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Manawatu Herald, 13 January 1894, Page 2

A silver dangle ha 3 leen loat and finder is requested to return same to the office of this paper.

A silver walch and chain has been picked up and the owner can obtain the same on application.

A very Urge number, of tenders . >era vetteiveAl lit the test meeting of the Manaiw&ttt fcdunty Council, a sure sign that business is slack.

The drainage board intend to widen the main drain in the Oroua Downs awarnp six feet and to provide a new outlet the cost of which will be close on £4000 i

At the Primitive Methodist CtenJerenHe ttt New Plymouth in the fifSt reading of Waft stfttfofca we notice that Mr J. $l|Mieft Is nominated for the Thames, Mr Grindley for Halcombe and Mr F. W. Boys for Foxton.

Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a stock sale at Levin on Wednesday.

Horse-owners are reminded that accept* ftucert for the i'oxtou Racing Club's meeting close to-night:

. 'i'he Otalii electorate has Idsi; lsshl ttefttore frtliri the toll by the action of the fileefcoi'al Act.

The. last well put down on the Motoa estate in a paddock off the Motoa road haa proved to be a very excellent one, the water rising to nearly twenty feet, when led up a pipe* ti'om the ground. Mr Battersbyi the conii'ftctor, is to bo congi'fttulßted oil ilia success.

The poundkeeper notifies that a horse will be sold at the pound on the 20th insti, if not sooner claimed*

Me9sr3 MeMjllnh, Rhodes * Cd; started" selling by auction at 11 o'clock this morning for the first time^ There was a fair ittendance of the public and some refreshments were provided. Mr McMi lan is the auctioneer and is to be congratulated on ihe mariner he disposed of the numerous lots,

A numbpv of gentlemen met yesterday afternoon and decided to form a Polo Club, and it was decided that the title should be the Oi'otm Polo Club.

The sea has charms, and we hear of one fami y who have decided to go under canvas i'or a week on the ocean lieafb, some distance norih of ihe heads.

The compiler of the cable news is not to be congratulated upon hi.s judgment. Here is an item hi'.vdK worth sending oui in any way, much less by cable. " Lord Onslow has sent the Ngatihuia tribe, after whom his son bom in New Zealand is named, a present of n. l.'mnn Jack."

His Honor the Chief Justice and Mr Justice Richmond are the Judges before whom the petition against the return of Sir Robert Stout as one of the members for the City of Wellington will be hoard.

The Casino and Liberal Arts Building*, which formed part of the buildings in connection with the World's Pair, have been destroyed by fire. The value of the buildiueti was estimated at 100,000 dollars.

News has been received in London of the death of Bishop and Mrs Hill, of the Niger territories.

The Victorian experts appointed to consider the matter report that several vineyards in the Bendigo district are badly affected with phylloxera. The Viticultural Board has considered the report. During the discussion some strong remarks' were made about the culpability of the Government in the matter. It was decided to request the Government to appoint competent inspectors. One member stated that the whole wine industry of the Colony was jeopardised by the outbreak.

We have authority for stating says the Post that Mr E. G. Jellicoe has* been instructed to lodge a petition against the return of Mr H. D. Belt for one of the Wellington City, seats, on the ground that ha made improper payments in. connection with his election contest. The. names of the petitioners have not been divulged. It is rumoured that steps are also to be taken to try and unseat Mr J. Duthie and Dr Newman.

Mr Gladstone is not in favour of opm"prilsory arbitration' in industrial disputes. 11l answer .to Dr McGregor in the House of Common;*, the I'cejnier said • the interest the Government felt in the question of arbitration had been greatly quickened by all the deplorable circumstances attending the prolongation of the dispute iv the coal trade, but he could not hold out any idea of concurring in a plan of compulsory arbitration. * They were, however, very anxious to find an opportunity of introducing, and if possible passing, the Bill for promoting arbitration.

A slight shock of earthquake was feH at 10.31 on Thursday night. .

Truth remarks on the Mail's remedy for the Bot fly, " Kerosene has about as much injurious effect. on the.bofc as a small boy'» kick would have upon the Great Pyramid.

The New Zealand Alliance for the Suppression of the Liquor Traffic has issued a manifesto in connection with the approaching March licensiug elections. Thi» manifesto advises the auxiliaries to take no action in respect to the election of committees, on the ground that the com.mittees are merely regulating and administrative bodies, whilst the Alliance exists for Prohibition purposes only. Advice is given, however, for the taking of the local option polls by the 'casting of votei for Prohibition only. Thia " ticket " will be issued from Auckland to committees in every part of the Colony. .

Wi Ham Bourke, licensee of the Lincoln Hotel, Chrisfcchurch, h^s been fined jss at th« Resident Magistrate's Court lor supply tog Mgnor'tf i fov «b4#»« -■ iftiyitn «! »s»,

Newton Fairs a banicrupt had his disiharae stispehdid for flitee years; at ttatteia oE Thiifsday.

Robert W. Patterson, a turi commissioner, of Willis-street, Wellington, was on Friday last charged with having committed a breach of the Gaming And Lotteries Act. in having, on Bosiug Day, given totfuiwiov odds to Constable , Butler,, who )v?A l;?en toM eft to entteavotr fo p^ciiJ^e c. ,o^Uisaior titftet on the racehorse Roscie.d^ which was to run that day in the Anc^juic. Cup, with a view to gain a conviction. Jlis j Worship having reviewed the evidence, jaid that the question for him tocUcule was whether the defendant acted m this transaction with Butler as an agent or as the principal. In his (the Magistrate a) opinion the transaction was a direct betting of totalisator odds between defendant and Butler, the former stanllihl* in th& i^lace Bf the totalisator. On Patterson's own ad mission, the transaction with Butler was not an isolated one, bet was in the ordinary couwe of business puv3ue^^' n|m onpnUliC holifi" -;; t He - thought the information had been *9U3tained, and defendant must be convicted. The Legislature had treated the offenSe as a eerioii§ ,aße,.,the peaalti' i being ft. Hnfc> iitit e*6eeding £100, or vsixmonths* iniprisonment with hard labour without the option of a fine. In the present instance the defendant would be fined £25, to be recovered by distress, or in default five months imprisonment.