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Manawatu Herald, 9 January 1897, Page 2

His Worship th» Mayor has left town for a holiday down South. It is txpeoted that the nsw Wanganui Hospital will be opened in the middle of February. . , v . Mr J. R. McMillan idvertises the sale of privileges of the Baoin| Clnb for Thursday afternoon at his rooms, Foxton. We are glad to fe^oirt that Mr Douglas Gardner is making capital progress with hit hay-making Qontragtv ■ Mr Bradbury, eWk. at Ihe looal railway station, will be transferred .'to iDglewood. ll* has been noted ferhisioburtesy dating his stay here. On Thursday moiniog Mr J. R. MoNfilUn will m 1 at his sale rooms, Poxton, home, hold furniture for Mr H. Blake. Sale at 11 o'clock. , Now that most; Tf nbt all, our Borough Councillors have secured good, roads to their own doors,- they may, pera'dventure, attend to the cross road between, ijr Bovre's and the Motoa Road, it most decided! j Deeds something being done to it. By the courtesy of the Bitgistrar wa are enabled to give tbe vital statistics for the quarter and year for tiro Foxton district, which are as follows;— For the -past juarter— -Births, 11 ; deaths, 4 ; marriages, I. For the past year— Births, 56 ; deaths, 16 ; marriages, 9. Sir Edward Clarke, M.P., addressing his lonstituents at Plymouth, supported a new report or oommiision on the financial relations with Ireland. The ag;tatiop is irousing great iaterest fn England, and tha [rish claims are generally being vigorously ioniested. 'n is tbe intention of the Bailway Trafßo Manager to run cheap excursions from Palmerston on Wednesdays in connection with the steamer Sunbeam. If this does some off, which it should, and not get nixed up with the many things kept so iteadily in view by public departments, the msiness people of tbis town would do well 0 make a change in the d«y of holding heir half-holiday so as to suit. Wednesday's Wanganui Herald says: — iVe regret to learn that Miss "May" )urie, who had been in ill health for some tme past, died at Hawera this morning at he residence of her brother-in-law, Mr B. I. Nolan. The deceased young lady was a peat favourite with all who knew her, and vill be greatly missed in social circles, lha was the youngest daughter of the late j dajor Durie, of Glen Durie, whose relict I lassed away a few weeks since. Much ' ympalby is felt for the sorrowing member* 1 tin family ia thtiv «ablt twaviniAtt

Messrs Thos. Westwood & Co. announce { the arrival of Lisbon Lemons, new dates, anil other luxuries; They Are also agent , {or biOyoles. ' The BoV. & toting holds aervioe at Levin to-morrow morning and at All ' Saints in the evening. Mr Alf. Fraier takes the morning service. The French press contains articles , strongly urging ifenor Ganovas del Castillo, Spanish Premier, to pacify the Cubans before President-elect McKinley assumes office. A now machine is being built by an enterprising Yankee firm ,wbich Will ac cotrimodate a Whole club of 25 riders. It is called the duodesoipiet, and has four wheels. The length of the machine will be 25 feet, and the cost will be £120. The first man, sq far.- To-day we are in receipt of the first ripe tomato, measuring fire inches aooss, grown by Mr William Nye. We ventured to prophecy — always a risky business— that Mr J. Ingram would have been Sr«t.- We will record when and when he comes in. We observe that to-days telegraphic weather report shows that the barometers throughout the colony stand unusually high. The barometer at the local Post office -also is very high— Bo*7o. This makes the long looked for rain appear as far off as ever. A Calculation of the amount of fluid perspired by an acre of cabbage h very curious. If the oabbagei are p aoed in rows 18 inches apart and 18 inches from each other, it is estimated that in the course | of 12 hours no less than 10 tons 4cwt Bqrs 111 b weight weight of water will have becfn insensibly perspired by their fleshy leaves. The Dresden Piano Co, says the N.Z. Times, gave away an organ to purchasers | of pianos and organs daring December, i.e., each client received a share, and yesterday there was present in the concert hall of th« Dresden Co. a large number of ladies and gentlemen, who unanimously allotted the organ to Mrs G. C. Coley, of Foxton, wife of the popular flaxmiller of that town. A man named Frank H. Beeves was charged at Maaterton with the laroeny of household goods and sentenoed to one month's imprisonment. It appears that the goods were the property of Henry George Westbrook, whose wife the prisoner eloped with and had since been living with her in Wanganui. The goods, the prisoner said, were taken by Mrs Westbrook and she said they were her personal belongings. We art in receipt of another new newspaper, entitled The N.Z. Europton Mail Seios." The first number was published on Wednesday. It will be devoted entirely to the publication of European and general news of the world as speedily as possible after the arrival of each San Francisco mail. It contains 18 pages, and is sold at s;'xp..-noe. From the hasty glance We have been able to give it there appears plenty of reading matter for the money. As the outcome of the unjustifiable arrest of Mr George South, sharebroker, at Auokland, the Minister of Justice has decided that Sergeants McMahon and Gamble be requested to send in their resignations ; that Constables McCarthy and Quirk be dismissed from the Force ; and that Constable Clark be reduced to th* rank of second- class constable, and be transferred to another district. Inspector Hickson has been requested to give effeot to this decision at once. - Mr Edison is always in search of somt* thing new, and what is more, he generally finds it. He. now believes h« has found a means to make the blind see by the .use of the JRontgen rays, the only condition being that the optic nerve must be intact. Experiments have been made at his laboratory apparently to some extent successfully, and Mr Edison, say Dalziel's correspondent, prophesies that within three years they will be abie to restore tight to the blind. The annual statistics in connection with the Palmerston Hospital are as follows :— Total number of patients under treatment for year ending December 81st, 1896, males 163, females 81, total 244 ; number digcharged cured 174, incurable 15, deaths 22, number of patients in Hospital on January Ist, 1897, 33. During the year there was an increase of 26 patient* admitted, as against the total number admitted the preceding year. In connection with the statistics it is interesting to note that persons between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five years form the bulk of the patients, those between the ages of thirtyfive and forty-five years ooming next, females of the latter age contributing largely to the total. The Premier has received information that there is a good market in Welters Australia for New Zealand produce, such as oats, preserved meats, tongues, rabbits, fish tinned and smoked, jams, oatmeal, tJheese, butter in boxes and tins, baoon aad hams, tallow in casks, lard, soap, blankets and rags, honey in tins, mutton hams, salt beef, onions in crates, potatoes in orates, soup tinned, candies made for hot climates. The total imports into Western Australia from Austra asia daring 1895 amounted to £1,913,865. ft The wholesale prices obtained daring 1896 for the principal items of merchandise were ac follows -.—Butter Is Bd, baoon and hams la to la 3d, cheese 9d, jama 7a 6 for 21ba, lard 10d, oata 8a Id, /potatoes £7 per too. Any information as to freight, custom*' duties, .etc., will be •applied on application to the Industrial Commerce Department, Government Buildings, Wellington. Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Banders and Son's Encalypti Extract. Test its eminently powerful effect in Conghs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and accidentß of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy— no swellings— no inflammation. Like surprising effeota produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronobitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, do., Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organ*. In nse at all hospitals and medical olinios ; 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.] . 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 ta sold at low prices. They comprise butter dishes, ( sugar bowls, desert dishes and cruets, about forty pieces in all. All are asked to call ' and inspeot without being pressed to buy. McKee and Gamble, Photo Engravers and Lithographers, Wellington. Send for ( quotation.