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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 23 April 1891, Page 2

Constable T. O'Rouike has been re-ap-pointed to Otaki. There will be services at All SaintsChurch on Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. The Rev. A. . Innes-Jones will conduct them. Sunday School will be held at 3 p.m. On Saturday at 8 p.m. there will be a vestry meeting. The local option poll for the Licensing District of Awahou will be taken on Thursday, 30th April. Tlie Returning Officer for the Foxton Licensing District announces that the nominations must be scut in to him by Friday, Ist May, at the Council office, and that the local option poll will be taken on the 7th May. We feel bound to award a word of praise to the bill poster of the London Bellriugers. No company lias ever made such an effective display with posters before. At the opening of the Bazaar dining Mr dower's remarks, thi-ee ducks present, in a box, not those at large, were much impressed by what was said, and signified the same in the usual manner — of ducks — by saying " quack, quack." It was fortunate they were not geese. Mr Thomas Wilson offers a reward of £10 for information that will lead to the conviction of the person who started a tire on the swamp on Sunday. In consequence of the damage done Mr Wilson has been reluctantly compelled to withdraw all per.mits to shoot. Mr Thomas Nye has a notice about his responsibility for debts contracted without his order. A short time before Christmas, Mr Courtney paid a visit to this town with a view to seeing if he could do anything at Home with the waste product of the hemp mills. Messrs McMillan, Rhodes & Co have received a letter from him stating that he lias met a gentleman at Aberdeen who has had practical experience in making hemp into woolpacks, cloth and li.ht canvass, and it is very probable that he may come out with Mr Courtney, who will be leaving at the latter end of June, and will then form a company to work the proluet up. Mr Courtney is also expecting an Edinburgh man to come out too, so that he trusts the millers will not waste their tow. He will bring a good party of settlers out with him also. H. M. Stanley's share of the profits of his American lecturing tour is £22,000. He denies that he will return to Africa on an exploring tour after his visit to Australia in September. It is reported that ex-King Milan intends to be married again to a Parisian lady. An honour well earnt. Ed nburgh University has conferred the degree of D.D. upon the Rev. J. G. Paton, Presbyterian Missionary in New Hebrides. The executors of the late Prince Napoleon asked permission of the French Government to bury him at Ajaccio, the capital of Corsica, where Napoleon I. was born. But the French Government lias refused the request. The Economist considers the failure of the Victorian Loan due quite as much to the internal condition of the market as the excess of the Victorian demands, and it would have been quite right had the Australian Banks underwritten the loan. It adds that no colony can now expect to borrow as freely as formerly. The press in all parts of the United States uphold the stand taken by Mr J . G. Blame, Secretary of State, with regard to the Italian demands in connection with the New Orleans lynching outrage. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) have received the following cable message from their London office, dated the 17th inst : — Frozen meat— Mutton market quiet. The price of mutton has declined |d per lb since last report. Lamb — Market dull. Prime New Zealand lamb is worth per carcase s|tl per lb. Beef— Market unchanged. We have to thank Mr E. A. Haggen, proprietor of the Woodvil'e Exami. er who has issued in a handy pamphlet a series of essays by practical men on " Farming in the Bush Districts " for a copy. The work will prove valuable to new settlers. According to the Oamaru Mail, Mr Carter, formerly well known as a merchant in Dunedin, has arrived in Canterbury from Sydney for the purpose of endeavoring to float a shipping company to run in opposition to the Union Steam Ship Company. The prospectus is shoftly to be put before the public, the capital being fixed at from a quarter to half a million. The fact of the name of Mr Ellis, owner of the Jubilee, appearing on the list of promoters gives a substantial appearance to the project, and a satisfactory directorate is promised. Laird's Commercial Hotel was completely destroyed by fire afc 1 o'clock on ' Sunday morning. The inmates had a narrow escape. The Brigade worked grandly. It is supposed to be a case of incendiarism, Francis Kelly, employed at the hotel, has been arrested on suspicion. There was no insurance on the building, but £700 on the stock and furniture in the New Zealand office. PERSONS OF DELICATE CONSTITUTION, who are obliged to abstain from ordinary Coffee, should try Crease's Taraxacum or Dandelion Coffee, which is recommended by medical authorities as a very valuable beverage for persons who suffer from weak digestion, flatulency, and nervousness. Sold in lib and Alb tins, Is and 2s. ■'

Yesterday afternoon Mr B. Spelman suffered a bad loss, in having a dray and horse lost in tlie river. It appears that two men went in the cart to the usual place on the bank of the river to fill a cask with water, and after finishing their task, turned the horse round so carelessly that he went over the ledge. The horse was drowned, but the dray and harness were recovered later on. The new Marton paper the " Mercury " was issued for the first time on Monday. We shall refer more fully to it in our next issue. Polish emigrants have been refused permission to cross the Russian frontier. On Friday at Auck'and a presentation of a testimonial and purse of sovereigns was made in Robson's Rooms to Mi=s Arnaboldi, well known because of the recent hospital enquiry. There was a large attendance, including many ladies. The presentation was made by Mr C-. E. Button, who said that they felt that Miss Arnaboldi had displayed great heroism and true Christian sympathy for the sick and afflicted. In replying Miss Arnaboldi said that she had no thought of public applause or personal gain when she laid her complaint befor. Dr McGregor. While thanking them for their testimonial, she thanked them also for their true-hearted sympathy with the sick and suffering in the hospitals, whose cause she had tried to plead in formulating the charges on which the enquiry was based. She had put individual interest aside, and had thought only of the claims of suffering humanity and the public good, and earnest'y hoped that one result of the investigation would be a more careful and intelligent supervision of the Auckland Hospital in future. She thanked Mr Rees, M.H.R., who had gratuitously offered to appear on her behalf, and she also thanked the Auckland press for the able and courteous manner in which they had reviewed the subject. A resolution was passed expressing dissent from that part of the addendum to the Commissioners' report whicli implied espionage on the part of Miss Arnaboldi. The purse contained 43 sover-