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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 29 January 1891, Page 2

A catcher is wanted for a hemp mill.The Borough Council gives notice of the appointment of William Smith as dog tax collector. The Avenue bridge whilst being altered will be. partially closed. The Shannon residents are dissatisfied at the site, chosen for. a pound, and purpose petitioning the County. Council on the .subject.. Railway stations should have short names •which are easily identified with the district. Near Palmerston; our late resident engineer, christened a place Stoney creek. Now that the railway runs past, the Commissioners object to the spelling, perhaps rightly, but have hardly made the matter clearer by designating the station Whahakamanga! ■4<' - ■ We are pleased to notice that the Bangitikei Cavalry have elected Lieutenant McKenzie, captain in place of Mr J. Stevens who has resigned owing to a difficulty in gotting his commission ante-dated. At a meeting at Shannon on Saturday it was agreed to lake a vote for the raising of a £5000 loan for the construction of the Maiu county road, 'The rumour that Mr Arkwright bAd taken over the A drocate under the names | of the owners Messrs Andrews and Kello\y iß'nftt w .tlrsßj these gen tlemsv ; ljaving had the pluck to secure it for themselves. We are glad to. .learn so as th.ey have been energetic in their duties whilst holding minor positions upon that ptopfir.

A reward of 10s is offered for the recovery of a lost horse. The Auckland yacht Maritana has been purchased by six Wellington gentlemen, for some sum about The Duke of Devonshire has decided to close, in March next, the only licensed hotise in the village of Pilsley, near tforth.Mv Gibson returned from his holiday trip to Auckland on Tuesday night. Mr Bruce has agreed to contest th c Bgjmont seat, vacated by Sir Harry Atkin son, against Sit Btarry's Irtte opponent Mr McGwire. We expect Mr McGuire will win. We are sorry to learfl that two small children 1 iri this torwrt consumed, one, the whole, the other, the half) of the contents of a box of matches. That is to say' as far as sucking off the tops. The chili, who consumed the most is very bad, and grave doubts are eritertairiect of its recovery. Life insurance must be rather a bad and risky business Napier way if the Sawyer's Union is a fair sample of the community, as rule No: <J0 reads : — No member to receive f\mer'al uidriey fdr & wife aftener '(the italics are ours) than once iri threie years.! The Committee of the Eacing Club had a meeting yesterday afternoon and on a rough squaring up of the accounts found that they bad made a profit of over £40 on their, last meetiug, , ; , . The members of the congregation of All Saints Church will be glad to know that the srtm of £2ft was sent down to Wellington the other day towards extinguishing the debt, and also a' sum" representing the quarterly assessment. There has been an unnecessary delay in remitting the £25 as the trustees of the bazaar handed. over the money the}* had iri hand for this purpose, quite two months ago. Private Kruse of Wanganui has won the rifle championship. The Chronicle. says : — This is the sixth time a Wanganui man has won the championship, which has been held at different periods by Meßsrs W. T. Owen, T. D. Cummins, Churton, Remington, and Purnell. ; The fyrst two mentioned held the championship before the N. Z. Bine Association was formed, so that the present belt has come to Wanganui four times during the past ten years. This a good record, and one to be proud of. The shooting of Kruse at the Association's meeting, which ended yesterday, has been noticeable for its consistency, he having t do*minehded by getting fairly to the front •in -theTiiat~ of aggregates and? gradually : betiered his position .till he led by 10 pointe and eventually' winning the championship by two. . . Blood will tell— However it is sometimes expensive. Mr Mitchell prides himself on his team of draught horses, believing they will g_o through anything, and at times' they r Tnake some capital efforts.' On Tuesday Jmorning they were standing at the( good. shed door at the station when some- - thing frightened them and they bolted. In their mad career they ran into the railway] fence, smashed a pannell of fencing and"! tried to pall up agate post, but the post, palled them np. Luckily no more damage was done. The last trip of this team when ont for a holiday excursion resulted in the complete upset of a corporation lamp post, and lamp and dray. It little matters as long as the difference of opinion is confined to the owner and his team, but we think he should really exercise more care in looking after them, as instead of a lamp post or gate post, it might be a man, woman or child that they next run. into, when the owner would be called, upon to spffor for the doings of his " bloods." Tioubles never comes singly. After smashing some railway property in the morning, Mr Mitchell obliged Mr Greig by leading his horse np part of the way to Moutoa, tied behind the dray. We say part of the way up, as unfortunate'y the horse never got the whole way, as getting frightened he jumped and broke his neck. This is bad luck indeed. One of those pleasant little gatherings that has done so much towards cementing a lasting friendship between the pakeha and native took place at that quaint little native village, Otaki, during the past week says the Press the occassion being the projected departure for Britain of Mr and Mrs James Thomas, of the Jubilee Hotel there, to en* joy a few months of well earned rest. Although Mr and Mrs Thomas have only been in the district some four years they have gained the goodwill of both races. Evidence of true Maori generosity was displayed by all the" natives" in their endeavours to outvie one another in exemplifying their goodwill to the paheka. Presents in profusion were showed upon the worthy host and hostess of the Jubilee, Maori mats, pui puis, koroais, and various other Maori curios, among which was' a splendid specimen of the huia, the beautiful mountain starling, a bird greatly prized and treasured by the Maori. These tokens of goodwill, apart from their intrinsic value • (which is considerable), will be greatly prized by Mr and Mrs Thomas as mementos "of the rude forefathers of the hamlet" and treasured by them as among pleasant recollections of their sojourn with the Maori. We wish them " bon voyage" and a speedy and safe return, which will, it ir anticipated, be^Q' about jffi months : " During their absence the Jubilee will be under the management of Mr J. Berry. The Cash O'earing Sale of Jobberns & Co. Bankrupt Stock by Boss & Sandfobd, in Main Street, Foxton is still proceeding with unabated interest. Cash purchasers of Drapery <fc Clothing are invited to pay an early visit of inspection. Boss <fe Sandfokd.