Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, FEB. 16, 1895.

Manawatu Herald, 16 February 1895, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, FEB. 16, 1895.

Mr B. Dawßon Was presented on Wednesday with a purse of sovereigns and a flattering address on his leaving the railway service, by the business men of Wellington. The Government celebrated Valentine's Day by making it the last day on which income tax was payable without the additional penalty. What a falling off was there. On Wednesday the Fijian team of cricketers beat ; the Kelson team with three wiokets to ■pare. Some stir is being made in Wellington in the formation of a Soenery Preservation Soolety. Some suoh motive probably incited the Borough Counoil to have oar firebell tower painted i The Government has had a good deal to ■ay about a cheap money scheme, a fair rent bill, &0., *c, But they act not as they teaoh. Any person who forgets by twentyfour hours only to pay their income tax, are charged ten per cent., not at the rate of per annum but on the amount i A little arithmetic will show that this overshadows pawnbroker's charges, as well as the iniquitous capitalist. How about the " beam in the eye?" Some foreign intelligence has lately been headed "Affairs in Turkey." The odd mingling has reminded ub that a settler told ub he found that the garden shell-snail made a very good •• affair in Turkey " and those who are troubled with this nuisance could not do better than purchase a few " gobblers " especially if they are likely to ■tray when others might also benefit by utilising the turkey, after be had auffi- j Ciently utilised tb» snail. I

We wish oar carters would get this rale of the road into their heads and act acoordingly— " The Rule of the Road is a paradox quite; | For in driving your carriage along, If you bear to the left yon are anre to go right If your turn to the right yon go wrong. The imVtki estimates for 6reat Britain for [ 1894-95 were over eighteen million pounds. Max O'Bell says the Mormons continue to believe and call themselves Saints. This is a harmless mania that hnrts nobody. Japan and China had, before the war commenced, 41 and 43 torpedo boats each. China has many less now. During last year J. H. Tyers, of the Os* borne Swimming Club, England, won all the Championships, in swimming from 100 yards to one mile. In England, the people of the lowest class often speak of their children as " encumbrance." In Australia it is the parents who are the encumbrance. John Bull, & Co. Speaking about the South African anthills, Max O'Bell says every ant remembers its address more easily than a New Torker who lives at 1934, One hundred and Forty, ninth Street, West. The late Mayor of Wellington (Mr A de B. Brandon), was presented with a silver cradle on Thursday night. The canal the German Emperor is to open in June is 61 miles long and cost eight millions to make. The last English prices for butter is 100 to 102 shillings. A reduction in the railway tariff for the carriage of sheep takes effect from Monday next. The special charge for double floor trucks is to be abolished, and both double and single floor trucks are to be provided at the same rate. The reduced rate means a saving to the sheep owner of 8s 9d per track for transport for 60 miles. The present rate for that distance is 88s 9d for a j double floor truck, but from Monday next it will only be 80s. The Horowhenua County Council the j other day appointed Mr Byron t\ Brown a fire inapeotor for the year 1 This Mr Brown is an auctioneer, and pays his license fee to the Horowhenua County. Probably the appointment will in turn bring in a salary —m other wprdß the appointment appear! to be only a dodge tb evade the Auctioneer's Act, and enable a friend to obtain a license cheaper than the law directs. If so, is it fair conduct towards other auctioneers ? Edward John Ellis, a retrenched Civil servant from Australia, was found in a dying state on the South-Eastern Railway line, near Spa road, London. He had one leg cut off, and the foot of the other smashed, besides injuries to the head, and he died shortly after. An occupant of the next carriage heard a window smash and a sound like the crunching of gravel. The carriage door was open, but there were no sign 9of a struggle. The Coroner considered the case was shrouded in mystery, though there was no positive evidence of violenoe. An open verdict was returned. Not complimentary. The Farmer says * —The clerk's room at Otaki in which the County Council meet is very small and stuffy. One door opens upon the Native , Land Court, and another upon the ofiicer's ward by all the people using it. When all the Council is assembled it is like an oven and sometimes foul smelling. The Minister of Lands has informed Mr Hogg, M.H.8., that he will place no obstacle in the way of village settlers obtaining leases in perpetuity if the Land Board favours the change. It will be Been by an advertisement elsewhere that all the stores have signified their intention of closing on Tuesday. The first entries for the Foxion stock sale appear to-day. Messrs Abraham and Williams are the auctioneers.