WHO IS TO BEAR THE LOSS?

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9642, 14 January 1899, Page 2

WHO IS TO BEAR THE LOSS?

To show how 'great a safeguard to the public health of Wanganui the establishment of the Borough Abattoir with official inspection is proving, wo may stato that out of seven head of fat cattle purchased at auction by a local butcher, no less than three wero found to bo tuberculous when slaughtered. The animals looked to be in perfect health when alive, and it was not until tho inspector examined tho viscera that it was discovered three of them wore diseased. The vexed question as to who is to bear tho loss of condemned animals sent for slaughter to a public abattoir, whioh have been purchased at auction, is likely to be submitted to the Law Courts for settlement, as tho vondors refuse to be at the los 3, whilst the purchasers are naturally averse to be saddled with it. The butchers aro largely buying privately, and making it a condition of their purohase that in the event of any of the cattle being condemned all the loss shall nos be borne by tbo buyers but bo divided botween the latter and the vendors. So far this reasonable concession is refused in cases of auction disposed of cattle, whose owners decline for the most part to make good any losses incurred by tho purchasers of diseased cattle. The consequence is the auction sales of fat cattle are falling off and are likely to do still further if some equitable arrangement is not speedily agrcod to between vendors and purchasers of that class of live stock.

The visiting bowlers are to be entertained by the Wanganui Bowling Club at a smoke concert to be hold to-night at the Rutland Hotel, at 0 o'clock, and it is expected that most of the representatives will be enabled to leave on Monday next.

Fireman Copeland ha 3 been appointed to represent the Wanganui Fire Brigado at the annual conference of the New Zealand Fire Brigades Association to be held at Queensfcown in February nest Captain Powell will also attend the conference in the capacity of vice-prisident.

In another column will be found an advertisement relating to the forthcoming North Island brass band contest, to be held in Palmernton North on February 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th, and, judging by the number of entries received, it promises to be the largest thing of the kind ever held in the colony. The Government have arranged to run trams at holiday excurson rates on tho WellingtonNapier Taranaki section of Railway, and we have no doubt that, with these inducements offered, a large attendance will icsult.

The barque Peru, Captain Luke, has arrived at Auckland from.ffew .Y.ock". i A roan fell overbqard on Ibo . passagey BT. ! West!, o, native of Cfoistoburch 1 , NT«w Zealand, "find was drowtffcn 1 . , k W& named William Wilkens had his right arm, right leg and collarbone br~'*-~ in a. sawmill at Upper w- „-.---" Ttf*** r— w^oaStt ß^ f£.», and dashed ag&Uiat the maeuiuter-y. Mr O'Regan, M.H.Ra he.% been mVi'ted |o aejjvec, laaafesSßs . As. Xjnrist'oliuroh, i Dntiedih, uoro and dther Southern centres Wiring the tecess 1 , and it is probable lie will do so at aii early date". . . It 19 stated tnat tne hkw sub-inspectors 'of Jofe r w\ll in'cliide, Chief-, Detective O/Brioi), of Dunedin, Sfergeant McDonald, i 'of Inyer'oaEgHl, and. Sergeant •■Kiety, of! Blenheim,, besides Sergeant WIUSU 9£ Parmerston". ' v;,- ■: . i The Firo 'Brigade held a wot practice: on the Rutland Hetol last evening. So, 1 far as tho Brigad'o was- oonoernud tlje; .practico was BorvioGaMe/but tho fact was forgotten >that tho footpath around the; llolel had just been top-dressed with tar aqdgravol. r j Mr J. H. Keesinc will Mtf a salfe of household fnrnltUs Mid effects 'at the •reflldeiiGS rf.Mr P u \y2s>n, corner of Guytyri 'apLßall/atr^ti The sale, ttyhs9nt tyhs9n Je WltlVcU'li reserve, will take place ken Monday commencing at 1.30 p.m.

In reply to n correspondent we may state that applications must be made under the Old Age Pensions Acton forms which may be obtained from the Post OJnce, and af t«r being filled in Wust be forwarded W Mr A. ft. Thomson', RoßisVra'r, at the Goufthouse;, . i, A.ijftoVfc valuable freehold property is to ,bo gold, by auction >at,Mr Keestng's mart ,on i Saturday at^.BO'p.m. 1 ' Anyone with money to invest should make a point of Attending tho sale as tho seotion must reach a high value in the future and is a very eligible investment, A history paper for Class E and for tho Junior CiVil Sei-vlcs contains this interestIng question . "With the aid of the following mnemonic— ' Al\ tittle boya never juill mention (111 thesa hoi rid /fateful battles to JJoßworth'— mention tlio battles fought in the War's of tho Roses, and give an account of any one of theffii 1 '

The handicaps have just boon declared for the Wellington Gun Club's £150 Annual Open Handioap 1 . l'lit) total hUm.bor is 48 (Including many with two norhbaMcWs each). Amongst the competitors aro Mr O. H. Chavannos, senior and junior, the former 30 yards and tho latter 23J. The handicap runs from 31 yards ("flillcont") to 21 yards there being no less tnan ton on this latter mark.

We have pleasure In oalling tho attention of our readers to a testimonial from Mr T. R, Cressweil, who has just returned from a 6ycle touring trip to Auckland and back. The testimonial Is addressed to Mr Di Davits, tlio lottdl njj6nt for tho Columbia cliainless bicycles, and it should conduce to remove any prejudice intending buyers have.

' A'coachman in tho service of a family near Bath is said to be one of tho heirs to a fortune of £15,000.000. A distant relative litany years ago, so tho story goes, acquired 40 acres of laud in America, upon which soltio of tho best property in Broadway, Now York, now stands.

The Star of Victoria, which loft tho Wanganui roadstead for Gisborne last evening, took from hore C27C carcases of sheep, 1867 carcases of lambs, 317 quarters of beef, 413 crates of places, 4437 legs of mutton, 67 shoulders of mutton, and 34 bags of kidhoys— oqual to 10,000 carcases —and GO bales of wool, also tallow and pelts, shipped by tho Wanganui Meat Freezing Company. Mr A. Martin has now dn vidw twd splendid up-river views, which ate works of art in every respect. The views were taken from, above Pipiriki; and roproduco, with wondorful fidelity tho beautitul translucent and reflective character of the Wanganui River.and are marvels of pliotdgraphic skill. Tlley have beon enlarged, and are, without doubt, two of tho finest specimens of Mr Martin's uniformly excellent work we have seen, and are well worthy of tho highost praiso.

The Auokland correspondent of tho Otago Daily Times telegraphs that as the Customs authorities deolined to permit tho Takapuna to carry more than tho allotted number of passengers, fully fifty people had to remain behind, chiefly those who had not booked their passages. Captain Grant decided to give preference td thoso passengers with through tickets, and, together with Captain Neale, harbormastor, requested about fifty others to leavo the steamer. The majority of them did so. One of them, however, a commercial man, deolined, but was eventually compelled to leavo by tho police. He alleges that ho got his ticket eight days before, and had a borth allotted to him. It is said that he iutonds to test the matter in a court of law.

Tlio Uganda railway continues to mako steady progress. The rails have reached the two hundrod and thirty-fifth mile post, which means that you can now travel by train? from the port to tho tompm-ate highland country 4000 ft abovo the soa ; and also that some of tho most difficult, because most unhealthy, part of the ground has been covered. The obstacles have been immense, including wantof water, tsSntso-fly, lions, and jiggers. Tho jiggers were imported from South America, via West Africa, and it is now fearod that they will be carried into India by tho cooiioa, who cannot bo induced to trent this horrible pest properly. The The jigger is an insect which gofcs under the skin of the foot and there lays its eggs. Tho lino is now passing through a country full of big game. " The quantity of game in parts of tho country to bo traversed by the lino appears to be enormous. ■ Besides lions, it is stated that elophants, giraffes, and vast herds of zebras, largo and small antelopes, and other wild animals abound."

A select committee was reoently appointed by the^New South Wales Legisturo in connection with the proposal to introduce the totalisator into that colony. Amongst those examined was the Rev. Rainsford Bevin, who will be rememborod as pastor 'of the Wesleyan Church of Wanganui about 25 years ago, and who has since shifted to the mothor colony. In giving an instance of tho ovil resulta of the totalisator hotting that had come under his notice, Mr Beaven said:— "l was visiting a, poor widow, and on ono occasion I found her in very groat trouble. I asked her what was the matter, and she said that her boy, who was an apprentice, had invested in an innocent sort of way, as he believed, a small sum— l think about half a crown — and it had been tjho means of his coming into possession of £100. The mother, who was in very humble circumstances, was simply heartbroken ; she said that had been the absolute rain of her son. Tho point that impressed mo was that the woman said that since the boy came into possession of that money he had thrown up his trade, and work any more lie would not. He was a ruined boy."

To-day we noticed in Mr Drew's window, a very handsome trophy made to the order of Mr T. Mitchell, and which he (Mr Mitchell) has generously presented to the Aramoho Boat Club. Tho tropyh is worked on a shield 24 inches deep made of puriri wood, with thick bovel edge in black. In the cqntre is a raised silver picture of the Railway bridge, showing tho buttresses on each side ; in the distance are the hills at St. John's, and at the river Bido is to bo seen tho A.B.C. rowing shed, while on the river are two four-oars contesting for the "Mitchell Trophy." Tho picture is framed in silver fern loaves. On the top of the trophy is as massive ribbon 33 inches in length, m the centre of which are heavy largo letters A.B C, and on side is worked " The Mitchell Trophy." Again on either sido of the'picture are entwined ferns and soroll work, which will be emblazoned with tho names of the lucky winners. To balance the sheild two pairs of oars are worked into the design as well a model of a racing boat. It is a capital piece of work — well finished and good in design. Even the ferns, we noticed, were copied from asplenium bitlbiferum, one of the commonest but pretty ferns of our forests glades. There is nearly SOozs of silver in the trophy. Altogether it forms a most arti°tio piece of work, and one that not only Mr Drew, bat the lucky recipients may ba justly proud. The first winners' names appear on the top scroll, viz., E. Vincent, C. Ewiug, T. Mahoney, P. Keegan. The silver wovk has been manufactured by Mr Drew's eldest son, the engraving by Mr Voss, and the wood work by Messrs White and Co,

, ■ y iup , i'-" - .''iV y ■ .. T.tiei ( time.-.f6r feceivingf-tenders in the assigned estate of A. j. Cribb has been extended till Tuesday, 17thinst.,at4 p.m. The matron of tho Jubilee Homo desire" to acknowledge a donati"" r '\ a friend; p 1 "- - u«i s&ncß trOn) _-* a pftrM ©! 6lfl iiriett 6nu viatniOgfTOlfl&fettSha; i Hr M-. Burfcev "Of .EkeMmnd, \SA 'definitely .&rin6nhb«a lilme'ell As ft candltiafe for MasW%M ,the iieil election in to Mr Hogg. „Mr j, X,. ,Beck, jeSKify Vuso« .5? o flfi a yiP^. i ftP l*BPFwwVnßtl *BPFw w V nBtr P ot iP n t i l s in tlie tliefy.'y.qnd harmony.pf music, as also on the violin, vioia, and mandoline. .Messrs Parson^ ana,Po.;,ncitify-.tb(Mj they are showing, this) avansg i>heir l ne\v ' mp&eljof tWettairafcea Leo cycles:' There (4 110 doubt about the quality and general finish df; thoso '"machines. •' AH -'that oan bo dorio to make a really high grade and beautifully finished machine is fully carried out by this firm in tho manufacture of their Leo cycle, and purchasers would do well' to' inspect these specimens of local manufacture. '■ < >

The hotly of T> VVlrih'aira ifrgftfllci, ils riatiVe wfts.,tyiia 'drowned 1 at Parikino on Sunday", was found by some natives floating in the river about a quarter of a mile below .the spot where the decased lauded the potatoes. News was brought into town, and when Constable Shearman arrived at Parikino yesterday he found that the body had been buried in tho morning. An inquest was held to-rky at the courthouse) before Mr Cv &. lfetUe, COrGitth „wIM a verdict of "Found Drowned was returned. ,• j —