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Manawatu Herald, 14 November 1896, Page 2

The Messrs Symons 1 hemp mill is being pat into order and will be leased by practical men. A lady, Agness W, Begg, has been appointed a member of the Napier Licensing Committee. I A German expedition in New Guinea has discovered a navigable river near Bismarck, running through a populated plain for 200 miles. Microsoopists say that the strongest i microscopes, dp not probably reveal the lowest stages of "animal life. Mr George Coley is puttifig-ibe mill next to the one he is running in order, ancTwill, for a time, run both. The foundation stone of a new Anglican Chinese Church, capable of seating 250 persons, was laid in Sydney by the Primate on October 8. Mrs Agness Allen applied to the School Committee for the remission of the fine of nine shillings imposed on her by the Stipendiary Magistrate, but the Committee agreed they had no power to interfere. At the meeting of the School Committee on Thursday, it was resolved that summonses against absent scholars should be ' issued every week. We advise parents to take note of this fact. A project is on foot for the construction of a new railway across the Alps. It is stated that a group of capitalists in Piedmont havo memoralised the Italian Government for permission to construct a railway crossing the Great St. Bernard. Battersea Vestry has resolved to ereot , municipal workshops at the rear of the Municipal Buildings, Lavender Hill, in order to enable the vestry to carry out the 1 whole of their works without the intervention of a contractor. It is proposed to ereot the necessary buildings at an esti- . mated cost of £3,908. The system inaugurated by the G.N.B.' Co., enabling agriculturalists to send their produce direct to the consumers at greatly ' reduced rates, will be materially helped in , its operations by the publication of a list of farmers, market gardeners, and others wishful to open up business of this nature. The company supply copies of this book free of charge.

The Town Clerk calls for tenders for formation and metalling for the Borough Council. Tenders must be in by 11 a.m. on Friday. For the County offices being at Levin 419 voted for and only 173 for the offices being at Olaki. There wero also 409 votes recorded for tho expenditure of £300 on a building and 224 votes against such expenditure. Mr John Stevens addressed a large meeting of the Manawatu electors at Levin on Thursday last. There were about 450 present, besides which many were unable to gain admission. During his address the candidate refuted tho statements made by the Opposition that the Government were maladministering the funds of the colony, and quoted figures to show the justice of judicious borrowing for remunerative purposes. At the conclusion of his address a large number of questions were asked, which were replied to satisfactorily. A vote of thanks and confidence was accorded to the candidate,, and a vote of confidence in the Government was parried by an overwhelming majority, amidst great applause. A vote of thanks to the chairman, Mr Bartholomew, concluded the best political meeting ever held in Levin. It was rather curious that Mr Kellow took no notice of the Mayor's opening remarks when he suggested certain wants of the district. Perhaps, imitating Captain Cuttle, he made a note of it. We notice that the Longburn School Committee refused Mr Pirani the use of their school, but he insisted on the Act being observed. I A Sicilian named Conzoneri, who was sentenced for murder, has been proved to be innocent, after serving fifteen years in the galleys, and has been liberated. School Committees not only have to give up their school houses for election meetings but the last Electoral Amendment Act dircots that the Governor may appoint any primary school to be a polling place, and it shall be the duty of the Committee of suoh school to placo it at the free disposal of the Returning Cfflcer. In Bavaria a woman cannot appear in public on a bicycle unless she has a certificate for efficiency. Respecting Mr Parsons' intensions as to the Patca seat, we should not so soon again have referred to tho matter, says the Wanganui Chronicle. If the English language has any meaning at all we have Mr Parsons' assurance that he is not going to stand. We have twice before stated this after interviews with the gentleman named, and can only assumo that with our contemporary the wish is father to the thought. In any Case it docs not say a great deal for the Government chances when they have to look for a candidate to an Independent Liberal, whom they rejected at the last general election, after their party had promised him a seat in the Legislative Council. A " musterer " under the Electoral Act means " any person exclusively engaged at shearing time in mustering sheep for shearing." The Prince of Wales has jußt consented, for the benefit of the London Bilk-weavers, to lead a new fashion in silks. The Prince's waistcoats are henceforth to be of black silk, with a modest decoration of coloured flowering. One of his prettiest patterns is a black satin, with a waved and watered figuring, and a small design in berries in dark heliotrope. For evening dress he has selected a rjch white gros grain, with a white rosebud device in satin. The Earl of Portman has been awarded £26,000 compensation for land at Marylebone required a3 a terminus for the Man-chester-London railway. Two impeounious Scotchmen in the far north of Australia had the price of a nobbier between them, so wont to the shanty and ordered bix penn'orth. While each was hesitating as to whether he could trust the other with first nip a friend dropped in. Pretending that they had just finished their drink one of them handed the new comer the nobbier of whiskey with a request that he would join them in a drink. He drank, and after a few minutes of painful and silent suspense said, " Now boys, you'll have one with me." " Was'na yon well managed, mon ?" said the indigent Scot to his brither afterwards. "Aye, it was," the other answered solemnly, " but, mon, it was a fearful risk." Mr John Stevens will address his constituents at Oroua Bridge 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 oases and aocidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy— no swellings— no inflammation. Like surprising effeots produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronohitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, &c, 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 ; orowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved artiole and eject all others. — [advt.]