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Manawatu Herald, 3 July 1894, Page 2

Yesterday morning the Mayor left by coach for Wellington to attend the Municipal Conference. He will at the same limn interview the Government upon public matters. Messrs McMillan, Rhodes & Co. held a most successful sa'e of trees from Mr Newport's nursery on Saturday afternoon. The bidding was most spirited and the large numb or of lots were quickly sold, at liig i prices. Mr McMillan proceeds in Oiaki to-day to hold a two days sale of drapery and clolhing. In a Southern paper appears the following advertisement, which is not intended matrimonial: - Partner wanted- -sleeping or otherwise—for a farm of 051) acres in the North Island. Those who intend forcing a few vegetables, for early use, will now make up the required hot bed. Cattersall's commission on the sale of the stallion Ormonde was close on £900. The horse fetched £30,000. Mr Stead has nominated Manser and Mannlicher for the A.J.C. Derby. The-.. Christchurch Premt says :—Many who advocate the issue of State notes know little or nothing of the subject. M. Faisant, in an article in the Nouvelle Ifevino, warns the Italian Government that if something is not done —and done soon — toward the amelioration of the condition of the. working, classes there will be a Socialist rising. In Dr Barnardo's Homes a child is fed, clothed, lodged and educated for tenpence three-farthings a day! During the past twenty-seven years Dr Barnardo has received about' a million and a half of money.- • General Booth, of the Salvation Army, has. been le.ft £20,000 as a legacy by a lady friend of his, thi3 he offers to hand over to a femd he is raising of £&0,000 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his conversion. In a sketch by Kudyard Kipling, be illustrates obedience in the following conversation between a Central Asia chief and a Native Indian oflicer. They had been at a review and the chief asked —" Now in what manner was this wonderful thing done?' and the officer answered "An order was given, and they obeyed." " But are the beasts as wise as the men ?'•' said the chief. " They obey, as the men do. Mule, horse, elephant, or bullock, he obeys his driver, and the driver his sergeant, and the sergeant his lieutenant, and the lieutenant his captain, and the captain his major, and the major his colonel, and the colonel his brigadier commanding three regiments, and the brigadier the general, who obeys the Viceroy, who is the servant of the Empress. Thus it is done." Would it were so in Afghanistan," said the chief, " for there we obey only our own wills." " And for that reason," said the officer, " Your Amir whom you do not obey mast coma here and take orders from oar Viceroy." During a discussion-in a bankruptcy casein Wellingion the other day it leaked out that' the rental paid by advertisers on the curtain of the Opera House \va3 some £300 a year! and that the Opera company received £90 a year from the speculators. The elephant has got a new name " Two-tails," from the fancifnl idea that he*'has -ode in front (the trunk) and one behind, Sir Patrick Buckley in his Juries Bill will propose that juries that cannot agree after having been locked up an hour, shall be discharged. -

Whilst a number of bullocks from the Moutoa estate were being plaoed into the railway trucks at the Foxton railway station this morning, to go to Wellington, Mr Withers got severely ripped by one of the beasts) which made a gash in the upper part of his leg six or seven inches long by two or three inches wide. He was tak?n to Mr Hamer's to get the wound cleaned and dressed. Mr C. A* Harrison, late of the Island Bay Hotel, is now the proprietor of the Manawatu Hotel, which has been thoroughly renovated and is now one of the most comfortable hotels in the district. Messrs Loveday announoe that they intend holding a great surplus sale. Owing to some reports as to their leaving the district they state they have not the slightest intention of doing so. Mr Scheldt advertises to deliver cheap firewood at Foxton. We hear that two or three hemp mills are about starting on some understanding with the hands as to wages. The last report of the N. 2. Loan Co. on flax was : — We have nothing to report concerning the product, which is still neglected, and sales passing are very few. Recent London cable advices reported a firmer tone, and £16 per ton was quoted. The Premier having been advised that the action of the Registrars who .removed names was illegal hopes they will take the hint and reinstate those who have been improperly removed. The brigantine Sarah and Mary, from Thames for Lyttelton, with kauri, put into Napier last week in a sinking condition, and was beached off the end of the breastwork The vessel began to leak immediately after clearing the Auckland Heads, and as the weather was not promising, she was laid to at Mercury Island for two days, the crew being constantly at the pumps. On starting again, the gale was met with off Portland Island, when the vessel was making ten inches of water. The crew were quite exhausted, and demanded that she should be headed for Napier. The brigantine is a hard wood vessel, 30 years old, and hardly worth repairing. Forty thousand pounds' worth of wreaths have been purchased by the public for the late French President's funeral. Commenting on the Party voto on the Sergeant-at-Arms the Poof says:— ln fact, Ministers have deliberately violated, to an extent amounting to outrage, the ordinary canons of social Parliamentary life. For this no political or Party excuse can be offered or accepted. Mr Fraser's presence in an ordinary club would not, under the circumstances, be acceptable, and it should not, therefore, have been forced upon Parliament. Mr Duthie said that evidently the Speaker had been deceived by Mr Fraser, who told him that he had been temporarily appointed by the Premier, whereas the Premier now assured the House that he had made no appointment, temporary or otherwise. A lovely little cape for a wedding is of cream guipure, the pattern outlined with gold cord, the lace falling in full gathers round the figure from the neckband to the waist. A ruche of cream-colored watered ribbon finishes the neck, fastening in front with a bow and long ends. Mr Mangus Peterson, the organist of St. John's Church, Wellington, met with a sudden death on Saturday afternoon by getting choked with a piece of steak. The Government are praised for the prompt action they took to help the Bank of New Zealand. * Messrs Abraham & Williams hold a stock sale at Palmerston on Thursday. A change has come o'er that scene. The other niglit in the House a member remarked something about the Ministerial journal in Wellington, when the Premier stated that the member had evidently not read that paper lately. Agents are wanted by the Novelty Importing Company of Syduey, particulars can be learnt on application. An advertiser wants to arrange for a supply of fresh fish to be delivered to him. Is mavriago a failure ? It seems not to a farmer living near Rowling Green, Kentucky, who was recently married to his seventh wife. Electric locomotives are in use on two French railways. A UabyB 1 Exhibition is to be held at Knightsbridge in June. It will deal with exhibits bearing upon the food, clothing, medicines, furniture and pleasure of infants. There is now performing at the Crystal Palace a horse which understands both Frenoh and German, and when spoken to in either language, answers questions by means of signs. The animal when requested, tells the number of people in given ro W3 of the audience by pawing the platform, also giving the number of each sex. It adds up a sum on the blackboard with unfailing accuracy, and states the exaot time recorded by a watch. In an Amerioan periodical, McClure's Magazine, a remarkably graphic article on American railroad travels appears. It is the wonderful story of one of the Ghioago expresses. Old Thorndyke drove into the station just as the train went out beyond the point where he could have jumped on/ 41 I've lived here 40 years," he said with tears in his eyes, " and never missed a train before ; it's only 7.50, and here's the 7*23 train already gone ; 27 minutes late, and I've caught it easy many a time 10 minutes later." The station-master came up full of sympathy, seeing Old Thorndyke actually weeping. " It's all right, Mr T.," he whispered, " That's the 5 o'c'ock express — your train won't be here for 20 minutes yet." The French Minister of War is about to introduce a new sort of bread , intended for soldiers' consumption only. It seems to be of the nature of manna, of which we read in Scripture. The loaf possesses many excellent qualities. It will be light, substantial, capable of being made into soup, compact, and absolutely waterproof. Henri, the Anarchists lately executed is thus described : — The prisoner is a short spare individual, with piercing eyes, and long thin features set off by a reddish closely-cropped double-pointed beard. His thin, compressed Hp 3 denote energy and determination. A nice little bit of arithmetic. Two persons playing dominoes ten hours a day and making four mores a minute could continue 118,000 year 3 without exhausting all the combinations of the gain i, the total of which is 248,528,211,840 A full Court at Sydney found the points reserved, on behalf of Cummins, one of the Barraba murderers, not arguable, and the conviction wa9 confirmed. Nostler, a German, who was arrested on the arrival of the s.s. Salier, at Adelaide, on a charge of circulating Bank of England notes, forged on the Continent, will be sent back in custody. Mr Stanley, of Dunedin, ha? purchased, ! on behalf of an English syndicate, an emerald mine, which is one of the finest properties oa the Murchison field.

, - - i i — m The Ottawa conference will have nothing to do with discussing the annexation of Samoa by this colony. All the early shearing sheds in New South Wales are now working, and others will not begin before the middle of July. Therefore it is unlikely there will be any : difficulty, if difficulty at all, before that time; owing to improved prospedts;. . . - . .. Sixty-eight oases and packages ofj^^^ and seasonable good for all departments have now been opened oat for preseflP 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 seleotiona early while first choice of this magnificent range of new goods is still obtainable at The Bon Marche. Ross and Sandford.— Advt. Certainly the most effective medicine la the world is Sanders and Son's Euoalypti Extract. Test its eminently powerful effect in Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the re- . lief instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they woundß, burns, scalding?, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy— no swellings— no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, Ac, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organ*. In use at all hospitals and medical clinics ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in thia approved article and eject all others, — [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 of 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 Avo 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 astonish' ing 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.