Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, FEB. 10, 1894.

Manawatu Herald, 10 February 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, FEB. 10, 1894.

Bernard's Qircus is advertised to appear here on '-Tuesday, They have just completed a successful tour through the South Island and only landed at Wellington on Tuesday by the Rotorua. They are starting on a tour through this island. Their performances have been very well mentioned wherever they hav.e appeared. There appears a wrong impression abroad as to the number of representations to be given of "Pinafore" in this town. It is only advertised for one night, viz., Wednesday the 21st instant. No one should hold back for the chance of there being a second performance as the secretary informs us that though it may be probable a second performance will be given, it will be at Palmerston. Our advice to the well wishers of both the performers and the object for which the performance is given, is to secure tickets at once, as they are selling freely and choice of seats are getting very narrowed down. The "Pinafore" committee have been successful in securing a good orchestra for their performance on the 21st instant, as the Messrs Haybittle (3), and Ohtop, the leader of tlie Wellington Opera house orchestra, have been engaged for the occasion. The instruments will be two violins, violin-cello and a cornet. A. special rehearsal of M.M.S. Pinafore is advertised for Monday night, at 7.30. There is to be a dress rehearsal also on the following night, and every member is requested to attend. Last Tuesday at St. Patrick's Church, Palmerston, one of our well known hempmillers, Mr James Dudson, was married to the daughter of a very old Palmerston resident. We tender to the young couple our heartiest congratulations. Messrs Loveday intend opening up stock in the Tramsheds in a few clays of which further notice will be given. On Wednesday next the Commissioners run an excursion train to Palmerston to enable a visit to be paid to the BroughBoucicault Co. The train is timed to leave Foxton at 5.45 p.m. arriving at Palmerston at 7.15 p.m., and leaves Palmerston at 11 p.m. The fares are very cheap 4s first class return, 2s 6d second class return. Mrs Whyte, Messrs McMillan, Rhodes & Co., Thynne, Tos, Loveday Bros. , Walls, Stansell, Coe and Hamer return hearty thanks to those who worked at the fire on Friday morning. To-night and Sunday night Elder G. T. Wilson holds religious meetings in the Good Templar's Hall. Tenders are invited by the Borough Council for getting and delivering metal for Purcell-street ; tenders to be in by noon of Monday. A ram and sheep fair will beld on Tuesday at Bulls. There are large entries of both rams and sheep. Messrs Gorton and Son are the auctioneers. On Wednesday Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a sale of stock at their Foxton yards. The same firm hold a stock sale at Otaki on Friday. The N.Z. Times managed to make some very uncomplimentary and incorrect remarks about the Wellington Girls High School lately, which it has had to take all back. Thursday's issue contains a letter from Mr Mackay, late principal of the Wellington College, in which- he asserts this same cheerful print has been making indirect references to him of a "by no means complimentary nature." It would almost appear that a closer scrutiny of its own columns would be of a greater advantage to its readers than attempting to be funny at a printer's error in our columns, which it infers is an instance of bad grammar. Argument re the petition against Sir Robert Stout's election was heard by Mr Justice Richmond on Wednesday, and it was agreed to pospone the case to the 20th instant. The Palmerston Borough Councillors have agreed to discuss with Mr Edwards \ proposals for erecting swimming baths. The best offer received for the Stella, which originally cost £16,000, It £1550.

The Post says : — We are not at all surprised that our morning contemporary declines any further correspondence oii tile subject of the Girls' itigh Sdhool. A burned child, the proverb tells us, dreads the Are, and our contemporary burned its ftngers so completely in its reckless and discreditable attack on the institution in question that it no doubt shudders at the very name. The indigestion caused by having to eat its own false words, with the sauce of ignominy and humiliation, has not yet passed away. So the subject is, in I its own phrase " taboo." The greatest consumption of printing paper in the United States Is in the Sunday editions of the metropolitan dailies, which often require from 50 to 100 tons for a single issue. The requirements of The Recorder, Herald, World and other great papers fluctuate between these amounts. With the rapidly increasing output prices have as rapidly declined, until to-day a grade of news-print paper worth twenty-five years ago thirteen or fourteen cents per pound, is now sold for two and a half to three cents* The favourite sport ill Siam is fishfighting. Betting oil fish-fights is such a passion with the Siamese that they will Stake, not only all their money and their goods, but even their wives and . children. The right to keep fighting fish is bestowed only by the King, and he is so highly, paid for it that the royal coffers derive a large revenue from granting the requisite licenses. The fighting fish are little things of four or five centimetres long, and no thicker than a child's finger -, but they are full of " fight," and fly at each other with the utmost ferocity as soon as they are let into the same water. In Annam, too, the same amusement prevails. There the fish are kept in large clear bottles of water ; and if one of the bottles is placed before a mirror the vicious little fish, seeing his own refleccion, and takirig it to be an enemy, goes nearly mad with excitement at his inability to get at his adversary. One of the most curious sights along the Manchester canal is the carrying of the Bridgewater Canal over the Ship Canal by means of a steel aqueduct 235 feet long* 0 feet deep, and 19 feet Wide. During the passage of vessels over the Ship Canal the aqueduct is swinging on a pivot by hydraulic power, the weight wh<m swinging being 1400 tons, and the span 90 feet, the water being retained by means of iron shutters. 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 Euglish cost at Te Aro House, Wellington. During the Great Sale Ladies' aprons will be sold at 4Jd. 4 buttons irid 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 6d, at the Great Sale Te Aro House, Wellington. It will pay country customers to take a run down to the Great Eealising Sale they will save all the expenses and 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 Snrpln- and Summer Stock will commence n 1 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 March£ an early visit.