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Manawatu Herald, 1 October 1896, Page 2

Mr John Davies has been elected Chairman of the Levin Domain Board. An advertiier wants two famished rooms in Foxton. The Einetoscope will be exhibited in Foxtan on Saturday evening at seven o'clock. The distance travelled in the year 1894, by (he trains of the United Kingdom, is nearly equal to going to the sun and baok twice during the year. We are informed that Mrs Collins, the eldest daughter of Mr T. U. Cook is returning with bar family to this colony, having sailed a fortnight ago in the s.s. Tongariro.

Lord Rosebery unveiled a slatne of Robert Burns at Paisley. 380,000 parsons are employed in the railways of Great Britain. The railways moved 825 million ions of general merchandise and minerals in England in .1894. For every 1000 travellers on the English railways 901 are third class, 66 are second class, and 33 third class. The railways of Oreat Britain paid away in wagoß in 1894 22 millions sterling, equal to £423,000 per week. Dr. MacCarthy notifies elsewhere that he can be consulted every Saturday at Mr Hampr's chemist's shop. Mr John Robson. who takes Mr LyaTs place at the Foxton State School, comes from Wanganui, and commenced his duties yesterday. The insurances on the Mercury office are : On the building, £250 in the South British office ; on the plant, £700 in thu Victoria. Third-cla c s fares bring into the English railways jul six times as much as that contributed by the first-class passengers, and nine times as much as the second class passengers. What is generally pronounced to be the finest Norman keep in the world is in the market, and will shortly be brought to the hammer in Tokenhouse Yard. This is Hedingham Castle, loner the Essex stronghold of the Earls of Oxford. An artesian well 117. r >ft depp has been sunk at the back of the Albert Hotel, Queen-street, Anckland. Water was struok when the bore was down 340 ft, and the flow has not been increased by subsequent boring. Up to the present stags of the session 148 Bills have been introduced in the House and cirulated, and if the revises and amended Bills are counted, the number tota's 200. There has been made at Warring ton, tor the new Glasgow District Subway, the biggest rope ever used for haulage pur- , poses. It is about 7 miles long, 4jj inches . in ciroumference, and weighs nearly sixty ton?. The total railway expenditure in 1894 was 47 millions and the receipts 84 millions, thus leaving a margin of 87£ millions equal to 3| per cent on the capital invested. Piora Piek-Ma^Up. — The Poiut of View. — Aunt Dorothy : How many Commandments are there, Johnny ? — Johnny (glibly) : Ten. — Aunt Dorothy : And now, supposing you wera to break one of them ? —Johnny (tentatively) : Then thore'd be nine ! During 1894 there were 911 million passengers on the railways of the United Kingdom. The care taken of passengers is shown that only one was killed for every 57 millions carried. Labour is plentiful in Auckland at the present time. There were 215 applications tor the position of two storekeepers at the Harbour Board's sheds. The Horowhenua Blook Bill was reported from Committee without material amendment and ordered to be read a third time. This was ia the House on Monday. Ten-year-old turning over pages of Hansard, " Popper, does anyone else apeak ia Parliament besides Mr Seddon ?" Popper — " Yes, my boy, our member for Riccarton sometimes gets in a word edgeways." — Christchurch Truth. The Transvaal Budget provides nearly a million sterling for military purposes, including £400,000 for firearmß. The U itlanders contribute over three-fourths of the taxation necessary. The Folksradd have authorised President Kruger to suppress any newspaper he thinks fit. Public opinion condemns this extreme step on the part of the Parliament. Mr Qibson, the local agent for tho New Zealand Insurance Company, informed us on Tuesday that the company has sent a chpque for £75 for the insurance effected by Mi s Hood on the hou3e buvnt on Friday night. This is despatch. The Queen of Sweden of Sweden, who is one of the richest women in the word, owes her great wealth to the gambling tables at Weisbaden, which were owned by her brothers, from whom she inherited her vast fortune. Her Majesty, who is a bit eccentric, always dresses in the costume of the Salvation Army, to whioh organisation she belongs. The largest churches in Europe will contain the following numbers:— St. Peter's, Borne, 54,000; Milan Cathedral, 37.000; St. Paul's, London, 25,000 ; St. Sophia's, Constantinople, 23,000; Notre Dame, Paris, 21.000; Pisa Cathedral, 13,000; St. Mark's, Venice, 7,000. According to the statement Just pub- j lisbed by the Federal Statistical Bureau, the population of Switzerland has risen ■ from 2,933,006 in 1888, to 3,027,332 in j 1896— an iucreaw of 94,926, of whioh number 40,447 have fallen to the Canton of Zurich, which at present oontains 379,461 inhabitants. I is stated that owing to the ravages of the rabbit there is a station on the Mararoa River, Otago, whioh some years ago carried 42,000 sheep, and on whioh not a single sheep is now depastured, and that there is another station in the neighbourhood on which the annual output of wool has shrunk from 900 to 200 bales. An innovation has been introduced by the Prohibitionists at their meeting on Wednesday, having advertised two ohairraeni Why is this thus ? Was the Feilding meeting a lesson to Mr Isitt of the incapacity of only one chairman ? or are two needed in. case one nods? We are much interested as to the reasou for such dup'ieation. It may be that Mr I itt will arrange them as corner men, a fa. negro minstrels, whilst be will occupy tbe oenire as a Mr Johnson. Referring to the Horowbenua Commission the Otago Witness says: — There is nothing at all in the report to justify the vile language nsed by the Minister for Lands to Sir Walter Buller. The only anproaoh to a charge against 3ir Walter is that he purohaFed at a fair price a«a leased at a low one a small portion of the land from Kemp (whose friend and solicitor he was) without taking steps to enquire into Kemp's right to sell or lease, whioh is, however, exactly what the Minister for Lands himself did with Hunia. The moral of the story is that Maoris were not designed by Providence to act as trustees, and that the Minister for Land 3 should endeavonr to acquire a capacity for controlling his tongue. The Manawatu Timtt says the Foxton Racing Club having been granted a permit for one meeting only, has very properly decided to make that meeting extend over two days. The dates have been fixed for the 22nd and 23rd January, and the sum of £500 has been voted for the stakes This club deservedly ranks high with sportsmen for the excellent racing it pro- I vides, and we feel sure the experiment of . a two days' meeting will prove a pronounced suocess. Mr Miles' offer for the working of the totalizator has been acsapted.

Mrs C. Hood has decided on building on the section whefe the house was destroyed by fire.

The further addition", fo ihn Dcmektay Fond are adver'teed dsewhere nnd i; i^ gratifying to Snd tin amount ;.? ok>ie on £40.*

Mr Edmund Osborne's change advertisement will appear in Saturday's issue. The advertisement details how he purchases and the pub ie opinion thereon.

Our local photographer is not to be beaten by anyone. To-day he notifies that he has further reduced his prices. Make a note of the same, and support local industry.

On Saturday Messrs Abraham <fe Williams will offer for sale by auction, at Palmerston, sections 366, 367, and 368, Carnarvon, within two and a half miles of Bongotea.

We do not like war, but if there must be war there is no better place for it, for New Zealand, than in the Pnillippin: Islands. The c .blegrama report an increase in the rebel 3.

During the winter rmnth.3 the local creamery only has been opened every other day, but from to-day, owing to the increased supply of milk, it wi 1 be opened every day.

Lord Glasgow, at the Blenheim banquet, said : — " 1 ady Glasgow had helped him to do what he could never have done by himself ; in fact, he could assert that a Governor without a wife was not a Governor at all (laughter and applause) — at least, if they would allow him to correct that sentence, the better half of a Governor was his wife (laughter)."

At the meeting of subscribersVto the Dunckley Fund held at Wbyle'a Hotel on Tuesday evening, it was reso'ved a committee be elected to deal with the fund consisting of Messrs Stanseil, Bhodes, and Curtis. During the preliminary conversation, it was suggested that the money be devoted to the purchase of a suitable home, and the committee it is understood will make enquiries and consult Stirs Dunckley's wishes. The idea though wou'd be to secure the property acquired for the widow's benefit, but to revert to the children at her death.

fieoent statistics says the other day's Figaro show their exist at the present time in Paris 200 hippophazic butchers' establishments. That is to say that horse-flesh has found a good many disciples since July 1, 1886— the date of the opening of the first establishment of this character. The consumpion equally has not ceased to increase sinoa that period. In 1872, 5,034 horses were eaten in Paris, in 1878 10,000, in 1894 21,227. and in 1895 more than 30/00. The Figaro jocularly asks what this figure will total up to when queen bicycle automobiles have completely replaced animal traction.

The weather was unfortunate for the opening day of the tennis Beason in Foxton last Tuesday afternoon. The more enthusiastic players, however, put in an appearance, and good games were played on both courts. The ladies dispensed afternoon tea, which was much appreciated. At the meeting of the Committee in the evening at Whyte's Hotel it was decided to get off some tournaments, prior to challenging outside club?. Four new members were also elected.

It ha 3 not been given to any other author, says a writer in a Home paper, to people London with such reality^ of flotitious creation as Dickens. The highways and byways of the town are fall of them. There are wiseacres who say people no longer read Dickens. His books to day sell more in Franoe than any other Knglish novelist ; and on hiß trip to London the Amerioan looks for the famous English author's footsteps, real and fictitious, as keenly as he docs for the historic landmarks of Cromwell and Chares.

" MAKING BOTH ENDS MEET," is rather a difficult task in life with many bat the expense of good cooking is refund to a minimum by using the SUN BAKING POWDER, purer and cheaper than most others. Give it a trial.

Certainly the most effeotive 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, scalding?, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings — no inflammation. Like surprising etfeet3 produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis. Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, (to., Diarrhcea, 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 artiole and eject all others. — [adtt.] Under this system any of the parcels advertised will be Bant to any address in New Zealand, post free, (he prices charged being exactly the same as those at which the goods are sold over the counter in Wellington. As may be imagiued, however, this liberal offer is only extended to cash customers, and all orders for advertised parcels must be accompanied by cash for the amount, before the order can be exeouted at Te Aro House, Wellington.

In illustration of the system we will give an example. Take for instance No. 7 parcel, wbiob ooniains 7 yards of double width stylish fancy check tweed ; 2 dozen buttons and Bilk 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 least 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 carriage. 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.