Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, FEB. 18, 1896.

Manawatu Herald, 13 February 1896, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, FEB. 18, 1896.

New Zealand Liberalism h not far removed from Russian autocracy. Foreign commercial travellers will in future only be allowed to engage in trade in Russia when provided with an authoriiation by their respective fi.ms, in ordr that the latter may come under the provisions of the Russian civil law. Commercial travellers are also to pay a special tax. Marriage cannot always be a failure. Witness the fallowing statement :— The marriage of the Duke of Marlborough to Miss Vanderbilc has induced a statistical Ame ii-an journalist to compile a list of American heiresses who have married foreigners of rank daring the last twentyfive years. The to al of >-uch marriages is 184, and the amount the American girls have taken to their husbands is $161,000, 000, or about £84,000 000 sterling. One of the new Parisian fashions is a tHt mude of Jewell. Sometimes all round the waist i. j studded with diamonds, or, again, a very long j welled clasp extending almost from beneath one arm to another. Private companies in Japan have submitted to (he Government plans for ov«r 2,000 miles of new railroads. v The seeds of the parasitic fig, which is Indigenous to the tropics, are distributed by birds. If on* drops and lodg-s in a fruit tree, it germinates there and send 1 * a long root to tbe ground. This root takes all the nourishment from the tree, winds round it, and soon strangles the life out of it. Despite his repeated intention to retire from po'itical lit*-, Sir Hemy Park's hen i tinii ly decided io contest the vaomcy in >hn Legislaive Assembly for Waverlej, caus d by the death of Mr A. Cameron ' from apoplexy.

Th the Terjan district of the province of Erzroum, on October 24th, about a thousand Christiana wero kill* d, and the Bur vivors only escaped by accepting Mohammedanism. The mi'ies aWoflg these eon vem. Inelucliug the acting Bishop of the diocese, were afterwards publicly circumcisea, and the Muslims insisted that the " converted " women should be giv^n at once as " wives " to their young men, as proof cf sincerity of conversion. The Foreign Committee of the Senate recommends that the right 9 of the Cuban in Burg->nt9 as belligerents be recognised by the United States. D-.il worship in France. Tho Paris coir xpondent <if the Daily chronicle gives a starting account of ihe doings of the Sataniste in Paris, where it appears they have four conventicles " in which the creed and litergy of the Evil One are set forth '• The followers aciual'y profess that the Bi ing whom they describe as the vanquished foe of the Archangels Michael and Kaphaef actually manifests himself to them on certain occasions. Mr W. Akers has 400 Eoraney Marsh rams for sale at prices to suit the times. To-morrow is last wool sale of the sea3on in Wellington. Tho body of the late Mrs Border was conveyed to the Levin • station yesterday morning There was a severe frost on Wednesday morning, sufficient to cut the leaves of pumpkins, marrows and cucumbers, and in some places the tops of potatoes. We notice that a, contemporary published on the other side of the Manawatu river informs its renders two or three iime9over, that a Bam tori um is to be formed at the heads. There is some talk of a sanatorium. The Premier has si oken twice in Chrißtchurch lately, the Minister of La.nd 3 spoke there on Tuesday and the Colonial Treasurer yesterday. All this to try and get their Taylor in. Election to day. The Hofowhenua County has agreed to proceed in the necessary action to secure a loan of £2000 for a traffic bridge over tho Tokomaru river. A Hungarian has discovered a method of spinning wood pulp into yarn, so that it can be woven into a fabric that ma.v be converted into various articles of clothing. The long-suffering Horowhenua County Council has at last raised its voice by passing the following resolution : — " That this Council resppcfully draw tho attention of the proprietors to the dilapidated ondition of the office furniture, with a view of getting the same renewed " A pot that cannot boil ovei' has been invented by a Berlin u.ftchinist. It has a perforated rim, through whioh the overflowing fluid returns to the pot. Machines for miking boots have been so highly developed that in New York a pair of boots have beed actu lly made, from beginning to end, including the sewing on of the buttons and the packing of the pair in the bos, in the almost incredibly short um>j of less than 1C minutes. Councillor Harcourt, of Wellington, said " the Council was quite competent to discuss the question without the Mayor's assistance, and he thought, that poisioly they could do far betier without him than vriih him. So far the presence of His Worship had not been conducive to the advancement of business in the Council, and the more they encouraged his ab^nc.the better they would get on." It will be noted this was said during the Mayor's aba nee. The Chancellor, Prince Yon Hohenlohe, considers it would be futile to hold a monetary conference, and the German Govern meat will not tummon one. Unlimited coinage must be d«pen lent on he re-open-ing of the Indian mints, which England declines to agree to. The house which is being built for Mr B^it, the South African miliionai-e, in Parkiane, is now narly cample cd. Mr Beit is of German-Jewish origin, and comes of a fami y originally settled in Ha nuurg. tie is one of "Me leading shar. holders in the South Afnci Company and an mi ma c associate of Mr Rhodes. His .fortune is variously computed at from four to twelve million-, and he is a bach lor, bo he will bo no doubt v^ry popular in L uicbn society When he elects 10 make his dibut in it. At the Feilding Court on Monday, F. K. England pleaded not guilty to the charges of defacing earmarks and was admitted t bail of £300 on his own suretie* and on the sureties of Mrs Howell, John Cobbe, and John Murray of £100 each. The will be a harvest, festival on Sunday at All Saints' Uhuvoh. ontributions of fruit, vegetables, grain and flowers can be Bent to th- Church on Saturday afternoon. These will be Bent to 'he hospital at Palmer 8 ton on Monday morning. Messrs Abraham & Williams' ewe fair will be held on Thursday next. The Education Board has no vacancy for Leonard Furrie as a pupil teacher. Two hundred and twenty-six head of cattle by the Angers, from Sydney via Wellington, died before reaching Mon c Video, and the balance before reaching St. Vincent. Ninety-two succumbed during a two days' gale off Cape Horn. Mist " Birdie " Sutherland, of .ha Gaiety Company, brought an ao.ion for breach of promise of marriage again?' the Hon. D. 0. Majoribanks, the eldest son of Baron Twiedmouth, claiming £20,000 damages. The case bat been settled by payment of £501)0. Mr Park, Postmaster at Taupo, has been arrested on the information of the Government Auditor, charged wiih the embezzlemem of £400. He has been released on bail, to appear at Botorua on the 13 h iustant. Mona. J. J. de Mey d'Alkermade has resigned from he Education Boards service. A representative of a oolonising scheme forming in London wi h a capital of a quarter of a million has arrived at Perth. 1, is intended to place 800 Italian families skilled in agriculture and sericulture on an estate near Northam, and also to active y exploit the country for the production of castor oil. The Foxton Racing Club paid over to the own«r of B ality th-a shakes in oona -o tion with the race won at the summer ■ eeting, whioh was held baok owing to protest as to ownership.

One of the drawbacks of country life, at least to the-small settler, is undoubtedly the increased price he has to pay for any articles of clothing or general drapery, by Jease-n of tbo extra charges for freight or damage. This drawback need exist no longer, for extra charges are done away with under the now pare l system which has been inaugurated at Te Aro House, Wellington. Under this system any of the parcels advertised will be s nt to any address in New Zealand, post free, the prices charged being ex«ctly the same as those at which the goods are sold over the counter in Wellington. As may be imagiu-d, however, this liberal offer is only extended to cash customers, and ail orders for advertised parcels must be accompanied by cash for the amount, before the order can be executed at Tc Aro House, Wellington. In illustration ot the system we will give an example. Take for instance No. 7 paroel, which comains 7 yards of double width stylish fancy check tweed ; 2 dozen buttons and silk and twist to match ; 2 yards of body lining and 4 yards of skirt lining. This complete parcel will be sent, post free, to any address on receipt of 15s 9d, from Te Aro House, Wellington.