Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MARCH 22. 1894.

Manawatu Herald, 22 March 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MARCH 22. 1894.

i\{ ssrH Gorton & 3>n h>l<l a acock sale at Marlon on I'u-adny nax . he N-w York City Poic« raid d an Italian gambling d.-n at night. The ' ga<nblers were present in large numb rs, and being armed with revolvi-rs and knives, resisted any inierfrenc-. The result was a severe c •ntiic in whioti 19 of ib ■ foreign* erd wtr, woanded, three seriously, hut ah far as knuwn, none of thb ca^s resulted fatally. The raid wa a very auccessfu'ly carried out, and upwards of 60 of those who were playing in the rooms were arrest- d and conducted to the police barracks. The Hinemoa left Auckland on Tuesday evening tor the Kermadecs and Raiatonga wi h Lord and Lady Glasgow and a party of thirteen. Mr G. K. Lucas, an old settler, formerly a m ember of the Kiwitea and Pohangina Road Boards, dropped dead on I've.-day 1 forenoon at 10 o'clock at >lr Dolby's farm Valley road, near Feilding. The inhabitants of Taikorea intend to celebrate the opening of their school with a sooial and dance at an early date. Mr C. E. Shortt acted aa Depu'yRetorning Officer at the election yesterday. An exchange nayp :— Mr \rthur Baker, a partner in the firm of Bannatynu and Company, who di-d at Watiganui recently, left £60,000 to Mrs Erull At the instance of the Wanßanui Hospital authoriiiea. the Railway Conitnis.-ioners are about to try an interesting experiment (says the Post.) While the Kail way Commissioners were at Wanganui, the Hospital 1 Board represented that great suffering was often caused to victims of serious bush, coQtrac ing, aud sawmill accidento by the ; joking of the train, in conveyance to : itospi>a ! . -uff^rera are brought 10 the '.»Vanffanui H-)spi>a* rom all along hi* in'as far as tfuu.amlle on iU^ Usaira Rai'.way. and many victims have their chances of sucortisfuLjtreatin^nt greatly minimised by the journey,. notwithstanding every oare. The VVauganui Hospital I Board i« to snpply the Haiiway Commission ' er« with a specimen swing stretcher for the conv>yanc- of such cases, and the Com mtssioni'fß are 'o have arrangements made for slinging it in the guard* van, wi h proper springs and guys to relieve the jarriog Shou din 3 • xperiment prov« a success, the OomiTii^sionur-< will have fuoh a fwing strtcher p aced in every guard's van on bush liu^s. S amp dmy has b-eu piid on £233.000, value uf .ne late Mr \V* H. L svia's es ate. Th" Loudow Brig'.iioi, an<l Sou h C >ast l.'ai!way haR 30 of iis trains lighted by elec trici y, and i-; now aboui to equip anuuib-r of uddi innal i rains. It is said that quit? 15 ptr c-nt more, work can be got out of an el cricaliy lig ited than out of a gas lighted train whio'i makes a saving in first cost of ah ut £56.030, as 85 electrica iy >ighted trains can do ih« work of 100 gas ligh ed trains. I Th- colleciion >A buds which Sir Walt r Buller has bnn g'u ou^ by ihe. Doric for acclimatisation purposi-s, to be iberat- d on his* property at Horowh- nua, is now in Wellington (siya the Post.) Sir Walter ntates that the birds inolud • pairs <>f the mallard or wild duck, the cail duck, the sh ldiake, two pairs of h Hungarian par illg \ Egypnan g«»'S , pig ons ol vari oa> kind . anl qini! from T n riff-\ As far a* ho h awar«\ on'y th« wi:d du«k which exist a' Like Takapuna and iv some . parts of this district, the pariridg s Lord Ons'ow importud, and the Egyp ian g.'.eße brought by Sir George Gr^y to Kawau, have b^en before introduc d to the colony. Only one bird (a pariridg ) was lost on the voyage. Should they multiply as h*. anticipates, Sir Walter will he glad lo BU pply pairs to other persons interested in ' M«iittftUßfttiaa<

Mr McMillan held a successful auction sale of drapery at Levin ou Tuesday. Mr J» E. McLennan warns persons from trespassing on the Oroua Downs Estate or the Kaikokopu lake*, Tae Manawatu Tim ,° -aye : — We ur*. pi ased ip be.ftble to stare iho.' Ov ondiI lion. of Mr R. H. Abraham's heal h haConsiderably improved, and he is now in i fair wa> to recovery. For all that, it is not anticipat J d that Mr Abraham will be able to return to Palmerston for anocher fortnight, at the eft? tiesfe A si ranger, in Brussels, just now ia rather pu&Sled in passing by certain shop's in" the muiu thoroughfares to see an attractive, Btylishly-dres9ed young lady inside the establishment lapping at the window and beckoning to him. while smiling in a most ' admirable and engaging manner. If the Granger is a young man, he g neraljy turns round »n;l wiiks back to so- wa > U the pretty girl who thu? seems to c'aim ac q'litin aiic* »vith hi n ; bat only to tisc;ver j uiat he has be- n takan in whh a cunningly-devised automation. For some time past, littie comical figures in motion have been used for the purpose of drawing attention to shopkeepers' wares, and the beckoning lady is the latest development of the trick. Ploughing with camels is decidedly a novelty. The experiment, however, is being tried in Southern Russia, and, it is said, wiih remarkable success. Vice-Con sul .->mith states that the bad harvests of tha lait two years, together with the low prices of grain, having forced most agriculturists to look into the question of reducing expenses, and one great difficulty being to obtain animal rower which would cost less for feeding than horses, and yet be able to do the varying work of a farm, camels have been introduced upon an estate not far from Eieff. At present eighteen camels are at work, and their keep is found to cost less than that of horses, owing to oats being dispensed with in their feeding. The price runs between £0 and £7 per head, inclusive of transport from Orenburg to Kieff. At Bow County Court on a recent Friday before Mr Horton Smith, deputy judge, a barber appeared on a judgment summons for non-payment of arrears of rent due. I he defendant pleaded that he was now in abject poverty. He had to shut up his shop, as the. landlord had seiz >d bis tools on v disuiiint. "Iluve," he add d, • h wife aud several cnildren to support." His Honor : " Dear me. There are always large families here when people cannot afford to pay their way. You have no business to keep on having children if you get into debt." The defendant : " It's not my fault ; it's my wife's '1 Eventually an order was made against defendant to pay 53 monthly. The Oamaru Mail says:— The largest transaction ia wheat that has taken place here for a considerable time past has just been oorapleted by the Natiodal Mortgage Agency Company, which has disposed of about 14,000 sacks of laat season's crop. A very good innovation. In Belgium it is the custom to give certificates of mar* riage in the form of little books with paper covers. These books which are often produced in the course of law proceedings, are apt to become dirty and dog't* eared. The burgomaster of Brussels has therefore hit upon a new plan Henceforward a charge will be made for the books, which will be natly hound in morocco and gilt-edged. They will be something more than a mere eariitioate. A summary of Belgian law on the married state is given in them for the u^e of young couples, and amongst a mass of other miscellaneous information are dirt-c ions for the feeding and care of infants. Th?re are also places for entering the names and birthdays of the children of thp marriage, the authorities considerately affording space for twelve such entries. To poor pprs >ns the book-< wi!l he issued fre- of eha v g • O:i» of 'he town council lors w.ia iv fay >r of ad ling dir c;i >ns for obtaining a divorce, but it is nerdles-i to s.^. .:is suggestion was not adopted. M' S9ra T. P. Clark, Henry Sanson, John Dalton, William Davis, and Francis R 'binson have b°en duly elecred Trustees for thu Hone Drainage District. The Pall Mall Gazette wa3 for the first : time printed by electricity on the 16th of January, that is to say, ihe machines were driven by a pair of electric motors. There are in New York 9.500 persons who live by printing. Of these, more than 1 one- third viz., 3,600, were unemployed at the beginning of the year. The Russian Minister of the Interior has sanciioned the publication of an important new journal, which is to enjoy the especial privilege of exemption from examination by the oenorship prior to pub- [ lica ion. It ia to be devoted to politics and literature, fn the new paper, the old title of the Qolm is to be revived ; for it is to be called the Rustki Oolos (Voice of Russia). 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 l'e Aro House, Wellington. During the Great Sa c Ladies' aprons will be sold at 4£d. 4 buttons Kid gloves .all new fresh goods at 1/11 per pair. White and cream lac s at 9d per doz. Ladies' lin-sn collars nesvsliap-'s at 31 each, cioys' aiiibr cjll.iri a" 3d uch, soIJ overy.vliere at 6d, 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 a'l they^want /while, goods are 'st> ■cheap. Orders from" the country will bn carefully selected and sent carriage paid from the Great Realising Sale at Te >ro House. We are requested to dir-ct the attention of our readers to the fact that the Annual Sale of Surplus and ■oraner Stock will commeno- at The Bon Marche, Palmerston Nonh, on Saturday, 13th January, and continue for 21 days. Buyers in this district will do well to pay the Bon Marchfi an early visit.