A SAPPY NEW YEAR.

Manawatu Herald, 31 December 1895, Page 2

A SAPPY NEW YEAR.

Oh'-rry plums in our local orchards are now ripe. The late Charles Dickens invented a dish very similar to what is known as " colonial goose " He had the bone in a leg of mutton taken out and the meat filled with oysters and veal stuffiing. A Ht'le thing like an ovs'ev. If so it must be a very little thing as two millions of o.vaters, when young, would only occupy a square inch. " Jimmy " Tyson, the Australian millionaire, is reputed to be worth £000,000 a year. Visitors to the Bangitikei races will not overlook tho opportunities of a simple way of travelling there, offered by tne County tramway. The Japanese do not bother about incubators, they place duck eggs on grain and roasted paddy-husk and sprinkle daily with a little warm water. The egg 9 hatch in 30 days. Lemon squash is all the rage, as a temperaDce drink in Wellington. In every bar it is obtainable, and is very refreshing. A squeeze of a fresh out lennn, a tea<poonful of sugar, and a bottle of soda-water. Simple and good. To keep mice from touching paste, Rome litter substance should be mixed in it and picric acid i 3 especially recommended for the purpose. The Rangitikei County Council has passed the following by-law, wh ; ch could be copied by the Borough with advantage : — " Any person riding a bicycle or a tricycle or other simi'ar vehicle upon any public road within the County of Kangifkei, upon meeting any p°rson riding any horse or driving any vehic'e drawn by a horse or horses and before approaching wihin sixty six (66) feet of such person sha 1 stop, dismount, and remove his bicyc'e, tricycle or o hpr similar vehicle to the side of thp road until the p rson with the horse or ho;se-* shall have s ifely pass d." The Bishop of Sa'isbury, who assisted in the consecration of Dr Wallis as Bishop of Wellington, is about to be married to a sister of Mrs Wallis. The young lndy is the eldest daughter of Colonel Williams, M.P. At the circus in Palmerston the audience were very much amused at the exponse of. certain small boys. The management in-vi-ed a numher of lads 'o contest, a race in the ring and during the excit ment the acrobats attired in excellent "miks-up" as anima's appeared upon the scene. A3 some were in tiger clothing the 'ads abandoned the contest in great haats and much noise. What next? A nove'ty at the Wea*mincer Aquarium entertainments is the Bhooting of " The Human Arrow." The • arrow ' is a girl of 16 years of age, and she is shot from a monstrous bow at a target. She passes through the targ t, and is caught by another girl who is hanging by her feet in mid-air nearly 20 yards away. The nut t-ees are bearing very heavi'y this year in this district. It is said apples are scarce around Palmerston. The bush tick has become a p'ngue in Queensland. - It is a kind of spider. It attaches itself to it<? victim and i s bi'e is poisonous, and will kil' a dog, and so numbers on a heas' will kill it. We thank the seer tary Mr Angus Keith for a complimentary ticket for the Shannon sports, concert and dance to b^ he'd at, Shannon to-morrow. We trus' the meeting will prove a big success. Mr Stansell will run a four-horse coach, leaving at 9 a.m.

Duriiig the pantomine performance in Her Majesty's Theatre at Sydney, a man named Smith, who was in the top gallery, remarked to his neighbour, " I am full up of life," and immediately dived over the rails into the stalls, a depth of 40 feet. Luckily for those below he did not strike anyone in his fall. He smashed three chairs, and was picked up half sense'ess. None of hrn bones were broken, but he is injured internally, though, it n thought, not dangerously. Those inWeaVd in cherry culture may like to knot? that the Mahaleb cherry is now ripe. This is the perfumed cherry, call' d so from the p a rfuin" emitted by the wood whi st burning. This cherry is us d for stocks both for dwarf trees, and also owing to its being adapted to very ordinary soils, totally unfit for the common cherry stock. The fruit is not tempting for eating. The tram meets the Government train at Carnarvon to-morrow morning, and thu3 run passengers to San son for the Bulls' races. It returns in time to catch evening train. A good many people are lodging and camping at the mouth of the river, and having a thorough good time of it. Senor Canovas del Castillo, Premier of Spain and Minister of the Interior, declares that not an inch of territory will be yielded in Cuba until it is conquered. The rebels are advancing on Havana, the capital, to which place Marshal Campos is returning. The New South Wales cricketers beat the Wellington men by 226 runs. The Minister of Defence, say 3 the Post* is said to have in contemplation numerous retirements and changes in the police departments all over the colony at the commencement of next month. We shall have our almanac ready for distribution with our first issue in the New Year. We hope our local amatpur photographers will send for one of ihese new cameras at once. A great photographic camera for taking full length life-size porraits has b en made and used with much success by a Dublin film. The camera takes a p ate 7ft. high by sft. wide. A process of packing butter in glass, with an outside covering of piaster of Paris, has been invented. The inventor claims that these solid bricks of bu ter can be loaded in ca es on shipboard as ordinary | cargo. The invention is being rapidly developed in Melbourne. Messrs Abraham & Williams advertise an important, clearing sale at Carnarvon on Tuesday next. The proprietor of the '' Cash Book and Toy Stal, Mr Alf Fraser' announces that the well-known Star almanacs are now to hand. He also reminds our readers that the b -st values for books, &c, still are to be obtained at his establishment. Mr Osborne on the first page has a new advertisement. It appeared in our last issue, but owing to pressure of work, after the holidays, we omitted to draw at -en < ion to it. It is one of Osborne's, and that means the ' ad ' is well worth perusing. To-night Messrs Lovpday promise to have on hand " lines " which the rush on Xmas Eve cleared them out of. To-night will probably witness another occasion which will lighten the hearts of the proprietors and the pockets of the purchasers. The Borough Clerk notifies that Cons ab e Gille^pie has been appointed Registrar of Dogs. The advertisement contains gone notes of interest to sheep-farmers and drovers. Mr W. B. Ehodes desires a happy new year to ah He has, curiously to state, 50 porkers for sale.