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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1634, 13 February 1886, Page 2

! At the Resident; Magistrate's Court, 'Asliburton, .. reecently the R.M. anijinad verted : ijipon Sunday trading. During the hearing of a civil case it transpired that certain negotiations m connection with the sale and purchase of a /reaper. had : tateft place on a Sunday,' 'and l oii.,giyi!»af judgment the Magistrate refused to allow costs to the successful suitor^ stating as a reason that lie did not wish to encourage sabbath breaking of : the character revealed; • An exhibition trial -of. Messrs Reid and 'Gray'? reaper and binder took, place m jthe South Island a few days ago. The |mabhirie' ; with ( twp h'prses got under way jat 10 o'clock, and was, excepting a short interval ' ,fpr . lv nch; ■ kept .going all day. (The fact that* two horses were able. to successfully negotiate it over the ground .that was Tbiigh and bumpy, would indi-cate-that the draught of the machine jcoTlldr'ndTr have "Been more than three iand a half cwt. The field the machine jhad to work on was oats — a very heavy icrop for 4hiß season; It- cut its grain jvery satisfactorily : m;, face of the wind j that, was blowing,- m fact there was not a hitch during %aa :<day; The trial, was iwitnapsed, by, a. number- ,pf ,the farmers iff and around &6ra,-and weibeilieve that they considered it so satisfactory' 'thaV the macKine-used at 'the- trial, as well as a number of others, has been sold.— Southern exchange.' • In England <a Queen's messenger who ;b rings home news of peace m his bag receives i£pQo< ■-. ■, m: . cash, . m \ accordance with ; , immemorial custom. The : news \im\f be^stale/ having , been pHblished a iweek or? two before, :but the messenger's ;letter,is the: first official announcement of jthe-faet. /^l,-. ■■ u> ■.'■ . . ;-,••' ,- .. „ - ■ At th'e Feilding Police Court on Wednesday, Mr ' Sandilands applied for the issue ofa warrant against 5 a man named E. Doreenj for deserting his Wife, and failing to' provide foi" her maintenance, as he 'believed 1 that, it was his intention to JfiaVe ; the tfolbh y; His Worship said jthat' reasonable effort should be made fiVst to -issue ' : '&l summons. 1 The wife was not f tee •' f rbni blainem -the' matter, aiid jssdine 'a warrant 'was : a harsh measure; (xeor^e Ashworth 1 was charged with using abusive language to a guard ot the Wangartui train on the 22nd January, and also with getting into the train while m puotioh 1 . John Hendley, railway e-uard, proved the offence,- which was corroborated by Charles Jacob, a passenger by the train s ; and the accused was fined 40s ■ and ! c6BtB on the first charge, and 10s arid costs on -the second, or £4 16s m all. ..-i- .I-.:-. :■■>; ...,• ;.,. .= The. ; ]^gaire correspondent of the .Hawera!, Stor. , writes :— *' You. ' have alrea^ J t6ld ( u8 about tall grass and o|hc»V ' things grown; m the district;.' 'Pech^pt some of your readers would be pleased to know that firmer [Taylor has,, grown on , his farm over thirty tons of kidney potatoes, at the rate acfe: sorts ; have yielded much more. It is new land, and well manured.''' : ■''' '' ;; -- •■ ■ : '■ :••' ■ ''"■ ■'■ : , 'We'(P6a<yar,e informed . that Messrs Freeman Jackson & Co., of Wao^anui, have purcHaWd au allotment of land it Johnson ville ' adjacent to the railway station, on which they purpose to' erect extensive sale and cattle yards, and m Which they will hold; weekly sale's as soon : as tlie railway line to Qtaki ia coracle ted. I r T,he stock will be \ brobght by train from ihe^VeWt Coast as far as Otaki, and until ,the. through. Hiie is completed tnesiicep and cattle intended for sale will b/j driven dowrn to the Johnson■viflil ya^ds/' 'Mfeßßrs ; Jackson and" Go; have already'applie'd to the directoi-sof the Wellington and Manawatu Railwkyi jfoßsalsiflingiJio ruu imm -the! main: line into their proposed (yards^ .and. there j*. every reason to believe their request Will be aoce4«4 tp. I