Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, FEB. 8, 1894.

Manawatu Herald, 8 February 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, FEB. 8, 1894.

We understand that two of tlie locally owned racehorses, Beeswing and Laitere have been sold to a Wellington gentleman. Tickets for the performance of the wellknown optTa "-Pinafore " are selling very freely, and it would he wise to make an early choice of seats by booking them at Messrs McMillan, Rhodes & Co. The committee meeting about the dairy factory went oil" very well on Tuesday night, and the prospects of the establishment of a factory look remarkably well. A deputation waited on Mr Thomas "Wilson, the Manager of the Motoa estate yesterday morning and received much encouragement from him. The Queen of the South loaded a quantity of timber yesterday for Terawili. Thfi Standard Insurance Company, for which Messrs McMillan, Rhodes «fc Co. are agents, met ths los? sustained by Mr Nixon by firo, in a most prompt and praiseworthy manner, by presenting him yesterday with a cheque for the amount of his insurance. Where so many are doing their level best to make the performance of Pinafore a great success it is dillieult to pick out anyone for especial commendation, but as music is the one item of the performance most to the fore, the liberality of Mr Hillary in placing his piano at the free use of the company must not bo lost sight of. It is a generous and a most useful donation. Tenders have been invited by the Registrar of Electors of the Palmerston district for printing, the new rolls for use at the licensing election. New Zealand exported last year 1,093,604 carcases of mutton, being an increase of 333,9911. The trial trip on the Manchester canal formally opened at the beginning of the year, took only five and a half hours. The highest vise in the locks is at Latchford l(>h feet. Vessels can enter the canal at all hours of the tide. Mr H. D. Bell secured the verdict he asked in the libel action against Fair Play, viz one pound, and costs on the lowest scale. At last the Wellington police have laid an information against Mr Gunn, of the Good Samaritan Variety Company, for an alleged breach of the Gaming and Lotteries Act. The case will probably come on for hearing on Friday. The waterways of England have undergone wondrous alterations. The Clyde was at one time an easily forded stream at Glasgow, but by continuous dredging has been made what it is. The next English and European mail oloses at the local office on Monday at 8 p.m. This for correspondence specially addressed per s.s. Ruahine. The San Francisco mail closes on the 20th. The German Emperor is announcing that the commercial treaty between Germany and Russia had been signed, warned the Reichstag that a tariff war would follow the rejection of the terms of the treaty, and- that this, in its turn would be followed shortly by real war. He stated that the treaty was dne to the personal action of the Czar, who had overcome the obstacles in the way. The proposal by France to place an import duty oa wheat is offensive to Russia, The Broken Hill Consols mine has struck a fine pocket, consisting almost entirely of pure silver. The Manawatu County Council invite tenders for sundry works, to be in by noon of Wednesday next. Watene, the native who had the option of paying a fine, very promptly availed himself of the privilege, so that no conviction will be recorded against him on Monday next. In effecting repairs to a house at Gladstone, Invercargill, it was necessary to lift the floor, and Mr T. Quinn, son of the proprietor of the house, proceeded to trim < the soil below, and to throw disinfectants j about, as the odour was bad. In doing so !he uncovered the greater portion of a human skull and other bones, besides those of animals. There was no trace of clothing about but one boot aud a portion !of another of antiquated make. The house is one of the oldest in Southland, having been built by T. J. Whyte, an early Invercargill merchant, in the fifties. It has always been in the possession and occupation of reputable people. The house was not raised above the ground level, so that it was not probable that anyone would crawl under and die there. The skull is believed to be that of a European. The full report of the Temperance gathering last night is unavoidably held over. It was a great success aud all seemed to have much enjoyed it,

We have had the opportunity of inspecting a five-acre crop of wheat on Neuman's line, 11-angitikei, for the cultivation of which special advantagr-s are claimed, says thn Ai/ri.K'<ilr. The wheat is known arlied .River Plate, and is a brarded variety. This renders H sparrow-proof, tiie spines constituting a protection which the graineating birds do not care to deal with. It is also claimed that the wheat stands up to the wind better than the ordinary kinds, and this was proved by the fact that while an adjoining crop of ordinary wheat was badly broken down by the wind, scarcely a stalk of the Bed River Plate had been broken, the reaping machine having quite ckancd the area. Mr H. Ivrcnau grew the wheat as an experiment, and several farmers, who have inspected the crop, regarded it as the coming cereal for the i district, and have given Mr Neuman orders for quantities for seed for next year's sowing. The crop is expected to thresh about 40 bushels to the acre. On Saturday Messrs McMillan, Rhodes & Co. hold an sale at their rooms. The latest importations we have just inspected and they are certainly very pleasing novelties. The full list appears elsewhere. The items to be dfferred should secure a good attendance. Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a large ewe fair on Thursday week at Palmerston. Two horses are now passing their time in the public pound waiting a visit from their owners. Unless this i$ promptly paid they will be sold by the poundkeeper on Saturday 17th inst. A strange discovery has been made in a beam taken from Casey's Hotel, George and Liverpool streets, Sydney. The premises were demolished a few months ago with a view of rebuilding. The old timber was sold by auction, and one lot, which was knocked down at six shillings, included an old beam. Recently the purchaser proceeded to cut up the beam to convert in into stumps or a cottage he was building. In sawing it he cut through some paper, and, on examining this, he found it to consist of bank notes, of which there were eight of a value of £20 each. The notes, it was discovered, had been let into the beam by an auger hole. A despatch from Boston, dated Dec. 27, mentions what is said at the office of the American Board of Missions in regard to the occupation by the British of the re. maining islands of the Gilbert Group. The entire Group has been regarded as occupied by Great Britain, but it is not behered that the British will depose the native King. He is a respectable and intelligent man, and his rule has been for the good of the islands. Ho is ruling under British protection, and it is said that the occupation of the islands by the British has been distinctly for the benefit of the people, for the Government has been wholesome and more efficient. The report that under the British a few American traders at Ihe islands will be forced to leave, simply means that tho British will not tolerate the continued sale of guns, liquor and tobacco by these Americans to the natives. That is all the American business there is in the islands, and it i= bad for the natives. A London despatch of the same date says that the Colonial Office considers the Gilbert Islands Group was formally annexed by Great Britain in June, 1892, and has beon in its possession ever since. It may be remembered says the Times that some time since the Department of Agriculture ?;.c home for 3000 of ScmioMinx Nii/i'/jtes, the parasite which is the natural enemy of the Hessian fly. They were to come in two shipments, and the first of these is expected to come to hand by the Gothic, and arrangements will be made to liberate them as soon as the Inrrm are hatched. The first parcels will be sent to Otago and the Wairarapa. The parasites come to hand rather too late for this season, but they had been shipped before a wire sent Home to delay them was delivered. A ••opos the whales disporting outside Sydney Heads recently, the Bulletin relates the following:— Two years ago, one of Macgregor's (Tas.) whaling captains having cut the blubber from a whale, was about to cast the rest adrift, when there came alongside two Hobart fishermen — " Portuguese Joe " and his mate, an African negro. The Portuguese begged to be given the carcase, so that they might, tow it ashore, and make what they could of it. " All right," said the skipper, with the genpvosity of a satisfied, exploits who knew the blubber business (o its omeya. Joe, having got the leviathan's framework on to the beach, began to search for ambergris, which drug was quoted at that time in the current price lists at somewhere about £13 per oz. He found 1741b. Many people interviewed and wanted to give him from £5,000 to £9,000 for the lot ; but the man understood the luck of his find, and got a friendly and disin*terested Hobart resident to place him in direct communication with ihe best London brokers. A case of some importance, dealing with the law of master and servant, was decided in tho Wellington R.M. Court on Friday by Mr Martin, R.M. M. Mackey, baker, Clyde-quay, sued a former employee of his named W. Dixon for damages for breach ; of contract in leaving his employ without sufficient prior notice. Defendant was paid on Saturday evening, 13th, and did not resume work on the Mbuday. He gave no prior notice of his intention to leave other than an informal intimation during tho week to the plaintiff's wife, who refused to accept it as notice. The defence was that no further notice was necessary. \ Hia Worship held that no proper prior notice had been given, and that the defendant was liable in damages, but as the plaintiff did not press for any compensation, bringing the ease more as a test one than to obtain any pecuniary advantage, he would award only nominal damages and coit?, intimating to the defendant that he was fortunate under the circumstances in having been so leniently dealt with. — Post. We are commanded (says a Melbourne paper) to spread the Gospel, and a Melbourne mm has hit upon a novel way of doidg it. They bought a line of Bibles, large in bulk, but low in price, and put one of them into each chest of tea they i sent out this Christmas, It was really- a humane idea— for many in the bush are no doubt perishing spiritually for want of a Family Bible, while tea is tho most common of bush beverages. Further it showed that, the firm were concerned not only for the wordly. welfare, but the future of their customers, and were able to take credit too, for sending each of them a Christmas box. Yet will it be believed that one vessel of wrath wrote back to yay that he didn't see the point in a Christmas box. when a 7H Bible displaced two shillings worth of "tea, and that he returned thfi firm's Bible in the hope that the firm would forward his tea. Some men don't know the meaning of gratitude. 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 at less than English cost at Ie &xo House, Wellington.

During the Great Sa'e Ladies' aprons will be sold at -lid. 4 buttons Kid 'gloves all now fresh goods at 1/11 per pair. White and cream lacos at i)d per doz. Ladies' linen collars new shapes at 3d each. Boys' sailor collars at 3d each, sold everywhere at Gel, at the Great Sale Te Aro House, Wellington. It will pay country customers to take a run down to the Great Realising Sale they will save all the expenses and be money in pocket by buying all they want whilo 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 Marche, Palmerston North, on Saturday, 13th January, and continue for 21 days. Buyers in this district will do well to pay the Bon Marche an early visit.