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Manawatu Herald, 19 July 1894, Page 2

The s.s. Queen of the South arrived this morning witn a full cargo, part of which comprised 1000 sacks of wheat for Messrs Richter Nannestad and Co. Sir Walter Buller is having 500 acres of bush. felled at Kereru. . : ... m „ ■ -- ~ James Bailey, who was brought over from Australia on a charge of absconding from the colony, has-been allowed' out oh bail, at Wanganui, himself and two sureties in £300 each. The meeting of the Foxton Raoing Club takes place to-night at half-past seven The Committee are requested to meet half-an-hoiu- prior to the general meeting, The annual meeting of the Foxton Lawn Tennis Club is advertised to be held at the Masonic Hall on Monday evening, A pleasant little " good*-bye " ceremony took place at the local Telegraph Offioe, says (he Chronicle, when the members of the staff took the opportunity of making a presentation to Mr T. Purcell, who has been transferred to Napier. Mr Mountford, on behalf of the staff, referred in high terms of Mr Purcell, both as an officer and companion, and concluded by saying that the staff, one and all, would be sorry to loose him but at the same time wished him every success at Napier. Mr Mountford then handed Mr Purcell a well-furnished dressing bag, and the recipient, in acknowledging the good feeling? of hi° colleagues, expressed his regret at leaving them, and addpd that he would always look back with pleasure to his six years sojourn in Wanganui. We take this op portunity of stating that we have found Mr Purcell a painstaking and careful officer, always obliging, and one who can be de- • pended upon for really good copy.

It is reported in London that since Lord Rosebery has become Premier, John Burns, the Labour member, has twice been invited to join the Ministry, but has not been able to see his way to accept it.

A timber-cutter in the Casino district, New Sou'li Wales, met with a horrible death. He got one of his hands caught between two logs and wa3 unable to extricate himself. For eight clays He remained jammed : ri that position, and wnen liscovereu was dying from starvation, thirst and exposure. A Brisbane message states that Mr Martin, organiser of the Australian Labour Federation, has been bound over to good behaviour for six months. For the Grand Prix de Rome at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, the candidates were shut up in cells, and devoted the first three daya to a rough sketch of any subject they might select, and from that outline they were not allowed to depart. The designs were sealed, and the candidates go home at night, returning to work for sixty two days in succession. The pictures are in July to be decided upon by the jury of the Academy. A little piece of rot. Mr J. K. Warbur* ton, Public Trustee, ends many printed pages of a reply to the Auditor-General with regret " that I should have to divert to a reply to such a report as Mr Fitzgerald's, a few hours of the time already insufficient for more important duties." Mr Martin, S.M., has no peer amongst the Stipendiary Magistrates of the colony says the Post. We know, it continues, of no other man on the Bench so painstaking, so shrewd, and so just in his adminis* tration of the law* We hope the Borough Council has not forgotten that they commenced some nego? tiations with the Manawatu County Council about a road to the beach. A London correspondent of a. contemporary hints that Sir John Hall' 3 visit to England was in reference to the N.Z. L. &, M. A. Co., of which he was a creditor to the extent of several thousand pounds, the returns of produce shipped prior to the break-down. The /V<rf calls attehtion to the fact that a gretit writer has declared that the enemies of the press hftve always been of the same type — bigots and cowards. Messrs Kebbell and Engels have been appninted delegates from the Horowhenua Couhly td the County Council Conference to b". held in Wellington next month. ! The town of Pullman in America is 14 niiles out of Chicago, but has recently been incorporated with it. It was built entirely for the employees of the Pullman Car Company) and is situated on Lake Calumet. The population is put at 14,000. The Horowhenua County Council after having " bailed up " every member of the Otaki Licensing Committee for a detailed account of their travelling expenses and obtaining it not, have wisely decided to pay without this formality, as the Chairman of the Committee had previously certified to the correctness of the amounts. It is not generally known that on a marble tablet in Westminster Abbey there is a likeness of George Washington. It happens to be worked in a group of figures supporting the principal figure of Major Andre, the British officer who was shot as a spy by the Americans in the war of last century. Unfortunately the discovery of the figure of the chief of the rebels who was answerable for Andru's death occasions an outburst of passion in the onlooker, and off goes Washington's head, but it is repaired to await the next assailant.

Dr Tahnago is described in the N.Z, Thin* as being tall and spare, with a firm strong face, clean shaved, and as being dressed in a semi clerical garb, when he addressed his audience at the Opera House in. Wellington.

The wettest spot of country in England is said to be Borrowdale, where a rainfall of 243 inches has been registered !

Number six of Messrs Warne's Boyal Natural History, is just out. It concerns itself with wolves, foxes, and dogs, and fully keeps up the high standard of excellence of its predecessors. Mention is made of one of the few animals in Australia that are not marsupials — the dingo. This is the only true dog that is found in a wild state. They are greatly thought of by the natives, and when introduced into a family receive far greater attention than do the children. The master of the dingo " caresses it like a child, eats flea? oft' it, and then kisses it on the snout." What a queer way of showing kindness to a dumb animal 1 But still it is not altogether grateful for this brotherly attention, as it very frequently runs away from its master for good. The natives too use it for a hunting dog, in* which capacity it has excellent qualities. Sometimes, however, in the midst of a hunt it will strike work, and then the devoted master has to carry it home on his back, a proceeding which it relishes immensely.

It was stated in the cable messages some days ago that it is intended to treat the murderer of President Carnot as a parricide. An explanation is given by a correspondent of the Otago Daily Times in the following quotation from " Roger and Sorel's Codes et Lois Usuelles " :— " The prisoner condemned to death for parricide will be taken to the place of execution in his shirt, barefooted, and his head covered with a black veil. He will remain exposed on the scaffold while the Sheriff's officer reads to the people the decree of conviotion, and will immediately be executed."

Sixty-eight cases and packages of new and seasonable good for all departments have now been opened out for present season at the Bon Marohe, 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. — 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 sur rounding districts will reap a gigantic benefit. During Iris visit to Sydney recently, Mr James Smith purchased at absurdly low prices a large stock which is now being solcLat jthe Wholesale Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington.

Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sanders and Son's Euoalypti 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, scalding?, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings — no inflammation. Like surprising effeots produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, &c, Diarrhoea, 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 medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all others. — [advt.j

Everybody should subscribe to " Fair Plat." .tbe leading monthly magazine. Thirty six pages of reading matter and illustrations ; subscription, post free 6/6 per year, payable in advance. McKee & Gamble, Publishers, Wellington.

With \ view of making this sale the event cf the year, two special buyers were despatched f> - 6m Te Aro House; prie to attend the great sale of Edwp.rdr, Bennett & Cos. wholesale stock, and the o.her 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 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.