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Manawatu Herald, 17 February 1898, Page 2

At the last meeting of the Education Board the resignation of Lionel! Stansell was aocepted, and it waß also decided to forward to the Foxton Committee the names of the members of the C ard who voted on the Strack inquiry as asked for. Messrs Pirani, Lethbrid-'eand Pry were the only ones who did not take part. All attempts to raise the s.s. Tasmania, wrecked at Mahia, have be v abandoned hy the Napier syndicate which proposed , to undertake the work. It has been computed by geogrnphars that if the sea were emptied of it* waters and all the rivers of the earth were to pour their present floods into the vacant space, a'lowing nothing for evaporation, 40,000 yrars would be requ'red to bring the water of the ocean up to its present level. An old beg<*nr, who used to fr*quent the doors of on>> of fhe principal churches of Borne, died la'ely. He was found to be possessed of £37,000, which he bad left by a properly drawn -up will <o his three chidren, who were completely ignorant of their father's wealth. Five Salvationists were recently sentenced to a term of imprisonment for speaking in the open air at Great Marlow. On their release from prison the streets were lined with spectators, who gave them ' an *mthoßiastio we'eomo. Two Old men, ] aged sixty-seven and fifty-seven respec- 1 tivtlj, were among the prisoner!.

It is gratifying to observe the increased interest in civic matter* shown by members of the peerage, three noble Lords having been elected ta tie Mayoralty. The Mayor of Eastbourne is the Duke of Devonshire, the Mayor of Huntingdon is the Earl of Sandwich, and the Mayor of Monmouth is Lord Llangattock. The Rev. A. F. Winnington- Ingrain, the Rector of St. Matthews, Be'hnal Green, and who was offered the Bishopric of Wellington before the appointment of Bishop Wallis", has been appointed Canon of St. Paul's, London. He belongs to the High Church party commonly known as Ritualists. Tbere is a widespread revival of clandestine prize-fighting in England. The London Gazelle of January 4th announces t_?t Amatangaland, South Africa, has been annexed to Zululand, and that fo lowing tbis Zu'uland has been annexed to the colony of Natal. Mr H. Co'ey is offering a reward for the detection of the person who maliciously breaks the lock on the gate on the Target Res rye. The advertiser has been put to considerable expense in poundage fees on more than one occasion through the pract:ce of fome rnisonievious person, and as the mat-er has also bepn paced in the hands of the police, the culprit whoever he may bs had better take warning. Messrs Abraham and Williams hofd a stock sa'e at Palmerston on Saturday. The Prince Victor Dhujeep Singh, elder son of tho late Maharajah Dhnh en Singh wa? married on January 4th at St. Peter's, Baton Bqimre, L ndon, to Lady Ann Coventry, younger daughter of the Earl of Coventry. . A great effort is b ing* made to get the Westminster Roman Catholic Cathedral finished in time to allow its opening to t ke place in Septcrab r 1900, the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England.