Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, DEC. 2, 1897. Our Wharf.

Manawatu Herald, 2 December 1897, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, DEC. 2, 1897. Our Wharf.

Our leader in the last ispue has beet strongly endorsed by the charges made by the railway department or Sax and wool for shipment. Woo is the property of " Social pests " a<the Liberal Government term th> mainstay of the country, and we ha« therefore better leave any quotation of their griefs alone, but the fltx miller, is what might be termed th ewe-lamb of the politician, and a unsatisfactory prices for flax ,an ruling, any abatement of charges on this article of export should receive •^very attention. Owing to the want of a shed on th_e wharf handy to the berths vessels lie at, the miller gets charged two shillings and sixpence a on unnecessarily. A shipper can and big bale of hemp on the wharf tt the cost of threepence wharfage, md if the steamer is in, and the weather ia calm and dry, he can gt t he bale into the ship for that cum. | If it is wet, or the wind is high, which it has been for the past three months or more, the shipper has to plaoe the bale into one of thi.' awkwardly situated sheds we have before alluded to, and the department illustrate how absurdly placed they are by charging the shipper an fxtra sixpence a bale for permitting him to do so, as they are put to the labour of placing the bales into a truck at the shed and hauling the same to the steamer. We are not arguing about the charges, they are possibly exceedingly heavy, but any charge being made for this purpose amply proves how necessary it ! is to have a shed in the position we pointed out in our leader in the last issue. We could easily produce other instances showing the need of such a shed, but the department have for years been aware of the fact, and without pretending to jiutify tbeir non-complianoe with a

great want, merely wait to see how long the public will put up with the present state of aff lira. The Boon- r r.he public begin agitating the better it will be for them.

Mr Jam r 8 Robinson finished shearing on Saturday. A quick-firing gun has been made a' Sheffield, which, on its trial at Portsmou'h, wa* found to have an effective range of 16,000 yards with, a charge of 25. bof c irdite. The Messrs Robinson commenced shearing on Tuesday. The body of Mis 3 Arbuthnot, entombed through an accident in the Alps 30 years ago, has been recovered. | Mr G. Nye has commenced shearing. Stratton, the New swimmer, easily defeated Hunt, the champion of the London Polytechnic Ciub, ia a 50 yards race-. Shearing is finished on the Motoa Estate and at Wirokino. The English railway workmen have decided to strike on the 18th December unless the railway companies agree to submit the matters in dispute to arbitration. The dairy produce shipped from the colony by the Rimuiaka consisted of 219J tons cheese and 479 tons butter. Mi Harold A. Rus?ell, eldest' Ron of Captain Russell, was married on Monday, at Hastings, to Miss Eva Kelson, daughter of Mr W. Nelson, Tomoana. Amongst t.he presents was a handsome silver oigarette box from the members of the Opposition, occomnaniVf! by a let'er sfgnpd on their behalf by the Hon. Mr Bolleston. It has been decided to bring Prank Philpo't, charged with the murder of Ernpst Haw 1 home, up «t the Wellington Magistrate's Court on Monday next. Seven hundred miners have left Dawson city, Klondyke go'dfields, in ord>r to escape starvation. Offers made of 50 dollars for a sack of flour were r .fused. The Manawatu Times says a curious discovery has been made at the racecourse. A totara tree has been found protruding from, the river bank, and although it has been lying underground probab'y for many long y' ars still the bark on the tr?e is in a thorough state of preservation. Some idea of the length of time the totara has b»en buried underground may be gathered from the fact that a big rimu has grown over it. The Post says members generally have been living in the expectation of the session ending about the midd'e of this month, and of their then b'ing able to return to th"ir homes. If the Pr mier is to be taken seriously they are doomed to disappointment. Mr S?ddon now lends it to be understood that certain of the morn imoortant Bvh on the Order Paper will have to be passed this session, even if merab rs Si v to come back after Christmas to pass them. The Canadian Government has declined to agree to the c ug2es t ion of the American Government and consent to stop pelagic 9 aMng in the Behring s^a for a year. Pelagic sealing apparently is intended for iceanic sea'ing. Shippers of cargo and irtlurance companies have had bad luck during the past year or so in the number of general averages struck on the cargoes of steamers and filing vessels trading ty New Z n aland. The cargoes by the Indraghiri, Tokomaru, Ransatira, Kaikoura, Enahine, and Ben Nevis have a'l been subject to genera l averages, and now one will be needed for the Nelson. Nelson's old flagship F^udroyant, which was badly damaged through gnng ashore at Blackpool in June last, has been comoletely broken up at Southport in the gale which has been raging on the north-weßt coast. A remarkable operation is reported by the Auck and Star. A little girl who was terrib'y injured by the kick of a horse had a portion of the skuM entirely removed, and the brain ruptued and discharged. Hie chid is making a wonderful recov rv, a"d Dr Roberts considers his patient out of danger. Salvage to the amount of £5000 has been made upon the owners of the ship Ne'son by the Unnn Steam Ship Comnany for services rendered by the steamer Tarawera on Saturday last. The Otago Times got oast in £150 damages for publishing a lender whioh appeared in the Manawatu Standard. Mr Mills, the Government Whip, was the complainant and he is now proceeding with a case against the Christohurch Press for fch* same offence. Last night Mrs Walsh gave, a tea at the I Msthortist Sunday schoo 1 in ad of the ilersrvmin'a silary. Th<* evening was a decided success, as £5 was taken at the door alone, and some 150 person- were oresent. During th« evening gu°s ing com neti ion", gamei and shooting were indulged in, and some work was sod, which brought thi gross takings tf> £13 103. This far exceeded the most sanguine expiations of the promoter, and proves what can be done when energy and tact are brought in'o requisition. Messrs P. H^nnessy & Co. have sold the horse, trap and harness advertised in our columns a week ago.