Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1894.

Manawatu Herald, 26 May 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1894.

,: We : regret. %q> ; J?oo*d : the dea^jT'ot'Mrs Keeling, wife of 'tha to<vn clerfc of ;PalmerBton on .Wednesd'ayT aged' 46" years! Her funerai was very largely attended, which took plaoe yesterday, and wreaths sent by friends, wais both nunverous and beautiful. Among these was one made by Mrs Park, and 'forwarded in the names of the Mayor, Councillors, officers" and emplbyeps of the Council: 1 'The Councillors also acted as pall-beaiers. The balloon ascent announced for Queen's Birthday at Palruerston by MissLeila Adair did not take place, as the arrangements for inflating the balloon were not' perfect, and a fresh-, supply. of chemioals oould fiot be obtainedv A very large" number wej:e -attracted to the racecourse .to witne£g Jthja;a&a.ent, but were vdisappointed. A free"anj»|y'iß to b'ergiven to day. Mr.ipjavid Scott'a racing.mare Cordelia, won'trie Oafs of 100 soys. at the Wangaritii races on Queen's Birthday. Her impost was-6st-121b, and six other horses start.edf..i: J H&n-y JVlosp, ihe jockey, is said to haveiiflden a feobd' race on : the odcajion'." ■ The Hunters' Steeplechase of 50^soys_.. >yas. ■also annexed l)y/iNvarti4",va ; hoi;se.frbSi,t^e Sa'm'e'stable; paying a dividend of £10 13s. A waraing. At the Marton Magistrate's Court -W Tuesday Thomas Armstrong, a member of the - Marton Borough Council, AvaSßontenced to fourteen days hard labor for using profane language in a public place. "The' offence consisted' in saying " Christ .was a bastard" in answer to something , said by a Salvaiion Army speaker in the street. Counsel gave notice of appeal, and bail was allowed of £40. An interesting illustration of a nuisance being converted into profit is afforded by the new process for extracting sulphur from alkali waste. At Widnes alone 500 aores must have been covered with it to an average depth of 12ft. These ten million tons of noxious material have been with .great difficulty prevented from being a source of intolerable nuisance throughout a large district, owing to the amount of sulphur contained, and the consequent discharge of sulphuretted, hydrogen irJto- the air. . . • The petroleum -wells at Balachani, Sabunchi, Romani, and Bibi-Aibat produced 5,491,970 tons of crude oil during the year, or at the average daily rate of 15,000 tons. The residence of Mr J. G. Wilson, M.H.R., in Bulls, narrowly escaped de- ■ Btruction by fire on Monday morning, says the Feilding Star. It appears thai wh n the household retired to rest on Sunday night a log was left burning in the fireplace. In the morning it was discovered that the log had rolled out on to the floor, through which a hole large enough to allow it to fall to the ground had been burned. '

Ai in r '■■ ' — r — •— " ~~—^ ~~~ -~ ~ ~ "~ ~" ~~~~ ~*~ According to the trade paper, the petroleum output of the United States is now 87,316 barrels daily 1 An English linn received an order a short time- ago for a spinning mill for Brazil to contain 20,000 spindles. Some few months ago an attempt was made by some business men to ship the = rpugh crystal salt of Peru to Australia. It was found useless for a table salt and the cargo was . sold at five shillings a toil, so that as the freight Was fifteen shillings a ton, the Peruvian speculator made a bad -drop -of ten shillings a ton. So violent arc the winds that at times sweep across the Sahara that at a considerable distance from (lie African <Joast the dredgings brought up by the Challenger showed that the sea bottom was covered Somewhat thickly with the sand blown seaward from the continent. A good story is told of the impetuosity shown by buyerti to snatch anything otlt of the common. " This book, gentlemen," said an auctioneer, "is especially valuable, as it contains margin notes in the handwriting of Alexander Von Humbolidt; A hundred marks offered. Going— going — gone. It is yours, sir." (The autograph marginal note by the renowned scholar was as follows : "This, book is not worth the paper it is printed on.") A deputation from the Southland Acclimatisation Society waited on the Colonial Treasurer to protest against the proposed importation of the English wood pigeon, whicli is particularly mischievous and destructive to turnips, peas, beans -and. grain crops. The evils resulting from the introduction of Bpftrrowß and other* birds to sparsely settled country where the population is too small, to keep them in check was enlarged upon ; and it was suggested that future acclimatisation experiments should be under direct Government control. Mr Ward recognised the importance of the matter, and would at once bring it under the notice of the Minister interested. He agreed, with the suggestion that no foreign bird or aiiiriiai should be' brought to the Colony until the approval of a competent authority was obtained, and promised--that this phase of the question "would have the careful attention of the Gov< rnment. The Wirokino Road Board resolved at its last meeting that the clerk be instructed to prepare an estimate of costs and expenses incurred by the Board in the Case of G-. N. Woods v. the Board, showing all particulars required by the 116 th section of the Road Board's Act, 1882, and that such estimate be approved by the chairman and be left open for inspectiou at the Board's office for 14 days before next meeting, sUdll inspection to be publicly notified. The General Manager of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Com~pany (Limited), has received information from his head office that, in order to ensure the confidence of clients hereafter in connection with the consignment and agency business, provision has been made in the new articles of association whereby all funds coming into the company's hands from such business shall be regarded as strictly held in trust for the principals, and be entirely free from any other general obligations of the company. This will make clients absolutely secure in all their monetary transactions with the company, and be of the greatest assistance in the reestablishment and extension of (he business. . ... ■ In the great Spanish Convent of St. Ignatius at Loyola, a monastery which may be styled the birthplace of the Jesuits, and where the eleclion of eacli general Order takes place, everything is exceedingly severe except the room which w.as once the cell of the founder of the Jesuits. This apartment is turned into a kind of chapel, and is now of fairy like magnificence, hung with red brocade ; each object in it is of gold, and in a number of reliquaries are to be -seen fragments of the humble habit and pieces of the bone of St. Ignatius Loyola. The Corinth canal opened some months ago is the^ realisation of a scheme originated some nineteen hundred years ago. It is ouly four and a half miles and forms a wator-way between the gulfs of Lepanto and .Egina. During tho last visit of the Shah of Persia to England he kept a diary, and of .'Lady Salisbury he remarks (< She is a lady of middle 'size, highly respectable, up in politics, exceedingly wise aud clever." It does not seem clear. A trade paper quotes manila in August at £24 10s a ton, and fine white manila rope at 33a 6J per cwt. <vr\V«hktigw that New Zealand hemp has riof reached the same figures as manila, yet New Zealand rope is quoted at 82s fid per cwt. One pound a ton difference in rope does not explain nearly £10 a difference in the fibre. ■ The nickle-steel crank shaft, made for the duplicate of the s.s. Paris, showed a tensile strength of over 39£ tons per square inch. The proposal to combine the Standard aud the Nobel- Rothchild interests in the petroleum trade have fallen through, saving the world from another large monopoly. ___. Certainly the most effective medicine in .thjß world is Sanders apd Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminently . powerful effect in Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they -wounds, i.burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy— no swellings — no inflammation.. Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation Of the Lungs, Swellings, &c, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs. . 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We guarantee perfect fit, and the latest styles and designs, as;. known only to French dressmakers. Our charges for making dresses are from 22s Gd at Te Aro House. Ladies can do their shopping by post, and save the inconvenience of coming to town. Our order department has been enlarged, and is uuder most efficient management. Patterns of all our general drapery and dresses will be sent post free on application at Te Aro House.