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Manawatu Herald, 28 June 1894, Page 2

No one has beaten the professional known as"Deerfoot" who ranVll miles 970 yards in one hour. The fastest amateur swimmer is J. H. Tyers who last October swam 100 yards in one minute four seconds. The pole-jumping record is held by an amateur, E. D. Dickinson, with eleven feet nine inches, at Kidderminster in 1891. Lobsters can be taken all the year r#und in England but they are not at their best in November, December and January. Oysters are delicious, so do others besides New Zealanders believe. We sent Victoria over 151,000 dozen, New South Wales 330,000 dozen, Tasmania 33,000 dozeu, Fiji 'J. 500 dozeu and the South Sea Islands 0,100 dozen. A little value of £2,785 for shell fish. Last year 12,587 tons of Phormium was exported of which 9,595 tons went to America. The value for the total export was £219,375 now lost by the carelessness of Ul9 Government. Messrs Laery & Co. reporl:— Our London advices just to hand (as to flax) indicate improved demand, with an advance of 15s to 20s per ton in values. We quote fine Wellington at .£ll 10s to .£ll 15s and " g.f.a.q." at £10 10s per ton f.o.b. Mr T. Easton has the contract for the erection of the new store for Mr T. Westwood. He has got the framing all cut out. In England there is a quaint idea tha* the British Museum wants knigfisher nests and tortoiseshell Urn cats. It is all a delusion! The Baroness Burdett Coutts has just attained her 80th year. She recently returned from a trip to Borne in excellent health, and has been entertaining the Duchess of Teck in London. Both the Duchess of York and her son are doing well. There wpre fifteen hundred callers on Sunday. A cablegram received on (Saturday by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company gives the following as the latest London market quotations for Hemp — Medium, £10 per ton and butter (quotation l«th May)— New Zealand, 84s to 80s per cwt. The Napier JhroM says that a violent hailstorm 2)assed over Hastings on Sunday evening. The hail lay so thickly upon the grounu 'hat it could be shovelled up. If they would only adopt that custom her;?. The Albanian girl puts all her fortune into gold and silver coins and mounts these on her high cap, that not only the bridegroom, but all the assembled, can discern her value at a glance. It has been estimated that if a man weighing 1401 b were placed under a hydraulic press and squeezed flat, the result would be 1051 bof water and 351 bof dry residue. A fact which, says the Olago Daily Tiinm, is not generally known, but which is worthy of mention in connection with the compel it ion for Sir .T. Bennet Lawes's shields, which were presented at the Garrison Hall recently, for the best managed farms, is that both the successful managers are colonial-bred youths, all tiio competitors who learnt farming in the Old Country b'.>ing unsuccessful. The men charged wilh being found without lawful excuse in a gaming house in Wellington were brought up on Tuesday and fined the maximum penalty of £5 and 7s costs each. The fines totalled £85 12s. Mr Wilson, the manager of the Motoa Estate, is so well satisfied with the effect of the embankments already built on the estate that he has decided to carry out more of that work directly, to the amount of some £250 to £300. Messrs Gorton & Son hold a sale at Sanson on Tuesday. About a week ago the coach-driver noticed this season's lamb on Mr Da vies' run. Mr A. S. Easton is also the proud possessor of one of Mary's pets. There was a debate in the House on Tuesday, and this is how R.A.L. in the N.Z. Times mentions the actions of the member for Palmerston :— Mr Pirani here makes a colossal blunder at the outset. He thinks he is a leader of the House. When Captain Russell finishes, and Mr Reeves arises by prescriptive right to reply, being the champion of humorous debate, and therefore fit to be placed after the big gun of the Opposition, poor Mr Pirani actually is on his leg 3to have a cut in. After Mr Beeves, Dr Newman gets op, but Mr Pirani is before him without modesty, and with the lamest possible of all impossible excuses. Unhappily, he catches the Speaker's eye, and takes up a position which would freeze the intelligence and clog the tongue of any member who had the slightest idea of what he was doing. Utterly undisciplined* aud forwardly thoughtless. "R.A.L." after Mr Pirani spoke thus sums him up— A determined man and a friend of the Government, inclined to be candid, with leanings to boredom. That is the impression he produces. An immense living whale came ashore at Tokelund, Washington, a short time ago, and died on the following day. Its length was 174 feet 8 inches, and its waist measure 161 feet 6 inches. Its weight is estimated at 47£ tons. The oil and whalebone yielded by this monster will amount in value to £2200. Scientists who viewed this whale say it must have existed 986 years. Sunday, May 6th, being " Chestnut Sunday," an immense concourse of persons from London and elsewhere travelled by road and vail to. Hampton Court to see the famous chestnut trees in Bushey Park, which were then almost in full bloom, although the spikes are scarcely so forward as last year in consequence of the recent cold weather. The Avenue is about a uiilp long and has four rows of huge trees on . each side. It is undoubtedly a beautiful 'sight. Mr C. C. Rawlins has decided to retire from the contest for the Tuapeka seat. Mr Scobie Mackenzie re-enters the field, and leaves at once to canvass the district.

According to Dr. K. Muller, the silk of | the great spider at Madagascar is used by the natives for fastening flowers on sunshades and for other purposes. The thread has a golden colour, is very strong and elastic, and a single female, at the breeding season, has spun nearly two miles of it in 2? days. Our Premier is too much interested in Samoa to care about some more ohildren of ihe Royal Family, and has proposed no resolution o£ congratulation to the Duke and Duchess of York on the birth of their heir. The most ancient book mentioned is said to be the " Book of Enoch." Did not His Excellency the Governor say j in his speech at the opening of Parlia- j liament that this lovely colony was destined to play a leading part in Polynesia ? We art doing so as far as h«mani9ing the savages go, In our exports la9t year we sent to the South Sea Islands two perambulators I and £8 worth of parasols 1 t and £7 worth of photographic goods 1 1 I One can almost, picture the sweet girl native dressed in a bead necklace with a flaming parasol pushing a perambulator down a side walk. • But to want to be photographed I ! I In " Australian cricket and cricketers " an example is given of the rivalry that existed between Victoria and New South Wales. It says " while we were coasting along New Zealand we were caught by a terrible storm ; and being in a very small steamer, we were in., considerable danger. Charles Bannerman, who was an expert swimmer, was veryfrightened. He refused to go into his cabin, and said if he ever got on dry land again he would never leave it as long as he lived. " Well," said I, " suppose we are wrecked. What will you do?" "Fir3t," he said, "I'll save Alick (his brother), then Murdoch, then yourself." " Well, but what about the Victorians ?" I asked. " Let them drown " he replied, " Don't you think I am going to risk my life for them ?' In Mr Easton's butcher shop there is exhibited to-day the entire carcass of a very fine fat heifer, reared on the rich Campbelltown land. It is worth seeing. In an article in Blackwood. the writer says, " We believe Mr Gladstone's retirement to be a signal blessing for the country Our only regret is that he did not take this step thirty years ago Mr Gladstone's position during the last quarter of a century has been that of the destroying angel of British politics.'' On the other hand, Mr A. J. Wilson, editor of the Invextor'n Review, says of Mr Gladstone "The freest from thoughts of personal aggrandisement of all the men that ever ruled this country." 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 that 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. Eoss and Sandford.— AnvT. Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sanders and 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, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings — no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Luugs, ' Swellings, &c, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs. In use at all hospitals and medical clinics ; patronised by Hiß Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all others.— [A DVT.] " It's an ill wind that blows nobody good " is a very old saying but none the loss true. Whilst the great depression existing at Sydney at the present time, has caused a deplorable amount of misery, yet the people cf Wellington find the sur rounding 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 A 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 astonishing 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 oommand, 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.