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Manawatu Herald, 23 November 1895, Page 2

MomS fa&UveS' passed tiirougii .iowii yesterday with four sftcka 6f eels" which thejr had caugHt tile previous slight id eel-basketa at the lagodris ok the beach: 8n ike &*ni pi^ will be found a statement as to the class of goods which can be purchased cheaper at Osborne's. Repetition is not necessary, just turn back the page and the advertisement can be read. Observations of the relative slipperiness Of asphalt, granite and wood had been made in London for" 50 consecutive days, at the instance of the city engineer. Dur* ing thos* 50 days 1066 accidents occurred oh asphalt 713 onarariite and 542 on wood gaveinent. This sfidws a considerable advantage in favor of wood. On Sunday next the JRev. Geo. Aitkens will (D.Y.) hold morning service at Foxton and evening service at Levin. There will be a celebration of the Holy Communion at the morning service In Brett Britain where tomatdea are gtowri under glass, it has now become a very difficult task to obtain a crop. In Jersey, the British home of the tomato, its cultivation in some districts has been abandoned. A grower writing from Jersey to the journal of the Royal Horticultural Society of England, August, 1895, states that the two enemies at present devastating the tomato are a fungoid disease and an insect pest. Besides these, there are, of course, the ordinary rust and moulds, all of which are more or less destructive. The only effective remedy i> considered to be the total removal and destruction of the diseased plants. The Tribune of Home says that the Powers, are preparing to destroy English ascendancy in China and Japan. tt is rumoured that a powerful syndicate is founding a bank, under the title of " The International Mining Bank of Africa) Australia and America; 11 Its purpose will be td introduce South African mining shares on the American exchanges. Its capital will be £10,000,000. The Transvaal Eaad has ratified the treaty between the Transvaal and Great Britain by which English subjects are rendered exempt from commando service, with the exception of British subjects of colour, who will be classified with Kafirs and other coloured inhabitants. It is a pleasure to know that the scoundrel T. M. Sheridan has been sentenced to death at Sydney for having murdered Jessie Nicholl by performing an illegal opera* tldn. The .Union S.S. Co. have dispensed summary justice on the captains of their steamers Flora and Wakatipu, for racing and colliding at the Wellington Heads. The Wellington Woollen Company on the morning of the Show Day had three sheep shorn and their fleeces Washed, dyed, twisted into yarn, made into cloth, and the cloth made into a suit of clothes by three o'clock in the afternoon. Smart work that ! One of the French warships which fan ashore at Hyeres has been floated off. There is still another to move. We inadvertently said that Foxton had no direct importers. We were writing about a wine and spirit merchant, and meant our remarks to apply wholly td that branch, as of coarse our advertisements show beyond doubt that there are many direct imparting firms. It is said that Sir Patrick Buokley will accept a Judgeship. The Colonial Bank was merged into the Bank of New Zealand on Monday night. The Sports Committee meet once more on Monday evening. The Hon. the Minister for Labour will probably be the new Agent-General. On Wednesday afternoon a man named John Scott Mclntosh was found dead in Newtown Park. He had been dead a few days. Supposed suicide.