Page 2 Advertisements Column 5

Manawatu Herald, 28 February 1895, Page 2

Mr David Stott, in the Nineteenth Century, says that unless things change for th? bettor, bookselling will soon become an extinct art. People read newspapers, magazines, skim books from ihe circulating library, or use the free library. The result is that booksellers of the old sort are dying out. To-morrow is the Foxton slock sale. The first team of the Orona Polo Club visit Palmerston to play (he Manawafn Club on Saturday. Mi- Hill, the postmaster at Sanson has resigned. Mr Nicholas, postmaster at Bulls, is to be promoted to Waimato. Messrs Gorton & Son hold a slock sale at Sr.nson on Tuesday. Tha Lending Board under the cheap money scheme has granted pighty applications, amounting to about JSfIOOO. Tue recipients Mine from Ihe Taranaki, Tfawke's Bay and Wellington districts. The excursion train last Saturday started from Danevirke, and picked up passengers from Tamaki and intermediate stations to Woodville. The Maharahara Kast and West, Hfietaunga, Mauga-atua. Woodville, Kumerr a, Mangatainoka, Ashur3t, and i Oroua Bridge schools all took part. I A shool girl from Manga tainoko writes I to the Examiner.—" The school children returned about 9 o'clock on Saturday evening after one of the most pleasant outings that they could have had, everything going off first-olass. The schoolmaster, Mr Wilson, is to be thanked for his kindi ness in chartering the steam launch for a trip down the river for the children, and they all thoroughly enjoyed it. It will be a long time before they forget it, or the commmittee who did all in their power to m ke them happy, and I am Bare that the committee must have been pleased to see the children so happy. I hope this will be an annual affair." | Mr J. T. W. Gale has been elected chairman of the Wellington Harbour Board. The chairman of the Levin public meeting read a'letter from the Premier regretting inability to attend and promising legislation aga nst removals. No wonder an extraordinory interest is taKen in the nest meeting of the Licensing Committee. Mr Thornton, agent for the A.M.P. Life Insurance Office, has an advertisement in to-day's issue. This office is so well-h nown that it is unnecessary to dwell upon the advantages it offers to investors. MiThornton is at present very busy in this district. . The Primitive Methodists hold high carnival next week. On Sunday farewell sermons will be preached by the Rev. P. W. Boys. On Tuesday a harvest festival and fruit banquet will be held. ; Many of our local " nporta " were knowing enough to participate in the " divy " on Reality. A billiard match in which a good deal of interest was taken in London, played between Roberts and Mitchell, was finished last Saturday. Roberts gave Mitchell 9000 out of 24,000, and, after an exciting Finish, beat him by the narrow margin of 31. London financiers subscribed 120,000,000 dollars for the United States loan of 62$ million dollars. The purchases made by Tasker, the young man who is suing Streeter and Co., of London, included the famous Agra diamond (for which he gave £15,000) and seven others, ihe cost of which wan £30,---000. He also gave £30,000 for the Hope diamond. Streeter and Co., who are sued for £17,000 worth of jewellery alleged to have been bought and not delivered, deny that certain, of the purchases claimed by Tasker were ever made. In another column the Bprough Council thank all those who assisted in entertaining j the visitors on Saturday. Messrs Curtis, Cook, Ingram and Blake left to-day by the s.s. Queen of the South for ft few days sttvy at Kapiti.