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Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 194, 27 August 1894, Page 2

The interim sheep returns of the colony to the !l<)Mx April last shows the total number of sheep ill Now Zealand m be dO, ldd,-V,(> as compared with 1 !),88H,S!(>!), showing an inoroa-v of 7 L 5,187 for the twelve months. The largest increase is found in tin Wellington Weit t east distriot being till 1 .titl'd, as compared with l!)f>,ti2B contributed by the Canterbury Kai koura district and 111,814 by the Rapid district. Th • total number of sheep iii the South island is 10,991,842 end 0,l!10,711 in the North Island. Tho figures given are approximate only, ami are subject to cor motion.

A preliminary announcement of tho concert and social in aid of the Catholic Church building fund will be found in another column. The date fixed for the entertainment is Wednesday, September 26th. A full programme will appear in a future issue. / The annual report and balance-sheet of the Pahiatua Football Club will be presented in about a week’s time. As the Club made a good financial start at the beginning of the season (taking about £2O on the Queen’s Birthday) it is expected :here will be a handsome balance in hand when the report is brought forward. Admiral Robert Jenkins, who served in the New Zealand war, is dead. A number of Pahiatua residents have caught the “gold fever,’’ and several persons have signified their intention of leaving for Coolgardie shortly. A trio, consisting of Messrs K. Bourke. C. Remnant and Lawrie, will, in all probability, take their doparture for West Australia next week. We wish them every success in the distant colony. A Capetown resident, writing to a Uawera friend, thinks their is a market for New Zealand butter in South Africa, as butter there is never lower than Is 9d per lb, and yery often is 2a and 2s (id per lb, and not very good at that. The fishing season re-opens at an early date and promises to be very successful, as trout are very plentiful in the Mangafainoka river. There are likely to be a far greater number of licenses issued this year, including a number of ladies. We would call the attention of the ranger to to the fact, that a number of Pahiatua ladies have been angling out of season. Tho suppliers to the Woodvile creamery about to be erected by Mr Cook, met Mr Hoisted in Woodville and signed the agreement, and guaranteed a supply from 335 cows. We understand that tenders will he called at once for the erection of the building. Mr McCormick generously gave one acre on Pinfold road for a site. A very successful practice was held on Saturday afternoon by the members of the Pahiatua Cricket Club. Some of the players displayed excellent form. Tho W.F.C.A. advertise that they are advancing moßey on clips of wool for the ensuing season. Some time ago a case was before the S.M. Court, charging a resident of Pahiatua with having shot a protected bird namely a‘‘ Huia.” Mr Tosswill appeared for the Acclimatisation Society, but the Bench ruled that the police should prosecute, and could not have the services of an hon. solicitor. Constable Cooper has received the following memo from Inspector Pender on the ruling:—Here, and at all the large centres where the Acclimatisation Society and tho society for tin prevention of cruelty to animals have hon. solicitors who are willing to appear in court for the prosecution free of charge, the police invariably request them to do so. and are gla< ' r their assistance. Mr J. Devonshire has purchased the thoroughbred sire Forerunner. Forerunner was bred by the Middle Park Stud Company, and is by King of Clubs (sire of Liverpool, Stoneyhurst, Spade Guinea and others) out of tho imported mare En Avant (dam of Vangard, winner of the New Zealand Cop). Mr I>. uuhin hu decided to place this first-class horso at the disposal of breeders for the ensuing season. Football enthusiasts have to thank Mr C. .T. Norton the local Postman' : his kindness in getting the result ol New South Wales-Auckland match : ::\ on Saturday night; otherwise, it wo. id not have been known here till this morning. Mr G. Moore, County Clerk, left for Wellington to-day on business connected with the alleged dummy ism cases. Our repart of the meeting of milk suppliers held at Ballance on Saturday night is held over. It will appear on Wednesday. | Mr Grubb, Insp"ctor of post and tele--::*ph offices, passed through Pahiatua toj day. I A clearing s:\lo of really good furniture | is advertised for Wednesday next at 2 p.m. ! sharp. Mrs Howell has instructed Mr j Hawkins, auctioneer, to sell tho whole of j her furniture effects under the hammer. ! Intending buyers are invited to visit the i house and inspect the furniture and other lines to he otiered to-morrow afternoon (Tuesday). No article will be sold privately. but everything will be sold under the hammer. Mrs Howell is leaving the distriet at onco and the lot must go. Further entries of 10 head of cattle and l"'» lambs u< a ! .to W. H. Hawkins stock sale list for to-morrow. Particulars will bo found in another column. Dr Gault requests those requiring visits to send messages before 10 a.m. when practicable. Bettors of naturalisation have been issued to Chin Ting, storekeeper, Pahintun. They were churns years ago but the currents of life had drifted them apart. Pile tide had led one to fortune, hut tho other exemplified that truth “ from him that has not shall be taken away, even that which he s» ometh to have.” They met recently in Christ, hut ch, and tho rich one after hearing of the other s absolute want, said feelingly. “ I’ll help you, old man, for the sake of old times,” and gave him—twopence.—T ruth. Two thousand Scotch strikers wrecked the Barton Hill Colliery, at Glasgow, in revenge for the employment of blacklegs. A man named Selford, of Richmond, a suburb of Melbourne, who is believed to have become insane over monetcry I troubles, murdered bis son by outling his i throat, and then surrendered to the police. The Fukaki, bound from Sydney to ! Launceston, broke her shaft off Kiauia. and was towed back to Sydney. Dr Butement intends giving a series of | ambulance lectures to the members of the 1 Masterton Volunteer Fire Brigade. A Yankee editor, writing on early tnarri- | ages, says:---* Nine-tenths of tho unhappy j marriages are the result of green human I calves being allowed to run «l large iu the ! society pastures without any yokes on j them. They marry and have children before they have moustaches; they are fathers of twins before they are proprietors of two pairs of pants, and the little girls they marry are old women i • . n. rationally one of these rose!;ng marriages turns out. all right clearly good fortune. If there was a law against young galoots sparkling and marrying before they have cut all Shun teeth, wo suppose the little ' cusses would evade it some way, but there ought to be sentiment against it. ! It is time enough fer these vuung ban | tarns to think of finding a pullet when ! thev have raised monov enough to j buy a bundle of laths to build a tarn- | ■ cunning, and tin y art afraid there is not * then they begin to get in their work . real spry, and before they arc aware of the marriage relation they are united for , life, and before they own i cook stove or n bedstead they have to got up in the night and go after tho hu- or, so fright ened that they run than .elves out of 1 .vtlj. and abuse the doctor because It * I i do.- .n’t run too. and when the doctor gets , tin in, tlmre is not enough liucn to wrap i up a doll with.

A charity sermon preached by Dr Tal- | mage, in Sydney, realised over £IOO. The proceeds were divided amongst the various organisations for the relief of the poer, without distinction of creed. News has been received that Mr Frauk Ernest Lawes, a prominent official in British New Guinea, is dead. His young wife was so affected at his death that she wandered in the bush and died from exposure. H.M.S. Crescent has beaten the Service record for fast steaming, having performed the voyage from England to Australia aad back in a much shorter time inaa has ever been accomplished by any of Her Majesty’s ships, the troopship not excepted. The Crescent covered 25,267 nautical miles on a coal consumption of 6290 tons, and in 82i days at sea. She is to make another trip to Sydney shortly. Mr Juniper has been appointed chief engineer of H.M.S. Karrakatta in place of Mr Small, who was lost overboard during I that vessel’s voyage from Sydney to Brisbane a few months ago. A gentleman of high cemmerci il stand- ( ing in Christchurch has supplied the I Lyttelton Times with a series of alarming statements concerning the condition of tho Southern Railways. Many of the bridges are alleged to be dangerous, the timber being quite rotten. There is one bridge, it is stated, from which the piles simply hang. The ends from which they have been severed are still firmly un bedded, and as the trains pass over, their weight presses the suspended piles dowui wards so that the two parts meets. Bridges in other parts are said to have been in a dangerous condition for some time, temporary patching has been going os, some of it with very old timber, which looks as if at some stage of its existence it had done duty in bridge work, and been removed on account of loug servios and failing health. Reference is made to the Hakateratnea branch line, where the sleepers are said to be rotten and the bridges all require attention. Instead of the usual staff of five men for every seven miles, there are on this branch only three ruen for nine miles. During the summer the train ploughs through thistles and weeds up to the doors of the carnages. Of thirty six woman, who under the leadership of Miss Annette Daisy, took up a selection in the Cherokee Stnp when it was opened last September, iw«utr-two have proved steadfast in spite of the difficulties of the undertaking, and are busily engaged in making a home without help or hindrance from man. They are hauling the timber themselves for a house of fifteen rooms, which they will occupy, and are prepared to do their own ploughing, plant iag, etc., in the well watered umbered section of 450 acres wbb*h they hold. They already have three teams, cows, chickens, and other stock. Neatly dressed in short skirts that come just below the knee and are met by heavy woollen leggings tha: cover the legs from knee to ankle, they look well able to hold their own and carry out their independant plan. The actual monetary cost of a suit of clothes is no test of its cheapness or 1 otherwise. The cheapest suit is that ■ which lasts longest, fits best and looks • best, and this combination you can only ! sac-'-.re by patronising a thoroughly practical ta.’.or. A. BLAIR will fit you to a nicety with a suit from his large and first- I class stock of goods. jyßl Men’s English tweed suits, worth 20s. reduced to 14s 6d; men’s English tweed suits worth 23s 6d, reduced to 1 7s 6d ; all J wool colonial tweed suits, worth 35s 6d. reduced to 22s 6d; all wool colonial tweed ] suits, worth 42s 6d, reduced to 29s 6d ; j boys’ shirts only 9d each : men’s merino , sox, 3 pairs for Is ; men’s oilskin coats, j reduced to lid ; men’s leather leggings, reduced to 4s lid; ladies’ carpet slippers, only 1? 9d; ladies’ leather slippers going [ at 3s 3d at Trewbv Brothers’ great sale. Table a.r. as ax investment.—The attention of our representatives has already been directed to the amended conditions of this Table as published in 44 The Safest Investment,” recently issued by i | the Association. The special advantages I j of a policy under Tabic A B have often . i been described as an unique combination | |of life insurance and investment. The I Investment part of the scheme may be illustrated thus:—Age 37. £IOOO, A R 20. Annual Premium £4s 10s. The member has an assurance of £IOOO payable at death, with, in addition, a guaranteed cash p.iym nt ,»f £970 should he survive for twenty years. The premium as above is £4B 10s. The premium for a whole fife assurance, £2B 10s. Difference, being ! annual investment £2O. Now for this investment of £2O a year, the Association guarantees to pay in c;vsh the sum of £970 if the life survive for twenty years, or in other words to return the whole of the principal with about 8 per cent compound interest. After receiving this , splendid return, the policyholder would then (at age 57) have a whole life policy for £IOOO (with the reversionary bonus accumulations of twenty years added thereto), at an annual premium of only £4B 10s, whereas the rate under Table A for a first -class life, age 57. would be £6l 10s. It would be optional with the ■ member to withdraw the whole cash return of £970. or to apply a portion of it to convert the original assurance of £IOOO into n “fully paid-up’’ policy, and the balance to the purchase of an annuity, i The cash return is not an 44 Estimate. ’ but a definite result guaranteed in the policy contract. Mutual Life Association

of Australasia. The man in business who does not ad vertise is like a man who kisses a pretty girl in the dark : lie may know what he is doing, but nobody else does. Coolgardie is the place to spend money, with water nt 2s 91 per gallon. Pahiatua people who are eager to gain money can do so without travelling some hundreds of miles. They have only to go with the j cash to Trewhy Brothers’ clearance sale, j where bargains in drapery are the order of ' the day : Is saved is Is gained, j Men’s complete outfit for 22* (VI : ! Tweed suit. 14* fid; pair hoots. s*; pair ' wool sox 9d ; shirt. Is ; felt hat. 1* fid 22s fid. To be lvid s the great sale of I’rcwbv Brothers’ Drapery stock : 'Tapestry carpet worth 2s fid. reduced to Is fid ; all wool tlannol. reduced to Bfd ; colored blankets worth 9s fid, redusod to 5s lid per pair, at the clearing sals of Trow by Brothers stock. Seasonable goods at the right price*: \\ coats. 15s (kl u> 355: Oi leant*. 10s fid; Sad IU T« ed Troas *», 13s (VI; B As lid; Shooters. 10s fid; Ladies 30; Platers now 19. fid; 21s Listers now 12* fid; Lubes 30s Mackintoshes now 12s Ad* t’apos from Is fid : leather Boas, (s fid; Jackets from 7s fid ; I mbreUas. Is lid ; Wool Slmwls Horn L 1 Id: Jersexa is lid; II ps, 7a 6d for cash onlv at Ihtdford and Barlow *. the people’s draper*. Fourfold linen collars to bo cleared at . three half pence each at Trewbv B.vju . s’ clearance sale; ladies* ami children’s trimmed straw and felt bats, on’v 2s lid; - < \ siting i hoes won at 3s lid; nun’s blutchers worth 7* fid. to be cleared at 4* l Id ; cotton «2iK>vd* on reel) only hMd dozen reels; Mack cash nn ». . worth I* Aid, now going at ll*d ; 1 Card I caahmsrss jr Is B early . ad sseurs sot as of tho bai duo 1 1 be had at Trewby Brother* cli-.uanoc