The Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, DEC. 2, 1893.

Manawatu Herald, 2 December 1893, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, DEC. 2, 1893.

The Chairmau of the Manawatu County gives notice of the date and place when the poll for lhe Awahou Riding Loan will be held. We trust every ratepayer will make a point to attend and support the loan, as every care has been taken that the rates will not be in anyway increased taking the County and Separate rates together. The main road metalled would be of immense convenience to a very large number of the publio. Mr Howe who has the oontract for the formation of the road from Shannon to the Ferry informs us he is making good progress and exppcts the work will be completed up to eontraot time, the 18:h February. The metalling will then be started. Mr John Davies has about completed his shearing. The Bazaar next week must not be forgotten by anybody. All are invited. Mrs McLean has opened her shop in Main street and we can recommend an inspection of her Xmas cards and illustiated books and papers. Mr Battersby has finished one well near to Mr Carter's residence at Motoa and obtained a very strong flow of water equalling sixty gallons a minute. Mr T Easton haa made a start at the new residence for Mr Strang. Mr Jenks has nearly completed his contract for painting the Manawatu hotel,' which has been carritd out in his usual satisfactory manner. Has a Resident Magistrate the power to banish anyone from any part of the colony? We very much doubt it, and it would not appear advisable for such officers to use threats they are powerless to fulfill. Iv allowing a notorious character to leave Wellington Mr Martin, R M., is reported in the Post to have said " that if she did not go she would be sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and she would be sent to gaol for a like period if she ever returned to Wellington " This is banishment from Wellingion, but if the woman returnpd and behaved herself what could Mr Martin do? Wi Pere, Mangakahia, Tuniarangi, Henare Tomoana, and Te Heuheu have been nominated for the East Coast Maori electorate. The Wanganui Education Board has decided that the schools be closed for the holidays on Thursday afternoon, the 21st December, to Monday, the 29th January, 1894. ! Poor Mr T. K. Macdonald is very dis- I gusted at the result of the eleotion and has duly warned the electors by advertisement ' that it is not his attention to take any j further part in the political life of the community. It is a blow for Wellington Mrs Yates has been eleoted Mayor of Onehunga. Hear, hear. Next year we must have a lady for Mayor of Foxton, and a young one just to mark the difference. According to Sir Robert Stout the majority of the members of the new Parliament an in favor of the Direct Veto. The list he has prepared shows as many as 44 names out of a total of 70. Mr S. Abrahams, one of the candidates for the ottice of Mayor of Palmerston, has had the pleasure of forfeiting his -£10 deposit, owing to his failing to poll oneeighth of the number of votes of the successful candidate. It can hardly be said of Wr p ra d pirani " Thy modesty's a candle to thy merit," or at least for his own sake we hope not, as for a sample of **' the gross and scope of mine opinion " we have seen nothing to equal Mr Fred Pirani's opinion of Mr Fred Pirani, as set forth in a leader in Thursdays issue of the Manawatu Standard, which is as follows :- That the Palmerston electors have placed the best man at the top of the poll we think there can hardly be a doubt. Mr Pirani is unquestionably h ad and shoulders above his opponents as a politician, and from our close acquaintance wiih the House and its members for many years, we unhesitatingly assert that Mr Pirani will come to the front when his abilities are displayed before his fellow members. He is the first local representative Palmerston nas ever had, and we feel certain he wil not suffer by comparison with those who preceded him, to say the i very least. '

Another great Democrat going wrong, | The London cables announces that Lord Glasgow, Governor of New £ealahd, has recomraeMed the tiou. R. J. Seddon, Premie-*: of that Colony, for Knighthood. Mr R. S. McKay, of Brisbane, in a letter to the Daily News, declares that the Kanakas are recruited by means of iWter and decoy. .... Messrs itoße Heke, Poata . Uruamo, Epairama, and Te Kapa have been nominated as candidates for the Northern Maori Electorate. The poll is to be taken on-rhe 20th December. Last Wednesday Edwin Hubert Glassed; the Carcoar murderer*, v.*4s executed at Bathurst gaoh Death was instantaneous. The condemned man spoke on the scaffold, declaring his innocence, and said that the nne of defence adopted by his counsel had been taken against his will. He did not blame any one, but he felt sure that if certain evidence had been broughr forward ho would have got off. In his last words he sent his love to his wife, and said his hope was in God. A horrible tale comes from Noumea. A Sydney boy of ten years has been missing for some time, and enquiries resulted in the arrest of two Hberes, a man and his wife, on a charge of murder. The man died while awaiting trial, and the Women was liberated, a3 she was only charged with being an accomplice. The local paper declares that the boy was cut up and pickled, and portions of his remains eaten. The Marquis of Donegal, being unable to pay his tailor's account, claimed exemption on the ground that he was a peer. The tailor FAied for the amount, and Mr Justice Lumley Smith, who heard the case, committed the Marquis to Holloway Prison for 12 days, but suspended the issue of the warrant for two months. The largest oak in Suffolk, which, was in Norton parish, has suddenly fallen, and is now on the ground a gigantic mass. The circumference of this wonderful tree, which dates back prior to the Conquest, is (>G feet in its largest part. To give some idea of its size, it may be stated that two persons on horseback, one on each side of the trunk, were completely hidden from each other. Not so many years back a party of fourteen lunched comfortably on an impromptu table in its "first floor " branches. The Kelso correspondent of the Otago Witness writes that the Greenvale estate, which was owned by tbe late Mr Jame3 Logan, is said to be under offer to the Government. The estate consists of twenty-four thousand acres, twenty thousand of which is first-class agricultural land, well roaded, fenced, and close to a railway station, all down in English grass and* other crops. The estate if cut up should add at least fifty or sixty farmers to the district. A Pahiatua correspondent writes to the Wairarapa Daily Times :— " There can remain no doubt now as to the existenoe of the dreaded bot fly in this distiict, as a harness horse— the property of Mr D. Knight— died suddenly on Thursday evening, and upon opening it a cluster of the bots in the grub state were discovered. They were attached to the spine, near the kidneys, where they had played sad havoc" The renowned cable-crammer has been upset at a German being devout and patriotic, and so cabled that " The President of the Reighstag returned thanks to God that the Emperor and Chancellor had escaped the machinaiions of their enemies" Did he anticipate that tlie President would regret the escape ? " Some newspapers appear to be extremely anxious to mould Mr Crowthcr's political views for him, and are describing him a member of the' Opposition. Mr Crowther has declared himself a supporter of Mr Seddon, reserving to himself the right to vote against him when he does not approve of any particular measure," says the N.Z. Times. But this does show his independence as so many of the candidates put up by Mr Seddon never ventured upon any reservation at all. Our contemporary the Went Coast Mail omitted to acknowledge the source of its information a^out the burning- of a flnxmill. A railway collision at Lunito, near Milan, resulted in great loss of life. Both trains caught fire, and 35 passengers lo3t their lives, and 15 were injured. The water supply at Wanganui appears to be a little mi .\ed judging by the lollowing par in the Ghroifiole : — Two jars of water from Virginia Lake are to be .forwarded to Sir James Hector, Government Analyist, for the purpose of obtaining his opinion thereou. Samples of seaweed, with parasites, taken from the same waters, will also be sent, as we 1 as a sort of fungus, apparently caught by the screpn in the filter bed. These accumulations need give no cause for any great' alarm,, as they are simply taken from near the margin, the water further out being of course muoh freer, if not altogether pure. However, in order to be perfectly safe, burgesses would do well to take the precaution of boiling aU water used for household purposes. , An important discevery of rich gold has occurred about 20 miles north of Bairnsdale, a township in the" districts of North Gippsland, 180 miles from Melbourne. The reef is aoout three feet thick. A hundred pounds of stone, only roughly crushed, yielded 2oz ltidwts. On Tuesday last (says the Star), the residence of Mr 0. floppi*a& at Campbelltown, was destroyed by fire,' as well as ah outhouse, dairy, cowshfd and stockyard, all ot which* 'were reduced to a smouldering heap. The origin of the fire was caused by a spark out of a chimney setting alight to the shingles and in less than a quarter of an hour the house was in full blaze. A few articles of furniture were eventually saved bnt the house being old and dry not muoh time was allowed for saving property. , Great sympathy is' felt for. .Mr. Hopping, as he has a large family. who are now homeless. The house was insured, tut the insurauce will not cover the loss he ha 3 suffered. The fire occurred about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. A large number of settlers soon gathered around to help, but as stated above not much could be done. The insurances, in the Northern Company, ; were as follows :— House £100, dairy £25. furniture and dairy utensils £75, stable and shed £50. The nominations for the Southern Moori Electoral District are :— Messrs Tame Parata, Teoti, Pita Mutu.