Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, DEC. 29, 1896.

Manawatu Herald, 29 December 1896, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, DEC. 29, 1896.

On Christmas Day the Sunbeam took a j pmty down to the beach in the afternoon. An advertiser has four acres of good meadow hay for 6ale. A s'ray dog can be had by the owner who gives description and pays costs. ftjr Walter S-rang returned from his trip to the Old Country last Thursday. Nominations for the Foxton Racing Club events must be in by 9 p.m. on Thursday next. We are glad to learn from all the stores that their takings on Xmas Eve were very good, much exceeding that of last year. Mr Patriok Guerin has Jbeen appointed Ranger* The Town Clerk notifies this fact officially. Two capitally-situated sections in Foxton are offered for sale. Thoße wanting land should make immediate enquiries. London experts express a favourable opinion, on ithe samples of rubber from New Guinea. Down South. they made a monster plum pudding weighing 5051 b for Herrick'a H0.t.0. The late Shah left forty millions sterling. His successor has decided to devote onetenth of it to public purposes. Heavy arrivals in London of New Zealand hares have spoiled the market, and they are slow of sale at 2s 9d. Rabbits flat at 9d. At the second day of the Manawatu Racing Club's Summer Meeting Mr F. R. Young's Steel Shot won the Christmas Hack Race, and Mr Montgomery's Bushgirl the Handicap Hurdles. In about a week's time Mr Taylor, of Carnarvon, will hold a largo garden party at which it is expected that Messrs R. C. Bruce, J. G. Wilson, and Captain Russell will be present. A very large number of people spent their holiday on Ihe beach on Saturday. The Sunbeam took down two lots, and every variety of vehicle was also employed carrying passengers to the same point. The following remedy for bot-fly in horses is recommended by the Agricultural Dapartment :— Make an emulsion of tho following ingredients and give the horse — Half-pint whisky, half-pint treacle, halfpint vinegar, half pint soap. Colonel Saunderson, member for Armagh North, has joined in the demand for the reduction of Irish taxation. Mr John Dillon and Mr Timothy Healy have met, in concert with Archbishop Walsh, to discuss a sohemo for the redress of existing grievances. In Guadeloupe the bees make no comb, but deposit their honey ia " Madders " of wax about the size of a hen's egg. These bees are small and black in colour, and are remarkable in not having stings. These ' are the sort we should like to see here. Perhaps Mr England Will kindly import. At the- last meeting of the Borough Council a resolution was carried, proposed by the Mayor and seconded by Cr Border, that the clerk be instructed to officially inform the Manager of the Bank of Australasia,. Foxton, that the Counoil will require an overdraft up to £250. In our last issue in reporting the Mayor's financial statement we mentioned that the late Mayor's credit balance with which he began the year, was £97 16s Bd, whereas the amount should have been £397 16s Bd, which can be seen by the published balance sheets. The number three was inadvertently dropped from our copy, but the addition would show the sum omitted. We are pleased to note that the remarks we have made about the folly in running the State Farm at Levin has been publicly substantiated by the Government agreeing to abandon it and selling it in small farms. The population is to be removed to other bush lands, which will probably not meet i with their entire approbation as they had a J very " soft " thing were they were. | Servics was held at All Saints' Churoh on Sunday morning, and the Church was filled. It had been very prettily decorated, and the ladies responsible are to be congratulated on their efforts to please. The Vicar oonduoted the service, and preaohed an eloquent sermon. Mr Alt Fraser read the lessons. The Oroua Polo Club is having a convenient building with verandah ereoted on their ground for the afternoon teas of the members. Mr Andrew Jonson has the contract. The Club has also thoughtfully provided some seats with baoks for the benefit of the onlookers at the game. The Czar has sanctioned the construction of the Eastern-Chinese Railway in the province of Kerin, to oonneot with the Siberian railway. The shares are to be limited to Russians; and Chinese. The Times considers it quite clear that Russia has secured a short put through Manchuria, and that the commercial advantages thus reoeived overland contravenes Britain's most favoured nation commercial interests. ... s . We muoh regret to record the death of Mrs Henry Blake, junr., which occurred early yesterday morning. She has been ailing for some time,' and both Drs. McCarthy and Lamb l+ave been consulted. The cause of dekth is said to be from blood poisoning. Her husband and relatives receive the sympathy of all who knew her. The doolors having refused a certificate to the husband an inquest was decided on, and the jury viewed the body a little after eleven, when the Coroner gave authority for the burial, The inquest was adjourned to 7.30 to night. To-day we issue our yearly almanao with our compliments and best wishes to our readers for a prosperous and hapfcy New Year. The almanao will we think be appreciated as it* is undoubtedly the best and most novel ever printed in this town. Mr Cook, who executed the work is to be oonaratulated on the stylo and manner in which it is printed, and it helps to show what our staff and plant is oapable of, did we but secure order 3 for this style of work. It showß that our job printing department is well up to date. The two local views are taken from photographs by Mr John Walsh, beirig a view of the house at Paiaka, up the Manawatu River, and a day on the <>cean Beach, where the youngsters are evidently enjoying themselves, and where the new steamer makes it possible to ! reach quickly and cheaply.