Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1807.

Manawatu Herald, 19 August 1897, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1807.

The inquest on the lato Arthur Liildell was held at Mr Field's house on Monday at Waikanao, when a verdiot of accidentally drowned was recorded. . His father brought the remains on Tuesday night to I'oxton, and the funeral was. held yesterday, when many friends attended, though tho notice was short. The Rev. B. ?oung conducted the service at the cemetery, and Mr Jonson had charge of the arrangements. A novel parcel for delivery by express post was recently, according to English newspapers, handed in -at the Birmingham post office. A working mam who had been oat of town with his child, a boy three years of ago, arrived in Birmingham in , time to reach his place of business, but not in sufficient time to take his child home, He therefore .walked into . the nearest post office land tendered the youngster as an express parcel. The authorities, under the rule regulating the delivery of live animals, accepted the child and duly delivered it at a charge of 9d. Mr Bartholomew his been requested by the County to act on the Lovin Cemetery Committee to supervise the proposed road making and tree planting. '■ A returned member of the New'gduth Wales Jubilee eqminjent* tfhen asked how the colonials Compared with the regulars, ftaid tfau style of marohing was new to them, but after practice they compared favourably with the regulars at drill. Phy« sically, the colonials were a much more powerful body of men, especially the New Zealanders, whd, he thought, were the finest lot of troops in England. The Rev. Father Patterson ' was presented by his o ingrpgation with a parse of sovereigns on Monday evening at Palmer' ston North. Etnmett, the Englißh sculler, and Tom Suljivan, formerly of Wellington, have arranged a match for £50 a-side, which will be rowed on thef Thames course on the 13th September^ .TheN.Z.Loanana'.M.A. Co. Ld. quote prime oaten sheaf obaff at 92s 6d to 95s per ton, and they expect prio.es to be well maintained. Their report on wool is :— Account sales to mind' by the San Francisco mail, just received, are distinctly encouraging, showing as they do an increase in values on those : previously . feoeived. Reports from the manufacturing districts in both England and on' the Continent are that stocks of the raw material are exceptionally light, and competition is likely to be good at the September sales. A young woman named Looney started shooting in Manchester street, Feilding, with a revolver and wounded Dr Charlton on the back of the head the other day. She had previously been firing at a young man named G-iilies. A Convenient four-roomed cottage in Thynne street is to let to a suitable tenant. The Manawatu County Council invite tenders up to the 25th inst. for working Scott's ferry for a term of -three years. I Specifications can be Been at the Borsugh Council office. Writing from Home Mr J. G. Wihon, ex-M.H.R., says:— The feeding of the Pr- J miers is not such a difficult matter, however, for that goes on in great style every night. They are taken en masse, and travel about as assorted Premiers, without much individuality except that Mr Laurier is by far the most popular and taking. Our own man is making a very good impression, and is as untiring in his work as he was in the colony. The Mayor has received intimation through Mr Steven's, M.H.R., that when the estimates are prepared the matter of a subsidy for the Wirokino Bridge will be duly considered. An eye will have to be kept that an amount is voted. A fresh is coming down the river tut is not a Manawatu flood, but is caused by the Oroua River being in flood t