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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 99, 29 September 1877, Page 2

We are requested to call' public attention to the stock of firewood that the Germanß clearing the cemetery have on hand. It - maybe bought "at 6s per cord. Mr Marsh. , •will furnish information to intending purchasers. • . :. y At a churcti l aid" concert m Wespoir't the? " very handsome.sum* of £30 was realised. We learn that the shearing season will, open at ITaxbourne on Ist October. The rate has been fixed for the season at 17s 6d. The following tenders were sent m for the 'erection of a" building for-the Sandon Steam a Flour Mill Company, limited^— H. Mai- \ cbirfb and Co., £365 10a.j this was accepted." The foflWirig were declined i-^C. Bull, £375 ; Evering Bros., £437; Burgess and Thompson, £44^ ; 6. Spearing. £730 : A. Cleghora, £763. ; " . The Christchurch "Press" says s The Key. Mr Elmslie, of St.v Paul's Presbyterian Churehj m the course of an eloquent sermon* preached by him lately^ referred 4 touch-, ing language to the,wjpeck of the' Avalanche, and stated that, ahtqhgst ; those who 1 went down mi the^fli-fated .vesselw ere three young ladies who' had been members of his Bible claaa". ;..--'. r .•<.'. .'■;•■ \ T A Melbourne. correspondent of the New" ;^Tork "XJEpper >r says that" Mrsl'Scott-Sid-,.dons has /invested a considerable sum of tuoney in' land in-K"ew Zealand. ' A recent Mtib of tlie" Argu3 M says -.-3* An exeitingincidenib pccurred: at the end at the wharf yesterday afternoon in^^utectioiT with the Hawea. . A numberaj^^^gLb horses were safely got ; on board^H^^ne of them leaped with fright over the. vessel's side into the .water where it floundered about until its strength was exhausted. There appeared little hope of saving the animal's Me, when a young man with more self -confidence than diseretidhj : leaped over m his habiliments, and by diving underneath the horsey a very, risky expedient/ succeeded m placing a rope round the animal, by which the horse was hoisted to the steamer. . Blackbirds are becoming very, iplentiful m the vicinity of Green Island; arid- Brighton/ .At • the residence of- Mr Jeff coat, opposite the mouth of the KaikomV they- are so plentiful .that boxes, V and kegs", and jars have been placed among the branches of of the trees for their accommodation, and they now flock about the place*" as. thick as pigeons. Mr Jeffcoat,, we may state, is an ardent supporter, of the effortV of our* Acjclimatisation Soraety, ahd-hV' has taken, every precaution against these Valuable birds' being molested. The result is that the, ■ blackbirds have taken ;kmdly to £heir pr<& tector, and their nests have" been . built m, ; everydirection.— "-Otagq Q-uardiaa." v The "Tuapeka Times" records the following instance erf honesty d-fflhe part of a Chinaman :-r-A neighboring / runholder paid off his Cliinese cook, andf ki doing so- ; ' gave " John " £6 .pore than' n*e was entit led I to.V The Chm'amah VeappfeaTed^at the station I m a few days, and nittdh to hia t late em- 1 pjoyer's. surprise^ hatided the £nM saying "top inuchee." ChinamCTf are usually! good cooks, but not always* honest j one I who is both must be" a valuable man to his- 1 employers; ■•■•.. - \ I "''A s telegram^^from Auckland 1 appearing infl the lyttelton " Times,^ states that at t hel Police Court bri>the 3rd iast. two youngl girls about sixteen : years of uge were brought! up by tlie police as ;hayihg been found m al ; house of fll-faine. ■ Qne^qf the"nii respec tablyfl connected, disappeared^ fromf her home Wtl week, and though vigorous search was made fl she was only discovered yesterday-, m theH house with some twenty other young giils. AH number escaped. The sub-inspector stated inH Court that : for some time ; past a regularH system of abducting ydung girls has been uifl force m the cityj and warrants wfere obtained! against a number of offenders, who are tobeß arrested and prosecuted' :. I '■■ - An interestingexperiment says the " Eoro-H pean Mail" has been made -at. a horse-B slaughtering establishment at Dudley, withH the view of testing anew system- of slaiighter'^| ing cattle by means of and thy ■ putting them but' of eiisterice more speediljH and with less-suffering thaff by the ordinaryH pole-axe. Twer "la'fge powerful horses an^| a donkey (disabled for work) 1 were range^H m a line about half a yard apart under. jB shed, the donkey being placed m the centrelß A small primer- -of- dynainlte, with aiH electric fuse attached, was then placed oi^B each of their "foreheads and* fastened i^H position by a piece of string undsj^he jaw^| The wires w.ere then coupled ap^RT circui^B and attached to^the electric machine, whicl^B stood about fi^eyai^s'mfroht.^' The handl^B of the machine being then 'turned, an electrii^B current was dischargedj whicli exploded th^f /three cKargea symifleaneptfely/ and th^| animals ! fell dead without a struggle. Tb^H whole: affair was over m" two minutes, an<^| the experiment appears to have been a per^H feet success. It was conducted by M^H Johnson/ agent for Noble's explosives, as^| sisted by Mr. Harris, one of the dynamiti^B : instructors. .By this means,- it is stated^| any number—^eveja r.loo or more cattle ma^H be instantly killed by the same' current o^H ■ electricity. There cannot be a doubt tha^| the present system of slaughfering cattle open to the charge of be|ng cruel- and bo^H barous, ahd^the slightest 'want of skill on th JH part of the slaugJiterer often subjects thflH unhappy beasts! tr> horrible torture. Ap^H attempt, to; extinguish life painlessly is i^H step in' the right direction, not only -a^B . regards cattle, _ but also as regards criminal^H -sentenced to capital punishment, - whose cfts^H equally deserves consideration.* . -~^H Showing the Way.— An old lady observin^H a sailor.going past heir! door, and supposm^H ; it to be- her con 1 Billy, cried out to hitt^H ■" Billy; wiierC has my cow gone ?" Tb^H sailor replied m a contemptuous manne^H "Qoneto: the devil, I suppose." " Well, s^H you are going that' way," said the old lad^^H "I wish you. would let down the barsi^H Tie Bailor left. , ' J^M