Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, SEPT. 21. 1895.

Manawatu Herald, 24 September 1895, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, SEPT. 21. 1895.

The Postmaster here has this received the following telegram from the Postmaster, PalraeMtoa:- " Makino, Kiwitea and Oroua Rivers are reported to be rising fast and the Pohaagina and Manawatu Rivers are rising slowly. Every pros peot of a flood." It only wants about three move hemp mills to start work to verify the prediction we made two months ago that early in the spring would witness all our mills hard at work. At the Methodist Church on Sunday evening the Rev. Mr Barnett preaohed a temperance sermon, when the local lodge )f Good Temp'ara mustered in good force jlothed with the regalia of the Order. The rev. gentleman took for his discourse from [ Corinthians, chap. 8, v. 9 (" But take h«ed lest by any means this liberty of yours besome a stumbling block to those that are iveak ") and very clearly proved by scripture that the use of alcohol by professed Christians was dangerous, inasmuch as ;hat they should abstain for the sake of ihose that are weak. He urged ail to den< if y themselves with the Temperance Movement to assist in ihe great cause of Prohibition. The church was nice'y filled ivith an appreciative congregation, and we loubt not that such services do a power of {ood. :-.■■• We have been requested to mention that wing to the wet weather the cantata of 'Under the Palms" to be delivered at 3hannon by the Foxton singers has been jostpoaad indefinitely. A date will proiably be fixed for tome day in next month. The longest wire spair ia a telegraph wire >ver the River Ristuah, in India. It is over J.WOfeet.. :

Mr Connell has taken the Messrs Pascal's hemp mill at Kereiu. We wish him every BUCPO«S-. Messrs itopkirk's mill at the Shannon Peilry is proving of muoh attraction to millers, but they decline to lease, though they would sell at a price. A party ol out energetic townsmen have formed a company and have secured the Wirokino hemp mill. These also we wish all success. Additions to Messrs Gorton «fe Sou's Feildinc; sale on FmlaV are actvei'tisedi Messrs Abraham & William's hold a stock e&leat Palmerston on Thursday, and due at Levin on Friday. Next week this firm have a mimber of weil-bred cattle for sale; "the Cdiditial Batik has avai'abie for distribution £19,980 2s lOd. Pending the result of the negotiations for the purchase of the Bank, the directors do. not at present intend to deal with the balance, but to adjourn the general m> eting on the 25th September to a day in October, by which time the wishes of the shareholders as expressed at an emergency meeting shortly to be called, of which due notice will be given, will be known. Milk suppliers are again reminded of the meeting to-moii'ow night in Mr McMillan's auction rooms. Mr Sims Beeves, the eminent tenor, who has married a young pupil, proposes to make a tour of Australia with a concert company; The Melbourne Age, commenting on the result of the shipment of stock by the Southern Cross, says it proves that the present modes, both of shipping animals and supplying fodder, are defective, and that unless efforts are made to remedy the defects the trade cannot be continued. The shipment has proved a decided losa to oonBignors. Mr Buchanan says there are kowhai poles in pahs in the Wairarapa which have been 100 years in the ground, and are still perfectly sound. A thief presented a forged order at the Union Bank, London, and succeeded in obtaining Mrs Langtry's jewels, Woi'th £40,000. A Chicago vocalist earns 50dols. a day by singing for phonographs. Cuba has 12 varieties of mosquitoes and 300 varieties of butterflies. The illuminated manuscript copy of the gospels sent to Mr Gladstone by the Armenians is said to be find 1 than anything iu the British Museum. " Titles and honours bring gratification," says Bismarck ; " but when I suffer with this terrible pain in my leg, I would give all the titles in Europe for a cure for the rheumatism." Mr W. B. Rhodes, the local agent of th« Standard Insurance Company, has informed us that the claim of H. Bradcock for £60 as insurance on his billiard table and fittings, and destroyed at the late fire, has been paid in full. Another instanoe of prompt payment, and the advantages of insurance. The other night some miscreant wan tonly destroyed six feet of the Californian pump at Mr Georgt* Coley's mill. It is to be hoped it will be found out who has done such an act so that he may be severely punished. The cable quotations for N.Z. hemp look muoh better from £14 10s to £16 10s.