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Manawatu Herald, 29 September 1898, Page 2

Mr Andresen has the walls of the new boatshed up and the floor down. The body of Christopher Columbus has been exhumed at Havana in the presence of General Blanco. Mr Thomas Nye is building a RobRoy canoe for himself, and a capital job he is making of it. Where his ex. plorations will take him to he is silent' The cottage Mr Alf. Fraser is having erected at the beach is boarded in and roofed, but the lining and flooring are tacked only to dry and then be relaid. In order to keep up the population of Madagascar, vigorous measures are to come into force with the beginning of next year. After that date every man of twenty-five years who is not a father of a child, whether legitimate or illegitimate,, will have to pay an annual tax of 15 francs, while single or childless young women over twenty* five years will have to pay half the amount. The Infanta Maria Teresa, one of Admiral Cervera's cruisers, driven ashore during the engagement off Santiago, has been re-floated. It is said in Wellington that a loca' firm received orders from Home for an immediate shipment, but they are unable to execute them until the end of November as all the flax-millers will be working for some time yet to fulful the heavy orders now on hand. The "Novoe Vremya" advises Russia, France and Germany to watch the British fleet at Taku. "Father what is a gutter-snipe?" asked a State School boy yesterday. We will not say why he wanted to know but the Century Dictionary says it means— a gatherer of rags and waste paper from gutters — a street child of the lowest class; a street Arab; a gamin. The late Mr Thomas Steele was buried at Tawa Flat on Tuesday. The Horowhenua Racing Club have a patron — not necessarily a saint, in fact an M.H.R., Mr John Stevens; they have also five Vice-Presidents, Mr John Davies is President and Mr Hector Davidson, Judge. How they love one another 1 President Kruger, bidding farewell to the Hon Mr Steyn, President ofthe Orange Free State, said he was glad that the Afrikanders of the Cape Colony had remained loyal to the flag which Mr Rhodes had'trodden into the mire.

Mr Frank Robinson was the only candidate nominated for the vacancy in the Manawatu County Council, and | has therefore been declared duly elected. Two years ago the Premier allowed Mr Fi iyberg (who was then Government Timber Expert) a short leave of | absence to collect specimens of New Zealatd barks, with a few to their I utilisruion. Since then Mr Freyberg I has l'cen experimenting upon them, with results that promise to benefit the coiony considerably, and he inform? us that one mountain variety from the West Coast has wonderful curative effects upon throat complaints. The supply is practically inexhaustible. Mr Freyberg is about to send some large samples to medical specialists in London, with a view to a thorough test in a more rigorous climate, and he thinks it may lead to the bark being placed in the British Pharmacopoeia, and so create another opening for our undeveloped resources. —Post. The passenger train on the Indianapolis and Nlucennes road was nearing Edwards Port on June 4th, when Engineer Dorsey saw a dog on the track acting in a strange manner. The engineer shut off steam, and as he drew nearer noticed the dog jumping up and down as if badly frightened. Just beyond the animal he saw an object lying between the rails, and the train was brought to a standstill within a few feet of it. The object proved to be an infant less than two years old, and as the engineer picked it up the dog barked and jumped upon him in an ecstacy of joy. The child was the daughter of a farmer living near the track. The little one had wandered away with the dog, and fallen asleep between the rails. The Colonial Secretary gave a very vague reply to Mr Piram's question today, when lie asked whether Mr Carroll intends to grant totalisator licenses to racing clubs which licensed bookmakers. The Colonial Secretary simply replied that on behalf of the public generally he was keeping a vigilant eye on racing clubs and racing generally. He did not want to interfere too close with the working of the racing clubs, but in this matter he was closely watching the trend of events. The personalty of Mr Wolff Joel, who was recently shot dead at Johannesburg, has been sworn at £123,665. Further news of Miss Ada Stansell state she is making rapid progress towards health and strength, and it is hoped she will be able to leave the hospital in a month's time. Mr Joseph Chamberlain (Secretary of State for the Colonies), speaking at Boston, said the federation of the Anglo-Saxon race was drawing near.