Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, OCT. 11, 1898.

Manawatu Herald, 11 October 1898, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, OCT. 11, 1898.

Tenders for working the Shannon ferry must be at the County office tomorrow by noon. The rain on Sunday night and all day yesterday will be very much appreciated in the district. On our first page that old established drapery establishment, Te Aro House, has an advertisement which should catch the eye. "The proof of the pudding is in the eating," which proverb can be used to an advautage in much the same way with this establishment. At the Anglican Synod a discussion was started by Mr Powles as ta the manner of repeating the prayers by clergymen in a monotone, and also that the mnsic used be of a congregational character. The motion was lost on the voices. At the last meeting of the Wanganui School Committee a resolution was passed that it is highly desirable that book-keeping should be taught in the higher standards of our public schools. About the middle of next week Mrs Richard Gray intends holding a social for her pupils in town, and their parents and many friends have received invitations to be present. Messrs Gamman & Co's. schooner Whangaroa arrived at Sydney on Saturday morning. Thomas Sidey, licensee of the Levin Hotel, was fined £i last Tuesday, and his license endorsed for selling liquor on Sunday, 4th September. On the application of his solicitor, the fine was increased to £5 is, so that the case might be taken to the Court of Appeal. Messrs Gamman & Co. advertise the price of firewood at the mill at three shillings a load. The news about the Mapourika is anything but assuring, and fearing the worst, the work of dismantling the interior fittings is rapidly proceeding, and as these are very handsome and represent a considerable sum, such a precaution is aeceesary.

The Manawatu Times' Awahou correspondent says, Land still continues to change hands here, the latest to sell out being Mr A. Hart and R. A. Port. The former has sold his section io one of his neighbours — Mr W. Wickens— at £8 5s per acre, while Mr Port has parted with his property on Main-road to Mr Macfarlane? Hawera, at the substantial price of £11 per acre. On Wednesday last Miss Rosalia E. Rockstrow was married at Wanganui to Mr T. F. Waters. A detachment of Grenadier Guards on returning from the Soudan was enthusiastically welcomed in Southampton. Inspector Broham has withdrawn his resignation as officer in charge of the Canterbury police distict. Every German soldier carries a 40Z. religious book with the rest of his personal equipment. One thousand novels are published every year in London ; that is, two and a half a day. The Socialist Congress at Stuttgart has resolved to oppose the Emperor's threatened repressive legislation dealing with Socialism, and to uphold the right of workman to combine. Tramp: " Can you assist me along the road, mum ?" Lady of the House : " Personally, I cannot; but I will unchain my dog, md I feel quite sure that he will be most pleased to do so 1" Nearly three-quarters of a million rabbits have been despatched from the j Bluff in three steamers recently, and ' yet the local freezing works have not been nearly cleared of supplies. There are still large numbers in the several works, and it will not be possible to get rid of some of the rabbits until December. The Southland Frozen Meat works are becoming crowded with carcases of both mutton and rabbits. As an instance of what the up-river settlers have to contend wjth, the " Chronicle " was shown a letter from a well-known settler mentioning what they had to pay for goods in camp, inland of Raetihi — Flour, xoolb bag, 355, sugar, 401b bag, 18s; potatoes, cwt bag, 30s; and all small things much dearer in proportion. It is said that rustics, who live on a bread-and-milk diet nearly always have thick hair to an advanced age, while people who lunch and dine on meat rarely have thick hair after 25, The German Colonial Society petitioned Prince Hohenlohe (Chancellor) to prevent the British acquisition of Delagoa Bay. The Czar desires the Powers to send their military, naval and financial advisers to the Disarmament Conference. Charles Hockstron, while pig-hunt-ing in the Waitakerei ranges, found in a cave at Piha Bay the remains of 24 bodies. He brought some of the hair coarse and red, to town. The police suppose that the collection was deposited in the cave by the Maoris, as was their custom. The police are going to Piha Bay to bring in the remains. Among the attractions of the Paris Exhibition of 1900 is a large telescope, by means of which the moon will appear at a distance of about 38 miles. One sauce manufacturer in Dunedin uses fully 30 cwt of garlic per annum, and finds it necessary to import most of it. A northern hotelkeeper replied lately to a Sydney enquiry re prices to members of the Cycling Association : — " Ordinary charge for meals, 2s ; cyclists, 7s 6d." It takes eighty men to make a German doll. Each man makes a small portion of a doll, but it is the same little bit all the time, and about 1,000 dozen dolls can be made in a day in some of the big factories. After the men finish the body of the doll, the women's work begins. They paint faces, put on wigs, dress the dolls, and pack them for market. The sanitary authorities of Sutton (Surrey), have gone into the scent business in a sense other than the one usual with sanitary authorities. They produce oil of lavender on their sewage farm — a case of the rule of contraries. Yellow fever is raging in Louisiana, the State to the west of the mouth of the Mississipi river. The Governor of the adjoining State of Mississipi, at the opposite side of the river, has established strict quarantine. Towns are being deserted, and thousands of negroes are starving. A magnetic island has been discovered in the Pribylov Group in the Behring Sea. The highest hill, Ulakiya, appears to be the centre of magnetism. The volcanic rock is decidedly magnetic, and will move a compass needle when held near. It is supposed that all the islands there are more or less magnetic. According to Professor Chiene, the j president of the Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons, the cap used in the graduation ceremonials at the University of Edinburgh is made out of the seat of an old pair of trousers which belonged to George Buchanan, the celebrated tutor of James VI. of Scotland and I. of England ; while the cap at St. Andrew's University is made out of a pair of John Knox's trousers. At the wool sales the opening advance in merinos and fine crossbreds generally was lost. Low crossbreds are from par to $d below July rates. Faulty scoured pieces and locks are £d higher, but New Zealand scoured merinos are id lower. The total catalogued was 217,000 bales, of which Home buyers took 127,000, American none and Continental 77,000; 27,000 bales were sent forward, and it is expected that about 170,000 bales will be available for the November sales. Hot winds and drought are playing havoc with the cereals in the Western and Fiverina districts of New South Wales. The chief of the Agriculture Department, who is on a tour of inspection, says that previous estimates of the wheat yield will have to be largely reduced.

Geary, a London manufacturer of food extracts, has been fined £100 for having putrid liver in his possession. Mr Wragge, Queensland Government Meteorologist, forecasts very stormy and wet weather with high sea in Nev Zealand. The Sultan has borrowed £200,000 with which to buy jewellery for presentation to the Kaiser's suite on the comi:,* visit. Wl on the new aid stamp, showing the error in the spelling of the word " Wp.katipu," came to the colony, a genthman in Canterbury decided to I send nome samples to England, and in I order that they might be post-marked placed them on the outside of his letters. By a recent mail he has, however, been informed that the letters duly arrived into a private letter bag minus the stamps, and more strangely, perhaps, the post office have made no claim for insufficient postage or fine. The query is, where and how were the stamps removed ?