Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, NOV. 18, 1900.

Manawatu Herald, 13 November 1900, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, NOV. 18, 1900.

The Manawatu Herald will not be published on Thursday. Mr Spiers is making excellent progress with the erection of the new Manawatu hotel. t\lr H. Robinson is wanting a boy to learn the blacksmithing and engineering trade. The Borough C uincil notify the public to observe Thursday next as a holiday. The Borough Council hold a short special meeting this evening to confirm a resolution dealing with the bridge loan. On " People's Day " at the Canterbury Metropolitan Show, there were 38,000 persons present, and £1240 was taken at tbe gates. The captain of the schooner Oban it might have been noticed was Mr Banner, a mariner well-known to thi--port 20 years ago when he was capta ; n of the s.s. Tui. A memorial has been eiected a 1 Canterbury (England) in memory of 41 Protestant martyrs burned at the stake during the reign of Bloody Queen Mary. Five hundred trading vessels leave the Thames daily for all parts of the world, according to a London maritime journal. From the most trust worthy statistics available, the vessels corresponding with the above which leave the port of New York in a day will average about 40. How curious are the workings of a newspaper. Some time ago we had the pleasure ot recording the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs E. P. Osborne of this town. The paragraph appeared next in a Jersey paper, and that piper travelled to South Australia from which colony Mr Osborne received a letter conveying the intelligence that some friend had been inquiring for his address, and the paragraph had led to its being found. A curious combination of names occurred at a business meeting at New Plymouth, says a local paper. The object of the meeting was to sign an agreement, the parties to which were named respectively. Cock, Henn. and Worm. An almost similar one occurred at the Athletic Sporta ou Friday when the winners of :i r.u: • were placed as Synv>n» Dunn Mitchell, whleh aa h<s was third and Sympiia was first, wai.tppwent,

A bicycle pump is advertised for. The following was issued Ly us as an 'extra' yesterday: — "The AgentGeneral has cabled to the secretary of the Agricultural Department that hemp is very firm ; spot Wellington, £24 ; Manila, £33. Mr K. Wilson, of Palmerston North, was elected lay representative for the Wanganui, Rangitikei, and Manawatu districts on the general synod of New Zealand, which will meet'at Napier in January next. Following was the result of the voliug : K. Wilson 120, Captain Collins 79, Captain Hewitt 50. The Bench of Justices in Wellington have concluded the investigation of the charge of indecent assault brought against A. H. Bnnks, and said to have been committed at Levin in July last. After hearing the evidence they expressed the opinion that it was not a case of rape. As to the somevhat peculiar question of law involved, they preferred to leave that to a higher Court. The accused, who reserved his defence, was committed for trial, bail being tixed at his own surety of £50 and that of his father for a similar amount. In an article headed " The Triumph of the Gorillas," published recently, the Echo de Paris explains to its readers that in order to bring about ex- President Kruger's downfall the English had to call in the assistance of the gorillas and ourang-outangs known as " men of the woods." •• The English of the great island," adds this precious journal, ' would not alone have overcome the resistance of the Transvaal — the abolition of two European republics was effected by the savage alliance of the English with the gorillas of Australia. Here is an eloquent demonstration of the value of the evolutionist theory." It is noticeable (says the Bruce Herald) that although a good many trucks of sheep are weekly going through Milton, from the South, for the freezing works in Canterbury, the number is not so large as last season. The reason is that it is impossible to buy big lots of " Prime Canterbury " in the South. Still, notwithstanding Ihe high prices ruling, Canterbury buyers are taking all they can get, and, like Oliver Twist, are asking for more. In his report to the Agricultural Department, Mr W. R. Rutherturd, dealing with the subject of noxious weeds, says : — •• I may say that satisfactory reports are still coming to hand in connection with a valuable chemical now being used and experimented on by Messrs Luckie and Elltngham, of Hawke's Bay. This has been used with satisfactory results on briar, gorse, and Californian thistle, might be well worthy of consideration from the Department." Mrs Margaret Anne Neve, who j resides on a beautiful estate in the ' island of Guernsey, is Queen Victoria's o'dest subject. She was born on May ' 1 Hth 1792, Her father was John Harvey, and she married John Neve • in 1823, becoming a widow in 1849. ! She was educated in the Seminary of i the Misses Gottle, who were friends of Hannah More, whom she frequently saw. After she became a widow she occupied her time for a number of years in travelling, visiting Italy, Spain and nearly every other European c limtry. Her sight is so strong that s :e seldom needs to wear spectacles ; ; her memory is surprisingly good ; and, j a though her hearing is defected, she ! c inverses most intelligently on topics of general interest. Her voice is clear ; and her enunciation remarkably .Istinct. Her sister, Miss Harvey, lied in 1884, in hsr goth year The bacon curing industry is assum- . iig large proportions in Taranaki. 1 The season just opened is said to have : 1 bright outlook for the settlers of that 'listrict. A New Pylmouth paper states that the markets for Taranaki b icon are extending day by day, and there is every prospect of a considerable trade being done with England. With a view to experimenting in this direction, Mr Drake, of Fitaroy, recently submitted a pircel of hams to tie test of freezing, leaving them in o ie of the chambers at the Waitara : w. .rks for two months, after which a ; p.irty of gentlemen were invited to taste one of the hams cooked for the , purpose, and pronounced it not only j nore tender than the uufrozen neat, but of superior flavour. Our ;ontempr>rary adds that as there is no difficulty in keeping hams after they have been frozen and thawed, the prospects of placing Taranaki j hams and bacon on the Home market seems to be as promising in results as in the case of butter and cheese. The chairman mentioned at an j extraordinary general meeting of the I G;.ir Cump;iy in justification for tho n • >fUs the C unpany had made that : — ' Wj ki.led List year so 1 irge a number A sheep and ' lambs th.it it we had ' p iid 6J psr head injre or les> there would be a difference of quite £10,000 j or more than 20 per cent, on our capital. You see, therefore, within how narrow a margin of price we have . to deal in order to avoid on the one hand a runinous speculative business and on the other an abnormal and more than sufficient profit. Take, for instance, tallow :— The price of best mutton tallow in 1896 ranged from £18 ios to £23. In February. 1900, it . nearly touched £31, and in June, 1900, ' it fellto £26 ios, rising again to £28 in October. If we chanced to get the j top of the market we should make a j very large profit, impossible to estimate j or provide for beforehand. The j difference to us on tallow alone if we sold it all in February as against June of this year, would be some £10,000 — j the difference as between 1896 and 1900 would be nearer £15,000. So it j is with all the other products and with j the cases — it is impossible to forcast the markets accurately ; and in a year like the present, when the prices of carcases, tinned meat, and the byproducts have all been high, exceptional profit is unavoidable. Take an item on the other side: — We have an unuiial output uf over 4000 b^lcs of . \-' -..-.1. rh - fa!! in lliu pi ie>: of *.v'iicli in .kes 1 difference to us >f -jver £10, * poq ; yet who could anticipate or pro* vide (tgaiait that ? " ;