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Manawatu Herald, 30 November 1897, Page 2

Lucky Mr Bartholomew. In Committee of Supply it was mentioned by the Minister of Lands that Mr Peter Bartholomew, of Levin, had paid twice lor certain timber, once to the State Farm, and another time to the Native owners, and it was now proposed to return him one of the sums. The Premier told the House the other night that last year 8,000 tons of fish were sent away. Members have funny ways of arriving at their own ends. An increase in the salary of the General Manage? of Railways was proposed, and Mr Bollard said he would vote for it, and added, as apparently a reason for or as the possible result of having done so, that the timetable of the Eaipara Brach badly needed adjustment so as to afford a better servioe than they had at present. Mothing like pushing a man when he has the "stuff." Russia is dpmanding the immediate payment of £1.150,000 of arrears on account of Turkish indemnity, arising out of the Russo-Turkish war of 1878. The weekly caVe from the Agent-General statea butter is 104s per owt., and the market firm ; cheese 435, market stationary. In Mr Kebbell'a garden, at Ohan, whioh i 3 well sheltered from ordinary winds, by plantation and a sandridge, the fruit trees have suffered a bit, but the p'ums have stood the wea'her well, and we learn that he has the best crop of this fruit that he has ever had. Tha Ohau river, over which the patent traction engine bridge was bui't, and, but only whisper it gently, silted up, i« now to be extended 140 feet, on iron girders. So anxious are the advocates of this extension to see. what the outcome of it will be, that they will not wait for the girders to be prooured from Enghnd at a chepp rate, but have sent to Sydney for them. We fear that the result will not come up to their expectations. A fair amount of wheat has been sown around Oiaki this year. Around Porotawhao there has been a large acreage put tinder oats, whioh. where the wind has not out them, are looking well. The wind is answerable for the loss of a lot of fruit down the cost. Inland at Ohau. the settlers negleoted to plant a shelter to take the place of the standing bush and thus their fruit has suffered. On Saturday afternoon the Oroua Polo Club opened the season. We regret to state that very few players and very few visitors attended the opening. The members engaged in practise and fonnd the off season had lessened the quickness with which they used to get on the hal 1 , and also that their ponies needed a little more dril'ing as well. Next Saturday afternoon the club meet again for play. At the sitting of the Nelson Diocesan Synod a clerical memb r. in moving that the General Synod should be urged to prohibit application for lottery licenses by members of the Church of England, gave these figures, whioh he said were taken from Hansard :— Church of England, 27 ; Church of Rome, 25 ; Presbyterian Church. 3. The motion fai'ed to pass, as also did an amendment condemning lotteries, raffles, and o^her devices for 'rais ng funds for Church purposes. A man fishing at the Napier Spit, landed a six-foot shark, whioh on being opened, rev< aled the body of a ful '-grown fox terrier, amongst other unoons'dered trifles. It is report' d that the discoverers of the petroleum district at Kotuku, in the Greymou'h district, have received £3000 for one-third of their interest in the find. From accounts of the Indian frontier war we learn that Colonel Westmaco t's march to Duatoio was greatly impeded by the intense cod. Seventeen degrees of frost were recorded, several members of the force were frostbitten, and their hreath was congealed on their beards and formed into icicles. Mr J. G. Wilson is sending out to New Zealand by the s.s. Gothio four remarkably fine sheep, two rams and two ewes, of the Lincolnshire breed, purchased from the celebrated flock of Mr J. R. Eirkham, Biscathorpe, Lincoln ; also, by the Otarama, Mr Wilson sends a hound given to him by Lord Dalkeith for the Rangitikei hounds. Mr Adams is purchasing the property in Porcell street, owned by Mr Perkins, and will probably erect his kiln on the back portion. Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a stock sale at Palmerston on Thursday and i one At Pohangina. tomorrow.

A small boy in a village school in Bucks (Eng.), on bein? a«ked what were the races that bad dominated Eng'and since the invasion of the Romans, replied, " Epsom, Ascot, Newmarket and Donoaster." To-day is 9t. Andrew's Day. Not many wou'd have been aware of this faot had not the Bank religiously oloaed iU doors to money matters in honour of Scotland's Saint. Mr Fred. Robinson annonnoes that he has started business on his own account aa a blacksmith and that he makes horseshoeing a speciality and is second to none in the di-trict. The Naylor Company are advertised to appear here on Saturday. The publio, owing to having been disappointed before, by this company having been advertised and not appearing, might be Inclined to pay little attention to the faot. The company were prevented from fulfilling their engagement owing to the alteration of the train service, and in disappointing the publio incurred a heavy loss for themselvei.