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Manawatu Herald, 19 March 1895, Page 2

If the proceedings went on, said Mr Gully, it would be his duty to move for a writ of certiorari. This would be an awk ward position, as the minority of the Committee who read the law correctly would be equally defendants with the rest. Yet Mr Thynne was " biassed " because he was stated to have pointed such a fact out ! ! ! Mr H. Colcy has made a good start in metalling the road through to Levin, The Horowhenua Lake gives off an unpleasant odour when the water is low in the summer. The time cannot be far distant when this beautiful sheet of water has a drive along, at any rate, the town side, and then the work can be so laid out that the shore is always covered, which would stop the nuisance. The age of the art; of staining or painting glass windows is about six or seven thousand years, with an origin in Egypt From there it came to France, and we in turn obtained it from there. The oldest window in England is dated 1174, and is in the choir of Canterbury Cathedral. " As at present advised "—a moat judicious expression signifying nothing when one side of the case haa only been heard. Two good keeping applea are the Winter Majetin and Wills' sweet. A good many careful orcbardists are drying apples owing to the present glut in the market. They can easily be so prepared in the sun strung upon thread, after being cored and sliced. A new kind of street pavement has just been introduced in Berlin. It is the invention of Chr. Claussen, of Hamburg, and consists of asphalium wiib wrought, iron ribs, and for durability, evenness, facility of repairing, and cheapness, is said to be superior to any pavement thus far known. One member of the Otaki Licensing Bench, says the Post, being assured that a certain action which he proposed was illegal, squelched all argument by stating, •' I'm perfectly satisfied that I can do it, whether I'm right or wrong." The Right Hon. Sir Robert William Duff, Governor and Commanderin-Chipf of the Colony of New South Wales, died on Friday at Sydney. His Excellenc , while on a visit to Hobgrt, was seized with a sndden illness, of so serious a character that it was only at his own urgent request that he was permitted during the week to return to Sydney. Captain Campbell Preston has forwarded the following communication to the papers, which will be received with reg et :— " The injury to Lady Augusta Boyle's ankle was so very serious that from the first the dochave been apprehensive a3 to the extent of the mischief. All that skill and experience could suggest was done, and within so short a time after the accident that hopes were entertained of a favourable recovery For the first few days all appeared to go well. But unfavourable symptoms appeared ; mortification set in in the skin and among the bruised tissues, and the patient had to undergo a painful operation. It is yet premature to foreoast the result. Thsre is hope that the foot may be saved, but in that case there must be a stiff joint." | It is hoped that the new portion of the Awahun bridge will be so far advanced that vehicles will be able to cross over the n«w strncturs in About six weeks' time.

The Town Clerk advertises that all persons Hot having paid their rates before the 31st March will have their names on the Defaulters' List and will thus be deprived from voting next year, j Mr Greenwood will visit Foxton on Thursday week. Additions are made to Messrs Gorton and Son's Awahuri sale; The next English and European Mail via Kio de Janeiro and via Frisco will close at the Foxton Office on Wednesday at 3 pirm Notice is gazetted calling upon the Borough Council of Palmerston North, besides other places, to select for itself a new name. Much sorrow and indignation is felt in the colonial Chicago at this order. Property at Manakau must have been depreciated by the remarks of Counsel at at the Licensing meeting. "Manakau was at a standstill, the roads were finished, and the sawmills closed but one." By a great effort Constable O'Rorke succeeded in securing four chairs for the use of the Licensing Committee, the other members were provided with a form. Tliiss however is a distinct advance as the chairs, this time, were safe to sit upon, and there is hope that in time decent courtesy will be extended to all the members. We learnt the other day that the Mr R. Bramwell, mentioned as a passenger^ ia the wreck of the s.s. Wairarnpa, is identical with Mr Roland Bramwell who owned some land opposite Jackeytown Borne year 9 ago. He spent the night in the shrouds of the steamer and when landed he returned to his home in Auckland ia the only clothes he wore at that time, being a minor portion of his night-dress. The late Sir Bernard Burke is reported to have said that over half the crests and coats of arms born by families in this country and America are fictitious. Apples should be gathered on a dry day. A sign that they are ready is when by lifting the fruit up, the stalk parts easily from the stem. When doctors differ who shall decide ? The Post reports, " the chairman said he had stated the law. Mr Stuckey said he differed entirely. He considered it legal. Mr Skerrett argued the responsibility of interpreting the law was equally on erery member of the Committee. The Chairman said he was not so clear as to the latter proposition. Thus are Committeemen guided? " How do you like that whiskey, Pat?" " Shure, your. honour, it has made another man of me, an' that other man would like a g ass, too." Travellers who have passed Levin in the train cannot have failed to notice^ the very large gravel pit alongside of the line. The si e3 are straight up and down, except in one place. It so happened that a settler desired to cross the line and by some miscalculation landed in this pit, and the night being dark in it he had to remain until daylight did appear. The situation was not a pleasant one. In the last 200 years France hns spent £993,000,000 in war. Dead bodies, when taken as a cargo on a ship, are always described as either statuary or natural history specimen?, owing chiefly to the superstition of sailors. Mr Gully mentioned at the meeting of the Otaki Licensing Committee, with a view to using later, that under sections 6, 14, and 18 of the Act of 1893 there were no powers to grant the transfer applied for by Mr Campbell, as it was an increase in the number of licenses in the district. An Irishman was asked if his horse waa timid. " Not at all," said he, "he frequently spends the night by himself in a dark stable." The Hospital Board has decided to levy a rate of 5s per £1000. At a recent meeting of creditors in Palmerston North, the Deputy Official Assignee said the new law which allowed the Stipendiary Magistrate to make an order attaching the wages of workmen was likely to work out disastrously to both the workmen and their creditors. When the whole of a workman's wages were attached for a time for the benefit of one creditor, it was not surprising to see the other creditors taking steps to make him a bankrupt. The result would be to drive many a workman into bankruptcy. The Post says :— Though it is more than two months since advances to settlers were to be issued, and though applications have been in for about that time, no advances have yet been made. We presume the Department is waiting for cable communication from the Treasurer. No doubt part of his mission — outside the mail contraot, of course— is to get £3,000,000 for the advances to settlers. At all events, no money has yet been advanced, and some of those expecting financial aid are loud in their grumblings. At the Palmerston Hospital Board it was mentioned that the last year's estimate had been baaed on the assumption that only an average of 15 beds would be required, while as a matter of fact the average had been, for the past six months, 23.

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