Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1903.

Manawatu Herald, 28 July 1903, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1903.

Mr H: Coley advertises for a good gardener; Further additions are made to Messrs Abraham & Williams’ Palmerston stock sale. The meeting of the Borough Council convened for last night lapsed for want of a quorum. Tenders are invited for additions to St. Mary’s Church, Foxton. Plans and specifications may be seen at Mr Levett’s until noon on August Bth. It is now stated on pretty reliable authority that the Government will abandon the Saturday half-holiday clause in the Shops and-Offices Bill. The Foxton Cycling Club have agreed to amalgamate with the Foxton Athletic Club. This move should be the means of increasing the membership of the Athletic Club, which has Already a large number.

It is reported that Mr Hay is endeavouring to avert a conflict between Russia and Japan. Mr G. H. Blanche, of Jackeytown, has obtained another splendid artesian flow for Mr W. Strang, of Awapuni. The water is flowing at the rate of sixty gallons per minute, and rises over 40ft. Diamond-bearing ground has been located six miles north-east of Johannesburg. The Transvaal Legislative Council has decided to give the owners of the diamond mine one fourteenth share. It is understood that at present Ministers favour Christchurch as the place for holding the suggested intercolonial exhibition referred to in the Governor’s Speech at the opening of Parliament. The Department of Commerce and Industries will send an experimental consignment of 50,000 ft of New Zealand timber to the Government authorities in South Africa. The timber is being cut to the order of the Department. In their usual space Capt. Walsh informs the non-coms of the Foxton Rifles ‘that their practical examination, which had to be unavoidably postponed from the 23rd inst., will take place on August bth. It is imperative that all non-coms be present. He also notifies that the annual general meeting of the same corps will be held in the Church of England schoolroom on Monday evening, August xoth, at 7.30 o’clock. The question of starting a woollen mill in Masterton has been relegated by the Chamber, of Commerce to a special committee to acquire all information possible. During the discussion on tbs amount ot capital to be raised, the opinion was expressed that it was impossible to raise £30,000 or t £40,000 in the Wairarapa. The other day some young children at Havelock, Nelson, managed to get possession of an old muzzle-loading gun and some powder. They charged the barrels, and then applied a match to the nipple in the socket. An explosion ensued, and flying fragments of the barrels were scattered around the group of children, but not one of them was injured. The Manchester Guardian publishes an interview with Mr T. Hugh Bastin, who has invented a flying machine which exactly imitates the movements of a bird. The engines are to be driven by petrol, and to the interviewer Mr Bastin declared he did not despair of being able to cross to New York in a day, attaining a speed of between two and three hundred miles an hour, carrying twenty passengers. There is a great scarcity of poultry at the present time in Palmerston and a good demand exists for good fat birds. Most of the local hotelkeepers have been buying largely in anticipation of the crowd of visitors to the town during Winter Show week, and at the present time the greatest difficulty is experienced in fulfilling orders for suitable birds.—Standard. An amusing incident happened in connection with the recent fire at Patea. A lady, on finding that it was her neighbour's house that was in flames, hied, with all speed, to the residence of the local insurance agent, woke him from sleep, and tendered the premium due on her fire insurance policy. Deponent sayeth not whether the amount was accepted. A Melbourne paper, commenting on the spread of swine lever in Victoria and the neglect of the authorities (0 take the necessary precautions, estimates that it will now cost about £IBB,OOO to stamp it out. In New South Wales the disease has also caused great trouble through failure to take precautionary measures. The Queensland Government has prohibited the importation of swine from Victoria for a further period of three months. “ Wellington oonsuumes four times more fruit than any other city in the colony,” remarked a well-known merchant. “The reason is that the working classes take more of it hecau e the Chinese retaileas can affot d to sell it at a minimum profit. The Chinese are satisfied with small returns, and dress up the fruit in an attractive form. Whatever else may be said of the Chinese they certainly know how to conduct the retail fruit trade here.” A case was before the New Plymouth Magistrate’s Court on Monday, in which Capt. Knight, of the Okato Mounted Rifles, sued John James Carey, a member of the corps, for the sum of £4 18s 6d, on a dishonoured promissory note. Defendant, with the other members, had signed promissory notes to secure the captain who was personally responsible for the cost of the uniforms, etc., obtained for the men. He-pleaded infancy, receiving judgment in his favour, A. similar case against D. F. Greenway resulted in judgment being given for plaintiff for £3 2s, and costs 265, the magistrate remarking that the captain had made himself personally responsible for a certain amount of money, and it was only fair that the men should see him through the affair. A seizure of liquor was made at Fortrose Hotel, Otago, the other night when over £IOO worth is reported to have been secured. The seizure is the first made in the Mataura electorate since the enforcement of No-license. The hotel is being conducted by Mr C. Humphries as a boarding-house. The seizure was made by a police officer, who had put in a few days in the township before spying out the ground. At the Palmerston Court yesterday Frederick N. Walls (Mr Moore) was charged with making a false declaration'' for the purpose of procuring a Registrar's certificate authorising the marriage of the accused and Lillian Garbes, by declaring that he and Miss Garbes had resided in Palmerston for periods of nine days and two weeks respectively. The same accused .was also charged with falsely stating he was of age, viz., 21 years, whereas he is not of that age; Sergeant Stagpoole prosecuted. After hearing the evidence, the Magistrate dismissed the latter charge, and committed tbs .accused for trial on the former.

The Washington Bookbinders’ Union threaten to strike if President Roosevelt reinstates the assistant foreman in the Government printing works whom the Union illegally expelled. At the Justices’ Court on Saturday, before Messrs A. Fraser and T. Westwood, J’s.P., the following persons were fined for breaches of the' 1 School Attendance Act ”J. Chamberlain, 4s; Mrs Spiers, as; J. Walls, 2s. A prohibition order was also granted against William Hutchinson. The ghnerous offer of Mr W. Gray to provide a £2O prize for a Bicycle Handicap at the next Athletic Club sports, is much appreciated by the Club, and this offer alone will without doubt induce some of the best competitors for miHI around to take part. It is also possible, following Mr Gray’s gift, that other substantial donations will be contributed by well-known townsmen for the 9th November, A Hunterville settler made a profitable deal on Wednesday. He met a farmer who was taking 100 lambs to Messrs Gorton’s sale, and bought them for 7s gd per head. The lambs a few hours afterwards brought 10s 3d at the stock, sale. At the Invercargill, Police Court lately Guisseppe Wall!, a member of a foreign family long settled in the Waldo district, was charged with setting fire to four stacks of oaten i sheaves, valued at £l5O, the property of Wm. O’Dowd, at Opio. He was remanded, bail being allowed in £SOO and two sureties of £250 each. Inspector Mitchell urged that the bail should be substantial as there were some extraordinary surroundings in the case, and that the district was more or less terrorised by the accused’s family. The return football match between New South Wales and New Zealand was played under most unfavourable circumstances as far as the weather was concerned. Heavy rain began overnight, and continued to pour until the match was started. The New Zealanders again defeated their opponents,* but not after a stubborn contest, by 3 points to nil. A free kick, from which a goal resulted, was the only score, although both sides were forced down on different occasions. Nine thousand persons were present on Saturday, the rain militating against a larger attendance. To-morrow the New Zealanders play against the Metropolitan Union at Sydney, which will comprise the same team (with the exception of two) that were defeated on Saturday.