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Manawatu Herald, 30 December 1893, Page 2

We have to thank the Secretary of the Otaki Maori Racing Club for a complimentary ticket for the races on New Year's Day. We shall make a point of being represented. Owing to Monday next being a holiday we shall not publish an issue of the Mayawati; Herald on Tuesday. The Legislature has pronounced holidays to be good, aiid we intend to be good. Advertisers will please note the fact. On Thursday the news portion of this paper will contain much new and interesting matter, not the least will be our Character Sketch No 4, o£ our local Pick Whittington, Mr George Nye, twice Mayor of Foxton, with portrait. We acknowledge receipt of the Hawera 'Star' Almanac and West Coast Directory for 1894. It is a useful compilation and should be in the hands of all business people. We ate obliged by the receipt of the Christinas number 'of' the.- otdtf» '. Witness. It is a formidable compilation comprising ! some fifty pnges, out of which 130 columns contain seasonable matter, specially writi ten for this number. As we have only just received it we cannot speak positively of all the tales, but those we have read we have, found fipojstj iptps stingy ..The price is exjeee^gi£ ctteqjpj for 'jitfce/' amount of amus'ement and information^ given in ex change. A lady in partaking of . the Holy. Com - I muuication at a Rituaiisti'6 Church" near Dartford, England, .inadvertently -let the cup fall, spilling a quantity of the wine. The officiating clergyman immediately j telegraphed- to a number of his. Ritualistic brethren, who, as quickly as. possible, appeared on the scene, and with their tongues licked off the floor the wine tnat was still remaining. A good idea comes from Mold Green, Hudderafield (England) where the young ladies have formed a Baby Nursing Society to mind infants while thenrroothers attend church. The coal war in England lifts 'seriously affected the stipends of ministers of religion who are dependent on the voluntary gifts of their people. One had only received £6 during three months. There ispow a coloured millionaire, Mr Charles P. Grove, of Montana, U.S. A wealthy lady in San Francisco hai offered to furnish* and pay the rent of a house to be opened by the Salvation Army as a home for lost children. An interesting experiment has been made in Okushire, a little fishing isle on the north coast of Japan. Finding themselves being ruined by sajci fan intoxicating drink) the inhabitants absolutely prohibited the sale, purchase or use' of any alcoholic, liquor on the island. The result in eight years has been that wretched squalor and poverty have given place to general pros* perty and content. The population has increased five-fold, and the capital invested ten-fold. The Board of Land Purchase Commissioners under the Land for Settlements Act will meet shortly to deal with nineteen blocks of land, of a total area of 270,565 acres, which are now under offer to the Government. A noticeable feature in connection with the Falmerston races (says the Manawatu 7 imes) was the success of the looal horses. Spreydon, the winner of the First Handicap Haok Hurdles, is a smart looking, ohestnut gelding by Country Boy— Nil Desperandum. He was trained and ridden by 8. Cleaver. The owner of Spmydon U Mr C. Leon, of Campbelltown. King John, the winner of the Telegraph S taken, is by King Ode— Wainui, the owner being Mr E. Jaokman, of Awahuri. The horse has greatly improved since ' the Feilding meeting, and: by his win proved himself to be a first-class "nag." Unity, another , looal horse, secured second place in the 1 First Hardies.

The Eeturning Officer announces that Mr Osborne has retired from the position of candidate and therefore declares MiMcMillan duly elected a Gouricillon Mrs dawstott requests the immediate settlement of accounts owing to the late K. Cawston. The next English and European mail via Brindisi, will close at the local office on Tuesday, the 2nd day of January at 8 p.m. The Borough Council at its meeting yesterday granted tin usual leave to the town clerk This holiday has been exception illy well eanit this year as there has baen a deal of extra labour upon this official during tho past twelvemonths; dwlug td the protracted licensing business arid damage by fields, rf : cj \Ye" were surprised at the j veswlmiori being passed silently, as a few words of kindly appreciation is a great encouragement. No doubt the Councillors thought all that was good or they would not have acted as they did. The Wanganui Eduoation Board notifies that between the first and thirty -fire t of January, each local School Committee is required to nominate two persons to fill the vacancies caused by the annual retirement of one-third of the Board members. Mr Battersby has a business announcement in this issue. The last well he sank for Mr Carter resulted in the satisfactory flow of nine feet above the surface; An important new departure lias been taken by the well-known firm of McMillan, Khotles & Co. To Met* mucH-felt want Mr McMillan has taken out an auctioneer's license. We trust the new line; will be a success, and we think it will, as the firm is not deficient in energy or wanting in business tact. The past year has shown that there it an opening again in this district for an auctioneer, and we are glad the opportunity has been grasped by one who is capable of making the most of it. Messrs Spelman & Speirs this morning struck a very strong flow of water in the artesian well they have sunk for Mr Whibley. The pipes are down 160 feet the water rises six feet above the ground level, and flows with great strength. Oddly enough the pipes came upon a log at the finish which delayed proceedings for some time. The firm start next to deepen the artesian well at Mr Thynne's residence. The Manawatu Hotel has changed hands, Mrs Lewis, late of the Cambridge ; Hotel, Wellington, having purchased the ; interests of Mrs Cawston. , from Melbourne we learn that the Premiers of the Australian colonies have agreed to invite the Duke and Duchess of York to visit Australia and New Zealand next year. The idea originated with the I Premier of Victoria, and invitations have ■ been sent from each colony. The Marquis of Ripon has agreed to the proposed new boundary between the British and the Dutch territory in New Guinea. Ropata te Ao has been elected to represent the Western Maori District. It is 1 stated at Otorohanga that the Ngatimaniai poto Native, who polled the next highest • number of votes, will petition against Ropata te Ao's return on the ground that the latter was on the European electoral roll for the Otaki district at the time of his nomination under the name of " Hema Ropata te Ao. " On nomination day, it is said, the Returning Officer was assured that Hema Ropata te Ao and Ropata te Ao were different persons, whereas it is 1 now asserted that they are one and the same. Eketone.it is stated, will endeavour to get Ropata te Ao disqualified. The Right Rev H, J. C. Harper, till recently Bishop of Christchurch and Primate of New Zealand, died on Thursday at Christchurch, in his ninetieth year. i The barque Royal Tar has cleared at Adelaide for Paraguay with 190 emigrants , who intend intend to settle in " New Australia." The lady Mayor has scored a point. At ; a special meeting of the Onehunga Borough Council, held for the purpose of electing a town clerk, the Mayor, Mrs l Yates, before the business was proceeded with, took exception to the presence of [ Messrs Rowe and Hill, who had resigned i their seats, These gentlemen thereupon stated that they would remain in office until such time as their successors were appointed. The Mayor replied that she ', ruled differently, and would not allow any 1 business to be transacted while those gentlemen remained to vole. The council ! adjourned till January Bth, by which time the successors of Messrs Rowo and Hill , "will'be 'appointed. On the last meeting of the Wellington i Land Board, it was decided to offer Limestone Reserve, Section 69, Block VIII. , Makbri, for lease for 10 years, and Mr Brebner was allowed six months extension of time to complete his improvements on Section 40, X.. Pohangina. : With Mr Stead's Christmas number of the Review oj Reviews is bound up a small copy of the new Daily Paper which he contemplates starting next year. The Daily Paper is to be a forty- page magazine of the same size page as The Review. All betting news is tabooed.