Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1896.

Manawatu Herald, 22 August 1896, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1896.

The Legislative Council have thrown out the Servants Half-holiday Bill. The match between the Australians and the Surrey Club ended in a draw. The Blenheim Bohoola have had to be closed on account of a diphtheria epidemic. Sir William Armstrong and Company will establish works in Japan, where it has been decided to remodel the navy. We understand another of our at present idle hemp mills will commence work in a week or two. The Hev. George Aitkens will hold services, both morning and evening, at All Saints Church to-morrow. Mr Meredith, M.H.R., will conduct services at the Primitive Methodist Church both to-morrow morning and evening. The evening Fervice will be on temperance and the 1.0.G.T. Lodge will attend in rega'ia. Members are requested to ba at the Lodge room at 6 o'clock. Mr Loveday is giving great discounts just now. Ihis is what we all want as money is scarce. The advertisement fully explains itself. If Mr A. B. Osborne's customers are looking for hia advertisement in its old place they will not find it, as it has been shifted to a space over the leader. Please look it up. A Wairarapa paper stateß that three female swaggers carrying their " blueys," have caused a sensation around Clareville by begging for work. Messrs P. Hennessy & Co. draw attention to the fact that they hold the largest stocks of groceries, ironmongery, and provision* in the Borough. Other items of interest are also mentioned. The advertisement should be read and noted. Mr Earnshaw labours under the idea that the real Colonial Treasurer is one ' Kennedy Mac,' for he said the other night " The whole of the language throughout is an example of what you would find straight from the auctioneer's rostrum." The Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England, has invited the Anglican Bishops to a conference at Lambeth next July. The programme prepared includes a discussion on the relation of the colonial Primates to the See of Canterqury. Some whitebait is now being caught in the river but the fishers seem to think the local demand will be sufficient as they have made no attempt to respond to our suggestions of finding a supply for a preserving firm. The poppy was introduced to the Chinese by Arab traders between the 7th and Bth centuries a.d. Its cultivation in China began in the Bth century. The poppy appears in the " Imperial Pharmacopeia " of 973 a.d. To talk about what can be done in a garden, and a very small one at that, persons should visit the one Mr Stansel' attends to. For weeks he has had radishes, he has now cabbages turning into heart, onions well forward, turnips Bhowing the fourth and fifth loaves. D uring th» season it is wonderful the amount of green stuff Mr Stansell Bathers from «uch a small space. On Thursday morning Mrs Randell, a widow, aged 50, wan found dead in bed at the residence of Mrs Grace, Devonport. She had a wound two inches long across her throat, and close to her right band was a very sharp tomahawk. The tomahawk and the hands of the deceased were blood stained. Dr Roberta said she bad been dead three hours, and the wounds appeared self-inflicted. She had almost lost her eyesight, and was formerly an inmate of the Costley Home. The Fev. L. M. Isitt has just conoluded a four nights' temperance mission at Wanganui. It is unanimously admitted that never in the history of the town has there been such" an enthusiastic and successful Beries of meetings on any of the subjects that have come before the public. The Drill Hall was packed to the doors each night, and at the conclusion of Wednesday evening's address, the audience, numbering thirteen hundred, rose and cheered the lecturer.

A farmer at St. Andrew's dienlay? to the wondering world of Christchuroh a turnip 47in. in circumference and weighing 281 bs The total value of the Catterthun treasure now recovered is £7900. The task of finding the remainder is considered hopeless. tn France it is believed by the superatittoQßthat when a white pigeon settles upon a chimney the incident betokens speedy death for some inmate of the house. The Bav of Pundrhfla the highest fide in the world, It. rifles a foot every five tainutes, and sometimes attains a height o! twenty feet. A lock of Napoleon*n halt, clit when the Emperor Was On board t>e Bellerophon at Plymouth in August, 1815, and sent with a letter to Mr Capel Lofft, of Troston, Suffolk, was solu by auction for £30. A plot has been discovered to dynamite the Castle of Orandja, the residence of the Infanta Isabella) sister* df the Queen Dowftge* 1 tjf Spain. Many Anarchists have been arrested at Barcelona. During artillery practice at Toulon, several shots struck the warship Brennus, nearly killing Admiral Gervais, Commander of the French squadron in the Meditef* ranean> Early next month there will be a large invitation ball held in the Public Fall. A ladies committee has been set up, and we believe invitations are likely soon to be issued Though rumours are persistent about a probable rise in flax we can find nothing to justify the expectation. Orders and quotations from Wellington do not encourage Buch an idea. The United States Consul at Apia reports to the Government that the political conditions existing in Samoa are unjust to the United States and a grave wrong to the natives. We are pleased to notice that the members of the Palmerston Anglican Church are going to have a social to bid Mr Young good bye, at which a purse will be presented to htm. It is officially stated that the Prince of Naples, the eldest son of the King of Italy, is betrothed to Princess Helena of Montenegro. King Alexandria of Servia is negotiating for the hand of her sinter. Mr J. R. McMillan held a sale of fruit trees from Messrs Newport's nursery on Thursday afternoon. All lots were quitted, but priceß ruled tow owing to tho fear of the proposed legislation with regard to orchards. A hundred Swiss ladies have banded themselves together in a pledge to renounce the corset, to wear gloves only upon " ceremonial occasions," and to have their drosses made a foot short of the ground. This is the result of one lady doctor'i eloquencs. „ Petroleum oil was struck at New Plymouth on Thursday at 2010 feet, the oil flowing out of the bore. This supply is in a sandstone formation, and is better than the former oil found in papa formation. The oil is accompanied by a great pressure of gas. A thorough test will be made to prove whether payable oil has been found, and if payable another bore will be started in a few dayi. The drillers art very sanguine. The Nelson Mail reports that a local medico had a ghostly adventure on Sunday night. Mounted on stilts and covered with a sheet some person endeavoured to scare the doctor. The latter, however, "went for " the ghost, and hitting him across the legs with a stout walking stick, knocked him off his stilts. With a yell and a rush the " spirit " vanished, thus avoiding furthur surgical operations. In the Palmerston District Court oa Thursday, Judge Kettle made the order for the payment of £3 per share, payable on the 30th September, proceedings to be stayed until the 3rd October, the calls to be advertised, on the shareholders in the Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company. The Judge also made an order for the inspection of the books and papers in favour of Messrs J. Knight, Bryce, and an accountant at any time within the next threejnonths on notice being given. The following resolutions were discussed and unanimously carried at the Quarterly Meeting of the 1.0.G.T. at Bongotea on Wednesday— That each lodge be requested to collect for their several localities the amount required for the electoral funds ; that this meeting urges npbn the present Government the necessity of passing this session the National Option Bill, and the Secretary forward this petition to the Premier ; that this meeting requests that the Cabinet announce the decision to set up a Royal Commission on the police administration, failing this it be made a platform at the coming election ; that all the lodges be persuaded to aot in unison for a prohibition candidate. When Scott was brought up at the Supreme Court for sentence on the charge of stealing 10 sheep belonging to William Farmer, of Fitzherbert, Mr Skerrett asked that the prisoner should be admitted to probation. The prisoner, he said, was a young man who had hitherto borne a good I character, and his case was one which the First Offenders Probation Act was intended to meet. His Honour said the case was a somewhat peouliar one. He would remand the prisoner until Tuesday, in order that a report might be obtained from the Probation Officer. An exhausted pigeon fell into the hands of the New York police lately. It wag found to have a quantity of diamonds attached to its body, and had evidently i been set free from the deck of an ocean | steamer by someone who wished to bring the diamonds into the United States without payment of the duty. Several diamonds were tied under the bird's tail, a few others were round its neck, and" two more were made fast to each of its legs. Tfle weight of so many diamonds was beyond its strength, and it was unable to continue its homeward flight. 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Under this system any of the parcels advertised Will be sent id 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 imftgiued, however* ' this liberal offer i? only extended to cash fiustomers, 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 dheck 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 Axo House, Wellington. 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 reasdn of the extra charges for freight of carriage. This drawback need exist no longer, for extra oharges are done away with under the new parcel system which has been inaugurated at Te Aro House, Wellington.