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Manawatu Herald, 23 February 1895, Page 2

On Tuesday and Wednesday the evening train from Palmerston to Foxton will be delayed till 6 p.m. Advanced babies are to be found at Ohau if the report in the Farmer is correct, as it says that at an inque9t before the coroner the evidence went to show " that the child suckled its mother." To-night there is to be a large meeting of Prohibitionists at Levin to protest against a second hotel being opened there. A quick return. On Tuesday morning in going through the Manawatu Gorge a child lost its straw hat. On the train returning to Palmerston, the line inspector kindly returned it to Mr Thynne, having picked it up on his journey on his tricycle. It is only fair to state that the long excursion train on Tuesday was in charge of Mr Palmer as guard, and the big engine was driven by the experienced driver, Mr Stephens. No wonder, under these circumstances, all the railway work went smoothly. The following extract from the letter of a New Zpalander in the Golden West may be of interest, says the Post :— " 10th January, 1895.— Stop where you are. I would sooner take £1 a week in New Zealand than £10 here. You cannot understand the privations we undergo, and up to the present, although we hope on, at a cost instead of gain. J has left with a party prospecting further out, and as they are all experienced men (the only good plan) and hard as nails, they may strike it. Old friend M-- .— was one of the many victims to fever. There are heaps of them. His constitution carried him through, but the awful muck they sell as spirits kept him back until we got hold of some Walker, and that made a difference. If you come over in spite of my advicp, take a through ticket to Freeman tie." The only person left behind on Tuesday wa9 Mr Lyall, one of the teachers in the Foxton School. He was t Iking to his mother on the Palmevston platform when the train moved oft". Knowing what Eng--1 .n-il expects of every man he secured a h -ise early on the following morning, and was at his post at the school when it opened. The last number of the Bedew of lieviews appears in a new coloured cover. N w in two ways by being a different olour lo which i' 3 readers have been ac-cu-t imed and mw as to colour, as it is a kind of so-nbre purple. The inside matter has ftlso been mixed up somewhat. As yet we have not, had time to find any reasons, if any are given for the change. At a meeting of the Palmerston T'rraca End School Committee held on Wednesday evening it was resolved that the Chairman endeavor to arrange with the chairmen of the two other Palmetston Committees for an excursion to Foxion on Wednesday, 6th March. Woodville is io be congratulated on the very excellent school building it possesses, A remarkable present has recently been made to the German Emperor, nauiely, a pair of scissors valued at 1,600 maiks. They were manufactured by order of the giver— a Soliugen steel merchant— out of the very finest steel, engravtd with the Emperor's portrait, a number of historical building?, etc., the engraving of which alone took a practised workman f nil v five years. The Emperor acknowledged the gift with thanks. A similar present had been made to the late Empress Augusta some yea; s ago, whioh may still be seen in the Palace, the value of which is estimated at twice the above-mentioned figure. The Bed House has a new notice in this isaue of interest to all gardeners and land* owners. Mr Rhodes advertises that he has " no show," but everything is good, cheap, and what you want. To-night all nominations for the Sandon Race Meeting must be in the bands of the seoretary at Sanaon by 9 o'clock. In the matter of school excursions. It ■eems a mistaken idea of the Railway Department to want to crowd too many children into a train at once. One Palmeraton sohool at a time would be the most convenient arrahgem»nt when it would be possible for onr townspeople to do more tor their amusement. Habitue* of the French National Library have notioed lately, with astonishment, that the employes kept an extraordinarylooking apparatus fixed over their nostrils. This it appears, is a precaution against the microbes which, the Faculty has just discovered, swarm in the dust with which the volumes are covered, and make terrible ravages in the n*sal cavities of the librarians if allowed admission. The next English and European mail via San Francisco will close at this office on Wednesday the 20th day of March at 3 p.m. Direct mail per lonic closes here a. 8 p.m. oa Wednesday, March 6th.

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 stack previous to the partnership stocktaking sweeping reductions will be made in all Departments, tho stock must be reduced by £15,000, and this splendid Drapery Stock at Te Aro House will be offered to the public at most tempting prices. 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 yeai 1895. _________