Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JAN. 18, 1898.

Manawatu Herald, 18 January 1898, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JAN. 18, 1898.

Mr Kure the Secretary of the Bowing Club invites, in this isaue. fresh tenders for an altered plan of a new boatshed. Tenders close at 1 6 p.m., on Thursday evening-. Four young lads siarted yesterday morning to camp on the beach. The weather was moat unfavourable for their start as i*. rained and blew. Not quite understanding tent erection, the wind during the night, (1. am) blew the tent down and they had the experience of " a night out " which was most unpleasant. The English press regards the courtmartial upon Count Esterhazy in connection with the Dreyfus case as a judicial farce. The Manchester members of the Employers' Federation are reopening thoir engineering works and engaging nonunionists upon the term 3 submitted by the masters' delegates at the late conference. A man who wishes to mkea an application to a London magistrate was carried into court by a policeman, he having neHh°r arms nor legs. The magistrate asked how he came by his affliction, and the unfort mate man said he was born so* He got bio living by making be .ding with his mouth. Oa Friday afternoon a death took p!aC3 at the premises of Mr Bulkley, dentist, of 91, Willis street, when Mrs" -innie Fophta Reading, of Levin, expired while under chloroform.. There seems to be a pretty general con<> sensua of opinion among those who are in a position to judge, says the Lyttelton Times that the present is the very worst season, from an agricultural point of view, that has been experienced in Canterbury since the settlement of the province. The Cologne lazette states that the lease and occupation of Eiao-chau by Germany have been broi ght about mainly with a view to the cxt.*nsiou of commerce. The journal adds that foreigners are not <o be excluded from the newly-acquired port. A groper caught at Sumner recently, upon being opened,, had no fewer than 30 young sharks, about Gin in length, in its stomach. Another fish of the same family weighing about 751 b, was found to have swallowed an enormous flounder, measuring nearly 18in. Messrs. Abraham and Williams hold a stock sale at Palmerston on Thursday. The Manawatu Times says on Thursday evening, as Mr and Mrs Garland and child were proceeding to their home at Levin in a gig, their conveyance was run into by a horseman. The collision threw Mr Garland's horse on its haunches, and a3 the animal fell the shafts broke, and Mrs Garland and her child were thrown out, both receiving a severe shaking. Mrs C. Wilson of Levin, was driving in a sulky behind Mr Garland.s conveyance when the accident happened, and the collision caused her horse to swerve., and both the child and herself were thrown out. Late at night the sulky was discovered smashed up in the bush at'Ohau. Mr Gower informs us that the thrushes have eaten all his cherry plums. They were indifferent as to whelher they were ripe or not. The man Reeves charged with the theft of a horse was brought up at the Wellington Magistrate's Court on Friday and remanded to the local court for next. Friday. The Bachelors of Oroua Bridge intend holding a picnic on Saturday. We trust they will have a fine day and that they will thoroughly enjoy theimelvas. We are obliged for tho invitation to join them. We regret to learn that Dr France, who has been ill for some time, is mentioned by the Post as being worse. Dr Franca is known ta many of the old settlers of this district and held in kindly remembrance. Purticulars of the fires in the Forty Mile Bush are not yet given, it having been impossible to ascertain facts. On Saturday night hopes for Pahiatua were bright, but since then the wind has risen. The rain last evening will, however, make matters far safer. We fear the loss and suffering will be great. With regard to the much wanted man O'Neill or Barrpn, we learn that early on Tuesday morning he was walking along the high road towards Sanson. On Tuesday night the police visited the homestead of Mr H. Hammond to enquire about him, yet that night O'Neill slept in one of the outbuildings and left on Wednesday. Mr Hammond did not connect the man at the time with the one that was " wanted." We notice by the Palmerston papers that Mr Robert Cobb's property, " Raukawa," is to be sold by auction by Messrs Abraham and Williams. The authorities hava received advice that Dr -Orpen did not arrive at 'Frisoo in the mail steamer. He must have landed at Apia or Honolulu and a further search for him i 3 being prosecuted. Or, as a rumour has it, Dr Orpen has never left Anckland. Mr Charles Capper, of Wellington, died suddenly on Sunday afternoon at Ashurst. The following telegram in reference to the above was received by the Coroner, Mr G. M. Snelson:— Mr C. E. Capper, of Wellington, on a visit to his brother here, d opped down dead yesterday evening. It is supposed that he was suffocated with smoke in trying to put out bush fires. His nephew, 14 years of age, was with him at the time. Dr Anson, of Wellington, had been treating him at the time for enlargement of the heart. On Sunday night Mrs T. W. McKenzie, of Wellington, died after a long illness. She was the wife of one of Wellington's earliest settler?, and a sister to Mrs G. M. Sne'son. Harvesting is in full operation in the Sandon district, says the Advocate. Though some crops are rather poor it is anticipated that the yield, both of oats and wlrat, will be quite up to the average. Mr A. Matthews has a very fine crop of baarded wheat on Mr Briscoe's place. A crop of wheat belonging to Mr D. Frater, at Parawanui, is said to be wor.h going a distance to see. It is estimated that it will yield 50 bushtls to the acre. The Premier had an enthusiastic rooeption at Reefton on Saturday night, and, of course, made a speech, in which he accused, as usual, the Opposition of oausing all delays. Our readers wM not forget that tomorrow night the Lumigraph will be exhibiud at the Public Hall. As we have Raid before the show should be worth witnessing for its up-to-date views of the Jubilee procession, the "films" for which we have inspected and so can say that there is no deception. There will be also singing by Miss Millie Richardson, who has been a member of some of the best theatrical companies, and conjuring by G. P. Hausmann, of well known repute.

Mr W. Nye brought us a fine ripe tomato the first from his crop thi3 year. He will Soon have plenty; The Standard dffioe at Paimerston had a narrow escape from fire on. Sunday morri; irig throttgh the ignition of a quAnlity 8f old packing Cases and other highly inflammable materials in a yard at the rear of the office. A heavy gale was blowing at the time, and the buildings stand c!osely adjacent all round. The timely and energttV action of the Fire Brigade alone aveitbl what mUst have proved a very destructive fite. $*be origin of the outbreak ia a mystery, but it is supposed to have resulted from the careless throwing down of an unex'inguished match. The high wind blowing, prevented the fireball being heard at any distance to windward. We congratulate our contemporary on the esoape. Sometime on Sunday, night Mr Walter Robinson's meat safe was visited and cleared. This should be a leader to those who are searching for a missing person. We have been informed by a resident who has friends, in Mangatainoki, that during the bush fires the settlers between Mangatainoki and Pahiatua were out off from connection with either townships and the only place of safety was on the main road, and on there, for a mile an a half, were to be seen staolca of furniture placed there as a precautionary measure. What is known as the Hawera school scandal was decided last night by the Wanganui Education Board, who pr*cti< cally upheld the Committee's finding. The Board considered the head teacher's action to be indiscreet and reprehensible, but in the face of the mental suffering he had borne for the last 15 months, and the fact of his having been censured by the Board already, it thought he had been sufficiently punished for his indiscretion. Mr Henry Coley has completed his contract of shifting the engines and plat.t from the Wirokino Mill to the property of ■ Mr H. Aid ridge, on the Avenue. Mr Bauckhatn yesterday afternoon removed the new punt he has finished from the town to the river, and got it afloat this morning. On Saturday the Mayor met Mr James Fulton, the engineer appointed by the Bororugh Council to prepare the plans and specifications of the Wirikino Bridge, at the ferry and assisted him in taking the necessary measurements. This prompt action will be considered very satisfactory by the ratepayers. 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 aooidents 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, &c, 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 ; orowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all others. — [advt.] To The Deaf and those troubled with Noise; in the Head or other Aural Troubles. Dr Nicholson, of London, the world famed Aural Specialist and inventor of Artificial Ear Drums, has just issued the 100 th edition of his illustrated and descriptive book on Deafness and Aural Troubles. This book may be had from Mr Colin Campbell, 160, Adelaide Road, Wellington, N.Z. Mr Campbell was cured of hi» deafness by Dr Nicholson's system, and takes pleasure in spreading the news of the great specialist in New Zealand. A little boook on the cure of Rheumatism. Corpulence, Lumbago, ani Indigestion by the same author may be had from Mr Campbellr also free.