Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JAN. 29, 1895.

Manawatu Herald, 29 January 1895, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JAN. 29, 1895.

The%oxtoji BVate Schopl 're-opened yea-' terdkyxv;-*- 1 . .•'••;;:' ■.. ' : '. ' . ; . The New /Zealand hemp market at J Home'ißOj?<»angecl. ; Mahakj has, % been scratched f or all eh- ' gagemetrts at the V.8.0. Autumn Meeting. The death i^announofd of M. de Giers, the w&v^no^yii' Bqssian- statesman, aged 74y*Mw Hi SSlki 'iftQY 3ii»«4«s barn Freezing Works. §£ His Excellenoy the Governor, accompanied by Major Elliot, have gone south to join the Hinemoa at the Bluff for a trip to the outlying islands. We have received from jibe Department of Agriculture Mr Valentine's pamphlet on the Dairy Industry, the second edition of Mr Sawers' pamphlet on Cheese and Butter Faotories and Creameries, and the reports of Messrs Sawers and Lang on the Dairy Industry for 1893-94. Thfl polo matches between the Manawatu and Kangitikei Polo Clubs attracted a large crowd of spectators at Hokowhitu on Saturday ■ says the Standard, who watched the contests with keen interest. The teams were evenly matched, therefore the games were well contested. Manawatu No. 1 team defeated Kangitikei No. 1 by 3 goals to 2, and Manawatu No. 2 defeated Eangitikei No. 2by 4 goals to 3. The following comprised the teams: — Manawatu No. I—A.1 — A. Williams. A. S. Baker, F. P. Snow, fullback F. 8. Mcßae. No. 2—3. Hewitt, E. S. Abraham, A. W. Skerman, full-back F. W. Sewell. Eangitikei No. I— A. H. Bill, J. G. Wilson, M.H.E., H Wilson, full-babk F. Blundell. No. 2— E. Keiller, A. W. Keiller, B. Lane, full-back Dalrymple. During the match the pony MrF. Sewell was riding fell and broke its leg, and bad to be destroyed. Mr Sewell had his collar-bone i , broken, but pluokily remounting, another ' pony, continued- the game. Mr F. P. Snow's pony also came to grief, unfortunately breaking' Us leg near tbe fetlock joint.

Dr Lewers is taking up his residence at Levin, and is to visit Shannon. The Woodville paper learns that Mr Andrew Young, of Wellington, has purchased Mr Vile'a Opunake line of coaches: A spark from the tram en sine yesterday set alight to the grass behind Mr Bradcock's, but was extinguished before any damage was done. The fencing burnt was very slight. The newest novelty in a representative's Bpeech was made by Mr McLachlan at his Ashbur'ton meeting when he said he had not said much last session, but if his constituents wished it he would say more next. The Danevirke races eventuate to-mor-row. The locally-owned horse Flying Shot has been taken through to fulfil his engagements. A large quantity of gold is to be forwarded to London by the Bank of New Zealand per s.s. Bimutaka. It comprises one box shipped at Westport, and valued at £3144 ; four boxes shipped at Hokitaka, valued at £13,088 ; and three boxes shipped at Greymouth, valued at £10,380 ; total value, £26,612. The contractor for metalling the FoxtonShannon Eoad, Mr Henry Coley, has almost completed the portion at the upper end, and that another week or so will see it finished. A start will then be made from this end, whioh it is expected to take close on two months to complete. The N.Z. Thnea understands that a woman's paper is to bo started in Wellington shortly. It is to be edited and managed by a woman. The paper will be of a political and social character ; and while it will permit the expression of all shades of opinion, it will be carried on in the Independent Liberal interest. When the Australians started to bat in the first test match (says a Sydney paper) enthusiastic brewer Toohey offered £10 to every man who put up 100 runs, and when George Giffen made 161 he added another £10 for the man who beat George's record, .and also a third £10 to any man who made ;200 runs. Sid Gregory received £30, which with £103 10a subscribed on the ground, was a nice little sum. Owing to a doubt by the Magistrate as to whether the proceedings for the arrest of Te Whiti were regular, it has been determined that the warrant shall not be issued at present. Mr Hone Heke, M.H.8., is at present engaged in compiling a series of Maori legends and an account of some of the circumstauces which led to the war with the celebrated Hone Heke, known as the Northern War of 1845. These, he states have never before been published. A Boyal Commission is to be set up almost immediately to investigate the whole history of the Horowhenua Block since it first parsed the Native Land Court in 1873, with a 'view to the introduction next session of legislation to set at rest all questions in dispute in connection with the titles to the whole-block. It is hoped that all the facts will be brought out in this way. It is whispered that the Royal Commission (says the Post), which 'Ministers intend to set up to enquiro into matters relating to the Horowhenua Block case will consist of Mr John McLftchlan, M.H.R., Mr John Stevens, M.H.It., and Mr T. Kennedy Macdonatd. A woman was so Revorely atun« by a swarm of bees at Parkvillc, in the Wairarapa, the other day that her life is despaired of. A boy at a crossing, begging something of a gentleman, the latter told him that he would give him something as he came back. "Your honor," replied the boy, "you would be surprised if you knew how much money I lose by giving credit that way." Property in Willis-street, Wellington, known as the Post corner, comprising a frontage of only forty-two feet was submitted by auction on Friday and passed in at £9,350, the reserve on it being £9,500. Prince Hohenlohe has received an anonymous letter warning him that malcontent workmen in the Spandon Gun Factory have planned the murder of the Emperor William and the destruction of the faotory. The letter is causing some anxiety, although many people think it a hoax." The town of Kuchan, in Persia, was again destroyed by an earthqnakp, and many were killed. One hundred women were crushed to death in one bath. Had enough of the sea. Moyes, who was the chief officer of the Wairarapa when she was wrecked at the Great Barrier, has withdrawn from the Union Steamship Coraj any's service. He intends to abandon the sea and to settle either in Wellington or on land in the country. The annual sheep returns for the year ended 30th April, 1894, have just been issued. At the date named there were 15,827 owners in the colony, who held among them 20,230,829 sheep, this being an increase of 850,460 on the numbers of the previous year. The sheep rate amounted to £20,231— £851 more than the amount received for 1898. The number of sheep in the Wellington-West Coast district increased from 3,717,714 in 1898 to 4 024,071 in .he following year. The increases in the several counties enumerated were as follows: Oroua. 99 698; Horowhenua, 26 508;.Bangitikei, 26,778; Manawatu, 870. The potato crop throughout the Wood ville district this season is badly damaged. Opinion varies as to the cause, some attributing the cause to fungoid disease, and others to grubs destroying the vines. The Advocate also says that the crop in some $ther localities will be an entire failure this season, owing, probably, to so much dry weather in the spring. Mr James Bennett, of Awahuri, planted 30 acres of potatoes and expected about 100 tons, but will only have a bag or two. Only a few of the roots have any potatoes formed at all, and these have only reached the si2e of marbles, yet Mr Bennett was very careful in planting. Some of the Maories have been equally unfortunate with their crops, and Mr Knight, of the Newbury line, who planted 25 acres, will also have a very poor crop. It was at a School Committee meeting not a' thousand miles from Masterton. The proceedings were noisy, and gradually became uproarious. At last one of the disputants, losing all control over his emotions, exclaimed to his opponent: "Sir, you are the biggest ass I ever had the mis fortune to set eyes upon. 1 ' " Order 1 Order 1" exclaimed the chairman, " you seem to forget that I am in the room." Fine stone has been struck in Bayley's Reward mine Coolgardie, during prospecting in the north main shaft. Alluvial gold has also been found in Bayley's Island, it being discovered in a kind of cement under Borne seven feet of difficult stripping Singular revelations in Paris show that M. Casimir-Perier's resignation of the Presidency was due to M. Dupuy's systematic refusal to accord prompt and full information to the President. The opinion which the Hon. Mr Beeves expressed on Friday night with reference to the closing of public-houses on one half* day a week was that the most suitable time for the closi-g of the public-houses would be on the half-holiday observed by the general public.

j Captain Harvey, on his trip up the coast I from Wellington on Sunday in the Queen of the South, says the land could hardly be discerned through the clouded state of the atmosphere caused by the bush fires. Captain Allman and Mr Hay have returned to Wellington from Napier after fixing the site for the proposed lighthouse at Cape Kidnappers. It will be on the verge of the headland directly overlooking the sea. The Government some time since made an offer for the Ardgowan Estate, which adjoins the Town Belt on the western aide of Oamaru. The offer has been declined, and the Government have therefore decided to take the estate under -the powers contained in the Land for Settlements Act. It is the property of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company, and has an area of about 4000 acres. It is good agricultural land, well suited for subdivision into small sections. The accuracy of the statement that has been published respecting the expected deficiency in the finances of New Zealand, was denied by the Treasurer in his speech at Dunedin on Saturday night. Lord Salisbury considers the victory of the Conservative at Evesham a very significant comment on the present current of politics. We regret to learn that Miss Ada Howe died at Wellington last week. The deceased had many friends in this district, where she formerly resided, and her death will be a painful surprise to them. A big shark was caught at Lyttelton, and taken to Christchurch for exhibition. For this purpose they put it on a high stand, but the weather was very warm, and the shark got higher and higher, till the inhabitants of the neighbourhood felt inclined to get lower and lower — down an artesian well, for instance — to escape the height to which the shark had got. At last an appeal was made to the local authority for protection. A young Irishman recently appeared before one of the Dublin Magistrates with the complaint : Yer wurship, me name ia Pat M'Ginty, and the reservoir above me house has burst, and the water has drowned all me chickens. Phwat shall I do ? Magistrate : Well Pat, I thinK you had better take your Complaint to the Water Commissioners. Pat : Sure, sorr, I've been there, and sorra the grain of satisfaction I can git out of them at all. Magistrate : What did they say. Pat : Say ! Well, all they could say was, why don't ye kape ducks. The Palmerston people have decided to adhere to Wednesday afternoon for their half-holiday. A large number wished to have Saturday. Sir Julius Yogel has been bringing under the notice of people interested in New Zealand flax the process invented by Professor Blayes, the distinguished chief of the French Department of Industrial Chemistry in Paris. This process has been applied with much success to the treatment of African fibres, and Sir Julius thinks it capable of application to New Zealand phormium tcnax also. The suggestion is now under consideration. An experienced caretaker says that pot plants round all the window are his best protection against burglars. No matter how methodical the burglar, when ho trips over a pot of musk and lands with his nose ou the edge of a pot of scented begonia, he neglects business, takes to profanity, and betrays his whereabouts. A good oldfashioned bulldog with a large month would fill th* bill better. For the first time in the memory of old residents, the Ohau river has completely dried up owing to the dry weather. Messrs Baldwin and Elder are burning their bush, consisting of a thousand acres, on the Manawatu Line, which is the cause of the great quantity of smoke we have had for the la3t few days. Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminently powerful effect in Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scalding?, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings — no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, Ac, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs. In use at all hospitals and medical olinics ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all others. — [advt.]. Heads of families, storekeepers, settlers careful housewives, young and old, rioh and poor, alike will save heaps of money by making their purchases at the Great Partnership Sale, now going on at Te Aro House, Wellington. The announcement made in another par of this paper that a sale of greater magnitude than ever yet attempted by Te Aro House is now being held should arrest the attention of everyone in this part of the Colony. Te Aro House has long held the premier position as the " Leading Family Drapery Warehouse," and further developments are now taking place to inaugurate the year 1895 Early in the year Mr. Smith admits to a partnership in his business a commercial gentlemen who has long been associated with the London buying for Te Aro House. To thoroughly reduce and prepare the stock previous to the partnership stocktaking sweeping reductions will be made in all Departments, the stock must be reduced by £15,000, and this splendid Drapery Stock at Te Aro House will be offered to the public at most tempting prices.