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Manawatu Herald, 17 November 1896, Page 2

Mr Bruco speaks at Moutoa to-night. The re-admission of English newspapers into Turkey is now allowed. Nominations for Mayor must be made before noon of Thursday. Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a stock sale at Paltnerston on Thursday. Mr Stevens speaks at Rongotea to-night and at the Oroua Bridge to-morrow night' It is said that two sab-editors of the N.Z. Times and Mail are candidates for Parliament in the Government interest. The Russian preas is urging the estabI lishment of a fund for the relief of the Hindoo sufferers from famine. The local Qood Templars do not appear well in hand, as we are informed that ten at leant will vote for Mr Stevens, besides come for Mr Bruce. A new hypnotic has probably been found in the Jamaica dogwood. The fluid ertraot has been found efficacious in dentistry. Luminous inks may now be used to print signs to be visible in the dark. Zino salts anrt calcium are tho mediums generally used. i The embargo placed on the importation of Cape wool into France owing to the | prevalence of rinderpest there has been removed by the Customs Department, The meaning of the word " Fram," Dr. Nansen's vessel, is " Advance," and thus a very appropriate name for a ship engaged in such an expedition. Sir John Gorst says it is necessary either to adopt Stale aid for all schools, without discrimination, or to create a local authority to distribute the grant to all necessitous schools. Mr Bruce speaks at the Public Hall tomorrow night. There should be a large attendance even of those who do 'not hold with his political views, as he is credited with being an admirable speaker; The Inndon Daily Telegraph contradicts the report that the Transvaal Government has demanded a million sterling us indemnity from the British South Africa Chartered Company. The Presbyterian Assembly in Melbourne after a long and at times hostile debate, carried the soheme of union by 113 votes [to 67. The scheme will now be remitted to the various Presbyteries for acceptance or rejection. The natives of the South Sea Islands use the wood of a tree to catch fish. It | needs only to be put in the water and in a short time the fish come to the surfao? in a stupefied condition, and can easily be caught by hand.. Lake Morat, in Switzerland, has a habit I of turning red about 2 or 8 times every 10 years. The colouring is due to the pre> sence in large quantities of little aquatic plants called by naturalists " oscillatrola rubesoens." The dinner Mr Jackson gave Dr Nansen at midnight of the day of their meeting up I amongst the ice and snow of the far North | was excellent, consisting of roast lamb, green peas, and other veeetables, jam tart, cheese, and prererved fruits, all washed do'vu by port, sherry and whisky. The Niger Company is engaging officers to assist the Sultan of Sokoto (an inland ; State to the east of the Niger) to repel the Rabahs, who have threatened to attaok Kano. The Government has acceded to the request that many army officers be allowed to temporarily attach theni3elvea to the Niger Company. The luxury of the tub must have been immense to Dr Nansen which he got after meeting Mr Jackson, as he obtained a large supply of hot water. He needed one too, aa he looked for all the world like a nigger, having been blackened by blubber-smoke, and his olotheß, whioh were stiff with blood and oil, had not been removed for fifteen months 1 The enterprise of the English papers is shown by the fact that the Norwegian papers were unable to publish particulars of Dr. Nansen's voyage to the North Pole until it had appeared in the London Daily Telegraph, as Dr. Nansen was under cootract to forward 2000 words by telegraph for £1000, and also furnish the same paper with 4000 written lines for £4000. Beplying to the Pope's pathetic appeal for the release of the Italian prisoners, Menelek of Abyssinia regrets that the attitude of Italy prevents such a sacrifice, and denies that it would afford any guarantee of the restoration of peace. He promises, however, to further alleviate the condition of the prisoners. We were glad to hear Mr Stevens' promises of help towards the erection of a bridge over the Manawatu River. He took up the position we had previously indicated that of knowing where the contributing bodies wanted the bridge. We hope our new Mayor will lose no time, on taking office, to get this point settled by a conference. In view of the possibility of prohibition being carried in this electorate we would ask our Borough Councillors if they have oonsidered how they expect to pay off the large overdraft they so lightly contemplate incurring in entering into the contracts now advertised ? This would be a capital theme for one of the candidates for the Mayoralty, who is a prohibitionist, to speak upon. A member of Parliament who has seen Jabez Balfour in gaol says that the " Liberator" has adapted himself to hi 3 new surroundings. When the M.P. caught a glimpse of him he was busy stitching in the boot shop, and although he was much thinner than of yore he seemed none the worse for his enforced industry. The unaocustomed labour made his fingers sore at first, but he is now quite at home with his shoemaker's tools. Earl Lonsdale, speaking at Whitehaven, said he was authorised to state that the Kaiser's telegram to President Kruger, which oaused 60 much ferment in England about the time of the Jame3on raid, was not meant in a spirit of antagonism to England or the English- He also had the Kaiser's authority to state that President Kruger had actually asked for assistance from Germany against Jameson, and that the. Emperor bad refused it.

The Sultan of Morocco seems to be quite a family man, notwithstanding one-aided reports which have been circulated respecting him, for a London firm have made for him, and forwarded to his royal palaoe, 4 double and one single baby carriage!. At the Supreme Court, Wellington, on Monday, ex-Detective Kirby was sentenced to three years' penal servitude. During the proceedings Kirby completely broke down. He prayed for mercy and wept bitterly. The Grand Jury returned "No Bill 1 ' against James Shore, who was charged with the murder of Mr and Mrs Jones at Petone. Shore said he would rather the case had been heard, and then h» would have had a chance of clearing himself in the eyes of the world. On leaving the Court he was met by a number of friends and received their congratulations. The Oamaru Mail states that in the course of his lecture to the Fruitgrowers' Association, Mr J. C. Blaokmore, Government Pomologist, as evidencing the opening that offers for the profitable cultivation of late apples and other late fruits, mentioned incidentally that a large order for these was recently sent from Bio de Janiero; but there was not the fruit in the colony to supply the order, and it had to be procured from Tasmania. Mr Blaokmore stated that there were a thousand acres planted with Stunner Pippin or similar varieties of apples, a market could be found for the produce. Ha laid particular stress upon the necessity of planting largely a limited number of varieties.