Manamatu Herald. TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1895.

Manawatu Herald, 9 July 1895, Page 2

Manamatu Herald. TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1895.

We have to thank the Regutrar-General for the statistics of the colony. Hansard No. 1 has come to hand from the Government Printer.

Amongst those who passed the last pdj»l teacher's examination we notice the names of Henry Lyall and Annie Mousley.

That you should never holla until you are out of the bush has been exemplified by the N. Z. Times. In Thursday's issue it states "we are inclined to think therefore that we were right in regarding Lord Onslow's career as spoiled by his ill-advised action in making the Council appointments. A course analogous to a creation of fifty Peers at the dictation of a beaten Ministry has proved the straight road out of office; The exclusion of Lord Onslow is a proof that in Downing street even a Tory administration is set against the theory of " spoils to the vanquished." We are sorry for Lord Onslow, but the fact remains that his error has proved fatal to his prospects of advancement." It is almost a pity that the hastily-formed opinion that the Times might be right sometimes has been rudely dashed to the ground by the cable news that the Earl of Onslow has been made Under-Secretary for India.

Mr Henry Aldridge invites tenders for the leasidg of a house and 12 acres of land, with the me of 5 oowa, for two years, TiaAeri to bi teat la bjr tbt lit Avgtut.

Lord Rosebery, In a letter, declares his conviction that Scotland will not submit to domination by the House of fiords.

Germany has a. very satisfactory My Ie»I dealing frith wife lMVefci; The brutal husband i* made to work all the week, then turn over his wages to his wife at the end Ox the week, and go to gaol on Saturday and. Sunday. About two weeks of this sort of experience has a most salutory effect on the savage wife beater.

A committee of the House of Commons recommends the compulsory use of the metrical System of Weights and measufesi

Mrs Cralgie, the well-known writer, whose novi de plume is " John Oliver Hobbes," has obtained a divorce on the ground of her husband's cruelty and adultery.

"The Government; are doing what ia possible to p"ufc a stop to employers compelling their employes to pay contributions to accident insurance companies " — announce' merit in the Government organ. "We have before us a handbill headed :— ' Notice —To all employes (exclusive of the BteritSftl and office staff) working for fche J. ft. Ward Farmers' Association of New Zealand,' and signed, ' John Fisher, Manager. 1 This document Bets out that— 'Owing to the enforcement of the Employers' Liability Acts, the Association has found it necessary to effect an Employers Liability Act iflaui lance under the said AfeifJi ijdvfering emttloy^s as aforesaid working for us up to the amount of £500.' After giving details ,of the amounts assured, it concludes with the following notification : — ' In order to effect this the Association has found it necessary to make it a rule that from .thin date every employe as aforesaid working for the Association shall contribute 4gd in this £ of his wages as his Bhare towards 'this liberal provision (sic I), the said contribution to be deducted from the wages when the same are paid !' "— Christchurch Pfeis. To this we may add the Bank of New Zealand Assets Co.

fivefydlie, We trust, will be delighted to know " our Ward's come home to-day," having reached Auckland on Sunday. He is to be " received " in Wellington tomorrow, and banquetted on another day. We hope he may be able to pull through the trying time successfully.

Mv Mardon, the fkxmlller, lately arrived from the South, has taken over the postoffice at the Oroua Bridge.

Tenders for Messrs Robinson's work closes at 5 p.m. to-morrow.

The Manawatu County Council meet to morrow at Sanson.

Mr J. R. McMillan will sell the household furniture and effects of Mr Steele, on Thursday afternoon at his sale-room, Foxton.

The Government informed Mr Larnach that they intend to appoint a Commission to make inquiry into the whole of the transactions which have occurred between private individuals and the Government in connection with the Horowhenua Block, as soon as the case now before the Courts is decided upon. This is a case in which Mr Peter Bartholomew is interested in.

The velocity of a cannon-ball is now measured by firing it through two screnees, each one of which has an electric apparatus connected with it. As the ball strikes the screen the circuit is broken, and the time at which it passed through each screen is recorded on a clock connected with it by wiie. so that the difference in the time at which it struck each screen is accurately recorded. All that is necessary then to work out the problem is to find out how far apart the screens stand from each other.

The invention of the typewriter has given employment to half a million of women.

It is estimated that in England one woman in every six earns her own living.

The deaths from football in Great Britain during last season numbered twenty.

Paper is being used as an insulating agent for three main telephone wives that are being laid in Nottingham.

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, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings— no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, &c, 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 artiole and ejeofc all others. — [ADVT.] Particular attention has been paid this year to the requirements of country customers, and the result is to be seen in the immense and varied stook of calicoes, shirtings, flannels, flanneUettes, strong wearing dress materials, men's and boys' clothing, &c. The choice in each depart* ment is almost unlimited, as may be imagined, when it is stated that of flannel* elte alone, over 50,000 yards have this season been imported at Te Aro House, Wellington.

A specially organised department has been established to deal with country or* dera. Patterns of any materials in stock will be forwarded to any address post free. Country residents are invited to write for prices, or any information regarding goods wanted. It is confidently asserted that nowhere can such a wide selection, or suob sterling value be obtained, ss at Te Aro House, Wellington.— Advi.

One of the sights of Wellington, at any time is undoubtedly the magnificent establishment known as Te Aro House, and now that every department within its walls is filled to overflowing, with a bewildering variety of the season's novelties in millinery, mantles, dresses, etc., it is more than ever a pleasure and profit to visit the wholesale family drapery warehouse, Te Aro House.