Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, OCT. 4,1894.

Manawatu Herald, 4 October 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, OCT. 4,1894.

The entries for Messrs Gorton' & Son's sale at Balls are advertised to-day. •The Manawatu County Council invite tenders f<>r road iormation and for leasing the' {Shannon terry. On Friday- the 27th./ July, the- Bank of England cetebrat d its 200 th anniversary, for it was on July 27th, 1694, that the bank received its charter of incorporation and started on its prosperous career. The disadvantage of the want of education was shown by a gentleman who had missed bis path in Hertford and rode up to a cottage for direction. He founds that, a banknote -for £20 and ; an old ballad had been stuck against a broken window pane. The aged couple to whom the note belonged could neither read nor write, and were consequently ignorant of its value. The Duke of Portland, during his recent stay at Lord Lo vat's seat of Beaufort Castle, had mor,e than 200 salmon and r. grilse to his own rod on the Beauly." A fire in Manchester street, Feilding, on Tuesday morning destroyed Worsfold's boardinghouse, Wooding's watchmaker's shop, and Attwood's photographic studio. The fire began in Attwood's back premises. Worsfold's house was insured by Pollock, the owner, in the Commercial Union office for £400. The building occupied by Attwood and Wooding was owned by W. Stevens, and insured in the Commercial Union for £100 ; Worsfold's furniture for £100 injhe Plioenix ; Attwood'a oil-paint- . ing* for £100 in the London and Lanea- ' jihire, the contents of the studio for £100 in the Phoenix. Wooding was uninsured. The total loss is nearly £1500. . , _ Mr M*thfcw,D.Rwppn lt tha , tetter 01 , Lftdni'i* ovw leveol/ yean o! Rge« ;

!Eue turf frequenters remonstrated atrongly about Lord Soaebnry calling his i horse Ladas, after the rank dnffer that was ' tried years ago, they urged that nothing i could have more ftsSutedly rhincu the j chanced of th§ young horsfe. Which tend3 l to show how much they knew about it. It is only a bad rilan who i^des not iove a good horse, says Mr St ad. When the members of the London County Council were invited to Mentrnore it was a subject of kindly ject tiiat of all the Visitors there was no one who took so keen an interest in Lord Roseb^rry's racehorses as Mr McDougall the Methodist, A few days ago, a man who desired to raise the "needful" ior , a, trip to Coolgardie/o? elsewhere; vishe'cl Fdtmerston and forked the old change for a chpque dodge very successfully. Our neighbours arc generally credited with being very " fly " and are sore at the manner they have been " put through " It is to be hoped they will accept it as a warning and not as an example. Why dtf they hurry so? T"he N. Z. Time* writ in? on the Musical Festival says of Mr Parker " Another ihing we must compliment him upon, viz., the promtitude with which he stopped a number of the audience from interrupting the last chorus by getting up to go oilt; tiearing the interruptions of many exits, he calmly stopped the performance. Two raps of the baton, a silence, a few wdrds of remonstrance, and the r)ei'tdl ; mance finished in peace. So mote it be always." The Pod says :— A. very general hope seems to be entertained throughout the country that the Legislative Council may reject the Advances to Settlers Bill. To check hasty legislation on important subjects is tliie legitimate filuctioii of the Tipper Chamber Barely has such a check been more required in the interests of the people than on the present occasion, and in reference to this Glieap Money Scheme*