Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1892.

Manawatu Herald, 21 April 1892, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1892.

Notioe ia given that the Burgess and Defaulter! lists are open for inspection at the Town Clerk's office. On our fourth page will be found the programme for the Horowhenua Jockey Club's Hack Race Meeting on 1 24 th May. There are seven events, and £160 is given away in prizes. A very good day's sport may fairly be looked forward to. Measrs Stevens & Gorton's Falmerston stock sale and Bpecial horse sale are ad» vertised to-day. A first class presser.is wanted at the miil near Soott'B ferry. The appointment of J. W. Watson as ranger is gazetted to day. The Post points out the folly of the Government in sending the Hinexnoa to Sydney for the Governor. In the first place the charges for the outward passage are an Imperial concern. It offers a bad precedent. It may be held that having once agreed to fetch our Governors from an Australian port we shall have to return them to one. That the Hinemoa is not suited in accommodation for such a purpose. That the Governor, would travel more comfortable by the Union Company's boats. The result of th,e strikes. The London Times considers that owing to the prevalence of strikes in Australia business is not on a sound basis ; therefore it urges that it is not a good field for emigrants, and recommends the Cape and Canada to those in search of a new country in which to build up their homes. The Anarchists are generally active all over Europe, but the police officials are confident of being able to keep them under control. Messrs Scott Bros, have abandoned the attempt to float the Elginshire. The final trial was made on Saturday afternoon, when he found that the decks could not stand the pressure of the air. All themen are now ashore, and the underwriters have cabled Home for further instructions.

Mr W. Toomath has for sale farm implements, horses, &c , all at your own price. Recently a trial was made at Portsmouth of the new Swan-Edison torpedo, an engine of war which, if it fulfils the expectations of its inventors, wi 1 prove of extreme value in coast defence. It is claimed for the Swan-Edison torpedo that it has •an effective range of two miles, at a rats of speed of over twenty-knots ; instant control from a distance by electricity, as to starting, Btopping, steering, and exploding; invulnerability to the shot and shell of an enei>iy, all bntthe float being under water ; absolute trustworthiness in operation ; the powerto dive under or cut through ob«traotions placed in its path ; and capacity to carry a charge of 5001 bof the highest explosive, sufficient to disable, if not destroy, the largest warship, even exploded 30ft distant, which is about the usual limit of netting defence. 1 The new torpedo is sent at the enemy much as a Whitehead, but it has a wire some two miles long attached to it, by which it oan be directed and lived at any moment. At the trial the torpedo while in motion was turned to the right and left, and finally made to make an almost complete tour of the ship from which it was despatched. They had better give it up. The VosBißohe Zeitung asserts that the North German Lloyds Steamship Company lost the sum of 2,000,000 marks in 1892, and that the total losses to date are 35.500,000 marks, notwithstanding that the Company is subsidised to the extent of 24,000,000 marks. Tenders are invited by Mr Startup for painting and papering a four-roomed house, A nice way of treating publio servants ! We are informed on good authority, says the Post, that the first intimation Mr W. K. E. Brown had of his being retired from the office of Registrar General was from a reporter on the Government organ, who applied to him for particulars as to his official career, which he informed him was about to close. Neither Mr Cooper nor Mr Brown received any official written intimation of their being retired prior to the public announcement of the fact. A young man named Green, employed as a cleaner on the Government railway, was killed at Cross Creek at about half-past 6 in the evening. No definite information was to hand as to how the accident really happened. It is supposed, however, that the unfortunate young man was in the aot of trying to get on one of the Fell engines which was about to proceed to Pigeon Bush forthe purpose of assisting in pulling the train to Cross' Creek, when he stumbled and foil under the wheels, which passed over him. The poor fellow was pulled off the line by a fellow workman as quickly as possible, but he only gave one gasp and then expired His left leg and several of his fingers were cut off, and his brains were protruding. The deceased, who was 21 years {of age, was a Bon of Mr Green, builder, Taranaki-street. Deeming was examined by four doctors, who declare that he is perfectly sane It understood that his line of defence will be instinctive criminality, not insanity. A communication just received by the Government from the War Office, through the Agent-General, conveys the important information that the long continued experiments with small arms have resulted in the final selection of the ' Mark 2 ' Magazine rifle as the infantry arm of the service, and wishes to be informed if the Government of New Zealand has any intention of ordering a supply of these rifles during the current financial year. We have to thank the Minister of Lands for a copy of the New Zealand Crown Lands Guide No XII. We may inform our readers that copies may be obtained free on application at any Land Office Persons desirous of obtaining information as to the Crown Lands of the Colony now opened (or shortly to be opened) can gee full particulars on application at the Head Office of Lands and Survey Wellington, or at the office of the several Commissioners of Crown Lands. •Wimmera,' in the 'Australasian' records the following amusing incident : — 'At a race meeting held recently in Victoria a well-knawn jockey was going out when the owner observed 'We haven't backed them, N .' 'Ye av'nt,' said the jockey, in astonishment ; ' well, I tell ye, I have.' ' That's a silly thing to do without speaking to me,' said the owner ; ' what are you going to do?' ' Going to win,' was the prompt reply/ and he did. The activity of that owner in taking even money where he ' had formerly turned up his no3e at 8. to 1 was worth witnessing.

On the Ist page of this paper is a dtriking announcement of special shipments of English made Blankets imported for the present season's requirements at Te Aro House, Wellington, Now these Blankets are specially good value, that is to say, the prices are exceedingly moderate add 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 thenvat Te Aro House, Wellington-. ' : --- : :' ■■'■■■■ ■ •■ •■ -■•■ •■■ We have an immense stock of these Blankets in all sizes, not only English but Colonial, and we have a large variety of Colored Blankets, Austrian Bugs, Newmarket Rugs, &c, Ac, at Te Aro House, Wellington. It te 'in iall drapery article* oKiaouae fuinishing^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 Te Aro House Wellington. Housekeepers, hotelkeepers, stationholders, and all those about to marry should without doubt for their own advantage write or call at Te Aro House, Wellington. Messrs Ross and Sandford of the Bon Marche, Palmerston North, beg to intimate to their numerous customers in the district, that the additions to their premises are now completed, their first Direct Shipments of Autumn and Winter goods 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 their Btocks in the following Departments viz : — Dressgoods, Mantles, Plush and Scalette Jackets, Ulsters, Millinery and Fanoy 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, Ross & Sandford, the Bon March, Palmerston North.