Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1894. A Muddle.

Manawatu Herald, 22 May 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1894. A Muddle.

« The Clerk of the Otaki Licensing i Committee has convened the annual meeting for the seventh day of June. Thi3 will be the first time I that the committee has met, and yet it is the meeting most important of the whole year as at it all i licensees will apply for a renewal of! their licenses. Section 83 of the

Licensing Act say 3 "N6 : -; licensee '( person applying for a renewal need attend in person at the licensing ' meeting unless he shall be summoned by the Chairman of thp Licensing Committee, or unless a written notice of an intention to oppose such -renewal-shall have Jbeeu ...SQEKetL upon him at least three days before the commencement of such licensing meeting." Good, exceedingly good ; the -.chairman knows nothing,-offi-cially, of the position of the licensees and of their buildings and he is very un-likely-' to summon any licensee to attend the committee. Why should he ? ; Yet, , if the committee think certain remarks need making to the licensee, where, oh where, will he be ? It is evident that the Government have taken it for granted that all the licensing committee has to do is to grant all that is asked for. Looking at the matter in the most favourable fight it- is certain that the Government haVr treated the ; 'co'm« mittee with scant courtesy. It is also quite probable that other matters, showing still greater discourtesy will be made apparent at the meeting. •

It will be a pleasure to all Mr Andrew Jonsoh's friends to learn that the inquiry showed that his temporary disarrangement on Friday arose from a too careless manner of taking his physic, owing to which ho secured a pain-creator, instead of a pain-killer. We are glad it is no worse, and trust this will cause him to exercise more caution hi the future. The dictionary describes the word " caution" as ..bi'ing " Prudence in regard to danger"; wariness, consisting in a careful at te.ntion tp.probable and possible results, and a judicious course of conduct to avoid failure or disaster. " At the polioe court yesterday one witness, by his own evidence, fully acted up to these requirements. Honesty is the best policy, so at least the copy-books: say.. ■ It, has 1 also' bp on nar rated that there is honour among thieves. As we grow older we get shocked at times by these illusions being dispelled, and we now learn that an ..individual who has but lately left the service of the colony at Wanganui^ to. which ljc .was,, -admitted for ■loving" wine, 'or was it whisky, "too 'freely, and getting it a,t somebody else's expanse, has now become'the'efefrauded, losing his . blankets, tent, etc. t which. haye ;I been "borrowed ■'" by- some" — thief/ as lie forcibly expresses it. Messrs GoytonA Bon-hold a stock sale at Feilding on Friday next. On account of Messrs Leth bridge the auctioneers will offer also some first-class five-acre sections, and other property. The earthquake must have been severer at Manakau, as we were informed that the oscillation of the ground was powerful enough to move two railway trucks with their breaks down, from a siding on to the nuiiu line. Messrs McMillan, Bhodes & Co. hold a sale of dnjK-ry at their auction rooms on Saturday. On Thursday the race meeting at Otaki will take place. This meeting promises to be'one- 6f : ":the' ; niost; sruScessful held on the coast. The adjustment of the handicaps by Mr J. E. Henry, has produced excellent acceptances, no less than 23 horses being left in the Stewards' Stakes and 22 in the. Glasgow Plate,, the numbers for the other races being also exceptionally good. ■> The privileges wore sold lately, and realised £100. Given a fine day the races should bo well worth going to 9ee. .. A company has been formed In Manchester under the style of the Union Shirt Company, with the object of manufacturing shirts under humane/conditions. . The average cost of pauperism per head 'of the population of England' and Wales in 1892 wns in outdoor unions 03 2d, and in indoor unions 7s 7£d. The Privy Council has authorised the Bank of England to add another 350.000 to its note issue (made upon securities, unspecified, deposited in its issue department) which is now raised to £16,800,000, or £2,800,000 more than the amount onginally authorised by the present Bank ' Charter. All the sawmills down, the Manawatu railway line are said to be busily employed. At the next meeting of the Auckland City Council a motion will be proposed " That this Council take-into its consideration the advisability of drafting a byelaw prohibiting bookmakers from plying their calling or permitting betting or gambling of any kind in the domain ground." ' • i At the AUiira 1 races", a regular Maori un ? \ dertaking, last week, "there were 1 -many, amusing incidents. The natives would manage things-themselves, or, at least, at-. ■ tempted to do so, with unsatisfactory re;sult3. ..The starting was bad, and. 'delays' occasjoned "the; races tq.be.conjinued on a. • seqon<l day. '"^rotesis-were frequent, some ■ Bj&ajase 'V.the^atait "no bloomirig'good,'' and- otliefs'be&qse." Him no Ma'dVP moke,"' etc. Jockeys frequently rode' ai much as two stone over weight. We have received from Mr James Lafr3; his ppce list, of trees, shrubs, Ac, grown : ih his^ft'-J^wfi^E^iiDnt-Kof^eryuA vTho aaatian^f-.'Mr JTonaaWbiiiliard table arid 'Wir<Trels v in£- business -wSs held on Saturday, but resulted in no sale being effected. It will be seen from an announcement elsewhere that Messrs Ross and Sandford,' of the Bon Marche, Palmerston North, intend giving their jcyistomers jn Eo^tpn and district an opportunity of- participating in the advantages of their purchase' of the assigned stock of Wickett & Co., which has been secured by them at less than half price. On Friday morning, as a special meat' 1 train, heavily loaded, was returning from Waipukurau, it got on the wrong line, at Hastings through the points being closed and a stone getting between the rails, i thus preventing the points from closing properly, as the lever, when examined,' was found to be in the correct position. Before the train could be pulled up, however, it ran into a couple of trucks of fire* wood. .Both, the trucks and the engine were a good deal- damaged, one of theformer being smashed to atoms. The driver, Patrick McGrath, was pinned against the door of the firebox by the cabj being stove in, and he was considerably' 1 bruisedj.and cut.. The guard, Jull, also go^ a '.severe shaking. -There was rib stoppage of traffic as the whole lot wa3 thrown clear of the track, and now lies on the side of the bank Mr George Williams',' -founder of the •Youug/ Men's Christian Association in London, in' 1844. has been granted the Freedom of the City of London. Masterton i 9 full of unemployed waiting ' for bushfelling to begin.

( . • As an. instance of the difference between ! the Wellington and Wanganui Education | iJoards ire refer, our readers to - our ■Kereru correspond int's letter. The mis-trer-s of that school has been annually most successful with her pupils, but she was not in favour with the Wanganui Board prior to her leaving them. The Commission of Inquiry into the "charges brought by Mr CharTtori against Mr Ritchie, Secretary of Agriculture, and Mr Hull, Stock Inspector, reports that the accusations are groundless, and should never have been made.. Sir Henry Parkes has completed his fortieth year as a legislator, he having entered the old Legislative Council of New South Wales on the 2nd May, 1854. At that time there was only one chamber in existence — the Legislative Council — which was partly nominee and partly elective. An extraordinary phenomenon has occurred at Koroit, Sydney. An enormous quantity of cobwebs rained on everything, and gave the appearance of a covering 'of ice. The ground Was alive with, myriads of small spiders?"/. \ ' -""".'' .' ••-■■ Yesterday morning this distriot- was visited by a very severe earthquake which lasted a long "time, some forty seconds. The motion was, however even, and was from east to westi It occurred about 9.40. Two shocks were felt in Wellington, one at 4.30 and another at 9.40, the last "shake being the most prolonged and vigorous felt there for years. People were running out of their houses into the streets in all directions. So far as ran be gathered no actual damage was done. Persons who were in the open air say there was a loud crash as though the hills were coming down bodily, and the noise of buildings rattling together and the rustling of trees was trememl'jus. The Free Public Library got a bad wrench, some of the old oraoks caused over a year ago in a similar way opened out again, and extended a little. Plaster fell largely from the roof in the hall, and cracked on the walls. In some of the tailor wooden buildings the swaying was violent, and some women fainted The brick bui'dings do not appear to have felt it somuoh. , . . ■ .- Messrs McMillan, Bhodes eft Co. have on sale a stock of horse-covers, made from the best No. 1 canvas. Their altered advertisement appears in their usual spac. Mr T. Easton is likely to be a fortnight longer before he finishes his work on Mr John Strang's new house. Messrs Loveday Bros, are again offering bargains in drapery and clothing, etc. By a perusal of their replace advertisement it will be noticed the firm intend having a window display of the bargains to be had on Friday night, and subsequent days. The sales of Messrs Abraham and Williams are as follows : — Stock sale, Pa)merston North, Wednesday, 21st May, and horse sale on the 2Gth ; stock sale, Colyton, 29th May ; stock sale, Woodville, '23rd May. A warning to those having unregistered dogs in their possession appears in another column. The collector will issue summonses on those who do not pay up before the end of the month. Truth says— A Christchurch wife thought to frighten her husband out of his drinking habits. She procured a costume of the devil, and, when the erring spouse returned; he was met with, "Come with me. I am Satan." The result rather startled her. " Zat so. Hie ! Shake, ole boy ; I'm your brother-in-law. I married your sister." She fainted. A rather unfortunate error was committed by the ellington police la6t week, in arresting Mr P. Cronin, of the wellknown contracting fiim of Cronin and McGrath, in mistake for Maurice Cronin, the Palmerston North hotelkeeper who was " wanted " on a charge under the Bankruptcy Act, the right person being at that time safely lodged in the Terrace Gaol. The mistake was of course discovered immediately on arrival at the Central Station, and Mr Cronin was at once released, and apologies were made for the unfortunate circumstance which had placed him in such an embarrassing position. Sonle trouble, to an applicant for a license, has occurred in the Lyttelton district, owing to Mr Beetham, the S.M., feeliug unable to certify that he is "a person of good fame and reputation, and fit and proper to have granted to him a publican's license." We can appreciate the difficulty that ai S.M. would have in granting such a certificate to a person unknown to him, and think the Act is asking too much of him in this respect. If the wording relieved him of the personal character of the certificate the case would be different.

Sixty-eight cases and packages of new aud seasonable good for all departments have now been opened out for present season" at the Bon Marche, and it is freely admitted that no such choice is obtainable in the district. Buyers are invited to make* their' selections early while first choice of this magnificent range of now , goods is still obtainable at The Bon 'Marche. Boss and Sandford.— Advt. Our - imports of new season'a dresses, millinery and mautlea are now fully completed. The, choice, we am enabled to Sfofy ■■< atid the strictly moderate prices fJhafged ' sire much appreciated by our country friends while visiting Te Aro House, Wellington. ' Our '..new'' 9res3maljer, Madame de Verney, from ".Worth's," Paris, is the leading drpssmaker in the colony. We guarantee perfect fit; and the latest styles and de-' signs," as known only to French dressmakers. Our charges for making dresses are fro.m 22s 6d at Te Aro House. Ladiea-can do their shopping by post, and save the iuconvenience of coming to town. Our order department has been enlarged, and is under most efficient management. Patterns of all our general drapery and dresses will be sent post free on application at Te Aro House.