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Manawatu Herald, 5 April 1898, Page 2

The jury on the Levin fire returned a verdict that " We are of the opinion that Hamilton's store was set on fire on the morning of Sunday, Feb. 20ih last, how, or by whom, there is not sufficient evidence to show. A good deal of surprise has been expressed by the public on reading the report of the inqnest on Saturday, at the statements that no one noticed the wound on the deceased until after the razor had been found on the ground. The Wanganui Harbour Board by 5 to 3 carried the following resolution " That the estimated cost of dredging and the fact that the soundings in the river show a depth equal to that expected by Mr Reynolds in his report of 2nd February, 1894, the dredging be not proceeded with. The total sum which has been advanced under Advances to Settlers, amounts to £1,112,775. The sheep rates collected to the 31st March, 1897, amounted to £19,616, and the estimated expenses of the Department was £16,667. The question arises what becomes of the £3000 profit ? The total cost of the s.s. Tutanekai " up to her arrival in Wellington was £37,436. For distributing forms of claims for enrolment in the Manawatu Electoral District, R. Comyne received £2, and W. Hall £3 10s. The French steamship lines are now carrying pigeons to convey news from midocean. Services will be held every night this week (Pasaion week), at All Saints'. There will be services morning and evening on Pood Fridfc.7.

Mrs Noble, living with her husband near Manaia, was burned to death at noon on Thursday. It appears that her dress must have caught fire at a fireplace, and that she ran outside to call her nusband, who was working only 30 chains away. When the husband came home he found her burnt almost beyond recognition, lying on a heap of firewood at the back door, the whole burning vigorously. He caught up the remains and carried them inside the dwelling. The couple had only been married six months. At Nelson a oyolist had a strange experience a short time since^ A bewildered fowl rushed against the machine in such a way tbat it stuck its head through the spokes of the front wheel. The fowl was decapitated without the cyclist being so much as turned from his course. The clay our City Fathers have placed on the Main-street was considerably displaced on Saturday by the easterly wind, to the discomfort of all. It may be a capital improvement in time, but it appears to need time to become so. For Coughs and Colds Take Wood's Great Peppermint Cure. 1/6 and 2/6. A Rio de Janeiro inventor is reported to have devised a submarine photographic apparatus for use by divers. The operator has an incandescent electric lamp with a reflector fixed on his head-piece, and is provided with an ordinary camera enclosed in a rubber envelope having a glass front. Current for the lamp is supplied from the boat above, and pictures are taken by pressing buttons through the rubber covering. It is stated that objects in Bio de Janeiro Bay have been photographed under water by this means at a distance of ten or twelve feet as easily as in full daylight. Mr Mark Newth has successfully mar - keted his onions, which thiugh not grown on a large area, weighed three tons, which at the price of £5 10s a ton, has given him a satisfactory yield for his labour. Last Sunday was Pa'm Sunday, a day memorab!e in the Christian Church when crowds went out of Jerusalem aucl took with them branches of the pa'ms. The members of the Oroua polo team returned last week from the Tonrn:im«nt at Hastings, and speak highly of the p'rasure of the trip and the hospitality show.; them. We understand that the bank ; c ose on Thursday afternoon until ten o'c.ock on Wednesday morning. Bankers get a capital holiday. The funeral of tha 'ate T. F. Gibson was he.d on Su mlay afternoon, and a large number fol'owed tho hoarse to the cemetery. The Rey. Mr Wuo'lass conducted the service at the grave, aud t!ie hymn "The Sweet By-and-bye" was sung by thos« present. The Mayor and Councillors followed the chief mourners on foot. We noticed many Moutoa settlers, at one time the deceased's neighbours, also present. Mr E. P. Osborne carried out the undertaking duties in his usual careful manner. Fob Coughs ahd Colds Take Wood's Gkeat Peppeumimt Cure. 1/6 and 2/6 Notice of a Special Order is given to-day by the Borough Council. It is pleasing to learn that the Government auditor ran through the Borough accounts last night and reported that everything was correct. Applications for the position for town clerk are advertised to-day. Conditions can be seen at the Manawatu Herald office. To assist the Council Mr Thynne is acting as town clerk without salary. Certainly the mo3t 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, 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 climes ; 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.] , For Coughs and Colds Take Wood's Great Peppermint Cure. 1/6 and 2/6. To The Deaf and those troubled with Noise 3in the Head or other Aural Troubles. Dr Nicholson, of London, the. world famed Aural Specialist and inventor of Artificial Ear Drums, has juss 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, and Indigestion by the same author may be had from Mr Campbell, also free.