Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1895.

Manawatu Herald, 27 June 1895, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1895.

The Foxton footballers play the Kia Toas from Otaki on Saturday afternoon. The following will represent the local Club : — A. Shadbolt (captain), F. Young, J. Howard, 0. and D. Gardner, G. Chuck, H. Lyall, P. Williams, C. O'Longhlin, L. Cole, H. Saville, W. Wallbutton, F. Thynne, J. Hana, and A. Dernier. Emergencies : — F. Spring, E. and F. Dunn, H. Williams and M. Bradbury. The last cable news re flax is better than we have had for many a day, an actual sale and at £13 a ton. The price is nothing, but it shows a growing demand. When the winter is over most of our mills will be in full swing we venture to predict. We understand the Anglican Church social is to be held on the 2nd July. To-morrow Messrs Gorton and Son hold a large stock sale at Feilding. Many additions to previous entries are published today. There was uot much excitement at the polling for a Councillor on Tuesday. Mr Walsh was returned by a large majority. The official declaration appears in another column. There are now 48 steamers on. the upper •waters of the Congo. It is said that the Emperor of Germany has decided to honour Bismark by having his head stamped on a future issue of Ger■ftUCQin.

The first European child has been born in Manica, a territory of the African Chartered Company. To signalise the event the child has been named Rhodes, and the company Lave made the irifnnt a free grant ttf ft !«♦» n\> . The widows of the late ex-Khedive of fegyp't,, numbering Several , hundred; have arrive*! in Cairo .from C'*n"«tariUnople. On flirirWriji; titVe of them wanted to send a telegram to the spirit of the ex-Khedive. Half a century ago there were only 20 Protestant pastors in France, now there are seven or eight hundred. The fconddn Tfaify; referring to the ratification of the treaty of Siiiriionfieki; observes that the signing of the treaty bf Peace by the Einperov .of fcJHirift constitutes ". the tt ; riie x*r\U Step" \vnicti China has taken pirite the outbreak of the war." The remission of the extra duty on whisky was brought about by the great pressure put upon the English Government by their Irish supporters! will 111 ortter to retain the Nationalist vote, the Chancellor' of the Exchequer gltinted them the terms demanded. There is little rbctiil W floftbt that had the 6aU l ft fluty on whisky been reUnjibSecl, the Irish vote would have been cast against the Budget. Following the example of Paris, there is a pi^oposal to establish a system by which Londoners will be able to obtain A .supply of boiling water by placing a penny in the slot. Thei'e is not now ft single European in Cabul. *'N3 jnftn," sad the red-haired woman Sternly, " shall kiss me 'cepting he's the stronger of the two ; and, dear knows, I'm weaker'n a cat." Professor Limon, of Pottle and Sons, Sydney, has been Inspecting several flocks of sheep iv Napier to discover the cause of the grave mortality. So far he has found almost the sole cause bf the trouble to be pulmonalis, Which doi'i'csponds to pleUfo in cattle, It is generally accompanied by lung worm-, but that he maintains is the effect, not the cause; of the disease. l\e addresses ft meeting ttf the Agricultural and Pastoral Society on Thursday. No. 25 of the excellent Leaflets for Farmers has been issued by the Department of Agriculture. It deals with srime potatb diseases and lidw to prevent tlleiii. The present imp'ressidri ppp'e&Vs Id" be that the Local Grtvfctinlile'iU bill, which was fa be cue of the chief features of the session, will not pass into law this year. An exhaustive debate on the Bill is, of course, ft certainty in any case, but Government supporters are strongly in favour of distributing the Bill amongst all the local bodies of the colony, so that as perfect a measure as possible may be the result, As some extensive alterations are to be proposed in the existing law with respect to the (Jitestions of charitab'e aid and of making a lai\'e reduction in the number of local bodies, the Bill should undoubtedly be fully considered by those interested before being placed on the Statute Book, especially when all the Labor Bills thn.t ai'e introduced ore carefully forwarded to all the various Trades and Labor Councils in the colony before being submitted to the representatives of the people in Parliament — Hawke's Bay Herald correspondent. Notice is advertised that the classification of lands within the Mukaka Diver Board is now open for inspection. Mr Walsh elsewhere returns thanks to his supporters. No tenders were received in Wellington for supplying timber for the Dunedin Gaol. There were tenders from Greymouth and Dunedin. The annual conference of the County Councils' Association, which is to begin on the 30th July, will, it is expected, be at* tended by between 50 and 60 delegates. The West Coast Mail 6ays :— The new sawmill about to be opened by Messrs Collier and Parker at Manakau is in process of erection. It is situated on the north side of the Beach road, almost directly opposite to a saw pit which ha 3 been there for a long time. The boiler is in position and some other work done, but it will take a good while yet to complete.