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Manawatu Herald, 2 April 1896, Page 2

Sportsmen most recollect they must not aim at a duck and shoot a pigeon, as such a sort of an excuse will avail them not if they get caught. Sir Walter Bailer has applied to the Horowhenua Commission to subpoena the Minister of Lands wfth a. view of obtaining from him full particulars of the. nature of the charges advanced against him last session. Don't he wish he may get it ? In (he German parliament the other day the Secretary of State announced that his government intended soon to establish direct telephonic communication between Berlin and London. It is not every day that one gets something for nothing. Yefrwehad handed us a sample of colonial made blacking for which Messrs Thos. Westwood & Co. are the local agents. Now we come to think of it, perhaps even now we did not get the sample for nothing. What think you ? It has taken the Shannon representatives a long time to arrange a meeting at their town to discuss the advisability of making a now course for the Manawatu river. They arranged to do this when meeting the representatives of the River Board at the Moutoa School house. The German Eailway Regiment is a unique foree — and withal valuable. Its work in building railways has proved so Sttti&factory that it will be employed more extensively this year. The force is completely equipped as in war. The Otaki Lawn Tennis Club beat Manakau by 82 points. A monster sun-fish wandered into Otago Harbour last week, and after mixing itself up among the mud-flats was harpooned and captured by a lumper named C. Olgen. The fish weighed nearly two tons, and waß almost ciroular in shape, being 10ft by Bft. Some idea of the work done in dumping wool at the Wellington wharves is gleaned by the Harbour Board ordering 120 tons steel hoops and half a ton of studs. ' There are few who would find any trouble in saying "potato." Yet -the word, as we now use it, is a corruption. It ought to be spelt and pronounced " batata," that being the rsal name of the plant. We understand that All Saints Church will be specially decorated for Easter Sunday. Mr James Gardner, the warden for the Shannon ward of the Wirokino Road Board has resigned his seat owing to ill health. - Settlers around Te Horo are threatened says the West Coast Mail this season with a repetition of the caterpillar post. We hear that on two of the farms this plague is equally as bad as last year. - *- Much feeling has been aroused in Ireland because the Postmaster-General has thought fit to remove Mr Ralph Simpson from the assistant post-mastership in Sligo, and transfer him to another town solely on the ground that a member of his family let lodgings in their private house to the agents of the Open-air Mission, the only object of which is to preach the Gospel to all without distinction of class or creed. 'Out* of thirty ships which in one year left Bristol for trade on the West Coast of Africa, the cargoes of twenty-five, for the purposes of commercial exchange, were confined to gunpowder and rum. Dr. Kesteven, in a paper read before the Society for the Study of Inebriety, declared that if any real, permanent good was to be contemplated for the habitual drunkard, the voluntary system must bo eliminated, and he would have to be regarded as a lunatic. The steamer Senega], with mails from Syria, arrived at Marseille a little time ago with a large general cargo, including 500 baskets of tomatoes from the Delta of the Nile and COO.OOO eggs from Syria. Bishop Selwyn has offered to assist the colonial members of the House oi Commons bring on a discussion over the change of the control of Norfolk Island,

Better prospect 3 were obtained at the petroleum works at New Plymouth at a depth of over 1300 feet. The secretary of the local football club has received a letter from the Pirate Glob to the effect that there is no ground available in Palmerston for Easter Monday. It has therefore been mutually agreed to postpone the match till later in the season. By the courtesy of the Deputy-Registrar We are enabled to give the vital statistics for the Foxton district for quarter ended March 31st, which are: — Births, 20; deaths, I ; marriages, 2. Bishop Hendrix, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, has just returned from a visit to China and Korea, and brought with him a message from Li Hung Chang. "Say to the Amerioan people," it runs, "to send over more men for the schools and hospitals, and I hope to be in a position both to aid and protect them." When told that there were already 600 American missionaries in China, Li Hung said, " More are needed ; more are needed." The Messrs Robinson notify that trespassers on the Herrington Estate will be prosecuted. Mr Wbyte gives < otice that the Foxton race-course will be Closed on Monday, and all training permits cancelled. Mr Vereker-Bindon visited the Moutoa School on Tuesday, the Pdaka School on Wednesday, and the Foxton School to-day. The Chronicle says a rather heavy thunderstorm broke over the district on Monday morning, in the course of whioh two cows and a horse on Mr Jepson's farm, No. 1 Line, were struck dead by lightning. Another horse was so seriously injured that it is not expected to recover. From Turakina we learn that the lightning split 11 telegraph poles and destroyed all the wires in the telegraphic operating room. The report which followed was like that of a huge cannon, and was heard at a great distance. Mr J?ord, the stationmastsr, promptly refi'.ted tha wires and very little delay was caused. The walls of the room presented the appearance of having been charred by fire. We have to thank the secretary of the Shannon Racing Club for a complimentary ticket for their race meeting next week. The Kapiti fishing party returned by the Queen of the South today. Certainly the most effective medioine in the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminently powerful effect in Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scalding*, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings— no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, <&c, i Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs. In use at all hospitals and medical clinics ; patronised by Hia Majesty th* King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article aud eject all others. — [advt.] 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 reason of the extra charges for freight or carriage. This drawback need exist no longer, for extra charges are done away with under the new parcel system which has been inaugurated at Te Aro House, Wellington. Under this system any of the parcels advertised will be sent to any address in New Zealand, post free, the prices charged being exactly the same as those at which the goods are sold over the counter in Wellington. As may be imagiued, however, this liberal offer is only extended to cash customers, and all orders for advertised parcels must be accompanied by cash for the amount, before the order can be executed at Te Aro House, Wellington. In illustration of the system we will give an example. Take for instance No. 7 parcel, which contains 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 ou receipt of 15s 9d, from Te Aro House, Wellington.