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Manawatu Herald, 7 November 1896, Page 2

The Manawatu Coumty Council meets at Sanson on Tuesday. We understand that Mr John Stevens will Bpeak in town on Friday next, and Mr Bruoo the following Tuesday. The recent meeting of the Palmerston Trotting Club has proved a financial success despite the bad weather. The varying hopes and fears of Government supporters and Oppositionists will be continually made known during the next few weeks. We thank the courteous secretary of the Otaki Maori Racing Club for a complimentary tioket to their race meeting on Monday. Mr H. D. Bell has deoidcd not to seek a seat in Parliament tit this eleo'ion, but he is a candidate for the office of Mayor of Wellington, and is opposed by Mr Fisher. Mr Jonson took his new pleasure boat out for a Epin at the time of the launch of the Sunbeam, and Bhe showed herself a splendid sailor. The Education Board has decided to enlarge a room at Mr Stewart'9 house to adapt it for a kitchen, thus allowing the present kitchen being made into a diningroom. The addre s of Major Kemp at the Bar of the Legislative Council has been reprinted from Hamard and issued in pamphlet form, and we beg to acknowledge the receipt of a copy. Nathaniel Rich, of Rongotea, was fined £3 and £8 19s costs for using insulting and abusive language to 0. H. Bowater, master of the school. The unpleasantness arose out of the informant having punished a son of the defendant. ' In a letter to Mr Thynne, the Mayor of Woodville pictured the joys of office by stating that there were ten candidates for that electorate and- he had already taken the chair afc'.gix and had four more meetings in prospect. Much interest waa <&inced on Thursday morning as to the. contents of the bottle broken on the Sunbeam 1 a bows, and 'a sigh of regret was ottered at so xnuoh good liquor being used for that purpose. The wine used was sherry. The Otago Daily Times says of Sir Walter Sutler's objections to the finding of the Comigission :-*-? We nLnst say that we have never read a more formidable and apparently conclusive indictment of the findingrand methods of a Royal commission, or for the matter of that, any other body." A well known townsman marched into the Magistrate's Court on Thursday afternoon with a cigarette in a holder in his I mouth, the sight of which severely ruffled the feelings of the Magistrate, who asked who it was walking in with a pipe in his mouth. He> then cast his eye on the delinquent and said — " If you come into Court again with a pipe in your mouth I will have you taken up. The question of whether a woman if properly trained, would make a better athlete than a man,,h*§ been- investigated by a Michigan farmer. A young Indian girl of the Chippewa tribe, was adopted when three years of age by him for the sole purpose of satisfying his hobby that woman, if properly trained, can run faster than men. The girl was trained regularly in boxing, wrestling, running, and various other athletio pastimes. The young lady is now 19 years of age, weighs 1171b5., and can beat any man with whom she has ever made. The X Hays remarks re the Horowhenua Commission : — " Curiously enough, within a few weeks of the Commission ending its labours its chairman was made Public Trustee, with an extra £300 a year, another commissioner was promoted to a wardenship on the gold-fields, with an increased salary, and the non official member had his land taken over by the Government on the most advantageous terms. Theee fortuitous coinoidenoes, for they were perhaps nothing «Im, are noteworthy."

Business in Palmerston is reported as beiug very dull. Mr Barham, of Shannon, has secured the mail contract between that town and Foxton. The Premier has stated that the general election mast take place before December the sth. The congregation of All Saints' Church propose holding a tea and social in about six weeks time, and a bazaar in the early part of the year. Mr Fran k Robinson was not nominated for the Manawatu County Council, and Mr William Taylor has been elected in his place. The next English and European mail via Eio de Janeiro per " Gothio " will | close at the local office on Wednesday, the 11th day of November, at 3 p.m. The Foxton cricketers start on Monday for Levin at 9 o'clock sharp. Play bpgins, we are informed, at 11 o'clock, and it is expected that our players will bo punctual. On Monday, 9th November (Prince of Wales Birthday) no Postal business will be transacted at the Post Office, but telegrams will be accepted between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. and from 7 till 8 p.m. Mr Kellow had a good meeting at Marton on Tuesday night, and in answer to questions is reported to have said he would vote against the Government on a want of confidence motion. In another column Mr John Stevens announces the dates of his meetings r.t various Centres. The series advertised commences at Sanson on Monday, and ends at Bongotea on Tuesday week. As the continuous wet weather during the past month has materially retarded shearing operation", .very little wool is likely to be available by the 13th inst. and in consequence the wool brokers have decided to abandon the sale fixed for that date. Another opening for the young woman, if not the nnw woman : — Several American merchants have engaged a number of particularly pretty girls, and started them around the country collecting bills, especially those of long standing. The girls and the scheme are said to be meeting with remarkable success. Messrs Laery and Co., Limited, in their last price list issue the following advice : — An error i > generally made on the part of shippers in holding poultry for Christmas requirements, as a glut usually takes place at about the end of the year, and earlier shipments would result more satisfactorily., They quote fowl?, 3g Gd ; duck*, 4s 6d ; geese, 5s ; turkeys 7s to 83 per pair. Joseph Mandel, the well known proprietor of (he Club Hotel, Masterton, has purchased Ihe freehold of the Empire Hotel, Wellington, from Mr Hamilton Gilraer, for £20,000. The new purchaser does not take possession until March, and he then proposes to remove the present building, whioh is one of Wellington's oldest land mark*, and erect new premises, at a cost 0f£20,000. The Post says :— lt is rumoured that the existence of another unsavoury oats transaction has been discovered. The story is that a draft for £8000 or £10,000 on an Australian firm against oats that were never delivered was duly paid by the drawees on some form of guarantee from the bank negotiating the draft. The firm in question is, it is understood, about to take proceedings against the guaranteeing bank as agents, and the necessary instructions are reported to have come to hand by the Talune, which arrived from Sydney early this morning. The following persons have been nominated for the respective tidings in the Horowhenua County, viz. : — Tokomaru : Messrs Venn and Engels; Wirokino : Mrs Ostler, Messrs Davies, Kebbell, Bartholomew and C. K. Wilson ; Otaki: Messrs J. Booth, Hurley, Rollo, J. Swainson and Freeman ; Te Horo : Messrs Richards, Simcox and F. Jones. The election will b 8 held on Wednesday next. Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extraot. Test its eminently powerful effeot 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 effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, &c, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs. In use at all hospitals and medical olinics ; patronised by Hiß Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all others.— [ADVT-] __________