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Manawatu Herald, 15 February 1898, Page 2

To-morrow a soc'ai will y e given to the P.ev. S. fcameti at Shannon. A harvest fes'iv»- will be held at All Saints Church nest Sunday. YesWday the Queen of the South left the wharf an 1 crossed the bar to tow the Whangaroa ino the river. Having put hfr on her wny the Queen then left for Wellington. The dale of the New Zealand Polo tou namrn at Hr.s'Jnga has been fixed for 21 t March. We congratulate M Roberf Young, the eldost son of the Bev. R. Yourg, on having pv=sed «t Hir\' din the n ce^ary examination to qualify h m as a dentist. Wo regret to karn that two persona are hawking apples about the town c hip for sale, i-. freed witn codlin moth. The purchasers can Lave very little regard for their neighbours. The Government oandHafc' for the Wellington "eat lies at prpsent in th» ch ioa of eithor Msssra R. 0. Kirk, A. H. Hindmarsb, or D. McLaren. To-day the trial of Pbilpott for the Silvers! ream murder was to have been commenced. Mr Jsllicoe appears for the aocu-ed. The Queen of the South has secured the contract, for conveying ihe cy'inders and the ironwork for the Fitzhe.btrt bridge from Wellington to Foxton. We have all heard of the heat in Au3* , tralia, hot it may be n»ws that the wra'h r it wonderfully changeable falling nearly 30 to 40 deg:eis in a day. Our cheap money scheme does not appear to he a great pucce°s, as we know of money being withdrawn from she colony for investment in Eng'and at, five per oent , which can be obtained easier and the security better than can be got here. In the cr'cket ma'ch, New South Wales v. England, the colonials won by 239 runs. The Oroua Polo team defeated the Rangitikei team by 5 goals to 2. Mr Duthia addressed a meeting of those favourable to his election in Thomas* Hall on Friday night. At the end of every year the Paris police bu n all the bioks, pictures and documents of a lioentious character seiz.d by them in the course of the year. An Industrial and Mining Exhibition is to be held in Auckland on l-<t December nnd to close on 31st January. Anyone interested in the matter cm see a copy of tb^ general rales for the exhibition at this office. When in Wellington last week we met Mr Pulton who informed us that the plan and estimates for the Wirikino bridge would bo forwarded to the Mayor at the of thi3 week. In Mr Judd'a fern shop in Cuba street, Wellington, i* to bo Rprn a splendid specimen of the Todm Superla fern, comnv-n'y known its the Prince of Wt'^a feather Mr Judd get* ihu young ferns from the country at <h« back of Cambridge. On Saturdav Messrs Westwood, Walsh, Rhodes and Nye travelled to L<?vin as a d*pu ation to the Horowhenna County , Council re the Wirikino bridge The Mayor, M Stansell, met the deputation a'. L«via. The Counoil apopa i ed favourable to the erec.ion of the bridge and appoin'ed the members of the Wirikino Riding *n arrange a special d>B riot that will be interested in the bridge. The members at «> to wait on the Manawatu County Council in March. " Even if liquor was brought from a other plac? and drunk with a landlord on licensed premises, it convitutns an offence," said Mr K*>nny whilst givi g judgment in the Mpgistraie Court in the Te Aro Hotel Sunday-trading case. Thd British press is indignant at 'he pertinacy of French aggression on the Nile and Upper Nile.

An official report pub ished slate3 that all the aiai3 captured during the Indian frontier campaign, with the exception of 15, had been stolen from the Indian stores and regimentsi • A shocking accident happened at Hawera on Friday, Dav'd Knight, a livery stab e-kfleper, and a well known old settler, w s run into by the express train at a crossing a short distance from tho town. His horse was killed and the trap smashed to splinters. Knight is not fatally injured, but is very badly hurt The place where the accident happened is a crossing at the bottom of the hill, and though he heard a train whistle he could not pull up in time. i During a fire in a bonded warehouse at Pittsburg 2000 barrels of wbi«ky exploded. The wa'ls were demolished and six persons perished. It has recently been discovered that a piece of ground 20 acres in extent, near East Tokomaru, 12 miles north of Wanganui, has beau torn and rent in all directions by the earthquake experienced about two months ago. Many of the openings are ten or twelve feet across. Strong fumes of sulphur are issuing from the rents. It is officially announced that Russia has withdrawn her support to the nomination of Prince George of Greece as Governor of Crete, and announced that she will not be responsible for the consequences. ■ Turkey pays a million of the Greek indemnity to Russia the payment being a portion of the indemnity she owes that Power. Certainly the most effective mediome 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, burn?, 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, Ac, I Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organd. In use at all hospitals and medical clinics ; patronised by Hia Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all others.— [advt.l To The Deaf and those troubled with Noise? in the Head or other Aurr 1 Troubles. Dr Nicholson, of London, the world famed Aural Specialist and inventor of Artificial Ear Drums, has jus'. isßued the 100th 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 rnroading the news of the great specialist ii New Zealand. A little boook on the cure of Rheumatism Corpulence, Lumbago, and Indigestion by the same author may be bad from Mr Campbell, ! also free.