Manawatu Hearald. THURSDAY, JAN. 18. 1894.

Manawatu Herald, 18 January 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Hearald. THURSDAY, JAN. 18. 1894.

In another column Mrs Lewis, of the Manawaiu Hotel, announces that on Kace Day she will have an early lunch on the table at a quarter to 11. D spite the contractors being at work the landlady has so arranged that she can give comfortable accommodation and k.ep up an excellent table. As the stabling arrangements are good there is lit le doubt but thai this well known house will receive its full share of patronage during the hoiidoy time.

Constabls Gillespie, who has been nn-rf-mitting in hia exertions to recover the body of the boy Ling, who i 8 supposed to hava been drown d in the river at Paiaka, n >w fears that as the body fai ed to rise after the ninth day that it must have got 1 ulanglpd in the tow and snags in the river. It might be possible for a diver to examine the locality thoroughly, but ordinary swimmers cannot remain long enough below wattr.

Another paper will probably be started in Pahnerston, whether evening or morning has not transpired, but electricity is to be the motive power for priming it, and the 9ite ia fronting the railway line at the back of WarnocK and Kelly's drapers shop.

The Rpgatta sub committee have not as yet received a reply from the Rowing Club about the use of their boats. If the Club wou'd oblige by a little more haste it would be du'y appreciaied.

Messrs Spelman and Speirs have secured the contract to sink two art^gion wells for Mr B. Gower. They Ptart- d work at one, on the boundary of Joe Tos's garden, on Wednesday morning.

The race card* for the forthcoming race meeting are now in the print r's hands and promise fair to be the best ever yet turned out. In the honorary secretary the Club possess an official who appreciates neat work and insists upon getting it

On Saturday onr sporting contributor will supply his usual tips, which, however, we do not guarantee, but if they turn out as successful as thpy have done pvevioualy they wiil be worth following Let every one be guid> d by his own judgment.

It is rumoured the Farmers Alliance contemplate pushing out a little and arc now on the look out for more cn'ra] premises with increased accommodation.

On Monday night a company, the Virginian Fun Flashes, give a concert and dance ia the Public Hall, during which some valuable gifts of clothing will be distributed. The Company have just returned from a tour round Taranaki.

The Wellington papers say that Monday was the hottest day experienced in Weilington for the last ten years. The reading of the thermometer (maximum in the shadf) was 83. The Masterton paper says ditto.

Not a bad position to occupy in the world while it is so warm, as it is reported that 100 people are camping half-way up Mount Egmont

The Times says ihat many of the settlers in the Pohangina district haves arted their burns. It is evident from this town that many settlers have bei-n burning their bush on the hills at the back of Kei-eru and Manukau. It seem- rather early

We regret to state that sinking the artesian well at Mr Thynne's residence had to be stopped owing to the pipes getting bent.

Mr Hillary has had a neat little cottage erected on his property in Coley street.

The contractor is making good progress with the additions to the Manawatu Hotel.

We rpgift to learn from the Advocate that the jockey i harles Watson, injured at the 811113 races when Caloola M\, died on Tmsday morning at the Kangiiikti hotel.

Mrs Knorr, the bahy-farmer was pxecuted at the Melbourne gaol on Monday • v he met her fate very firmly, declaring, " f do not fear what man can do uuto me, for I have peace, perfect peao- " It is gaid 6he has left a confession, and admits on two charges she w»p guilty

Mr Greenwood will pay his usual visit on Tuesday next.

The Ma.iawatu County Council has an advertisement not if > ing the date of a special meeting for striking a rate for the Awaliou lwm.

N'essvs Gorton A Son hold a stock sale on Tuesday at. Sanson.

The eoovinott!! heat which prevailed last summer in th« souh of Fiance induced ah inventive genius in Bordeaux >o provide his horses with straw hats, and the Scheme provnl so suocos-rfitl that ve^y soon all the cab, ! b«g> ami cart horses in the neighbourhood wercrigged out with similar headgear. The latter covers the eyes and the forehead of ihe horse, whilst a couple of openings are left for the ears A eportjire i? placed inside tl«e Btiraw Mat, and is moisiatted.'\vitlv Viapgar from time to time to iv-rp the animal's head cadi. \t first the horses look very strange in their new rij.' om, but one soon grows aecustoou-d to th? t-ij-'iit.

__ A London C'-nvesinnd nit writes to thi .vZ. Times '.This, company is progressing slowly just at prp^nr. :he Bank of N-w Ycaland, as you are nwmv, ig offering its Carnarvon r'itcre. of 7000 ucres, cut, up into rtlloiiii!-nu of V>o !iec>-.s ani u»v(ird<.

•s well m diej.GMing of th- land, the <>b) c; is to a true. ?ui nU\? immigrant* of the ffii"i! : na <•!>!'« with liiis and ='va capital. T.\o bo ic< are -old, and .« m fanning pi-npl \vi:h muii'y are on tln.ir way out to "view the land" before purchasing it. Wise men and practical.

The Oam&ru Mail regrets to learn that the pi'd^p- ct9 of the district as ivg-trcU (he coming harvest are anyihmg but brilliant. The rainy weal her had outslay d iis w.-l-ome. The con inual mngginess has brought rust into the wheat in all direo lions and with a conai9tency made pro vcrhial in " rmsfonuueij never come singly " tho wlvat has been also attack d in peaces by a destructive white blight which bids fair to destroy a lot of crop Then agaiu thr- fact of thn crop h iving made such a g od s'artisinit?elf li<astrou3 in the light of subsequent developments, for the heavy straw and flags have caused it, to be easily laid and tangled, and even if the ear fills decently now the harvest will be an expensive one in many places to garner, aud will necessitate the use of back deliver iei, and hand-tying, with a eonaequent increase in harvesting wag^a We are not peßsi:ni.-.fc, nor do we wish to poae as prophets of evil, but it is certain that if the present weather does not give place to more seasonable sunshine, wind and brightness, the outlook for farmers, with wheat at such a low figure — and the new crop will not oppn higher than 2s 6d per bushel— is anything, but exhilarating.

Mrs Elizabeth Yates, Mayor of Onehunga, has been sworn in as a J.P. She is the first Justice of the Peace in the British Dominions.

More appreciation of colonial democracy. The Marquis of Lome read a paper tefore the Imperial Institute in which he advocated the institution of a new Order, to be called the star of Australasia.

Several colonial butter producers and import agents in London are forming a new combination for the protection of colonial interests.

The sparrows are said to have declared war against the bot fly in ihe Canterbury district, and to this cause th? Secretary of the Agricultural Society attributes the fact that the fly 13 less prevalent this year than last.

Messrs Richter Nanmstad <fc Co. of the Manawatu Flour Mill, Terrace End, have justly earned a name for iheir produce in the district, as it is acknowledged to be of the best quality, says the Standard. The firm, not so long ago, erected expensive machinery in order to manufacture flour of the purest quality. Their enterprise was crowned with success and therefore a very large demand for the article set in. To meet this the firm were obliged to import further machinery from Mr A Simons, Manchpfitpr, which arrived on Saturday and will be immediately fitted up at the mill. When this is accomplished the firm will be able to turn out 12 tons of flour per day,

Mr R Newman lias shown the Mercury a sppcim' n of a kind of wlvat, new to this die riot, which has been introduced from -ouih America by Messrs Kiclit'i 1 , Nann -stood and Co., of Pal aversion. li, is a beard'd wheat, the awn* being as long as those of barley. Mr Newman anticipates a heavy jield per acre.

We are requested to diivct the attention of our readers to the fact that the Annual Sale of Surplus and Summer Stock will commence at The Bon Marche, Palruemon North, on Saturday, 13th January, and continue for 21 days. Buyers ia this district will do well to pay the 800 March 6 an early visit.