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Manawatu Herald, 3 December 1895, Page 2

Foxton is getting more like London every day, . as forty-nine per cent of the days in London are wet, Our storekeepers intend to tempt the money out of the pockets of the people, if they have any, before 'Xmas, as the number of new and pretty goods imported have only to be seen to be coveted. We have to thank Mr Bowe for a very fine sample of new potatoes. They were, as alas they have become a thing of the past, of good size and fairly dry. The growth speaks well for his land. The Hebrew figures place the date of the Flood at u.e. 2340. Brazil has at present 2,000,000 acres under coffee cultivation. The schools tinder tlie Wauganui Education Board close for the holidays on Friday the 20th instant. Those who have npt yet sown scarlet runner beans might like to try the following plan of sowing as recommended by some gardeners as making a more secure " sticking " and picking a heavier cropviz. :— To sow beans in a circle four feet in diameter, and stake round inside of circle letting the stakes come together at the tops; This afternoon the .Sale of Work was opened in the Public Hall and will be kept open this evening, so that those who are too busy during the day will have an opportunity of attending later on. One of the most interesting features of a flower show recently held at Massachusetts was a specimen of the rare Agave Kerchovei in blossom. It had a flower stem 19J feet high, which develdped in the course of three weeks: Mr R. Cameron, formerly engaged at Kew Gardens, and now super. intendant of the Harvard University Botanic Garden, was the exhibitor. The Midland Railway Arbitration nearly fell through, the two arbitrators retiring from it owing to being unable to agree on certain points. The Umpire has decided to go on by himself. Tertulliau, who wrote about a.d. 195 said that kissing was first instituted for the purpose of discovering whether the person kissed had been guilty of tippling. The ancients were no better then than they should have been the above statement shows. Excuses are always ready by those caught kissing fair maids. An accident occurred on Thursday morning on the New Plymouth racecourse to Mr C. Enderby, of the Railway department, formerly at Longburn. He was jumping a mare named Roulette, when she fell, breaking her neck and his leg. It was feared at first, as the mare had fallen on him, that internal injuries had been sustained, but this does not appear to have been the case. The Victorian Department of Agriculture has made arrangements with the Orient Company to take in February 7000 cases of fruit ! The Victorian rabbits by the steamer Aberdeen, whioh left Melbourne 21st September, were selling in London on 4th November at 12£ d eaoh, and the hares at 2s 9d each. The Indian troopship Malabar, 6211 tons, with 1500 troops on board, ran into a fog when nearing Portsmouth, and only escaped running on the rooks at the Isle of Wight by a couple of hundred yards. Our readers are reminded that the N. Z. Loan&M. A. Co., Ld., hold their first wool sale in Wellington on Friday, and as the Home news is good, prices are likely to be in favour of sellers. Mr Angus Keith, the Secretary for the Shannon Athletic Sports notifies in another column that nominations for certain of the races close on the 13th instant. The prizes are good, the Sports are to be held on a general holiday, therefore a successful meeting may be looked forward to. The Borough Council notify that the Ranger will not impound stock off the roads between six o'clock in the morning and six o'clock in the evening. At the Brighton (Viotoria) Horticultural Society's Show, an exhibitor sent a fine plate of apples— Rokewood. The fruit was in splendid condition, being perfectly firm. This is (so the report say 6), the best late apple grown. A London correspondent who attended the Dairy Show at Islington says :— 1 Nothing oan beat the best New Zealand cheese. Very few other sorts can come up to it in excellence and richness. I have visited the cheese stores at Cheddar itself, in the hope of pioking up wrinkles that might be useful to New Zealand readers, and have tasted the finest Cheddars on the spot. Excellent, of course, they were, but they were not superior to the best Otago, or Canterbury, or Auckland cheese. We regret that, owing to the unusual quantity of rain that has fallen some of the Moutoa settlers have had their potatoes rotted in the ground. Mails for Australia (due in Sydney 12th Dec), also China, Japan, Noumea, and Straits Settlements, also Continent Earope and United Kingdom (due in London 21st January), will close at the local office on Thursday, sth Deoember, at 3 p.m.

The following resolution was carried at a meeting held under the auspices of the Prohibition League for the purpose of protesting against the proposed tiansfer of the license of the Waverley Hotel from Lambton quay to Newtown in the Newtown State School : — " That the persistence of the Liquor Party in their ende- "our to remove another publican's license to Newtown after the publio opinion of Newtown and of the whole city has emphatically declared against it strengthens the conclusion that the only certain method of scouring the public against the tactics of the ' trade ' is by abolishing the liquor traffic altogether." The Palmerston people ran a school excursion to Napier on Friday with 400 children and adults. They were met at the railway station by Mayor Swan, who conducted them to the Gaiety Theatre where they were supplied with refreshments. After different objects of interest were visited and sea bathing indulged in, the children went on a marine excursion round the Bay, the weather being glorious for the outing. The train left Napier for Palmerston at 5 p.m., and arrived at 11 p.m. Bit by bit; Mr Alf. Fraser is no sluggard in business. Day by Day, bit by bit, he adds some profit making affair to his list of agencies. The last bids fair to be one of the best, as elsewhere he annonnces he has been appointed agent for a that wealthy oompany known as the Alliance Assuranoe Company. Those about to insure should call upon Mr Fraser.