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Manawatu Herald, 1 March 1894, Page 2

'"At a meeting of the Foxton School Committee on Tuesday afternoon it was decided only to vote for Mr H. Sanson as a representative on the Wanganui Education Board, and this more to counteract the action of the Wanganui School Committee who plumped for their candidate, than from any very high appreciation of Mr Sanson as an educationalist. It was also decided to invite tenders for cleaning the school. Levin is improving every day. At present the townspeople bury their dead in the "rubbish reserve" and use the cemetery site for miscellaneous purposes. The Premier was asked to alter all this by exchanging the sites, and erect a lock-up on the last mentioned-site, and he jocularly remarked that he thought the request was a reasonable one, and it appeared that the old cemetery site was now required to bury the dead drunk in. Messrs Robinson invite tenders for clearing about 20 acres near the racecourse.

Messrs McMillan, Rhodes & Co. have further entries for their auction sale on Saturday, including fruit and sundries. Mr Nixon, the Manager of the Bank of Australasia, leaves to-day for a month's holiday. Mr Chettle of the Palmerston office arrived here last night to take charge. Messrs Loveday announce that on going through their stock saved from the fire they have discovered more articles than they expected slightly damaged by sparks, and to secure a clearance of them are selling at even cheaper rates than previously. After the inquest at Piaka yesterday, the remains of the little lad Reginald Long were laid to rest in the Kereru cemetery. The Rev. G. Aitkens conducted the funeral service. In going across the Motoa swamp yesterday it was a matter of remark how wonderfully dry it was, drains eight to ten feet deep being dry. We are glad to learn from the Manawatu Times that the proprietor has nearly recovered his health, and has started on a visit to the Hot Lakes district, which it is hoped will complete his recovery. We hope so to. Asa proof of the good the simple act of offering a bonus for improved flaxmachineay has been, we are enabled to mention that a new stripper is now on its way from America to compete for the bonus, and that its inventor is very sanguine of success. It will, should it come up to the test, revolutionise the industry. Tenders for work for the Manawatu County Council close on Saturday at 11 a.m. Two horses are impounded and will be sold on the 10th unless earlier released. Messrs Gorton & Son hold a sale at Sanson on Tuesday, and at Waituna on Wednesday. At a meeting of the sluggish River Drainage Board, the following resolutions were passed : — That the main drain be cleaned out throughout; that the bottom end, exclusive of the present outlet, be made of a uniform width of ten feet, the upper end above Honour's hill, nine feet, and the intervening length through Honour's hill of such width as shall make the carrying capacity of that portion equal to that of the other portion of the drain, and all timber rising out of the bottom of the drain be removed. Owing to the depressed state of the market (says the Past), the New Zealand Shipping Company and the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company have agreed to reduce the rate of freight on flax by sailing vessel. Wellington to London, by 5s per ton, making the rate now 70s, with primage. Our Education system is supposed to be uniform. The Wellington newspapers chronicle that Messrs Lee and Fleming, the Education Board's School Inspectors, have selected a number of books for country school libraries. The books will be forwarded on at once, and will no doubt form a welcome addition." Mark that, welcome addition, as it proves there were books previous to which these were added. The Wanganui Education Board has not yet made the preliminary start. Yet we all pay alike ! The dew clock of St Paul's Cathedral was opened recently with a short musical service. A cord which set the pendulum in motion was pulled by the Dean's daughter, Miss Alice Gregory, and at noon precisely the new clock began its career. It is the largest in England, and has three illuminated dials 10ft in diameter, minute hands 9ft long and hour hands 5ft ; the figures are 2ft 9in in length, the pendulum rod is lift long, and the weights weigh 1 half a ton each. The old bells will be , used, but with improved striking apparatus, , it being found impracticable to use the big b"ll, " Great Paul," for striking the hours. ; The old clock had worked from the year . 1709 up to Christmas, 1801, when it was completely worn out, and had to be ' removed and replaced by this new one, designed like the famous clock at West- ! minster, by Lord Grimthorpe, the highest ; livings authority ou horology,. —Home [ correspondent. ... The Post states that the new and some* what amusing phase of the election petition case'ha's been deVeloped, The petitioners I have, it is stated, served notice on the [ Court not to part with the £200 deposited as security on. their behalf to anyone but themselves. This step may lead to a full disclosure aa to where- the money so deposited came from, a point at present involved jo some mystery, but regarding which considerable public curiosity exists. In the Island of Reunion is a plant I known as the wild orange, whioh produces a fruit, , green at first, afterwards bluish, ! and verging into purple as it ripens. This ' has been' tested and found to make a : beverage in every way equal to coffee, and at a muoh lower price.. The product can boused alone, or mixed with pure coffee. It is announced that about 24,000 acres of 1 this plant are now being cultivated. The" unclaimed funds in Chancery now .amount to no less a sum than £1,650,000. Thero are as many as 3,000 acoounts, onethird representing sums ' not 'exceeding £100, while only a very small proportion indeed amount to bo large a sum as £1,000. Vv'hea an Armenian maiden attains her 17ih, year, and- is not engaged to be married • she must undergo a strange punishment. She is forced, to fast for three days, then '. for. 2.4 hours her food is salt fish, and she is not permitted to quench her thirst. The state of the oountry. The Post 1 gays:— Nearly 150 applications were re- > oeived recently for a clerkship in the office i of a Wellington firm at a salary of £2 per r week. i The country round Charleville, the , terminus of the Great Western Railway, 483 miles inland from Brisbane, is in a 1 deplorable condition, owing to the drought. [ Stock are dying in large numbers, and i unless rain falls shortly the selectors will L be forced to abandon their holdings. > The Government have decided to appoint four- inspectors of intoxicating liquors -rrpne. : for each- of the phi.ef. -centres— in order' tb'put a stop to the'saleof liquor of inf^6v--qu«^|sf^intfl'||4f.{^f Ihi6_Bfipre ' hjavingT been ' very ..nuflipM^fl - of' l«*te. Ini spectors who now act under the Adultera- , tion Aot ■ will," 1 - if found : possible, f undertake the duties. ■- ; ' Mr H. Wollerman had a nice farewell given to him the other day says the Standard in anticipation of his pleasure trip Home, in the shape of a demand from the Borough Council's bankers to pay up or find security for the Borough overdraft of £1000, of which he is one of the guarantors. Mr Wollerman treats the matter with his usual sang froid, and will doubtless stretch a point in favor of the Borough. P, Johnson, daughter of a Mohawk chief, ' is one of the Massachusetts poets. At- > tired hv a red woollen sleeveless short ' dress, over which was a fringed tunic of i buckskin, ornamented with ermine tails • and coloured- beads, and with bear claws ■ and^kt|i.ertwtbrfor bracelets and necklace I wffe4ecifea"BeTeral'of her own poems , 'at a meeting held in Boston the other night.

Word has just been received in town ol the Kiiddtm death this morning, at Otaki ot an old and respected resident, Mr James Waliwe?. He was very well-known in this district, and his widow was the eldest daughter of Mr Knocks, who was Clerk to the Court at Otaki, in the sixties. He leaves a number of children. His funeral is fixed for Saturday next. The Palmerston papers assert that no less than £3000 out of the general rate of £5000 struck in July last is outstanding . The great realising sale lasting for 20 days promises to b^ a gigantic success. The whole stock is to be offered at genuine reduced prices many of the lines will be marked at less than Nnglish cost at Te Am House, Wellington. During the Great Sa'e Ladies' aprons wii! be r=o!d a< U<\. 4 hnrfmr-i i;id glow all new fresh goods at 1/il per pair. While and cream laces at ltd per doz. Ladies' linen collars new shapes at i>d each. Boys' sailor collars at 3d each, sold everywhere ■ at 6d, at the Great Sale Te Aro House, j Wellington. It will pay country customers to take a run down to' the Great Realising Sale they will save all the expenses and be money in pocket by buying all they want while goods are" so cheap. Orders from the country will be carefully selected and sent carriage paid from the Great Realising Sale at Te Aro House. We are requested to direct the attention of our readers to the fact that the Annual Sale of Surplus and Summer Stock will commence at The Bon Marche, Palmerston North, oh Saturday, 13th January, and continue for 21 days. Buyers in this district will do well to pay the Bon March* an early visit. _