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Manawatu Herald, 22 February 1894, Page 2

Mr Thomas *W r ilson, the Manager of the Motoa estate, wants men for flax grubbing. The work will be let in small contracts and a fair price will be paid. Mi* W. Park 1 *? altered advertisement over the leader appears to-day. We commend a perusal as the items of a very large stock are just noted. Before Mr' McMillan, J.P., three boys were brought up this morning and remanded till to-morrow, on four charges of larceny, and seven other charges. The boys' names aye .Tames Moss, Frederick Dunn, and Ernest Dunn. News has just been received in Sydney that heavy earthquake shocks were experienced in New Caledonia at the end of January. A number of houses were wrecked, and one was completely overturned. The telog *aph wirec -napped in half. The populace became .panic stricken. A tidal wave which followed, indicated that there had been a submarine eruption. The ground locked violently. No similar phenomenon had been recorded in the colony. A lost ring is advertised.for. . . Very large additions have been made to the entries of Messrs Gorton & Son's sheep fair at Feilding to-morrow. Messrs Gorton and Son's Marton sale will be held on Tuesday. Fair Play says that the Evening Press will terminate its existence as managed at | present, on the 28th of this month. The | y_"r V ig so ]d or leased to the Prohibition i l'uiiy and will be carried on in the interests ! of tee'otalism. The Government are considering a new Fencing Aot, whioh will probably be intro* duced next session. We are now in reoeipt of the new Century Dictionary, and- shall be pleased to unraffle disputed words with its assistance. . Mr. C. Winter, local manager of the Bank of Australasia at Dunedin, has been appointed to succeed the late Mr E. W. Morrah as Inspector, and leaves for Wellington. Itiß understood that the appointment at present is only temporary. The Cape Government is, sepding a. military misßioiii3 to .Tpridplandi^ anped- with Maxim gunSr-and strong-in artillery. It is reported that the villagers of Miafoume, in Western Soudan, threatened the French envoys, yvhereupon tha latter opened a cannonade, which killed a" hun-dred"oi-the-natives. ! '- ' •*■'"'•* ' ''■ It is understood that' the '- United States Senate will agree tp the new tariff, and re. port the Bill on Monday. , At a meeting' of the creditors in the estate of J. C. Morey, drape'i\ Feiidi**^", ' if was decided to institute proceedings against tlie debtor under the penal clauses of the Act. , . ...■„.; :•',.;,- > y Professor JJohnsSni? of'Elseter School*? has- lifeen appointed' Mathematical Professor lege, ta^upceed--%ofea.soj:.^4}dj:'i. „= .... It is calculated that Parisians yearly.oonaunie 1,200,000 bottles of champagne. M. Burdeau, Minister of Finance, haa brought in a bill suggesting an additional tax on this wine.. _ .. ,„. „.,., „,^ Temperance of 'Nomayksliedme public authorities a. short time ago to make it unlawful'' fdif ■W-MnetL or girls td serve in public-houses. The request has been granted, and at present an ale-house keeper cannot employ any other. woman than his wife. The following is not complimentary to American plu,ck. , A. forge/ .standing ift-tfye? dock of a Buffalo ' CpUr| |pddenly ' c(rew^ pistol, ordered those present to throw; their hands up, and escaped looking the door behind him. It is believed that the weapon was Becretly handed to him by an accomplice. The man Henri has furnished the Frenoh police with a list of the names of Anarchists and their hiding-places and 20 of their photographs, as well as a quantity of chemicals used in the manufacture of bombs. One hundred and thirty-five Eoumanian cavalry officers have resigned by way of protest against the severity of the cavalry jnspectors. The New Zealand Land Association, Limited; hUs "received the following telegram from its London office, dated 16th instant : — Frozen Meats. — The mutton market is unchanged, and the lamb market is sluggish. Prime , New Zealand .lambs are worth per carcase, 6_i per lb. Tallow. —There is little demand. Fine mutton tallow is worth 27s 3d per cwt, quotation nominal. King Lobengula succumbed to an attack of small- pox.- All his regiments are now surrendering to the British Chartered Company, except the Inyato, whioh guards tbe Kings' grays.

"£ We have to thank tlie Shannon committee for a complimentary ticket for the supper which will be given tlie Premier to-morrow evening. Wo *ogret to announce the death of Mrs Anne Hand all Kebbell, widow of the late John Kebbell, at the age of 76 yearn, at Wellington. Tlie deceased lady, who was born at Yeovel, Somerset, England, arrived iv the Colony on Christmas Eve, 185 C, in "the ship Philip Jane. The immediate cause of death was failure of the heart's action. Mr John Kebbell, chairman of the Horowhenua County was the eldest son, ■iud Mr.JUayo Kebbell. of Wellington the second son, of the deceased lady. Messrs Strang Bros, invite tenders for draining. Tenders close on the 28th inst. Mr G. N. Woods, of Shannon, has, says the Farmer, issued a writ of the Supreme Court for the recovering of sums amounting to £350, for damage done, as he asserts, to his property near Shannon by the action of the Board when altering the courso of the creek running through his ground. The Board acknowledge no such liability, and an action is considered inevitable. The report of the Temperance Committee to the Presbyterian General Assembly stated that during the past year ther? was an inorease of £82,604 spent on alcoholic drink, an increase of lOd per head of the population. Despite the increased expenditure, however, fewer persons had been arrested for drunkenness. It was resolved that, in view of the voting under tho new Licensing Aot taking place next month, the Assembly recommends ministers, members, and all adherents to avail themselves of the powers conferred by the Act to diminish or suppress the traffic in intoxicating liquors, but whilo doiug so recogui.ses that the Act requires amendment iv important particulars. The Ohau School Committee have resigned because the Education Board, have refused to pay attention to their repeated requests for some improvement in the condition of the present school and grounds, or the removal of the school to a more healthy site. The French ppst office authorities are asking for designs for proposed new postage stamps to be sent in within the next three months. Each competitor will be required to send in a design measuring 64 times the size of a postage stamp, with a photographic or other reduction showing the stamp in its proper size. The author of plected design will receive 3,000 fr., and the two nest best 1,500 fr., and 1.000 ;fr. respectively. An indefatigable lady candidate Mme. Astte de Valsayre, announces that she is coming forward at the next French Senatorial elections, and with characteristic frankness avers that if she is elected she will only go to the Senate to sleep, will not open her mouth except to yawn, and will wear a white wig in order to have the^ necessary broken down appearance. This, she says, ought to secure her the votes of all who care for the dignity of the Senate. The force of habit (says the Waipawa Mail) sometimes has its disadvantage's, as the following will show : A resident here, who ia cf a devout turn of mind, has for many years followed the precepts of his youth, and makes it a practice of saying his prayers before undressing. The other evening he attended church. On entering he devoutedly knelt and repeated the prayers he knew so well. No doubt, thinking he was in his bedroom he proceeded to take his boots off, and divested himself of his coat, when liig peouliar conduct was observed by a friend, who quietly conduoted him to his house. Virginia raises 5,000,000 bushels of peanuts and 4,000,000d015. worth of fruits and vegetables. The iron product is 200,000 tons, and over 2,900,000d015. of gold has been sent to the United States Mint. This State has the largest lead mines in the south and the greatest maganese mines in the world. A merchant at Nagoya, China, has earned the title of " King Henry VIII." among his countrymen by recently marrying hia 27th wife. He had resolved when he was young to marry 80 women, and is d?lighted that he has now only three more to marry to keep his vow. .