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Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 203, 17 September 1894, Page 2

The ordinary meeting of the FKhiatua Borough Council takes place this evening. The Mangatainoka butter factory commenped operations this morning for the season. The meeting called for Friday evening last to consider the desirableness of forming another cricket club in Pahiatua, lapsed owing to the small attendance. Efforts are being made to have a nightwatchman appointed for Pahiatua. There is no dotiht such an ollicial is required, and the trades people ought to support the movement. The milk-suppliers at Makakahi have made satisfactory arrangements with Mr Hoisted, managor for Messrs Cook and Co., for the supply of milk. Tho Makakahi factory opened on Saturday morning. The Pahiatua cricketers had a very successful practice on Saturday, some very good form being shown by the new members. W. 11. Hawkins announces in another column that owing to his absence at the District Court, Masterton, on Tuesday. 25th, he will not be able to hold his usual stoek sale. In another column Messrs Abraham and Williams announce that they have secured tiie services of Mr Joseph lorns, who is so well-known throughout the whole district. The firm feel convinced that Mr lorns' mature judgment and unfailing courtesy will be of the greatest assistance to their clients in the conduct of their business. A meeting of the delegates to the Bush Cricket Association was held at Woodville on Saturday evening, there being a good attendance. It was decided to hold junior as well as senior contests. The match is arranged for November 3rd. iiie secretary of the local cricket club reminds players of the match Married v. Singh* arranged for Wednesday afternoon, and requests a large muster of players iu view of the cup matches. Arrangements on a very elaborate scale

are being made for the concert and social • o be held on Wednesday week, 26th inst.. m aid of tiie Roman Catholic Church building fund. The affair promises to bo the most successful of the kind everheld iu Pahiatua. Quite a number of vocalists from outside districts have promised tD assis;. and the progiamme is an unusually long one. The formal opening of the Public llall since its enlargement has also been fixed lor that evening, when a display wii! be made of the seem ry specially painted tor the hall by Mr Neville Thorton, the well-know* scenic artist. Additions nre made to the list of entries for M > & Abraham and Williams Pahiatua stock sale. Mr Wrag.'e predict* that rough sea* will !>• experienced between Gabo Island and New Zealand, witli strong south-west squalls. the summing up of Ilis Honor (Sir Hartley vVilliams) in the Speight-Syme libel case has not vet been concluded. Regulations for the following special settlement associations appear in the Gazette:—Ruahine, Pahiatua No. 3, Pohangina, Waimnrino, Knkariki. Palmerston North Forest Reserve, Coonoor, M'Konxie, and Clifton No. 1. The Gazette announces that the maximum rate of charges for hutter and cheese in 4 tons lots consigned by wav of the Manawatu Railway Company's line. Napier Tsrauaki section, to Wniliegton, will bo 10s per ton. Among the effects of a man who died at Dunedin this week, £4OO were found sewn iu a waistcoat. At the Bank of England meeting, the j Governor (Mr Powell), reported that the Baring liability had been reduced by £ 1.07 5.000 si nee February. Sir E. Clarke.

I on behalf of the shareholders, proposed | that an enquiry should he belli into the I proceedings of Mr May, the late cashier. . lie alleged that May introduced customers to tho worst stooks. involving a loss of £400.000. including his own overdraft. I This had seriously affected the honour of ! the Rank. In r*.plv. Mr Powell said Sir Edward Cl trke should not make stafc ! monts on the authority of customers. I The motion was not seconded, f Tho en wof the ketch Alfred and Lizzie I I d < terrihh ■ xperienee offthcTasmanian 'oast. According to a report received at j Sydney the vessel was caught in a heavx i gale, and whilst making for n place of shelter lost her sails. In this helpless cow dition the captain Ist go tho anchors, hut they failed to hold, and the little vessel was driven by the storm on to Hope Reach. Rig sens broke over her. Ry 9 o’clock the water had reached half wav up the main mast, too ship settliug well down hr the stern. The master Gaptain Walker, his son, and a baud named Walter Gordon, went into the rigging, and anxiously shouted for help, hut the storm drowned their voices in its noise, audit was not till 1) o’clock next morning thru nny assistance cams. Mr Potter, jnr., who lives some diiitanco from tho wreck, was taking a ' casim s'roll in tho vicinity, and lioonlv | arrived just, in time, for the men had now \ 1“ i n twelve; hours in the rigging, exposed | to tho full force of tin- storm. 'They were , vo: \ much exhausted, and ware too weak to have hold out much longer. Very soon j .Mr John Potter arrived on tho scene, aud I his son plunged into the surf and fastened ' i rnpu round r ich id the* shipwrecked men, and .iilcr eon i leruhle difficulty succeeded A letter in the Times written bv a resident in Sydney advocates tfmt the Imperial Government diould select na \usti iliau judge to sit on the Po lish Beach iu Australian appeal eases.

The Hon. Robert Hart, M.L.C., died in Wellingten yesterday morning, aged 80 years. He was a colonist for 51 years standing. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company has declared an interim dividend of 5 per cent. The Mark Lane Express says :—The success of the preliminary shipments of pork from Australia to the United Kingdom seems likely to lead to the develop luent of a new' trade. Owiug to tl*t cu.ren.aes being larger than are liked on eur markets, the prices realised weie lower than were expected, and tlie margin of the profit was small ; but the shippers express themselves satisfied, and they look forward to a large export trade, which will bring them more money thxu is now made out of mutton. A Dalefield settler, living convenient to the road, was waited upon by a swagger the other day, just after dinner, with a polite request for some “ tucker.” The farmer’s wife was just packing up some eggs for the store and left hsr work and brought in part of a cold joint. “I don’t feel just meat hungry,” said the swagger, 44 but 1 could do a feed of eggs.” The individual with the blue blanket was invited to 44 git,” which he did, uttering curses not loud but deep.—Wairarapa Observer. The death rate per 1000 of the population during August in Auckland was 1.56; Wellington, 1*29; Christchurch, 0*63; Dunedin, 0 92. The Greytewn correspondent of the Wairarapa Observer writes :—An amusing incident happened here the other day. A yeung man took a walk up the Rimutuka and found a reef of mundic, which he put down to be gold. He pegged out his claim of some two acres, and t .en, knocking off as mush of the stone as hs could stagger under, he plodded off home with the prize and landed it iu town almost exhausted : but when a practical man examined the metal and told him its value he laid down and fairly eried. Says the Grevtown correspondent of the Observer:—A number of practical hands ar« urging the desirableness of prospecting the Tararuas during the summer months with the view of finding gold. It is stated here that rich coal is being picked up in lumps on the Tararuas in the vicinty of the Tuaherenikau river, aud it is thought a rich mine might be found further up the river.

Imperial Volunteer officers' deccrationc have been issued to Lieut.-Colouel Pitt. Commanding Nelson Militia and Volunteer District, for a total broken efficient service of 23 years 102 days ; Lieutenant Colonel the Hon J. A. Boaar, Commanding \\ cstlaud Militia and Volunteer District, for a total continuous efficient service ei ‘26 years 124 days; Major Henry Slater. U nattached Active List, for a total broken efficient service of 24 years 129 days. The Grey River Argus ays that several sapphires of good size and color have been found in the alluvial wash at Woods Creek, near Dunganville, and that a ptxro diamond was found some time ago at Maori Creek.

Several Wellington ladies have, it is understood, resolved to boycott those si ops where the provision of the law requiring reasonable sitting accommodation for the young women employed is evaded.

lobacco is now sold in Melbourne 44 to meet the times." by the pennyworth—thj third part of a threepenny plug. Wooden pipes are sold at a penny each, aud beer at throe half pence the half pint. It has long been the practice of graziers to spey heifers aud rows which are to be fed for beef. but it is only lately that the advantages of performing tb* operation upon milking cows have become generally known. Cows speyc.l while in milk continue to yield their greatest quantity and richest quality cf milk for a prolonged period—often for several years.

A young wan named Hyde met with an accident whilst bushfelling on Mr Sweet s property, near Shannon, last week. As a tree, which he had just cut. was falling it dragged some fern, whicii struck Hyde, knocking him senseless, t lie injured man was removed to a whare. where, on examination, it was found that his left leg was broken above the knee, and also that he had received other injuries.

V young Christchurch damsel was suing her 44 chappie that used to be” recently for a breach of promise, and among the articles of claim was the value of some gold stuffing, alleged to have been lost from her teeth whilst hs was caressing her ruby lip*. That young man must have had an eye to business. Probably his •• uncle ” could throw a little more light on tho subject. A contemporary states that Mr William Gooulet, when travelling on the West Coast, came across h rough boulder, in which a close examination discovered nn immense number of minute rubie«. An examination by Professors Ulrich and Rlaek showed that the boulder was full of very small rubies. A sample of the stone was sent to the Royal School of Mines at London, and the reports received in return slated that this was the first occasion on which the ruby had been dis covered in its matrix. The matrix, n soft bright green-colored stone, has been called 44 Goodletitc. * after us discoverer.

A farmer named Grant, 80 years of age. j living nt Horsham. \ ictonu. murdered u s witc by smashing her head with a hammer. The woman was a slave to chloral. :nd frequently thrashed her husband. I'hrough constant watching the old man's rniud became somewhat unhinged. He hat surrendered himself te the police. I he (climate of Western Australia on all side* is admitted to be one of tiie finest and most salubrious in the world, and the mortality of Western Australia, since it* occupation is said to have averaged not more than 1 per cent. In 18SJ. out of a population of .'lO,7lV* there were but 4,‘Hi deaths. Captain Russell presented a petition from Messrs Nelson Bros., and all the large exporters of frozen meat and ship ping companies, praying for a reduction in the railage rates for frozen meat, which they state are excessive, and place New /.inland at a deeded dis.-uhauiage in competition with the Yuslraliau colonies. 1 lie railway vans and facilities now available, aud intended to be available for next season, are totally inadequate for the requirements of the trade. A cable from London states ;hat three bogus diamond merchants inveigled a I Dutch merchant into their ntfictM on Friday last, and after administering drugs, robbed him of diamonds to the value of £StHK). Ihe robbers go* safely nw.tr. If ft French campaign is made in Madagascar, it is estimated the cost will be £4,000,000. The bafquo Kenilworth, 158 days out mi Melbourne to l>n 1 >n, ii in ■ i insured ujj^rcei. t. Men’s complete outfit for 22* fid Tweed suit. 14a fid ; pair hoot*. 5» . pa r woel aox 9d ; shirt. Is. felt hat. U 4!2s »i,i. To bo had nt the great sale of Trow by Brothers Drapery stock : Tapestry carpet worth 2s 6d*. reduced to Is fid; all wool flannel, reduced toHjd; colored blankets worth 9s fid, reduced to is lid per pair, at the fleering sale of l raw by Brothers sleek.

For job printing of every deeenptien in the latest styles and at the lowest rate* go to the Pabiatua If skald Office. The W.F.C.A. are offering eil eloth and linoleoum remaant* in 2 and 6 yard lengths. The man in business who does not advertise is like a man who kisses a pretty Jf girl in the dark : He may know what he I is doing, but nobody else does. It takes very little nsonsy now a days to make a gentleman, so far as clothes go. We notice that complete outfits, including a suit of clothes, pair of boots, aox, shirt, and felt hat are now te be had at Trewby Brothers' clearance sale for the astonishingly low sum of 22s fid. A person must be hard up indeed if he can’t sport a new outfit at suoh a prise. The actual monetary cost of a suit of elothes is no test of its ebeapness or otherwise. The cheapest suit is that which lasts longest, fits best and looks best, and this combination you can only secure by patronising a thoroughly practical tailor. A. BLAIR will fit you to a nicety with a suit from his large and firstclass stock of goods. jyßl Coolgardie is the place to spend money, with water at 2s 9d per gallon. Pahiatua | people who are eager to gain monev can de so without travelling some hundreds of miles. They hav# only to go with the cash to Trewby Brothers' clearance aale, where bargains in drapery ate the order of the day ; Is saved is Is gamed. Men’s English tweed suits, wertk 20s, reduced to 14s fid; men's English tweed suits worth 23s 6d. reduced to 17s fid ; ail wool colonial tweed suits, worth 35s fid, reduced to 22s fid; all wool colonial tweed suits, worth 42s fid. reduced to 29s fid ; soys’ shirts only 9d each ; men s menno rox, 3 pairs for Is ; men s eilskin coats, reduced to 8s lid ; men s leather leggings, bedueed to 4s lid ; ladies' carpet slippers, only Is 9d; ladies' leather slippers gemg at 3s 3d at Trewby Brothers’ gr**at sale. Just arrived, one bale of sonm and three bales new paperhangmgs. ineluding the latest patents in sanitary art papers ; also a lme of new sanitum papers, all markrd very low to clear, together with our Urge stock of glass, paint*, artists’ colors and all kinds of painters’ and papertaangers requisites. Cooper and Co., opposite the Bank of New Zealand. Fourfold linen collars te be cleared at three half-pence each at Trewby Brothers’ clearance sale; ladies' and children s trimmed straw and felt hau, only 2« lid ; evening shoes worth 5s lid, to be cleared at 3s lid ; men’s blutchers worth 7s 6d, to be cleared at 4s lid ; cotton * 200yds on reel* oniy 101 d dozen reels; black* cashmere, worth Is fisd, now going at 11 jd ; Cardinal cashmeres only Is 2id. Be early and secure some of the bargains to be had at Trewby Brothers' clearance sale. Radford and Barlow having disposed of | their business are now holding s genuine relinquishing sale of their entire stock. Bargains in drapery, clothing, boots and shoes are now the order of the day. You can save money by making your purchases from us during the next month. Inspection invited.