Tenderi for the Borough Council must be in by six o'clock to-morrow evem'ng. Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a sale at Awahuri to-morrow, and at PalmerBton on Thursday. We are glad to notioa that the New Zealand Times is at last waking up to the importance of the flax industry. The United States Senate has carried a resolution exempting the Cubans from the operation of tho Aliens Immigration Aot. The commission appointed with the object of securing commercial relations between Germany and China has started for Pekin. The Standard says:— lt is stated that Mr E. M. Smith, of iron sand fame, will shortly be appointed to the Legislative Council. In connection with the application for costs by the Licensing Committee at Palmerston North, Government has decided that the Colony i» not liable, and therefore the committee's demand cannot be acceded to. Last week the Governor paid Wanganui a visit, staying at Chevannes Hotel. In the evening he witnessed the production of the opera ' Dorothy,' by the members of the Wanganui Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society, and expressed^ himself highly delighted with the excellent manner in which tho p:cae was staged and pert Quart .
A Pam correspondent, alluding to the resignation O f Bavon de Cource;, French Amba-6a'dor to London, says one of the reasons Was that he was greatly diccourBgpd by the d'fficulfy of solving the question at it-sue with England.
At a meeting of members of the Indian Council y. was stafd that owing to the great airing >nev of money thp direc'orß of the Bank of B*ng 1 were considering th° qnestion of th? adv : F&bility ol stopping ftuvanCes on Government paper.
A young tn n named John Whee'er shot him«e!f last week at Waipawa. The first shot miss 1 d, and the second hlr-w part of his head away. Pecuniary difficulties are said to be the cause of the rash act.
We heat that next Saturday two teams from the Wellington Polo Club will visit Foxton and hold a match with the Oroua Polo Club. This will make a very pleasant day's outing for (he holiday.
The Turkish Ambassador in England is by birth a Greek and a Christian. He is broad set and sturdy, with a massive head and a close cropped grey hair. He wears a white beard well trimmed.
One of the men on board the Fram when Bailing homewards, said to Dr Nan?en, " I shall be glad when all this 'festivity is ended, and another opportunity comes so that I can get back to the ice. What a life we had there ! There's bo much noise now we have come back."
To a deputation that waited upon the Wellington City Council last week the Mayor got off a very quiet little joke. He said " Councillors with one or two exceptions, bated the law even more than he did." Seeing that Mr Bell is a distinguished lawyer this is not bad.
What an old warrior he is. The German Emperor expresses himself pleased at the resistance offered by the Hamburg employees to the unjust demands of the employers.
" Thpy won't be happy till they get it,' but they will never get it. The Congo Free State claims 150,000 francs duty on tha ivory whioh belonged to Mr Stokes, the British trader who was put to death by order of Major Lothaire. The Marquis of Salisbury has refused the demand.
The Sjdney Harbour Colliery Company has purchased a large block of land at Balmain, and signed a contract for sinking two shafts for coal to a depth of 2960 ft. These are to be completed in two years, and it is expected that a quarter of a million pounds will be expended before the coal is brought to the surface.
The evil effects of bicycling. Colonel Stokes, Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of N.S. Wales, and officer commanding the Fourth R-giment, dropped dead while cycling. The came of death was heart diseaw.
A ,T.an named Kenneth Bain has been adm!tv« i i.'o tha Waikato Hospital from Te Kui i s ffering from a stab in the back infliotcd by a knife. Two Germans have been arrested on suspicion of stabbing and otherwise assaulting Bain, who lies in a critical condition.
On Saturday morning a charge was sworn against Stephen Bosher, now in gaol serving a sentence for bigamy, of having murdered Mr and Mrs Jones at Petone on the 27th August. This man was one of the principal witnesses against James Shore, who was first accused of the crime, but who was discharged by the Grand Jury. The police have been most energetically keeping up their enquiries into the case, and at last matters have been brought to a head. Th« case has been plaoed in the hands of the Crown Prose* cutor, but owing to the illness of Miss Beece, the woman with whom Boßher committed bigamy, the case will not be heard nntil about January lltb. Tha hearing of the evidence will, it is expected, last nearly a week, as there are about 60 or 70 witnesses to be called for the Crowu. — Times. The bazaar in aid of the funds of the church of St. Simon and St. Jiide was held on Saturday at Bongotea. The bazaar was held in the State Schoolhouse, which was prettily decorated and was well patronised. We hear that over £35 was taken, whioh speaks well for the work of the ladies who interested themselves. Mesdames Robinron, Taylor, Brookie, Richmond, Misses Costall (2), Hammond and Davis were the stall-holders. Miss Robinson had charge of the Christmas-tree. The Rev. J. D. Bussell wa» ptesent and assisted all round. There was music and singing. A sumptuous tea was provided, at a amall ooit, whioh was done justice to by*tl, as many attended from Jong distances. It waa pleasant to see a good number of Foxtdn resident* assisting in the good work. Something out of the ordinary ran of tbingg has occurred at Hawera. The Sebool Committee reports to the Education
Board, " That the Committee having gone fully into the obarges preferred against Mr Strack, are of opinion that the charges are not substantiated, but we consider Mr btraok has shown indiscretion by having on several oecasiona kissed the teachers." This sort of conduct has been construed into meaning an assault by some of our judges.
The appeal in ths Asharst hotel c&mwm dismissed owing to counsel forthepolioe objecting to the jurudietion of. the Court, and Bis Honour the Chief Justice sustained the objection, stating that he was satisfied on the faoe of the proceedings, that 6* case was tried under Section 151 of the Licensing Act, and that that section though the wording of it wat open to criticism, did create an offence punishable summarily. The appeal against the conviction should have been to the Diitriot Court — the Supreme Court had no juris* diction— and the appeal therefore, was struok out without costs. Yesterday dose on 50 of the Carnarvon school children came into Foxton by the tram for their Christmas holiday. After spending an hour investigating the contents of the stores a start was made in the
Sunbeam for a voyage up the river. Tbe party were landed on a pretty site at the top of the Long Beach, and after enjoying themselves there a return was made to the wharf, wbioh was reached by half-past three, and the youngsters left by tbe tram at four o'clock. The morning was showery, but by ten o'olook the clouds oloared away and it beoame a most enjoyable day, warm, bat with a pleasant breeze. It Is nice to know that our young visitors thoroughly enjoyed their trip, Mr Howan and Captain Kemp did all they oould to make them comfortable. In the October issue of the Windsor Magazine, Mr W. J. Wintle gives some surprising details as to the amount of refreshments supplied in the Metropolis by the various great London caterers. Concerning the Lord Mayor's banquet, Messrs J. Lyons and Co. state that " on the last occasion the thousand guests consumed 100 gallons of turtle soup, 600 lobsters, 120 turkeys, 200 partridges, 100 pheasants, 300 plovers, 200 chickens, and 20 hams. 700 calves' feet were used for jelly, 2,400 ices were in readiness, 3501bs of grapes were consumed, and 250 dozen of choice wines
proved not greatly in excess of the demand, fhe serrioe required 15,000 plates, 10,000 silver forks, 9,000 knives, and 6,500 glasses, while the Üblaa ««r9 &r>**>'~'z3 wi'j 3,000 ys.>\\a o! ■saiiift.-t n<<K(<ieß W i^eg and iili«g,
Mr Hamer has hdw received notice that he is registered under the Poisons Act. We bf>g to a. knowledge the receipt of the November number of the Oddfellows Mag izine, published by Mr T. D. Qainn, | Wanganai. Four tenders have been received for cleaning the sohoo , and the matter will be decided at the next meeiing of the Comraiuee. We are glad to see Mr Knapp able to be on his cart to day, though attended by a 8-nall boy to open gate.*. Ha recived a dißloca'ioo of his elbow, which Mr Han.er put right and has since looked after it for him. Splendid syrups are made and sold by Mr Hamer. Bead his advertisement, it makes one thirsty. The price is within the reach of all, and as the town has many prohibitionists there should be a large demand. Mr Arbon has a very large assortment of sweets and nicely got-up Xmas cakes. The small goods turned out by Mr Arbon are always good and can therefore be honestly recommended. Our market gardener, Mr Joe Tos, has over sixteen men at work to-day in his garden picking peas ! He hopes to send away tomorrow morning over forty sacks of peas to Wellington. There is trouble brewing about the possession of the b.b. Mootoa, the original owners maintaining that the agreement 1 made with the purchaser has not been i carried out. Matters have got so far that the vessel was on the eve of being seized i and sailed away when the present user of ' her made arrangements for a few day's delay.
At the Wanganui Supreme Court last week the appeal case Perreau v. Anderson was heard and decided. Mr Perreau appealed against the judgment of Mr Stanford, S.M., who it may be remembered summed up very severely against Perreau. The appeal was gained by Perreau and £43 19a £d was awarded to him.
The steamer Sunbeam leaves this evening at seven o'clock for a moonlight excursion up the river. This should prove exceedingly attractive, and a large number are bound to avail themselves of the opportunity. On Boxing Day -(Saturday) special trips will be run to the beach, which also, as the price is moderate, should be a "draw." We certainly do hope all will take advantage of the steamer Mr Howan has had the enterprise to provide.
" The amount expended upon fireworks is enormous," writes Mr W. J. Wintle in the Windsor Magazine for November. " The dißplay at Delhi, when the Queen was proclaimed Empress of India, cost £3.000, and during the jubilee year £250,000 was similarly spent. In this country 5,000 rockets have been let off at a single time, and this number haa frequently b<j;n doubled on the Continent. The amount annually spent upon fireworks' for the fifth of November is estimated at £100,000, and would no doubt be increased if the supply equalled the demand. Mr Brock told me that for a few weeks before the jubilee he was compelled to refuse orders to the extent of £300 or £400 per day, owing mainly to the official restrictions which limit the production of fireworks/
Certainly the most effective medicine in the world ia Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminently powerful effect in Conghs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and aooidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scalding*, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings— no inflammation. Like surprising effects produoed in Group, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, Ac, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs. In use at all hospitals and medioal clinics ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition. Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all others. — [advt.] We are asked to announce that at the Bed House they are showing a grand assortment of Xmas goods in eleotro-plate and white metal ware and being a parcel of traveller's samples are to be gold at low. prices. They comprise butter disheß, sugar bowls, desert dishes and cruets; about forty pieces in all, All are asked to call and inspect without being pressed to buy.
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