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Manawatu Herald, 1 August 1899, Page 2

The New Zealand Insurance Company notify that Mr M. H. Walker has been appointed their agent in place of Thos. Westwood & Co.

We learn that one of the largest and finest blocks of Totara and Matai in the Hawkes Bay district has been purchased by Messrs Gamman & Co.

The sale of saddlery that was to have been held to-morrow was postponed by notice in our last issue. The date now fixed is Thursday, August 10th.

Last week there was over a foot of snow at Ormondville and the weather was very rough, and on Saturday it was snowing hard at Dannevirke.

The Premier replying to a member said that the nominations to the Legislative Council were made on account of " fitness, long service to the country, and the assurance that when the nominees were called to the Council the colony would profit.

It is reported that Messrs James and Charles Bull have sold their properties to the Government. In the case of that of James Bull the selling should much assist the idea of extending the tramway to Bulls.

The commander of the warships at the Cape state that it is useless to send a vessel to search for the Waikato.

Hansard No. 8 is nearly all taken iip with the discussion on the Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Bill introduced by Mr Taylor of Sydenham, but the Bill has not the slightest chance of passing.

The local gossips total up as many as eighteen marriages as likely to take place in this town before Christmas.

Mr Mudford has built a fine house on land at the end of the Taikorea line, and is also having a deal of planting done there.

It is estimated that the total value of the Waikato's cargo is between £80,000 and £100.000. There is a large shipment of drapers' spring goods on board, which are valued at a high figure.

Last week's Weekly Press contained a photograph of Mr Joseph Pearson of Burnt Hill, who is the uncle of Mr Pearson, Manager of the Motoa Estate. There is also a view of flaxmill hands at Messrs Pascal's mill at Kereru, and the men can easily be identified.

In another column will be found Mr Larcombe's card as an architect. It is surprising why people who build houses do not employ a qualified man to design one for them. They would get the latest notions and they could invite tenders, thus save money, and know that the contractor was properly looked after.

We direct attention to the advertisement of Ernest Ball who has opened up business as hairdresser in the Main street, and respectfully solicits a share of the public patronage.

Messrs Gamman & Co. have disposed of the schooner Whangaroa to Messrs Nelson and Robertson, of Napier, at a very satisfactory price. We believe the new purchasers intend to keep her in the Foxton trade. It is the intention of the Messrs Gamman to get a larger vessel for the Napier trade.

Dr Speer has removed from Wellington to Dunedin, and he can be consulted by writing to P.O. Box sio, Dunedin.

The Waikato carries an extra shaft and amongst her cargo are cranks and tail shafts for the Blackball Coal Company's s.s. Pareora.

Replying to Mr Buchanan, on Friday the Premier asserted that the two freezing companies in Wellington worked together. He also gave particulars of a case in which a farmer sent his sheep down to Canterbury and got 2s a head more than he had been getting from the Wellington freezing companies.

Cold weather is with us is evident, not only by the hard frosts that we are experiencing but also from the manner our coal merchants are catering for their customers. In to-day's issue will be found a notice of much interest to coal consumers from Messrs Gamman & Co., whose late schooner Whangaroa is expected in very shortly with a cargo of the finest coal for household and steaming purposes that has ever, they declare, arrived at the Foxton wharf. Customers are requested to notify their orders at once.

Africa appears to be the place for smokers, cut tobacco being quoted at fourpence to fivepence a pound ! It is also fortunate that it is a warm country as firewood costs from £3 103 to over £8 a load. These are the prices in the Rand, at Klerksdorp wood varies from 15s to £3 a loadi

Latest reports as to Dreyfus's ill- ' ness show that the fever is leaving him. Professor Weild, of the College Voltuaire, has been suspended for advocating the interest of Dreyfus in addressing his pupils.

Mr Harry Palmer, who will be remembered here as auctioneer during the time Mr Montague was in England, has started as an auctioneer on his own account in Palmerston, and is prepared to conduct sales in all parts of the district, Mr Palmer's manner of selling received most favourable comments both for despatch and pleasantness and we have no doubt he will do well. His notice appears in our advertising columns.

That there is a real dearth of good agricultural land among that left in the hands of the Crown, says the Crown Lands report, is very apparent, and has been noticed in these reports for years past. From time to time fresh lands are acquired from the natives in the North Island, but, taking this class of land all through, there is no very large area that can be called agricultural. Most of the lands left to be dealt with in the future are more suited to occupation in considerable areas, requiring large expenditure in clearing, grassing and roading.

According to Hansard members of Parliament are continually endeavouring to assert that one or the other of them are telling lies. A member rises in indignation and says " the statements the honourable gentleman was making were absolutely untrue." Poor Mr Speaker declares the expression must be modified ! a member must not charge another with untruth! The member rebuked generally substitutes the word " incorrect " as a sop to Ceberus, but inwardly chuckles at having made the charge all the same. The only time members get the whole range of their choice vocabulary is when speaking about outsiders who have no remedy against them.

At the end of May the Payne family of Bellringers performed to a crowded house at Klerksdorp, Africa, and we notice that the two young ladies, the Misses Tansley are very highly spoken of. The Record says " Miss Lorraine Tansley sang " Alas those Chimes " most beautifully, her grand musical contralto voice, .notwithstanding a slight cold, and her soulful manipulation, taking the house by storm. In response to an encore she rendered the old iavourite " Killarney " with equal success. Later on she gave " Fiddle and I " most effectively, and was rapturously encored. Miss Florence Tansley in vocal duets and at the piano contributed much to the success of the Company." Miss Lorraine Tansley was born in Foxton.

The Rangitikei Racing Club has decided to hold a spring meeting in September or October. They have also decided that the summer meeting shall be held on the ist and 2nd of January.

Mr George Chuck has disposed of his saddlery business, and will give up possession in a fortnight's time. The reason for doing so is flax.

Speaking of June costumes worn by members of the House of Commons, a London paper says : - But everything was forgotton when Mr Rothschild's hat was preceived. Nothing like it has ever been seen or heard of in the House. It is exactly the shape of an ordinary tall silk hat. but made of light yellow straw! It had the appearance of a round beehive the same size all the way up, a flat top and a' rim.

Statistics were laid before the Harbour Board showing in summary the trade of the harbour for the half year ended on the 30th ult. Hemp showed a decided increase of 180 per cent., the figures being — first six months 1898, 5787 bales ; similar period 1899, 16.289 bales. When the hemp figures for the twelve months ending 30th prox. (36,060 bales) are compared with those oi the previous twelve months (11,711 bales) the increase is 200 per cent.

It is said of the late George Dv Maurier that he was once so moved with compassion at the miserable appearance of one of the London artists of the pavement that he told him him to go and and get some hot soup, promising to look after the " pitch "in the meantime. As soon as the man was gone Dv Maurier rubbed out the conventional landscape, and the soldiers and sailors, and drew a set of society pictures in white chalk. The money came in at a great rate, and when the man returned he had nearly a hatful to receive. He was grateful, but his professional pride was touched. " It's all very well," he said, " but you don't call this kind of thing Art, do you ? " And with a ftlthy rag he obliterated the masterly drawings in line.