Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1894.

Manawatu Herald, 19 April 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1894.

The Dunbar-Field Dramatic Company appeared at the Public HalllaSt night and presented " Deborah " and a " Kiss in the dark " to an appreciative audience; A rumour is current that a well-known . Sttudotnrettter'has hadtto Seek the- pro--tection of the bankruptcy court owing to losses sustained in thir purchase, of stock. It is &r,tj!iWsajd; ! xhati a'well-kno^n firm of auctioneers afe the principal Sufferers. Messrs Gorton and Son hold a sale at Campbelltown to-morrow, and one at Marton on Tuesday. Messrs Abraham & Williams hold a sale at Colyton on Tuesday. There are still some funny old fossils in the world. We heard a late member of the old Foxton Licensing Committee claiming that he held office till June ! It will therefore be news for him to learn that The Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act, 1893, directs that " every member of a Licensing Committee shall come into office on his election " and the Licensing Committee of every district existing at the time of the commencement of this Act shall continue in office until the ooming into office of the first Licensing Committee elected under it. The election took place last month ! The Otaki Licensing District is without a clerk. The government last Thursday carefully gazetted Constable O'Rourke to that office, but as they had previously granted him leave of absence, he was not where he was wanted. The hitch caused* by this oversight has been met by the resident members of the Committee, and the conditional licenses ■ for the race-meeting were .properly issued. There would have been a void had there been only one representative on the Committee resident within the Borough. Whilst inspecting a field of rape which was badly affected with " cabbage blight " on Mr James Bull' 3 farm the other day it was found (says the Advocate), that on the rape were myriads of ladybirds devouring the blight. Farmers generally will, no doubt, be pleased to learn that the pretty ladybird is to be beneficial in relieving them of a scourge which threatens their sheep feeding crops in the shape of this blight. The ladybird was first introduced for the purpose of eradicating a form of blight different from the one under notice, and it was eminently efficacious, that blight being now almost unknown in the colony, but this is the first instance that has come under our notice of it having tackled the blight to which we have referred. A most astonishing occurrence took place recently at the residence of a gentleman living at Frankton. It appears that some ladies who had driven over from Te Kowhai left the horse standing in front of the house. The horse — usually a very quiet one — was in some way startled, and making up the carriage drive broke into a hand gallop and took the drive gate — somewhat over sft. in height — with a " flier," landing on the other side without injuring either the buggy or harness, the top of the gate being merely splintered. A young man working nc.ir stopped the runaway a short distance up the road, making his way towards the township. On closer examination it was found that the animal had not come» off scatheless,— .as .-it had evidently* strUjC^thetop.fai^of ithe gate fc&iYily, and had aT nasty gash on the middle of the chest. — Waikato Times. The Wellington Hospital ball is expected to net £200 foi' that institution. : : Milk all the way from . Scotland is now sold in London! It is said to be of richer "nality than the lacteal fluid generally suplj.ied to customers. It is forwarded by rail in specially constructed carriages, the evening's milk reaching the metropolis the next morning. The cost of carriage is 2d per gallon. Among remarkable instances of the development, or rather of the creation of British trade in the East, Mr G. S. Mackenzie, at the London Chamber of Commerce recently, cited the cases of Burmah and Persia. The 1 merchant who shipped the first cargo of rice from the former country was a personal friend of Mr Mackenzie, and already the annual export trade in rice from Burmah has reached the enormous total of upwards of one hundred^ millions^)f,,tons. As regards British trade in tlie Jjersuwa '.JSulf , the lecturer told his audience that he went to Persia in 1868, at which time only three sailing vessels from Europe, each of 700 tons burden, visited the Persian ports. Now ihere are ,two lines ■ of -steamers running weekly : from Bombay, in addition to an average of. one steamer of over 2500 tons weekly to London direct. Mr Maokenzie actually aaw the first box of .dates which was sent as an experiment to the London market, and last year the export of this single commodity exceeded twenty thousand tons.' ■ ' ' ■ > The great realising sale lasting for 20 dajjs promises,, to ;be a gigantic ■The whole stock is to be offered at genuine, reduced pi joes' ' many. of the lines will be marked. at less than -English cost at Te Aro House; Wellington* v During the Great Sale Ladies' aprons will be sold at 4£d. 4 buttons Kid "gloves all new fresh goods at 1/11 per pair. White and cream laces at' 9d per doz. Ladies' linen Gollars.new shapes at 3d each.^ Bpys' isaildft collars at aflesoh} sol<T everywhere at 6d, at the Great Sale Te Aro House, It will pay country customers to take a j run down to the Great Realising 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 atTe Aro House. . : We are requested to direct the attention of our readers to the fact that the Annual Sale of Surplus and Summer Stook 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 March 6 an early visit. - - •