Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, SEPT. 29, 1894.

Manawatu Herald, 29 September 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, SEPT. 29, 1894.

The fact of tenders being now invited for leasing reserves belonging to the Borough has struck some sapiep^JJurgessesftsq^Uq a novel idea, the outcome of certain pTever suggestions of their own As. this custom has been in force a number of years we are unfortunately obliged to dispel these pleasing delusions. They were not advertised last year, or the year before, as the terms for which they had been previously let had not expired. By reference to the conditions it may be possible that some of the Rections will not be off erred for seven years, but when they are, it will be no new idea, any more than the present one is new. Bank amalgamation has worried many people, the. Government of the country, shareholders jn the banks, and opposing banks. The trouble did not end even here, as the Manager of one of our banking institutions has found to his cost. After the worries of business he looks after some choice poultry and the morning after the news arrived in town that amalgamation was off, he entered his fowl house andbeheld one of his choicest hens hung by .the neck, dead- It was clearly an act of frto de se as by much energy the feathered i biped had sprung from a perch and caught ' 'its neck on a projecting nail just high I enough from the ground to -keep its feet from it. The fowl evidently believed life was not what it appeared to be.

Mr Hamer, our local chemists has mo'.ecl into his new shop at (he corner of Shi in and Clyde street, exactly opposite the Bunk of Australasia.

The Football .Sports oh Tuesday must not bj forgotten. Go'jd nominations have been received, and 1113 promoters have de culed to -charge the "smalt sum of (id for admission, chik'ien being allowed in free.

Tile Concert on 1 Uusday evening will be an excellent one, the charge is low, and the need of funds great, so thai n good attendances is looked fori

Mr W. P. Cole of the Dreyerlou ichool has been appointed master of the Levin State Farm school. Th'TC are said to be thirty children of school age upon the block..

The death of Mr H. C. Pirani took place at Napier on Wednesday night. He was the father of Mr B. L. Pi rani who some lime ago practised as solicitor in Foxton; and of Mr'JP. Pirani, M.H R , the proprietor of the Munawuti). Standard.

We are glad to report thai the Secretary of the Maim wain lowing Club was able to report fothe last meeting the addition of ten new members* This is as it ought to k..., •

The good example of Messrs Curtis and Cowles is one that should be followed Those Rcutleiiien very liberally provided two handaome plated cups for the memberr. of thfiJiowing'Clnb to compete for. There are many others who should do likewise.

Thu jury in the f-Speifrlu-Myme libel notion have given their award. They fonml that all the counts, oxc.pt tii • sixth, although of a libellous clip.U'.e..'", were fair comment, atfd on the sixth count ilu-y decided it was not irnu and not laiv (knuiiielit. One farthing damagos was awarded. The sixth count in the S[)C'if?ht-Syme libt-1 action voters to the alloyed waste at tlio Ntwport workshops, and is the identical count, on which the first jury awarded the plaintiff iWO (lamages< The question of costs lias been deferred for argument in cham"bers. Bush natives at Tannn, in the New Hebrides, have raided the settlers' places, burned dwellings and stores, and lived in(jfTedtually oq the retreating inmates; 'i'he coast natives are Irieudly, but the? bush men are hostile to the settlers. Mr Wilson is to ask the Minister for Public Works, It ho will assist the Horowh'.nna Counl.y Council (on the 1 same principle as the Eangitikei County ConnHl was assisted to build a bridge over tlio lliinjntikei ISiver ai Vinegar Mill) by a nubsidy of £1 for HJI to buikl the bridges on the Main Wf:.-t Coast Road of the North Island in the county ? ■\Yo notice that on a supplement ary orcler paper Mr Wilson has given notice on going; into Committee of Mjpply of h'u intention to move,— That <in the opinion of this House the Government should take the necessary steps, under the Railways Construction Act, to purchase the Wellington Manawatii Railway. ' A phenomenal discovery of gold has been made at Tarnagnlia, 136 miles N.W. of Melbourne. Gold to the value of £1000 has been taken from a cubic yard of the stone. The neighbourhood is all virgin country, and a big rush has sent in. The Wealth of Nations claim, Coolgardie, has struck the reef 12ft from the surface. The gold is almost as rich as in the surface discovery, but more evenly distribntedi

The bowling trophy of the locnl Cricket Club; which was presented to Mr J. Hownn! at the annual meeting last night, is a beautiful pieco of workmanship, ami reflects credit on the artist and engraver, Mr Ortidy, the v/ell-fcucjwn silversmith of Wellington. It is a Duke's match ball, encircled by an elaborately chased silver baud, holding in position a silver shield, which bears the inscription : — " Bowling trophy won by J. Howard, Foxton Cricket Club, ! 93-4." We congratulate Mr Howard on his prowess in the tented field, and wish him luck of his trophy, of which indepd ho may well bo proud.