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Manawatu Herald, 17 December 1895, Page 2

By reference to our advertising columns ■ our readers will note the fact that .the secretary and travelling agent of the New Zealand Alliance, Mr H. Field, is announced to deliver an address in the Primitive Methodist Church to-morrow evening. Mr Field, we are informed, is a very capable speaker, and his knowledge of the temperance question in all its aspects is*quite up to date. We recommend those of our readers who are interested in this question, and who is not ?_to avail themselves of the opportunity of hearing a good speaker, and we are satisfied that they will be in no way disappointed. Amongst other matters of present interest the recent Newtown licensing case will be commented on. The interesting ceremony of the Mayorelect taking his oath of office and his seat will take place at the Library Buildings tomorrow at noon. Contractors are reminded that tenders for street-lighting and dog-tax collecting must be sent in to the Town Clerk cot later tnan 11 a.m to-morrow-Horse-breaking has an element of excitement in it, of this there can be no doubt. We have, however, an energetic storekeeper who is not satisfied with this but must needs take to learning how to ride the " byke." He is recovering The other day he strode the beast to come into town and all went well until the Bank the owner patronised drew near. Thoughts direct our muscles unknowingly, and though the hour of three had long past, the " byke " made straight for the door, and fearing an action for damages the rider, by a desperate effort, turned the cycle, but himself described a circle and rested, for a time, at the doorstep. It may be Foxton's turn yet. Alexander Ives is the Mayor-elect of Sydney. During the course of a ppcech af er the election, I the retiring Mayor, Mr S. E. Lees, an- , I nounced that it was the intention of Her I Majesty the Queen to confer the tit c of Lord Mayor upon the Mayor of Sydney ( during the coming year, so that Me Lees I will be the first to bear the title.

The parents of two boy 3 at Nelson convicted of orchard robbing have been ordered to pay 10s each, and the accused we'-e ji'ae -el on probation for a month. | The fossick!';? boy coik-cts thoe.'^i. One of the afoivsaid boys jas brought us a pink lark's egg, which is not the ordinary colour by a long way. The /let vacate states that diphtheria in a malignant form has broken out at Co y ion. Mr Frances' daughter died of the disease On Wednesday, and now it is reported a child of Mr W. Enwistle has also died from the same complaint. Two others have been taken ill. The annual balance sheet of the Gear Meat Go.j after" making allowance f6r depreciation, leaves £8363 to be apportioned. A ten per cent, dividend is paid, absorbing £4600, and £3763 is carried forward. The reserve and insurance funds aggregate £25,705. On the first page will be found the altered adveitisement. of Mr Osbornc. He assures us the cry is always heard " We purchase cheaper at Osborne's," the business of the public is to find if it is so. To-morrow Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a stock sale at Awahuri, and one at Palmerston on Thursday. Messrs Gorton & Son hold a sale of horses at Raumai to-morrow, and a stock sale at Feilding on Friday* Mr Kerr has an advertisement relating to H. P. Forster's book debts. The dead body of a newly-born infant Was found near the Wellington Public Library on Sunday morning by a man named Alfred Yates. The body was wrapped in a flannel petticoat and a piece of calico, and tied up with tape, and was much decomposed. It was removed to the Morgue, where an inquest will be held. Mr Ernest D. Hoben, who has been apon the staff of the Evening Post for the last four years, has been offered and has accepted a position on the staff of the Sydney JDaily Telegraph. He will leave Wellington for Sydney in the course of a few weeks. Harding, the English sculler, has paid a deposit for the match for the championship of the world with Stanbury, of Sydney, the present holder of the championship. Mr Stansell gives advantages of reduced coach fares during the 'Xmas holidays. For the sports at Shannon on New Year's Day Mr Stausell will run a coach at reasonable fares, if sufficient inducement ia offered. The New London Circus, Messrs Fitzgerald Bros.' is " billed " to appear here on Monday. In our next issue full particulars will be advertised. There is no doubt but that the posters are very taking, and th^y are said to be true to life. So the Show should be seen.