Manawatu Herald. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28, 1895.

Manawatu Herald, 22 January 1895, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28, 1895.

" Mr. JB.,Spelman wishes to purchase some young draught horsesV It is not a matter for congratulation, but it may he of some consolation to our ' Ministers to learn that in other oalQßies'the laws are as badly framed as in New Zealand. The Warden at Coolgardie granted a license the other day, mentioning that if he was wrong the license could be upset, but if he had made a mistake it would be on account of the mess in which the statutes were. At the Lawn Tennis Club meeting, Mr Howard was elected secretary, and Mr Curtis a member of the committee. At the last meeting of the Sluggish River Drainage Board the tenders of Messrs Leen Broß, for No. 4 contract main drain extension, and Mr B. Poote for contract No. 3 No. 1 drain extension were accepted. At eleven o'clock this morning Mr McMillan will offer seven horses bred by Measrs Baker & Co. Tyßon, the Australian millionaire, once observed : Beading iv the brain what the strop iB to the razor. Mr Seddon prides himself on « being simply a man of (he people." V\ hatever that may be interpreted. Mr Duthie addressed his constituents at Wellington on Friday night, during which he said : — Land could not be settled with- , out the use of capital. Capital should as- ' sist labour, and labour capital. But this had not been so. They only had -lagna- '< tion in the country. Feelings of jealousy and envy had been gratified. Every interest had been assailed by narrating legislation, and at last they had succeeded in shaking confidence amongst all classes. . In addition they found the rates of interest advanced. Money in other countries was | ' lower, they found that it was advancing ] here and that in itself must retard pro- | gress. In the middle of the harvesting season they had men unemployed. This was indeed a sorry outcome for four years j ' of Liberal Government. I

Mr Palmer, the Fruit Fxptrt, holds the same opinion about the Levin State Farm orchard as we h*ve expressed, and states planting is not advisable this season as the bu3h is not sufficiently cleared Mr McMillan will hold on Friday a gonuine clearing sale of household furniture on the premises, Norbiton road. It is prptty well known that Mrs Honore, widow of ihe late Eev. A. Honor<\ ia about to leave the colony on a lengthy visit to her native courrry. The property Was recently advertised to be let in our columns and a tenant has been secured, and now the furniture and other household goods are to go to the liiftheet bidder. The Premier has been spiking at Napier duriog which he said " He did not claim to be a gentlemen by birth and education." He did not even promise to tty and become one, more'a the pity. The Minister of Lands has " backeddown.*' Mr Ph-ani is reappointpo" a mchv ber of the Wellington Land Board and Mill ogg is also to be. What about the Commissioner of Crown Lands ? Lamb must be eaten very young in Paria, when it ia possible to serve up a part of a cat for a quarter of lamb. A Parisian restourant keeper noticed a few hairs adhering to a quarter of lamb and he feared that the quarter was nothing less than the quarter of a favourite dog he bad lost. A veterinary surgeon Was consulted who declared the remains to be those of a cat. The butcher who sold the cat was sentenced to ten days' imprisonment, though he tried to throw the blame on his assistant. The assistant, however, swore that he had duly told the restourateur's wife that the lamb was cat ! Mr Gillies purchased last week a large mob of some 3000 fat sheep from the Motoa Estate. Some 700 applications, covering about £500,000. for loans under the Advances to B« n m Act, have now been r^c«i\ed b> .lit Pubiic Trustee, and applications continue to come in at the rate 20 to 30 daily — 150 were received in on day. The lands which are the PUbjVct of the applications are now being valued prior to the consideration of the applications by the Board. The fruit trees at Waikanae consist mostly of apples and plums, but there are a good many peach trees as well. Mr James Little, of Annadale, Canterbury, says the • out, has for years been experimenting with a cross between Lincolns and merinos, with a view of establishing a new breed of sheep. JHe has carried out his system wit hone fiO i g back from either breed since 1881, and considers that he has now established a distinct breed, which he has christened " Corriedale." Twenty of these sheec which are said to be p.olihc wool-bearers, will be exhibited for sa'e at the Ham and Ewa Fair of thp Welling ! 0T Ag-.icultiuai and laaoial Assuciatio.i next week. The Speaker of the English House of j Commons, presiding at the distribution of [ prizes at the Weslfyan School atL -'timington, ur.ed the importance* of religions < dncation. He Aid not believe that morally could not be tanghi with any effective result without the sanction ot religion. The Princess of Wales is said to be the owner of a beautiful pair of opera glasses of plantinum set with rubies, sapphires, and turquoises, va'ued at £2,000. i Mr Donald MacLeod, the editor of " Good Words," has been selected for the post of moderator of the nest General Assembly of the Seofish KirJc. Mr Pulmer finds tha:, as a general rule, the settkr.q require instruction as to the i varieti s of fruit bpst suited lo the soil aad situation of their properties, and he thinks far greater attention might with profit be given to vine cu.ture.