Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1896. Formosa.

Manawatu Herald, 23 July 1896, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1896. Formosa.

Aftkr the war of 1895 between China and Japan, China had, as one of the conditions of peace, to cede Formosa to Japan. This island is a long way south of the islands forming Japan, and lies to the north of the Phillippine Islands and off the coast of China to the north of Hong Kong. The island forms the Straits of Formosa, and as a concession to the Great Powers acknowledging the cession, Japan agreed to view this Strait as an international water way. The island has an area of close upon 12,000 square miles, is mountainous, and was only occupied by the Chinese on the west side. We learnt, by cable, at the time of the cession, that the inhabitants objected to bein^ placed under Japanese rule, and rose up in arms against their occupation. The cablegrams in to-day's issue show the unfortunate result to the Chinese, the Japanese having been too many, and as a consequence are decimating the disturbers. To-morrow night the annual meeting of the parishioners of All Saints' will be held. Mr Grapes considers the Jonathan apple ranks Al for export and growth. Last year two million barrels of American apples, each barrel containing three bushels, were imported into England. The wedding cake on Tuesday was supplied by a Wellington firm, and was a very handsome and toothsome work of the confectioner's art. ' In Pearson "« Magazine it is asserted that the Bitish people spend over 38 millions on sport, or about £1 per head of the entire population. The bouquets and flower baskets of the bridal party on Tuesday were exceedingly pretty, and reflected great credit on the ladies who prepared them. The Winter Fair Maid apple, Mr Moller thinks, is superior in flavour to the Ribstone Pippin. The tree grows upright and will produce sometimes twenty bushels. It will keep fairly well for three months. At the Pope's request Cardinal Vaughan has directed the Roman Catholic members of the House of Commons to oppose the deceased Wife's Sister Marriage Bill. The directors of the Bank of New Zealand have paid Mr Watson's fine. £500 less for the future dividend. The Premier has only to oontinue to seoure the collapse of the Bank. After their return from the church on Tuesday, Mr and Mm Edward Cowles received a telegram from Mr Cowles' brothers and sisters at Riohmond, congratulating the young couple. Pleasant and appropriate, illustrating though absent in body present in mind. In South Australia they have a steam lifeboat in their service. Water propulsion by powerful centrifugal pumps take the place of the sorew or paddle wheel, and removes all danger of its being fouled by wreckage. She is 30 tons, steams 8 knots, and can carry 60 to 80 people. Experts do not agree to differ, but they differ. Mr Lorie says there are only five varieties of apples that need be cultivated, viz., the Stone Pippin, Stunner Pippin, French Crab, and New York Pippin. Mr Hanlon says the Stone Pippin blights to death, the New York Pippin is a peculiar apple, it will do well in some situation?, the French Crab is a worthless apple 1 Mr Tamblyn says the Stone Pippin and the French Crab cannot be beaten 1

Mr Langdon calls for tendtrs for olearing about 600 acres of flax. Tenders to be in by the Ist August. Particulars can be obtained from him. Eighty jears ago the sails and cordage of a first-rate ship of war required 180,000 pounds of rough hemp for their construction. An average of five acres of land was needed to produce one ton of hemp, thus the produce of 424 acres of land was needed to furnish the above. The Indian Prince, Rangitsinhjt, an admittedly difficult name to waltz round, plays cricket well, having put up a score of 154 runs for the All England v. Australians. It is said his innings was a splendid one, and he never gave a chance,. He Was at the wickets for three hours and ten minutes, and hit 24 4's. Mr Andrew Carnegie, the millionaire, says, and be ought to know, seeing he started as a " bobbin boy " in a cotton factory, that " as a rule there is more happiness, more genuine satisfaction anu a truer life, and more obtained from life in the humble cottages of the poor than in the j palaoes of the rich." This afternoon a very pleasing little ceremony will take place at Mr E. P. Osborne's house, when the ladies of the Methodist Sewing Guild will present to Mrs Austin a token of their esteem for her, as a slight acknowledgement of her assistance to the Guild, prior to her leaving for a trip to Australia. Another fruit grower, Mr Gimblett, wisely thinks we ought to be careful how we condemn any particular variety or sorts of apples. He thinks some' people will place the Lord Lennox before the New York, though with others the New Tork and the Ribstone Pippin are the favourites, and Warner's King is favoured by others. The following is the team chosen to represent Foxton on Saturday next against the Eia Toas :— B. Robinson, P. Robinson, H. Lyall, B. Wallace, J. Wyley, A. Cole, A. Symons, F. Armstrong, J. Desmond, F. Warner, R. Wallace, J. Webster, D. Gardner, J. Lee, O. Robinson. A general committee meeting will be held to-night at the Manawatu Hotel at 7.30 to consider the best way to entertain the visitors. A Bill to widen the Tarra between the Church-street Bridge and the Princes Bridge, Melbourne, to 800 ft and deepen the channel so as to prevent flooding has passed all stages in the Victorian legislative Assembly. The cost is limited to £60,000, and is to be born by the municipalities affected and the Flood Relief Fund Trustees, the Government lending the money for 30 years. The wet weather has had a rather disturbing effect in business matters. First and foremost, Mr Alfred Arbon announces that he has taken over the old established bakery business of Mr Kerr's. Seeing he has been the baker of the establishment, customers may rely on the quality of the bread being kept up to the mark, and Mr Arbon enters into the business under happy digns of success. Again, Mr McCloskey changes, in a short time, from the shop he has passed many years in, to one further up the street ; and Mr Garrick, who employs his time in the shoe line, enters into an establishment of his own in "Cheapside," otherwise the last purchase of Mr Edmund Osborne'e opposite the Bank of Australasia. Borough Councillors take heed. A member of an Australian Municipal Council some time ago sold material to and performed work for his Council to the amount of £25. After waiting some time, an informer sued him for £3500, being £60 per day for each day the Councillor sat after supplying the goods, and the Melbourne Full Court awarded him £3400 for 68 days, during whioh it was held the Councilor's seat had been forfeited by his aot.