Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1895.

Manawatu Herald, 16 March 1895, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1895.

Nominations for all events at the forthcoming Foxton races (with the exception of the Awahou Stakes), close with the secretary (Mr J. R. McMillan), at 9 p.m. on Thursday, 21st March. On Thursday, 21st March, Mr J. R. MoMillan will sell by auction at his rooms, the privileges, consisting of gates and refreshment booth, in conneotion with the hack meeting of the Motuiti-Himatangi Raoing Glub. Mr McMillan will also offer the book debts of the Foxton Butchering Company on the samo date. . The Sandon races take place on Monday next, and judging by the exceptionally good acceptances received, some good sport should be witnessed. No doubt many from this part of the district will take advantage of the special tram that is to run on that day, which will reaoh Sandon in good time for the first raoe, and depart after the last race has been run. The vioar of All Saints' Church will hold a service at Shannon in the morning at 11, and at Foxton in the evening at 7 o'olook on Sunday. J The London Missionary Sooiety reached its first century of existence on January 15th. Its irst meeting held on January 16th, 1795, was attended by fifteen ministers — two of them members of the Churoh bf England, two belonging to the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, four Presbyterians, and seven Congregatibnalists.

An ingenious device for overcoming the obstacle of not having a penny stamp to put on a receipt was produoed in Court recently at Hawera, when a receipt written on a blank cheque was handed in. His Worship said that as the receipt was written on the right side of the form it was of course perfectly legal.— Star. Mr Cornelius Vanderbilt, the New York millionaire aud raihvay king, has just opened his new palace with a grand ball. This modest home has cost its owner £1,000,000. it is of Spanish design, built of gt'ey stone, with red facings, turrets and battlements. The ball-room is the largest private ball-rooid in Naw York, being 75ft long by 50ft wide, decorat-'d in white and gold Louis XIV. style. The ceiling cost a fortune, and is made in the form of a doubie fcbne, covered with painted nymphs and cupids. The walls on the night of the opening ball were covered from floor to ceiling with natural flowers, at a cost of £1000; and the entertainment is said to have cost the host £5000. Adjoining the mansion is the most expensive garden for its size in the world, for, although it is only the size of an ordinary city lot, the sum of £70,000 was paid for it, and a house which had cost £25,000 to build was tom down to make room for the few flower beds. An old miner, who was for three days last week prospecting Up the Otaki Gorge, returned ( on Saturday, and sent for his mate with whom he intends making further researches. He asserts that, through the whole course of a long experience, he has never seen better indications of alluvial gokl than he discovered towards the source of the Otaki Eiver. — Otaki Mail. Last Wednesday, the return match at tennis, between JLev'in and members of the Otaki Club, was played at Levin on the court at Mr R. Hewett's*. The te&ms Wefe t —Levin— Mrg C. Wilson, Miss Gower, and Messrs G. and J. Gower, R. Hewett, and C. Wilson. . Otaki— Misses B. 'Whitehorn and M. Simoox, and -Messrs, H. Bright, 1 J. Wilks, W. H. and M. Simcox. Twelvo sets (111 games) were played in all. Each side won six sets, but Levin won 56 games to Otaki's 55. The points scored were : Levin, 352 ; Otaki, 348. The ground was enlivened by the presence of a large number of ladies and gentlemen, who appeared to take a j keen interest in the coutest. The members of the visiting team were most hospitably entertained afc the houses of Messrs Gower and Hewett, and thoroughly enjoyed the day's amusement. — Mail. A Europeau boy of 11, attending the ! Central school, Brisbane, where there are 1100 children, was found to be suffering from leprosy. He developed symptoms at Christmas, but the doctors had no suspicions it was leprosy. The Government offered to privately isolate the boy and attend to him, but it has been decided for the sake of others that the family sh 11 be removed to the Government lazarette. The discovery has caused a great scare among the relatives of the children attending the school. At the Wellington Supreme Court, the young man, Joseph Traynor, obviated the necessity of a new trial in his case by pleading guilty. He was sentenced to four calendar months' imprisonment witli hard labour. He conies from Hastings where he followed the occupation of a horse trainer. A Sunday school teacher in the South of England, says that after preparing her lesson with great care, her boys will cry out as soon as she begins her lesson " We know all about that ; we learnt it in the Board School." A New Zealand Sunday school teacher has no such experience. Mr John Burns, M.P., the labour leader, says that gambling has become a deadly fascination among all classes, and that it is probably doing more harm than drink. Mrs Susannah Grace Muller, the wife of Mr George Muller, founder and director of the British Orphan Houses, died on January 13th aged 71. Mr Muller is in his 90th | year. Mrs Muller accompanied her husband on his visit to JNew Zealand a few years ago. Mr Gibson, stationmaster of the Central station, Glasgow, met his death while in discharge of his duty during a dense fog on Jauuary 9. He slipped and fell before a carriage in motion, as he was trying to direct shunting operations. j The Rov. W. Elton, believed to be the , oldest Wesleyan Minister, died at Handsworth, England, on January Oth, aged 92 years. Captain H. L. Gallwey, vice-consul on the West Coast of Africa, says that many of the slaves in the Benin country are victims to fetish rule. During his few dayß* stay in the city, he had evidence that four crucifixions had taken place some weeks previously. One s^ve was crucified to stop the rain, and two to bring it. A queer scene was witnessed at Lyttelton the last time the Minister of Lands embarked there. He, of course, travelled from Christchurch in a specially-reserved carriage, which a member of "the right! oolour" was privileged to share with him.. The Minister oould hot think of walking like an ordinary individual from the station | to the steamer — his carriage must be taken alongside. Unfortunately, there was no engine at hand to draw it when shunted from the train, and so a number of railway or wharf hands had to be summoned to propel the carriage and its Ministerial occupant down the wharf. It was a pretty example of the dignity of labour to see the men so employed. < I Thursday's Post says ; —Yesterday the Pri ipi tive Methodists of tbia city gave a I farewell tea meeting to the Rev. S. Barnett ' ih the schoolroom of the Newtown Church, with which for nearly three years he has been principally associated. The church was packed at the pnblie meeting which followed. The Mayor presided. Numerous speakers bore testimony to the efficiency and worth of Mr Barnett, and a presentation was made to him of a large and choice set of theol"gical works. Mr Barnett suitably replied. He carries with him to his new sphere of labour at Foxton the heartiest wishes of all whoknew him here. The correspondent of The British Weekly, in whose house the late Mr R. Louis Stevenson stayed when he first went to Samoa, says that two missionaries of the London Missionary Society conducted the funeral service, one in English and the other in Samoan. An evening prayer which he himself had composed waa used. As they descended the steep hill, on the j top of wbioh his grave is dug, and up which the natives had carried the body with almost incredible labour, a Samoan said : " For the love we bear him, we felt the labour light." 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. To thoroughly reduoe and prepare the stock previous to the partnership stocktaking sweeping reductions, will be made in all Departments, the stook must be reduced by £15,000, and this splendid Drapery Stock at Te Aro House will be offered to the publio at most tempting pricea,

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