MeafS^All^vp^l Colonial Tweed Suits at the wonderful low price of One -Pound, quite as good as what could be bought a short time 'back for. doable tUjs 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,— Advt.