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Manawatu Herald, 9 October 1894, Page 2

The Messrs Purcell have broken up a good sized piece of ground on thfcif swamp section with the view of providing extra fend for their dairy cows. Contractors arc reminded that tenders for the Manawatu Couuty Council work must be in at the oftice, Sauson, by noon to-morrow. Mr Nelson ha 3 broken up nine acres of his farm which will be cropped in oats and roots. The usual sitting of the Stipendiary Magistrate's Court will he held on Thursday. We are informed that the nccounts for receipts and expenditure iv connection with the football sports have balanced with little to spare. The gathering is indebted to Mr Bradecek for n great deal of its success. The Controller and Auditor General has suspended the audit of the Public Trust Office owino; to the charge of direct falsehood made by the Public Trustee against the auditor o"->"” 1 * . .^(jiujcu, anrt Parliament is asked to hold an enquiry and take such steps as may enable an effective audit of the accounts of the Public Trust Office to be made. It may not be generally known that when Lord Koseberry was au undergraduate at Oxford he tried to win the Derby with a horse named Ladas, and the winner of this year's Derby was named after the one, which twenty-five years ago, dame in last. Lord fiosebel-ry never took his degree, 93 the University authorities ordered him to give up racing or leave. He left in preference. During the meeting of n, bankrupt's creditors in Palmerston the other day it was mentioned that his furniture was insured for £110, but the bankrupt declared that before his removal it was valued at £3 ! and at the outside the debtor did not think it was worth more than £15! The D.0.A.. called the insurance agent in and he seemed to have but a " foggy " idea of its value but "he would not take a similar line of insurance again. " This is something to think about. We were under the impression that work was slack in the district, but from what we noticed on Sunday has nin/le us alter our opinion. However it may not, have arisen from this cause but from a slight mistake iv the Fourth Commandment which the snttler may have read as " Sevpn days slmlt thou labour." Anyhow there on Sunday^ morning was this good man to be seen driving a couple of horses and harrowing his land. It i 3 not a cheerful subject we have to mention, but anything that tends to soothe the feelings of those suffering a loss is to be commended. Wiih this object in view Mr Andivw Jouson, one of our undertakers has ju?t built a very neat hearse, in every way suitable for its melancholy duty. The body is painted a plnin dull black, and there are three glazed optninga on either side, through which the coffin with its floral adornments can be viewed. The Wealth of Nations mine, Coolgardie, which was Dunn Broa.' sensational find, has been sold in London for £140,000, with a small interest reserved by the owners. Tho Post says our euspicion that the Undesirable Immigrants Bill was pimply a bold and successful Ministerial attempt to ontdo the immortal Manglers and Washers Bill, waa borne out by the Premier yesterday. Members were simply thirsting to get at the new measure, and yesterday afternoon Mr Houston asked the Premier, without notice, when they would have an opportunity of discussing " that very important Bill, the Undesirable Immigrants Exclusion Bill ?" The Premier replied in hi 9 best manner that the House might discuss it while they were waiting for the Appropriation Bill. This is the interval on the last day of the session during which it is customary to hold a mock Parliament with burlesque speeches, so that it is evident that the Premier regards this measure as burlesque. And the more it is looked into the more correct does this opinion appear. Mr Andrew Young has made an offer of sixpence in the pound if his bankruptcy is annulled. The proposal will require confirmation, and a meeting is to be held on the 22nd inst. The Government have appointed Mr William Watson chief inspector of the Colonial Bank, President of the Bank of New Zealand, at a salary of £2250. In an Amerioan paper a good story of the Chief Justioe of the United States is told. He reminded a defending counsel, who was pleading that his client had broken the law through ignorance, that every man was supposed to know the law except Supreme Court. Judges, and we have Courts of Appeal to oorreot theis mistakes.', '• A~curioug incident is reported from Bunzlan, in Germany. A pigeon flew, in tho early morning, against the dial of the ohurch clock, and was caught by one leg and one wing on the ornamentations of the minute hand, which is over 3ft long. At a quarter past three the two hands met, and the pigeon was squeezed to death. Then the clock stopped. The ladies and gentlemen who gave the last entertainment for the school met last night, and have kindly arranged to give another one in about four weeks' time. The programme will probably be a Christy Minstrel entertainment with both laiies and gentlemen as a first part, a miscellaneous concert for the second part, ending with a comedy. The ketch Bock Lily missed the chan nel coming up the river, and got in a blind one. The river steamers Ivy and Mouioa are lightening her of 20 tons of wheat, and she ia expected to be up at the wharf tomorrow, on the spring tides. She was loaded with 650 sacks of wheat for Messrs Richter, Nannegtad & Co.