Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1894.

Manawatu Herald, 24 April 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1894.

--Hoani Taiptra, late native M:&:ftr-*fof this district, is seriously ill, and his recovery is despaired of. ■ A slight boating accident occurred in the .river .od Saturday .afternoon. -It .appears Messrs Curtis and Ingram were about to go out foi^ a sail, theiivboat .being tied to the upper encl of the Wharf iitfitheyerything ready for 'the start. Mr Curtis "with his little son was already settled in the boat _ when Mr Ingrain* who was still' ashore ; stepped on thebowof the boat close to tile side and between the mast and stays. This gave tha boat a lurch- -aud his weight was then thrown wholly on' the stays attached to the top of the" mast. This pressure gave a very heavy leverage to the side of the boat and over she went throwing all and sundry into the river five or six feet distant from the wharf. Mr Curtis at once got possession' of his son and held on to the side of the.. JboaU Mr Ingram caught hold of the boat's painter and hauled himself to the piles of thfe wharf. Seeing the accident, several of the men working near ran down, stretched out their hands and hauled them out, none the worse for the ducking. . - The School Inspector 'lias fixed. tlp*2nd and 3rd of May for tlie examination "6f the Poxton school. We learn that, our, market .gftrdner, Joe Tos, has 40 tons of onions in his garden and to show the labour this vegetable gives to harvest he has had eight men employed during the past three weeks tying them up , and has yet 10 tons to complete ! Messrs Abraham and Williams have a large stock sale at Palrr.erston on Thursday. Our esteemed contemporary the Farmer is actuated by the best intentions and it is I only in execution that it fails. Wiih a commendable enterprise, according to its issue last Wednesday, it dispatched a " special reporter " to do the Foxton races on that day. Though the Farmer is published in the afternoon, and telegraphic communication exisis between Foxton and .Shannon aud four races had been run by 2.. ! 5<J p m., yet all i hat appeared Irom " Our Special " was n purely imaginative anticipation of the day's sport, and sent before 11.20 a.m., as the "special" mentions " the Feilding Brass Baud is expected." Seeing that the greater number of people arrived by the train, the following state- . ment of the " special " written before the tyiin arrived is most, amusing, "Mr Hillary, who has the outside gates, is already beaming with Rolf-satisfaction. . . . . Mr Border, who has the grand stand booth is smiling and bland, and his assistants are evidently prepared to coj7e with all comers ".' ! The " special " gave up further reporting as in Friday's issue of the Farmer only hare results of each race are given. We mif-s his description of the racing, which, judging by the forecast, would have been amusing if not strictly accurate, but the " special " hinted he started from Shannon " unbreiikfasted " and got thus too " (uoked-up " to do more than his first nnd only report. It is best to stnvt w.-'l provisioned or many vain things may be imagined and many queer things be supposed- to be seen, as for instance, as the " special " wrote " some of the. coinuiiuee. .r« -*..-;• '<U'Q • perambulaling the' .flejd."'' Wha't 1 .61 horses ? It however, is an attempt well meant, and we regret its failure. Footballers are invited to attend a meeting at the Post Office Hotel tomorrow evening. Messrs McMillan Rhodes <fc Co annouuee an auction sale for Saturday. ike Secretary of the Otaki Maori Racing Clu b advertises that nominations for various events close on Monday next at 5 p.m. Upon a representative of. the Evening Pd.4 visiting the Government Buildings, he wns inform iml that orders had been issued by the Cabinet lo exclude all members o< the staff o£ (hat paper from the Buildings, and admittance was refused. No ground was given for this step, but it is understood it has reference to the publication by 'the Post of Colon?l Fox 1 ;? letter to the Premier. The nsw Sergeant at Arms don't run much to dignity. After Dr Greenwood and Colonel de Quincey comes, the " Sporting Colonel," who is a hanl nut to crack. — Wanganui //er#iefc : -■ :-; •jf ;-•-; -r; The old'ibuatomtof -curfew " has been re-established in the villages and towns of Canada, in accordance with an act passed in the last session of Parliament. This new act, ttfough tio't as; strict as" the old one, requires that all children -under 17 Bhall be off the' streets at 9 o.'clook, the hour for ringing the curfew. The Marylebone ' guardians have agreed to appoint . an organiser .of technical instruction. The workhouse girls are to be taught cookery and the boys carpentry. It is proposed to give a day's instruction a week in ea'ch subject. Before the soheme can be carried out the sanction of the Local Government Board must be obtained. : ' • . " ThetJost of land in Palestine," observes the Morning Star, a new religious, journal, " is just now higher than usual, owing to the action of some speculators, mostly Greeks, Turks, aqd Germans, though some Jews themselves, .are speculators. But under ordinary .c.h'CHtnstan.ces land^for agricultural purposes',- nbfrtbo near a town,costs about £1 10s peracre." . ; Durirfg Vhe sitting- of the'Bistriot Court, says the Time** Mr District Judge Kettle said he. attached very little, if any, importance to doctor's, certificates of ill-health which were produced in Court. " A short time ago," added His Honor, a juryman who could not read, came into a Court. over which^l was;'presidmg, and gravely hanSed* up "a doctor's certificate Avhjch'sta.teu' tba't^ thA said juryman was too ill to leave his' bed !" He would not like, added the Judge, to say that the doctor had made a mistake, but that the juryman certainly made a mistake in presenting the certificate in person. Mrßatt, says the Ghroniclet at one time wharfinger and latterly of Messrs Hogan and Co. 's has taken over the Masonic Hotel, and will take possession on May Ist. Mr Batt was wharfinger here many years ago. Before the Grand Jury at New Plymouth was discharged at the court on Wednesday, the foreman said be wished to direct the court's attentipn to ilu unequal action of | the Juries Act. Some of fin jurors were summoned time after time to serve, while others were not summoned at all, and he. suggested that the English procedure should be adopted by which & juror w>io had once served could by paying obtain a certificate of exemption for two or three yeai'3. His Honor said it was the first time he had heard of such a procedure, i J The jurv must, however, put' their recbrn- ! niepdation* in writing, so th#t he conjd forward it to the Minister of Justice. UNCLE SAM'S ROLLED OATS, the most neutritious breakfast meal.

f -i-:% " *}■:■ :: vV".: : •■■"■■■• | The great realising sale lasting for 20 t 4ays promises la, be a-.gigan.tid success: The wholes'tock is to be offered at genuine 'feduceiJ "prices many' of the lines will be marked at less than English cost at I'e Aro House, Wellington. During the Great Sa'e Ladies' aprons will be sold at 4£d. 4 buttons Kid gloves all new fresh goods at 1/11 per pair. White -•mid- ereawlaces -at #4 per doz. Ladies' linen collars new shapes at 3d each. Boys' sailor, collars at ;Jd each, sold everywhere at 6d, at the Great £ale 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 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 willcommence ai The Bon Marchi, Palmerston;North, on Saturday, \lof^M^ti^iy, and . continue f Qi?>" 2l-i- •ctays'v* Buyers ~m, -Jtliis district wiUoo welMo-pay' the Bon fljatche an early vising,;- .'^