Manaivata Herald. THURSDAY, DEC. 16, 1897.

Manawatu Herald, 16 December 1897, Page 2

Manaivata Herald. THURSDAY, DEC. 16, 1897.

The State Schools olo°e to-morrow for the Christmas holidays — five weeks. We wish the teachers a pleasant holiday. The Town Clerk has a notice as to when the ten per cent, additional charge will be made on all outstanding rates. The magazine of the United mine at Charters Towers exploded, wreoking the engine house and a number of houses in the vioinity. The concussion broke the windows of hundreds of shop 3. Fortunately no one waa injured. This is how the Pott records the success of a couutry team :— The polo match at Miramar on Saturday resulted in the defeat of the Wellington Club by the Oroua Club. Mrs Chilley— " I see statistics show that 75 per cent, of male criminals are unmarried." Mr Chilley — " Winch shows how many men prefer prison to matiimony." And the ensuing silence was so deep that Mrs Chilley could hear herself reflect. Saya the Waimate Tinea of last week :— The ptrawberry season has, as usual, had a very disastrous effect on the school attendance. No fewer than 113 children were absent on Monday •• 6trawbprry picking " The truant officer (Constable Gough) hunted up those on whom attendance could be enforoed, while other steps were also taken in the way of eerv'ng notice*, but the only result up to yesterday was that the number of absentees was reduced to 106. It has been therefore decid-d to close the schoo' a w ek earlier than was intended — a vry wise course, we should say, for the school and the parents, and also for the strawberry growers. Mr McPherson retur-f d from the Palmerston Hospital at mid day to day. He appears to have thoroughly recovered from his recent illness. Some unpremeditated bits ot 'humour dropped from some of the speakers at the Trade Union Congress. The president assured the delegates that some people objected to an universal eight hour day j because it wa- " impossible for a domestic to have thre» shift-." Mr Pox, of the American delegation, 'a'kmg eloquently of the common ties of humanity, is credited with declaring that "a 1 flesh is skin, " though, pf rhaps, this sip was mere'y a trick of the reporters's ear. The secretary of the Domestc Servants' Union, pleading for Mary Jane being given the protection of the Compensation < ct, s»id "all servant girls shou'.d be embraced." What does Mary I Jane think on (bat point?

Commissioner Tunbridge is to visit the police stations in the North at an early date. The reason little matters but the pain caused by the bite of a mosqiiito is due to a fluid injected by the insect into the wound in ord r to make the b'ood thin enough to flow through the mosquito's throat. The Auckland fruitgrowers state that if the Orchard Pents Bill is passed the, industry in mhich they are now engaged will , colapae. Our enterprising townsman the pro* prietor of the " Ceture of Commerce '* has a new advertisement ii to-days issue. He ia evidently m a tuneful strain as he mentions that carols may be chanted ! " We purchase cheaper at Osborne's " *nd . that probably the, ' oe st aeeorcliona are on ««e at Ms ' establishments Not content with all this, Mr Oaborae offers a pritfe to whoever composes the music so that the well known words of his advertisement may come in gracefully. Yesterday, at Wellington, Amos Burr was committed for trial on charges of perjury and forgery Tenders are invited by the Borough for collecting the dog tax. The Town Clerk gives notice that Mr Bernard Spelman has been appointed Pmnd Keeper during the pleasure of the Council. Tomorrow Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a stock sale at L»vin, and on Saturday a horse sale at Palmerston when some good horses, the property of the Me?srs Pascal Bros, will be offered. Mr Bauckhani is building a flax punt for Captain Kemp. The pUnt is of white pine, 40 feet in length with 8 f«et beard and four feet in depth. The ends will be decked. She is calculated to carry 20 tons. Messrs C. C. Miles and Co. held their sale of Japanese work at the Hall yesterday afternoon, and in despite of a small attendance, the effec'3 of the late Pair being visible, they quitted a very large portion of their stock .at prices rather in favour of the < buyers. Mr Byron Brown was the auction- j eer. Mr Fred Eure has just imported from Chicago a new bicycle of the latest pattern and with all the latest improvements. It ° is called the " Rambler," and is enamelled in an olive green tint. It is geared to 70, i<« on a 26-inch frame, and the cranks are 7£ inches. One special feature in the ' make is the fea her-opring se it post which ' is made of the secondngrowth hickory and is in shape somewhat resembling a J, the ends of the wood being supported by steel D's to the frame. This enables the rider to save the vibration of a rough road. The machine has given Mr Eure every satisfaction and is evidently a high-class wheel. We may mention a 1 80 that the whee s have wooden rims with rosewood finish. , | Mr G. Langle.y, having secured the services of a first-class baker, is now prepared to make Xmas and New Year cakei to order. | Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminently powerful ] effect in Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, soaldings, bruises, sprains it is the safest remedy — no swellings— no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronohitia, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, &a., Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs. In use at all hospitals and medioal clinics ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned . with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all others. — [advt.T To The Deaf and those troubled with Noise? in the Head or other Aural Troubles. Dr Nicholson, of Londo t, the world famed Aural Specialist and mv ntor of Artificial Ear Drums, has jus issued the 100 th j edition of his illustrated and desoript ye book on Deafness and Aural Troubles. This book may be had fr >m Mr Colin Campbell, 160, Adelaide Road, Wellington, N.Z. Mr Campbell was cured of hi" deaf* ness by Dr Nicholson's system, and take 3' pleasure in spreading the news of the great specialist in New Zealand. A little hoook on the cure of Rheumatism Corpulence, Lumbago, and Indigestion by the «ame author may be had from Mr Campbell, also free.