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Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 6, Issue 564, 25 November 1891, Page 2

Section 10, Block IV, Makuri, was sold by auction at Wellington on Saturday at the instance of the N.Z.L. & M.A. Co., the purchasers being Messrs Milne and Sons, at i.'4 7s fid per acre. There are 270 acres. Messrs Trewby Bros insert a replace advertisement. There was a very good attendance at Foley’s entertainment last night. Nominations for the 'acant seat on the Town Board close at n on on Friday. So far we have only heart of one candidate —Mr Job Vile. The Marlborough Ex iress is responsible for the statement that Mr John Bryce's (arm “is the worst kep in the Wanganui district." Influenza is rapidly •’reading in Dunedin. Two-thirds of tim literary staff of one of tho daily papers are laid up with the epidemic. I Elsewhere Messrs ! . Caselberg A Co., the well-known Wai arapa merchants, remind residents in die Bush that the festive season is draw ng nigh, and this they do by offering to make up 2gallon Christmas hampers . f assorted liquors at 25s for cash. Hre is a chance of making a good Chrii mas display for a trifle. The celebrated Australian stallion Chester is dead. He was owned by the widow of the late Hon. J. W iite. Mr Tosswill inform > us that the follow, ing are particulars of he fish turned out in this district daring the present season : —ln the Mongahao,; 500; in the Makuri, 1000; in tho Mangi ;ainoka, 14,050; in the Makakahi, 18,£ K). Total, 84,450. Altogether nearly 00,000 have be in turned out. The best and only way to avoid mosquito bites is to visit your drafters and frocure a supply of mosquito net. Trkwbv Ikotheks (opposite tho Post Office) are now selling large quantities of the same ; also cheese and butter cloth.—Advt. One of our cotnposmg staff and a runner boy are down withlla grippe. This of course is very awlAvard in a locality where it is not easy so replace them, so that our readers will |re feel sure sympaj thiae with us. j Rainfall records kept at Oataaru for 28 years show that on the average December , i* the wettest month of the year at North Otago.

Mr Mi-Bain (late of IMr Littlejohn, Wellington) announces thlt he has com menced business as a wLlehmaker and jeweller next the Club Holed. Complaints ere made t)U no lights are placed on the acnlToMifijf at the brick building being erected net Wo Mr Birnie'e. The poll taken on Satiwday laat for a loan for a road in the Mltigaone Valley was carried. J Those persons who havJ been receiving charitable aid from the I’ounty Council will be glad to learn thA they can now get their money on npllication to the County Clerk, Mr G. M»s-e. Applications are invited by the Council for the right to cut grass-seed on the roads. Tenders for contracts 171 to 174, MnsterlonMangohao, are also invited. It is proposed to gdft Mr Dons, the Government dairy instnirtor, to give a practical lesson on buttir-making in the Mangatainoka School a| an early date. The room was granted Kir this purpose, at the last meeting of tls Committee, on the suggestion of Mr Ff Greville, who is now in communication with the member for tho district on tl > subject. Due notice of the date fixei for the ineoting will be advertiseed. 1 The Wellington Ednc tion Board have decided to strictly enfor a the compulsory clauses of the Act. Fr in statistics collected by the police it v mid appear that the number of truant hildreu is about IUO. One of the best joint-stock companies in the colonies is the Gear Company, and eighty per cent of the paid-up capital has gone back into the pockets of the shareholders in the welcome form of dividends. The history of the company is easily described, for it has been one continued march onward without a cheek. Each year sees some addition to the already evtensive premises. Only a year or two ago the most complete fellmongery in the colony was started in the yards, and the building is now to be nearly doubled in size, and the blood and manure works at the Fipe Bridge, near the Hutt course have been added since. When the company was started it was agreed that Mr James Gear should retain a position on the directorate, and this he still retains, and to this fact, no doubt, a good deal of the success is due. Another man on the directorate who has also left his mark on the page of the company's history is Dr Newman. An excellent judge of ability and character, the "Little Doctor" iB careful to see that none of the company's employees waste their abilities on the desert air, and some of the present foremen have been advanced to their present position from the ranks, although of course, this is not practicable in all the departments, but the principle is always adhered to, and the present energetic secretary attained his present position in this way. Altogether, the Company is a credit to the Provincial district and the colony. In a future issue we intend publishing a full account of the works. The natives are sulposed to possess peculiar powers oWoretfiling the character of the seasons by the obfcrvance of natural signs, and we (ThamesKd vertiaer) understand they prognosticMQ a hot, dry summer in consequence of certain indications given by the flower of lie nikau. Says the Manawati Standard :—One of the assessors of property in this district informs us that nearly every settler in the district will be exoinpt from taxation under the new proposals. A meeting was celled at Marton the other day to form a special settlement association. and the nunfber of persons who attended was so greai that tour associations were formed. There never was a law yet that a coach nd four could not be driven through, an I the special settlement association is he coach that is driven through the Lt id Act. Poor Mackenzie, always invei hing against these organisations, and ye compelled to sanction them three or >ur at a time. In this connection it is \ ortliy of note that no special settlemen was formed under the late Minister of L nds. Living alone on the gumfields in a small whare is rather a hard life for one of the gentler sex. Such a case has, however, been brought to light by Sergeant Kelly, of Devenport. At Brown’s Bay, a place about ten miles out, he found a woman named Mary O’Donnell on Sunday. She was almost clothed with sacking, and had no food in her hut. She has been living out there about three years trying to keep herself. Her son, who was with her, went away some time ago, and since then the poor women has lived alone. The sergeant brought her into town, and she will most probably be admitted to the Auckland Costley Home. The question of a succession to Bishop Suter, is, it appears, not yet definately settled. The Marlborough Express says :—We are informed that several nominations were mentioned for the Bishopric, viz., Archdeacon Mules, Archdeacon Harper, Rev. Walter Harper, and others. Some of the members were 1 in favour of delegating their power to nominate to some of the English Bishops. We understand that the Synod held an informal meeting on Friday, at which the majority were in favour of Archdeacon Mules, but it is doubtful whether he will accept the position. A London paper recently offerod a prize for the best definition of “ money." The prize was awarded to Henry E. Baggs, of Sheffield. His definition was: “An article which may be used as a universal passport to everywhere except heaven, and as a provider of everything except happiness." Queensland is suffering from a severer depression than has yet been felt in New Zealand. At Brisbane 40 clerks have received notice from the leading banks, owing to slackness in trade. Building is is almost at a standstill. Out of 1500 employed at the begining of the year only a sixth are now working. The amalgamated Society of Carpenters has expended nearly A'2ooo in relieving the unemployed members, and sending them to the southern colonies.

The latest subject for discussion among the ladies of Pahiatua has been—where can we get our dresses well and stylishly U’ade 1 The problem is solved at last! \ isit \ eitch and Allan’s and interview Mrs Schubert, a jierfect artist in the work. Ladies can select material and have their costumes made in the bost stylo at moderate prices.—A. Bentley, Manager.