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Manawatu Herald, 27 November 1894, Page 2

Last night as a swagger was tramping along the railway line by the " Half-crown" bond, near the Oroua ])ridfrc, the evening train overtook him and inncle hhn hastily jump off the track. Ho had with him, however, a small terrier, which appeared paralysed with fear at th-: train, anil the man returned to lift the do;; away when the cow-catcher of the engine struck the two and threw them oil' the line. Ot course the train was stopped and the man brought into Dr. Dernier, who found the left upper arm bone fractured in about the middle of the shaft, and there was a lacerated wound on the left eye-brow, and the doctor fears a fracture of the frontal bone. The man was sent to the Palmerston Hospital by this morning's train. Some of the French peasant gardeners know a wrinkle or two. Near Boulogne they ripen pears by putting them in a box near the kitchen stove, with a blanket underneath and an eider-down quilt above. They preserve lettuces by burying them in their garden, digging them up fresh in the winter months. Sorrel, much U3ed for soups on the continent can be preserved for any length of time by par-boiling it. A representative of j the Ctauhna states that the Due d'Orleans will probably not reside permanently in England, his means not permitting him to keep up the same establishment as his father. He will travel and visit the Europeau Courts. Those who know the good old river Thames, in England, will be interested in learning that two young men have lately rowed from Oxford to Mortlake, a distance of 100 miles, in 22 hours 2 c Jf minutes. The church in Nantgwillt, Wales, is unique. In appearance it is but an ordinary cottage. In dimensions it is about 35 feet by 18 feet and contains eleven high box pews, in which worsl uppers sit knee to knee on a bare board nine inches wide. Service is regularly held there. At the last meeting of the Wirokino Road Board many requests for work were refused as there were no funds. Warden Gower endeavoured to cheer the disappointed by explaining that next year there would be not only a higher valuation but a higher rate also. This "will evidently be just the spot to " rnralise " in when all these blessings are in fyroi-r

D;\ Tbnner offers a reward for the recovery of a malacca cane waiking-stick. At the meeting of the Wellington Education Board on Wtdnesday, 18 applications for the position of headmaster of iho Carlerton School, arc! GO for pupil tcacliersliips, will bo considered!! ! What shall wo do with our boys '? Mr'W.E. Spencer, M.A., assistant inspector for tho the Wnnganni Educational District, has received an appointment of inspocici 1 under the Taranaki Board. — Sir Robert Stout is going to reside in Wellington. The new hospital at Wanganui is to be built of bride It is reported that Mr Keith of Shannon has secured the contract for delivering the malls between the railway ftnd Foxton. The second attempt to blow up' the wreck of the Vvairarapa with dynamite has failed. The salvage party have abandoned operations, the wreck having commenced to break up through the action of the sea. Before Mr Brebner left Gore for Invercargill, he was presented by the staff at the Gore, railway station with a case of silver forks and spoons. The staff at Auckland presented Mr P. A Duncan, his successor, with some silver plate. '.I'ho train arrangements for the Feilding IlacM appeal' elsewhere. We arc sorry to learn that last evening Mis Thomas Mitchell met with a painful accident which will very likely confine herto her bed for some weeks. A. simple rails", clipping off the wtepn in front of her iioii-c, and making v strong effort to preserve her balance caused the knee cap to snap transversely. Wo hope Mrs Mitchell may make a speedy recovery. Dr Dermer is attending Mvs-MitcheU. This morning at half-past two the house occupied by Mr W. Aldridg.i caught fire and was burnt to ihe ground. The family rsenped and secured a portion of the furniture. It i 3 supposed that the fire original ud in a defect in the chimney, Mr Aliirid',' : bi in?,' in the habit of banking up his lire every night. The house was a fsmall one and was insured in the Standard lusuranc2 Company for £50. Messrs P. Hennessy & Co. announce the arrival of the n;:w seasons fruits. Housewives should give tho firm an early call. We hear that Mr Cronin, the contractor for metalling the Mouloa road is likely to throw it up, having been misled as to wheiv the inelal \va« obtainable. We do not assort this is so, but such is the rumour about town, Tend -is for oontrayts for the Manawati) County Oounoil oloae lo.morrow at Hanson., at noon. More than 1,000,000,000 ft. of lumber are cut every year in Texas. The United States War Department have at last decided to abolish the entire Im ml of Indian scouts, whom they and their predecessors in ollice have ever since the beginning of this century had in their pay ! Bread is being sold retail in Lincoln at 2-Jcl per 4lb. loaf. Flour, 9d per stone of 141 b. Parrots are employed at some of the railway stations in Gormany to call out the names of the towns. A shower of fre{;s recently foil in Cambrills, Miv^. They wore about an inch in lentil, and quite lively. Mr W. W. Astor has an income of .11, 000.000 a year. The city of Hamburg has been en fple. It celebrated tho other d:iy the thousandth year of its existence. It is a oily of Lower Austiia, on the Danub', 27 miles from Vienna. If- was there that, a.». 007, the Magyars gained a victory over the Germane. Hamburg n famous for its royal tobacco manufactory. It has been proved that the monkeys of the mountain regions of China actually make pottery, and use tljp jars to sloiv wine of their own manufacture. T'j v wineis fumef-zed from mountain lijiti 'S -in the summer, and used as a b. a vernjje in the winter, when the water is frozen. We are informed by the Postal Department that from the Ist January next lh ■ postages on newspapers for tho United Kingdom and foreign countries will be: — For the first 4oz in weight, Id ; for each succeeding 2oz, id. The postages on newspapers for Australian Colonies and South Sea Islands remains as at pres- nt, Id for each newspaper. A rich find of gold has boen niiub in the Quandong Mine, (iO miles from Kuraalpie. The specimens are said to exceed in richness tho?e from the Londonderry mine at Coolgardie. Lieutenant Peary, in charge of his exploring expcilitiou, writing from Cape York' — in the west part of Greenland, on Baffin's Bay — states that his parly met with terrible storms while crossing the ice. The thermometer registered 50 degrees below xero, and the sledge dogs were frozen. He adds that ha will await the spring before continuing to explore the interior. The Manawatu Times says in response to a wish expressed at last meeting of the Wirokino Eoad Board, Mr J. Whyte has consented to continue to act as Warden for Tokomaru Biding, and he again took his seat at the monthly meeting of the Board yesterday. The triennial election of members takes place next March. An efficient fly poison, which has the merit of being poisonous only to flies, is made of the yolk of an egg, beaten up with a tablespoon each of ground black pepper and treacle. It should be poured in shallow plates and set about. 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 instantauepus. In serious" oases and accidents of all kinds, be they- wounds, burns, scaUUngs, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy— uo swellings— mo inflammation. Like surprising effects* produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, Ac., Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organ*. 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