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Manawatu Herald, 17 October 1896, Page 2

The Wellington Diocesan Synod concluded its sittings on Wednesday evening. Paraffin id said to have been found at Great Waltbam, England. Mr Andrew Jonaon gave his new boat a trial on the river on Tuesday, and Bhe proved herself a fast sailer. The Derwenls advertised by Messrs Hennessy & Co. are a prime sample, whioh is easily proved by an inspection of them. Mr Archie Osborne is about having a verandah erected in front of his tailor's shop. Mr Freeman B. Jackson, who has been asked to stand for the fifth time as Mayor, has deoided not to accede to the request. Little hope is entertained of the recovery of the lad Carpenter, who was shot on Wednesday in Wellington. The Horowhenua County Council has agreed to the Borough paying the Wirokino ferryman the £10 asked for to repay outlay caused by special damage by floods. Mr E. A. Haggen told the electors at Newtown that he thought it would be a good thing if Parlament was elected annually. The Horowhenua County Council has arranged for every ratepayer to vote as to where the County Chambers shall be situated. Elderly Admirpr ; But why on earth did your parents christen you Jezebel ?—Coryphee: Perhaps they anticipated that I should go to the dogs. Most of the apple trees are now in bloom, and they promise a grand yield unless some unforseen frost or wind plays havoc with them. A Paris lady offers a premium equal in value to £30,000, whioh is deposited with the French Academy of Medicine, for an effective oure of consumption. The average earnings of labourers under the co-operative works are stated to have been, for navvies and concceters, 7a 2d per day, fencers 7s sd, buahmea 7s 9d, and labourers 7s Bd. The Government have only provided £2000 in excess of last year's grant for school buildings. That sura will not go far to supply the want. But then education is not so important as goldmining, don't you know. Dootor : Thou art cow on the fair road to recovery. Patient : Prithee, doctor, I owe thee a life.— Doctor : Nay, sirrah ; but merely 10 guineas. Arrangements have been made by the Public Works Department for the supply of the cement and unmanufactured iron and steel so that co-operative contracts oan be let for the preparation and erection of the iron and steel work for the erection of the Makohine Viaduot. The Ashantee " star " presented to the troops who took part in that bloodless war is made of gun-metal, and is a curious, if not unique, combination of c star, a St. Andrew's Cross, and a circle- On the obverse side is inscribed "Ashanti, 1896," while the legend in raised letters on the reverse is " From the Queen." Circumstances alter oases we all know, but it is curious reading that an upward tendency in the price of grain is destroying the chances of the return of Mr Bryan, the Democratic candidate for the Presidency. The French authorities have refused the application made on behalf of the British Government for the extradition of Tynan, the infamous "Number One " of the Dublin Invincibles, who was recently arrested at Boulogne when engaged in maturing a dynamite plot whioh was to be worked in Britain.

Mr Gordon Sprigg, Premier of Cape Colony, proposes to establish a State bank and to issue notes with a view to assisting the farmers. We might do worse than sell him ours. Cannot communication be opened up with him, Mr Murray is not far off.

From " Judy." Juvenile crime. — Magistrate: I am surprised to find suoh criminality in one so young. Only 14, and yet yon are caught picking pockets.— Prisoner : It were all yer own fault.— Magistrate : Mine ?— Prisoner : Yua. If yer hadn't given feytber 3 months I wouldn't have had ter work for mother.

The Hawke's Bay Herald says Mr Wilson, who is one of the most popular membero on the Opposition side of the House, leaves for Scotland after the general election, and will be absent from the colony for some months. Mr Wilson was presented with a silver tea kettle and spirit stand bearing the following inscription :— " J. G. Wilson, M.H.R., from friends in Parliament on bis temporary retirement from politics, 1896."

The Timber Conference Btatea the wood pnlp industry could not be carried on at a profit under present oiroumstances. A pulp-mill to make 10 tons of pu p per day would cost, erected in New Zealand, from £30,000 to £40,000, and as the pulp when manufactured would have to be shipped to foreign markets, where labour and the cost of machinery would be considerably cheaper than here, its manufacture in this colony could only result in a lobs.

" Fancy what farming doe 3at Jersey" writes Mr William Courtney, of New Plymouth (who is now in England endeavouring to induce settlerß to come out to this colony) in a letter to the Taranaki Herald. 11 Their land naturally is not near y as good as ours from town to Waitara, yet from a little island just about the size of from New Plymouth to Waitara and seven miles back from the sea, they export £400,000 worth of potatoes. I felt it was a good object, lesson. A similar state of things exists at Guernsey. You see no poverty and no drunkennesss in either of these islands, so different to England and Scotland."

On Wednesday the Palmereton boilers opened their green. The use of sawdust for sanitary and disinfecting purposes is highly recommended in England. How ? The tender of A. H. Ible has been ac« cepted for the erection of a bridge over the Tokomaru River, and for one over the Otauru Stream. The Legislative Councillors appear to know nlore about fruit trees than tb« mem. bers of the House, as in the Orchard and Garden Pests Bill they struck American blight out of the list of diseases that owners of orchards are compelled to keep in oheck. Mr Bobprt Homer, veterinary surgeon, notifies that he intends visiting Foxton on Tuesday. All orders left with Mr flame? will receive prompt attention. On the 2nd of next month the Bishop, accompanied by several clergy, including the Vicar of Pa'merston North and his curate, will visit Foxton and hold a service in the Church, in which the Rev. B. Young will be inducted as Vicar. There will be a confirmation during the visit of the Bishop, of Maori candidates. A social will be held on the Monday or Tuesday, for the purpose of welcoming the new Vicar, and it is expected theßishop will be present and speak on the occasion. The Oroua Polo Club held its annual meeting at Whyte's Hotel yesterday. All the old officers were re-elected with the exception of Mr Maclean, who had resigned, and Mr Baldwin was elected to the oom- ' mittee in his stead. Two new members, Messrs Baldwin and Webb were elected. The Rongotea erioketers drove into town at 11.30 this morning- The match mil be played in the Messrs Robinson's woolshed paddock. The wife of Mr John Fowler, of the village settlement, Levin, died suddenly last night from heart disea?e. As she had had no medical advice lately, though had previously been under Dr Lewers' care, the Coroner was communicated with, but under the circumstances he did not consider an enquiry necessary. At the Committee meeting of the Foxton Racing Club but night the programme was received approved by the Metropolitan Club, and will be advertised in Tuesday's issue. Mr Nixon, owing to his departure from Foxton resigned from the Committee and Treasurership, but consented to remain as timekeeper. Mr Little was eleoted Treasurer. It may interest our readers to hear about an old identity, Robert Stanley. He has lately been boarded out at Palmerston but having taken a freak that clothes were unnecessary articles, he burnt them and started for the country attired as Nature had dressed him. After a four mile chase the constable secured him and the result has been the consignment of poor Stanley to the lunatic asylum.

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