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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 12 September 1890, Page 2

The Rink will be opened to-morrow not to-night. Mass in Foxton next Sunday at 8 and 11 a.m., evening service at 6.30. Mr F. Jones, M.H.8.. for Heathcote. died on Wednesday morning. He had been unwell for some weeks. The schooner o<vake Belle has got into the river, but will be a few days before she gets to the wharf.

The State School will be examined by the Tnsppctor on the 2tth and two followin" days. Mr Beethani, M.H.R., estimates the loss to the colony in the present crisis at £100,000 per week. The Emit it fi Pt'csit says it is reported that Mr Millar, Secretary of the Maritime Council, receives £12 per week from the labour fund. The s.s. Wakatu is expected to leave Wellington for this port to-morrow, and may therefore bo expected in on Sunday. It is rumoured that Mr Arkwrif*ht and Sir Walter Buller will be candidates for the Palmerston Electorate. The Dramatic and Minstrel Club announce an early performance in aid of the funds of the Manawatu Rowing Club. On Wednesday a pnblic meeting is convened at the Public Hall, Foxton, to hear addressei from the Knights of Labour. A good attendance should be axsured. Mr Knott's lecture on Tuesday night wan extremely well attended— the chapel being crammed. The hearers were very much plensed with it. Mr Pearce, President of the Star Boating Club, Wellington, has presented the members with £50 worth of debentures held by him, and has also offered the committee £20 to erect a clock in the club shed. The conversion of hides into leather by electricity, and reducing the time of training from months to rive or six days, is among the latest discoveries reported in England. Of the entire human race 500 millions are well -clothed — that is, they wear garments of some kind ; 250 millions habitually go naked ; and, 700 millions onl> cover parts of their body : 600 millions live in houses ; 700 millions in huts and caves, and 250 millions virtually have no shelter. Cooking classes have been inaugurated in a State School in Dunedin, one of the class-rooms being fitted up with a range and inexpensive fittings, and lesson 9 will be given to the older pupils. Arrangements are being made by which other city schools will have the use'of the room. We think this is a move in the right direction. We do not advocate multiplying subjects of instruction ; but it is highly important that the wives and mothers of the future should acquire the science of economical cooking. A labour demonstration, arranged by the Trades and Labour Council, was held at the Crater, Mount Eden, Auckland, last Saturday. About 1000 joined in the procession ; but the public, whilst the procession was passing through the streets, showed no enthusiasm for the object. They looked on quite coldly, and not a cheer was raised throughout the entire -route of three miles from the city to Mount Eden. Scene: The bar of an hotel in Napier, DramatU persona;— B., a member of a local union not unconnected with timber, a barman anxious for information as to the strike, and various friends of 8., imbibing beer and strike ethics at his expense. 8., " We're strong enough to get what we want and we'll have it." Inquiring Barman : " What is it yon want ?" B. (after a pause, scratching his head) : " Well, I'm if I know, but " (thumping the bar) " we'll have H." Chorus of applauding friends, " 'Ear' 'ear !" This ia fact, not fiction. — H. B. Herald. An extraordinary run took place on the banks at Broken Hill on Tuesday. For a considerable time the Rauks of New South Wales ai-d Australasia were fairly besieged by depositors aud others. The excitement was caused by res»lutions passed at a meeting of minors to the eiYeot that the Miners' Assqciation and all Wintered associations give lhe banking institutions 24 hours' notice that if they do not at once discontinue monetary and other support to shipowners, all sympathisers with labour will immediately demand gold on any notes they may hold and withdraw their accounts in gold. The banks made efforts to borrow gold from other offices which had not felt the rush so badly, but were onh partly successful. The crowds kept up continual cries of "Capitalists ain't going to light us with our own money. We will have gold for it.'* The rush'ceased after a couple of h:mrs. George Thomas and Co. report produce prices a- follows :— The communication with each produce centre is daily becoming easier and more open, aud there is now no difficulty in obtaining supplys of all descriptions ; tb'-iofoie any fears entertained of famine prices are entirely dispelled, and we see no reason why in the course of a few days prices, with one or two exceptions, should not return to those quoted during the earlier weeks of August month. In consequence of an advance abroad in the wheat market flour has assumed a firm tone, with a direct rise of £1 per ton, irrespective of an advance made in consequence of the labour troubles and difficulties of obtaining supplies at increased freights. The market is glutted with potatoes, aud shippers would do well to hold their hands for a time. Stocks of oatmeal, although low, will certainly be replenished this week, whsn the present value must of necessity reduce. Having now completed our aunual stocktaking, we are desirous of bringing under the notice of the public the fact that we have also opened out a splendid assortment of new spring goods, at Te Aro House Wellington. These are part of our first shipments for the spring season, and have come to hand by the steamers Tainui, Kaikoura, and Doric, and the goods have been selected with »hat excellent taste and judgement which for years past have characterised Te Aro Houße, Wellington. Wk are hardly as yet ready for our grand general display, but in order to give the ladies of the city an opportunity of at once inspecting such as are ready, we have decided to have four special show days during tbe present week at Te Aro House Wellington, We shall commence with showing on Wednesday, at 10 a.m., a magnificent range of spring dress fabrics ; on Thursday morning W3 shall exhibit all the latest fashions in spring mantles, jackets, Ac. ; on Friday morning our fascinating and attractive Parisian millinery will be on view ; on Saturday morning we hope to delight orowds of visitors with our new zephyrs, brocades, pongee cambrics, and washing dress fabrics generally, at Te Aro House Wallington. Wb invite visits from all our friends and the public generally on the above days, as we fell satisfied that our new goods will compare favourably with anything previously imported into this city. ' Our grand general display will take placa on Thursday, _ 11th September, at 'le Aro House | Wellington. — Advt.