Manawatu Hearald. TUESDAY, JAN. 16, 1894.

Manawatu Herald, 16 January 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Hearald. TUESDAY, JAN. 16, 1894.

Mr Oilvuth, overnment veterinary, has furnished a report of hi3 examination of the blood poisoning in lambß, which he , traces to microorganisms infecting tho j wounds when the land is dirty. . v wainpy j and boggy land, nndrained waterholes ' gi'«ntly facilitate tho spread of Ihe disease. l He recommends great cleanliness) the übo ' of anti septicised instruments, and anti- | septic applications to the wounds. Lambs ; dying from the disease should not be ilI lowed to decay, and thus prevent the proi pagation of the micro-organisms which cause the blood poisoning. | A southern contemporary says : — A i Rangiora girl consulted the oracles of Fate i as to her prospective matrimonial venture. ! She wrote the names of three admirers on as many eggs, and placed them under a - ; t-+ing hen. Thr- lucky man whose name j auovcvd the ep timi web first hr.tched reI c ived the. maiden's hand.

Mr W. C Baker, of Ni»vv Jersey, United States, c'aims to be " the chicken king of thr- universe " Mr Baker's '• Eecaiobeon," or artificial hatching establishment, turns ou' 250,000 chickens a year. He keeps 2000 laying ht>na, and buys all the fresh and fecund eggs that are offered him.

The English Government is being urged to S"ll part; of its Sues Canal shaivs and df. vote the proceeds to the construction of additional warships. It is stated that differences have arisen among the members O' the Cabin»t about the extent of the increase in the Navy.

Tenders are invited by the Messrs Robinson for laying a sand-drift.

Mr Tennant has mads a start at his hemp-mill, and also Mr Austin.

Messrs Dudson and Coley made a start to-day in cutting their oat crop for hay. Our cricketers left this morning to play a match at Shannon.

Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a stock sale at Palmerston on Thursday.

Messrs Gorton and Sin hold their stock sale at Hnmerviile on Thursday. The Colyton sale will be held on Tuesday next.

The silver bangle advertised for through our columns has been found and lies at lha office for the owner.

Operations on the State farm at Levin are to be commenced immediately. Mr Winterbourne, the manager, has been over the ground and selected a site for the homestead, and is making arrangemants for a road through the block. Eight hundred acres of the area purchased, adjoining Mr P. Bartholomew's new mill, framing the railway line, is to be cut up for sale, and the balance with a frontage to the road about to bo made through the block, is to be reserved for the farm.

The Paris Omnibus Company intend shortly to bring into use a number of c mi. presßed air locomotives for ths tra uwxy semens. This motive power haa n>t yet been used in Paris for the purpose of streec locomotion.

In reply to a letter from aHawera »etlt3r, Mr V. clu writes from Christchurch : — ' As we find that ihere is a rua ly a nic: lot of pigs in the North Island wa will arrange to take them away whenever they are r-ady so as to encourage further breeding. If you will let us know how many pigs fit for our purpose are in your district, we will send our man to inspect, buy, and pay fur them. The factory in I'aranaki must wait at least another season, as our information is to th<' eff ct that we could not get a supply of 1000 pigs per week for the year, and tht3 is at least the uumber that would suffice to keep a factory. However, this will bo immaterial to the farmers of Taranaxi as we shall give them the same price and take delivery at the nearest railway station."

As a comment on the decrease in value of hotel properties of lam yeara. it may be noted (says the Cbristchuroh Press) that the Star and Gartar H >tel has bean aold for £2700, though some little time back £7000 was refused by the then owner.

A London corresopndent writes :— I had a pleasant chat the other evening with Mr Edward Wakefield, who looked the piotura of vigorous health and well being. He told me he was living with his children and his sister at Pau, in France, bat that his business operations were in America—prosperous, too, I should gather. He writes occasionally still, and aiwuys effectively as of yore, but I understand he no longer exercises literature as a regular profession.

Early on Friday morning the dead body of a man, identified as that of Alf. Harris, lately working at Shannon and Tenui, was found lying in 12in of water in a creek in the centre of Pahiatua. There was a cut over the left eye, and another near the mouth. Deceased's watch and other belongings were picked up on the road near where the body was found The man was seen with a swag whioh he said was valuable. H<* appeared strange in his manner, and complained of having been robbed of a diamond ring. It is said that the deceased has a half-brother as Masterton, and that his parents are in Wellington. Hib age was about 29, and his height sft 7in.

A Presbyterian elder up Auckland way was recently asked how the kirk got along " Aweel. we had 400 members. Then we had a division, and there were only 200 left ; then a wee disruption and only ten of us left. Then we had a heresy hunt, and now there in only me and ma brither Duncan left, and I ha' great doots o' Dunoan'i otthodo »y."— Truth.