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Manawatu Herald, 9 January 1894, Page 2

Messrs Abraham & Williams will hold a stock sale at Palmerston on Thursday.

The oat crops in thi3 district, though sown very late, are looking remarkably well, the rain at Christmas and the New Year having been just what they wanted.

We have been informed that Mr Donald Fraser purposes, should he contest this seat at the next election, to run a paper in his own interest. This is rather rough upon his friends who have prided themselves they had done so much to secure the numbers he polled.

The case against J. P. Wallace for breach of the Gaining and Lotteries Act was dismissed on Friday by the Wellington Resident Magistrate, as he thought there was no case to answer. In the case of B. W Patterson the Magistrate reserved his decision. He also dismissed the case against J. H. Simmons.

Ladies to the fore again. It is reported in the Wellington papers that a young lady from Blenheim engaged in a game of bowls upon the local bowling green with a gentleman well acquainted with the game, and gave him all his work to win.

The Newcastle Board of Miners has resolved to make a ten per cent levy on the members for the support of the unemployed, but this decision requires to be confirmed by the various lodges.

The following tenders were opened yesterday for the supply of dog collars for the Borough : -W. T. Little, -Sd per collar (accepted) ; W. L. Coe, .S:»d. The tenders received for putting in a floodgate at Duck Creek was considered to be too high, being "20 per cent above the estimate.

Mr Joe Tos ami Loveday liros. have alteralions of their advertisements td daj 1 . will he <K»li»bi l .ited ■at St. Mary's, I'ostou, fit S and 11 a.m., mid evening service at (5.:-iO.

There is now no doubt as to the fate of the lad Reginald Long, as his body -was brought up by discharging dynamite, but sank again before? it cottld= ,be .secured. A pit< nfork oh the bank of tlie fiver lends to thi supposition Hint the deceased wits On-owing tow into the water and slipped. 11 lias beeu decided, now the fate and spot are known, to await the body rising natilrally.

" The most fearftll ftmt Wdnderlul Xmas lender 1 have ever read," is " Scrutator's :) opinion of two leaders we have lately written. ' : Scrutator" is the funny man of the New Zealand Mali, and we suppose has been allowed a holiday at Xmas. He seems to have spent it badly as the above remark appears in the Mail on Saturday last, and the remarks preceding the verdict clearly proves he has mixed two leaders up, has got worried, aud thus imagineth vain things. A Happy New Year to you, li Scrutator " aud a speedy recovery.

Following is the- text of the reply sent by the Marquis of Bipon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the cablegrams received from the .Governors of the Australasian colonies inviting the Duke and Duchess of York to visit the colonies :— ' ' The Duke and Duchess of York have received with great pleasure the hearty and gratifying invitation to visit the colonies, which \yould be most agreeable to them, but it is with deep regret that after full consideration they feel obliged to reply that circumstances prevent the possibility of their now accepting the proposal, which would give them the greatest possible pleasure. The Duke desires to add that he has a most pleasant recollection of a former visit to the colonies, aud sincerely hopes that it would not be the last."

According to the Athenaeum there were about a hundred candidates for the editorship of th§ Quarterly Tlmeu; vacant by the death of Sir William Smith — several of thorn well known in the 1 world. It is not probable that a definite choice will be made till after the beginning of thu year.

Mr W. L. Buller is appointed a Hanger under the Animals Protection Act for the district of Wellington..

Several thousand brown trout, most of them two and three inches in length, were liberated in the Otaki river on Friday afternoon (says the Pout.) The trout previously placed iv that stream are doing well.

he Executive of the Dunedin Women's Franchise League have passed resolutions to bo considered by the League, recommending petitions being signed by Women only in favor of raising the age of consent to 10 years, and calling on the Social lleform Association and other organisations formed to stamp out vice, to co-operate by promoting petitions signed by men. - .

The Premier, in speaking at Denniston, said iv reference to Messrs McKenzie and O'Regan, M.H.Ks., who accompanied him, that " He was satisfied that with the two political colts beside him the West Coast would lie as well represented as ever it was, especially if the two youngsters took their breaking iv and training quietly aud kindly, without making too much noi=e, or kicking over" the traces " ; which must be satisfactory to the free and independent (•lectors who voted for them.

The moßt.luxurious yacht of the -age is the Valhalla. Mr Laycock, the owner, is the fortunate young manintowho.se possession the enormous wealth of Mr J. Layeock, the ship aud coal-owner has passed. Old Mr Laycock died twelve years ngo, aud hid son, who lived a short but merry life as the Squire of Gosforth Hall, died "a fortnight after him, having beeu poisoned by new paint while attending his father's funeral. The great fortune of £40,000 a year was entailed on the old man's grandson, a boy of fourteen, so ihat by the time he attained his majority there were large accumulations even although his mother, now Lady D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne, had a jointure of £9000 a year. The Valhalla is a yacht of 1500 tons. She is a " dream of luxury." Mr J. Bailey Denton, of Westminister, long known in connection with the advancement "of agricujiure and civil engineering, died. in November at Stevenage, Herts, in luß 79th year". He was a magistrate of that county for more than a quarter of a century. Mr ' Thynne served his articles with Mr Denton in the sixties. It will be seen that a very successful meeting was held at Shannon last Saturday night. Messrs T. P. Williams, J. R. McMillan and G. Coley attended from Foxton. A full report of the proceedings appears in another column, as taken from the Manawatu Farmer. It seems to be fashionable just now to lose oneself Yesterday a boy named Claude Allen, wfyois gerhaps.better known under the sftbrfqiie't of " D^icky " thinking that a walk io' the sea- beach was all that waa> dierf-£bll'tb gopd •health,. «*?ely accomplished it last Sunday* . JBujt, as J\e did not return home, on Monday a. search party was formed, well equipped, and were just about to start, when the object of their search was espied in the distance very leisurely making his way home.. Hg did not know the amount" of anxiety-he had caused, as the happy smile that covered his countenance proved. He did not Kuow where ho had been, when he was questioned.