Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JAN. 30, 1894.

Manawatu Herald, 30 January 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JAN. 30, 1894.

A sharp frost was experienced iv the district last night.

Messrs Gorton & Son hold a ram fair at Feilding on Tuesday.

Messrs: Abraham & Williams have post poned their Shannon sale to Tuesday.

A past old resident of this district has returned to it, we refer to Mr Thomas Cameron. A good many years ago he left for Sydney and now after a lengthy trial of that town has come back to Foxton. As he is a capital tradesman we are pleased to again see him amongst us.

On Thursday Messrs McMillan Rhodes & Co. commence the large drapery sale at the Centre of Commerce. A good attendance of buyers may be expected as the sale is to ba conducted without reserve.

The clearing out sale at Mrs Campion's farm will be held to-morrow. Some choice dairy cows are amongst the items advertised.

A fire occurred in Victoria Avenue 1 Wanganui, at 3 o'clock on Saturday morning, and damaged five shops — those of Messrs Fenton (hatter), Hannah (bootmaker), Gatenby (chemist,) Tustin (painter), John Anderson (furniture warehouse). The fire broke out in Fenton's shop, and travelled up ihe staircase, communicating with marvellous rapidity with the upstairs portion and the adjoiuibg buildings The Fire Brigade worked well, and all danger was averted within half-au-hour of the alarm being given. It is fortunate that there was no wind, or the whole block must have been consumed. With the exception of Fenton's premises, which were gutted, the other damage is mostly through the charring of the upstairs portions, and the deluge of water poured on the flames. The block of buildings belongs to the Taylor estate.

A Press Association telegram from Masterton conveys the news of a shocking fatality at Taratahi on Friday afternoon. A farmer well-known in the district named David Carman was engaged with his son thatching a corn>-staok. A heavy thunderstorm was raging at the time, and Carman was struck by lightning and instantane* ously killed. The lightning struck him on the head, tearing his hat to ribbons, and then travelling down his . body. The son was rendered insensible, but soon recovered. The deceased was 58 years of age, and greatly respected in the district. He leaves a widow and grown up family.

Notification of Mr Guerin's appointment to certain offices in the Borough appears to-day..

The Committee of the Foxton Racing Club hold a meeting to-morrow evening at the Club's Office to consider a programme for the autumn meeting.

To-day an interesting advertisement appears setting out fully the object of the performance and the names of the performers of Gilbert & Sullivan's well-known opera of 13. M.5. Pinafore. Most of our readers will remember that the opera was a skit against the late KightHon. W. H. Smith, who had " hardly ever" been at sea, yet became " ruler of the Queen's navee " by the position he held of First Lord of the Admiralty. The music is tuneful, the plot simple, and as the amateurs possess excellent voices and have been long in rehearsel, a very satisfactory rendering of the opera may be looked for.

Mr Thomas Wilson has fifty superior Lincoln rams for sale.

The School Committee meets on Thursday.

Denmark and Canada lead, all countries in the dairying industry. Denmark has 1532 co-operative factories and exports six million pounds worth to England. Canada supplies England with 42£ per cent of the cheese imported.

Mr Sawers thinks if women would only turn the dairying over to m°n, there would soon be plenty of dairy factories.

It is satisfactory to note that the Danish papers ar,e warning their readers that this colony is a most formidable competitor to thb-n, and advises giving us no further information upon the subject.

Those who know the Isle of Wight will be glad to leavn that the Shanklin Local Board are considering the advisableness of purchasing the pretty and well-known Chine,

As to starting a factory in this district Mr Sawers says that if 300 cows could be milked within a four miles radius then build one, and in preference make it a cheese factory. The cent would be some £'JSO or £700 for manufacturing the milk of 500 cows. Only two hands would be needed, a manager and a boy, whose wages could be put at £180 to £200 a year. The cost of manufacture could be said to be one halfpenny a pound, and the price for milk for butter from 3d to 3 Ad per gallon, and for cheese from a farthing to a halfpenny a gallon more.

Two Wellington iimlesmen — Charles Heinold and F. iMartiti— both pork butchers were proceeded against in the Magistrate's Court for failing to allow their assistant?, A'fred Beck and Thomas Gibson, a half- ! ..i.lay during (he week commencing January Bth. Both defendants admitted the offence. Mr Gully appeared for the prosecution, and informed the Bench that certain shopkeepers had expressed a disinclination to comply with the Act, and the object of these proceedings was to make them understand that they must comply with it. -The Inspector of Factories stated that the defendant Heinold had objected to be bound by the Act. The defendant Heinold informed the Bench that he never thought of the half-holiday until the Inspector of Factories paid him a visit. The defendant Martin said his boy had very little to do, he was frequently out for hours taking orders. He should have it in future. The Resident Magistrate said the law on the subject was perfectly clear and plain, and he should fine Martin 40s, with 28s costs. Heinold had expressed to the Inspector his intention of not complying with the Act, but if he did not choose to be bound by it he would find it come very expensive. He would have to pay a fine of £5, with 30s costs. — Times.

What a delightful time all the thirsty people must be haying in Spain ! There is such a tremendous quantity of wine there this year, that they absolutely do not know what to do with it. Good red wine is being sold for three farthings a quart, and even at that price there are not enough.' purchasers to take it all, and in many places the wine-growers are simply throwing it away, because they have no room to keep it, and cannot sell it. Near Liria, in Valencia, a vineyard proprietor has put out on the high road a litttle cart, with a barrel of wine on top of it, bearing the inscription: "Wanderer! drink as much as you like, but do not forget to turn off the tap."

Two Chinese warships will shortly visit Australian waters.

Mr Wcddell states that Wells aud Company, of Port Said, have patented a process for thawing beef and mutton. He avers that experiments showed that it thawed meat virtually equal in condition to chilled meat. The new process is expected to have the effect of raising tlie price of frozen meat by Id per lb. It is believed also that the invention will overcome the objections of the War Office authorities to taking beef so treated for the garrisons at Malta and Gibraltar. Specimens of the meat which has been subjected to the new process will be exhibited at the Smithfield meat market next week.

Passenger and petroleum trains came into collision between Samara, on the Volga, and Orenburg. Fifteen people were burnt to death.

Lindsay advertises in the Wellinglsn papers that lie wishes to withdraw from the petition against Sir Eobert btout for the reasous : - (1) Because the. contents were misrepresented to him, inasmuch as he was told it was only a petition for enquiry into the election, whereas it contains charges he has no reason for making ; (2) Because he was not absolutely sober when he signed it, and did not completely understand it as required by the Act. Notice is also given that any other person may within seven days give notice of his intention to be substituted as petitioner in Lindsay's place.

The London colonial produce merchants are confident that the present is an excellent: time for shipping to the English maiketlargeqi-taulities of hydraulic pressed bran, chaff, and hay, but that the market is not favourable for impressed sorts.

Some of the coal merchants of Paris have devised a trick that is more profitable than honest. Instead of the usual canvas sack they use one made of wood fibre. Tliis sort of sack readily absorbs water to the extent of about four litres, and by add in» this amount of water the purchaser is cheated out of something like six kilos of coal in 50 kilos. The polipe are, taking measures to put down this species of fraud.

From the report just published, it appears that the Franco- Russian festivites involved an outlay of 386.800 fr., divided as follows: — The Marine Department and the Interior Department, 150,000 fr each ; the War Department, for the military carousel in the Galerie des Machines, 35,. 000 fr. ; and the Department of Public Instruction and Pine Arts, for the gala performance at the Opera, 51,300 fr.

The great realising sale lasting for 20 days promises to be a gigantic success. The whole stock is to be offered at genuine reduced prices many of the lines will be marked at4ess than English cost at le Aro House, Wellington.

During the Great Sale Ladies' aprons will be sold at 4Jd. 4 buttons rid gloves all new fresh.goods at 1/11 per pair. White and cream laces at 9d per doz. Ladies' linen collars new shapes at 3d each. Boys' sailor collars at 3d each, sold everywhere at^d.^t the .great Sale Te Aro House,: Wellington.

It will pay oounlry customers to take a run down to the Great Realising Sale they will save all the expenses aod be money in pocket by buying all they want while goods are so cheap. Orders from the country will be carefully selected and sent carriage paid from the Great Realising Sale at Te Aro House.

We are requested to direct the attention of our readers to the fact that the Annual Sale of Surplus and Summer Stock will commence at The Bon Marchd, Paluierston North, on Saturday, 13th January, and continue for 21 days. Buyers in this district will do well to pay the Bon Marche nn snrly visit.