Manawatu Herald TUESDAY. OCT. 3 1899.

Manawatu Herald, 3 October 1899, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY. OCT. 3 1899.

The Whangaroa arrived at Sydney on Friday. Some of the flaxmills are now working double shifts, Constable Minogue is at present doing duty in Foxton relieving Constable Forster who is away on leave. An engine driver is wanted. Application to be made at mill or to Mr R. Barber. We are glad to learn from the Town Clerk that there are no persons receiving charitable aid in this town, A leaflet issued by the RegistrarGeneral, shows that the estimated public and private wealth of New Zealand up to the end of the last year, was £252,410,406. The private wealth estimated from probate returns, was £201,154,323. A very large number of people fol--1 lowed the body of the late Mr A. Me Hardy to the railway station at Palmerston on Saturday. The deceased gentleman was 70 years of age. Quick work. Mr George Hughes made a record delivery of pork to Wellington yesterday. At two o'clock he killed five pigs, and put them on board the s.s. Huia at five o'clock and they arrived in Wellington early this morning. Mr Wm. Park has an altered advertisement to-day in which the season's goods, such as cricketing materials, tennis rackets and croquet sets, are specially mentioned. We direct our readers attention to the advertisement for fuller particulars. To-morrow week a first-class concert will be given in All Saints Sunday j School in aid of the fund for repairs to the parsonage. Mrs J. M. Collins has ; kindly undertaken the whole arrangements and tha public have a guarantee that the music will be to their liking, and so a good audience is almost assured. Tickets are now on sale. The Hon. John M'Kenzie, Minister of Lands, has sailed for New Zealand in the steamer Gothic. On our first page will be seen a new advertisement of Mr Edmund Osborne. He mentions the arrival of the new season's goods at the Centre of Commerce, and intends to keep up his name for selling cheaper than elsewhere. He offers to secure men's suits from 25 shillings, and desires to know what Wellington house can equal that ? Mr Osborne informs the public as to the progress of Tohunga ointment, and records with satisfaction a large order. Soon we hope he may have still larger ones, and it will not be from want of pushing it. The Rev. L. M. Isitt will visit Foxton on Friday and remain here Saturday and Sunday. He will address meetings each night in the Public Hall. We desire to draw attention to the fact that the above gentleman is the well-known Leonard Isitt, brother to the Rev. Frank Isitt, who was here lately. Mr Leonard Isitt's power as a speaker has filled the largest halls in England as well as in this colony, and all should make a point to hear him, even if they are not in favour of prohibition. The p.s. Nile which left here on the 12th September, and has called in at Onehunga and Russell arrived to day at Auckland There was a rumour that a new crew had been shipped at Onehunga, but one of the original crew, W. Anderson, is on her. We have to thank Mr William Nye for a magnificent specimen of a cauliflower. It weighs with the outside leaves 22lbs, and measures four foot across the top. His garden has evidently good soil. Owing to the unsettled state of the weather the opening of the rowing season, which was to have taken place to morrow has been postponed. The Manawatu Times says, Mr Carl Anderson is about to erect a grinding mill at Rongotea. It will be put in a two-storied building facing the square. There will be two grinders for crushing corn, and one for oats, worked by a 8 h.p. engine with 10 h.p. boiler, capable of grinding 1000 bushels a day. After a betting case had been disposed of in Christchurch on Tuesday, Mr Beetham, S.M., made the following remarks : — " It's lucky for the man that Sub Rosa did not run ; otherwise he would have gone to gaol,> for I am determined to put down this sort of thing. The whole place is becoming demoralised with these bookmaking men." The Advocate learns that Mr H. F. Gibbons, the popular manager of the Marton branch of the Bank of New Zealand, is to be transferred to the charge of the branch at Palmerston North. Martonians will sincerely regret his departure from among them, but will heartily congratulate him on the promotion involved. The heaviest fleece that we have heard of being shorn this season, says the Australasian, is reported by Mr J. C. Watson, Greenbank, Young, who writes : — " On Monday last I clipped my stud ram, for a return of 461b of wool ; his gross live weight was 1781b. If I dared to clip him closely, I think he would have gone about solb, but he will next year." An issue of the Irish Times bearing the date nth August states that the White Star liner Oceanic is rapidly approaching completion. At present about 1000 men are employed adding finishing touches to the gigantic vessel. Every first and second class birth is taken for the maiden trip from Liverpool on Wednesday, 6th September. The immense dining saloon, which is beyond doubt the finest ever seen, is a marvel of the decorator's art. The panellings are carved oak, washed with gold, giving the interior the appearance of solid burnished brass. On each of the four sides of the central dome are arms and allegorical figures representing Great Britain and America New York, and Liverpool.

A good feeder is required at Mr H. Andrews' mill, Kcreru. Applicants should be sharp. The Town Clerk notifies that owing to the finnncial condition of the Borough unpaid rates may be sued for at any time. This is a hint, and not a very gentle one, to pay up and look as pleasant as it is possible under the circumstances. The London Daily Telegraph is about to despatch an expedition to traverse and explore the route of tluproposed Cape to Cairo railway. M. Lionel Decle, the well-known explorer, author and journalist, will have command of the expedition. The object of the expenition will be to report on the practical value and future prospects of the line. Few persons have any idea that Bruce county is one of the largest, if not the largest, egg-producing districts in the colony. As the result of the best enquiries, it has been ascertained (says the Bruce Herald) that £3000 worth of eggs are annually sent away to the Dunedin markets. Roughly at 6d "a dozen, 130,000 dozen eggs, or 1,430,000 eggs, are every year exported to Dunedin. The majority ot these eggs come from the Tokomariro district. Colonel Picquart, who when head of the intelligence Department of the French War Office became convinced of Captain Dreyfus's innocence, and has since suffered persecution at the hands of the military authorities for his championship of Dreyfus's cause, lately demanded an inquiry into the aspersions cast Upon his conduct in [ connection with the late trials. General de Galliffet, Minister of War, has made a reply in which he completely exonerates Picquart, and says that his conduct gave no ground for the suspicions that have been suggested against