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Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 137, 18 April 1894, Page 2

A concert in aid of the organ fund takes place in Ballance this evening. We sre glad to learn that Mr G. But tomlev, who has been confined t o his bed from the effects of an accident, is now recovering, and was yesterday able to leave his bed. The illness was caused by an injury to the right foot, which affected the nerves and subsequently the eyesight. The game season starts on Mar Ist. but the season for blankets and flannels has already started. For Al value in these articles go to Trewby Brothers, family drapers. At a meeting of the works committee of the Pahiatua County Council yesterday, the following tenders were accepted : Contract No ‘229, Mr O'Mara; No 331, Mr J. Dawson ; No 332, Mr Woodley. A meeting of the committee of the Pahiatua Gymnasium takes place on Monday evening. Mr E. Naylor, coachbuilder, etc., has just turned out, to the order of Messrs D. Knight and Son, butchers, a delivery cart of convenient and ornamental design. Another vehicle, of a similar pattern is now being built for Mr W. Best, of Tutaekera.

The suppliers to the Makakahi dairy factory unanimously agreed to give 10j lbs of milk to the gallon.

At the request of a large number of business men and other residents of Woodville we have decided to make special arrangements for giving prominence in the Herald to tho latest and fullest news from that town. Foil and accurate reports of proceedings of local bodies will be given in our columns. The Herald may be obtained at Mr C. Hall’s shop nnmediatelv after the arrival of the five o’clock coach. Arrangements of a very coinp'ete character forthe representa tion of the Herald in Woodville are already in progress. A number of cases of fever are reported in Pahiatua at the present time. Five cases are said to have qcourred in one family.

A Literary and Debating Society is being formed in Masterton. Surely Pahiatua should be able to follow so exoellent a lead.

Mr J. Jessop, the contractor for the olearing of the Athletic Society's ground, commenced work on Monday, and is making satisfactory pi ogress.

Mr De G. Fraser, County Engineer, took the levels at tho Ngaturi bridge yesterday, and work was commenced bv the contractors' party forthwith. The Pahiatua footballers appear to have gone to sleep. The adjourned general meeting of members, to have been held on Mondav evening, lapsed for want of a quorum.

Sa.ys“ Damocles "in the W. D. Times:—

" Jack " Lucena, formerly of Greytown. and last year captain of the Pahiatua Club, is now residing in this district, and will throw in his lot with the Masterton Club this season.

Five sections in the Pah Creek Village Settlement, Mangaone Survey District, about 11 miles from Eketahuna, were offered for selection on lease in perpetuity at the Land and Survey Office, Wellington, to-day.

Sir Matthew Davies has filed a petition in bankruptcy. He attributes his failure to his connection with certain fin&noial institutions. The liabilities amount to £281,000, of whioh £253,000 are secured. Th* assets are stated at £32,700.

According to tho Woffington correspondent of the Otago Daily Times, there are signs of a oabal to procure Government support for e new Speaker of the House of Representatives who has never yet held that offioe.

In view of the lost of revenue through no Hoense being granted to booths, the North Otago A. and P. Associations have decided to caff upon several prominent members of the association who are on the licensing commitiee to subscribe the deficiency in the revenue which will result.

Sheep stealing is said to be so prevalent in Bruce Countv that an aisoclation has been foru)ed In raise £7O to be offered os a reward for such information as will lead to the conviction of ths pa ties engaged. It was also decided to ask the Minister for Agriculture to enquire into the truth of the allegations that sheep stealing is prevalent in the colony. Two young laiies of Dundee—Miss F. Marie Im indt and Miss Bessie Maxwell —have started on a journey round the world. They are siff! bv the proprietors 3? the Dundee Courier and the L<uiiu— Week'y New* for the purpose of gleaning inform vtion ae to the conditions of female labour in various oountries.

Why pay other people 25* 6d for a suit of dot he* when yon can get the tame quality for 15s 6d at Trewby Brother* ? They h tve the largast and best selected stock of men's and boys* clothing and mercery outside the Urge contrec.

A number of Royalties are arriving in Coburg to be present at the wedding of the Grand Duko of ilesio and the Princess Victor.a of Coburg. The ceremony s to be of a most brilliant character.

The ohiefa in Pondoland who opposed the annexation of the country by the Government of Capo Colony have been do ported to East Griqualand, to the north of Pondoland.

Because of the Governor’s refusal to iisso.vo the Newfoundland Parliament, Sir W. Whi ewav and his late colleague* n ho Ministry refused to leave the House • t Barham ’lit, and barred the doors ig iiust the Governor and members of the iew Ministry. The supporters of Sir W. A lntew iv passed a vote of confidence in lie late Ministry, but the Governor, Sii John o’Linen, ignored it. During the voyage of the Tarawera roiu Wellington to Sydney a saloon pa--•tiger named Samuel Ferguson dis ppeared on the evening of the 12th, aa.l io trace of him could be found.

The ship Titania, bound from Adelaide o Sydney, collided with the ste.uuer tvonoowarra, which was on a voyage from Sydney to Melbourne. The accident lock place of! Green ('ape, but no details are ivailable. Iho sailing vessel suffered uost injury, and the steamer Glaucus is towing her into Sydney. After the col ision the Konoowarra proceeded on bet voyage to Melbourne. At the Oddfellow's gathering at Manga tainoka on Monday evening Bro Loasby uentioned that £3OOO per day w is dis •used by the order in sick-pa.v during last year. Mr Pratt, the tax registrar in England, had stated that Friend y Societies vere saving the taxpayers of England £1,500,000 per year in poor rates. Robert Walter Ca9boult aged 30, manager of the Derby branch of the National Hank, vo 1 untanly surrendered to the Laun ceston police, for embezzling money of the bank. Casboult says that he purposed to commit suicide by shooting himself, but that a momentary thought of his wife and family prevented him from taking his life. Madame Caimuilla Urso, the famous violinist, has left Berlin for Marseilles, where she will be joined bv the prim* donna , Signora Clementine de Vere-capio, and Signor Romualo Sapio. They are expected in Melbourne early in May. Out of 297,816 persons in the colony over 21 years of age, only 29,313 recorded their vote at the late licensing election. The gross cost of prisoners per head in New Zealand last year was £49 15s 6d, and the net cost £36 4s sd.

The following will interest the ladies— New jackets and mantles, new ladies' macintoshes, new ladies’ and children’s ulsters, new millinery and trimmings now opened up at Trewby Brothers, next the Club Hotel. Mr Bruce, of New South Wales, is endeavouring to induce a French comp my to start canning works in Australia to supply the French army and navy by way of Noumea.

A witness in Court at Napier stated that she was paid at the rate of Is each for making gentlemen’s shirts, and on an average made 4s per week. A notice posted at the Ballance dairy factory, calling a meeting of milk sup pliers, was signed “F. Greville. ’ Where does he coiue in ? Not a solitary settler accepted the disinterested invitation. Some of the dairv factories are closed for the w.nter months. Mr Cwpe’s fac tory at Makino will close this week but the one at Campbelltown will lv . *.»t open during the winter months. r J factory is so greatly appreciated that it ; . expected that the yield of butter during the winter months will average 3501 b per day.—Feild ing Star. The medal presented by Mr \V. Tucker, of M ikuri, for the winner of the Makuri Handicap at the St P itrick’s D iv sports, was yesterday handed over to the winner, Mr T. Cushion, by Mr F. L. Anderson, the secretary. The medal is an excellent piece of work and is splendidly engraved. Ludwig, Wellington, is the m iker.

A slander case was heard at Sydney recently, when Mr West, conductor of a fashionable dancing establishment was sued for £IO3O d images for defaming the character of Mrs F.orrie Lamb, by stating that she was intoxicated in the assemblyrooms and showed preference for a certain partner. The jury awarded Mrs Lamb £3OO damages. A convention of representatives of the various temperance organisations throughout the dis nets of Wellington, Hawke's Bay, and Taranaki is to be held at Palmerston North on the 3rd proximo. The subjects to be considered are (1) the results of the recent licensing elections and to determine what further legislation is to be asked for at the forthcoming session of Parliament; (2) to decide upon a course of united action on the part of the temperance bodies within the districts named ; and (3) to arrange for the furtheisproniotion of the prohibition movement, and to discuss the establishment of a head prohibition agency for the colony. Mr Rae, member of the Australian Shearers' Council, denies tho etatement of the Australian pastoralists that they have made no reduction in shearing rates. He claims that substantial reduction has been effected. He says that the shearers will strongly resist the reduction, and will also tight against the clause which, it is alleged, practically makes the employer sole arbiter in all disputes. Mr Rae declares this point is of more vital importance than the question of reduction in rates, and that if the clause is assented to it would result in the death of the Shearers’ Union. In his opinion, there will be no trouble over tho matter and fully twenty thousand shearers will be affected by the struggle. Taking the average reduotion all round at 2s por 100 sheep, Mr Rte contends this would mean a gain to the squatters or & loss to the shearers of £60,000 per annum.

We have this day opened up two bales of the latest patterns in sanitary wallpapers, and have marked them off very low to suit the times. Scrims, tacks, glass of all kinds, varnishes, oils, leads, colors, and brushes in stock. Estimates given for all kinds of work and experienced workmen sent to any part of the district. Cooper and Co., opposite Bank of New Zealand. Pahiatua.

Childrens endow>ien’tswithout arsK Table ll.tt. This table removes the ou.y objection to the ordinary form of Child’s Endowment, viz., ttie fear that in theeven of death of pirent or gu irdian, the Premiums wou.d not he kep. up. It is therefore a combination of endowment an I 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 lusts. Example.—A father, age 30, endows his son. ago 1, for £2OO, payable on his reaching 21 years of ago, the annual premium being £J 2* 6d. If the father s iuuld die »uv tua* after the first payment as above, instead of the 10 continue p tying premiums, the endowment u«comes a paid-up policy, uures wheu the boy reaches 21 years of age. In event of the child's death during currency of the policy, the whole of the premiums paid will be refunded. Mutual Life Association of Australasia. E. B. Hare, ' rosident agent.