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Manawatu Herald, 7 May 1903, Page 2

Messrs Perteau and Loveday arel erecting their f axnill on the bank oi the Manawatu River, neat the mouth of theTdkdmari River on the Make* rua Company's estate,

On Tuesday afternoon Mr Cookaley, the successful tenderer for parting mo tons of gravel, arrived in town with •i* one-hone drays* This looks like bgsiMlfti The School Cadets are coining id for i lot of attention its adoid Hnes drC expected from the Government for target practise with. The concert la in part to assist in purchasing further ammunition and coat of targctii Mt W* Hamer is reported to have purchased .the Jlaxtttiil 0n the Makerua Estate lately erected BJr Mr SWwfti

The Government has sent up a bugle and two swords for tbs oflcars of the School Cadets, so a brave display will be made when all appear in public.

The purchaser of the Native propetty iti fvialn-sireet tieXt the Batik of New Zealand is Mr Herbert Austin. Ha has a good spec. The Commissioner of Taxes gives notice lor all persons within the meaning of the Land and Income Tax to make returns for the year ending 31st March last by the let of June. Sir James Hector, after conferring with the Government on the subject, handed hi hie resignation, taking elect from tbe ut of July. Dr, Hector was appointed Director of the Geological Survey la 18*5. .

The evergreen matter (says the N.JT. Times), of the bridge across the Mana* watu River to give'access to the Houma estate from Shannon was again brought before the Minister for Lands yesterday by Mr W. H. Field, M.H.R., Mr John Stevcna and Mr J. O'Connor (Shannon). It was stated that tha bridge would probably ’ cist about .£SOOO, and the deputation asked that the Government should fire a subsidy of pound lor pound \£. 1500.) The Minister promised to place the matter before Cabinet.

Sir Joseph Ward hai forwarded the following cOfynhafcation to the managars of the Alhburten Working Men's Clubl daaire te inform you that the Government Vaa decided to revoke the charter Thle, of coarse, haknpeclaUppllcatlan to the power the chartw G** 1 eale ei alcoholic IwraMk The slab license to eell will at from the date of expiry licensee, which the carrying in the district eat ail*. Tfellcense for the sale of liquor at the |*llway refreshmcht rooms will alsotnjmlqate at the expiry of the existittg Messrs Weddel and Turtef bave s#cured |0 Admiralty for tb« conveyance of fifty thousand tone ,o* coal from Westport to Hongfftilg.

Mr Mark Hanna, chairman Of the National Republican Committee, inthsis course of an iaterview. wahj that Pre* •Ident Roosevelt would certainly receive the Republican nomination for the Presidency at the election of 1904. The quantity of hemp graded for export at Wellington during April was 7566 bales, weighing 159 X ions, for March. The export of flax from Wellington alone during April was valued at over £30,000. Mr Noonan bae received a letter trem Major Loveday congratulating the School Cadets on the progress they have made, also iufpfouog him tho Cadets are now metered as a fill company. • Captain Walsh sent a cheque away yeaterday in final payment fer the ualforms, m that the if «•* eut «( -ieht, - 1,1- ‘ ' :

Messrs Monosey 9c Co, will hold an unreserved clearing sale of furniture on Tuesday next at premises opposite Mr Laing’s Hotel. The furniture be longr to Mr M. M. C.lc, who has left, the district, Tlu- F,;xton Rides fired yesterday for the G jreruateut pr’uos at 500 and 600 yards, and resulted in Private Sam llatnusra getting the first, Us dd ; Sergeant Rjnid, in ; Private Ball, 7s 1 id, and Private G Muon, s'.