Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MAY-2, 1895.

Manawatu Herald, 2 May 1895, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MAY- 2, 1895.

The Motoa Estate is fast being cleared oi its flocks and herds, and it is said that it is to remain unstocked for a couple of months.

Mr O. Robinson made a painful wound in<his leg last week by running up against a plough, and it confined him to bis house for a time. We are glad to state he is getting about again. „

On making a proper muster Mr Gardner made the discovery that the flood had robbed him of thirty-five head of cattle, in place of the twenty-five he at first thought it had.

The flood was very powerful, and the run of the water was made very plain to the members of the Board who travelled round the embankments on Monday. It was dearly seen that the water after getting over the bank at Messrs Edwards' and Smith swept down over the swamp to. the Long Reach, and washed the embankment away from the land side.

In the course of conversation at the Mukaka Board meeting it appeared that members were favourable to making the new embankment to follow the windings of the river rather than attempt to take any short cuts across the necks of peninsulas.

Mr T. Wilson has rented a house in the Avenue for a time.

Mr T. Kennedy Macdonald has reported most favourably in the views of the settlers of Makuri, urging a reduction in the rent. He also pointed out the difficulties they yet laboured under. Some action will most probably be taken by the Land Board.

In consequence of Mr T. Wilson's resignation of his seat on the Mukaka River Board, the Returning Officer invites nominations for that office.

Notice is given that it ia the intention of the'Mukaka River Board to adopt "The Local Bodies LoansAct."

The returns of wool sold in London have been received by some of our local sheepfarmers, and prove beyond doubt that the drop from last year's prices is quite twopenca a pound.

It would be interesting In view of the correspondence that has been published about the two coach services, if the proprietors would let the public behind the scenes a bitj and state what number of passengers each has carried. We imagine Bitch statement b would clearly prove in the estimation of tbe travelling public that the Levin route was the most popular.

The Palmerston North Hifle Band has been engaged for the Foxton races.

Mr Ashby is to measure the breaches made by the flood in the fiver" embankment so that the Board may have data upon Whieh to call tenders for the necessary repairs, which, if the Bank is good enough to provide funds in anticipation of a rate, will be gone on with at once*

The Postmaster Informs us that during the break in the cable delayed telegrams between thfe itortb. and Middle Islands will be accepted only on the understanding that they will be held at the terminal office in each island for transmission In the evening, and that if pressure of ordinary work be then too great they will be posted between Wellington and Lyttelton or Blenheim for onward transmission. They will be sent a» Usual during the day to terminal points. Messrs Gorton and Son hold a stock sale at Sanson on Tuesday.

The Borough Council notifies that the burgees and defaulter's lists five open for inspection.

Admiral Bridge, in the course of an interview at Sydney, made reference to the defences of New Zealand. He said that though many of the guns at the forts had complicated mountings, they were wonderfully well kept— indeed, were as well looked after a« if on boavd a warship. The same remarks applied to the Victorian defences. With regard to submarine mining defence, apart from any views he might hold as to its utility or otherwise, he was impressed with the admirable way in which the defence material in Auckland was kept, and with the zeal and knowledge of the officers and men in charge. The West Coast Mail has a good report of Mr Isitt's meeting at Levin. At the conclusion Mr Gower moved (it being seconded from the hall) " that this meeting regards the facility afforded by. the licensing laws for the removal of licenses as opposed to true Liberalism, as it renders it possible for the expressed wishes of the many to be defeated by the few, and respectfully urges the member for the electorate to do his utmost next session to secure the abolition of that provision." This was carried unanimously, amid applause.

We are getting more like London every day, as the following paragraph from an English paper will show:— Mr Hannay, presiding at Marlborough-street Police Court, in ordering a master tailor to pay fines and costs amounting to £5 10s for employing a girl during prohibited hours, said the Factory Acts were a complete umble, which nobody could understand.

It has been decided to light both the choir and nave of Bristol Cathedral by electricity.

The Government have decided in the interest of the farmers that grass seed grown in the country and sent by rail to any of the towns in order to be dressed shall be carried free on the railway one way, provided, of course, the seed is for the bona fide use of the farmers.

Tumblers of nearly tbe same shape and dimensions as those employed to-day have been found in great numbers in Pompeii. They were of gold, silver, glass, agate, marble, and other semi-precious stones.

There are no telegraph poles In China. This is because the Celestials will not allow a shadow to fall on the graves of their ancestors, which are scattered thickly over the whole country. Consequently all the telegraph wires are laid underground.

A fisherman named Luc, from Medoc, has just had a tremendous catch of fish off the Ai'rert Peninsula. The nets of his boat were so heavy that they could not be got aboard, and about a couple of score of persons were requisitioned to drag the nets to a point where, at low tide, they could be cleared. They contained over eighty tons of fish, and a " four-in-hand " bullockwaggon and a one-horse cart were filled respectively forty and twenty times by the draught.

The Mayor, in accordance with a requisition signed by 45 of the inhabitants, convenes a meeting at the Library on Tuesday evening to consider the advisability of having a resident doctor in Foxton. We hope the requisitionists will l'oll up and prompt and decisive action may be decided upon. It is of the utmost importance that the town should have a resident medical man.

Messrs Loveday Bros, have opened up £758 of new goods, and have marked them at low prices. Also two bales of blankets have arrived, besides cases of men's winter goods. *

The clerk to the Otaki Licensing District advertises that the annual meeting will be held at Otaki on the sth of June, at noon.