Manamatu Herald. TUESDAY. JAN. 8. 1896.

Manawatu Herald, 8 January 1895, Page 2

Manamatu Herald. TUESDAY. JAN. 8. 1896.

Our Mails. # Ik another column will be found the new arrangement for our mail service. The dispatch of a mail at three o'clock in the afternoon, instead of being a matter of conveni ence to. business people that the Department thought it would be, is a great hindrance, as taking the time the midday mail from Wellington arrives, bankers and storekeepers have no opportunity to conveniently catch it, and thu3 correspondence which would have reached Wellington the next day at one o'clock will not reach there till 10.30 p.m. It would be wise if a petition was sent to the Postmaster-General requesting him to have a mail despatched by the coach that now runs to meet the morning train to Wellington at Levin. We can see no reason why he should refuse this and many why he should grant it. It i3 suggested that Captain Russell, M.H.R., should be asked to give a political address in^anganai; ; « \i /. ■.', * ; ' •• A terger^maßier jof- fii^pjils attended the funeral of Mr and Mrs F. R. Young's baby on Sunday. The Rev. G. Aitken read the Mr Osborne was th,e undertaker,; I the Christchurcn JPma, is a capital photograph of (he Cathedral Square, Christchurch. . Mr Gardner is not content to be beaten I for though he has had two .attempts made to secure au artesian water .supply which have proved failures, he has made arrangements with Mr Battersby for another trial.

The railway authorities have decided to run a special train from Wanganui for the Poxton races. The public notification of Mi 1 .T. R. McMillan having been granted an auctioneer's license apppavs to-day/. The Borough Council advertise that on Wednesday week a special meeting will be held to fix the day of the general halfholiday. Tenders aw invited for clearing the grass in the I'oxton Cemetery. i To-day a pleasing cevemon.v vras pel l--j formed at the resilience" of Mr Kobevt Ausj tin, ■frlititl liis diiughter Florence-Marion, was united in marriage to Mr George Benjamin Levy, of the Telegraph Department, and son of the late Mr Solomon Levy, an old and respected resident of Wellington. The Rev. Boys conducted the ceremony. The honeymoon will be spent at Paikakariki. We, in common with their numerous friends, wiah the newly wedded pair every happiness. In days gone by the Lord Mayor's Show used to be on the Thames, aud a grand sight, it is said, it used to be. What may not be known by many is, that the Lord Mayors State barge is still on the river, at Oxford, being the barge of the Oriel Boat Club, An amusing sketch of Cookney cheek is given in a late English illustrated paper. Two " Harry's " one fat and dumpy, the other ' lanky with sloping shoulders, are shown looking at the Statue of a Greek Athlete in a museum, the statue being a masterly specimen of the finest manhood. One of these gazers says " There, now, Charle3, that'3 how we should look if we didn't wear no clothes 1" - The Wellington Government organ crows about the success of Immigration, being 2000 over emigration during the past twelvemonths; It omits all reference to the horrible number of suicides reported day by day from all parts of the colony. Of course, it will b3 urged, the Government cannoi be held answerable for every person who is fool enough to take his life, but are they not answerable for a givflt deal of the depression which ihis probably Caused this epidemic of suicide ? In a now book, " The Life and Adventures of J. (K Webb " are many amusing stories of Mexican brigands. One being of a coach arriving in broad daylight in Mexico, having among ita plundered passengers " one young lady simply and lighily clad in a newspaper. What's more, is was not so much the costume she objected to, as (ho fact that the newspaper had a hole in it, and the sun hail ruined her skin !' Very true. A writer in the Pali Mull Bialijct tries to understand the one man one vote business. He argues both sides and arrives at the conclusion which we in this colony .have by experience " that it is better to be governed by the Few ; but that the Many have the right to be governed badly." One day, shortly ago, in the High Court in London, a witness was being cross examined as to the character of a testator, whose will was under dispute. The witness, a cultured country solicitor, admitted that the deceased was somewhat eccentric in speech and habit, and one indication of this was a habit of "unnecessary swearing." The judge was puzzled to know where the exact line could be drawn between necessary and upnecessary swearing ; and the combined efforts of counsel and witness failed to throw any effective light on the subject. This educated man of business appeared to regard the habit of " swearing at large " as a harmless eccentricity. The Imperial and Asiatics Quarterly Review contains an article on " a Chinese view of the Korean ditti ulty," from which it appears that although the northern and north-eastern boundary of China is coterminous with that of Russia, and many Russians have settled in Mongolia, no jealousy is felt of Russian power. A ' Chinese official professes that the country ' looks at the matter in this way:—" We : have not known Russia to bt\ak her ! promises, and it was not Russia that forced opium upon U3, pUmder.-d the Summer Palace, aud that worries us wish hosts of religious and other ftd.venUireiV I The question of O'd Age Pensions, long a theoretical question before the public, is ! at length taking a practical form in England. It appears that 30 per cent of the aged end their days as paupers. There are 401,904 annually relieved, or not less than 45 per cml of the aged poor— above 65— »who are classed as, and existing a?, ' paupei-3. To give a pension of five < shillings a week, an annual sum of £11,700,000 would be required for England and Wales ; with deductions which have to be made on account of savings in certain directions, which would be effected by a change of system, it is calculated that £9,000,000 a year would suffice. Mass will be held in Shannon on Sunday next at 8 and in Foxtcn rft'll a.m.

Certainly the most effective medioine in the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extraofc. Test its eminently powerful effect in Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings — no inflammation. Like surprising effects 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.] The announcement made in another parof tins paper that a sale of greater magnitude than ever yet attempted by Te Aro House is now being held should arrest the attention of everyone in this part of the Colony. 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 for 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 Stocjt at Te Aro House will be offered to the public at most tempting prices. Heads of families, storekeepers, settlers, careful 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. \ . . ■ Messrs Boss and Sandford, of the Bon , Marche, 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, while ' the values are superior to most houses, and 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. , <fco. Ross and Sandford— Advt.