Manawwatu Herald. TUESDAY, OCT. 12, 1897.

Manawatu Herald, 12 October 1897, Page 2

Manawwatu Herald. TUESDAY, OCT. 12, 1897.

Captain Bassell has named a filly of his 11 Ekaterini Passaropoulo," a chiefly name to pronounce and put upon the totalisator I He writes to the Referee to explain his reasons for the name, and says " I recognise to the full my responsibility to the public and prorap ly apologise} the more readily because so faf no surgeon or dentist has given me a commission for compelling the public to use a jawbreaker." A Palmerston contemporary, representing a people fond of overdrafts, enviously mentions that our popular Mayor has secured an overdraft for his Council at the trifling oost of five per oent. Last Saturday the polo season was opened at Mr Southey Baker's grounds at Awa> puni. Contractors are reminded that tender* for County works must be sent in to-morr-ow. At Sydney there are to appear soon the Macarte sisters, whom . Mr Bickards regards as three of the most beautiful women he has ever seen. Two of them hang by One leg on either side of the stage and hold in their mouths the end of a wire, on which the third performer dances and plays musical instruments. • General Wm. Anson McLeverty, vho commanded the troop? daring tho native disturbances in Now Zealand in 1847, and who repulfed the natives' attack on Wan.^ r;anui on July Is) of that year, i 3 de%d. Mr Bell does r.oHtJiend to 3eek re-elec-tion as U%JVt bl Wellington. That police officer who told Mr Tanner in Christchurch that "the state of the police forco dnring the l&st two or three yonra hag been such as to take the very heart out of a man who desire 9 to do his duty " seems to have hit the right nail on the head. The Premier Btill tells humorous stories of his experiences in London. On one occasion he hailed a cab, and having an important appointment at the Colonial Office, told the Jehu to drive as fast as possible. Arrived at a thronged crossing, the driver committed the heinous crime of disregarding the uplifted arm of a policeman warning him to halt. The bobby rushed over, seized the horse by the head, and asked, in stern tones, " Why do you disregard my signal ?" "Oh I've got the King of New Zealand on board," replied the Jarvy. •• Drive on," said the policeman. According to the Stage, Mark Twain'a daughter, who is said to have a very fine voice, will shortly appear professionally on the operatic stage and the ooncert platform. A firm of London merchants has written to Mr Freyburg (late Government timber expert) asking the price at which dried makomako berries could be supplied in London and Bordeaux. It is claimed that the colouring matter in these berries would be valuable in connection with wine making. A London correspondent writes on Aug. 20th— Mr and Mrs J. G. Wilson and their two daughters have been staying for some time at Kilmeny, near Hawiok, in Sootland. They go farther North immediately on a visit to Mr Wilson's brother at Guthrie Castle for the shooting season. They will come back to London at the beginning of "October, and intend to leave on the 22nd of ■ that month by the P. and 0. steamer on their return to New Zealand. It has been estimated from the stamp duties paid by patent medicine makers, that 4,000,000 pills are taken by the inhabitants of the United Kingdom every week. In France the quantity is about half. Only about 1,000,000 are taken by the people of Russia. The Australians are the biggest pill-takers in the world.