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Manawatu Herald, 4 July 1896, Page 2

- The Borough Council meets on Monday. There are 100,000 froaen rabbits in store in London. Pity they were not all there. On Thursday afternoon Mr W. C> Nation, of Shannon, was sworn in as a Justice of the Peace by Mr Stanford. The death is announced of Mrs Harriet Beeoher Stowe, the celebrated authoress, and sister of the late Henry Ward Beecher, aged 83 years. A question will be asked in the House very shortly why steps are not taken to enable a distribution of seats to be made before the next general election. The proprietors of the Otaki West Coast Mail mention that they have oonoluded the purchase of the paper and they have altered i(s name to the Otaki Mail. We wish our contemporary continued success. " Daybreak," though supported by Government advertisements died a short time ago, and in the Wellington Magistrate's Court on Thursday the N.Z. Times secured a judgment for £172 14s for work done and material supplied. In the class for Bomney Marsh rami over two years at the N.S. Wales sheep carnival at Sydney, Mr Cobb, Baukawa, oarried off the first and second prizes and the championship. In class for rams under two years— Mr Cobb, Ist ; in class for ewes over two years— Mr Cobb, Ist, 2nd and championship; and in class under two years — Mr Cobb 2nd, a capital record. Mr J. J. Lawson, resident engineer at Wanganui of the Taranaki-Napier section of railways, was knocked off the train on Thursday afternoon while it was crossing the Pohangina Bridge near Ashurst, and fell into the river and was drowned. He was leaning over the platform of the train to ascertain the amount of damage done to the bridge by the late floods, when hi 3 head came in contact with one of the iron girders. His body has not been recovered. Mr Paul Coffey, a well-known Wellington shareholder in the Bank of New Zealand, has given notice for consideration at .the half-yearly meeting whioh is to be held in a few weeks' time — viz., " That it is not conducive to the interests of the shareholders of the Bank of New Zealand that Messrs Wm. Watson and Henry MacKenzie should retain their respective positions of President and General Manager, and that the necessary steps be taken to remove them from offioe.

The Reporting Debates Committee consider it is not advisable to place reporters on tho floor of the House. Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a clearing sale of dairy stock on Wednesday, and their usual stock sale at Palmerston on Thursday. There was some mention made in Court about a number^ apparently a auspic'ous number, of empty bottles in a certain tradesman's premises, but the oioupant accounted for them as having at one time Contained Fume's hop beer I Our attention had been drawn to the Electoral 8011. By some mysterious means many names of electors who voted have been struck off. We would recommend all having an interest in voting to have a look at this 8011, which oan be seen at the Post Office. We believe many curious complications with regard to the odcitpandy of the Post Office Hotel are likely to arise. The Messrs Dwan have cold to Mr Doherty, and rumour has it that Mr Mortenson has sold to some one else. All parties are likely to meet to-day, when differences of opinion will be expressed. A contemporary having attempted to show the greaf advantage the State Farm has been to the business people of Levin, the Levin Express says £400 would not cpver the State Farm debts which the Levin business people have on their books. There are storekeepers here who have reason to curse the day the farm sprung into existence. Mr Buchanan is to ask the Government, (1) Whether it was not the praotice of/ previous Governments, before appointing new Jostioes of the Peace, to satisfy themselves of the qualifications of the person? recommended by obtaining a confidential report from the district magistrate ; (2) has such a practice been continued by the present Government, and, if not, why not ? In their endeavour to rake up past transactions of dead men with the Bank of New Zealand, the Government are doing their level beat to cause distrust, in every business man, in the Bank, and thus doing a great ' deal of harm to that institution. What is occurring now, may, a3 a Government supporter suggested, arise two or three years hence. No customer can be sure when this sort of business will stop. A well-known character who had just been sentenced to three month's imprisonment for vagrancy was a witness in another case in Court on Thursday. He waa being cross-examined to show that he had received onanty, and asked if he did not get a free feed, &c, to which he slowly replied that he sometimes went out to dinner he supposed like mauy others did. The ways of railway managers are wonderful. The flood stopped railway communication between Palmerston and Foxton on Friday last Week. The train ran last Thursday once again. During the interval no notice of any kind wa? given to the public of the stoppage of traffic, neither was any notioo given of its resumption. No private company could afford to work so independently. Mr G. W. Busßell is to ask the Premier, Seeing the Government attach the greatest importance to the control of clubs in connection with their projected licensing legislation, will he explain why no appointments have been made of inspectors of clubß under section 27 of " The Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act, 1893," a3 suoh inspectors, if appointed, would by law have, regarding clubs, all the powers of inspectors of licensed premises ? The Otaki Mail says Mr Hustwiok attended the meeting of the Licensing Com mittee at Otaki on Wednesday, and on being asked the condition of the Post Office Hotel at Foxton, he said*the whole pre mise3 were uncleanly and in a most dis graceful state; the total amount of the stook in the bar consisted of one bottle of whisky and two bottles of sherry, A3 he found it when he visited, this hotel was the very worst conduoted he had ever seen in all his experience. We are glad to see that Mr Pirani asked the Minister for Railways if he would alterthe railway rates for the carnage of fruit, so that the charges may be approximated to the ordinary size of fruit cases. To this the Minister replied that the packages vary so much that it would be impossible to do as Mr Pirani suggested. This is so like the Government beoause they do not understand. One Government department asks fruit growers to use a certain size fruit case and to encouraga (?) this the railway department fixes minimum oharg?s which only allow 901bs to be sent instead of 1121bs. We must not expect too much. Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extraot. Test its eminently powerful effect in Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and aooidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, Bealdings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings — no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, &0., Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs. In use at all hospitals and medical clinics; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; oroWned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved artiole and 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 artioles of olothing or general drapery, by reason of the extra charges forfreight 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 oheok 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.