Untitled

Manawatu Herald, 12 July 1898, Page 2

The Borough ia now receiving metal by the railway and we ate glad to notice that some of it is going direct on the Moutoa road and being filled into the many ho es there. An advertiser has a number of springing heifers for sale. A quiet wedding took place yesterday afternoon when Mr Sidn«y Trask was married to Miss Beatrice Spittal'. The marriage service was performed by the Rev. James Duncan at his residence. The bride was given aw.iy by Mr John Burr, a re'ation by marriage, and Misa Lobb acted as brideamaid. Mr W. Trask accompanied his brother as best man. In a contemporary an account is given of a dance at which it is stated a Mr So and So " set before the numerous guests the daintiest confectionery imaginable" and instead of le ting it 3 readers know how it was enjoyed, follows its remarks with the query "and how was it appreciated?" leaving the resu t a dreadful blank. The Victorian riflemen are doing excellent practice at Bis'ey, and !»st W.i'itiesday they beat their winning scora for hist year's Kolapore Cup. The shooting o" th : English riflemen has a'so improwd greatly this year. We have another version of E. T. Hoo oy's Ihiln'itios, as the Official Receiver imports that th? deficiency in the estate of E. T. Hooey, the bankrupt speculator, amounts to £:•)!, 100. We iU'e in receipt of Ilanmrd No. 1. The tria' of Hone Toia and others connected with the Hokianga disturbances has been concluded. The sentences were as follows : — Hone Toia, Romana, Hone Mete, Waimama, as principals, 18 months' imprisonment each ; Matana, as having been previously convicted in 1887 for a similar offence. 18 months. Eleven were fined £10 each, and ordered to find sureties in a sum of £25 to keep the peace for 12 months, t;iree months being allowed in which to pay the fines. Better late than never. The Minister of Agriculture intends to introduce a Bill this session with the object of compensating settlers for cattle destroyed by order of the Stock Inspector. This would have been better done at the time authority was given to destroy settlers' cattla. Apples are being picked at the old settlement of York Town on the Tamar (Tasmania), from a tree that was one of the first planted in the colony, some ninety years ago. The Chief Justice's opinion on " hearsay evidence," given expression to in Wellington Supreme Court the other day— "You shouldu't say you know a thing because you heard it. I hear a great many things, but I don't know them. -In fact," he drily added, " I often know to the contrary." How our champions of Women's rights will rejoice. From a Home paper we learn that Governor Jame? of Arkansas, has nominated Miss Emma W. Whittington, of Hot Springs, to the command of a company of the third Infantry Eegt. of the National Guards of that State. It is odd that we had no news direct. Surely the Americans do not want their women to fight for them? Major Steward told the House he believfd there was a general desire that the estates now under the administration of the Assets Realisation Board should be rendered avai able for settlement as early as possible. There was, he added, a general impression that the Board wa3 not carrying out its functions in disposing of those estates as rapidly as was desirab'e in the interests of the colony, and he therefore asked whether the Government would hand over the administration of these estates to the Waste Lands Boards. The Minister of Lands of course could not agree to do anything of the sort — whilst the Premier was a paid member of the Board. But he did not give this reason only some other which answered the purpose. Who could imagine it ? The Melbourne Argus learns that the children of the State school have passed with great credit a stiff examination in the science and practice of butter-making. This new departure in purely technical teaching is entirely a local innovation, but it may well be extended \o every dairying centre in the colony." Would it not be nice to see a trial made at the local school, the scholars drawn up at attention whilst the head master milks and churns ? The net cost per patient in the Asylums of the colony last year was £23 0s 9£d— an increase of 10s lid per head. In Wellington potatoes are quoted at £7 a ton, and in Christohurch the price given is £6 10s at country stations. The Weekly Press says, private advices from Sydney are to the effect that the potato market has declined to £7 ss, and it is thought that the fall is due to the clearance, of the more cheaply purchased stocks in view of the anticipated heavy shipments from New Zealand during this and next month. Buyers for export are not inclined, therefore, to give more than £6, but at this figure no sales have yet been reported. Mr Duthie is moving for an estimate of the cost of straightening the Hutt line and relaying it as a double line. We understand that Mr Hadfield, of Netley, has sold the right to cut flax on his estate at Te Horo to a flaxmiller, for the ! sum of £200 a year. He gives no site for a mill. The Auditor, who is the Government auditor of the Cook Islands, resides there under an assumed name, and he bad left the United States owing to some errors in accounts. Some persons objected to his holding the position, but the Chief Justice ia his report states these facts without comment. We hear that Mrs John Hadfield and family will soon return to the colony and will probably leave about September. As we had foreshadowed. Mr Chamberlain stated that the existing arrangements for the government of Rarotonga will continue, and it is intended to constitute a Court to try cases other than those in which natives are concerned. Mr F. J. Moss, the present Administrator, is retiring from the position.

On Thursday morning Mr J. R. Montague, the well-known Auctioneer of Palmers ton, will sell by public auction in Whjte's Hotel yards, a capital assortment of fruit and ornamental trees from Mr Benefield's Aramoho nursery. Charges against certain Wellington hotelkeepers for Sunday trading were dismissed on Friday last, and a result of the case is that informations have been sworn against Thomas Taylor, Henry Checkefts and James Armishaw charging them with conspiracy to procure breaches of the law ; against Taylor and Armishaw for conspiracy to prefer a false charge against an innocent person, and against Armishaw and Checketts for alleged pur jury. A warrant was itisued for the arrest of Armishaw and Checketts, and the former was arrested during the evening on the Queen's Wharf by Constable Pearce, being subquently admitted to bail. A summons was issued against and served upon Mr Taylor. The charges will be heard on Friday.