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Manawatu Herald, 7 June 1894, Page 2

Mesf rs ( AbrftMirlri £ Williams hold their regular norse sale at Palmerston on Saturday, as well as the horses in the assigned estate of Robert Hammond. Messrs Gorton & Son hold their regular sale at Bulls on Tuesday next. Messrs McMillan, Rhodes & Co hold a sale of general merchandise at their auction rooms on Saturday. Hotelkeepers are scarce in Poxton today, having left on a visit to Otttki. Messrs Harmon and Mitchell Went yesterday wiih Mr Williams and the constable via Shannon. Mr Thynne went by coach this morning in company with Messrs ilay hhd Stansell. The train rau a preliminary trip a little after noon yesterday, and takes up the usual running to-flay; At the Pftlmel'stOh Cohrt yesterday afterUooh the case in which Miss Adair sued Capt. Dunk was concluded, and judgment was given for plaintiff for the amount claimed, each party to pay owh eoatsi The hoiise iii Ingesli'e street, Wellington, occupied by Mrs Pascoe as a boardinghouse, was burnt down on Monday night. Mrs Pascoe estimates her loss at £200. There are reports of much loss of stock up the Ovwia valley, bill* no confirmation Has been received. Mr Joseph Cummerfield, who for some years has been interested in the flax business has now joined the store of Philip Hennessy & Go-. He Vras alVrays much" liked when in a similar position before, so that he will be welcomed on having returned to it. Carmencita, the Spanish dancer, who a year or two ago delighted New York, had a peculiar adventure iii her owh country. Some bandits captured her and her donkey upon which she was taking some vege-. tables, and she obtained her liberty by dancing before them, and giving them a kiss all rouud. M. Trouve, the i'l'elich electrician, has invented a new fishing net for use witli the submerged electric lamps, whicli ara now employed to attract fish. It is intended to avoid frightening the fish or destroying their eggs. The lamps, or other bait, are fixed in a particular place, and attract tlie fish there. The net is lying on the bottom all the time farther out in the water, and when the &?h are gathered together it is mnde to rise and fence them in. This is done by making the upper edge of it of india-rubber tubing, which is inflated by an air pump from the shore or the boat. Tlie lower edge is held on the bottom by sinkers. M. Berthellst, of the Institute of France, has made a chemical analysis of some metal figurines from ancient Chaldoa now in the Lourre, and found them to have been originally pure copper, absolutely free of tin The fact tends to confirm the hypothesis that a copper age preceded the bronze age in the East. By special decree of the French Minister of Public Instruction, dated April 10, Dr Luland has beeu entrusted with a mission to the United States, to study the teaching of medicine in that country. A better choico could not have been made, Dr Lutand being eminently fitted for such a mission, and his fluency in speaking the English language and his many medical works on special and general subjects have made his name nearly as familiar in the States as in Europe. The biggest drapery sale ever held in Palmerston is now proceeding at The Bon Marche. The whole stock without excep tion is subject to reduction, and startling bargains are obtainable in all departments. Russian detectives have arrived in Loudon to protect the Czarewich against any attempt to kill him while he is on his visit to England. It likes them. The Eastern Extension Cable Company has informed the Premier of Victoria that it will transmit weather telegrams daily, free of cost, on its New Zealand, Tasmania, Batavia, and Singapore cables. The Railway Department intend only to repair the broken bridge at Aorangi temporarily at present, says the Manawatu Times, and it is understood that a structure of sufficient strength to allow of traffic passing over will be erected by the end of the present week. As soon as traffic is resumed arrangements will be made to strengthen the bridge sufficiently to withstand the force of sach a current as was running during the recent flood. We do not want any here. A dog and cat home is likely to be founded soon in Glasgow. The limes says it is improbable that tha Canadian Conference will deal with the Samoan difficulty or the co onial commercial treaties, both of which questions are outside of the objects for which the conference has been called together. It further says that if Germany will not accept New Zealand's offer re Samoa, it will be impossible for Great Britain to interfere. The Hon. Vincent Pyke, M.H.R. for Tuapeka, died at 0 o'clock on Monday morning, aged 67. The advent of short skirts has brought stockings to the fore, and these are most elaborate in design. For dancing lacefront stockings keep in vogue ; also stockings mad-i of the very fine3t gauze -like texture. Black stockings have art designs in every shade. There are about 9,000 English barristers on the law list, of whom 3,000 are trying to practice. A movement is on foot in Wellington to , erect a memorial to the late Mr Henry Bin ml ell.

Many of our readers "Will renienlber Mr W. Bailey, who some yeafs ftgd Was connected with the local poSt and telegrajjli oflice, and who is now iHdbtidiielt iii dlreymoiith. The following is taken from a correspondent's letter to the Weekly rress : — One of our , most popular post office officials, Mr W. fiailey; was married .dne day last week to Miss Godfrey, eldest daughter of an old and much respected resident of Greymouth. The wedding, unlike several which have taken place recently, was a very quiet one, but the presents were numerous, those from the many friends of the bridegroom being not only useful but ornamental That happiness and prosperity may be the lot of Mr and Mrs Bailey is the hearty Wish of all with whom they are acquainted. Another wedding of iatet'edt to ddMe df our readers, that of Mr Alfred Cook, of the Railway Department, youngest son of Mr T. U. Cook, and Miss Ma-reraret .Tniu« Aiken, 'onl* A —- ' ' ,»*•«? ' am*'""' ' . _„ v»»ugnter of Mr Wm. Aiken, sen., was solemnised at Wanganui on Tuesday last by the Rev. J. Treadwell. An advertiser wants grazing for horses. Mr D. A. Poolej who has been engaged in Silveif mining in the south of Spain for the lftst foih' yeftl'd, lias jiist returned to Palhierston. Mr Poole is looking reniarkably Well; and Was wdrriily greeted by his niany friends in this ftiatritbt.— Standard: Mr C. M. Ordrtibie- Property;!,-* doiiihiisdidrietf; died yesterday in Wellirigton. The Licensing Bench iii Wellington have decided to close three houses. The.b^nkriipt George Andergori; #as lie" Htiiited UWb S(^« : bHffi CBiirt sittings yesterday. He is at present serving a term on another charge. The charge preferred against T. W. Twist will be taken on Monday next. Bail was allowed. The creditors iv the bankrupt estate of S. M. Wilson, hotelkeeper, of Palmerston North, at a meeting last Tuesday agreed to allow him £4 weekly as wages while employed by the D.O. Assignee. The election of a country delegate from the Wnnßanui racing district to the Racing Conference takes place on June 30th. The candidates are— Mr J. G. Wilson, M.H.R., and Mr J. Cotter, both very good men. The Palmerston and Foxton Clubs have decided td support Mr Cotter, while it Is alleged tlie Rangitikei Clubs favor the candidature of Mr AVilson.— Standard. It is believed that Trudgeon, the gaol dsCapee, has got Clean away, aud supposed by some to have gone by the Wakatipu which left Wellington for Sydney. The Suprenlc Court action, instituted by the well-known athlete, H. W. Batger, against Mrs Moeller, his mother-in law, for the recovery of £100, for breach of agreement in respect of a marriage settlement has been settled out of court. Petitions to Parliament praying that the Alfioholic Liquors Sales Control Act should receive a fair trial, are at present being circulated in Wellington. Owing to the rain, the first day's racing of the Auckland Racing Club's winter meeting has been postponed to Saturday. The attempt to obtain artesian water in Feilding has not been successful so far. The water rises to about one foot nine inches from the surface in the one sunk in Manchester square. We should imagine thit a godd amount of cash also has been sunk as the work has" been in hand for some months past. The Marton papers record with regret the death of Mrs Marmaduke Smith, wife of the manager of the Bank of Australasia, which occurred on Monday last, at the early age of 30 years. Mrs Marmaduke Smith had endeared herself to others by her lively disposition and ready sympathies. Whenever she was called upon to do a kindness, or help in any churoh or other public work, she was lavish of her care and her labour, and made a point of doing it in the best way she could. She has done much to lighten the gloom in many a sick room, was always assiduous in her attention, and sensitively alive to anything that might alleviate the sorrows of tho moment. In her own illness she was careful to the last to make her sick room as little burdensome to others as possible. She was especially good to the sick and the poor, and she will be greatly missed in Marton. Bidding was a little brisker at Messrs Abraham and Williams stock sale at Colyton. Wethers sold at from 8s to lis 2d ; breeding ewe 3, 7s 6d ; shorn lambs, 4s 10(1 ; old ewes, 4s ; crock;**, Is 9d. Heifers in calf, £2 5; to £2 13- od. It is ? aid there ara over a hundred com positors out of work in Wellington. Perhaps our Government will be in need of them during the coming session. The Port Chalmers Licensing Committee granted all the applications save four, which were postponed till the 14lh inst. A license was refused for the Sunnydale Arms Hotel. In connection with the wedding at Coburg of the Princess Victoria of j Edinburgh, a granddaughter of the Queen, the engagements for Sunday April 15th included visits by their Royal Highnesses to the People's Fite, the races of the Hessian Riding Club and the gala performance of the Court Theatre. Evidently the strict observance of the sabbath for which the Royal Family has been noted has not been carried by the Duke of Edinburgh into his Continental home. From the estimated population of the country issued by the Registra-General, a calculation has been made of the number of representatives which ought to be apportioned to England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively in a Redistribution Bill. The average population per member is 58,672, and the number of representatives ought to be, for England 486 instead of 460, for Scotland 70 as at present, and for Ireland 78 instead of 101. London, which has a population in excess of that of Ireland, ought to obtain an increase of sixteen members. The Bishop of London on April 13th presided over a special meeting of the legal profession, held under the auspices of the' National Temperance League. The Bishop said he did not agree with those wno held that it was a sin even to touch intoxicating liquor. Arguments of that kind repelled educated men ; but though he did not hold the mere use to be a sin, he did not hold that one of the greatest blessings which the educated classes could confer upon the uneducated would be the example of personally abstaining altogether, for, undoubtedly, in the course oi time, the educated classes exercised a mosl potent influence over the uneducated. He did not hesitate to say that the sacrifice £ man might make by becoming a total ab stainer was, in the present circumstance! of the country a nobler sacrifice almosl than any other he could make. He con. fessed that he himself did not give up intoxicating liquor without much thought Certainly wine was one of the pleasaatesi things one could take, and if there were nc special reason for total abstinence, h< ■hould enjoy a glass of Madeira very mucl indued. Yet, really, after a few months the sacrifice sank to nothing, and almosl disappeared. Only the good the examph did amongst one's fellow-men did not dis appear.

During the recent floods .the W&tef ■ bovei-eti lal : ge pbttibns. bf thb Kbpiihi knft l Orott- Uownti pi-operties, and it was not . without its incidents, says the $lar. While , the water was rising Mr Greenaway'g children were sent out to assist mustei'intj i the, sheep; anU while on ji faottibh. bf l^nct i higher than thfe Surrohntiing couhtrjr t_i|L i became encircled in a body of water. Tw of Mr Greenaway's station hands,set to work and made a raft to rescue the children ! from their perilous position, and while : navigating the craft, one of the men, a recent arrival from the" "Eme-mid IbU, 4fen.^into the water, and was bo disgusted W&P* his taxpeHentiesL inoi*e p_riicblarl-y with h:S * Cold bath; that he remarked : "Be dad, 1 wish I was back in Oulfl Dirland." ,bn Btf CUttke'B fatQperfc^ a feehllbm„ti| -wriß MS riaillg I'buiid the i'iin, became surrounded with water, and in trying to find his way _• home rode into one of the numerous ditches before he knew where he was. As his good geographical knowledge of the place, which was by this time covered with water, failed him, he thought discretion the better part of valou r and got on a wire fence, where he was perched, holding hia borse, for two hours and a half. According to Colonel Mapleson, Madame Patti; when in America, travels in a special bari which contains a bath of sold silver. The car is opened by a golden key. It iH ho slight Undertaking, ib fact, to Undertake a Series df engagements for the great prilna donna; for* in addition to the lavish eX--penseß inCufr A net manager has to find £1000 for her lalary foi* each perfbrtnanCfe at which she sings; and to guarantee 200 tfeffo'jbmanc'e'g fbi- b^ lottf. MadaHil! Patti's car played an important part ih a little incident referred to by Colonel Mapleson. On one occasion, when they were travelling to Montreal, the railway officials demanded 300 dollars, which for some reason they considered their Company entitled to. Colonel Mapleson refused to pay. They thereupon seized the car in which Madame Patti lay asleep, and wheeled it into a stable. There, all unconscious of what had happened to her, she remained until her rescue was effected by the payment of the money. Mr W. H. Saunders, licensee of an hotel at Johnsonville, was charged on Tuesday with refusing to give a bed to a man who asked for lodging, and offered payment. Mr Martin, S.M., deferred judgment till Saturday. He intimated that, in his opinion, the refusal to reoeive people who could pay, was one of the most serious offences a publican could be guilty of. He intended to take care lhat rooms were not kept for show, and hotels run as mere drinking shops. He also hinted that, jf judgment was adverse, the suburban oom-< mittee would probably take away the license. At an adjourned meeting of the Licensing Committee for the Christchurch district on Tuesday, twelve applicants for renewals were notified that the Committee intended ' refusing their licenses. The hotels concerned were ; — Golden Fleece, Garrick, Junction, Britannia, Victorian, British, ■ Caversham, White Horse, Albion, Tattersail's, Albert and Scotch Stores. The Committee unanimously decided that all hotels iv the district must close at ten o'clock, and warned licensees that this would be strictly enforced. The Auckland Board of Education adopted by a majority of one the report of ■ a committee, providing that the salaries of teachers and officers receiving above £200, with the exception of the clerk and the ac- ' countant, be reduced as follows : — Salaries 1 above £200, and not exceeding £220, to £200 ; salaries above £220,. reduced by 10 1 per cent, per annum. The alteration takes 1 effect on the Ist August. . Rent^or teachers' residences is to be charged from the date of the reduction of salaries. .The Chair- | man says the Board's finances necessitates ' the steps now taken. w jß___'' ! Mr Donald Petrie, M.A., Chief Inspector I in the Otago district, has been appointed Chief Inspector of Schools forthe Antiklknd i district by 4 votes to 3, after an animated i discussion at the Board of Education meeti ing. He is an M.A. of the University of : Aberdeen, and taught for six years in t^e Scotch College, Melbourne. Mr Petrie has been Chief Inspector in Otago for 30 years. ■ ■'''■■ ,• '..-•£'" Details show that the epidemid rag-trig at Hong Kong is a kind of fever j and oame thither from Canton, where it is known aa [ black plague. In Canton the epidemio created a fearful havoc, and in some parts the d-mth-rate was as high as 80 per cent. It thus appears that our fear that the plague was Bubonic is unfortunately correct. In giving his experience . while .in .the service of the Ameer, at the Hdyari4|^|ution, Dr J. A. Gray said tie was surprised to find that at the court ohampa^Wj "*» well as sherbet, was largely drunk. ; -.The sherbet was not the effervescing stuff,., we imagined it to be, but was iced syrup, flavoured with oranges, lemons, or roses. During a journey to the Russian frontier he came across three figures of Buddha cut in the mountain side; one was 178 ft and another 120 ft high. A man seated on a horse only measured the height of one of the toes of the god, and there were large chambers in the head used as granaries. The Ameer had done muoh tp improve his people, and had been largely -uooeasful in repressing crime. He had a new way with murderers. He did not hang him, but imposed suoh a fine on! bis whole family as should ruin them all, and then : ha_ided the , murderer over to the tender mCroi«|.ot the victim's relatives. The lecturer4lso stated that the youngest son of the Ameer» now five years old, waß the most likely to come , to the throne, as he had royal Hood on both sides, the Sultana, bis mother, being a , cousin of the Ameer, whereas the eldest ( son's mother wasa slave. The Ameer was ■ doing muoh to educate and elevate a . people prone to lie, steal, and murder, and , was doing it in a way that no Englishman I would be able to adopt. Certainly the most effective medicine in i the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti > Extract. Test its eminently powerful effect in Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the res lief instantaneous. In serious cases and i accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, i burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the ; safest remedy — no swellings — no inflami mation. Like surprising effects produced , in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, IndKtot mation of the Lungs, Swellings, &c, I Diarrhcea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kid's neys and Urinary Organs. In use at all ■ hospitals and medical clinics ; patronised E by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned t with medal and diploma at International 3 Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust .ja .this " i. approved article a*q*d eject all o^be^g.-- - [ADVT.J ( •:.•-•--» i'> i Our imports of new. .season's dresses, t millinery and mantles are vow fully com- • pleted. The choice we* are*"enabled to ■ show, and the strictly moderate prices . charged are much appreciated by our t country friend* while visiting Te Aro 3 House, Wellington. b Our new dressmaker, Madame de Ve***^ l ney, fro:n " Worth's," Paris, is the leadu^**. , dressmaker in the colony. We guarantee t perfect fit, and the latest styles and dee signs, as known only to French dress* - makers. Our charges for making dresseg are from 22s 6d at Te Aro House.

Ladies can do ♦heir shipping by post, Snd save tlie inconvenience, of coming t.o town. Cur order deriartnieiit h*ta lieen enlarged, and is under most efficient management. Patterns of all our general drapery ftncl Irenes will be gent post free on applioiUon at Te Aro House. n ftixty-ei§ht cases a'nd,.paokaße9 fll pew Snd seasonable good for all „epai'tm'*r!tn have now been opened oufc for present season at the Bon Marche, and it is freely admitted that no such choice is obtainable in, the district. Buyers are invited to make their jelootions early while first -*sAtioWe of this magnificent range of new gdocts ii still obtainable at The Hon Marche; Boss and Sandford.— AbV* . ».** * — -*- iT -■K^-- .r.~ , -. . .-■',.