Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1895.

Manawatu Herald, 16 May 1895, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1895.

.The . following resolution was carried at the last meeting of-theHprowhenna County Council " That notice be : given to all roadmen in the service of- the council that after June the 10th their appointment will be terminated, and that applications be invited for the positions to be in at the next meeting, stat&g rate: per day. The present : roadmen to be eligible for re-ap-pointment." r • - At a public meetings held at Shannon on Saturday night it was resolved "That a legal opinion be obtained in Wellington as to the position of the settlers on the Shannon side of the river with reference to the action of the Mukaka River Board, and that Mr Wallace represent the grievance.'' Talk about duplication of names. We notice the Pohangina County has a Biding named Awahou, probably from the Awahou S.F. Block. This block obtained its name from the district around Foxton and the Awahou of the Manawatu County dates from tke first institution of Counties. The Chronicle's Roman correspondent says the Pope has retreated from his first position regarding the proposed taxation affecting religious orders in France, and is now advising the French clergy to submit to the taxation. On Sunday night a msfn named Samuel Evison, a carpenter, guve himself up to the police of Hamilton, and confessed to having -caused the death by drowning -of a woman whom he pushed into the river at Nottingham in Mai-ch, 1882. He stated that he knew the woman only by the name of Jenny, and was acquainted with her only three weeks. She was employed in the lace trade, and he states that she was 20 years of age, of dark complexion, with hazel eyes. At the time of the occurrence, he says, he was employed by Bell and Sons, contractors and builders, Sherwood street, and boarded with another carpenter in Waterway street, Nottingham. Evison states that his sister and mother reside in Retford, Nottingham,

A letter from Mr Bell, County Valuer, which was read at the meeting of the Horowhenua County Council, contained the following remarks : — " . . . With res- i pect to the reductions made by the Assessment Court, I consider many of them are a scandalous injustice to the other ratepayers. Numbers — , — , — , and pei'haps one of tsVo others utand out pfe-emirtently. so. . .It la ft matter for surprise that ratepayers can be found mean enough to rtcr-ept such l'eductionSi When by So doing they must know they are only gaining a nicst unfair advantage over their neighbour's in the payment of ratesi i i . Yet throughout the proceed lugs of the Court I must say that it appeared as if the magistrate considered the valuer had some strong interest id keeping the values uvj, While the objeotors who came there seeking for reductions wife quite disinterested." Six hundred Mooi'3 have been killed in an inter-trlbal battle at Quedbourir, in Morocco. The Borough Council adjourned for one week the confirming of the Defaulter's and Burgess Lists to give one last opportunity to defaulters to pay up and so save themselves from oMstitialiflcation from voting. It Is hoped that this consideration will be appreciated and acted upon. At the election for a member. for the Wanganui Education Board on Monday evening Mr Pirani secured 58 votes to MiBrew's 29| and is therefore elected. A day's outing jnade^ some one .extra hungry last riight, to satisfy which a visit paid to Mr £>tansell's mea.t safe and the whole of the "contents were tak^naWay. As there wasia furtojy just ready ie? pasting, some cooked' wild ducks, tongues,' beef, &0. , the marauder may be considered to have made a good haul, until, at any rate he gets hauled before the administrators of justice A distinguished visitor fi'dni Wellington yesterdayi prior to leaving! expressed to Mi 1 McMillani the {Secretary, pf , the : <B-a.cin£ Cliib, the pleasure 'lie. haclexperieho'ed, in his day's outing, and assured liim if he was anywhere near Foxton at future race meetings he would make it a point to Rttead. Mr Eure took a capital photograph of Ktthurangl, the winner of the Autumn Handicap, with the rider up, and Mr T. Scott holding the horse's head. Mr J. -G. Wilson telegraphed to the Minister of Lands offering to go over either property (Carnarvon and Motoa), and to find a competent authority to show how Motoa could he cut up for small settlement, so that each could get a portion of dry and safe land and a portion swamp. To this the Minister replied : " I have sent it on to Mr Percy Smith, Chairman of the Land Purchase Board for consideration. Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its emiuently powerful effect in Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings — no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronohitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, &c, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs. In use at all hospitals and medical clinics ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all others. — [advt.] To thoroughly reduce- and prepare the stock previous to the partnership stocktaking sweeping reductions will be made in all Departments, the stock must be reduced by £15,000, and this splendid Drapery Stock at Te Aro House will be offered to the public at most tempting prices. Early in the year Mi' Smith admits to a partnership in his business a commercial gentlemen who has long been associated with the London buying for Te Aro House. Te Aro Househas long held the premier position as the " Leading Family Drapery Warehouse," and further developments are now taking place to inaugurate the year 1895. The announcement made in another parof this paper that a sale of greater magnitude than ever yet attempted by Te Aro House is now being held should arrest the attention of everyone in this part of the Colony. Heads, of families, storekeepers', settlers careful housewives, young and old, rich and poor, alike will save heaps of money by making their purchases at the Great Fart* nership Sale; now- going on at Te Aro House, Wellington. "