Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOV. 13, 1894.

Manawatu Herald, 13 November 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOV. 13, 1894.

The flax judged will not finish their preliminary investigations until the end of this month, when, those machines) showing a promise of usefulness will be placed in come convenient centre (probably Foxton) and then well tested. ThTs should be satiafaoory. We notice that Mr Park notifies that he is a candidate for the posiiion of Mayor of PatraerstonV-iB. in faot seeking re election. The signs of the times points to our Mayor being asked to act likewise. Dr. Porter bas£ df dined re-appointment as a n>t dical" officer to the Palmerston Hospital. • Mr J. Reid, who we are pleased to say is very much better, sent a letter to the Hospital Board, warmly praising the management, and also enclosed cheque Mr Bradbury took the chief events in the Shannon sports. A man named Tough killed one of his partners named Glynn with a tomahawk in Victoria. He endeavoured to entice a second partner to his room, but failed, and he then attacked him, but the latter escaned. Tough, who was taken into custody, has confessed to the murder. The supposed cause of the difficulty vras buei* ness affairs. Mr Carr, engineer to the Napier Harbour Board, reports that the Gisborne breakwater will be rapidly demolished unless a wave breaker apron is provided. The report is to be sent to the Government with an urgent request for money for the work. The N.Z. Timet? London correspondent •ays:— "l was not aware till I heard so from the Hon. Thos. Russell himself that the popular novelist Mias Dora Russell was . hie daughter. Mist Russell, whose works I are amongst the stori'S most eagerly sought after by newspaper syndicates, has u-t published a new three-volume work timugh Chitto's, entitled "A Country SwevUuatt."

The Manawafu County Council moots fit i Sanson to-morrow. The date of nomination for Mayor is atlveriisstl to-ilay. The Rctiool Concert will be Riven th:s evening. Thp WaimrßTMi's fourth li f r»vftft, cup po"'-' 1 '.n tic nii a p'-"Si 'a~ Wm F-vircl a-!mv &t, Kaitok". The hodies found at Arid Island are briioved to be those of peopliwashed off the raft. Thp following application was an^ng ' the number iwived by ihp Oa'iiavu BovoiiHh Council iov ihe bi!'«t of cliv-iPf duties "Odmarn, Oct. 31st, 1894. Sir,— l see b.v a advpnisem-nt. that you Wan' somebody for to value houses and 'and, and to put cows in the pound, and io Vfßister all the doys. I have just, 1- ft schol afti-r pa-sing the 4h standard and father pnys I ought to a| ly for i. I can ride a Htrle and am a good ritor. I can do compound addi' ion and piibtiac ion. I know how mnny b- ans make five. Hoping that I will poot yon, I remain, Willie 9m t BRS. P.S. — Foihev Faya, 4 there i^ no flya ou you.' " Mr Ak»rs informs \v* that hp has nccpted the following tenders :— No. 1, O. Doherty ; No. 2, .O'Hagan Bio--. ; No. 3, John Shaffer.