Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1899

Manawatu Herald, 22 August 1899, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1899

Lambing has commenced on the Motoa estate. Owing to the lengthy drought feed is scarce everywhere, and in the town water is being carted from the river. Mr Duthie told the House that the Minister for Railways has given way in the management of the railways, to popularity hunting. Mr Satherley informed us the other day that he had just finished sowing an acre of onions, so that he still believes in cultivating that vegetable. Thgmas and Annie Looney, who were imprisoned for shooting at some boys at Waituna about six months ago, have now been committed to the lunatic asylum. H.M.S. Melpomene, 2950 tons, third-class cruiser, Captain A. W. Chisholm- Batten, has left Port Louis, Mauritius, in search for the overdue steamer Waikato. Further successful experiments have been made with Signor Marconi's system of wireless telegraphy. Messages sent in the neighbourhood of Dover traversed cliffs four miles in thickness. Mr Fred Easton has, so we understand, purchased the house and ten acres that lie between his father's property and that of Mr Satherley, the present tenant, Mr Mark Newth leaving it for a house in the Avenue. The continuous frosts that we have been experiencing have touched up nearly everybody's geraniums, and Mr Hughes showed us some growing by the side of his house, which were nipped, and which he had never known to have been touched previously. j A good start has been made by Mr Smith with the new shop Mr J. Spel. ; man is having built on the Main street, as all the framing is up, and v*. is very substantial. The building is forty feet in depth with a frontage of 19 feet and the studs aye ro feet in the clear. There is a mosquito plague in Hackney, London. It is alleged that mosquito eggs were imported with Westralian jarrab paving blocks.

Wherever you drive rounu 5 3 leasing to note the various pa; .acs mder the plough. Mr Whibiey has »ot a paddock turned up which pronises a grand yield for the coming ?rop. Mr Purcell has ploughed the and he had in oats last year; Mr iughes has seven acres ploughed in vhich various items will be sown ; ud Mr Neylon has a paddock ready •or discing. These are small lots but ley all help to materially increase the • product of the farm. Wandering round Mr George highes' garden the other day he minted out some plum trees which he had grown from cuttings, one lot being Pond's Seedlings, and the others some of the Japanese varieties. He has had them bearing in the third year. We also noticed the immense number of flowers his violets were bearing. Mr Moore, M.H.R., speaking in the Financial debate, said the return of wool and frozen mutton exports showed that wool exports were valued at no less than £4,651,995 and the frozen meat £1,738,934 — a total of £6,390,929, out of a total export of £10,053,847, leaving £3,661,918 for the whole of the other exports, " and this," he said " is how the sheep owners are retarding the progress of the colony in the opinion of the Colonial Secretary." Mr Benefield's tree sale will be held on Thursday, in Whyte's Hotel yard, by Mr Harry Palmer. The plants from the Aramoho Nursery are so well-known here that a recapitulation of the care taken by Mr Benefield is unnecessary. The plants are stated to be up to the usual standard, which is all that is needed. We anticipate as good a sale as usually takes place when Mr Benefield is the nurseryman. We remind our readers of Mr Matthew Henry's clearing sale at Mr Joseph Beale's farm which will be held to-morrow. There are many lines much needed here, not to mention the 4000 wethers, there are 15 quiet dairy cows and 15 heifers in calf. Then there are 6 draught mares, 4 Suffolk Punches, 3 draught geldings and 7 colts. We also notice some good pigs and cart and plough harness. These will be sold without reserve. A curious thing has happened on the western shores of Mull and lona. Thousands of apple seeds have taken root along the high water-mark of the spring tides where the apples from the wrecked Dominion liner Labrador »vere strewn in much profusion. The stems are already from two to five inches high, and the plants are healthy and vigorous. The crofters are transplanting the strongest roots to their gardens. A fear of ridicule (says the " Argus ") caused a witness to hesitate in the Criminal Court in Melbourne before saying what his trade was. Eventually it turned out that he had learned two trades — that of hairdressing and bootmaking. Mr Egleson, counsel for the defence, asked, "Then why did you refuse to answer the question in the police court ?" " Well," replied the witness hesitatingly, " I thought it'd look ridioulous in the newspapers bootmaker and hairdresser." " I see nothing to be ashamed of or to form grounds for ridicule in that "fact," chimed the Chief Justice. " You ought to be proud that you have learned the way to attend to the two extremities of mankind." Owen, a locomotive foreman at Auckland involved in the Stevenson case, is stated to have been removed to Wanganui with a loss of £50 a year in salary and a reduction in rank. In an excess of zeal he took out an engine himself, instead of waiting for a driver, when the Onehunga train was derailed. He is an experienced driver. " Kruger," Mr Cecil Rhodes is reported to have said, " when he comes in contact with our people, always plays the game of bluff. If Milner is armed with authority to let him know that if he doesn't give way he will be forced to, he'll come round. Failing that, he'll show himself as stubborn as a mule and will threaten to be as vicious." Spring is now upon us. The weeping willows are quite green with their new leaves. In Mr George Hughes garden, certainly a warm place, we saw ajapanese plum and a peach with some blossoms out. In consequence of the French Government's protest the Belgian authorities have warned the Duke of Orleans that he must not sojourn in Brussels. They have also warned Prince Victor Napoleon to be careful of his conduct. The Premier speaking, we presume I sarcastically, said : " He believed that if they had the Gothenburg system, and had the member for Christchurch City, and the two Revs. Isitt appointed as Government Inspectors, they would have a control that would be satisfactory to all concerned." Comment, says the Press, is being made on the number of properties in and about Christchurch which are just now on the market for sale. A well-known business man of long experience says he has never known so many residences and sections for sale in the history of the district. The curious fish recently caught at Timaru has been identified as a Lampries luna, or moon fish. Lampries is the typical genus of Lamprididoe, which are a family of compressed oval form, with long dorsal and anal fins, and with subadominal ventrals having numerous rays. This particular genus, Lampris Luna, is of large size and resplendent colours and inhabits the open sea. The output of the Featherston Cooperative Cheese Factory'for the past I year was 174 tons of cheese. The I 'amount of milk received was 386,430 ! gallons, being an increase of 39,090 i gallons on the previous year. A divij dend of \d per gallon was paid out to the end of May, and there remains a balance of over £800, out of which it is proposed to pay 6 per cent Interest on matured shares, a further dividend of £d per gallon and carry the balance to a reserve fund. The total amount paid to suppliers and division to be made reaches £5073, or 3sd per actual galloa of ioibs.

A blue enamelled broach, lost last Wednesday is advertised for. Master Johnny Neylon returned home from the hospital by last night's train, Messrs Robinson Bros, notify that poison has been laid on section 476 adjoining the race-course reserve. There was no meeting of the Borough Council last night for want of a quorum. We also understand that no tenders for ranging have been received. We were pleased to meet Mr Thomas Mitchell to-day. He has run up on business intent having purchased the interest in the business his decased partner, Mr Fildes held. He speaks very hopefully about flax and millers might possibly get an advance on the •prices lately offering. At Addington market last week (says the Lyttelton Times) Mr James Knight, High street, purchased, at £24 10s, a four-year-old bullock sent in by Mr G. E. Rhodes, of Meadowbank. The animal was killed, and turned the scale at 16361 b. It was bred by Mr A. McHardy, of Palmerston North, and took first prize in the Palmerston Show last year. It was a fine specimen of the shorthorn breed. An expert in fruit-growing, in the course of a conversation with a representative of the Otago Daily Times, declared that the codlin moth is at present prevalent in Otago to such an extent that unless strenuous and systematic intervention takes place, the possibilities of Central Otago being converted into a national asset will have disappeared. The ravages of the pest, he alleges, are truly alarming. He states that dating the season pear trees may be seen in the orchards over-laden with luscious, tempting fruit, but a closer investigation will reveal the fact that nine out of every ten pears are unfit to be consumed. It is stated that the Education Department recently adopted as one of the class books for use in the public schools in the colony a " Third Reader " in the new Australian School Series, which Contains amongst its reading matter some eight or ten chapters of the Bible copied verbatim. Included in these are the birth ot Moses, the going forth from Egypt, David and Goliath, David and Saul, Elijah, the Parable of the Sower, and the Prodigal Son. It is contended by those who support the secular system of education that this is something more than the thin end of the wedge of denominationalism, and a stand against it will probably be made on the floor of the House at the earliest opportunity. Fn the other books of the series similar chapters appear. — Napier Telegraph. It is reported that horses are being shot in Nelson, whether accidentally or maliciously is not known. The latest case has been reported to the Nelson Colonist by Mr F. N. Jones, who is offering a £10 reward for information. A filly, which is a valuable one. was discovered with a bullet wound right through the hock joint, on the Maori pah run, and although every effort is being made to save the animal, it is very doubtful whether the attempt will be successful. A little time ago Mr John Gray lost a fine colt in this way, and only recently a settler in the same neighbourhood on returning home found that a rifle ball had gone right through two walls of his house. It seems high time that the police took the matter in hand and made an example of these persons, who are too dangerous to be at large. At the Invercargill Court the other day a bride of seven months sued her husband for maintenance. In her evidence she stated that when they got married they had only two dinner plates, and she purchased six more, which he styled extravagance. He would not forgive her for buying them, and refused to pay more than 2s for a skirt, which, witness said, was an unr reasonable price to expect such a garment for. Defendant frequently compelled her to leave the house, and did not provide her with sufficient food or medicine, though she had been and still was in failing health. The doctor ordered her a change, and she desired to go to Clinton, but he refused to let her owing to the expense, and recommended her to visit Waimahaka, as the railage would only cost 2s id. On one occasion when she drew attention to | the want of meat in the house, he told her to get a seven-penny roast or threepence worth of steak. Keen interest is being taken at the Admiralty in the development of the new torpedo-destroyer Viper, which aas been built on the Tyne, and will be launched shortly. Messrs Parsons, of Newcastle, who are fitting the craft with their turbine system, believe that she will be capable of making a speed of no less than forty-three miles per hour, and it is stated in this connection that a way may yet be found of fitting the new system to the great ocean liners, which would revolutionise the existing mode of travel.