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Manawatu Herald, 30 August 1898, Page 2

The cable news from China reads I rather seriously.

By some well got-up circulars that are being printed, the public will soon j be informed which of our business men I 1 as taken a partner into his business, j Messrs Thos. Westwood & Co. an-noun-e that on account of their stockj taking they are reducing all lines of j crockery. They have also just receivc 1 two bales of paperhangings some of which are only fourpence a roll. Tl ) Waihi return for the past month is a record one. Six thousand eight ! hundred and twenty-one tons were I eras', sd for bullion valued at £23,449. The N.Z. Times understands that an action for seduction and breach of promise is to be brought on at the next sittings of the Supreme Court here. Both parties to the cause are residents of Wellington. The plaintiff claims £300 damages. Another case of seduction is to be tried at the same sittings, £600 being claimed by the plaintiff, who also resides in the city. The defendant belongs to Palmerston North. In the five and a-half years during which burials have taken place at Karori, Wellington has laid 3000 of its population to rest there. We are familiar (says a London paper) with the idea of bringing water from the Jordan for baptisms. At Westminster Abbey at Mr Gladstone's funeral earth from the Garden of Gethsemane was strewn on the coffin. It was the gift of an admirer, whose name, by his own desire, was not disclosed. That the earth is solid right to the centre, with the exception of lakes and reservoirs of molten matter below the crust, has been demonstrated by the recent researches of Lord Kelvin and other authorities. The Department of Justice has appointed Mrs Margaret Honv Sievwright to the vacancy on the Wuiapu Licensing Committee caused by the death of Mr E. F. Harris. The most valuable stamp in the world (says a philatelist) is the one cent magenta stamp of British Guiana, dated 1856. There is only one copy in existence, and it will cost you £1,000 if you are demented enough to desire to purchase it. ' George Coleman, alias Mr Garry the flaxmill buyer, was committed for trial on Saturday and released on bail of £100 and two sureties of £100 each. A Hawera potato grower tells me (" Winnower " in the Hawera Star) that he is trying raising on a new method. He lays the seed on the ground and covers it with stable manure. Soon the shoots came through, and then a little earth was put on top to keep the frost off. The potatoes have made rapid growth; much quicker than by setting the seed in the gronnd. The above method has been tried in New Plymouth, with the best results, prolific crops having been raised in a very short time. Mr T. F. Nolan was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Miss L. Simpson, of Sandon, in the Anglican Church, Sandon on Wednesday last. A gentleman who is visiting Hawke's Bay states that in the Argentine Republic there is a good demand for New Zealand stud sheep and purebred cattle. Lincoln rams which sell in New Zealand at three or four guineas would realise between 40 and 50 guineas in the Argentine. Professor Wilson, of Edinburgh University, has recently been appointed as hon. physician to Her Majesty the Queen. On the morning of his appointment he acquainted his pupils of the honour he had received by means of a blackboard in the laboratory thus : — " Prof. Wilson informs his students that he has this day been appointed Hon Phys. to the Queen." During his absence from the room one of the students, to the amusement of the class, added these few words : " God Save the Queen.".- The professor could not help laughing at the joke at his expense when he returned. The London correspondent ot the Dunedin Star says : — I met the Rev L. M. Isitt in town a couple of days ago looking very summery in a check suit, white vest, and straw hat. He was accompanied by Mrs Isitt, and certainly seemed in no particular need of the seven weeks' holiday which he promises himself in Cumberland, Ireland, where he is going salmon fishing, and possibly the Continent. Ever since the beginning of the year he has been hard at work, mainly in the North, on his temperance mission. The Paraekaretu Express : — The severity of the recent frosts is evidenced by the state of the native trees in Hunterville and vicinity. The leaves of tawa, matai, and other evergreens are withered. The trees themselves will probably survive the ordeal. The days are still bright, with frosty nights. The petition to the Government to purchase the Moutoa Estate, has been held over pending the decision of the parties to whom at the present time the estate is under option. In his attack on Mr Taylor on Thursday night Mr Fisher — intentionally or otherwise— led the House to believe that Mr Taylor's father had been a notorious drunkard, and had been sentenced to seven day's imprisonment for stealing beer. Mr Taylor did not at the time grasp the insinuation made, but yesterday afternoon he stated that his father had never been addicted to drink, and for the past 20 years had not touched a glass of alcoholic liquor of any kind, nor had he been convicted of any offence. The insinuation made was pure fiction. — Post A correspondent recently informed the St James's Gazette that " a wellknown nobleman of pronounced high Anglican tendencies" has made an offer to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral that with a view to avoiding a great scandal he will, if Mr Hooley's estate does not realise twenty shillings in the pound, hand to the trustees the amount of money which Mr Hooley paid for the magnificent gold communion plate which was presented to St, Paul's Cathedral.

The post offices at Pakihikura and Urnutoi, in the Wellington Postal district, have been closed. A telephone office has been opened at Dreyerton, and the telephone bureau at Phmmerton has been re-opened. Mr Langley has just imported a large and varied collection of lollies, some of which comprise almond toffee, strawberries, musk, smokers, Russia toffee, chocolate creams, and jellly pastiles ; he has also secured a very fine sample of biscuits, amongst them being wine, ginger nuts, fine tea, plain coffee, cracknells, milk, water, and digestive biscuits. He has thus every description to please the palates of his customers. We are very sorry to learn that Father Melu met with a painful acci- ' dent on Sunday evening while driving to Manakau, by which his leg was broken above the ancle. The next English and European mail via Vancouver will close at the local office on Wednesday, the 14th day of Sept., at 3 p.m. We understand that all arrangements have been made for a visit from the Rev. F. Isitt to this district. He will on Sunday, the 18th September, hold services in the Methodist Church, and on Monday will deliver a lecture either on " Fred Douglas," or " Some Heroes of the Reformation," and on Tuesday night he will give a prohibition lecture.