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Manawatu Herald, 3 September 1898, Page 2

To-morrow at v a.m., Archbishop Redwood opens the new church at Levin. As we pointed out a few issues ago that there were indications of the market for flax hardening the cablegram published elsewhere ([confirms our anticipations. Miss Murphy, the recently-appointed instructor in domestic economy under the Wanganui Education Board, arrived from Auckland on Tuesday, and will start the cooking classes next week.

TheWhangaroa arrived off the heads yesterday morning, and the Queen of the South corning up opportunely, a tow was obtained up to the wharf. We congratulate Captain Cozens on the p )od run he has had from Newcastl , , In rmother column will be found the offici d notification of the nominations for Councillors, TL-c aboriginal knows a thing or two now-.-d&ys. a man stole a sum of £8 from a Maori at the railway station after the Porirua races. To upset him the p isoner'g Counsel wanted to make out i *.at the prosecutor had had too much to drink, but he said that though " he was not a teetotaller, it did not do to drink on race days." If he had had perhaps he would not have been taking home £8. The accused was found guilty and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour. The next visit of Mr Bridge to Foxton is fixed for Tuesday, 27th instant. On Monday evening the Borough Council meets for the despatch of business. Those who purpose tendering for a lease of the reserve will bear in mind that tenders close at six o'clock on Monday evening, and that a deposit must accompany each aplication. Mr George Lamb, who has been clerk at the Bank of New Zealand for the past three years, having joined the staff at this branch, leaves for Wellington in a day or two. Whilst here Mr Lamb has always been most civil and obliging to the bank's customers, and they will .regret his departure. Master Warburton, step-son of the Rev. W. Woollass has secured the vacancy. . - To a stranger the town is bound to appear dull and rather deserted, except of an evening. This is so as every one is hard at work during the day, and the small farmers are putting in their early crops of potatoes and onions. Year by year the land around the town is getting better developed, and it is satisfactory to learn that it is iound to pay to crop, as this necessarily means the further employment of labour. Mr Walker who has just purchased a section in Jenk's street is about erecting a good-sized cottage thereon, which is indicative of coming events. The Reporting Debates Committee decided to recommend the Speaker to allow the Minister of Lands to publish a map in Hansard, which he appears exceedingly anxious to do. Most probably he will get his way, but what we desire to draw attention to is the remark of Mr Carson who urged that the result of the voting in committee was the result of intimidation of such a nature as was calculated to provoke a breach of the peace. Is this the pure invention of Mr Carson, or are there more " scenes " that need publicity ? The Wellington Education Board has adopted a scheme for the organisation of a system of drill in the public schools. It has been arranged to move the school at the Levin State Farm to a more central site. From inquiries we have made we do not think there is much likelihood of the Motoa Estate changing hands just at present. An extraordinary incident in natural history occurred the other day at Lake Takapuna, Auckland. A resident saw a shag swallow a fish. He immediately fired at the bird and killed it. It was at once cut open, and the fish, a carp, taken from the gizzard. After a short period of stupor the fish recovered. We were informed the other day that whilst in France a very ingenious method of catching fish was seen, which needed no fisher at the end of the line. It was a kind of water wheel of fine nets, which were revolved by a windmill, and the fish when caught were emptied into a shoot at the top of the wheel. This should do capitally for whitebait. The senior member for Christchurch (Mr Lewis) has a habit cf placing his hands in his pockets when addressing the House. Last evening he was standing in this attitude and was making great headway in his customary good-humoured way, when to the astonishment of the House the Premier , interrupted him and asked whether it was in order for a member to address the House with his hands in his pockets. Mr Lewis was quite equal to the occasion. " Since I became a member," he smartly retorted, l< I have been so accustomed to putting my hands in my pockets that it has become second nature to me." The Premier was sorry he had spoken. — Post. A new French machine called a menometer registers a man's willpower, and shows the intensity of his thought. The latest application of electricity for use aboard ships is a patent inclinometer, designed to register the exact roll or list to port or starboard of a vessel at sea or in harbour. Experiments are being made with a new paving material composed of bitumen,, cork, and certain other materials, subjected to a pressure of about 6oolb to the. inch. In addition to being nonslippery, noiseless, and non-absorbent, the new material requires no gravel sprinkled on it. The following paragraph from the Commercial Traveller, an English publication, is interesting: — "A big pillmanufacturing firm is just sending a gentleman who has been its advertising manager on a three years' trip to all quarters of the globe to push business. His instructions are that he is to visit every important town in every country, and, so to speak, plaster it with advertisements. Apart from the cost of advertising, which will be very heavy, owing to the lavish bid made for publicity, it is reckoned that the trip will cost from £10,000 to £12,000. In addition the advertising manager will receive the accumulations of a handsome salary on his return. According to the Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly, the New .Zealand 2£d " error " has been selling in London at is 6d each.

It must surely have been a vein of sarcasm that prompted a curateobliged to quit a parish owing to serious misunderstanding with his vicar —to take as the text of his farewell sermon, " Abide ye here with the ass." To consider this as simply an inadvertant selection Would require an endfmous elasticity of Christian charity. Yet this really occurred, and was related by a cleric at the Exeterhall May irteetings last year. A trade paper specially devoted to the interests of the begging fraternity is published in Paris. The Paris beggars number about 8,000. Their paper is entitled the " Bon Guide." It gives a complete list of the baptisms weddings, and funerals to take place on that day, so that they may be well posted as to the best places to pursue their callings. For begging-letter writers there is a list of the addresses, arrivals, and departure of persons of known charitable disposition. The paper is a mine of information to its readers. Stephen Walsh and William Aldridge, who were concerned in the Masterton jewellery robbery, were sentenced to four years and three years respectively. There were several previous convictions against them. This morning Messrs Thynne and Fraser J's P issued a prohibition order against Walter Alzdorf on the application of the police. Mr Archie Osborne his lately announced, by some very artistic cards the arrival of new tweeds and to-day he has a very fine show in his shop. To enable the public to have a better view of the patterns disposed of in his window, Mr Osborne has had a burner fcr the acetylene gas placed thete. We can recommend all who are after new suits to have a look at what has just been imported.