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Manawatu Herald, 25 August 1894, Page 2

The now °chool house at Olaki is How completed. The people of ShabnbO are desirous of hftving ft public hall-. A concert ami social in connection with All Saints Church will, be heM very shortly: Funds are wanted; basily-i bile of the Palmerston papers assert that a petition is bein^ signed asking Mrs (i. M. Snelson to allow herself to be nominated for Mayor. We shall want a Mayor soon again. Can we afford to run a Mayoress ? Mr Tennyson Cole is painting a portrait of Sir George orejV W , - ''; We hear'' post encouraging reports of the lambing in the district. Sheep doing well, losses a mere trifle, and increase beyond the average percentage. There is no doubt the chauge this season from the last is very pleasing. To those troubled with moss on their fruit trees a hint taken from a valuable authority may be useful. It asserts that spraying and washing with a strong brine vvill envctnally remove the moss. Many are trying it here this season. Mr R. M. Smith, an M.U.R., and a useful member of the New Plymouth Corporation when he is at home, wanted to know why members were allowed to entertain the Hon. Mr Eolleston at Bellamy's '? The Premier chipped in applauding Mr Smith's desire for knowledge, but speaking hastily got tripped up about the banquet being supplied at a loss and so succumbed. Nice legislators ! The portrait of the late Mr P.nllance, painted by Mr Cole has not yet found a purchaser, at least so says an English e.orrpppondent. We should havn thought that .Messrs MeTCsnizin and Sedrton would hays been only too eager to have secured such n raemeuto;of thair departed chief. On Monday evening the Foxton Racing Club b.o!<l .their annual, dinner at ihe Foxton Family Hotel. ; Many visitors are expected' anil a pleasant re-huion may therefore be looked forward to. We are sorry to report that Mr James Newth met; with a nasty accident whilst working in the bush at Ohau, but it appears most fortunate tnat the injuries were not more serious. Hia mate in felling a tree, believing Newth was further away gave no notice and one ot its branches struck Newth on the back of the head throwing him forward on to p stump, the result being a pretty' extensive laceration of the flesh of the face He camn in by train and coach to Foxton yesterday, and was attended to by Dr. D.rmer, who found the nasal bones were smashed up completely. The doctor managed to get the pieces into good position and secured thorn with some stitches, and all appears to be goiug well. It is en?y to imagine how the least alteration in tho throw might havt: caused instant death. The Postmaster informs us that the next English mail Ha Rio de Janiero closes at Foxton on Monday, 3rd S.-pteinber, and the mail via San Francisco on Tuesday, 4th September. Both at eight in the evening. . , .... The second reading of the Pohangina County Bill has been agreed to in the Legislative Council. The Victorian Agricultural Department has shipped 20 tons of frozen hares and rabbits to London. It is reported that the Levin people are getting up a petition about having a secoud public-house at that town, and, so all the newspapers have it, the petition is addressed to: "The Licensing Committee for the district of Foxton." These good people must mind their stops, as. the Committee mentioned is as dead as a door nail, expired amid all the horrors of legal squibs and crackers. -The ■ Committee having charge of licensing matters in which Levin is.' interested is known as the Otaki Licensing District, ana an alteration had better be made if such an error, as reported, has been fallen into. A house divided in itselfi The husband of. the lady Mayor of . Onehunga petitioned against the Cemetery Bill for which his wife had been lobbying. Mrs J. G. Wilson's new novel, "Alice Lauder," meets with an almost unanimous consensus of praise from the English Press. The Pali Mall Gazette describes it as " a bright and clever little sketch of a fascinatiug Australian girl." . . 'The scene," it says, "i 3 laid on a Pacific station, and wa get some amusing glimpses of colonial society The characters, though lightly. Bkatched> are well observed, and full *>f life." -i --••• ■ : On Wednesday afternoon at Palmerston, two children named Frederick Kilkolly, agecb Hih yedrsj-a 1 nd Helen Kilkolly, aged two. years were committed to the Industrial School at. Nelson by Mr Brabant, S.M. ,We are informed that Messrs Dudson recovered the waggon and load that went over the punt .into the river the same afted u6bn*r,al&d that jtheila mages in connection with ithe' accident were very trivial.' i Ne\?. cabs in Paris.— The Sob- says there is some talk of organising a service of cabs on the following conditions : — lfr per journey", suppression of the tip to the cabman, no charge for small amount of luggage, indiarubber tyres and electric light. 'J?neTion. Mr Eolleston* at the banquet: — \y,as it.uot evident that the weakness of d'emocra'dy consisted in the corruption the waiit -of integrity, above all the want of truth, on the part of the leaders of the people, and in the. desire on the part of thogft .leaileEs to make everything subordinate to obtaining votes and the retention .of po/M?.2SC3?hS: greater- Radical a man was, the moi^^ronßlyija eljould insist on ihaving purity and truth 'ln the conduct of his leaders.

Messrs Philip Hennessy * Co., will not be beat by any firm v In their aAvertiseriieiit .to-day they say so very distinctly. It is thus well for the public. The Foxton footballers left by the s.s. Ivy this morning for Paiaka where they will again try conclusions with the Paiakft team. • ~ _ ' T ■ • l