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Manawatu Herald, 20 October 1898, Page 2

Mr H. Coley invites tenders for scutching and pressing. Applications to be made to him.

Mr Blair, the Mayor of Wellington, has consented to stand again. This will make the show for Mr Fisher a very poor one.

The first pile for the extension of the Wellington wharf was driven on Monday afternoon.

There were impressive obsequies of the late Queen of Denmark at Roskilde Cathedral. The Czar, the Duke of York and the King of Greece and Sweden were present.

An t amendment by Bishop Bolter, permitting the re-marriage of those proved to be innocent in cases of divorce, has been carried by the American House of Bishops.

At the Opera House, Wellington, on Saturday night, Mr T. E. Taylor, M.H.R., was presented with a cheque for £210 and Mrs Taylor with a handsome gold brooch. It was also announced that one of the best American secretaries procurable would in addition be forwarded to. Mr Taylor.

Fully 30 boxes of competition butter have been received by the Secretary of the A. & P. Association, and forwarded to the Meat Export Company for cool storage till show time. About 15 additional boxes have been received in Wellington from Southern factories.

The Christchurch Chamber of Commerce has passed a resolution that as a profit of £74,000 was made by the Postal Department last year, and as an attempt is being made in Great Britain to establish a system of penny postage throughout the Empire, it is advisable that the rate for ordinary letters posted and delivered within New Zealand should be reduced to a penny.

The " Otaki Mail " says, we hear that Mr Tom Sidey has sold his interest in the Levin Hotel.

Tenders close to-morrow for the ploughing on the Motoa Estate.

Reports from the country districts in N.S. Wales where the heat is intense show that the crops are in a pitiful condition. The " Argus " states that the recent hot winds have reversed the promise of an abundant cereal crop, and shrivelled the tender ears just as they were coming out of the sheath in Victoria.

The whalers at Kaikoura have just ended a very fair season. During the twenty weeks they gave chase to ten whales, got fast to nine, and landed six. The captured animals yielded 17 tons oil and 7^cwt whalebone. The winter was unfavourable for whaling. Over 100 whales were seen to pass the Peninsula, but heavy seas prevented the crews from giving chase except on the ten occasions.

The American Peace Commissioners refuse to accept the sovereignty of Cuba, though they admit America is pledged to restore law, order and security. The Spanish representatives contend that America has established a veritable sovereignty, carrying full responsibility.

A Marton resident is constructing a plant for the manufacture of wood gas, which he says can be made for 2d per 1000 ft.

Mr H. Coley, who has been con" tinually annoyed by some evil-disposed person breaking the lock on the gate of the land he leases from the Council, he has now offered a reward of £5 to anyone who gives information that will lead to the conviction of the offender.

An extraordinary case of blindness happened on board the Royal mail steamer Cuzco during the last voyage of that vessel from London to Australia. A third-class passenger, named Patrick Honebery, aged about thirty years who joined the vessel at Plymouth, found his sight gradually growing weaker after leaving that port until he could hardly discern the rock of Gibraltar as that land mark was neared. The ship's doctor made an examination of the sufferer's eyes, but failed to discover the cause of sight failure. Upon the arrival of the vessel at Port Melbourne, a few days ago, Honebery, who is booked through to Sydney,- was unable to see a hand directly in front of him, although his eyes are apparently in a normal state.

Mr John Holmes is at present at Cork, his native place. He is referred to by the Cork Herald as " the chosen plenipotentiary of the Colony." The Cork Examiner says:— "Mr Holmes is one of the band of Irishmen who have taken a prominent part in bringing this young colony to a proud position in the commerce of the world. Mr Holmes is endowed with marked ability as a financier and commercial man." He will take his departure from Queenstown for America very shortly, and will continue in the United States his unremitting efforts on behalf of New Zealand trade and commerce.