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Manawatu Herald, 6 January 1894, Page 2

The usnal meeting of the Manawatu County Council will be held on Wednesday at Sanson.

Messrs Gorton and Son hold a stock sale at Bulls on Tuesday.

After very much rain thil year the weather cleared on Thursday night and yesterday wag a beawliful day. The glass i« «till rising,

The Besident. Magistrate will hold a sitting of his Court on Thursday,

Wells, wel's, and turnout's of wells. Many settlers tire arrariyinfc With Messrs Spehnaa <& Speirs for sinking artesian Wells> and many more are likely to follow for the higher levels if they sufcUeeA in obtaining a flow at Mr Thynne's well, at whfeh they are at work.

A conference of School Inspectors will probably-be held in Wellington -in . February- . ' . "

on Thursday afteenton wlillsl crossing tfce S?lmrrtdr\ f-fVVV w ft h a j oad o f fibre from mill,. Mr Frank Carter nail the misfortune to capsize the lot into the river,. .It appears that just before the punt reached the'' oilier 1 - sidVthe horses

«i~. V n ( | o ft ( ftn( j t j, 0 p nn (; swerving a bit, one wheel went oIT first, thus turning the whole concern bottom upwards. No damage was done except getting the fibre wet, which had to be returned to the mill to be dried and t'e-baled.

The recent summer meeting of the Ban»ittkoi Racing Club resulted in a net profit of £IG3 13s lOd. The net proceeds from the gate and grandstand Was £290 15s Gd which is considerably more than the club would have received had they sold these toyo privilege?. The. Ashur'st Bacing Club, it is said, made, a tfrdfit of £230 out of their meeting last week.

A Christchurch paper says : — As a happy hunting ground for bankrupt lawyers, pious and plausible schemers, knavish ranters and hypocritical humbugs generally, Christchurch, New Zealand-, now holds the undisputed eharnptdasliip;

Returns of the Newcastle coal trade for the past year show a falling oft' in exports of 310.000 tons a 6 compared with last yeai .

Mr Butler, of the firm of Messrs Sargood, Son, and Ewen, of Melbourne, was successful in winning the £30,000 prize in the Brisbane property lottery.

At Mr Speight's instigation the trial on the other ten counts in the libel action against the Melbourne Aye will bo resumed without delay as the preliminaries need not be repeated. There is some (alk of raising a public subscription to pay the Aye costs. Mr Pcirve.°, tho principal counsel retained by The Aye, received 750 guineas as a retainer fee and 80 guineas per day refresher, and Mr Deakin received 250 guineas retainer fee and 15 guineas a day. Mr Duffy, Mr Speight's leading lawyer, was paid 400 guineas fee and 20 guineas per day ; Mr Coldham 300 guineas fee and 15 guineas per day.

Apro/HHi of. the discovery at Wangarei, in the Paiahakt mountain, of gold-b paring quartz, some eighteen or twenty years ago a party of surveyors when in the same locality, collected some " likely looking stone" which they made up in a package, and gave to one of their Maori Servants to carry. They had a hard journey to make the Bay of Islands, but the Maori who carried the specimen proved himself equal to the occasion. After the first day's tramp he threw away what he considered as only useless stone?, and filled up his swag with kumeras. When near the end of the trip he replaced these with stones selected at hazard from the bed of a creek. When this fraud was discovered the gentle savage utterly failed to understand the indignation of his Pakeha employers.

The specifications of the different works required to be done by the Manawatu Council may be seen at this office.

At an open air meeting held in Melbourne to consider the invitation sent to the Duke and Duchess of York to visit the colonies, a resolution was carried censuring the authorities for inviting two political nonentities. A resolution was also passed in favour of the abolition of the Monarchical system of Government, and the substitution of a Democratic and Republican form of Government. Some of the speakers who addressed the meeting made use of very strong language.

Miss McLean, the well-Known Wellington singer, has become a Sister of Mercy, and Miss Trehair-Osborne, another prominent vocalist, was married to Mr Fordham, of Wellington, lately.

At Sydney recently a novel point was decided by Mr Justice Stephen, in Chambers. A ■ man named Snowdon became indebted to the Borough Council of Newton, on the 26th June last, in the sum of £3 2s 6d for sanitary work. On the 17th October he became bankrupt, and on 31st of the same month he was summoned by the borough, and ordered to pay the amount due with costs. This order, however, he appealed against, mainly on the ground that his bankruptcy was a bar to the -order against hitn.s His Honor held that the liability being one imposed by statute was not an ordinary debt, and was recoverable notwithstanding bankruptcy. The appeal was therefore dismissed.

The New Zealand Times gets pretty well mixed up in its statements aud facts. Referring to the new Sir Westby Perceval it states " Though born out of the colony we contend that Sir Westby Perceval is nevertheless a young Ns\v Zealander I" If the Times says so who shall contradict ? But if Mr Perceval was born (not borne) out of the colony how can he possibly be a young New Zealander ?

While excavating underneath Parliament Buildings yesterday, says Tuesday's Pra*.v ; the, worjjcoien unearthed a bottle containing copies of the Wellington Independent newspaper for 1856 and, iBSB. The Inspector of Works handed, the bottle and its contents over to the Public Works Department.

The Kuinara <Tbnes t states, that , three young wonielu were recently returning froni Dillmans, when they met a mob of bullocks poming up tharoad at a smart pace. 4t was at a point where there is no- escape from the road on one side unless by leaping over the rails and falling down the steep face of a claim. One of the giiis, forced iv that direction by the suddenness of the bullocks' approach, climbed over the rails, and finding a precipice beneath her, fainted with fright at her position. Strangely and fortunately the rigidity of the muscles prevented her relaxing her hold of the rails, and when help arrived it was found that, though she had lost consciousness, it was no easy matter to detach her grip of the railing. She was then carried to a neighbour's house, where it Was more than half an hoar before she recovered her senses. The consequences would have been very serious had she fallen down the face.

The Cathedral Church of St Paul in London is insured for £95,000 in 10 offices. Great precautions are taken to prevent this church being injured or set fire to by lightning, on a plan suggested by the Royal Society as far back as 1769-

Baron Birsch has intimated that it is his intention to continue to distribute amongst the English charities the stake money won by his horses. This year the London hospitals benefitted to the extent of £35,444 by the benevolent spirit of the Austrian baron.

Some artesian well-borers at work in the Lower Nalley, Wairarapa, brought up a quantity of different colored quartz from 65ft below the surface. It has been sent to Sir <Tarn«» Heotor,

TheMattatfatU Pdrrti^ iays :— A Celebrated medicine woman frdni Gisborne is at present staying at Otaki. She was sumnloflpd to assist an enriitieilt Madri chief who is at siifferirlg fijdni §<jm"e mental disease. Tiie liitlVes for some miles aPolilid are coming into the township to meet her and get advice for every ailment and grievance. A weening" of the Shannon residents is to be held to-night to consider VrHAt- ste^e iritSirbefcateefl W t^ and get the' unfinished p^att of the road formed from Shannon to Eketahuna. A most successful rehearsal of " Pinafore " was held last night, when the whole of the opera was gone through. The company has received an accession of strength in the. person of two more gentlemen of known vocal ability, and whose help the conductor is glad of. We are informed by the stage : manager that he now has the whole of the scenery in band, and when we state that it is from the brush of Mr Neville Thornton that U sufficient in itself to ensure something good. The next rehearsal will be held on Tuesday when a full attendance is requested; as the stage manager notifies in another column. Messrs McMillan^ Rhodes * Co. Hold all au<Jtioii sale df general, merchandise oU Saturday iiext commenting at ii o'clock, before the Eacing Club privileges are sold. Mrs Cr. M. Snelson, with her usual foresight and generosity, has made a presentation to the Palmerston Hospital of a large musical box. Mr Mtirge; 61 tb.B iocai branch of the Sank of Australasia, has received orden to take up his duties at Otaki, and will leave next Thursday. The Pilbarra goldfield of Western Australia, has produced a nugget of gold weighing 25)8 ounces. It is reported that another nugget of 600 ounces weight has also been discovered on the same diggings. A good many comments have appeared in the press lately as to the identity of the successful candidate, Eopata te Ao with Hema llopata te Ao, the latter appearing on the European Electoroal Roll, and it has been claimed that they are one and the same person. The Otaki paper understands in consequence of this supposed identity Pepene Eketone, a rival candidate, has lodged a petition against his return. Of course we in Otaki know different, but for the information of those outside we may state that Hema Ropata te Ao is the son of Ropata te Ao, and that the latter is not on the European roll at all.— Time*. The Democratic members df the Committee of Ways and Means of the United States Senate propose that a tax of 2 per cent, should be imposed on all incomes of over 4000dols per annum, as well as a similar lax on the net earnings of all corporations. The Hon. John McKenzie is prostrated with influenza at his home at Shag Point, and is unable to attend to any public business. The Pall Mall Gazette, says that negotiations are proceeding, backed by the Russian Government, with a view of ending the competition between the Russian and American petroleum, and forming a great international trust. A conference, at which the formation of this trust was discussed, was held at St. Petersburg recently. It remains to be seen whether the American exporters, who have the largest share of the trade, will agree with the viewß of Russia.

At Orbost, in East Gippsland district, 5000 acres of maize was destroyed by floods. Fifteen inches of rain tell in one week in the digtriot.

The Hungarian 1 Government intends to make the manufacture of dynamite a State monopoly, in order to prevent the Anarchists obtaining it as far as possible.

An excellent substitute for coal is now being made in Sweden. Tt is composed of wood charcoal and coal tar. A paste of these substances is made, which is run through a press.

At the Dunedin Police Court, Mr Carew gave judgment in the test oases brought by the Dunedin Jookey Club against disqualified bookmakers, charging them with trespass. Mr Carew found both guilty, and inflicted a fine of 50s in each case with costs, making a total in Brown's case of £4, and Jones' case £5 16s. He declined the application not to record judgment in order to permit of an appeal to the Supreme Court.

Security to the extent of £200 required by the Act has been lodged in connection with 'the petition against the election of Sir Robert Stout.

At a meeting of the Longturn Freezing Company, the Chairman, in answer to a question, said that operations would b* resumed when 10,000 sheep* were obtained to freeze.

We are requested to state thai visitors to Palmerston from this district during show week will find a charming choice of fashionable drapery, dress goods, mantles, and millinery, at the Bon Marche, The Fashionable Drapery Emporium of Paluierston North, spen till 1 p.m. on Thursday 9th, and till 6 p.m. Such other day during Show week, visitors invited to luspect.stpck on display. Boss and Sandford. — Advt.