Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, AUG. 1, 1895.

Manawatu Herald, 1 August 1895, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, AUG. 1, 1895.

Messrs GoiMon and Son hold a sale at Sanson on Tuesday. On Saturday Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a horse sale at Palmerston. The Appc-al Cmrt unauinnusly dismissed tlie application to appc-al on b?half of Mrs Dean. Snow ffll'ia Marton on Monday night. On Tuesday morning there was two inches of snow in Palm-ji^tpn; . .. The heaviest fall of =now ever seen in Ashburton fell on Monday There was five inches o i tlie ground ai. nine o'clock. .■-Curious when put this way. A rqqtul hnu.s ■, the inside diameicr of which ti only 421 yard- or 'ess than a quarter of a mile is liirg-i enough to contain I ha entire populate of the Unit d Kingdom, each person having twenty seven cubic feet of space. Tobogganing is now a great fport, and in the Engndine a splendid ice course is prepared and races held. The average pace over Ihe course proved to be 37A- mills an hour, an I at the end reached naarly 80 miles. It is suggested Canai'rf legions set the fashion of tobogganing close on two thousand years ago, when they slid down the I Jnlier Pass upon their shields, steering wiih their .spvars. In London ihe skin of the polar b?ar is tUB ; nioi'd valuable as it is the largest of all the skin 3 roM. It has been known to be tleveu iv lcQgth, and is woith h'om *10

The Queen possesses 60 pianos. They , are distributed at Buckingham Palace, j Wiv^or Castle and Osborne. 1 In foma parts of South Africa, says an English paper, much damage is done by baboon?, v.hich go in large marauding parties to rob gardens. In this colony the same clasi also rob gardens, but nvi desig- \ nated larrikins. Messrs Dudson Bros, have a staunch trap I horse for sale. They also offer £5 reward for information that will lead to the conviction of tiii; |jdis,j>i v. ii;) \-\\\.x ..ml ukes away ' green oats fiuin t!i ir pa. U ;■/-.: on thf Avo- . nue road. Japan had only on 2 newspaper 25 years ago. Now it has 2,000. There-fore no need for surprise at its woiuWfu. successes. 1 The Tnrinrs tain a man by the ear to invite him to eat or drink with them. There are a wonderful nninh?r of people «ho do not mind how th.'.y are taken so long as they secure a driuk, even in this coiony. A lecture will be given 0:1 Tuesday evening at the Methodist Church, Foxton, oil " English Village Life." i By some misunderstanding we announced in our last issue that the Magistrate would hold his Court to-day, whereas it should have be:-n stated it was next Thursday. We regret any inconvenience the announea men t has caused. 1 . • ' .