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Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 134, 11 April 1894, Page 2

The general meeting of the Gymnasium takes place to night.

In tho libel notion brought by Hayes, tho jockoy, aga net tho Australasian, oviileoco was given that the plaintilT on one

occasion during a raoo loaned ovor and caught the bridle of a horso which wns going to tho front, and thus prevented it from winning tho race.

The local Fire Brigade intend giving a minstrel entertainment shortly in order to raise funds for the purchase of a tire engine. The first rehearsal took place lust evening afM proved very successful. The date of the show' has been fixed for Tuesday. May Ist. The enlarged photo of Mr J. Vile, ex Mayor, presented by that gentleman to the borough Council, lias been hung over the Mayor's chair. The likeness is au excellent one.

Despite pouring rain and whistling wind the Pahiatua cricket team left this morning for Woodville to meet the local team. Even footballers would have cried off a match on such a day as this.

A meeting of members of the Pahiatun Fire Brigade was held last evening, Capt

Pickering presiding. Mr A. birnie was present anil reported that JE33 10s hail been collected towards the fund for pur-

chasing a tire engine. The presentation of medals won at tho recent competition amongst the members of the brigade then took place. The medals presented by Messrs \V. bogle and A. Baillie for the winners of the ladder rescue race wore handed over to Capt. Pickering and Fore man Henderson. Fireman Oldershaw was the recipient of a cash prize. Tho presentations were mado by Mr A. birnie. In our last issue an error crept into tho report of the County dngineer. The average cost of spreading metal, which was printed as 10$d should have read ljd. The first hatch of summonses issued bv the Pahiatua Newspnper Company were dealt with at tho S.M. Court yesterday, the defendants confessing judgment. The Choral Society's production of the opera Pinafore ” has been fixed for an early date. In view of tho fact that tho | proprietor of the Public Hall has alread\ let a contract for increasing the size of the building, it would be well if ho could have the contraot carried out and tho stage room increased bofore the date tixod upon for the entertainment; as at present the stage space is altogether inadequate oo the requirements of the piece. Winter appears to have fairly set in. Yesterday the whole line of Tararim ranges was snow capped. To-day tho blustering gusts of wind and soaking showers of rain were as thoroughly unpleasant as could be experienced in the depth of winter. Mr W. Reid is prepared to receive pupils for tuition in music. Terms can be obtained by letter addressed to Mangatainoka. A curious story in connection with a workhouse at Poplar, London, is worth recording :—Seven years ago a married woman was admitted into the workhouse innrmarv, and the husband was called on to pay for her maintenance at the rate of 5s per week. The patient died a few days after admittance, but the guardians seem to have omitted the formality of intimating the fact to the husband, who, on his part, does not appear to hv.ve made searching inquiry respecting his spouse’s welfare. When, after tho lapse of teven years, he found out that he was a free man. lie demanded from the Board restitution of the ' money he had paid, and the guardians have now handed to him the sum of £93.

A storv is told in a London p ■ whirl illustrates and emphasises in p •euliai manner the advantages of sc: , . Twc telegraph clerks were sitting o; ;> ite . iciother in a Chicago office, on sending : message to New Orleans and the otliei

receiving one from that citv. The sender wanted to borrow a plug of tobacco from the receiver, but dare not break rules b\ asking him. Flo therefore telegraphed his wish to the New Orleans operator, who in his turn, passed it on. In a moment or so the plug of tobacco was handed across the partition. A yard separated borrower and lender, but the request travelled more than a thousand miles. Referring to the wreck of the Grecian Bend the Manawatu Times says :—Whenever a wreck unfortunately occurs on the New Zealand coast there is always some difficulty raised as to the despatch of vessels to render, if possible, aid to those who may be in distress. The case of the Grecian Bend, which has apparently foundered off the East Coast, affords another example of this sort of thing. Certain facts have come to light which clearly prove that a vessel has come to grief. The Government officials at the nearest port, it appears, cannot arrange to send a vessel in search, and one has to be supplied by a private individual. Considering tho lavish hand with which money is scattered in providing steamboats and trains for the entertainment of “ distinguished visitors ’’ tliif is simply intolerable. In such an emergency, the Customs officials should bo instructed to arrange without any delay whatever for the departure of a vessel to render any aid that may be necessary. The Government have been informed that a Norwegian vessel has been fitted out at Melbourne for the purpose of sealing and taking birds at the Auckland Islands. It has therefore been decided to despatch tli3 Ilinemoa thither to checkmate the design as soon as she has returned from Raratonga and the route for the proposed inter-island cable lias been surveyed. It seems settled, says a a contemporary, that Tom Sullivan, once amateur chain pion of New Zealand and now professional champion of England, will make the Old Country his place of abode for the future. Ho is proprietor of tho Rutland Arms. Hammersmith, and recently married Miss Rough, a neico of John H. Clasper, the famous boat-builder of Putney. All New Zealanders who knew Sullivan when rowing in this Colony will wish him every happiness in his new sphere.

At the annual conference of the Australian Natives' Association at Warrnnmbool, Victoria, a resolution was passed to the effect that tho conference ahould support the fixing of a minimum rate of wages in Australia. I f wu * decided to support the extension of the tra*Tr^ #e 10 wor,,en over 21 years.

The assistant botanist of the United States Agriculture Department is investigating the extent of damage done to crops by the Russian thistle, the least known and one of the most dreadful of all weeds (says a correspondent). It is said that it has this year inflicted a loss of over .£*Boo,ooo on farmers in the United States. Unless speedily checked, it promises to spread ovfcr the entire country. The man of business who does not advertise is like a man in the dark: Ho may know what he is doing, but nobody else does.

Sec the splendid range of ladies and children’s ulsters Trewbv Bros are now showing. Ladies’ corsets ls9d, towels 3£d, hosiery 2£d, ribbons lsd, all wool flannel 8 jd, calico Is 9d per dozen, laces 4$ per dozen, hats and bonnets 8d ; and all for cash only.

The next English and European mail via San Francisco will close at the local Post Office on Wednesday, the 18th day of April, at 1.15 p.m., due London May 23rd. I’h • next Frisco mail is duo Pahiatua 81st March.

Wo have this day ope nod up two hales of tho latost patterns in sanitary wall papers, and have marked them off very low to suit tho times. Scrims, tacks, glass of atl kinds, varnishes, oils, loads, colors, and brushes in stock. Estimates given for all kinds of work and exp r on cod workmen pent to any part of the district Cooper and opposite Bank of Now Zealand, Pahiatua. The cheapest house in Pahiatua for ■lvsp. i". • i rby 1 for 2k fid ; flannelettes, 0 yards for 10$ ! up ; flannelettes. 0 yards for Is tiu ; shu t ings. 3$ \ ards for lsffd; ladies umbrellas. t i. hir-cst and best •rtment in the dis Ls W d n'-. ulsters, U lid up . d «ss stuffs from B|d, nothing to compare with them in the province; ladies' cashmere hose, 10Jd; the Svmiuglon corsets. 4s lld this is the same corset that hawking drapers from Wellington ask vou 5s 1 id for; prints, 2{d. 3\ I. 4M ; ladies’ jack -s. t l og- stock to select from, all the latest fashions ; ladies’ skirts. Is 9d, 2s fid, 8s 3d, and 4s Ud. rfaese prie s are tor cs-h on!j. Ti. \\ b\ Brothers, family draper* next Club Hotel. Wanted Known. -All my good* coming direct from the Home manufacturers all who intend paying me a visit during the next 14 days’ salo may depend on my goods being flesh and new from tiie mar kets. No old shop-keeper’s rubbish, “dear at any price, ” carried forward from sea son to seasou. R. Biair, Importer. Wellington. Radford and Barlow have just been declared the successful tenderers for the stock of boots shoes and grindery of tho Anchor Boot Co., of Palmerston North, and also for the entire stock of drapery and clothing etc., of Mr Henry llaydon of Palmerston North. Wonderful bargains will shortly be offered. Look out

for further advertisement. Why is it that Wellington hawking drapers ask 5s lid for Symington's corsets when the country drapers soil them at 4s lid. Tho answer is plain. Think of tho enormous expense Wellington drapers are under in conveying their stock from town to town and paying carriage many times over. Trewbv brothers i* the shop for cheap drapery.

Children's endowmentswithoi trisk. Table 11. U. —This table removes the only objectii n to th< Endowment, viz., the fc n* that in theew n; of death oi puent i jutrdian, the Premiums would not be kept up. It itherefore a combination of endowment and assurance without risk of forfeiture from any cause. Every possible contingency is covered, and a good rate of compound interest is guaranteed at the end of the term by the policy, which is also nonforfeitable while surrender value lasts. Example.—A father, age 30, endows his son, age 1, for A’2oo, payable on his reach£7 ‘ fid any time alter the first payment as above, instead of the widow having to continue 1 Paving premiums, the endowment he ! come, a paid-up policy, and matures when the boy reaches 21 years of ag -. In oven ; of the child's death during currency ol the policy, the whole of the p eui ums ! paid will be refunded. —Mu wal Lite Association of Australasia, E. B. Haiv, ! sident agent.