Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. 1896.

Manawatu Herald, 27 August 1896, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. 1896.

On Saturday Messrß Abraham and Williams hold a Bale of horses at Pa'merston. Dr. Newman has advertised in the Mall th at 'he will contest the Otaki Beat. The Fram has proved Franz-Josef Land to be. an island by floating round it. Mr Startup has rehnguighed the business he oarried on as bootmaker in this town. Greenland Is now the only land in the Arctic regions which has not been completely explored. Enormous damage has been caused by floods in Italy, especially at Massa and Carrara. Messrs Lamont and Howe have made a start at their flax clearing near the Shannon.Ferry. Mr Meredith was unable to attend at the services at the Methodist Churoh last Sunday: . M,r. C. C. Mileß has resigned his position as Secretary to the Falmerston Bating Club. Mr McMillan has been instructed to sei^ certain sundries for Messrs Cook & Gray on Tuesday before the drapery sale. , The pupil teaoher, Master Ernest Edwards, in room of Mr Hird who leaves nex *rweek, arrived at the Foxtou school to-d^y. He is from the Bongotea school. Experiments are being made with a sh'-et-iron kite, designed to enable dis tressed ships to communicate with the shore. The submerged who have been rescued by the Salvation Army in England include, it is stated, a peer of the realm, an ex-Q.t'., solicitors, doctors, and clergymen. Mr A. C. Thynne left by train this morning for Palmerston having received orders to join the Bank of Australasia there. He enier-d the local branch of the bank about 18 months ago, and has earned a nice name for his general oourteousness. Sad but true. African natives univerBally know how to prepare intoxicating liquors from Such simple material? as the tops of broom corn, sugar cane juice, and coooanut milk. The unoonsidered trifles have all an econom'c value at Homo, thus the brokers report " Glue pieces, hide pieces and fleshings, sheep polts and fleshings, bate shavings, sinews, hide spates and shanks, have all a value per cwt. With reference to the question of buying ponies during tournaments, it was decided, at the general meeting of the N.Z. Polo Association, on the replies -received from the affiliated Clubs, that no ponies should be bought during the progress of any tournament. What might have been a serious accident occurred at the blook laying on Tue?. day as the sea s on whioh the children were placed, one above another, collapsed in the twinkling of an eye and shey were all laid flat on the ground. Most fortunately no one was hurt. Several severe shocks of earthquake were experienced at Burra Burra, South Australia,' which caused much consternation. . Seyeral people were thrown down, and the plaster was shaken from the walls and ceilings of the houses. It is understood that the Government has offered Mr H. J. Matthews, the wellknown nurseryman, the position to organise the State Forest Department, and that the offer has been accepted. A sample of the number of places which export hides to London is shown in a broker's oiroular where we read of Bengal kips, paroels of Deccas, Bombay and Kurrachee hides, Bangoons in original hales, Madagasoar, Maritiua sorts' Dry Singapore, Penang ox and cow, dry Zanzibar, Morocco, China,. Aden, Persia, Batavia, and Colombo. Then there are the oolonies and the Americas. On Friday laßt Mr Antoni - , fisherman, of Otaki, found the magio lantern and slides, whioh were lost by Mr Enott, temperance lecturer, who it will be remembered, oame to grief a short time back in endeavouring to cross the mouth of the Otaki I liver. The articles were embedded in the shingle on the spot where the little island stood at the o d month of the river, which altered its course about a week back. Further search was made for the other missing articles, but without success. The lantern, whioh was encased in an iron box, is as good as ever, but the slides, which are composed of a delicate substance resembling gelatine, of course perished . However, the articles have been left in the hands of Mr G. Powell for transmission to Mr Knott, who will no doubt be pleased at having retrieved this much of his loss.— ( Mail. *

To-morrow there is a stook sale at Levin. Besides bone 3, London takes bone pith a which are quoted at £2 10s per ton Buffalo hides are imported into England from Penang and Singapore. New Zealand oats, by the last trade oirculars were quoted at 283 per 4961bs some* thing like 2s 4d per bushel. Mr Byron Brown will auction a large consignment of fruit trees, flowering shrubs, camellias and roses, from Mr Benefield's well-known nursery, on Thursday next. The Returning Officer of the Borough notifies an election of three Councillors. The nominations are fixed for Friday the 4th September and the election for the 10th, Otaki has just passed through a' County election, a3 a sort of preliminary to the coming general election. Muoh excitement was shown, there having been three candidates, but Mr J. J. Booth was returned. Constable Gillespie having repbrted the facts about the late fire which destroyed two houses, to the Coroner, he has directed an inquiry to be held on Friday, 4th September. The ladies will agree that the following individual bad too many chances for talking : — The most accomplished of linguists was Mezzofanti. At the time of his death he is said to have been familiar with 114 languages. There is no need to make much of a fuss about the following item, taken from a Home paper : — The big gooseberry is not yet reported, but it is stated that there is a tomato growing at Waltham Cross which weighs l£lb. horse hair is valued at one shilling and four pence to one shilling and seven pence in London, whilst cow tail, free of skin, fetches one shilling and a penny to one shilling and throe pence per lb, and cow hair from the body, white, is worth 2Jd. This morning Mr Bradcock took his son Walter up on a stretcher, by rail to the Palmerston hospital.. He is believed to be suffering from a dislocated leg whioh is thought to have been occacsioned at foot- 1 ball about two or three weeks ago. It was not discovered till yesterday what ailed the lad. It is stated on good authority that the four German men-of-war in the South Seas will in future make Auckland their headquarters in preference to Sydney. This will mean a lengthened stay of these vesse sin that port. On the next visit of the Bussard she will, it is stated, make a stay there of several months. At a meeting of the Stewards of the Otaki Maori Racing Club on Saturday evening last, a programme was pass; d for the 9th November next meeting, similar to the one carried out at the last November meeting, the iota 1 amount of the stakes to be paid away being £360. Certainly the most effective medicine 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. Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, (fee, 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 ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all others. — [advt.] 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 whioh the goods are sold over the counter in Wellington. As may he imagiued, however, this liberal offer is only extended to cash oustomers, 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, whioh contains 7 yards of double width stylish fancy check tweed ; 2 dozen buttons and sHk 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. One of the drawbacks of country life, at l»ast 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 oarriage. 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.