Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, DEC. 16, 1899.

Manawatu Herald, 16 December 1899, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, DEC. 16, 1899.

It is notified by the Commissioner of Crown Lands that a clerk will be in attendance on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday next at the Palmerston Court house to supply information about Messrs Bull's and Saunder's estate. The votes on the Manawatu Licensing poll were as follows. For continuance 1670, reduction 1161, and no license 1448. There were 164 in- j formal votes. The fight for the Otaki seat will be between Mr W. H, Field and Mr Morrison, the other candidates spoken of having retired. A remarkable swimming feat is reported from Samoa. While the s.s. Manapouri was collecting cargo among the group one of the native labourers carried by the vessel fell overboard. The natives sleep on deck, and it is supposed that he was rolled off into the sea early in the morning. The occurrence was not noticed till daylight, and it was then supposed that the man had been drowned. How- 1 ever when the s.=s. Haurota was off Manono Islands her officers were informed that the man had reached the island after two days' swimming, and that his leg and arm were " sick," having been affected by cramp. Mr J. B. Ralston has sold his property at Carnarvon to B. B. McKenzie, of that district. Mr Ralston purposes settling in New South* Wales, where he lately purchased a station. He will be much missed as a first-class settler and one who who was always willing j to a«sist in any movement for the I good of the district,— Advocate,

The following team will represent the Foxton Cricket Club in their match against the Okaua Cricket Club at Moutoa on Wednesday next, play commencing at 1 p.m. : — Messrs Betty. Corkery. Eccles, Furrie, Gray, A. Morgan, J. Morgan, Martin, Nye, Stiles (capt), Wanklyn. Emergency. — J. Robinson.

Mr Loveday has on the first page an altered advertisement in which he reminds the public^ in tfUe sporting parlance, that he is leadiug for the Christmas Stakes. The firm announce that the choicest and largest lines of drapery and clothing are to be found there. The advertisement should be read as some Startling prices are quoted for men's and boy's suits.

The Rev. H. F. Hunt has resigned the vicarship of All Saints* Palmerston, and will shortly leave for England. The Bishop has appointed the Rev. C. Coleridge Harper, M.A., Vicar of Patea, in his place.

Mr Ernest Ball has removed his hairdressing establishment to those premises adjoining Mr Rhodes' store. He has had the building thrown into one, and has thus secured comfortable accommodation for his customers. Mr Jenks is now painting the front.

We have to thank the Secretary of the Manawatu Racing Club for a complimentary ticket for the Summer Meeting on Boxing Day.

The Borough Council invite tenders for lamp lighting, dog ringing, and carting. Tenders to be in by noon on Wednesday.

Mr G. W. Russell defeated Mr Rolleston by one vote. Mr Russell with his brother John, first published the Manawatu Herald over twentyOne years ago.

The new advertisement of Mr *G. Langley appears elsewhere, in which he asks that orders for Christmas and New Year cakes may be given at once. Last year he unavoidably disappointed some customers from not having time to fulfil all the orders he received.

The New Zealand train arrangements for Christmas, as well as for the Feilding Sports and Palmerston races, are advertised to-day.

Our readers will be glad to receive, as an inset with this issue, Mr W, Park's Christmas circular. In it will be found a catalogue of prize and presentation books, a list of Christmas and New Year cards, leather goods, Japanese goods, china and glassware, electroplate and solid silver goods, lawn tennis goods, cricket material, croquet sets, photo frames, music, pictures, dolls, basket ware, and new annuals. Any one must be hard to please if they cannot find what they want out of this large stock, so that we do not doubt Mr Park will have a busy time. This he deserves as he has always done his best to secure what the public want and is the oldest established business in Palmerston.

The Whangaroa is ready for sea and will probably get one of the steamers now in port to give her a tow over the bar.

Mr Tos announces the arrival of a large consignment of Christmas goods. He has a fine selection of Christmas and New Year cards, gold and silver watches, bangles, rings, brooches, &c. ; silver knives and forks ; biscuit jars, &c. ; accordians are also in the stock, as well as prize books. The children have not been forgotten as there are a large variety of toys. Evidently all business people look out for the wants of their customers at this festive season of the year.

We are sorry to have to record the death of the old friend of everybody in this district, Captain J. W. G. Fraser, at one time captain of the Jane Douglas when she was a regular trader to this port. He expired peacefully at Wellington on Thursday morning, and had reached the ripe age of 68 years. He leaves a widow and twelve children. The flags in Wellington were flown at half-mast as a mark of respect to a most popular mariner.

A Home paper states that if the Boers capture Kimberley, the Government of the Transvaal will find itself provided with a commodity readily exchangeable for a vast sum in ready money to serve as sinews of war. Nobody knows just how much value in the shape of diamonds is kept in store in Kimberley, but it is certainly gigantic. Quite possible it is £20,000,000 worth. The company has offices in London, but its headquarters are in the South African city, and there, in a building resembling a bank, the bulk of the gems are kept stored away in vaults. If ( nly a fraction of them were offered tor sale at once the price of diamonds would promptly tumble, but the great corporation owing as it does deposits which produce 98 per cent, of the world's entire yield of these precious stones, is able to control the market absolutely, and holds back a large part of its output, disposing of only a limited number of carats per annum.

We are glad to see that Miss Hamer secured the special prize for singing at the Sister Frances Xavier Academy this week.

The Carnarvon school children were not to be done out of their holiday yesterday though it did rain hard, and they made themselves as jolly as the circumstances permitted.

In our report of the State school entertainment on Wednesday we unfortunately did not hear Mr Woollass thank those who assisted in making the evening so great a success, but he did so and especially mentioned the great assistance Miss Collins had rendered in the comedietta, by attending all the rehearsals at the hall and playing the accompaniments, as well as on the evening. Mr Mitchell was also thanked for the services he rendered on the stage.