Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, OCT. 19. 1895.

Manawatu Herald, 19 October 1895, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, OCT. 19. 1895.

The Rev. G. 4 tokens preaches at Shannon to morrow morning, and All Saints' Church, Fox ton, in the evening Between 1881 and 1893 the Chinese had decreased by nearly 1000 in the colony. Unfortunately last year the increase over departures was 135. With thu exception of Victoria which ■. gave £210, N*w Zealand gave the highe t ( grant to the Eoyal Humane Society of Aus- : ( trala«ia, viz., tIOO. " ""Messrs H. Davidson and T. Wilson have . been elected to the Bai way Appeal Board \ for the North Is and, and Messrs H. Baxter i and D. Handyside for the South Island. ] It haa been calcu ated by a Genoese I journal that he discovery of America cost , about £1,500. Co.umbus had an annua. , salary of £66. The captains of the Nina and -Pinto got £36 each. The sailoj-s re- J ceived 10s each p^r month. Tn*» outfi ; of i the expe lition amounted to £560. As the | Government are unable to reokon the expenae of Treasurer Ward's visit to London some member vyifl move thaUhe. matter be J fcjfored w this Geuwae jowoaliat. •

; !fhe Justice Department has notified that ag the total nuniber of Supreme Court cases from Palmerston during thr c years did not exceed 97, it-is not necessary lo establish sittings of the Supreme Court there. We notice that Mr Levy has given up the chai'ge of the Albion Hotel at Palmerston to Mi* Jiibal Fleming. A return laid on the table of the House shows the extent of opera ions at the Momohaki (Waverley) Experimental Farm. There have been p anted 987 fruit trees of 320 varieties, and 71 vines of 63 varieties. In ihe nursery trier* are 1654 fruit tre sof 460 varieties, 10,000 vines df i$ varieties, oi) other pl&nfcs of 15 variei-s, and 6170 forest tree 3of 23 varie:ies. Twelve hundre;l trees have been planted for permanent she'ter purposes, and 2500 forest anil shelter, trees have been distributed this season i Mr Collis, of tiongbnfni is the preacher at the Methodist Church to-morrow at 11 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. A vie joke. On Tuesday uigh f, at Mr ay'or's temperance meeting, Palmerston N., someone paced a glass of brandy and water on the taMe instead of the usna' " water straight" used by temperance lecturers to moisten their lips. Mr Taylor, after sipping the contents, found out much to his disgivt what the gl-iss really contained and remark d thereat that if he discovered who was the perpeii'ator of the vile joke he wou'd make it particularly lively for him. —SMndrtrd. Mrs ArcuSi Iftte {cachei 1 of the Kereru school, was, on Monday last at Levin, presented by the residents of Kereru with a handsome marble clock, in tok»n of their appreciation of her valuable services during the time she had charge of that (school. The chairman of commi tee accompanied the presentation on behalf of the residents with a neat little speech. Somehow or other a rat found its way into the dress cire'e of the Wellington Opera House on Monday evening last, which, during its peregrinations, was naurally the cause of much concern and drawing together of skirts amongst the fair sex. A recent number of a Johannesburg paper contains some notable statis'ics of Wagfis owned by domestic sefvants — women —at Cape Town, Kimber ey, and Johannesburg, where there appears lo be a lamentable dearth ■ f white women servants, especially in the latter towm .At any rate a nurse receives £6 a month, a housekeeper £14 t and ft bfti'maitl £90 o £30* Certainly £390 a year is not bad pay for a barmaid, and the curious s ate of society which these daia suggest is worthy of consideration. Edmund Block, a well-known and popular Napier resident, has committed suicide. He was seer tary of the Chamber o? Commerce and Hawke's Bay Free Association. His body was found in the stab'es adjoining his residence at Green meadows, and alongside him was lying a botle of poison. He returned the previous night apparently in th- be t of spirits, and up to the present n i cause is known f r the suicide, which has caused a sensation in town. Deceased leaves a wife and family. At tho inquest the evidence failed t • dfsc'ose any motive for the d< ed, as he had been very cheerful and at ende I the performance of " Pinafore " the night before. c had purchased poison that evening, saying he wished to destroy a dog which had been injured. A verdict was that he died from poison selfadministered Tenders are required by the Borough Counci for metalling arid c aying on Motoa Road, also for work on No. 6 Line. Two elopemen s have given New Plymoivh scandalmongers an opportuni y of enjoying themselves of late. One determined fellow ian awny with the wife of an hoteikeepH", caving a husband and five children rejoici g. The other case was thai of an amorous groom, who skipped by lunar li»ht with an unblushing damsel, having desert d a. wife and numerous progeny to s ourn theii loss. It is no v practically universally held in the med'eal prof"ss:on, says Dr Newman, that consumption is infectious, and that one human being many communicae it to another. It is as infectious aa measles and scarlet fever.