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Manawatu Herald, 17 December 1904, Page 2

A lost horse Is advertised for> Reward of £i offered. Mr James Turner has a good milch cow for sale, to calve about the sth January. The third prize in No. 1 sweep on the Newcastle Cup was won by Bob Knox, of Greymouth, The All Saint* Sunday School children are holding a picnic on the Motoa Estate to-day in conjunction with the Presbyterian school children. We understand that Beattie, Laing and Co.’s representative was down inspecting the Motoa Estate this week, and that in all probability a creamery will be erected thereon in the near future. We would call attention to Messrs Hatrick & Co.’s advertisement in an other column relating to Wanganui River excursions during holiday' time. That is the place to go if you want to see scenery. By change of advertisement to-day, Mr M. Walker, the Red House grocer, calls attention to the fact that he has on offer Xmas bargains of any variety. Currants, sultanas, and raisins are of the best, and his China, glass and electro-plate ware cannot be excelled. Mr W. Barber has purchased 400 acres bf the Motoa Estate in close proximity to the Shannon Ferry. We understand a satisfactory price was realised. It is said a Foxton business man is negotiating with a view to purchasing another block of this large estate. What a wonderful effect it might have if the Premier were to start farming, says the Eltham Argus. A Taranaki land agent is on the lookout for a farm property, ostensibly for one of the Premier’s family, “ but,” says our informant, “ I believe it is for the Old Man himself." “ What did the barmaid talk to you about ?” said fcounsel to a witness who said he had been engaged in drinking first shandy-gaff. “Ohl nothing much, only about the weather.” There was a laugh, as the majority of spectators knew from experience that a barmaid’s conversation is not usually confined to meteorological conditions.—Leader. The new mill erected by Mr Speirs at Rangitane for Mr L. Seifert on this side of the Mauawatu is going satisfactory. This mill was put in erection by the builder in the short space of three weeks, and is the second one erected within the last few months by Mr Speirs for Mr Seifert. For the Seifert Bros., in all five mills have been erected by Mr Speirs and workmen. The judges who go to Devonshire on circuit are in future to be provided with light literature. After a long day la court it is apparently a judicial “ necessary,” and the Devonshire County Council has just decided to spend £SO in brightening up the judge’s evenings. This seems the less necessary, somehow, since the truth revealed in court is so often so very much stranger than any fiction. At Swindon (England) the Education Committee has decided to establish a centre for Household Management. The idea (or at any rate one idea) is to teach the people to live iu their front rooms. “Going through the. streets of Swindon, one would think that nobody was living in the houses at all," said one speaker. We hope that Swindon will not be alone in being ordered to the front—room. A Bristol drapery firm, who were creditors in a bankruptcy case which occurred seven years ago, have just received an official notice from the trustee informing them that a final dividend of one-eighth of penny in the pound has been declared, and that they are entitled to id in respect of them claim. The firm are informed that by calling at the trustee’s office and signing an official receipt they will receive a cheque or postal order for that amount. , . A lover in England has complained to a police court magistrate that his lady will neither marry him nor return his presents. The Magistrate wondered whether the presents were really re turnable: “Do you ask me to believe that on each occasion that you made her a present you said, ‘ I give you this on condition that you marry me ?’" The lover’s reply was in the affirmative (as a-Minister would say), but the Magistrate warned him that a County Court jury would probably refuse to believe bis story.

The National Fire and Marine Insurance Coy., through the agency of Mr R. Moore, forward us a calendar for 1905. The N ,Z. Wheel Race at Christchurch yestertay resulted: —Randrup i, R. Arnst 2, J. Stevens 3. The running match between C. J. Morris and W. Black was won by the former. Most of the district schools broke up yesterday. Picnics and prize-giving took the form of the ending of school life for the year. Bro. Fox was present at Harden School handing the school children their gifts. Members of the Borough Brass Sand are requested to attend an extraordinary meeting In the Band room on Monday night next, when important business is to be transacted. A full attendance is requested. A farmer has recently discovered that by planting onions and potatoes in the same cultivation in alternate rows the onions become so strong that they bring tears to the " eyes ’’ of the potatoes in svtch quantities that the foots afe kept rrtoist, and a big crop is raised in spite of drought. Mr G. Stiles is always up-to*da{e in the matter of Xmas wares, and his display for thS 1994 season is rto exception to the rule; In fact, bis Window is doilbly attfadtive. A change advertisement in another column notifies the public of a specially selected stock of linoleums; etc;, for Christmas cleanings. Curtains of superior quality can be had at sacrifice prices. 'ftie Sedddil-Tayicir -siaftder case is still being heard at Christchurch. Capt. Seddon was amongst those examined yesterday, who denied the allegations in defendant’s affirmative statement of defence. The witness detailed his previous military experience before joining the 4th Contingent. ‘ Johii McKenzie, charged drider that name only, appeared ai Wellington Court yesterday morning on a charge of murdering Collinson at Te Awaite. Mr Wilford, tor the prisoner, asked to have the hearing fixed for January 20th. Me had applied to the police for a plan of the locality and, in the meantime, both the Crown Prosecutor and himself would have time to visit the scene. The police offered no objection, and the prisoner will be remadded frdrrttime to time, accordingly, ill! tfie dafe mentioned. A butcher boy in Masterton had a rather curious experience on ? Saturday afternoon. While delivering an order at the back door of a local boardinghouse, his horse’s legs became caught in the bridle, and the animal, in its fright, commenced to back. It went through the door, along the passage, and out the front entrance, capsizing a table en route. The occupants of the house were naturally thrown into a state ot dismay, and more so the boy who was on the animal’s back during its capers, Mr Vile, M.H.R., in a political speech at Marton last week gave a very interesting address. He < spoke on-all the leading political questions 01 the day and a warm compliment was paid to him at the close. The great interest he had taken in bis electorate and other public affairs was referred to when the vote of thanks was passed. aiestions were invited, and after a ort pause a well-known resident of the district, living over three miles from the nearest hotel, asked the member for Manawatu his definition of a bona fide traveller. Mr Vile did not give his own opinion hut told his audipnee that Mr Seddon believed the bona fide traveller still exists under the 1881 Act. He, however, pointed out that the Magistrates and lawyers were giving a different opinion. Many the Acts now passed had to be referred to the Courts for interpretation. A good teetotal story is going the rounds. It was told by Mr N. F. Woodbury, the Maine representative of the Prohibition National Committee who was talking about the political fights for total abstinence that have from time to time stirred up his State. “ T remember a village,” said Mr Woodbury, “where the contests over the liquor question were always very hot. There was one liquor saloon in the village, and a week before a certain election a placard as big as the entire front of the house was raised before it. This enormous placard said in huge red letters: “If the prohibition law pasSes, this house will be closed.” But in the dead of night odd noises were heard, and the next morning the enormous placard covered the whole front of the village poorhouse."