Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, SEPT. 20. 1894.

Manawatu Herald, 20 September 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, SEPT. 20. 1894.

The Colonial Treasurer iuformed thw House that £100,000 was lent for a day in London, for a paltry 16» 8d ! The poor man had to make money somehow we supipose. ' ... •.... . Cheap mouey for the farmers, as the Government supporters trust the new BUI will turn out, has passed its second reading, and the Treasurer believes he can borrow it at threp per cent. He thinks th - Colony will clear £8000 by the scheme, ex tending over 15 years. May it be so, as we shall want all the profits we can make. To-morrow 'the Stipendiary Magistrate holds an enquiry into the late Borough election. On Saturday Messrs McMillan, Rhodes & Co. hold a sale of some furniture. We understand that an inter-pleader summons in connection with some goods seized for rent will be heard on Friday by the Magistrate. At tho inquest on the Palmer«ton fires the jury brought in a verdict, without hesitation, that there was no evidence to show how the fire originated. Messrs Hatricli & Co.'s new river steamer has been named ihe " Manuwai " (waterbird). She is a stern wheeler, of the spoon bow and sloping stern description, similar to those in common use on the Nile, Zambezi, and American rivers. Her hull is 121 feet over all with a beam of 18 feet, and her estimated draught is 12 inches light. The builders' guarantee, so far as speed is concerned, is 11J miles per hour. To-night a dance is to be held in the barn attached to the premiaps some time owned by Mr Dsarlove. The ladiea of Moutoa are' the hostesses. The first lot of milk was taken to the Shannon creamery on Monday morning.

At a public meeting held at New Plymouth on Saturday night to consider the Licensing Bill strong feeling was shown against the prospect of two removals of licenses in that district, to places Where nolle exist, and the local residents vlo not watit them* and occasioned ti pH'dteVi, against siicli removals being made lawful within such large areas as ridings of counties.

The many friends of Mr W. S. Stewart will learn with regret that yesterday morn^ ing he received word of ttie death of his brother Georfte at the Auckland Hospiial. The deceased was well known here, having but lately paid a lengthy visit tp, his brother, and only, left a nionth ago with the idea of going to Sydney-. Whilst <Jii his trip to that port by steamer' he was taken 'dangerously ill, and at Auckland was removed to the hospital, and his brother apprised of the fact on Tuesday.. Almost at once hi answer to . telegrams the reply \vas received that Mr Geovpe Stewart had expired;

The polo ground was sown wilh grass on Tuesday, and if it takes well the Club, will have a splendid ground.

A London oable states that Mr Forrest, of Queensland, has introduced a rte\V ays* tern of thawing meat, which he claims is an improvement on the old process.

The Minister for Difence has converted a conference of military offWf<> to Consider the question of placing the Volunteer force oil a better footing. The conference will open to-morrow at Parliament Gildings.

A whistling snake has been discovered inNf.w Ohiinedu ttl r i&te report, Sir V?'\U liaili MafcOh'egdr, th- British Administrator, intimates that in thr Rigo district a large number of deaths occurred early this year from snakebite. ' The Administrator explains that, the island is infested by a small sptcies of black snake, which is very tierce. The natives declare that whenever a man goe? near one it rushes at him, uttering sounds which they describe as a whistle. | " Shortly before I was at the Government station," writes sir William MacGregor, " one of these reptiles attacked the Govern.ment. Agent, but it was killed before it did any harmr A little while before a boy of fourteen was. in the bush near the station", when opp of these e hate made a rush at JiSm With- -the usual peculiar whistling Sound. He thought the noise emanated from some cockatoos in a tree, arid began to look for them. He did not discover his mistake until he received a bite from the snake, from' which he died in a little while in great agony."

On his Dorsetshire estate Lord Alington has a "white farm." It is so called because every animal on it i whit* 1 . There are white- horses,, whitn cows, white donkeys, white, hares from Siberia, arid a while pigmy bull. The dogs and cats are white, and so are the rats and mice.