Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1897.

Manawatu Herald, 3 June 1897, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1897.

_ The first shipment of logs from Woodville way arrived by train on Saturday for the local sawmill. The trucks are taken to the siding beyond the wharf when the logs are rolled into the river and floated Up to the mill. The heavy winds again prevented the ateamer taking the Whangaroa out. This vessel has had a very unfortunate first eX' perience in our rivei\ Master P. Stanaell, who has been laid up some time from rheumatio fever is now, we are glad to say, on the road to recovery, he being able to get out of bed, and on Toesday got out for a drive. The lad was very patient during his illness. Cycles are the order of the day for both " black and white," as Joe Tpg had no sooner advertised with us the arrival of his bicytfes than he sold two straight off to some natives. The aboriginal is not to be left behind in the race of life or bioyole. The story of the Sunbeam has yet to be written in full— at present it is but-an unfortunate tale. The owner got the boat shifted across the river, as we have previously reported, on to a sloping shore when a flood again came down and so worked the ground around her as to make a hole into which she has sunk. The fear is that, before she can be raised the silt will wash around and cover her. The gross receipts of •' Aladdin " at Drury Lane this year "were £55,000. The <n?e in which a constable had neglected to serve a summons upon himself came before the Court again in Maaterton •he other day. His Worship said an explanation regarding the neglected service had been recived, but this was not considered satisfactory, and further inquiries were being instituted* Since the census taken in Egypt in 1882, the population of the country had increased 30 per cent. The Dunedin Presbytery considered the case of John Byley, and having received a report from the committee appointed, declared that Mr Byley had ceased to be and was no longer a minister of the church. Included in the cargo shipped from Port Chalmers by the cargo steamer Waikato were 50,000 frozen rabbits. The wooden harmonioon is one of the most ancient instruments. It is at present found in a very primitive form all over Africa and in many parti of Asia and Ooeania. The resurrection plant, a native of South Africa, becomes dry and apparently lifeless during drought, but opens its haye 9 and assumes all the appearance of life when rain (alls. The albatross has been known to follow a ship for 2 months without ever being seen to alight in the water or take a moment's rest. It ib believed to sleep on the wing. Certainly the most effective medicine in r he world is Sanders and Bon'a Eucalypti Extraot. Test its eminently powerful effect in Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious oases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings — no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, 4c, 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 ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and ejeot all others. — [advt.]