Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 1899

Manawatu Herald, 21 September 1899, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 1899

The steamer Planet was to be shipped on board one of the big Home steamers at Auckland for Wellington, and will probably be in that port to-day. The stationary engine for Mr Tos arrived by the Queen of the South yesterday, and was safely placed, in sections, on to Mr Howe's punt for conveyance to Wirokino. The Rev. Hugh Leach held a service at the Oroua Bridge Schoolhouse on Tuesday evening. The congregation numbered 15 men and 3 ladies. The service was very much appreciated. The proposal to assist in church work was warmly appreciated and efforts will be made to have services at regular dates. More land sales. Mr Hennessy has purchased that 12 acres of ground up the Avenue, which adjoins Mr Speirs' property, from Mr E. Osborne, at a fair price. Mr Baker, representing the good old A.M. P. Society, is now in town and showing the advantages that insurers get by joining this institution. He may be consulted at Whyte's Hotel. Rumour asserts that a pugilistic encounter for jfao aside has been arranged, but the facts are kept quiet fearing police interference. The funerals of the late' Mrs Wood* cock and James Linklater took place yesterday afternoon, the Rev. W. Woollass officiating. Mr Andrew Jonson had charge of both. Yesterday was a peculiarly mixed sort of day. In the afternoon there were two funerals and a cricket match, and in the evening there was a Church social, a dance, and the wind-up of the debating society. There was also more drinking going on than has been seen for some time. The Queen of the South brought up passengers yesterday to join those already engaged in the flax-fields. A pleasant game of cricket was , played in Victoria Park yesterday afternoon. There were not sufficient members to make two full teams, so that both sides fielded. A good game resulted, and the ground was in good order. During the afternoon Mrs W. Nye and Mrs S. Trask provided afternoon tea which was very much appreciated. There are two matches which will likely be played within a month, the first match being with Rongotea in about two weeks.

Mr King has left his land at Motuiti, and has tafc&i the house and land the property of Mr W. Reeves, on the Avenue-road. A wonderful man is our Premier; On the first of this month ne gravely informed the House that tldthing but fulfilment, time, or eternity could do away with his promises. A huge wild boar was captured by the natives north of Waikare, Bay of Islands, the other uf\y, the nionster weighing close on 400I0S. Old King's College School beys will be a bit .surprised to learn that the new buildings nave been opened at Wimbledon. Until about two years ago the school was conducted in its original quarters in the Strand. The Duke of Cambridge attended the official opening in July. A flaxmill is being erected near Hastings by Mr Ev Coley for a resident of Hastings. I Some Chinese dishes are thus described — " ho tong " being dried oyster soup, " chu kock ho chee " pigs feet with oyster sauce, 'kal tong * roast chicken, " tahn ping " egg omelet, and " mo ku pok op " pigeon with mushrooms. Ninety British Arms have decided to boycott the Paris Exhibition in order to mark their disapproval of the verdict of the Rennes court-martial. The Advocate says: — The Palmer* ston Bacon Curing Company has decided to join the Christchurch Meat Company in carrying on a baoon curing factory at Woodville. The directors of the Feilding Company are also considering a proposal to amalgamate. Great Britain has taken over the Royal Niger Company's territory, the reason for doing so being the friction that had occurred in West Africa between France and Great Britain. The territory comprises fully half a million square miles. A demonstration to express sympathy with Dreyfus took place in Hyde Park last Sunday. It is estimated that 80,000 persons were present. The crowd was addressed from eight platforms, but the speakers were unimportant persons. An appeal for the prisoner's release was enthusiastically carried. > Lieutenant Pringle, of the Manawatu Mounted Rifles, a member of the ' New Zealand contingent which visited England at Jubilee time, is to be presented by the Goxernment with a sword, suitably inscribed, in commemoration of the Jubilee. For some time past, says the Mail, the young natives in Otaki have been indulging in steady practice in hakas, poi dances, etc. We understand that at no distant date several important meetings of Maoris from all parts of the Island .will take place here, and the natives wish to be in readiness to entertain their visitors right royally. A Chinese Fair has been held in New York and in it was a Chinese restaurant, where all the popular dishes of the Flowery Land were obtainable. The best known " chow " was the " chop suey," a stew of duck and chicken giblets, young bean soup, celery and sometimes mushrooms. Mr James Sutton who has been for some months in business in town advertises to-day. He is a good workman and makes capital boots and shoes, and he points out sewn work is a speciality of his, also that repairs are neatly executed. His shop adjoins Mr W. B. Rhodes' store. In a Dutch paper appeared the following advertisement in^Dutch, signed J. J. van Reenen, who was lately candidate for the position of member of the Volksraad, and commandant : — " Wanted, two genuine Bushmen, man and woman, for the purpose of making their well-known poison ; salary, £10 per month ; travelling expenses defrayed at Harrismith. The said poison must be suitable for the immersion of our bullets, as I think it would be very unfortunate that our enemies should be shot with bullets not so immersed." The French labour schooner Jeanette has brought from the New Hebrides a remarkable story of cannibalism. The victim was a Kanaka, who had married a New Hebrides woman, and who was proceeding in the Jeanette to the island from which his wife hailed^ for the purpose of spending his honeymoon among her tribe. The napless bridegroom, however, made the fatal mistake of disembarking among the wrong tribe, with the result that he was promptly killed, roasted, and eaten. The Manawatu Times says, we learn that the Longburn Freezing Works are to be closed down for six weeks to enable a number of alterations to be carried out. The buildings are to be enlarged, and new machinery added, the total expenditure amounting to between £5000 and £7000. The company has certainly made a great success of the works, and they are entitled to great credit for the excellent manner in which they have conducted the business. Messrs Bevan and Swainson have erected another flaxmill at the crossing of the Waikawa, close to the county road. It is a small mill, having only one stripper, as the scutching will be done at the Kuku mill. We hear that the proprietors have a difficulty in getting sufficient men to work at the mills. — Mail. The Government steamer Hinemoa arrived at the Bluff on Saturday from the Southern Islands. Captain Bolkns reports meeting the whaler Helen and the Antarctic exploration vessel Southern Cross at the Campbell Islands. The Southern Cross attempted to penetrate the ice after leaving New Zealand, in order to reach Borchgrevink's party at Cape Adair, but she abandoned the attempt, and returned to the Campbells to winter. She had been there for four months at the time of the Hinemoa's visit. The Southern Cross will come to the Bluff before going South again. Mrs Herbert Savell has taken the small shop next to Mr Easton's butcher shop. She is having it done up and intends using it for dressmaking, at which she has had much experience.

The Queen of the South will bring in her next trip, most likely to-morrow, 60,000 feet of hardwood for the bridge, and a large boiler for Mr Joe Tos, and will land the load at Wirokinoi Mrs Hafris lias moved her business of the Old Times' boot shop over to the other side of the street into the new shop lately built by Mr Spelman. Next Wednesday the antitfal sale of work will , be held at the Methodist Church. In the evensng there will be a promenade concert. We shall be in a position to give fuller particulars in our next isSite. We have been requested to draw particular attention that there will be Mass at St. Mary's on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Messrs Ketttp aiid Jilpg were Unfottunate yesterday in getting their large punt on a pile in the river in front of the sawmill* which} wheri the tide fell, put a hole in her. She was got off In the afternoon. A most valuable report on cheese - makirig has (writes the Post*s London correspondent) been published by the Imperial Board of Agriculture. The volume gives the result of investigations which have been carried out for the last eight or nine years by Mr F. J. Lloyd, F.C.S., F.1.C.. Some who are connected with the New Zealand produce trade, and who have studied the report, say that "it is the greatest book on the subject ever published." These people are sending out. Copies to their friends* in Ndw Zealand. Full details of investigations and actual results from a bacteriological point of view are given, and experts in cheesemaking tell me there is no earthly reason why any maker in New Zealand should not, with it, turn out as good cheese in New Zealand as can be made in this country. "In my opinion it is an epoch-making book," said one cheese authority in the City. And our correspondent knows that Copies are being sent to the New Zealand Agricultural Department.