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Manawatu Herald, 7 February 1895, Page 2

A special. horse sale will be held at Feilding on Monday by Messrs Gorton and Son. Mr T. Wilson,. Manager of the Motoa estate invites tenders for cleaning out drains. Sir George Grey still remains in London in spite of the cold. The Tariff Commission opened its business on Monday. The members appear to be going to have a very pleasant time at the expense of the colony. -. Mr Howe's s.s. Moutoa is now lying on the river bank opposite the town, having had her boiler removed for testing pur-, poses. There is a rumour that the Borough official intends taking summary .action to recover overdue rates. A word fo the wise should be sufficient, as even Councillors tremble. Ever, since Mr Stansell has run his coach to Levin it has keen well patronised. The route has proved to be a most popular one. We are glad to hear that tenders are soon to be called for metalling the bad portion through the bush. Mr Matthew Henry reports on the Ram Fair at Paitnerston as follows, which appears wholly born out by the results : — From start to finish the attendance was poor, and the general spirit of buyers decidedly dull. Lady Glasgow was a guest of Mr Arkwright at Marton last week. The fourth test match between the Englishmen and Australians has just been concluded at Sydney, and resulted in a splendid win for the Australians by an innings and 147..rnns. The final match will shortly bo held in Melbourne. Up to now each team has won two games. Dr Newman has been informed that the price of cotton regulates the price of wool. Cotton is valued at 4.Jd per lb. The late Duchess of Montrose's horse " None the Wiser " was sold the other day at auction and was knocked down to Lord Ellesmere for 7,200 guineas. The duty on " liquid hops !> has been fixed at the rate of six shillings a pound. A farmer named Daly has just died at Clonniult, Ireland, aged 105. As recently as six months a;p he worked on his farm. Negotiations have been completed through the cable for the purchase of Carbine by the Duke of Portland for 13,000 guineas. A County Council in Otago has paid £200 for birds eggs this season, and one boy made as much as 24s a week as an egg collector. Dining the last three years the falling off of the export in wheat from India amounted to no less than a million tons ! In providing refrigerating space on their steamers, the P. and O. Company have spent nearly £150,000 and deprived themselves of cargo space equal to 3GOO tons. Japan, which has a splendid supply of coal has made enormous strides in cotton manufacture and in manufactures of other kinds, Max O'Rell writing about President Eruger of the Transvaal says, his salary is £8000 a year, and his indemnity for public expenses £500 a year. He saves the salary, and lives comfortably on the indemnily. " Adieu, New Zealand, most beautiful of land. Often I think of thy poetical Ipgends, and feast my eyes again in imagination of thy Jovely landscape?! I would fain enjoy ngain the hospital ly of thy kind inhabitants, and listen to the liquid language of thy natives."—Paul Blouet. . Mr Greenwood will pay his regular professional visit to Foxton on Thursday the 14th instant, and can be consulted at Whyte's Hotel. A German ohemist has found a means of preserving the colours of dried flowerß, even the most delicate poppies. There is a miniature Indian corn grown in Brazil. The ears are not larger than a little finger, and the grains are the size of mustard seeds. The expenditure of the Sultan of Turkey is nearly 2£ millions a year. He has no fewer than 800 cooks and 200 groomß. The value of electric light as a saver of time and money is strikingly illustrated in a return just made of. the average time occupied by ships in passing through the Suez Canal. With the electric light the journey is accomplished in eight minutes under 20 hours. Without the light, 31 hours and 24 minutes is the time usually required. The creature most tenacious of life is the common sea polyp. One may be cut in two, and two creatures are the result. One may be slit into half-a-dozen sections, making as many animals. They may be turned inside out, and enjoy themselves just as well as before; if two be divided and placed end to end, the result will be a monster having a head at each end of its body. A woman named Harriet Tyrypet ban been arrested for the murder of her infant at Lauriston, Victoria, where she was living with a Chinaman. Hhe laid the child's head on a blook, and deliberately chopped it off with an axe. She has oonfessed the crime, stating that a resistless impulse moved her to commit the murder. The woman is believed to be insane. She is well connected in England, and has been in receipt of considerable sums of money from time to time, but has persistently l?d a vagrant life. With a view to retrenchment, it is understood the New South Wales Civil Service Commission will recommend the introduction of the Linotype machines into the Government Printing Office. This, it is claimed, will save several thousands a a year. The officers and crew of the steamer Craithie, in reply to a question of the Court, were unanimous in the declaration that they were unaware that the Elbe was sinking. Analysts say that butter is the most nutritious artiole of diet and that bacon oomes next. An advertiser wanti a regular supply of Ash. Suppliers can obtain the addma on application at the Manawatu Hbbald > office.

There will be no Mass in FoxUm. on Sunday nexi. Messrs Hennessy & Co. announce the receipt of good genuine lines in crockery. The goods should be viewed and purchased. Notice is published of the intention of Mr Mitchell to apply for a transfer of the license for the Post Office Hotel to Mr T. V. Procter. There is a small flood in the river. Mr Charles Hodgson, a tailor of Shannon, was riding on Sunday afternoon and leading another horse, when, incoming through a cutting on the Tokomaru Valley Road, the led horse took fright at something, and starting away pulled Mr Hodgson to the ground. He had his collarbone severely fractured and his shoulderblade splintered, besides which he was badly cut on the head, and several of his back teeth were knocked out. He was sent to the Wellington Hospital. Last year the P. and 0. Company received £993,000 in passage money.