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Manawatu Herald, 18 July 1896, Page 2

The weather turned extremely Cold on Thurday afternoon. Mr Bhodes .announces the arrival of the colored starches, and also has a Copy of the photograph on view which made such a lot ol • copy ' for the N.Z. Times. There will be a capital landing place on the river bank close to the Sanatorium, the water being deep close to the shore. This makes curious reading —Of the 336 peers crea'ed during Queen Victoria's time, 215 owe their position to Radicals, and 121 to Unionist?. The provisions of the Ldcal Boards Constitution Reform Bill are to be discussed at tho monthly nieetiug of the Wellington Board of Education next Wednesday week. The Criminal Code Act Amendment Bill raises the age of consent from 15 to-16 years, but prosecutions must be made within one month of the offence. The gtound attached to . St> Mary'e Church ie now ploughed, and a fine broad path is being made up the side of the ridge to the Church door. The b.s. Waverley, which arrived on Thursday afternoon, brought a large supply of fish, which the crew caught whilst lying under Kapiti. The haul consisted of rock cod and hapuka. The latter were large fish and only 2s 6d each was asked for them. In 1821 the whole of Western Arica, from the river Senegal to Bengnels swarmed with slave vessels. The chief seat of this traffic was on the river Bonny and at Calabar, and 190 clave ships had entered the former river and 162 the latter for purchasing slaves during that period. People did not advertise an; olearer years ago than they do now. The Olerk of a chapel in Yorkshire, to recover a lost horse, posted up the following notice:— " Stolen or otherwise carried away, from Hellam, a horse, ten hands high, four feet, one a black one ; God save the King, with a pack saddle on his back. Ambulence hammocks are about to be supplied to the trains on the Wellington and Manawatu line. The cost will be between £20 and £25, half of which will be paid by the Railway Company. The balance is to be defrayed in equal proportions by the Hutt and Horowhenua County Councils. Madame Adelina Patti is the highest paid vocalist in the world. She received I.OOOgs a night for operatio performances in America. She was given £500 each time she sang at Covent Garden last season, and that Messrs Harrison pay her £800 every time she appears at the Albert Hall. Some idea of the force of the waves which broke against the Napier breakwater during last week's storm may be gathered from the fact that when the sea moderated the discovery was made that the largest monolith, weighing 540 tons, had been lifted three feet out of position. It was, however, in no way damaged. An exchange says : —A Wairarapa man was prohibited recently, and on the same day his family, unwittingly, gave him oorn beef for dinner and salt fish for tea 1 His tortures are said to have been particularly fine, and his language sulphurous enough to clear the codlin moth out of a Masterton orchard. At the last meeting of the Fitzherbert Road Board, the chairman stated that the Manchester Road Board had decided to at once start with the reinstatement of the Gorga traffio bridge at a cost of £6000. It is intended to put down either jarrah or blue gum piles. The Government would afterwards be asked to contribute an amount towards the cost. The profits of orioSeting are shown in the following news from Adelaide: —A letter has beep received from Jones stating that he has signed an agreement with the Sussex County Club as ground bowler for five years from the opening of the next crioketing season. The salary is to be £365 per annum with house and all expenses paid. Jones returns to Adelaide at the conclusion of the present tour, and will leave for England with his family in March next. The Government have served a notice of confiscation upon Mr Harris, solicitor, as representative of the Midland Railway Company. The only method by whioh the Company can still keep alive any. claim for the expenditure of £1,100,000 that it made, is by paying the amount of the expenditure incurred by the Government on the line since the Beizure. This amount is not slated in the notice of confiscation, but it is believed to be about £4000. This must be paid within three months. On Tuesday evening, about 7 o'clock, two youth?, named Locker and Irwin, saw Aikman cross the main road north of the Patea Borough. Being mounted and unarmed they kept him in view until he left the road and took to the track towards the river. The youths then procured a carbine and revolver and gave chase, but lost sight of the man in a thickly planted reserve, so made all speed to the bridge and stationed themselves on the other end. They were shortly rewarded by seeing Aikman walkI ing on the bridge. When he was nearly at the far end they faced him, covering him with the carbine, and ordered him to put lup hi 3 hands, which he did at once. He I was arrested unresistingly, and was at once taken to the look-up, where he now is.

The annual meeting of All Saints Church congregation is fixed for next Friday at the Masonic Hall. The Wellington Meat Export Company have purchased Mr A. Tyer's fellmoDgering business. According to An official paper there are 0,500 dressmakers in Paris, employing 50,000 work people. There are also 2,200 tailors employing 65,000 men. The Wellinßton Meat Export Company are^ having additions made to the buildings, which will give them storage capacity equal to 60,000 sheep. At the twentieth dog show in Paris there were ISOO entries including 24 packs of hounds. Prizes to the value of 10,000 francs were distributed. The newest sunshades arc chiefly in white, with flowered designs, say our Paris correspondent. The handles are most luxuriously ornamented with rings of pearls upon enamel. Tailor-riiade suits for ladies are more than ever in demand in Paris. The cloth consists of a soft and yet resisting fabric, half mohair, half serge, with a finecoii running through it. The colour is between a grey and a beige. The Methodists of this town intend to have a great gathering in about a month's time, when the blocks of the new school house will be well and truly laid. A number of prominent persons have promiied to lend a hand and lay a block. A football match has been .arranged between the Kia Toa (Otaki) and the Foxton Clubs, to be played on the raoecourse on Saturday next. The Match Committee will meet at 8 pm. on Tuesday night at the Manawatu Hotel to select the local team Mr J. C. Martin, the Wellington Stipendiary Magistrate, is to preside at the sittings of. the District Court at Wanganui next Monday, owing to the indisposition of District Judge Kettle. Mr Wardell will probably relieve him in the Wellington Magistrate's Court. The latest Parisian hat is a pink straw trimmed with a graduated fullness of black net over a stiffened foundation. The orown is beaded in jet and pink pearls, and at the back is a single black feather and an aigrette. Over fifty members of the bar assembled to welcome Judge Edwards on resumption of his seat on the judicial Bench on Wednesday morning. Mr Travers, on their behalf, greeted the new Judge, who replied briefly, saying he could not hope to fill Judge place, but would do his best to deserve the Commendation both of { suitors and the Bar. In Brussels they bay& organised and carried out a very pretty scheme of street decoration. A large number of persons have agreed to beep flower boxes in their ' balconies from May 13 th to September 15th, and prizes are to be given for the best-arranged balconies. Prizes of different kinds and values will, of course, be given in different quarters of the town. A month ago we drew attention to the oamelia trees id Mr Andrew Jonson's garden, and staled that they gave promise of a wonderful show of flowers. This has been justified, and all who walk up the Avenue can enjoy the sight. X>ne tree, with pink flowers, is very thiok with flowers and buds, though Mr Jonson informs us he has already gathered 300 blossoms off it. At the Banking Committee Mr Watson, president of the Bank of New Zealand, declined in consequence of the conditions of his appointment to give any information as to these accounts, and he was legally advised to that effect. Mr Watson said he, in common with all the Bank's officers, signed a declaration not to divulge anything relating to individual accounts. He had been appointed to conserve the interests of the shareholders and of the Colony, and it would be against their interest to furnish Buch information. 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, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings— no inflammation. 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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 on receipt of 15s 9d, from Te Aro House, Wellington.