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Manawatu Herald, 16 June 1894, Page 2

The Otaki Licensing Committee has granted the renewal of tlio license of the Telegraph Hotel, Otaki, subject to the house being repaired within six months from date. Another resilient of Otaki, Mr Herbert I Ryder, has heen admitted to the Wellington Hospital in the early stages of typhoid fever. Parents will rejoice — well, now we come to think of it, perhaps they won't — to learn that, the State School closed for the midwinter holidays yesterday. One consolation for the overburdened taxpayer, the holidays onhj extend two weeks at this season. Influenza has been and is rather bad in this district, many families having been all laid up at the one time with it. The" Dunedin Licensing Committee refused twenty-six licenses in Dunedin. Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a stock sale at Awahuri on Tuesday. " Rolfe Boldrewood " snys that " Starlight " was a gentlemanly fellow who used to come to Gulgong with stolen horses, and received stolen horses there in exchange. These he took to his own part of the country, so that in both cases the horses could not be readily identified. He always came at midnight, and was consequently Captain Moonlight. Among other horses he stole was a mare called Locket, with a white patch on her neck. This was the horse that brought about his downfall, and he was ac'ually killed on the Queensland border in the way I have described in " Robbery Under Arms."' In (he last number of the /,'rrii-ir <,/ /?,>- --virus is an interesting sketch of "Rolf Boldrewood r ' (Mr T. A. Browne) the Australian novelist. There is a line likeness though dated l&Ol, of the author of " liobbery Under Anns," and of Mrs Browne, and a view of their present home. A large picture is also given of Keightly's house, which was "stuck up" by Starlight's company, mentioned in the novel. MiBrowne is stated to be engaged in preparing two or three boooks, including one entitled " The Sealskin Jacket." " It was a woman, my boy," the duke (in the Heovenbj Twin.*) said solemnly, " who compassed the fall of man." " Well," Diavolo rejoined, with a calmly judicial air, " Ive thought a good deal about that stoi-y myself, and it cloes'nt seem to me to prove that women are weak, but rather the contrary. For you see, the woman could tempt the man easily enough, but it took the very old devil himself to tempt the woman." Some time ago the Government despatched a sort of dove out of the ark (colony) to report on certain portions of the world's ability to buy our produce. He must have been having a rather high old time of it, seeing he has not yet written a letter the Government have thought it worth publishing. In the trial of the Hacketts the jury found the female prisoner innocent, but were unable to agree about the male prisoner. The judge did not think it worth while having a second trial, and so dis charged him after addressing this caution. You have run some risk, and my advice to you is either to return to your own country, Australia, or abstain from any such practices in future. I hope the Legislature will put the law where it should be, and have such cases put under the Police Offences Act, where they should be. Then we should not have them here, but while they are under the Supreme Court we shall. You are discharged. The London cab strike cost the owners £CO,OOO. Mr (i. F. C. Campbell, chief clerk in the Department of Taxes, has been promoted to the position of Deputy-Commissioner. The New Zealand Time* hears that Mr W. H. Montgomery, M.H.R. for Ellesmere, is to move, and Mr P. J. O'Regan, M.H.R. for Inangahua, to second the Address-in-Reply in the House of Representatives. A sensational poisoning case is alleged to have occurred at Richmond, Victoria. A man named Lewis Junker died on June 6, and his brother afterwards visited the housekeeper at the place, and was taken ill. The symptoms denoted arsenical poisoning, and the body of Lewis being exhumed showed traces of that poison. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the housekeeper, Mrs Xiedel. A torpedo destroyer is being built at Yarrow Yards for Russia, to have a speed i of 2«J knots, '

A novel strike is reported from Adelaide. The Arab firemen on board the steamer Port Adelaide struck work owing to the presence amongst them of two Englishmen. The accounts published front time to time of English firemen cldes not make ns surprised that even Arabs might prefer to be rid of them. Mr A. H. Tompkins, storekeeper, of Birmingham, has had the misfortune to lose four valuable trap horses, valued at £100, in the late floods. We had the pleasure yesterday says the Wanganui Chronicle of June 13th, of inspecting the cabin and deck plans and speciiications of Messrs A-. Ha trick and Co.'s new steamer to be used for the upriver trade. Judging by the specifications the fittings for the cabin are to be really luxurious. The dining paloon will be h!! e io- ith - splemlicl !:: «p..o«Bt«ea moiV- ° c -««ia in niavoon leather. The ladies' Compartment will be replete in every detail, and in fact nothing is to be left undone that could in any way enhance the comfort of the tr avelling public The new boat is now on board the KaikoUra and due in Wellington hest tiiOiitlij atld it is.lloped the hew steamer will be oh the river by October. A London magistrate has decided that a cab is a " public place," four men having been found gambling in a four-wheeler, which was standing on the rank. Prince Bismarck receives from the State an annual pension of less than £3000, but his income is a very large one. He is a large brewer of lager beer, employing over 800 men in the business. He owns a big poultry form, and he has a large holding in an insurance society which deals principally in (ire business. From these various investments his yearly income is estimated at £17,000. Tenders for the West Australian 4 per cent, loan of £540,000, with a minimum of £102, have been opened. The total amount tendered Was Those at £103 Hs 6d receive 40 per cent. The loan averaged £103 (3s Id. On Wednesday the Ketemarea hotel, about live miles from Hawera, was totally destroyed by fire. The insurance on the building has not yet transpired, but the furniture and stock was insured for £250 in th? North German. The building was owned by Joseph Wilson, and the licensee is Jeremiah O'Brien. The Manawatu Standnrd says : — Amongst those arrested on the charge of being in a gambling house at Wellington on Sunday evening were a captain of a football club, a member of the permanent artillery, and a theatrical agent. Those who escaped included several well-known citizens, who were recognised and will be proceeded ngainst. The dice found by the police in the raid were ' crooked," the numbers being fours and sixes. ■ Mrs Langtry is said to be greatly alarmed at the appearance of what is supposed to be a cancer in her nose. It is stated that she is cancelling her theatrical engageI as a consequence. A special Gazette of 01 pages has been issued, containing new rules for the Magistrate's Court under last year's Act. All the former rules are revoked, and the new code comes into force on July Ist. Sli~ pendiary Magistrates of all Courts in the principal towns are given both ordinary and extended jurisdiction, and I' 2 others, including junior Magistrates at Auckland, Nelson, and Christchurch, are appointed to exercise ordinary jurisdiction only. Both Messrs Kettle and Brabant, of Wanganui, are given extended jurisdiction. Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminently powerful eil'ect in Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, 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, etc., Diarrhea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs. In use at all hospitals and medical clinics; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with mpdal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all others. — [adyt.; Sixty-eight cases and packages of new and seasonable good for all departments have now been opened out for present season at the Bon Marche, and it is freely ''admitted thai no such choice is obtainable in the district. Buyers are invited to make their selections early while first choice of this magnificent range of new goods is still obtainable at The Bon Marche. Ross and Sandford.— Advt. " It's an ill wind that blows nobody good " is a very old saying but none the less true. Whilst the great depression existing at Sydney at the present time, has caused a deplorable amount of misery, yet the people cf Wellington and the surrounding districts will reap a gigantic benefit. During his visit to Sydney recently, Mr James Smith purchased at absurdly low prices a large stock which is now being sold at the Wholesale Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. With a view of making this sale the event of the year, two special buyers were despatched from Te Aro House, one to attend the great sale of Edwards, Bennett & Cos. wholesale stock, and the other to pick out bargains from the manufactures of the well-known Kaiapoi Woollen Co. Both these gentlemen have returned after a most successful trip, and the total result of their efforts is to be seen in the astonishiug bargains now being sold at the Wholesale Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. With all these advantages in purchasing, it would be strange indeed if the sale was not one to be remembered. Any attempt to enumerate even a tithe of the cheap lines now at the disposal of customers, would be worse than useless in the space at our command, but a price list which has been printed will be sent, post free, to the address of any person applying to the Wholesale Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington.