Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1893.

Manawatu Herald, 25 April 1893, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1893.

The Borough Council invite tenders for leasing the Wirokino ferry and Banging. Additions are made to Messrs Abraham and Williams' Palmerston sale and to Messrs Gorton & Son's Feilding sale. Messrs Abraham and Williams advertise their horse sale at Palmerston on Saturdaynext. The United Farmers' Alliance hold a sale of stock at Ashurst on Saturday. Our readers will regret to learn of the death of Mrs Mair, wife of Captain Gilbert Mair, Parliamentary interpreter, who died at Blenheim on Saturday morning, after a painful illness. The remains will be taken to Wellington for interment. The deceased lady was the only surviving daughter of the late John Sperrey, Property Tax Commissioner. The Eesident Magistrate holds a special court on Saturday to determine some longstanding cases. The long-standing case of Mrs Bickleben v. Baker and Cooke was concluded in the Wanganui Supreme Court last week, and resulted in a verdict for the defendants. Three members of the Manawatu County Council have lately taken a holiday. They all went to Auckland. Life is so smooth in the Council that it has been suggested that they took the trip to find out what a warmer place was like for future guidance. May they never have it hotter than at Auckland is the prayer of their wellwishers. An evidence of the way the authorities responsible for the appointment of Mr W. Foster to the Paraparauma School view Mr Bindon's reports on his work is shown by his selection from 18 applications for the position, says the Standard. It would do the Wanganui Board and Mr Bindon good to study these reports a little. A groat feat is shortly to be attempted by the telephonic department of the General Post Office — the laying of a telephone between London and Dublin. Among the numerous presents sent to a Shah of Persia by one of the Russian Emperors was a bedstead of extraordinary magnificence. It is said to have been entirely made of crystal, and was accessable by steps of the same material, all worked in imitations of large diamonds, encrusted in a solid frame. On each side there were spouts made to eject scented water, which by its murmuring invited sleep. Until a successor is appointed to the late Mr Didsbury, Mr S. Costall will be in charge of the Correspondence branch of the Government Printing Office, and Mr James Burns in charge of the Mechanical Departments. Experiments were recently made at Toulon, France, for illuminating the bottom of the sea with electric lamps. The apparatus employed was sunk in six fathoms and it illuminated the bottom to a radius of 100 ft. It is thought that the lamp will be of the greatest value for surveying wrecks 01 for reconnoitring for concealed torpedos. It is reported that Chopin, the great musician, when yet a lad, made a mechanical contrivance to fasten in his hands at night to spread his fingers further apart, so as to be able to strike long chords. The favourite Norwegian sport is Skirunning. Ski-runners strap to their feet runners of pine from six to eight feet in length. They come down hills at an astonishing velocity, and leap into the air for a distance of ten feet. Regarding the Mattei remedies for cancer, Mr Stead writes that he has received letters from the patients, which can of course only be taken from the patients' point of view, and that is : — 1. That they are still alive. 2. That all of them "continue to have an unshaken faith in the ' efficacy of the Mattei remedies as a means of alleviating pain. Some have an.unshaken faith in the ultimate success of the treatment

The great silver statue of Justice, for which Ada Kenan-, the actress, posed; was successfully cast at tlie factory of the Amei.ieah Brq p 2e C.0., 'Chicago} orl Saturday, Marth 1& Sixteen hundred pounds Ot the pl'e.cious metal were poured into the monld, all from Montana. The total cost is in the neighborhood of seventy thousand dollars. This statue will be a feature of Montana's display in the Chicago Exhibition. It is an exact likeness of the noted actress, being 6ft. 10im high, and will Stand nprm a solid silver globe Sfb in diarjieter. Prayer ww efrcfett drid a Slioft address made belore Hie moulding, and when the gleaming white figure was exposed to the light cheers were given for the 'Mate of Montaua and for Ada Rehan, the model. Judge Richmond, in opening the Wellington Public Library on Friday made a splendid speech, during tvliidh he' forcibly directed the attfetitidh ,d{ his heater's td the workittg-n|Hli *% of w'hiiih *»■ Have Heard so much, in these words :— We hear much said at the present day in exaltation of labour. It is well, quite\vell, but let it be recollected that the hardest and most productive labour, even in a material sense, is not that of the lumper or the navvy. Watt, Arkwrightj Stephensott,} Brftmahj (J,.nd a long lISI indile ai!e doing oil oui* railways and steamships, in our factories, and in the construction of our public works of all kinds, the work of millions of men, Is it an adequate account of tho execution of ft great engineering work like the Forth bridge to apeak of that \yonderful structure as the ere&tidn bl thtj ftrtiKans anafaußuM's! employed Upon it? Does not everyone rightly speak of it rather as the work of Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker ? These great engineers, again.. are indebted to men who have spent a lifetime Ifct the" investigation by e^erlfiient 8! ififi gtfefliitH of materials, and in the mathematical formulation of the results obtained. Behind them again, and on an even higher level, are the great scientific investigators of the laws of nature. The record of all this brain -work is stored in our libraries for the perpetual uae of mankind, and exalts the species, whilst it humbles the individual, The Polo sports at Bulls must have been good fun, judging by the extraordinary courses rum The Bending Competition was for a distance of 150 yards, Bound flag and back. Ist stake 20 yards ; other stakes 8 yards apart. Competitors to bend from right to left. One stake down to disqualify, Anothei! the Cigar and tlrhbrelia race* was moßr. absurd. The riders had to go round flag 300 yards and back. Riders to start with horses unsaddled ; saddle up ; light cigar with wax match, and put up umbrella ; mount, ride round flag and back to winning post. Cigars must be kept alight and umbrellas up during whole race. One competitor had not succeeded in mounting when the winner came in. The ladies had a share of the work in the Ladies' Bracelet Hurdle .Race — Each rider to receive ribbon from starter. Uide one furlong over hurdle 2ft. 6in high; round flag ; right to left ; back to winning post. Dismount. Ladies to thread-needle. Then remount. Bide over same course and back to win The " returning tide " is picking up a living in Wellington. The Press reports that a daring street robbery is reported to have taken place last Wednesday evening. About 9 o'clock it seems, a young lady left the house of a friend at the top of Majori-banks-street, and was followed to the outer gate by her sister who happened to ask her if she had all her things and her purse. The young lady who was somo few feet away at the time and replied in a rather loud voice, " Yes, I have them; it would not do to lose my purse, for there is 17s in it." She then left and as she was walking along Cambridge-terrace a man accosted her and with a threatening air said, " Give me that 17s or I'll kill you" At the same time he put his hand into her pocket, took the purse, and then made off with it. The young lady was terribly frightened, and, instead of screaming for help, rushod off as fast as possible to her home in College-street, where she at once fainted, and has been unwell since. The ruffian who robbed her must have heard her say that she had the 17s and taken advantage of the quietness of the looality to commit the robbery in the manner described. Unfortunately, he got dear away and is not likely to be captured. The public will regret to learn says the N.Z. Times that during the last few days the condition of the Premier has not been as satisfactory as could have been wished. On Saturday a consultation of medioal men was held, with the result that an operation was determined upon. Yesterday afternoon the operation was performed and the most favourable results are anticipated from it. Last evening Mr Ballanoe was in a perfectly quiet and tranquil state. In addition to Dr Henry, who has attended the Premier throughout his illness, the following medical men were present: — Drs Mackenzie, Cleghorn, and Macgregor. For the present the public ani the personal friends of Mr Ballance will best show their sympathy with him by abstaining from calling at his residence.