Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1898.

Manawatu Herald, 4 July 1893, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1898.

We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the : Statistics of the Colony for 1892. It is a most interesting document full of figures, but from which very much can be gleaned. We shall, from time to time, cull some items therefrom which will surprise many. The Blue Book gives the Governors, the dates of their appointments and also all the parliaments since the passing of the Constitution Act with the names of all th« Ministries. It is a compilation most useful for reference. We are obliged by the July time-table of the N.Z. Eailways, received from the Wanganui Traffic Agent's Office. Mr Cobb, who is very well known in this distriot, having resided for some time at " Golden Lands " Motoa, and who is now residing near Ashnrst, is making very large additions to his residence there so that it will be in very marked contrast to his former dwelling on the banks of the Manawatu in this district.

At the flax-millers meeting on Thursday, whilst discussing grading, Mr A. Harris suggested that it should be by poims and that fine quality should be 80, g.f.a g. 00, fair average 50, and the points 100, should I*, divided for stripping HO, colour 20, i scutching 20, condition 15, uniformity 5, softness 5, baling ■». He considered the grader should not know the class the bale should be iv until he had added the points. A copy should be sent to the miller to enalilc him to correct hi* workers and also to chock tlie grader* An rxtra-oixhnavy general meeting ot the Foxton Co-operative Butchering Co. Ltd., is convened for Tuesday next to consider important business which needs immediate iittup'.ion. The directors hope to obtain a. full muster of the shareholders. To-morrow Messrs Abraham & Williams, hold their stock sale at Foxton, which comprises nearly 4000 sheep. The su.nu; firm hold a large sale at Palmerston on Thursday. In a case heard in Christchurch it transpired that the plaintiff, a journalist, who was engaged to write a series of articles for the Prohibitionist was frequently drunk amt had been so when writing the articles! He wrote from personal experience of the evils of intemperance. " "When you are ready to plant," says a correspondent of the Practical Farmer, L.S.A., put your corn in a sack, hang it in a smoke house, or any close place, and give it a thorough smoking. I tried it last season on a lot which I had been forced to abandon because of the ravages of moles and chipmunks. I planted this lot, and so far as I could judge, not a single kernel was disturbed. Our sandy soil is the natural home for the cutworm, and they seldom fail to do a deal of damage, but in this lot which was planted with seed which had been smoked, they did no damage whatever, while the corn which was planted without smoking on adjacent ground was badly damaged." The Hawke's Bay Suvuhl warns farmers against purchasing clover seed from Canterbury, where, says the Herald, large quantities have been threshed from land "jfested with the Californian thistle. At a great function at the Brompton Oratory, the English Roman Catholics adopted St Peter as their patron saint. A White Star liner, named the Gothic, of 8000 tons, has been launched at Belfast. She will trade to New Zealand after autumn. Tho special meeting of the Manawatn County Council was held on Friday. The only business transacted was the striking of the rates of which due notice had been given. The annual meeting of the members of All Saints Church is advertised to be held iv the church on Thursday evening, When some of the Borough Councillors attended at the Library yesterday afternoon, the Mayor informed them that owing to the Town Clerk's illhealth it was not possible for him to attend, and he suggested a postponement. After a little talk the meeting was adjourned to next Monday.

Large quantities of whitebait were oaught on Sunday. We have to thank Mr Williams for an excellent sample of fhese delicious fish.