Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, FEB. 19, 1896.

Manawatu Herald, 19 February 1895, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, FEB. 19, 1896.

A Bill providing that "every priest in sole charge of a parish or parochial district shall be styled ' vicar,' and every clergyman licensed to assist the vicar shall be styled ' curate,' " passed its third reading at the Anglican S-uod meeting, and was adopted without amendment. At the last wool sales Mr W. G. Foster, manager of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, announced that he had tendered his resignation to the Company. The Scottish Farmer recently reported the following interesting scene as witnessed in a harvest field near Banff :— Wielding the scythe in a masterly way, and with a considerable amount of the strength and vigour associated with youth, was a man who in a month will have seen the 89th anniversary of his birth, and who in younger days had taken an active part in many harvests. Gathering the oats he cut was a woman 70 years of age. She performed tho work very smartly and well. Binding the sheaves with hands yet strong and steady, and forming them into stooks, was a man of 83 years of age, who has now taken a part in 70 successive harvests —a record that has certainly been seldom equalled. All three, whose combined ages amounted to 250 years, did their work most ably, and were congratulated on its performance by a number of visitors who had gathered to see so unique a spectacle. Pity it is that some of the old fashions could not be resusoitated. Poor old " hubby " has often to make a pull upon his purse, but in the old times this extravagance was only at rare intervals. In 1556 it was enacted by the " Chamber of Canterbury" that "the Mayor before Christmas, yearly, is to provide for his wife, the Mayoress, one scarlet gown, with a bonnet of velvet, made for her to wear, aooordtag to ths ancient uoaga of the city of Oamerbwryi under a penalty of *I<V»

At the Presbyterian General Assembly Bitting in Auckland a letter was received from the Sev-. Mr Paton /« the proposed steam mission vessel to run between Aus» tralia and the New Hebrides. The Church of Victoria and other five churches expressed practical sympathy with the proposal. The vessel is to cost over £7000, and it 3 annual support about £2000. A i'esoluffon Vvas passed expressing hearty sympathy with the ptopbsal, and promising to pay £150 towards the scheme. It is stated that it has cost the Union Steam Ship Company the profits of a year's cattle and sheep freights from Wanganui to pay the Cost of floating the steamers Oreti and Manawattu T^ie tJ.B. Herald, writing on the late ram fair, and commenting on the want of bids says : — The one notable exception was the way Mr Ne'son went for Border Leicesters. He has tried pretty well every possible crOssi No doubt his object is to get a better mutton sheep, but as a shrewd sheepfaraer we may be sure that wool is the main consideration with him. His bidding is, therefore, some indication to sheepfarmers of the result of a pretty wide range of experiments and that perhaps accounted fol 1 by the number of Leicesters which were passed in under the hammer* but found purchasers immediately after the atictioil sales closed. A young girl art student at the Melbourne National Gallery has just accomplished the feat of riding 300 miles through rough Gippsland country in ten days. The notable feature of the performance is that the fair equestrienne wore rational dress, and was astride the horse male fashion all the time. The Queen's Christmas dinner is of the lightest, and so is her every meal, and none of her family ever touch either baron peacock, or boar. Eventually the9e dishes find their tvay to the servants' hall, there to be distributed amongst a certain number lof families on the retainers' list. The resi of the animal cut up for the Queen's baron is distributed at Windsor Castle among the poor. The well-known ethnologist of Brisbane, Mr Nicston, says that the female natives of North Queensland despise the bachelors, and they even refuse to wash his clothas for him. Might not this be a hint for even New Zealanders ? The author of John Bull & Co. predicts that in twenty years Australia will be sending her wine to the four corners of the world, When all the other inhabitants of the globe are drinking Australian winea, perhaps, says Max O'Rell, the Australians may make up their minds to taste what it is like. Nearly a thousand children were taken into Napier on Saturday by the school excursion trains. The weather was beautiful. Sen-bathing was largely indulged in by the children, for whose pleasure also the City Band gave a concert on the Marine Parade. The Anfjlinan Gennra.l Synod closed shortly after midnight on Saturday.' Mr Price, a Labour member in South Australia, has been committed for trial on a charge of libelliug a local firm. While addressing the electors, he asserted that the firm, by undue influence, obtained important concessions from the Government and the Eaihvay Commissioners. Messrs Weddel assert that the decreasing exports of the Dominion prove that Canada is unable to compete with Australian butter. The Manawatu County Council having decided to rebuild their offices at Sanson, have had a sketch plan made of a suitable building estimated to eoßt about a couple of hundred pounds. The building is to have two small rooms m wont and a commodioua Council room behind. A very pleasantly situated dwelling is now open for lease for either ti long or a short term. A reward i<* offered for the return of two dogs, they bfi ng either stolen or have strayed away, so at least tho owner thinks. There are many other ways that dogs get assimilated often with '.he human species, or with thair own. We have lately met some large dogs who have appeared ty have latelj' dined and dined well. Notices of Inquiry under Section 118 of " The Native Land Court Act, 1894," are appearing in the Gazette. We notice the names of John Gillies, James Gear, W. E. Franklin, John Davies and R D. Wallace amongst those interested in land on this coast. The shooting season for the Wellington District which includes the Counties of the Hutt, Wairarapa north and south, Pataiatua, Horowhenua, Eiwitea, Oroua, Pohangiua and Manawatu, for cock pheasants, Californian quail, and hares from the Ist May to 31st of July, and native game may be shot within the same period. Tuis, huias, white herons and orested grebe are not to be shot. A very large number of school children, parents and adults in charge of the children, left this morning by train on an excursion to Woodville. The chairman of the school committee apprised the Mayors of Palmerston and Woodville of the threatened invasion, and instead of instilling terror, it caused pleasure, the Mayor of Palmerston intimating that the stay was too short to do much (only half an hour) but that the train would be met ; the Mayor of Woodville replied " Thanks, shall get local school committee to co-operate with me in making arrangements " and in his desire to leave no stone unturned wired again during the day " If crockery required or any other assistance please wire aud I shall arrange." Who would'nt enjoy an excursion where such people lived ? The chairman of committee replied that a few drinking vessels and hot water would be all that was wanted. To-morrow the Oroua Polo Club meet the Warrengate Clab in a match at the Oroua Downs. The play starts at 10 o'clock. A particularly interesting game is looked forward to. M. Guichard, the President of the Suez Canal Company, is about to start for Cairo for the purpose of asking the consent of the Egyptian Government to change tho present name of the Isthmean Canal to " Lesseps Canal." The date of Messrs Gorton & Son's special cattle sale at Feilding has been altered to the 271h February. There has been a failure of the potato crop in the West of Ireland. It is asserted that after the middle of last January there would be no potatoes left worth eating. This means not only starvation in the Spring, but no seed for next year's crop. The Bishop of Carlisle addressed on Sunday, 9th December last, a fine congregation of men only in Christ Church, Oookermouth. The non-conformist ministers of the town were present, and took part in the service. The school excursion from' Masterton to Wellington yesterday was a great success, ; oloae upon 800 children aud adults taking I advantage of the owing.

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