Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1893.

Manawatu Herald, 21 December 1893, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1893.

Alterations have been made in Joe Tos's advertisement on pur third page. A watch has been found near Carnarvon which the owner can obtain by applying to Mr Joshua Mathers. The arrangements made on the Go vernment railway for the Christmas holidays are advertised. On Monday the train service between Foxton and Longbum will be suspended. On Tuesday the train leaves Foxton at 7.45 a.m. instead of 9 a.iu Tho honorary Secretary of the Fox ton Racing Club reminds horse-owners that nominations for different races close on Saturday at 9 p.m. We may say that everything has now been done, that can at present be done, to make the course in good order, better in fact than it has ever been. Tho Returning Officer gives notice of the date when nominations for the olliu.t of Councillor will be received, in ihe room of Mr Williams, elected Mayor. We would ask our advertisers to notice i ihat on Tuesday next, Boxing Day the Manawatu Hehaij) will not. be published. No ont must foig-t the Seuool Concert to night. A very good program me is drawn tip and a pleasant owning.; en tar lainmoiit may ha expected. The prices c.inigtd for a.lmission are low, the object g"od, and so ought the attendance to be. The Department of Agriculture have published a list of dairy factories whioh have been n ported, to the first of this month. We notice the Wellington distiict is credited with twenty-thvee factories or creameries. The oilices of the Department of Agriculture have issued and sent us a yery neat lithograph wishing us the compliments of the season, which we desire to return most heartily. The main body . of the card is a pasture bordered with bush, on which three first-class sheep are placed ; and there is also an excellent view of the Government buildings in Wellington. The newly-appointed fruit expert in London for New Zealaud recommends the export of apples from the Colony, as it is expected that there will be. a scarcity of Canadian and American fruit this season. He 13 preparing lists of snitable varieties of apples for export to England, with advice as to the best means of packing. A European Commission is being appointed to arrange for the construction of a great reservoir in Upper Egypt, With a view of tapping the Nile for irrigation purposes. The matter of the boundaries of the • Carnarvon school district was referred to Messrs Sanson and Fry to deal with. The Mayor of Broken Hill has been fined £50, and debarred from taking oifice in or under the council for seven yearsY'fdf being concerned in a contract for supplies : to the council. ( The Wanganui Education Board has re- , solved — " That regulation 1, regarding ! junior assistants, be struck out and the follwing inserted in lieu thereof — ' When pupil teachers have completed a year's serj yieu as Ist Class pupil teachers, they may, if retained in the soivioe of the Board, be classed as junior assistants, and shall be paid according to the following scaleMales, first year, £55 ; second year/ £16 ; females, first year, £55 ; second year, £C5. But if not so classed they may during tho will of the Board be retained as pupil ' teachers at pupil teachers' pay."*"' x I 1 It has been ascertained that a French spy has secured and taken to Paris plans of the defences of Bombay, Aden, Rangoon and Kurrachee. Espionage on the part of the French is very active at pre sent. Mr H. P. Forster call3 attention to his Christmas novelties and refreshing drinks and tas'.y eatables, in various notioes. To each purchaser of goods to the value of ten shillings. Messrs Loveday offer a present during this Christinas season. Particulars will be found in his advertise? raent. Adapting himself to the position. The Governor of New South Walo* ha.B re» mittcd the fines imposed on the Jftanager, secretary and directors of the Dftb)s|iotf« j ing-down Company for slaughte^g with. ' out a license. The total' penalties amounted to £50,010.

Gaudaur has challenged Sullivan to row a match in Texas for t'soo a side, Sullivan lo bs a towel expenses, j AdmiraVAvellon, of t!ie Unssian fleet, is j reported to liave auM lie is unable to guarantee tie loyally of the moil of the l.'urf-im .-'(junndi'oii if tho vessels are p-r miiud to pay frequent visits to French ports. That all-wise cable crammer has distributed the following sensational, piece of nows:— 4 *Jt is reported from Abyssinia that tliu Negus Johannes 11., cut out tht tongue cud sawed off the feet of a servant. A week lat r In: yawed oft" the unforinnate inan'shauds nml exposed Mm in tlie di'seri to the burning sun until the victim, was devoured, by : vultures and hyenas! '.A.Tlie'pnnfchirien't. ife said to have in' v iiiilio.cd because, tiiu'tnah (lid not rovenl a conspiracy against the Negus." He conc'udes with ilio assertion that " this feniiil fitroc'iy Jlias caused a feeling of horror throughout ,\ liyssinia." Kxcillent man ! why .-wasn't, he clear. Which atrocity ha^ caiisid the feeling of horror, the first or la^t. As it roads at present it would appear that the .-\byssinians can staucl the fet-t being sawed off, and the tongtie cut out of a servant, but when it comes to sawing oft' his hands also, it is just a point 100 much. ' His Honor the Chief Justice delivered judgment on Monday in the case Grant v. Manawatu Road Board. The case was an appeal from a nonsuit in an action to re cover £500 in respect of damages alleged to have been sustained by an insufficient .outlet being provided - for a drainage, system, and also by the alleged d. -opening of one df tho drains- Tlioro was likewise a , motion for a new trial. The case was heard at Wanganui some time since by the Chitf Justice, who non-suited plaintiff on , the grdund that the defendant board was not liable to provide an outlet, as the , drains had been cons! rue ted by the (iovern- ' ment, and moreover that a county council or road board was not bound to provide an ' efficient scheme of drainage, while the alleged deepening had not been established. { His Honor now upheld the nonsuit, and refused the motion for a new trial, with £15 15s costs. Mr .Tellicoe appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Gully for the defendant Board. Wo arc requested to state that visitors to PalniL'i'stnh from this district during show week will lind a charming choice of ; fashionable drapery, dress goods, maiitles. and millinery, at the Bon Marchc, The Fashionable Drapery Emporium of Pal- ! merston North, spt*n till 1 p.m. on Thursday 9th, ami till G p.m. Such other day during .Show week, visitors invited to Inppoct stock on display, lloss ami Sandford. — .* v\ i.