Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1892.

Manawatu Herald, 19 April 1892, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1892.

The Treasurer of the Sports requests all claims and all subscription lists to tye haqded in to him by noon tomorrow. A, meeting of the Committee will be held at €awston's hotel in the evening to pay over the prize money. . :; " - Mrs Whyte advertisesfor a girl. ■A yellow and white Better dog is advertised for.

: { Thy'nurribei? of omnibus iibrses in Lohdon is reckoned at 26,000.

Mr W. H. Smith is now said to have die<£ worth altogether four millions. ■«

Mr Whitwovth Bussell, of Wanganui, has filed a declaration of insolvency. The assets are set down at £854, and the unsecured debts approach double that amount.

Diptheria is reported to have appeared at Wanganui.

Captain Falooner has been moßt'BuooeßSful in thai removal of the rocks impeding the entranoe to the Nelson harbour, ana was entertained at a dinner at the Club, when the Mayor and oitizens presented him 3 with an address -and < warble dock. ,

Mr Wihon, the Government expert, who has returned from New Zealand, reports that Victoria is much behind New Zealand in cheese^making, but well up, in butter making.

The murderers of Harris and Stewart, the Australian miners, at Pahang, ha>e been arrested.

Belgium has increased the imgort duty on manufactured woollens. « ■ . :

Mr G. S Cooper is about to retire fromt c position of Under. Secretary for .the Colony, and is tobe.sucoeeded by Mr Hugh Pollen, Chief Clerk m the Colonial Secretary's Dep&rt;menfe.gay the Post... ]Mr B; P. Brown Registrar-General,, is also" to retire, and will be succeded by Mr.E. J. Von Dadelszen, at present Deputy -RegistrarGeneral. Mr Cooper and Mr Brown wiH each receive three months' leave of /absence on full pay, and will then becoirie'entiue'^ to their pensions. '

A subscriber wauts a cow in full milk. The Eev. T. Spurgeon, who is at present in Dunedin, has received by cable a request to preach in the Metropolitan Tabernacle during the months of July, August, and September. Mr Spurgeon has accepted the invitation, and will shortly leave for the Home Country.

On the Ist page of this paper is a striking announcement of special shipments ,6f English made Blankets imported for the present seasoa's requirements at Te Aro House) Wellington. Now these Bankets aro specially good value, that is to say, the prices aro exceedingly moderate and the qualities are exceedingly good. Our London buyers consider themselves experts on the matter of Blankets, and that is the reason why we give such excellent value and do so 'large a trade in them at Te Aro House, Wellington.

"Wn have an immense stock of these Blaii'-."vts in all sizes, not only English but Colouial, and we have a large variety of Colored Blankets, Austrian Rugs, Newmarket Rugs, &c, &c, at Te Aro House, Wellington.

It is very certain that in all drapery articles of house furnishing it would be impossible to find elsewhere such advantages as we are able to offer the public such as large variety, such moderate prices and such an excellent Carpet and Furnishing Department as there are at $6 Aro House Wellington. , Housekeeper, hotelkeepers, stationholders, ftniu all those about to marry should without doubt for their own advantage write or call at Te Aro House, Wei* lington.

Messrs Boss and Sandford of the Bon Marehe, Palmerston North, beg to intimate to their numerous customers in the district, that the additions to their premises are npw,completedi^heir«rstDirect«hipmentß t% Autumn and Winter gooda for all Departments, which are on a more extensive scale than on any former season are also to hand and ready to select from, and they respectfully solicit the early inspection of customers, they, direct special attention to tht?ir stocks in, the following Departments viz :— Dressgoods,- Mantles, Plush and Scalette Jackets, Ulsters, ' ' Millinery and Fancy goods; also Flannels and Blankets, General Drapery and Household Furnishing, which are now stocked more largely than formerly and in keeping with their extended premises, Boss & SaNdfokd, the Bon March, Palmerston North.