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Manawatu Herald, 3 September 1903, Page 2

Mr J. R. Stansell has sold his flaxmill at Shannon to Messrs Vickers and Williams. The Hawera Star hears that private advices received point to a better outlook for cheese in the London market. The annual meeting of the Foxton Lawn Tennis Chib is called for Monday evening next, in the Public Hall, at 8 o’clock. The Premier says he is satisfied that a great majority of members of the present House are prepared to give preferential treatment to the Mother Country. The Feilding Jockey Club has decided to increase the stakes by £520 at the forthcoming Spiing Meeting, The total will now amount to £1970 in stake money. The official opening of the new. railway station at Dannevirke, which together with good sheds and other buddings, cost £7,500, was performed on Monday last, by Sir Joseph Ward. The Parliamentary parly included Sir William and Lady Steward. In the evening, Mr Hall, was entertained by his constituents at a banquet, when special reference was made to the manner in which he bad laboured to safeguard the interests of his district.

- Messrs P. Hennessy and Co., have a replace advertisement notifying that they have just arriving consignments of Roseberry Feed Oats suitable for chaff, also just arrived two new American bicycles, with Dunlop tyres and latest improvements, guaranteed for 12 tnonths. Ihe price of these being only £xi 10s, a bargain awaits those who are thinking of > taking to the popular exeicise of cycling.

A Danish settlement is about to be established in the Bay of Plenty. As an instance of the declining birth rate, sixteen years ago, in 1887, there were 1376 births registered in Wellington ; last year there were 1404, and roughly, since 1887, the population in the city and suburbs has increased by 30,000. Messrs MacDonald and Patterson, Federal members, who have recently returned from England, referring to the lack of knowledge about Australia at Home, stated that the only place one heard about was New Zealand. The Premier mentioned during the debate on the State Fire Insurance Bill that another English fire insurance company had intimated to the AgentGeneral its intention to begin business in New Zealand^

Joe Warbrick, who perished in the Waimangu disaster, was one of the famous footballing Warbricks of years ago. He represented New Zealand as far back as 1884, and with four brothers, was a member of the native team which went to England in 1888, after the visit to this country of Stoddart’s fifteen.

A new railway time-table for this coast, to come into force on the Ist November next, is in course of preparation. It is to be submitted to the. various Chamber of Commerce for their consideration before being finally dealt with. Among the changes that have been decided upon is a daily evening train from Marton to Mangaweka.

Messrs Stiles'& Coley have just received by fail a portable engine which is intended for their irtiU at Opiki. The engine will be taken up the river by one of Mr Jnpp's steamers. Messrs Stiles & Coley inteild to run _ two strippers in future, and this additional engind is required to drive two scutchers.

We notice the green flax supplied to the flaxmills at Shannon from the Mhkefila Estate does not appear to be of such good quality as that obtained from the swamps about Foxton. The Makerua flax is shorter in length, and many of the leaves have a faded yellowish appearance, and the tops of the blades seem to be more subject to attacks of peSts* which cause that part of the leaf to look very ragged. ■

There is quite a large -settlement of fishermen established in the bend of the river just below the Rev. Mr Duncan’s residence. Five fishermen from other parts of the colony have come to Foxton recently to try their luck. Mr Senior, with his two sons, have decided to settle in Foxton and follow up the fishing industry. They have for many years been residing at Kaiapoi and obtained their livelihood by fishing in the Waimakariri fiver At Kaiapoi on Monday R- W. Manning, whose ' publican’s license Was refused in consequence of-the reduction vote, was fined £$ and costs for selling two gallons of colonial wine to a social committee. Defendant pleaded that he had been under the impression that he could sell colonial wine in quantities of not less than two gallons. Some liquor found on his premises was confiscated.

An Ashburton farmer sold his farm a few days ago, and with notes in his pocket to the value of £IOSO, started for Christchurch. In that city he got into bad company, and while under the influence of he was robbed of the lot. When getting the notes at a bank in Ashburton, both the manager and teller strongly advised him to take a draft in preference, and he now wishes he had done so.

It is stated that an effort will be made at the band contest to be held in Palmerston next year to prevent soloists from playing selections which they may have practised for A member of the executive intends to move in the direction of having the solo managed in the same way as the test selections, new music sent to each competitor three months before the contest, the winner to be determined as hitherto.

A Sandon last week Mr George Walter Gibb, of Mount Stewart, was married to Miss Eva A. McHardie, daughter of A. McHardie, of Willow Creek, Sanson. The ceremony was oerformed by the Rev. T. W. Vealie, Pastor of the Church, assisted by the Rev. S. Lawry, of Palmerston North (uucle of the bride.)

There resides in Dunedin a man who has lived forty years in the same house, and worked all the time with the one employer. During that period (says the Taieri Advocate) he has buried two wives, two mothers-in-law, one father-in-law, and one neice, all of whom died in his house. There were celebrated in the same house eight marriages and one golden wedding during that time. In Norfolk it is customary to speak of attending a funeral as “ following ” the remains. A young medical man from London, who had taken a practice in Norfolk, was sadly nonplussed the other morning on receiving a letter from a disconsolate widow announcing the death of her husband, and adding as a postcript: "We all hope you will follow him.

It is stated that that there are a number ot swamps in the the Waikato and Auckland districts which if drained will be suitable for dairying and growing flax. As a matter of fact a great amount of capital has already been sunk in draining swamps in the Waikato district with the result of failure in most cases. The cause is obivous, the drainage from the high lands and hills into the swamps, carries a large quantity of volcanic deposit and the consequence is that the swamp land is usually ot the poor' kind. On the other hand, land floodable by the Manawatu river receives a deposit of silt containing all the qualities that tend to increase its fertility, as a large area of country is drained by the Manawatu river, and its tributaries contain limestone and soil of a very suitable nature. Undoubtedly therefore, it is reasonable to suppose that the swamps in this district will always retain the reputaof being the most superior in the colony for the production of flax.

Mr L. W. Wilson has sittings oi eggs from pure-bred strains of poultry . ou sale:

Bv the Essex, which left recently for South Africa, nearly 2000 sheep were shipped from breeders around the ManaWatu district. The consignment comprised first-class sheep which had all passed Mr Duncan, local stock inspector. In another column will be found a re. port of the inquest on the death of the young man Starraan who,w» killed by the express at Shannon last Monday. Deceased was a young man of an unusually bright and happy disposition and was very popular in the district, and especially liked by his fellow workers. He was leaving Shannon for Waipawa to commence work at a flaxmill, which had just been erected in that district by Mr T. Lind. The unfortunate circumstances connected with his sudden and created deep regret omongst his acquaintances in Shannon. It is supposed,- from the appearance of the wounds, that when deceased was falling the axle-box of the carriage struck him op the forehead and dashed him against one of the sleepers, killing him instantly.

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