Manamatu Herald. THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1895.

Manawatu Herald, 25 July 1895, Page 2

Manamatu Herald. THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1895.

There's life in. the old town yet. In order to carry out the provisions of the Act relating to attendance at School the Foxton Committee arranged for a carefully compiled census of all children within the Borough under 13 years of age. This has been excellently done by Mr Qillespie and shows the gratifying number of 406. In one house in Fozton on Monday night the water in the jugs were frozen in every room. We are informed that in one and that a lately built house in Foxton a regular plague of small red ants is ( experienced. How they got there no one appears to know or how they are to be got rid of. They are in the ceiling, walls, floors, chimnies and hearths. Corioua but not pleasant. On the last day of this month a very pleasing ceremony is fixed to take place at Heatherlea when a daughter of Mrs Hector Macdonald is to be married. A very large number of invitations have been given and will undoubtedly be accepted. We trust the day will be all that is desired. The two small boys, companions of the lad West who alleged he was assaulted by Waretini, were asked what they did when the aßsault was committed. They said they remained where they were, the other side of the drain, as they feared if they ventured nearer they might be treated likewise. Cautious if not brave, but considering the sizeg of all parties, most wise.

":£lt Is BitUfaetOry for the working classes s mten there are some considerate landowners hear them. Around the Borough ! we cannot count many but all, agr.ee th^ the Wfessrg RobJjison'ft ate-, fluring this winter thisy h&ve let many small contracts at scrub cutting, simply to suit the convenience of the workers. If other landowners would do likewise the dullest part of the year might be more easily negotiated by the worker. MrAdselt notifies a reward will be p. id for return of ft strayed horse-. Large additions are advertised to Messr6 Gorton and Son's sa'e atj Peilding to-thoti-oWv A resident in town received news from a Wellington merchant that by latest kdvifies flax was rising in vdl'tie in the London market anil \Vas quoted at £13 10s a ton. At the hearing of the assault case on Tuasday it was excsedingly cold in the Court-house though a good fire was kept burning, and the Maori defendant noticing that the Intrepl'eter wisely considered nearer the fire the haitttiegt place foi! interpreting remarked that his feet Wens . Cold antl he would like to be allowed Id Warm them. 'The Cench also out in the cold thought, that as he was the tfause of their sufferings he Could do very Well were he was.. the sblenflid. iloW at tlie artesian well Just suhlt at the corner of Keith and Plymouth streets, Wanganui, says the Chronicle, ha3 attracted a great deal of attention. The water rises some 00 feet above the surface and the discharge averages 80 gallons per minute. . The West Coast Mall says influenza is rife in Levin and Oiaki. Mr Dumbell, the Government Auditor was in Foxton on Tuesday auditing the Borough accounts. A fire began at midnight on Monday in the Block ll mine, Broken Hill, and a dense volume of smoke and flame is arising from the southern end of the mine. Work in the mine has been suspended, and efforts directed to confining the flre to the upper levels, where it started. All channels and passages are be tig blocked with the objeot of smothering the flames, and large quantities of water are being poured in from the adjacent, mines and dams. If this fails; preparations Will be made as A l&st resource to fire heavy charges of powdi-r and cause the ground to I subside, to prevent the fire from spreading. This will entail the destruction of much valuable machinery and other property. " You're another "in fact. At the last meeting of the Horowhenua County Conn cil a resolution was passed reflecting on the Wirokino Eoad Board, anrl at the meeting of that body the following resolution was passed : — That this Board resents the action of the Horowhenna County Council, in passing a resolution calling on the Board to carry out the works ordered by the Court in the Wood's Case, and ■ considers that the forwarding of such a resolution to this Board is quite outside the powers of the Council, and an iul rf'rence with tlin prerogatives of the Board. Mr England, the new manager of the Bank of New Zealand in this town, arrived by tra n last evening, accompanied by Mrs England. Amongst the papers of the late Walter Fairbank are the discharges obtained by him from various vessels and it is pleasing to note that they are all marked as " very good " both for conduct and efficiency. He appears to have been a, careful man as the papers also contain a number of receipted accounts for his bister's schooling in the Old Country. It will be remembered that Owen Flannagan behaved very peculiarly the days prior to his being arrested for creating a disturbance in the streets for which he was fined and in default sentenced to a month's imprisonment. It appears that there was serious cause for his peculiar behaviour as after being in the Wanganui gaol about a fortnight he was sent to the asylum in Wellington. \ Mr Hamer, who was called out last night j to Campbelltown to see a child seized svith convulsions, met with an accident on his I return by his horse stumbling and thus throwing him on the road. His leg is very painful, but is not seriously injured. We are informed that the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have appointed Mr E. S. Thynne as their agent in Foxton, Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminently powerful effeot in Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burna, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest* remedy — no swellings— no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in "Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, Ac, Diarrhoea, Dysentpry, 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.] Particular attention has been paid this year to the requirements of country custo raers, and the result is to be seen in the immense and varied stock of calicoes, shirtings, flannels, flannellettes, strong wearing dress materials, men's and boys' clothing, &c. The choice in each department is almost unlimited, as may be imagined, when it is stated that of flannelette alone, over 50,000 yards have this season been imported at Te Aro House, Wellington. A specially organised department has been established to deal with country orders. Patterns of any materials in stock will be forwarded to any address post fiee. Country residents are invited to write for prices, or any information regarding goods wanted. It is confidently asserted that nowhere can such a wide selection, or such sterling value be obtained, as at Te Aro House, Wellington. — Advt. One of the sights of Wellington, at any time is undoubtedly the magnificent establishment known as Te Aro House, and now that every department within its walls is filled to overflowing, with a bewildering variety of the season's novelties in millinery, mantles, dresses, etc., it is more than ever a pleasure and profit to visit the wholesale family drapery warehouse, Te Aro House.