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Manawatu Herald, 31 May 1898, Page 2

In a supplementary Gazette issued on Saturday we notice that Messrs Hector Davidson, of Kereru, and J. R. Stansell, of Foxton, have been made Justices of the Peace. The new list only contains the names of 142 more Justices. On Sunday evening a fire broke out in Government Housei Wellington, but on arrival of the brigade it was soon subdued. Some damage has been done by fire and water. What do the people expect to be the reason for this movement? The settlers residing between Victoria Valley and the North Cape are uneasy at the action ol the Austrian gumdiggers, who hold regular drills on Sundays. The Conference convened for the settlement of the international disputes between Canada and the United States has been opened. Sir Louis Davies represents Canada, and the United States Government is represented by Messri Foster and j Kasson,

The Wellington market quotation for potatoes is £6 10s per ton. The Premier of Japan proposes to increiuio the franchise four-folcL A London Cftblegram of 20th instant repcota about 100 tons of New Zealand hemp sold at £28. At Mr Pirftni's Palmerston meeting an elecbr asked if Mr Pirani would favour a me&iure giving to school committees the profit in connection with Ihe school excursions on the railways ? — Mr Pirani said he wou'd favour such a measure, because it was unfair to make the committee* liable for r.ny loss, but if thero was a profit the Government took it all. T -to Volksraad of the Orange Free State has ratified the Customs Convention entered into with the Cape and Natal, which provides for an increase of the duties on coal and coke of is Jet idOlb, a decrease in the duty on frozen beef of Id per lb, and a decrease in the duty on flour of 6d per lOO.b, You should think befdre ybu speak. A lamentable instance of not doing so is recorded at Mr Pirani's Palmerston meeting whea Mr J. G. Bush asked Mr Pirani if he was a " Liberal entire," and if he was in favour of a " feminine Tory," questions the member found impossible to elucidate. The Brooklyn Eagle says :— Manifest destiny dictates an alliance between England and America, and not until it has been made shall we begin to come into what is our own. There are but few distinctions, and there Should be no differences. We have heard from England, not officiary, but not less significantly on that account, and the echoes here have not been inharmonious. Time will do the rest. It is bscoming more and more apparent that if England and America light it will be for, instead of against, each oilier and against that which blocks the way to a higher civilisation." The Government have purehasad the Scarborough Estate, Mar'.borou-jb, consisting of 33,005 acres of fine Ja.-ul, ihe property of tbe late Mr Beaumont, who was drowned while journeying to Lvtto t:m some time ago. The price was jL'KU.OOo. It is to be cut up into small f anus. It is unlikely that the Tichb.;rn~ estates will be again claimed because tha Tichborne family have their special Act of Parliament, vesting tho estates in the present holder and his descendants in perpetuity. So with tho doat!) of Orton the curtain drops — finally. " I went in there a staunch Liberal," said a well-known farmer, indicating the Government Valuations Assessment Court sitting at Gore, " but I came out a red-hot Conservative." A number of the leading Maori chiefs from the Wairarapa were entertained by Admiral Pearson on board the' Eoyal Arthur on Saturday. They were very much surprised at the weapons of destruction. At a signal a launch was lowered, and with a target attached ran out about 400 yards from the ship, and, under direction of the officers, Mr Carroll sighted this object, then pressed a button. In a second a torpedo shell, expelled by air pressure from the ships side, splashed into the water, and so accurately had the measurement been made that it passed right beneath the object aimed at. The Maori visitors, were spellbound. In thanking the Admiral the Maori said, what he had seen had convinced him that the Maori people and the European people could live in these islands quite happy and undisturbed with their women and chi dren while they had ramparted round them such war canoes for their protection. The variety of titles bestowed on the Admiral by the Maoris at Papawai m?eting was rather amusing, as he was termed " chief of the war canoes," " fighting man of the sea," commander of the vasty deep," and " chief of the winged war bird," besides other metaphorical epithets. A prohibited pprson who appeared in the Court yesterday says the Chronic'-e admitted that he had been drunk last Saturday. When questioned by Segeant Ellison as to where he obtained his liquoi he stated that when carting sand from a pit he saw a black bottle in a bag. Under the impression that the bottle contained water he took a drink, and then discovered that tha water was beer 1 When he came back for another load he took another drink. He could not say how the beer got there. A bottle of water was always left there for the men working at the pit, but, by some inexplicable process, on this occassion the water was changed to beer — beer of such good quality that two drinks upset him, or possibly the prohibition order had had such a good effect on him that two drinks were sufficient to put him in that." enviable" state known as " three sheets in the wind." The steamer Nile, which is expected daily from We3tport, has had a rough experience in trying to reach here. After leaving Westport she had to take shelter at Karamea, as in crossing the bar the vessel put her fore stem under the water to the fore-rigging, completely flooding the decks. Sir W. Buller applied to the Wellington Supreme Court on Monday for a mandamus to compel the issue of a certificate of title to him of 11 acres in the Horowhenua Block, and also a title to Kr>mp, on which should be registered plaintiff's mortgages and leases. For the defence it was argued that the Act prevents any dealing with the land till the Land Court has made final order. Mrs Liddell offers for sale a number of first-class dairy cows. Messrs Abraham & Williams hold their usual stock sale on Thursday at Palmerston. Mr T. Easton is making good progress with the schoolroom at the rear of All Saints' Church. A first offender was yesterday brought before Mr Fraser, J.P., and charged with drunkennes 3 . He was convicted and discharged. Mr H. T. McCloskey has sold out his hwdressing and tobacconist business to Mr H. Bradcock. The German Government has purchased the Australian racehorse Carnage for 10,---000 guineas.

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 ju3t issued the 100 th edition of his illustrated and descriptive boolt on Deafness and Aural Troubles. This book may be had from Mr Colin Campbell, J.OO, Adelaide Road, Wellington, N.Z. Mr Campbell was cured of hi? deafness by Dr Nicholson's system, and takes pleasure in spreading the news df the great specialist in New fitealand. A little boook on the cure of ftheuraatisni Corpulence, Lumbago, and Indigestion by the same author may bo had from Mr Campbell, also free.