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the advantage of the hard work of the previous night in. the earthworks which the General insisted upon having thrown up. The enemy were never able to get within 20 yards of the sheltering trenches, so destructive ■was our fire. Their advances were characterised by the utnvst disregard for life. Time af i er time they hurled themselves against our defeiu os, only to be again driven back. In an hour and a half they commenced to waver, and a charge from our mounted men turned them wavering into flight. More than 1,000 dead were found within a few yards of the camp. Col. Pearson and his famished garrison had witnessed thefight, and signalled their congratulations at the General's success. Early on the morning of the 3rd, the General, with a flying column of some 2000 men, started for Ekowe, and reached that fort the same night. Twenty 'eight deaths had occurred since the investment, but 120 men were in the hospital, and all more or less have been enfeebled by fever and dysentery. Our losses in the fight on the 2nd were slight. Colonel Northey and Lieutenant Johnson were killed, und about fourteen of all ranks wounded. Colonel Pearson and the garrison started the day after their relief for theTugela and reached it on April 8. WAITING. Learn to wait— life's hardest lesson, Conned, perchance, through blinding tears; While the heart throbs sadly echo To the tread of passing years. Learn to wait— hope's slow fruition ; Faint not, though the way seems long ; There is joj in each condition. Heart*- though suffering may grow strong. Constant sunshine, howe'er welcome, Ne'er would ripen fruit or flower : Giant oaks owe half their greatness To the scathing tempest's power. Thus a soul untouched by sorrow, Aims not at a higher state ; Joj seeks not a brighter morrowOnly sad hearts learn to wait. Human strength and human greatness Spring not from life's sunny side ; Heroes must be more than driftwood Fleeting on a wareless tide. Poacticai, Joking. — Practical joking is all very well, no doubt, sometimes, bat the agent of a certain life assurance society in a Melbourne suburb lost his temper upon finding the following unique inscription, in large type, punted under his sign one morning last week : — 11 Come all you jolly married men — Who love your blooming wivesInsure large sums on your precarious lives, So that your widows may be rich When you yourselves are rotten, And they may live in h appiness When you are forgotten."

="1 "MAN AW ATU COUNTY COUNCIL. rpENDERS are invited for the •!• Office of Collector to the County of Manawatu. Specifications to be seen at Manchester Highways Office, > Feilding Manawatu Highways Office, Palmerston North , Otaki Highways Office, Otaki Messrs Anderson and Janson's store, Sanson County Office, Foxton Tenders must- be sent in to County Office, addressed to Chairman County Council, Foxton, not later than 2 o'clock p.m. on 2nd June. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted, as the applicant's . fitness for. the post will be taken into consideration, as well as tbe amount of tender. D. H. MACARTHUR, Chairman. WEDNESDAY, 11th JUNE. $ TJRSERY* STOCK. MESSRB THYNNE, LINTON & HO. will sell by public auction at their sale room, Foxton, on Wednesday, 11th June, at 11 o'clock a.m. — A Splendid Assortment of ORNAMENTAL TREES and SHRUBS, And every description of /. FRUIT TREES, From H. Laird's celebrated Egmont Nursery. Terms cash. Owing to the usual success of these sales, Mr Laird will try some 5 and 6-year old Fruit Trees. FOXTON BUTCHERY. THE undersigned wish to give notice that they have disposed of their Butchery Business in Foxton to Mr W. HODDER, of Moutoa; and trust that a continuance of the seme liberal support hitherto accorded to them will be given to their" successor. H. DAVIDSON & CO. Foxton, 26th May. MANAWATU HERALD. NOTICE. MESSRB F. RICH & CO., But. chers, of Campbeiltown, have been appointed agents for the Manawatu Hkbald. Copies of the paper can be obtained from them, and all advertisements or orders left with them will be duly attended to. RUSSELL BROS., Proprietors. Foxton, May 20, 1879.