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Manawatu Herald, 2 October 1894, Page 2

Mr Newth has been busy with the plough and has broken up some acres on the Park road line, and a small paddock on the Avenue. Mr Thynne has had fifteen acres ploughed and laid down in permanent pasture. MiGeorge Coley secured thi3 contract. Mr Bowe makes a start this week with ploughing some eight or ten acres on his farm which will be for potatoes and mangolds and some other crops. The settlers are to be congratulated on their agreeing to the establishment of the creamery. The Borough Council might do something to help them by lowering the cuttings between Messrs Whyte'a and Whibley. The expense, if the work was done with a scoop would be small, and the benefit great. A large acreage has been ploughed and sown down wiih rape on the Motoa estate. The paddock is a little distance from 'h* Pukaka hill, and not many years ago no one could stand on the surface. Mr Nelson had this contract in hand and has carried it out to the satisfaction of the Manager. Mf White has broken up some more of his old bush land and is putting it under a miscellaneous crop, the greater part, being mangolds. Last season the crop of mangolds did very well s,orae of the roots reaching heavy weights.

Mv J. G. Wilson has suggested to the Minister of Lands the advisability of legislation as to the time and manner of burniag bush. It is to be hoped this very important question will be more than " kept steadily in view " by the Minister. Mr Whibley has had eight acres broken up at his farm near the cemetery and has sown beans, peas, mangolds and potatoes, also a portion in oats. This will make good milk for the creamery. Mr George Coley did the ploughing, &c. Besides contracting, Mr George Coley j has broken up a good area of land in Cook's paddocks and sown it down in oats. A good number of residents of Foxton applied for land at Levin, but not one was lucky enough to secure a section at the ballot. On the beaoh road the Messrs Eobirsßon have a large paddook in oats. This work was carried out by contract by Mr George Coley. The Government have told Mr Wilson that they cannot hold out much hope of assisting the Horowhenua County to build bridges on (he pound for pound eubsidv. similar to that granted to the Bangitikei County. We hope a good audience will welcome the ladies and gentlemen who are kindly giving a concert this evening in aid of the Foxton State School funds. Mr George Satherley has just obtained a ppring trap made to his order in Palmerston. It might almost be classed as a dog cart the iinish bping so good. The trap has been made to carry half a ton and will be used by Jir Satherley to convey his milk to the creamery. Mr Alfred Ross, the occupier of the island of Kapiii, has made arrangements to as?isi the Wellington Acclimitization Society, and they on their part have placed a number of quail, partridges, and other birds on the island as well as a dozen opossums. It is to be hoped that a strict watch will be kept on all who may obtain leave to call at the island. H M.S. Ringarooma has been docked at Sydney. About 80ft of her out^r bottom is dented and the rivets knocked out, and also between 20 and 35ft of the frames of the inn u r skin started. To (he unpracticed eye scarcely anything is noticeable. It will take about, ten weeks to repair the damage. The London Chamber of Commerce gave a banquet to Senator Wilson, who was prominent in the efforts to pass the American Tariff Bill. Mr Wilson said the Americans had discovered that infant industries supported by a tariff never became selfsupporting, but always more and more clamorous for assistance. It is not generally known here, says the Christchurch Pres*, that Captain Inglis, who has been doing service in Japan in smartening up the naval Japs, was not very long ago a New Zealand runholder. He and two brothers had a station at Kaikoura. Two of them had served in the Imperial navy and the third had been in the Army. This last was M.H.R. for Cheviot in 1872, and Government whip during Stafford's brief term of office that year. One of them was in the Indian mutiny and in Peel's Naval Brigade, with Mr J. D. Lance, was at the relief of Lucknow. He also served in H.M.S. Peal, Commodore Goodenough, and greatly distinguished himself. Photographs have been taken 500 ft under water. A wicked way of putting it. Mr Young husband—" Ob, dootor, come at once My wife is suffering awful torture." Doctor— " Is it so bad as that !'' Mr Younghus-band--"Yes; she has such a cold she can't speak." j