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Manawatu Herald, 29 May 1897, Page 2

We are glad to learn that the owner of the Sunbeam was so far successful in his efforts to raise the steamer by having succeeded in getting her aoross the river into shallower water. Tonight at high tide another effort will be made to get her further up on the shore.

We regret to learn- of the death of Mr Arthur W. Carkeek at Blenheim.

The old Government steamer Stella recently towed into Auckland the largest raft whioh has ever been brought into that port. It contained 270,000 ft. of kauri timber.

The oase of the Polioe v. Albert Wallace for the theft of a boat ocoupied the attention of the Justices many hours on Thursday. The case appeared to have bten a rash attempt to get posspssion of a boat by force instead "of by civil prooess, with the result that the defendant was convicted and ordered to return the boat from whence it was taken, and also to pay the costs, and the defendant was then discharged.

Britain has abandoned her consular courts in Madagascar.

The missing Levin settler, it is now dis covered, left by steamer for Australia.

Mr Justice Williams has refund the application for the sale of J. G. Ward's liabilities to the Colonial.'Bank to Mr Batger. This will probably lead to J. G. Ward becoming a bankrupt. ,

A Donnybroke fair "made in Austria :" — Startling scenes occurred in the Reichsrath daring a debate on the question compelling the bffioiais in the parts of Bohemia inhabited by the Czechs (the most westerly branch of the great Slavic nations) and Germans to .make themselves cognisant with both languages. The Opposition violently menaced Count Badeni, and hurled inkstands at the President and smashed the desks. The .scenes, which were characterised by the use of the coarsest invectives, lasted for hours.

A showman in Berlin was firing at a glass ball placed on his sfster'B head, but missed the mark, an! the shot enter >d the woman's mouth, causing instant death.

The Prince of Wales has opened the new tunnel under the Thames at Blackwall. It has a length of 6200 feet and in diameter is 27 feet. Its total eo°t, including land and buildings, is £1,251,000, and is said to be the most wonderful tunnel in the world and has taken over four years to complete.

There are nearly 4,000,000 perwna employed on the Indian famine relief works.

Shanghai has decided' to commemorate the Queen's Jubilee by erecting a nurses' training institute.

The appeal to the Privy Council in connection with the case Pollock v. Feilding Jockey Cub is to ba made on the ground that the New Zealand Court had no jurisdiction, the amount being under £500.

The most extensive cemetery in the world is that at Borne, in which over 6,000,000 human beings have been interred.

News comes from Shanghai that the Yang-tze-Kiang district is suffering from a terrible famine. People are dying in hundreds daily.

Probably the owner of the largest number of dogs in the world is Gustaye Jovanovitoh, a Russian " cattle king," who has 35,000 Bhepherd dogs to look after 1,500,000 sheep.

The Rev K. Young will conduct serviceß to-morrow at Levin in the morning and Foxton in the evening.

Tobacco has not been found growing wild in any part of the world, and its original abode is* therefore, Unknown. It is believed to be a native of tropical America.

A correspondent of the Post writes: — The latest development of the syndioate craze took place over the last Otaki race meeting. A well kndwh Wellington " sport," who is reoko:.ed to know the ins fend outs of racing matters, conceived the idea of and issued a prospectus o f % soheme for some hundred odd investors at £5 each, to enab'e £1 to be put on each horse on each day's racing. The required number of " speculators " were found, and they feverishly looked forward to a great increase in their banking aocounts. The raCe? over, the washing-up and panning-out took place. Result of crushing, unfavourable (it is always the unexpected that happens), each investor made a net loss of £1 83.

Electricity, in its various forms of application, is said to give employment to 5,000,000 persons.

Just a wise man. John B. Duke, the millionaire cigarette maker, recently stated before the f-.exow Committee in New Yo"k, that he had never 3moked a cigarette in his life.

A pie served to Charles 11. was roada o* span'ows, potatoes, aringoes, lettuce, chestnuts, oysters, citron, artichokes, eggs, lemons, Darberries, pepper, nutmeg, cloves, mace, currants, sugar, and wine.

<k A soft answer, <frc." For hours she had been preparing vials of wrath against his return. "So you're home at last," she said, as she let him in. "It's a wonder you've got home at all." "No differly getting home," he said, " moon's full." "There's more than th<? moon full, I'm afraid," she said. "Yes, we're a'l foil." "What!" she exclaimed, growing scarlet wir,h indignation. «' Pish ! We're all fu'l. Moon's full, I'm full, and you're beautiful 1" " Well," ghe said, with a faint smile, "I suppose I'll have to forgive you as usual."

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