Manamatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUG. 27, 1895.

Manawatu Herald, 27 August 1895, Page 2

Manamatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUG. 27, 1895.

The Post, writing on the Local Government Bill says, "to talk of Provincial Governments having been the best form of local government ever established is the rankest nonsense, the most palpable untrnth. . . . We object to the Bill being damned in advance by being a measure which virtually offers a return to Provincial institutions. If it were such a measure it should be hooted out of the House." The Government helping the farmers again. This time by proposing to charge one penny a bale for tallying wool into the Wellington Harbour Board sheds hitherto done for nothing. A pretty little Bill is the Local Government Bill having 174 pages I Yet the local bodies are asked to "read, mark, and inwardly digest " it within a fortnight with only one copy supplied to each body comprising from six to nine members ! The only way to accomplish the task will be for an all day and night sitting of the Council and for the Clerk to read it aloud. Mr J. G. Wilson is asking for a return of the amount collected by the railway department at the Foxton wharf, the amount spent on the river and wharf; and the cost of the pilot service. A correspondent wilting from Foxton to a contemporary has jumped to the conclusion that all the amount paid by the Foxton i Baring Club for advertising came into our ! pockets. This is such an absurd misstate- ' ment, so far from a fact that the coiner of it must either be very foolish or very j 1 wicked. It hardly matteva which. I

Though whitebait has been cßitght in the Manawatu during the past three weeks, no .«ign3 of this fish has been seen in the rivers clown South. The annual meeting of the Ppxton Cricket Club will be held at Whyte's Hotel this evening at £i O'clock; The pheert return* for the colony for the last year show tlint there was a decrease of 171,340 for the North, and 202,181 for the South Island as compared with the previous year. At the Palmevston Magistrate's Court on Thursday the hearing of the case against Jas-. M. Ponton, charged with setting fire to a dwelling, lasted all day, and he was committed for trial; bail being refusert\ The express ti'a veiling by the East Coast frdril London to Aberdeen has covered the distance, 540 miles, in 520 minutes, thus beating the performance of its rival, the North-westen-Caledonian express, which ran the 540 miles in 538 minutes. ! About 3 o'clock on Friday morning Mr W. Pegden's sash, door and furniture factory, at the rear of his furniture warehouse in the Square, Palmerston, was burned to the ground. The cause of the outbreak is unknown. The fire was confined to the factory, the sheds and timber adjoining being saved. The building, stock and machinery were insured in the New Zealand office for £1000. Nothing of the contents of the factory was saved. It irt one of God's greatest mercies that this world is full of troubles ; for, if we so much court her now she is foul, what should we do if she were beautiful ° Capel The Town Clerk gives notice of the election of three Councillors. To-morrow Mr McMillan holds a large and unreserved sale of drapery at his rooms for Messrs Loveday Bros* This should command attention The Cantata to-morrow night is attractin4 general attention, the tickets have sold very well and the performers are in excellent trim. A very large attendance is therefore expected. On Thursday morning at 11 o'clock Mr J. li. McMillan will sell by auction at his sain rooms, Foxton, a number of sundries tind an allotment of land in Thynnc street. Mrs Curtis wants a strong girl, fond of children; The following markot report is as interesting as movt. — Pens and paper are stationary. Cutlery is very dull. Cheese firm and fairly active. Butter stvoug, but i inclined to be slippery. Whiskey lively and unsteady. Hops are lively and active. Gunpowder inclined to be rising, Eggs opened strong. The Manawatu Thnc-a says it is stated that evidence of a startling character has been adduced at the enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of the boy Mullins. The enquiry has in fact put an entirely nsw complexion on the case. The public will not bo satisfied until the Whole facts have boon r-UcKed at a public examination. Messrs Gorton and Ron hold a sale at Feilding on Friday. On Thursday Messrs Abraham & Williams hold a sale at Palmerston, and their horse sale on Saturday. On Saturday next the Foxtou football team will journey to Otaki to play the re turn match with the Kia Toas. The team will be picked from the following :— H. Saville, H. Williams, F. Young, O. Gardner, D. Gardner. L. Colo, O. Robinson, P. Armstrong, A. Shadbolt, E. Wallace, A. Demlav, W. Liddell, G. Chuck, P. Williams, C. O'Loughlin, I- 1 . Thynne, A. Svmons and H. Lyall. The Christchurch Meat Company and the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company have entered into freight contracts with the New Zealand Shipping and Shaw, Savill and Albion Companies, which come into effect at once. The freights now are f d per lb winter and summer, and the first boat under the contract is the Tainui. On Friday evening (he Premier said the House was no doubt aware that the Bank Committee had been continually sitting since its appointment. They had" taken a vast amouut of evidence, and would now give their consideration to ihe proposals. He had every reason to hope that later on they would be able to congratulate the Colony upon the results of their efforts. Of the natives in India, about 2,000,000 can now read English. Certainly the most effeotive medicine in Hie world 13 Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminently 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 effeots produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, 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.] Particular attention has been paid this year to the requirements of country custo mere, 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 or- ' ders. Patterns of any materials in stock will b,e 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.