Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1895.

Manawatu Herald, 30 April 1895, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1895.

The funeral of the late William Langley took place on Sunday, and was very largely attended. The Masons, some thirty strong, travelled from Palmerston by special train, and with the resident Masons made a large muster. The Rev. Mr Barnett conducted the first part of the service at the cemetery, and then the beautiful Masonio service was read by Bro. Batt. The last train on Saturday night did not arrive in Foxton till ten o'clock. A horse box got off the rails at the Oroua Bridge and it took a long time to get it on again. It was feared that the line had got washed away again. . The Wirokino Boad Board has leased the gravel reserve in Shannon to Mr Lind for Bye years for a guinea a year. The Manakau Creamery has closed for the season. On Saturday afternoon Dr. Wilson, of Palmerston, visited Mr W. B. Rhodes, who has been laid up for over a week, and pronounced that he was and had been suffering from a severe attack of congestion of the lungs, but that the worse was over, and by careful nursing he ought soon to be making good progress towards recovery. The balance-sheet of the United Farmers' Alliance to be presented at a meeting on the 11th May, shows a net profit of £757 16s Id, which, after paying off last year's debit in profit and loss, of £599 12s sd, leaves a credit balance of £158 3s 8d to carry forward to next year. Income tax returns must be in by the Ist of June. The tendering for the Queensland loan of » million and a quarter was over six and a half millions. The average price was 12s 6d above par. It is now quoted at 4J per cent, premium. Mass will be celebrated in Foxton on Sunday next at 8 and 11 ft.m. Evening service at 6.80.

The Wellington Acclimatisation Society distributed 888,300 fry and eyed ova of the mlmonulae. " Crom-a-boo " is not a pretty name, but that is what the dew football flong by Mr E. D. Hoben In culled. It is written by an enthusiast in football, and one well versed In the game, as the following llneawill show— "With a hoapltat most dacent— An* the Cfemethry adjacent— Oh ! you'd never find a better nor the ground Of Crom-a-boo." The song is bound to take at all convivial meetings, the WOltU&re. lively and the music, by Mi 1 S f. Hoben, both pretty and catching. Ml 1 W. Park, the well-known stationer 8f PftlfflftHstdn North, is the agent for the song in the Mftnawatu district. The price is 2s. The Government are raising a loan of one and a half millions in London at three per cent, interest. It is to be issued with a minimum of 90. Mr J. G. Wilson is to speak at Cudby's Hall, Taita, on Wednesday ; at the Criterion Hall, Upper Hutt, on Thursday ; and at the schoolhouse, WainUi-o-mata, on Friday. Mr Blundell) Sank Manage!' atfliilld, has lout a valuable Jl'ap 1 niaVe in a singular way. He had occasion, a few days ago, to visit the Carnarvon Estate on business which necessitated his staying over-night. During the night the horse got into some sheep yards and drank rain water which had been caught in a copper in which evidently the dregs of an arsenical dip had been left. Next morning on his way home the horse gave out at Mr Frecklington's where it was buried. During the same night a station cow also drank at the copper in question, and the draught in that case also proved to be a fatal one. — Advocate. 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 accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, sCaldinga, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings— no inflammation/ Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, Ac, 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.] 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 Stock at Te Aro House will be offered to the public at most tempting prices. 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. Te Aro Househas long held the premier position as the " Leading .Family Drapery Warehouse," and further developments ar<? now taking place to inaugurate the year 1895. The announcement made in another parof this 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.