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Manawatu Herald, 10 September 1896, Page 2

In another column Mr James G Wilson publicly announo-s his retirement from the representation of tbis district on account of private affairsWe have been asked if Mr Venn, who some months ago advertised his intention of becoming a oandidate for Parliament, intends to stand for M so . w ata or Otaki ?

To-morrow night the meeting at the' Pablic Hall wii! attar act a big crowd. It is not everyday a free show is given nnto us. The Eailway Department is about to erect a dryiog-shed at Greymouth capable of storing 3,000 000 feet of sawn timber. Nine nominations have been received for the three vacancies in the Wanganui Borough Council, including Mrs Franois Ann Stewart. Mr Silk, pianoforte tuner, will visit Foxton this week. Those requiring his services Bhonld speedily notify Mr Alf Fraser. M' lboorne undertakers have just held an annual reunion at which they drank the toast of success to the t ade and our friends the doctor?. The Vestry of All Saints' have deoided to make certain alterations in the proparsonage prior to the Bey. Mr Young taking up his abode. It was at Buckingham Palace, when the Duke of Buckingham of tbe day lived there, thai; the first cup of tea in England was brewed and drunk. ' The Ameer of Afghanistan proposes to introduce a large scheme of universal vaccination into the countries owning his sway. Meltings here, there, and evetywhern seem to be the order of the day. Our readers wi 1 note that the Manawatu Bowing Club hold their annual meeting next week. We are sorry to say that Mr J. G. Wilson has definitely decided not to Btand as a candidate for any electorate at tha general election, as he has made up his mind to visit the Old Country to see his father. It is most satisfactory to record that on the eve of the departure of the Rev. G. Aitk. ns, all parts of his distriot have all outstanding arrears of payment to the Fund in hand. It is said that some birds in a wild state, instead of dropping the shells of their eggs ju9t outside their fiesta take tbem in their beaks and carry them away to drop them, so that they shall not give a clue to the whereabouts of the nests. Mr Alf. Fraser resembles the man referred to in ancient times as "he that hath unto him shall it be given " as he has now received the lucrative appointment j of manager of the business of the Public Hall. Mr J. G. Wilson has laid the Secretary of the Committee's letter before the Post-master-General re mail service, and he has promised that the matter shall be con. sidered. It would be well if a requisition to the Postmaster-General was at onoe drawn up and signed. There were many busy workers in the Roman Ca'holio Church ground on Tuesday afternoon, over whom Father Delac watohed. Tbe workers, young and old, were busily employed in planting, and if the trees do well the ground will present a very pretty appearance in a short time. A young man named John Shannon* commercial traveller of Welling'on, has been committed for trial at the Nelson Supreme Court on a oharge of attempting suicide by catting his throat with a razor. Shannon gave himself up to the polioe on the 24th August. The Chess and Draughts Club closed its season last Friday, and will re-open on the Ist May next. We. understand the Club will ins itute a series of tournaments next season, and three prizes' have already been promised, so we anticipate a very prosperous and progressive year. Owing to the publio meeting on Friday night • the Lawn Tennis Club meeting will no* be he'd on Wedn-eday evening. Members should roll up and lake a lively interest in the Club, as it has been the source of much enjoym .nt to tbem, and promises to be still moro so. ■»n experiment was lately tried at Helen's, Lancashire, of making water pipes of glass with asphalt covering to prevent fracture. It ia claimed that they give thorough protection against moisture in the ground, against the aotion of acids and alkalies, and that they cannot be penetrated by gases. There has just been plaoed in the oolleotion of French pottery at the Louise a portion of a curious sixteenth ontury plate, from the manufactory of St. Por chaire. Like most work of tbis period (the r. ign of Henry II.), the plate is decorated wih crawling animals in enamel, acoording to the style which Palissy had made the fashion. The dance at the Publio Hall on Tueaday night was a very suooessful affair, a large number of guests, many from outside, being present. Mr John Stevens, MH. 8., was amongst the invited. The hall waa prettily decorated, and a capital supper was provided. Tbe musio was supplied by Mr and Mrs McElwain. Danoing waa kept up till the early hours in the morningMr Stansell acted as M.C. M. D'Arsouval haa been making experiments on fat people with eleotricity, and the results whioh he just read to the Academy of Scienea, baa been highly favourable. On one man he was obliged to euspend the treatment owing to syrnp* i toms of heart disease showing themselves. By a new apparatus whioh be baa devised, a current sufficiently strong to light an incandescent lamp c_n be passed over tbe I body without the slightest sensation. Tha bread known as " pam de guerre " I whioh for some time past has replaced the once notorious bisouits of the Frenoh army, has been suooessful enough to warrant its trial in the Navy. The bread in question is praotioally what is known as wholemeal bread, but rendered rather lighter and more palatable when stale by finer grinding. The machinery whioh was used to make biscuits has been utilised for the making of the new bread, and the big State bakeries will still supply both army and navy. The extent to whioh labour-saving maohinery is coming into use at sea is shown by the fact says tbe Post that the Union Steam Ship Company's new Bteamer Bakanoa only requires the services of three stokers, although Bhe carries over 3000 tons. One sloker in a watch is sufficient to keep the vessel under steam, and three stokers, with five sailors on deok, and the officers and engineers b ought the vessel out from Home. Her consumption of ooal averages 18 tonß a day. We have not yet arrived at the stage when a vesael can be atokered and steered automatically, but from present appearances we are rapidly drifting in tbat direction. Talking with Mr H. M. Stanley, the great traveller and journalist, I Paid, says ao English correspondent, " Tou must have vivid memories of your earlier travels ; habit would so accustom you to the wonders and dangers and sorrows of exploration that mental impressions are dulled by experience." "My most last ng memories are conneoted with the finding ot Livingstone," he replied, " and my saddest with our parting. I shall nsver iorg .t how I linger, d day after day on my homeward ! i rout- iv the hope of receiving some fr. sh I ' last letter or message ; . lingered with a , 1 sorrowful foreboding that we had parted for ever ; lingered and lingered until all j I possibility of hearing from him was over, ! I and at last d ashed on my way,"

Some London ladies have provided tbeir carriage horses with straw hats to protect them from the sun's rays. The County Council advertises thit the polling for the loan will be held on Saturday week. Tbe stock sale of Messrs Abraham and Williamß will be held to-morrow at Shannon. Prisoners in 1822 did not live luxuriously as th?lr rations were only one pound of bread and one pint of gruel per day 1 Over 36,000,000 pairs of gloves are used in Britain every year, and of these fully threequarters are worn by ladies. The money Bpent by them in these articles amounts annually to no less than £4,000,000. Cause for Anxiety. — "Beg pardon," said the misaiona_y ; " but will you translate his Majesty's remarks again ? Did he tell his daughter that he was to have guests to dinner or for diuner-" The Hon. Mr Feldwiok in the Legislative Council objected to the short title of tbe " Summary Separation Bill," and suggested the prefix " Matrimonial," aa otherwise the title might mean the summary separation of anything, such as cutting off one's arm or leg. The Advocate says:— At a meeting of the delegates of the temperanoe bodies in the Manawatu electoral distriot, held at Palmerston yesterday, it was unanimously deoided to support the candidature of Mr F. P. Kellow. The following resolution was also unanimously passed :— " That this meeting, in view of the fact that Mr Ransom has retired as a candidate, on acoount of the vote from tbe variouß tcra{terance bodies in the electorate being in avour of Mr Kellow, unanimously recommends that Mr Kellow receive the support of all the temperanoe bodies in the Mana* watu electorate, and also recommends all these bodies to form committees, and take i all snch action aa may further, in tbe mott | efficient way, Mr Kellow's political interests in the electorate.