Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1892.

Manawatu Herald, 23 April 1892, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1892.

Messrs Loveday Brothers announce in this issue having opened up 50 cases and bales of choice goods. Their object is to hold a clearing eale for four weeks, when some astonishing bargains may be had As we are advised this will be a genuine sale, people should not lo?o the opportunity now offered. The Education Board remiud householders that the aunua' e'ection of School Committees taken place oo Monday evening

On our fourth page will be found some further interesting particulars regarding (he advantages of using the ftev. Mother Aubert's preparations. The chemists of Pahnereton write to Mr 0. J. Kempthorne that these nipdicines ave~ increasing demand. Archbishop Redwood, Lord Onslcw, and Mr Walter Bentley, the actor, also testify to the advantages arising from their use. It is evidently worth while even to the 'most sceptical to buy a' bottle for a trial Being made from the extract of herbs the preparations cannot be harmful. Our local chemist keeps them. On '''hursff"- xl . , ... D. "" " ..-j u« eldest daughter of Mr . trnibley waa married by the Bey. .lames Duncan to Mr W lllom Nye, the third son of Mr George Nye> of Leigh, Kent Thfe many friends of Mr ftnd tits Whiblfey will be glad to learn of this happy event in theit family, and will wish the young epitple Jill success in the future-. In the evenidg many friends gathered at the house of the J)rid6's parents and passed a very pleasant time. The ilev Mi- JbHes will conduct services at A'l Saints Church to-morrow.

The Committee have decided to re^open the Foxton State School on Monday morning-

The full particulars of Messrs Stevens and Gorton's sale at the Me3sr3 Mudford's farm on the 3rd of May appear to-day. There are 810 acres of rich land, well divided and watered. The whole of the stock will be sold without reserve, and comprise 1000 sheep, 25 first-class cows, yearlings, and horses. There are farm implements and machinery, and a complete flax-mill plant.

Sufficient inducement not having come forward Messrs Stevens and Gorton will not hold a stock sale on Wednesday at their Foxton yards.

Messrs Greenwood and Forlong, surgeon dentist?, have commenced the practice of their profession in Palmerston, and it is their intention to pay regular visits to Foxton.

The Manawatu County Council invite tenders for various road works, whioh must be at the County office by eleven o'clock next Saturday.

It is with much regret that we learn that Mrs H. L. Sherwill died on Wednesday afternoon, after undergoing a surgical operation.

Cats are evidently at work on the rabbits. A settler who had set some snares in the rabbit burrows upon his land is well assured of it. Going one evening to see the result of the snares, he found one sprung, and puling steadily on the connecting line, he brought the animal to near the mouth and then inserted lub hand to secure the rabbit. He did not do it, however, for nearly as quick as his hand went in it came out, as the sharp claws and bushy tail enabled him to comprehend that instead of a rabbit he had secured a wild cat. Neediess to remark he severed the string and discontinued the investigations at that hole.

.Bainters are reminded that tenders close for painting and papering a four-roomed house at nine o'cloct to-night.

Mr George Wallace has been appointed (cierk to the Wirikino Koad Board There "were four other applicants for the position.

We. are not of the " right colour " in this district in the eyes of the Ministers. Mr J. G. Wilson, M.H.8., recently asked the Postmaster-Gederal whether he had decided to have anything done this year in regard to establishing telephone commuuiciUion with the townships along the Com pany's line. Mr Ward has sent the following reply : — " Unfortunately the vote is entirely exhausted. I propose to take a special vote and have the line carried out ne-.t session."

The many friends of Mr John R. Russell says the Times, will be glad to learn that he has Accepted a position on the literary staff of the Manawatu Daily Times, and enters on his new duties phortly. Mr Russell has had a lengthy experience in journalism as proprietor and editor of the Foxton Herald, and in that capaoity made many firm friends by the conscientious discharge of the work developing on him. We. have no doubt he will be equally sue» ceasful here, and are certain he will prove a valuable addition to our staff.

At the last meeting of the Committee of the Foxton Racing Club, Mr J. R. McMillan was appointed Secretary to the Club in Mr Russell's place. In commenting on thfs the Manawatu Times makes the following complimentary remarks :— •' In addition to being a good sport, Mr McMillan is a firstela s business man, and the Club is to be congratulated on having secured such «.n able successor to the late secretary.

Mr Edward Tregear is appointed Factory Inspector for the districts of Ormondville, Wesport, Picton, Mar ton, Inglewood, Gore, Otaki, Bulls, Balolutha, Pahiatua, Martinborough, Waipawa, Waipukurau, Taradale, Danevirke, Featherston, Greytown, Garterton, Upper Hutt, Foxt.n, Eketahuna, and Ashurst.

A madman in Portugal, armed with a re volver, the other day managed to gain an audience with Senor Garvalho, and demanded the sum of £100. The Senor paid a portion of the amount and promised the remainder, but in the meantime the perpetrator of the outrage was taken into custody. The unfortunate man must have been reading the American papers !

Nothing like protection ? The Norway Steel Company of Boston, one of the largest in America, has closed down owing to. the taxation of materials.

Particulars are to hand of a tragedy at Helena Bay, thirty miles from Karao. The victim is Arthur Kattan, and the perpetrator of. tho leed was Robert Butler. Both men' are foreigners and settlers at Helena Bay. The police received the news at 8.30 in the morning, and Butler was arrested soon after. He admitted the guilt to Constable Moore, stating that he quarrelled with Kattan in the morning about money matters, when Kattan drew a knife and stabbed him in three placvs on the cheat, which the man bears marks of. Butler then drew a revolver and shot Kattan dead.

Mv C. C. Kettle is appointed Resident Magistrate for Wanganui district and Mr W. Stuart Resident Magistrate for Taranafci district, in each case with extended jurisdiction to £100. Mr Stuart is also appointed Registrar of the Supreme Court at New Plymouth (vice Mr Kettle), a Coro~ nep of the Colony, a Trust Commissioner tinder the Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act and a Recorder under the Native Land Courts Act.

Ri-sembleth the Government's first of April jokes The allege! lobster found in a barrel of herrings turns out to be a fresh water crayfish thrown into the tub by acci dent from a fishmonger's shop, n :ar whicli the herrings were standing.

Mr R. C. Shearman lately filed hi * schedule. At a meeting of creditors on Wednesday it was resolved not to offer any opposition to the debtor obtaining his discharge.

At a meeting of shop assistants at Christchurch, motions wero carried sus,'--gestitig the introduction of a Compulsory Half Ho iday Bill in lieu of the Shop Howe IJiUi aud .inviting the co-operatio i of shop numstants throughout the Colony is It* s»pj»orti

Notice is given elsewhere that H. P. Foster intends starting baking early next week. A singular incident happened in one of the law courts in Sydney lately. In the course of r jury case before Judge Windeyer a juror took up his umbrella, hat, and other chattels, and silently stole away while counsel for the plain * ;et a vividly ;-*- « was reading . —cresting" deolavation. The juror got well away before his absence was observed, and consequently the full crying staff of the Coai't called his dame in the street and searched the pi'ectucts df the Court Wlthdut discovering aily trace of him. The judge was in a quandary, because all superfluous jurora had been discharged, and counsel were not dispdsed to go on uitlj three juroiß when four were; needed. While tile matter was being argued the lost .juror returned as silently to the Court as he had left it. "Oh I just went out," was hia explanation:— " I thought I ought to go out, and went. I just had a walk round." The judge discharged him with an awful caution, and a fourth man not being available, he had no resource but to adjourn the court tilt next day.

A curious reason is given for an invitation to dinner in the following cablegrams*. The Su tan is reported to be much irritated at the British triumph regarding his Firman recognising the new Khedive of Egypt, and he has invited Ismail Pasha, the exKhedive, to dine with him.

The Auckland Herald of April 14 says : — The trade in fish between here and Aus trails is, evidently, destined to become one of large proportions. Nearly every steamer that has left here for Sydney lately has taken large consignments of both frozen and smoked fish. On Tuesday the steamer Wairarapa took one hundred and ninety cases of frozen fish, principally sohnapper. The demand in Australia for New Zealand fish is constantly increasing, and the prices obtained should be sufficient to make the trade remunerative. In some instances very high prices have been given for sohnapper in Sydney, where the fish is very highly prized by connoisseurs. Mullet is about the cheapest fish in the Austra ian market.

On the Ist page of this paper is a striking announcement of special shipments of English made Blankets imported for the present season's requirements at Te Aro House, Wellington.

Now these B ankets are specially good value, that is to say, the prices are 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.

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, &c, at Te Aro House, Wellington.

It is very certain thai in all drapery articles of house furnishing it would be impossible to find elsewhere such advantages as we are abb to offer the public such as large variety, such moderate pri-es and such an excellent Carpet and Furnishing Department a 9 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, We.' lington.

Messrs Ross and Sandford of the Bon Marche, Palmerston North, beg to intimate to their numerous customer 6in the district, that the . additions to their premises are now completed, their first Direot 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 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, Ross & Sandford, the Bon March, Palmerston North.