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Manawatu Herald, 6 November 1897, Page 2

The young performers at the Youths' Institute entertainment will be entertained with light refreshments in the Sample Room of Whyte's Hotel, after the performance \<y Mr and Mrs Stanaell. By Ihe report of the trip of the " Rimutaka" from Tasmania to Wellington wo find no trace of tho heavy gales that we haVe had here, which was lucky for the passengers. The Minister for Publio Works has promised that the new Court-house at Falmerston shall be built in briok. The Premier informed Mr Pirani the other day that he did not intend to introduce liquor legislation during the present session. Gr Parsons stated that, from official statistics gathered by him while in Melbourne recently, he learned that 207 cattle and 3337 sheep were condemned as unfit for human consumption by the authorities of the public abattoirs in the Victorian capital.— Chronicle. Tenders for Burr's road must be sent to the County Clerk at Sanson by noon on Wednesday. The stakes offerred by the j?oxton Racing Club at their Summer Meeting amounts to £600; being £330 for the first day and £270 for tne second day. In the Elondyke region in raid winter the sun rises from 9.30 to 10 a.m., and sets from 2 to 3 p.m., the total length of daylight being about four hours. The greatest continuous cold on'the Yukon was in February, 1890, when the daily mean for five consecutive days was 47deg. below zero. The fir«»t and second prizes in Tat'ersall's big sweep, which was only half filled, went to New Zealand. Gaulus was drawn by Martin, of Lawrence, who receives £13,500, and Lirabrick, of Kaikora North, who drew The Grafter, receives £4500. The contest for the Mayoralty of Greater New York has repulted in the return of Chief Justice A. Van Wyck, the nominee of the Tammany Hall Party, defeating Mr Seth Low, the Citizens' Union candidate, who was second, and Mr Henry George, son of the late Henry George, by an estimated majority of 70,000. The Convention entered into between Russia, America and Japan, by which pelagic sealiug is to be suspended will be signed thi3 week. A petition has been subscribed to in Toronto asking the Queen o permit an exhibition of the Jubilee gifts received by her to be held in Canada. We direct the attention of our readers to the advertisement over the leader with reference to the manner we pr >pose celebratiig the twentieth year of publication. The proposals we have no doubt will be appreciated. Yesterday the Queen x>f the South discharged some large castings for an engine turntable to be laid down at Woodville. Each pieoe was over two tons in weight. The Wellington Garrison Band were first in the contest at Oamaru. The School Committee .on Thursday adjourned so to be able to deal with any applications for exemption from sohool on account of sickness that may arise. This course has been deemed necessary owing to the wording of the Act giving only the committee power to grant exemptions, and not the chairman only. The Committee will shortly issue to all parents an extraot from the Act bearing upon this point. Mr Andrew Jonson has shown us a soytbe handle under the iron loop of which were silken-webs inside of which were very active and well nourished white worms. They were not caterpillars and he was unable to say what they were, but he very much feared they were incipient codlinmoths. We would not like to say positively that they were not, but we do not think they were, as at this season all early mo hs should have passed the stage they were in. If however they were, it only illustrates what queer places these inseots will take up for a home. The instruments received for the Youths' Institute have given great satisfaction. They were procured through the agency of Mr Alf Fraser, who is the colonial representative of a wholesale London firm. The three drums, a bass and two tenors, are of brass with brass screws, and are said by those who are praotical drummers to bo first-class. The 17 fifes are of full size of cocoanut, and are also brass mounted. The Messrs Marden's mill at the Oroua Bridge has stopped working, and we are son/ to Ifai'u that the wages due to the fcaasja sr* ecnsMwafcij- la a?t«sar. '

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