Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JAN. 8, 1898.

Manawatu Herald, 8 January 1898, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JAN. 8, 1898.

The Banger has stopped the fishermen on the river placing set nets anywhere except within a quarter of a mile of the mouth. The schooner Sir Henry sailed over the bar en Thursday evening bat got caught on a spit by the fishermen's oottages. She got off yesterday end is at the mill wharf today. She comes for a load of timber for Messrs Gamman & Co., and is said to draw only four feet of water. The Town Clerk notifies that Henry Bradcock has been appointed dog tax colleotcr. In the second test match Australia v. England, the former won by an innings and 55 runs. A. warrant has been issued charging Dr Orpen with the murder of the young woman Susan McCallum. Dr Orpen left Auckland by steamer directly after the death of the woman whom he had been attending and upon whom he is charged with having performed an illegal operation. It is to be hoped that all persons having codlin-moth infested fruit will have the wisdom to pick it and destroy it by boiling at once, or the district will be devastated. We had some idea once that our paternal government was taking this is hand, but they seem to have entirely neglected it. Fruit is likely to be scarce and therefore dear this season, thus it should pay fruit growers to pay more attention to their orchards. The Manawatu Daily Times has published an illustrated almanac, headed the Ranfurly Souvenir. It contains poi traits of His Excellency the Governor and Lady Ranfurly and of a daughter and a cod, also that of the private secretary. There are three views of Northland House, Dungannon, the seat of Lord Ranfurly in Ireland. At the sale of the Sunbeam on Thursday afternoon the tanks realised £8 each. The other items went for an old song. Mark Twain, on Australasian Governors, in bis new book: — When they are appointed, they come out from Englond, and get inaugurated, and give a ball, and help pray for rain, and get aboard ship and go back home, and so the Lieutenant- Governor has to do all the work. I was in Australasia three months and a half, and saw only one Governor, the others were at Home. A thistle eleven feet high is on view at the laboratory at the rear of the Government Buildings. This remarkable specimen came from the Marl borough district, not far from Blenheim. It is of the Californian variety. Tho Wairarapa Standard says the continued dry weather has had a bad effect on fruit in this district In some cases it has withered and fallen from the trees, and on the average the fruit is much smaller than hitherto. Of the 301 newly elected Mayors in Engladd and Wales, 145 are Conservatives, 31 are Liberal Unions, and 121 are Liberals. In seven cases the politics are not stated. The New York Herald's view on the , Chinese question is that Russia, Franco and Germany will each establish a monopoly, while England will open the ports. From the Manawatu Daily Times we take the following paragraph for which we are obliged. The Manawatu Herald is now being issued in an enlarged form, having eight columns, as against seven hitherto. The paper certainly presents a much improved appearance, and we congratulate the proprietor, Mr E. S. Thynne, on the progress the Herald ig making. In order that the paper shall be thoroughly popular witli all classes, Mr Thynne has reduced the price to Id, and his enterprise will no doubt be highly appreciated. We congratulate our contemporary upon this evidence of solid progress. A dastardly act was perpetrated on two racehorses at Whatawhata in the early hours of the morning of New Year's Day. ■ It appears that the two horses, Lifebuoy and Dorothy, were running together in an enclosure near their owner's residence. Someone got hold of both horses and blistered them badly, leaving them in a frightful state. The Pope, while declining direct intervention, will exert his influence to induce the German Reichstag Centre to acquiesce in the German Emperor's naval proposals.

The tallest of trees are to be found in the State forest of Victoria, Australia. They belong to tho eucalyptus family, and range from 307 ft to 500 ft in height.

Sir Andrew Clark, Agent-General of Victoria, has notified the authorities of the Imperial Institute that Victoria will no longer contribute ti the expenses of the Court. We have received the December number of Tarri's " Inventive Age." From a perusal of the same it would appear that an inventor would find it to his be3t interest to secure the services of G. G. Turri & Co. to patent his invention. The firm have done some very important work for the Victorian government in connection with theMacarthur-Forre3t Cyanide Patent. A copy can be obtained on application to them at their offioe, Melbourne. The way the nickname " Tommy Atkins " originated ia interesting. It was in the middle of the present century that a new method of keeping .accounts was issued to the army, and on the " pattern " sheet the name Thomas Atkins was chosen haphazard to show where a soldier who could not write (and there were many such then) was to place his mark. Out of this grew the habit of calling men who couldn't write Tommy Atkins ; but now the name is not confined to illiterates but is a synonym for a common soldier. According to an article in Pearson 1 * Magaane, there is more lunacy in Ireland than in Scotland, and more in Scotland than in England. The difference is only two per 10,000 between England and Sootland, bnt nine per 10,000 between England and Ireland. There are twenty lunatics per 10,000 in Surrey, but forty per 10,000 in Middlesex. London has seven large lunatic asylums, is building an eighth, and will loon cud » ninth.

The Standard say 3: — Among the cases set down for hearing at the Palmerston S.M. Court on Monday are the oro9s-actions, F. J. Hill v. A. Shearsby, claim £82, the value of the horse Calmarine or his return to the plaintiff, and A. Shearsby v. F. J; Hil', claim £43 18s 2d for training fees and incidental expenses. On the same day the case, A. Hall v. T. Scott, claim £60 4s, riding fees, is set down for decision.

Messrs Walsh and Howan have- secured the tender for supplying the Anchor Line of steamers with meat for the next sit months.

Mr Walls has for sale some fine peaches. They are from Mr G. Nye's orchard, and are Rriggs' Red May Peach. Mr Nye has had them ripe the last three weeks.

The steamer Mana was floated off the Patea bar on Wednesday morning's tide, with practically no damage. The London Tinned Ottawa correspondent says: A great sensation has been caußed by a pastoral issued by Archdeacon Cleary, ox Kingston, on Sunday week, (October 31st), declaring that any Roman Catholio in the diocese who enters a Protsßtant place of worship for the purpose of attending a wedding or a funeral " renders himself guilty of mortal sin by dishonouring the religion of his baptism, and defying the laws of Holy Church, and giving public scandal before society. We furthermore reserve to oaraelf alone power to absolve from this heinous fin.