Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1897. Fishing at Newfoundland,

Manawatu Herald, 10 June 1897, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1897. Fishing at Newfoundland,

Late news from London informs us that the Premier of Newfoundland is negotiating for a settlement of the French shore question of that colony. The matter is one of moment to the Newfoundlanders as their chief business is fishing, for cod in summer* and for seals in winter and spring. The importance of the industry can be estimated when We quote that the export of codfish last year was valued at 8,703,888 dollars, cod and seal oil at 541,094 dollars, sealskins at 227,888 dollars, tinned lobsters at 312,864 dollars, and herrings, salmon, and other products of the fisheries at 881,937 dollars. To have an enterprising Frenchman hooking what is practically the colonists' property is unquestionably objectionable and unsatisfactory. It may be questioned why does the Frenchman travel so far ? in reality he is close at hand as the Republic are still possessors of two small islets, St. Pierre and Miquelon, on the American coast, and these make an exdfellent basis for her fishermen to swoop down upon the Newfoundland waters. Fights for bait, fights for fish, &c. have an almost yearly repitition, and bas all been occassioned by the careless drafting of the Treaty of Utrecht, in which certain fishing rights were accorded to the French, and now they claim which was never intended. Being settlers in one of the youngest of the colonies it may be of interest to remind our readers that Newfoundland is the oldest English colony. The island is the twelfth largest in the world and though the coast lines are settled little or nothing is known of the interior.

John Douglas, the Auckland land agent* has been sentenced at Auokland to five years' imprisonment. With regard to our illustrated supp'ement of a trip up the Wanganui River, we have heard that it was very much appreciated in Wanganui, and declared to be the best yet issued by any country paper. We are glad of it, as the expression of the pleasure derived from the trip was most sincere. Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a horse sale at Palmerston on Saturday. We believe our market gardener, Joe Tos, sends away close on four hundred sacks of produce a week. We wonder whether the poultry expert will pay this district a visit. There could not be a better soil for raising poultry on, being clean, dry and warm. Our hotelkeepers all paid a visit to Marton yesterday. The Empress of Germany last year par" chased at Lyons white silk, with flowers* birds, and foliage in relief, at £25 a yard, five-sixths of the price being the actual value of the raw silk. She intended to have a dress made of it, but it was so beautiful she used it for a curtain. This is believed to be th.c higheat-pnced silk goods ever made. Louis XIV. paid £12 a yard for the oloth-of gold material of whioh his dressing-gown was made. Last Monday in fines and costs 66 Syd,ney bookmakers contributed over £600 to the revenue for indulging ~in cash betting. The majority were fined £10 each. A few first offenders were fined £5. Aluminuim has almost entirely replaced tin in the manufacture of articles for the French army. Canteens, cups, cooking utensils, &0., made of aluminium alloys can, by means of stamping and spinning, be made entirely without soldered joints, and, however crushed and dented in service, can readily be hammered baok into shape. The Advocate says a valuable horse of Mr J. Bowater's, of Mount Stewart, died last week through look jaw, brought on by the strap of the coyer placed under its tail chafing it. A fine English mackerel, about 41b in weight, was caught with a hook and line at Nelson the other day. The delivery of letters to the House of Commons Post Office amounts to an average of between 7,000 and 10,000 daily. A celebrated bacteriologist says that a single germ could, under exceptionally favourable conditions, multiply in three days to 4772 billions, and make a mass • weighing 7500 tons. One of the prettiest wedding presents of the Empress of Russia was a magnificent birdcage, sent by a Yorkshire gentleman, who had been presented to her Majesty during her stay at Harrowgate prior to her marriage. It was designed by the Countess of Glelohen, and, in general form, was a model of St. Paul's Cathedral. It cost £1200. The Record Reign Committee meet tomorrow at 2 p.m. • The Railway Department has decided to run excursions during the Record Reign week at 2d and Id per mile for first and seoond class respectively, mileage counted one way only. Mr MoDermott, our new postmaster, arrived last night, and Mr Curtis and family leave for Lyttelton by train to-mor-row morning. All the local hotelkeepers had their licensee renewed for the ensuing year at the Licensing Committee meeting at Marton yesterday. Mr Alf Fraser has just to hand sixty new volumes for the Public Library. They are by good authors and strongly bound, and are much cheaper than those previously imported from Scotland. The famous Victory Sewing Machine is the latest and most perfeot of Sewing Machines. It is adapted for household and work-room use, and is capable of performing the most artistin fancy-work. The prices vary from six guineas, and any of the machines can be purchased on the easiest of time payments from the New Zealand Clothing Factory, the local agency. YOU CAN'T Have a cake and eat it too, but you can . have your meat and keep it in the warmest of weather by using " Salsaune," the great 1 good preservative.

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