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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 13 November 1890, Page 2

Mr Robert Gardner has let the working of hia Paiaka mill to Hitchcock and another. They are taking pains in the preparation of the fibre, having the old and decayed leaves thrown asde by the cutters, and ftt the mill by the fieeder. They also sort all leave 3 into three lengths. The scutcher is one of Messrs Booth, McDonald * Co.'s, fitted with teeth, and we are informed that it turns out splendid work, but necessarily makes more tow. The road, if it can be called on»,>Uading from the Red house to Paiaka, is in a shameful condition, some of Hie mill hands having to strip to yet through the mud ! Mr H. Bradcock was not successful in securing the tender for the conveyance of the mails between Kereru and Foxton. He put in the reasonable offer of £50 a year for a daily service, but the Post Office would not give more than £25. }VJien we get a member, his good services will hate to be invoked to represent the matter in a different light so that this convenience may be retained. Yesterday, Mr Brown, a settler at Shannon arrived at Foxton on his way home ' from Hunterville with a mob of 90 yearlings. He placed them for the night in Mr Thynne's stock yards. The meeting at the hall on Tuesday night was one of the dreariest we have attended for some considerable time. We trust our townpeople will soon awake and look after the progress of the town. There are, says The Hoipital, 1,750,000 women and girls are engaged in domestic service throughout the United Kingdom, and of these 226,000 are to be found in London alone. Attention is again forcibly called to the decline of population in France. The latest returns, first published, show that the reduction is steadily and rapidly progressing. It is believed that this state of things in owin;,' largely to the fact that i immoral doctrines are the ground work of a large Motion of French society.

Mr Mitchfll wants a ploughman. A locket hus been found. A meeting ol Mr .Tiilin Steven's committee will oe held to-morrow eveuing at 7 o'clock. Mr John Walden has re-entered Hie flax dressing biishless, having renu-d theOkaua mill We wibh him every success. The lecture delivered by the Rev. Charles Clark at ths Town Hall last night was a vnry great treat, and those present thoroughly enjoyed it. We regret that so few availed themselves of the opportunity to hear so distinguished an orator. Asoil o( Sarali lieviliumtt has fought a duel with a journalist in New York, in which the journalist was seriously wounded. Rich gold deposits have been discovered in the bed at Feather River, California. Mr R. H. McMillan, who formerly liad 4 Hax mill at Carnarvon has ivjw mottled down on a portion of the Ooroua Downs estate on the Taikorea road. He has just completed a comfortable dwelling house. The head borer and the assistant borer of the Petroleum Company of Londou (floated by Sir Julius Yogel) arrived at Nevr Plymouth on Sunday. Part of the boring plant is now here, and the greater portion will arrive next week. It is expected that everything will be in readiness for commencing boring about the beginning of January. The oil experts are pleased with the indications here. The Admiralty have reduced the monstrous sentence of five years' penal servitude passed upon Allen, a petty officer of the Egeria, to one of two years" imprisonment, fol'owed by dismissal from the aervice ; but they have made no alteration in the sentence passed upon Murch, nor in j the minor sentences passed on tho live ' A.B.'g An interesting case is reported in the N.Z. Time* as follows : — The power of a landlord to double the rent of a tenant was a question involved in a civil case heard before Mr Robinson, R.M., on Saturday. The plaintiff was Mr Alexander Sample, who sued St. Clair Jounnax, baker, for tl7 16s. The plaintiff had given defendant a week's notice to quit premises which he occupied or pay double rental ; and it was now sought to recover double rent (Li 9s) for four weeks. Mr Menteath was for Iho plaintiff, and Mi 1 Patterson for the defendant. His Worship ruled in favour of the plaintiff, on the. ground that he had received notice in the alternative, either to leave or pay an increased rent. Judgement accordingly went for plaintiff for the amount claimed, less L 8 18s paid into Coiui. Mr Patterson obtained leave to appeal. We hear that Mr Curtis has resigned his positions of Secretary and member of the committee of the Rowing Club. In his letter of resignation, Mr Curtis says. •' I think 1 may with reason congratulate the club on the very good progress it has made. Two years ago we possessed nothing : at the present time our plant, boats, etc. (with cash in hand) give a total of over £100 1 This, too, is after deducting any outstanding debts. Considering the small size of our township, and the short time that the clnb has been in existence, this is a reault of which every member might reasonably feel proud." A laudable deed. A rovr of Almshouses ia being erected at Welbeck by the Duke of Portland, at the request of his wife, to commemorate the successes of his racehorses. 11 In Darkest England, and the Way Out," is to be the title of the book in which General Booth will give his great scheme for social reform, which has been so long promised. For months back h<» has been putting his whole energy hit ■ it, and by the second or third week of October it was to have been in the hands of the public. After ten years of waiting and importunity, tlip Palestine Exploration Fund has obtained permission from the Turkish Government to excavate in South Palestine Mr Flinders Pctrie, " the Prince of Excavators " will at once being the. work, and, as Professor Sayce says, in September's Contemporary Review, discoveries of the highest interest may be expected. Monuments of the kings of Isreal and clay records of the earlier races of Canaan may be unearthed. Our fancy department is just now a most interesting study and source of attraction on account of our HBW spring stock of the thousand and one articles no indis-pecsa-bk *?-■ k/li* I ?.' r.>, T^ A.vo Rouse, Wellington. In sunshades p.nd parasols, we har« th? very latest novelties in moire and shot silks.We have a benutiful assortment and selection of ladies" aprons in a variety of useful and pretty materials! at Te Aro House, Wellington. For instance, our new stock of gloves in both kid and silk is excellently assorted in all the new colors, the best makers, and the most complete range of size. Our stock of ribbons is exquisitely recherche, comprising all the new colors, the best widths, and the most fashionable styles. Certainly no lady could be otherwise than pleased with these at T. Aro House, Wellington. And then also there is an immense profusion of laee.s in Vandyke, macrame, guipure, Eiffel, Torchon, and Chautilly. Our assortment of Swiss embroideries and flouncing* came to us direct from the manufacturers, and are excellent in value and style, being made to special order for Te Aro House, Wellington. Ladies should see our new beauty spot fall nets, Mfdici collars, beaded and braid ornaments, Liberty and tartan sashes, .^ash ribbons, oambric, hemstitched, and «ilk handkerchiefs, Ac, at Te Aro House. Wellington.