Manamatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1894.

Manawatu Herald, 7 August 1894, Page 2

Manamatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1894.

To-day a very quiet wedding took place at All Saints Church, Poxton, the Rev. G. I Ailkens officiating. The contracting parties were John Cameron, °on of a late old settler and : Rachael Easton the eldest unmarried daughter of Mr T. Easton. The bride was becomingly arrayed in a grey coloured dress with the regulation veil handsomely worked on the edges, and carried a bouquet of white flowers. The bridesmaids were the two young sisters of the bride, dressed in bright red frocks with straw hats. Mr Ous Walsh was best man. The bride was given away by her father. The ladies were in force and showered the happy couple with rice on their departure from the church. In common with their many friends we wish the young couple every happiness. We are indebted for our parliamentary report of Friday's proceedings to the N.Z* Times, though we have had to materially abbreviate it. Mansard No. 9. is to hand and a number of Parliamentary Papers for which we thank the Government Printer. Amongst the papers is a very useful map of the Paoific Ocean showing proposed cable routes. The largest cheque ever received by the English Excise Authorities on account of spirit duties, was paid by a Sootoh firm on clearing spirits out of bond on eve of the Budget announcement, it was one for £21,---000. Said the Temperance Lecturer : " When Lazarus lay in Abraham's bosom,, and Dives in hell begged for a drink, did he ask for whisky, my friends ? Did he ask for gin, for rum or for brandy. . jfifo; my friends, he did not, he prayed for water ! Now what does this prove ?" Voice from the audience : " That teetotallers go to—" The liquidator of the Panama Company is managing to secure some of the plunder of the past. A short time ago he obtained the sum of three million and fifty. thousand franos from Mong. Cornelius Herz ! ♦• Mignon " has been performed at the Paris Opera Comique for the 1000 th time.: Mons. Ambrose Thomas the composer received a grand reception. Boats used by Mr Weiluian's Arctic Exploration party are made of aluminium and weigh from 3501bs to 4001bs and have the same capacity of boats previously used which used to weigh 25001bs to 3000lbs. Concentrated food is a great help* in travelling in desolate regions, in a case a few inches square the concentrated essence, of two and a half barrels of sugar can be put. Mass will be held in Foxton on Friday morning at 7 and 9 o'clock. Opening of Mission Thursday evening next at 7.30. It is said that Dr Edward Nettleship ig to receive 2000 guineas for the operation he I performed <m Mr Gladstone's eye.

'I The I'iinaru TJcrahl states th»t Mr W. Tonkin, well-known as an exporter of hl&ros arid poultry, received by the niall a lettnr from pvOmltteui; pdjiftty. deft)ii- oi SmUlifield, in .wliicli the wlUer. says ;— ■" I received, ad ii\te,r'c3tVr*j, ro.rlsignhient of vWiA!U£ [x6\\\ .Australia -during, the nion.th of April, consisting pf , ducEJing?,, chickens, and, wild rabbits, They ayriveifin excellent OOnditioQ) ftttd fti'fivJag ftß;the* di«* th&i out 1 . Jt'iiribt V.is comparatively bare they made fabulous prices. I returned the shipper 4s each for the duoks, 3s Cy\ each for the fowls, and Is 3d ettfih ?<?>' thfi uhblis. Tarn swi'i»,d«irfa-gthß MhMiig, se'dsoi}; it you conkl things to nic to arri'ye duriiig Mp,vch, AprU .^n.d „^a^ \ c.Qiild &et^ov.,(- lot tt JiidKey', j&± iiiuso know uuiiu" tnose months we have very little English poultry indeed." The famous shot, fired from a 22-ton guv in the jubilee year, to ascertain I»qw far a shot tfoitltl be tarried, .femairied .in the <lir MJspc, .arid (lie^ugliest 'p'bint reached in its flight of 'l£ nlilcs was i7,oooft. .;. . : . . ■■•■ The nails of .the ChmeSe nobility stmetinies attain 6. length of 18 inches, and tlje Siamese belles wear long, silver cfriei at the ends ol^ their dngcis, to protect the uaila.if they arc long enough to need it, or to make people believe that they are there even if th?y are not.