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Manawatu Herald, 28 July 1894, Page 2

The County' Counoil and Mr, John Walden have ju3t completed a very useful piece of river embankment between the Motoa Church hill and the hill just past Mr Walden's house. The County overseer has also just had put in a substantial floodgate 'where the drainage 'crosses the road in the same spot. Henry Walter Haybittle, of Palmerston North, was on Wednesday adjudged a bankrupt.

The lak EYv. Abraham Honore wis buried on Thursday af ternodn. A. number of his countrymen travelled by train to attend. The coffin \ras laken from his late residence to the Presbyterian Church where the Rev. Mr Duncan conducted service, the Rev. Mr Douall also offering a prayer, and also completed the ceremony at the grave. A very large number attended at the church and followp.it in the pi'dcesniou to the cemetery. The Good Templars attended the church in regalia and led the procession-.

The annUal tferietal meeting of parishioners was held in All Saints' Church on Thursday evening. The Rev. Geo. Aitkens presided: The minutes ,o£ the laiit annual meeting ;weie read and confirmed. The balance-sheet was read and adopted. The chairman nominated Mr Wilson as his warden, and Mr A: S. Easton was reelected people's warden. Messrs Thynne, Theo. Easton, W. Robinson, W. Stewart and Dr Derm^r were elected vestrymen. Mr T. Steele was elected auditor After a somewhat lengthy discussion oil the spiritual and. mundane condition of the parish and district, the meeting closed with the benediction. .

No money in Palnierstoii to.make thtj usual Arbor Day celebration. The Coun cilldrs will in solemn silencs plant trees in places where those planted last year have died. Taken altogether a most exhilirating ceremony. That is more thau is going to be done in Foxton, however.

The bachelors of Motoa gave a dance at the schoolhonse last night which wa?_ greatly enjoyed by their guests, dancing" having been kept up till three o'clock this morning.

In reply to Mr Wilson's question as to whether any arrangement of the dispute with the Manawatu Railway Company had been come to, the Minister hoped that arrangements may be completed between the parties in a fortnight) and if so a settlement will take place.

A four-roomed cottage in Palmerston, occupied by Mr E. Coley was destroyed by fire on Wednesday* Nothing was saved, but there was £50 insurance oh the f urni-

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Mr R. Cobb does not appear satisfied with the sale of his sheep in Sydney. He says sheep wfere sold one guinea below New Zealand prices. He thinks sheep are bought there irrespective of quality.

We mentioned some little time back that it was Mr Wilson's intention to complete the embankment of the Motoa swamp, and we now learn the work has been finished, some five miles of bank having been thrown up by different parties. All the river bank is now supposed to be raised sufficiently high to keep out ordinary floods, and it is possible an embankment may yet be forme a from the river to the high' land on the western boundary of the estate adjoining Mr McPherson's.

In the Marton obscene language appeal Judge Richmond upheld the decision of Mr Brabant, S.M., and dismissed the appeal with ten guineas cost.

For non-compliance with an order of the Court, Owen Flannigan left for Wauganui on Wednesday in charge of Constable Gillespie. He is a determined, if not obstinate man, as at Palmerston a fiiend offered to lend him the money, but he declined, reasserting that he never owed the money for which judgment was given.

About the middle of next month Mr and Mrs James Taylor, of Tawa Flat, Porirua, propose to celebrate their golden wedding, and will hold high festival to. which thenchildren and children's ( children unto the third and fourth generation will be bidden. This will be a pleasing incident in the life of an old and esteemed colonist, and we trust everything may occur just as they would wish it. Mr Taylor has a very large number of relations in this district.

Mr R. Bell, of the match firm, speaking to an interviewer said " I sincerely trust the labouring classes here will not drive your Government to passing any measures which will bo inimical to the employers of labour, 1 because people will not start factories unless they feel there is a certain amount of security for their capital. Mr Bell has only just arrived, when he has* bseri here a little longer we fear he will find his trust rudely disturbed.

During the past floods the river has out a good deal of the hill on which the old church stands, and at one time its very existence was threatened, but lately the river has tired of its attacks and is now busy at work on the opposite bank.

With all these advantages in purchasing, it would be strange indeed if the sale was not one to be remembered. Any attempt to enumerate even a tithe of the cheap lines now at the disposal of customers, would be worse than useless in the space at our command, but a price list which has been printed will be Bent, post free, to the addreßS of any person applying to the Wholes sale Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington.

With a view of making this sale the event of the year, two speoial buyers were despatched from Te Aro. House, one to attend the great sale of Edwards, Bennett & Cos. wholesale stock, and the other to pick out bargains from the manufactures of the well-known Eaiapoi Woollen Co. Both these gentlemen have returned after a most successful trip, and the total result of their efforts is to be seen in the astonishing bargains now being sold at the Wholesale Drapery Warehouse, TeAro House, Wellington.

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Sixty^eighLcasea and packages of new ana seasonable good lor 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 new goods is still obtainable at The Bon Marone.' ;Boss and Sandford. — Advt.

" It's an ill wind that blows nobody good " ie a very old saying but none the less true.. Whilst the great depression existing at Sydney at the present time, has caused a deplorable amount of misery, yet the. people of Wellington and the sur rounding districts will reap a gigantio benefit. During his visit to Sydney recently, Mr James Smith purchased at absurdly low prices a large stock which is now being sold at the Wholesale Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington,