Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, OCT. 7, 1899.

Manawatu Herald, 7 October 1899, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, OCT. 7, 1899.

A good thing for the unemployed is the whitebait fishing. One young man the other day caught sufficient fish to return him three pounds, and he has frequently got from eight to ten shillings. It would be a good plan to close the public school so that teachers and pupils might reap some of the harvest that is to be gathered.

In the case of F. Hooker and F. Curtis against Austin Bros., in which the claim was for £8$ i6s iod and was heard in the local Court and adjourned to have certain quantities worked out, has now been settled, the Stipendiary Magistrate having given judgment for £x3 zs, and costs £7 13s.

The following advertisement has appeared in an English newspaper: '"A young man of agreeable presence, aid desirous of getting married, would like to make the acquaintance of an aged and experienced gentleman who could dissuade him from taking the fatal step."

Messrs P. Hennessy and Co. advertise Derwent and Beauty of Hebron potatoes for sale at twenty five shillings per ton.

Last night a Maori woman named Ngaohoro aged 40 years died at Carnarvon. This afternoon the town was full of Natives on the way to the pah to pay their respects.

In reply to the deputation who waited on him, Mr Blair has definitely decided * not to stand for Wellington Mayorality again.

On Wednesday, at Palmerston, Mr Olaf Moeller, Manager of the Sash and Door Company, was married to Miss Maggie Armstrong, fourth daughter of Mr J. P. Armstrong, of Terrace End.

At the wedding on Thursday a very pretty device in the . shape of a bell made of ferns, the clapper of which was a large arum lilly, made by Miss Easton, was hung just over where the bride stood tor the ceremony. It had a very pretty effect and was novel. The altar rails had ferns and flowers arranged round them.

Mr A. Henderson had a record day this week. At three o'clock in the afternoon a carter called wanting two sets of leading harness, and Mr Henderson was sold out. The carter went to Mr Pringle's and found the same scarcity. Mr Henderson wanted to know how much time could be'given when he was told the two sets were wanted the next morning at Kereru. " All right," said Mr Henderson, " you shall have them there in time," and he set to work and put the two sets on the coach for Shannon at ten o'clock that night. Smart.

The Bishop of Wellington (says the Church Chronicle) desires that there be no marriages celebrated in private houses, except in cases where both parties are living at least six miles from a church or church-room.

The seasons in the Transvaal are very much like our own, with the exception that the winter is comparatively dry. Spring is the wet season, rain as a rule starting in September and ending in November. After November, according to a Napier citizen who resided for some years in the Land of the Boers, the season is very settled, and " you can take the roof off your house without fear of any rain for at least six months."

Concerning the island of Tanna, where one of the Presbyterian missionaries is reported this week to have been murdered, with some of his teachers, the Hawkes Bay Herald states that it is some 30 miles long and 10 miles in width. It is thickly populated by a warlike and bloodthirsty race, and cannibalism is by no means extinct there, though the missionaries have made some progress with certain of the coast tribes.

A Rongotea settler's sow recently gave birth to a litter of twenty-two pigs, half of which are living and doing well. This is the largest number at a birth we have heard of.

Matrimonial Bliss. — He: What an idiot I was when I married you ! — She : Don't you think you're an idiot now ? — He : No ; I do not. — She : Then you ought to be very thankful to me for having altered you.

There died at the Picton Hospital on Tuesday last (says a local paper) Isaac Wallace — a Kanaka — one of the oldest residents in the colony, having, as he said, when a young man, lived with one of the first missionaries who visited the colony. To give some idea of his age he had a tatoo mark on his arm testifying that he was steersman in his fifth whale ship in 1824. Wallace was one of the party who rescued, at Boulder Bank, some of those who escaped from the Wairau Massacre in 1824, He had been a resident of the Sound for many years, following his calling as a whaler, until old age prevented his leading an active life, and for some years past he had been an inmate of the hospital. Deceased was reported, and with probability, to be over 100 years of age.

Large shoals of houki-houki (says the Kaikoura Star), a fish closely resembling frostfish, have lately visited the shores about Kaikoura. Food in the shape of herring has been the attraction. North and south of the Peninsula, residents have obtained a considerable quantity of the fish during daylight, but the other night a number of townspeople had some rare sport in catching them. So thick were the houki that it was not a difficult matter to land them by hand alone.

We draw attention to Mr Rhodes' altered advertisement wherein he sets out that be has seed potatoes and seeds of all kinds for sale, as well as posts, strainers and house blocks.

About a couple of- weeks ago the parishioners sent a petition to the Bishop of Wellington requesting him to appoint the present Vicar to the charge of the altered parish. A reply has been received by Mr Alf. Fraser in which his Lordshfp thinks it would be premature to come to a decision before the beginning of next year. He expresses his pleasure at learning of the affection and respect the Rev. Hugh Leach is held in and he believes he thoroughly deserves both.

A lady who upholds smoking ! The Wanganui Herald reports that Mrs Stewart mentioned at the Charitable Aid Board that the supply of tobacco for the inmates of the Old Men's Home had run out. She stated that the members of the Board had subscribed 16s to buy pigs with, which, after being fattened at the Home, were sold at a profit of £6s 6d. This sum had been expended in providing tobacco for the 36 inmates at the Home who indulged in the luxury of the weed. Mrs Stewart added that she had no prospect of receiving further funds from outside sources, and asked the Board to vote a sura of money for the purchase of tobacco. She estimated that £26 would be required to supply the inmates for is months. The Board did not do anything in the matter.

The next English and European -nail via San Francisco will close at thi local office on Friday the 29th Jay of October at 8 p.m.

Lloyds' agent has informed the ciptain and chief engineer of the Perthshire that they have been awarded Lloyds' medal for meritorious service in acknowledgment of their extraordinary effirts when the steamer broke her shaft.

A splendid specimen of a giant kauri j I~>ET was sent down bv train from Hcj'.e l. vi'le to Auckland last week, c isigned to the Kauri Timber Cim- , pany, Auckland. It measured, after dressing (reports the Herald) 82ft ioin long, with a girth of Bft ioin average. Not a knot is visible in the log, which is evidentally intended for a ship's mast. Still further strides are being made in the flax milling industry says the Mail. Mr Hector Davidson is about to substitute his old eight h.p. engine with a new 12 h.p. one. The new engine will arrive on Monday next, and when fitted up an extra stripper will be worked. Mr Davidson's mill, and both of Messrs Swainson and Bevan's mills, are working as hard as can be, the output from the three being very considerable. It is the earnest wish of all that the present satisfactory price of flart will be maintained, and there seems every reason to believe that such will be the case for some time to come— for the industry is of vast importance to this district

A Yankee travelling in Ireland had heard that Irish railroad officials were often very careless about passengers' luggage. He determined, therefore, to keep a strict eye on his luggage, and to inquire after it every now and then during the jouaney. Six times within half an hour did tbe Yankee sing out, " Guard, is that trunk of mine all right there behind ?" Six times, with varying cheerfulness, did the guard repiy in the affirmative. At the seventh time he lost all patience, and angrily exclaimed, "Faith, sir, I wish you were an elephant instead of an ass, then you'd always have your trunk before you."

A farewell social to Mr H. Sanson by members of the Wesleyan Church was held on Wednesday night at Rongotea, when a ~ very pleasant evening was spent. Capital speeches ware given by the Revs. Aberuethy, Vealie and Harper and Mr Bowater, who each referred to the loss the church would sustain on losing the senior member, and great regret was expressed at the departure of Mr Sanson. In reply Mr Sanson thanked all very heartily for all the kind words said about him, and trusted upon his return to the district to find them all still in harness and successful. During the evening musical items were given by the Misses Harper and J. Sanson and the choir, — Advocate.