Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY. MARCH 21, 1895.

Manawatu Herald, 21 March 1895, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY. MARCH 21, 1895.

Dr Gillon ia leaving Wellington to settle in Sydney. To-day Mr J. B. McMillan advertises that a large sale of drapery will be held by him on Thursday next at bis sale rooms, Foxton. The goods are the balance of th.a stock of Messrs Loveday Bros.' shop at Levin which they are closing. In an article upon "New Zealand's financial policy," the London 'limtt remarked : — " As matters stand, apprehension plays a large part in the emotions with which each new departure of the present New Zealand Government is regarded in this country." Mr E. White, stationer, has shown the Poverty Bay Herald a remarkable plant, whioh he received by the last San Francisco mail from Mexico. It is called the Resurrection Plant or Moss, and among the many curious and wonderful productions of the vegetable world, few excite more interest than this. Its native haunts are the arid mountain sides, and during fine weather the plant presents the appearance of a lifeless, tightly rolled up ball. In this condition it is blown about the deserts, »nd in this state it came through the post to Mr White. As soon as the rain begins to fall, and the earth about the roots becomes saturated with moisture, the ball begins to rapidly unfold, and is soon spread out into a rosette of beautiful green fronds, remaining so until the ground begins to dry, then it slowly rolls up and calmly sleeps until the next rainfall. But the most remarkable thing about this curious plant is that it may be dug up and kept dry— like a ball of yarn— for years, and whenever it is placed in a vase or saucer of water it will in a few minutes unfold its beautiful green . interior to view. Taken out of the water I it will roll up again, to all appearances perfectly dead, and may be put away for any length of time till it is wished to repeat the ixperimtnt.

A great tftabfr iJaeobite societies are springing up in England. Mr Gladstone has written ft paper on " The Lord's Day "for the March number of the 'Church Monthhj. There has been much writing about the New Woman, but New Zealand, always first, s again to the front in demonstrating how lovely woman is asserting her position to an equality frith man, as the following advertisement taken from a Wanganui paper proves :— As the young rhari and woman ate febowh Who lifted the sheep out of the Campbelltown yards on Thursday night fail to come and pay the damage, the police will be communicated with at once. Tippei'ary seems to be a desirable county to live out Of. It has a population of under a garter 6i a ittillidnj and yet requires 1141 Constabulary and six resident magistrates to keep order, whilst the three counties of Antrim, D>wn and Armagh containing a population little short of a million are protected by 726 constabulary. The Receipt in Melbourne Of private cable messages from London announcing a rise of about seven and a half per cent in wool has created getieral satisfaction in commercial circles, tt is stated that the rise will be equivalent to a gain to Australian growers of one mil ion and a half sterling as compared with the prices ruling at the January sales. A fire broke out at the f oraoana Freezing VVork* about S o'clock oh Sunda morning, having its origin in that portion of the building used as a Carpenters', backsmiihs' and Utters* establishment, which contained a large sock of machinery of all kinds. This building stood detached, but right in the centre of the works, and the flames were not quenched until .about £1000 of damage had been done. The insurance on the building burned was £300, and on the machinery £320, but that amount is considerably under the estimated damage. The directors of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, at a meeting held on Monday afternoon, resolved that a dividend of 6 per cent per annum be recommended in the fourteenth annual report of the directors to be presented to the shareholders at the meeting to be held on 3rd April. Wellington appears not to be the only place where a "whistler" is known as William Adams, known as " Whistler," made his 26th appearance before Truro City magistrates charged with being drunk and disorderly. The Mayor said the magistrates regarded him as a pest of society. He was fined 21s and costs, or a | month. Writes a London correspondent :— By the way, did I tell you that her Majesty has confessed to being the well known and popular song writer " Dolores " ? It is so, at anyrate. The Queen composed and publishet quite a large number of songs under that pseudonym, which she chose as appropriate to her deep and permanent j sadness. Most English singers are familiar with " The Brook," the setting by " Dolores " of Charles Kingsley's poem " Clear and cool," but few imagined that the pretty musio was the genuine composition of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria. Tet such is the case. Mrs Kirk, at one time so well known on the coast, as her first husband kept the public house at the mouth of the Otaki Eiver, died at her son's residence at Pal"merston on Saturday. Tho funeral took place at Otaki on Tuesday* This is, fortunately, recorded as having occurred years ago. "In Cork," Bays O'Connell, " I remember a supernumerary crier, who had been put in place of an invalid, on being ordered to clear the Court, exclaiming, with a stentorian voice " All you blackguards that is'nt lawyers lave the Court intirely, or, by the powers, I'll make ye?" Mr Fred Pirani, M.H.8., has deoided to ! become a candidate for a seat on the Wanganui Education Board in the room of Mr Notman, resigned. We think he would make a good member, and trust he may be returned. This, however, we doubt. i Nominations for the Foxton Racing Club's meeting next month, close to-night. This is equal to the Post's paragraph re. the Licensing Meeting. It is told in Irish j stories, A facetious lawyer not long ago, in the Court of Appeal, an Irishman, while arguing with earnestness in his cause stated a point which the Court ruled out. " Well" said the lawyer, " If it plaze the Coort, if I am wrong in this, I nave another point equally as conclusive 1" The successful contractor for the drain in the Railway Company's swamp near Tokomaru ib Mr W. Howe. The Rev. George Aitkens has received a letter from the Bishop of Wellington, stating that he and Mrs Wallis will visit Foxton on or about the 9ih and 10th of April, staying a couple of days. The Horowhenua County Council has authorised the Chairman and one Councillor to arrange for an overdraft of £2,200 to the 80th of June next. 11 You wussen ay un "—This ia the English language as used in Cornwill, and is reported as the reply a captain of the mine gave to an applicati.n of one of the men. Sounds curious. Mr J. E. Fitzgerald has resigned the Presidency of the Public Service Association. "Dry" humour. An Irish post-boy having driven a gentleman a long stage during torrent of rain, the gentleman civilly said to him, " Paddy, are you not very wet ?" " Arrah 1 I don't care about being very wet, but plase your honour, I'm very dry." What'll we take now ? An excited orator, during the late American war, exc'.aimed : "We have taken Atlanta, we have taken Savannah, Columbus, Charleston, and now, at last we have captured Petersburg and occupied Hichmund, and what remains for us to take ?" An Irishman in the crowd shouted " Let's take a drink 1" The crowd dispersed in various directions. Messrs Gorton and Son hold a sale at Marton on Tuesday, and one at Feilding on Friday. 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 instantaneous. In serious cases and acoidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings— no inflammation. Like surprising effeots produoed in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, Ac, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organ*. 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,— [adyt.] I

| Heads of families, aWretcee^efesi sittleifs c careful housewives, young and old, ribh j and poor, alike will save hSaps of money l by making their purchases at the Great , Partnership Sale, now going on at Te Aro j House, Wellington. , * To thoroughly reduce and prepare the stock previous to the partnership stock- j taking sweeping reductions will be made in all Departments, the stock mtist be reduced l by £15,065-, and this Bjpleiidid Drapery t Stock at T6' Aro House will be offered to ] the public at most tempting prices. j The announcement made in another par . of this paper that a sale of greater magni- j tude than ever yet attempted by Te Aro I House is now being held should arrest the attention df everyone in this part of the j Colony. . ■ . ] Early iii the year Mr Smith admits to a partnership in his business a commercial J gentlemen who ha 9 long been associated i witif the London buying for Te Aro House. ] te Aro House has long held the premier position as the " Leading Family Drapery Warehouse*" and further deVelopirients are ' now taking place to inaugurate the year 1895. I