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Manawatu Herald, 4 January 1896, Page 2

On Sunday the B-v. G. Aitkeiw will (D V.) hold morning service at Levin, and evening service at Foxton.

The beauties of the country are to be opened up. The Minister of Lauds does not ove Sir Walter Buller. la fact he has s ated that he ought to be residing elsewhere than at Muhunoa. To Jet the public see the kind of man who, owing to defect in Liberal legislation, is still at large, it has been decided to form a road into the Muhunoa Lak •, and what is better for the pub ie, and worse for the owner, to carry a road round the lake. Landowners will learn that it is not well to fall out with those in power.

France now year'y cultivates potatoes to •he value of seven hundred millions of fra'nes.

" Trilby " is the name for all new things in America.

A contractor has tendered for stooking 520 aor s of grain at nne shilling an acre, in the Rangitikei district. His tender was accepted.

Owners of dogs had better be careful as to the registration of their animals, as the law is to be enforced in a particularly strict manner. At least bo it is said.

On Tuesday the "Very large e'earing sale of stock off the Carnarvon Estate will be held by Me srs Abraham & Williams in conjunction wi h Messrs Gorton and Son.

The Town Clerk and Mrs Gibson left on Wednesday morning for Timaru. "Mv Gib son goes to attend the annual Primitive Methodist Conference.

The information is given that a whiteheaded vulture, captured in the year 1708, and taken into th ■ aviary at Sohoenbrunn Caste, lived until 1826— 118 years. We wonder what oth-r sort of vulture they wou d expect to find after living such a length of time ? ,

Mpssrs Abraham & Wil'iams hold a stock sa'e at Palm -rston on Thursday.

The Wel'ington correspondent of the Wanganui Chronicle says the genpral elec tions are likely to take place in August.

Some of he largest ocean steamers can be converted into armed cruisers in 80 hoars.

A French encyclopedia in 17C3 described potatoes, but said that they could only be digested by the robust stomachs of the peasant classes !

The Church of Our Savior: 1 ? f V*«oow was cvnc'etefl only a f ~\v \f.r> .-./?■ vid

siirpr.asc3 in baauty any church of nuxlcrn umps. It was buili to commemorate tbe deliverance of Moscow from tbe French, and it cost about £ -WO.OOO. This church siincU on the banks of the Moscow River just outside the Kremlin, and its great god dome may be seen biding out undpr the sun from any part of Moscow. It covers about two acres, and is built of a clear white stone, in the Bhape of a Greek cross.

The Clyde and B^lfas 1 ; shipyard owners have issued an ultimatum to the men on strike stating that unless the award of Lord James is accepted within a week, work will be resumed without any referen ce to the trades unions, and with the help of 3000 non-union men.

It is a common faying among the inhabitants of the tfew Forest that a post of yew twill outlast a post of iron.

A number of Belgian ladies have presented to the Pope what is said to be the largest carpet in tbe'world. It is circular, and measures about 45 feet in diameter. Of Belgian manufacture, it was woven by 22 workmen, of ages ranging from 15 to 70, and it contains nearly 3,000,000 " points," all knotted by hand. This beautiful oarpet ifl intended for the private apartments of Lpo XII., situated in the Leonine Tower of the Vatican.

Lord Roberts has the distinction of being the first field marshal who ever wore the Victoria Cross. The number of general officers on the active list who aro decorated with the cross " for valour " at the present ime is 9.

A curious dispute arose at Potter's Paddock Trotting Club racs on Saturday-after-noon (pays the Auckland Herald), between two men named James Martin and Adlart Thomas Weldon. As far as the fads can be gathered Martin saw Weldon, in his vicinity, putting a roll of notes in his pocket, and a« he (Martin) Was about to back a horse he put his hand, in his pooket and missed £10. Believing that the notes he saw Weldon with w re his notes, he clu'ehed at them and got them. Weldon indignant y denied the charge, and it is unde st >od evidenoe is forthcoming that he had drarfn som» £10 or £15 in notes at the toialisator. The police were appealed to by both men, and the result was tha f Martin laid a charge against Weldon of stealing £10 from the person, and Weldon laid a like charge against Martin. Both men were brought to the police station by Datec ive Ghrystal, and the charges entered in the charge-sheet. They were bailed out during the evening. Both men are r» spectab'y connected, and the who c affair it is supposed is the result of a misapprehension.

Mrs England has just finished painting a window for All Saints' Church, -and it was fixed just before Chri-tmas Day. The work has been most artistically done, and tbe congregation is to be congratulated on having such a willing artiste as a member. We understand that Mrs England is willing to do the labour of painting and also be at the expense of finding the colours, for the other windows of the church, if members of the congregation will find the glass.

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