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Manawatu Herald, 10 February 1898, Page 2

In another column Mr H. E. A. Cameron inserts a short notice which should act as a warning to those who circulated damaging statements during his short absence from the town; The wool from the various stations surrounding Hastings sent to Napier so far this season amounts to 7,459 bales, which, at an average of £15 a bale, reaches the respectable total of £111,885. The Prilumve Methodists tender a farewell to tho Rev. S. Barnott on Tuesday, 22nd inaL There will be a tea, and afterwards a public meeting, when addresses, musical and other itemß will be rendered. There is sure to btf a large attendance. Mr H. Coley is now engaged removing his mill plant from the Himatangi to a site he has obtained at Poroutawhao. Mrs Yatei?i ex-Mayor of Onehnnga, has been bßfore the Magistrate for refusing to pay her rates, amounting to £6 7s, on the ground that the Town Clerk had not called at her residence for the money. The Bench ruled that the contention was untenable, all rates being payable at the office of the Council. There is an active fleiiland in Wellington at the present time for cocksfoot and all other grass seeds. Though the bush fires in the country districts have rJEeoied the seed "larvest, yet the quantities coining to 1 • _ p not . be 1 *v th» i r 3 ia quality tho saeda are equally as good as those of previous years. We are informed that there are twentythree witnesses subpoer »d to give evidence for the plaintiff in the case Fitt.v. Borough Council, now being heard at the Palmeraton Supreme Corrfc, and that ten will be called for the defence. Judging from the present rate the case ia progressing, it will occupy the who'e of this week. . The mortal remains of the late Mr HSmall were conveyed to their last res t ingplade at the cemetery yesterday. The Rev. R. Young held a short service for the burial of the dead at All Saints' Church before proceeding to the cemetery.- Mr A. Jonson was the undertaker, and carried out his duties in a satisfactory manner, ! A man named Fr/, residing in the suburb I of Glenosmond, Australia shot his wife and three daughters, and then killed himself with the fifth bullet. The wife and one daughter are dead, and the other two are badly injured. It is supposed that the man's mind was unhinged through the continuous'y hot weather. A^upply of the new £\, 2d, sd, and 2s stamps is expected to arrive in the colony by tha lonic early in March. A supply of Id, 2Jd, Sd, 4d, 6d, and Is should be received a fortnight later by the Rimataka. It is the intention of the PostmasterGeneral to issue the new stamps simultaneously at the different centres. Three women dootors have begun prac tice in Melbourne. The Gove nment School for deaf mutes, at Sumner, near Chrlstchurch, is now open as notified by Gazette. Mr G. Van Asch is director of the school which is under the control and supervision of the Education Department. The age for admission of children to the institution is from six to twelve years, and the children are instructed on an articulation method, by whioh they acquire the power of speech. Any desiring further information Bhould apply to the Secretary for Education, Wel» Kngton. The inflation of bicycle tires with coal gas has "caught on" in Paris. Being much more buoyant than ordinary air, it renders the machine considerably lighter. Dr Macintire came down by the mid-day train to-day for the purpose of attending Mrs R. Austin, who, we regret to learn, is in a very weak state. The sl&wner Kennedy took about 150 head of cattle, sheep and pig 3 to Greymouth to-day. Mr W. B. Jihodes returned from his trip South yesterday, and we are glad to learn the change has had a beneficial effect on his health.

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