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Manawatu Herald, 5 January 1895, Page 2

The owner's valuation of the hack Flying Shot keeps increasing like Sir Julius Vogel's propheoy of the advance of New Zealand> by leaps and bounds. No doubt the horse, a young one, haß created much surprise; On the front pa«\ Mr J/unP3 Sj nifh has an important new no 100 relating to a Partnership sale at Te Aro House. Things are to hum at that busy centre for a few weeks. The German Empress is a model housewife ; she can mend and sew, and knit and darn, and bake and brew as well as any woman in the empire. The Crown Prince, a terrible lad, is reported to have said to his father, the ! German Emperor on the dfty after Biß' marck's dismissal ! " Father, they say that YoU will now tell the people what to do all by yourself. You'll enjoy that, won't you ?" One of the last new books is Mr Archibald Forbes' slory of the Busso* Turkish War, which is published under the title of the " Os»ar and Sultan." it is based on the war Correspondence written at the time-. . The BtOry is told as if the eVehts had happened in the life of a Scotch lad who followed the campaign. It is said to be vivid, readable, and exciting from the first page to the last* Mr Hopkins, Mayor of Chicago was at tine timto all employee of the PulVm&n Company. This may eiglain the news we heard rtfj atirihg the strike, of his antipathy It) move against the strikers. It is said that he never lost a chance since he was elected Mayor of reminding the public of the seamy side of the Pullman administration. A phrase which will be most pleasing to the Democracy is the following taken front Stead's book on Chicago. " Nothing Can be more hypocritical than tile way in Which plutocracy disguises its designs until its victim is well within its reach." We have been informed by a member of the party that the picnic held by the Methodists on New Year's day was a most enjoyable one; They travelled from Foxton in the s.s. Ivy up the river to Paiaka where Mr and Mrs Gardner made them welcome, and supplied them with unlimited milk and hot Water. Some of the parly got technically into, the latter again when they got home from indulging too ardently in that fine old fashioned game of kiss-in-the-ring. A writer in the fortnightly ftevleid, says abolit Madagascar, " The question which most concerns ourselves is what the victors (the French) will do with the island when they have got it. Its dimensions are greater than those of France itself; but the population of about five millions is scattered and split up into numerous tribes, with marked racial and other characteristics. The climate is atrocious in the lowlands, and the soil generally Unfruitful on the uplands. On the whole, it is hard to say whether the disadvantages do not oitweigh the benefits to be enjoyed by the conquerors of this curious and interesting country; In all huriibleness we ask the question, " are there any mosquito^ in Ta-nnuki ?" as we have been inform d h re ntv nj.. Of course we mak' this qu jr.* m !».ty a* v means of backing v,> our tuura assertions of the fact we have beon luld. Wo own to a great surprise at the statement a3 webelieved the lively mosquito visited the length and breadth of the colony. Why leave Taranaki, the garden of New Zealand, so severely alone ? if our informant is correct. We have not read much about the mosquito in the Guide books, as authors of those valuable compilations do not look upon this insect as a great draw, yet they most unmercifully are, especially on, if not for, tourists. Still we admit an astonishment that there should be ho mosquitoes in Taranaki, and it is a question which will repay investigation, if there are none, (may we be .forgiven for this suspicion) but not if there are some. The local mosquitoes are good enough and strong enough for us. The Nelson Star Bays .'—Several churches and charitable institutions in Nelson, which wonld in course of a short time have become the recipients by legaoy of a number of shares in the Bank of New Zealand, are in considerable tribulation over the news of the call, as the benevolent ifijentions of the. devisers will be entirely frustrated, and instead of a gift of considerable value, their legaoy may be the cause of serious financial loss. The Standard says at a meeting of the Manawatu Baoing Club, it was decided to pay a reward of £20 to Mr I. J. Salmon for giving information in reference to a bookmaker laying totalisator odds. The Hon. John McKenzie was at Dunedin installed chief of the Gaelic Society. In the course of his remarks, the Minister referred to the elections in Scotland, and said they would have the Lands for Settlement Act there. After he retired from office, he hoped to be able to re-visit Scotland, and address them there on the land question. Why not go now? The member for Palmerston would probably be willing to take his portfolio. The Gear Meat Company have declared a c usual ten per cent: dividend. Those who want a comfortable house with some little land attaohed to it, cannot do better than tender for the leasing of Mrs Honore's property now advertised. It {6 all first-class land. The Borough Council meets on Monday evening. A game of polo will be played on the Motoa Estate this afternoon. Mails for Australian Colonies via Sydney per " Hauroto " from Wellington close at Foxton on Tuesday, Bth January, at 8 p.m. The Frisco mail oloeeß at the local office at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, January 28rd. Messrs Gorton and Son's stock sale at Bulls is on Tuesday. Further additions to the entries »te m *c| a tQ-dgy,

The Borough Council have granted an Auctioneer's Lifienseto Mr «J. B. McMillan. The Foxton cricketers left this morning for Carnarvon in Mr Stansell's coach, to meet the Carnarvon Club. Though times are dull and the weather is hot, the exlgiiieiea of society require jjedple to dress, and Mr A. Osbofue is kept very busy adorning the outward appearance of otir townspeople. He has had to considerably increase his staff. The Foxton Racing Club have decided upon erecting a permanent refreshment booth on the course. This is a wise decision. Ice creams to-day at Kerr's* Just the day to enj«y onet On the 9th January Mr Hanson; of Campbell to wtti and his Bhoir will give a Concert in the Fdxtoh Public Hall in aid of the school funds. The choir will number fully fifty, and the first part will consist of Baored items and the second part of secular items, amongst which one or two very funny songs will be introduced. Th 9 choir give their services, and we hope a bumper house will acknowledge their kindness. Mr Whibley has arranged with Mr Battersby to clean out and deepen his artesian well. Mr Battersby ts confident of oeCui ling a full flow of Water) which has not been obtained yet; The property lately occupied by Mr Ca derwood; prior to that by Mr ttitmer'j ia r ported W have beeh sold tU Mr johti Walsh, Who Will ooSiipy it as a private residence. Mr Battersby, the local artesian wellsinker, believed he would have been able to transform the pipes driven sometime ago at Mr Thynne's house for an artesian well, but which was unsuccessful, into an Abyssinian well ( but after trying some days he found the black quick sand too much for him* and had to relinquish all hope of successt . It is stated the Government intend to give notice to the company of their decision to purchase the Manawatu railway. Giving evidence before the committee appointed to enquire into the condition of the New York police force, Superintendent Byrne) the .chief of the force, declared that he Was titiable to prevent blackmail being levied on criminals, and that the continued conflict among the Commissioners frustrated his efforts to prevent it. Almost tile" entire force, he believed, was biiying"promotion, and he offered personally to resign and give all the assistance id his pdwei: to reorganise the force; . Superintendent Byrne has sinCe resigned, The efficacy of the rabbit-proof fencing along the Queensland border is demonstrated by the fact that the country on the New South Wales side of the fence is in a deplorable condition, rabbits eating every vestige of the grass and dying in hundreds and thousands against the fence, while on the Queensland side the grass is in a flourishing condition and scarcely a rabbit is to be seen"; The mail train on the Bengal and Nagpore Railway recently ran into a wild elephant which was straying along the line near Guilkhera Station. The engine, having carried the animal about 109 yards, then left the rails with the first five carriages. The elephant was thrown down a bank 60ft. high, and was found dead at the bottom. No one in the train was injUV'eci, and no damage w&s done to the rolling-stock or to the line. The announcement made in another parof this paper that a sale of greater magnitude than ever yet attempted b.y Te Aro Houee, is now being held .ilhb'uia afrefit the attention of everyone in tiiis part of the Colony. Te Aro House has long held the premier position as the "Leading Family Drapery Warehouse," and further developments are now taking place to inaugurate the year 1895. Early in the year Mr Smith admits to a partnership in his business a commercial gentlemen who has long been associated with the London buying tor Te Aro House. To thoroughly reduce and prepare the stock previous to the partnership stocktaking sweeping reductions will be made in all Departments, the stock must be reduced by £15,000, and this splendid Drapery Stocq at Te Aro House will be offered to the pubic at most tempting price 3. c id- of families, storekeepers, settlers, ci«"f •.! housewives, young and old, rich and poor, alike will save heaps of money by making their purchases at the Great Partnership Sale, now going on at Te Aro House, Wellington. Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminently powerful effect in Coughs, Colds, Inflnenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and aooidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, soaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings— no inflammation. Like surprising effects produoed in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflam--mation of the Lungs, Swellings, Ac, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organd. 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.] Messrs Boss and Sandford, of the Bom Mabche, Palmerston, are now showing their new spring and summer goods in all departments, ex s.s. Aorangi and, lonic. The selection to choose from is without doubt one of the finest on this coast^wtyle the values are superior to mcfet houses, t^nd equal to the very best obtainable in the colony. They invite inspection of their present season's show of general drapery, dress goods, mantles, blouses and millinery, Ac, Ac. Boss and Sandford— Advt.