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Manawatu Herald, 3 January 1893, Page 2

Mr Nye is to bfi congratulated on the most splondid crop his vines are giving thU year. A visit to his glasshouses is always a most enjoyable and instructive one, showing what care and perseverance nan accomplish, and Mr and Mrs Nye are always most kind and hospitable. A tomato house is Mr Nye's latest novelty. It is a well-built building, and the tomatoes are of splendid growth and of the very beS^sorts, and are cropping well, but they do not ripen quickly and therefore are hardly early enough to repay the cost incurred in growing them under glass. Mr Nys, who likes two strings to his bow, has vines also planted in the house in the event of his not being satisfied with the tomatoes. Taking the properties on either side of the road past Mr Nye's and up to Mr Bowe's, we do not think better garden land could be found. At the head of the valley Mr Bowe has an acre in garden produce which it would be hard to beat. The Borough Council meet to-morrow afternoon. . To-morrow \jeek will be the date for the next meeting of the Manawatu County Council. Mr J. G. Wilson has a letter much to the point, in another column. We trust his suggestion will be immediately acted upon. Messrs Gorton & Son hold a sale at Hunterville on Saturday and Bulls on Tuesday. Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a sale at Palmevston on' Thursday. Mr David Scott's Cordelia won the Marton Summer Handicap of 75 soys. on Friday. The directors of the Wellington Manawatu Bailway Company, paid a visit to Tokomaru on Friday by special train, and it has beeo detfttted t° proceed with the work of draining the Makerua Swamp at once. The Post says Mr Syms, chemist, at Woodville, is about to take proceedings against the Press Association for heavy damages for alleged transmission by its agent at Woodville of garbled reports of evidence given at Woodville in the Daven-port-Sym case. A Paris paper, referring to the deChristianisation of the French capital, shows that at present one-quarter of our new born children are not baptised ; onethird of the children no longer make their first communion ; whilst the proportion of civil marriages and civil funerals has risen to 25 percent. In other words one-quarter of the population of Paris is no longer Christian. In the London money market there has been a rise in Consols, which is mainly due to the French transferring money to England, fear being prevalent in France that a political crisis will be the outcome of the Panama Canal revelations. The Advocate says it is generally be. lieved now in Campbelltown that Messrs Nathan and Co. have abandoned the idea of startiug a dairy factory there. It is rumoured, however, that Mr Corpe, of E), has taken the matter up, and will factory in a short time.

Three hundred tons of butter, valued at £85,000, has been shipped from Melbourne on December 30th to London. This is the largest consignment yet sent. • The tender of Messrs Johnson and Shaw of Tokoniaru, at £197, has been accepted for erection of Tokomaru schdol. The wife of the Minister of Public Works has been ill, and it is satisfactory therefore to learn that a telegram has been received in Wellington froin^ the Minister that Mrs Seddon's health is greatly improved, and that she was able to take a little open-air exercise for the first time on Wednesday; The gentleman must have received rather a shock. The coaching stage at Pukaki, Canterbury, was burned down last week, it is believed through the groom going to his bunk in the chaff-room intoxicated: , He was found airiong the ti?ssocik3 burned about the feet, and with his hair singed off. The loss ie about £100. There was no insurance. The Hawke's Bay Herald states that the residence of Mr John Chambers, jun., Mokopeka, and all the station buildings, are now (brilliantly lighted by electricity, generated by power obtained from a turbine* This is arranged by a diversion of the Maraetotaro Creek, which furnishes, comparatively speaking, unlimited energy. Mr Chambers intends to drive his shearing machines by electricity next season, and to supply sufficient electricity to Mr Mason Chambers, at Te Mata; and Mr Bernard Chambers, Tauroa, to enable those gentlemen to light their residences and drive their shearing machinery. The Showroom is abundantly stooked with choice goods for present requirements, of whioh we invite inspection and comparison. Kosa and Sandfokd, District Im* porters, the Bon Marche, Palmerston North, — AI)VT. Over 10.0Q0 yards of substantial qualities in Flannelettes, large variety of the best patterns and colorings, are now being shewn in our warehouse at the following prices, 4Jd s£d, 6Jd, and B£d per yard. Send for patterns to James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington. In Harvard and Oxford Cotton Shirtings our Stock has been bought from the best manufacturers in the world. The value is therefore first class* and the prices are exceedingly moderate, ranging from 4£d to lOJd per yard. Send for patterns to James Smith, Te-Aro House, Wellington. " There is nothing like Leather." Our Leatherette Shirtings are tne strongest ancV most durable evsr made, will stand any amount of rough, hard wear, are therefore invaluable to bushraen, perpetual leasers, and country settlers generally. Prices 9£d to lOJd per yard. Send for patterns to James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington. For Summer Suits for Boys our Galatea Stnpes are simply unequalled. We have them in all color grounds and in all color stripes from GAd to lOid per yard. Send for patterns to James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington.