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Manawatu Herald, 5 November 1898, Page 2

The Borough Council meets on Monday evening. Messrs John Holmes & Co. report that the late season's stocks of cheese are completely exhausted, which reflects itself "in the prices now obtainable—Prime loaf is worth s*d, medium 4<{d to sd ; large 4^d. The new seasons make is scarcely ready for the market. In reply to Mr Pirani in the discussion in Supply on the Police Department, the Premier said»he believed at one time this constable (Gillespie) had suffered an injustice, but that had been remedied. It was understood, when Constable Gillespie was moved to Wellington, that as soon as there was a suitable place for him he would be placed in charge of a station. It was not considered right to separate him from his family or to send him away without an allowance, when they believed he was entitled to consideration. Some unpleasantness has been caused locally by the suggestion that bull beef had been slain for consumption, but in France the view is very different, as in a recent exchange we notice that delicacy is regularly quoted with other kinds of beef in Paris. Thus beef (ox) the first quality is quoted at 3s gd to 3s lid a stone; beef (cow) at same price ; beef (bull) at 3s to 3s 2d. So that the latter article does not rule so very low in value. Colonel Kitchener, the Sirdar's brother, has been appointed Governor of Khartoum*

An advertiser wants a stripper keeper for a mill at Masterton.

Two clerks engaged in a foundry at Deptfor.l, England, have recovered from M iskellyne the offer of £500 for product ig a correct imitation of his notabl ■;• box trick.

"Joins," said the master, " to what commercial uses are sheep put?" Jones gabbled off an apt and satisfactory reply. " Next boy — what is the us; of its fleece ?" " Blessed if I know,'" answered the unregenerate one, as he scratched viciously at his leg, "but pa says, he thinks they're intended to develop the resources of the English language."

The Egyptian Government intends to spend £300,000 in the construction of a railway from the Atbara river to Khartoum.

It takes an expenditure of nearly £4,000 to carry a vessel like the Majestic across the Atlantic.

There are more theatres in proportion to its population in Italy than elsewhere in the world.

The Episcopalian Church of America is raising a fund of £4,000,000 as a twentieth century thanks offering.

The Emperor of Austria has decorated Nurse Hochegger, who is now recovering from the plague, caught while nursing Dr Pech and other victims.

The Hon. W. P. Schreiner, the Premier, has proposed that Cape Colony should annually contribute £30,000 to the Imperial Navy.

Mr E. T. Hooley continues to make revelations in his bankruptcy examination. He describes singular dealings with Sir William Marrott, Lord Ashburton, Lord Churchill and Sir Blundell Maple. Mr Hooley says he paid £11,000 to secure admission, to the Carlton Club, and he states'-' that his secretaries without orders .destroyed a number of books, and he insinuates that their object was to conceal misappropriations.

During the storm on Sunday evening at New Plymouth, Mr Riley, on the Carrington Road, had one of his cows killed hy lightning. The animal was apparently struck on the hindquarters, and the current then passed along the body, taking the jaw and tongue away. A tree standing close by was also struck and the ground for about ten feet rooted up. It is also reported that a number pheasants in different parts of the districts have been killed.

A bonus of is per gallon" (£5000) is to be offered by the Government on the first 100,000 gallons of mineral oil producad from shale obtained in New Zealand, the product to be of approved quality and sold at a price not exceeding is a gallon at any port of shipment. Claims must be made before June 30th, 1900.

Those persons who knew that potatoes would never reach a price will be much astonished at learning that Messrs John Holmes & Co. report, " Old potatoes are now quoted from £9 10s to £10 ex store with a good enquiry. The market however is pretty well bare. The new seasons have not yet come in to any considerable extent and prices to-day (3rd Nov.) are nominally £11 to £13 per ton.

The election of a representative for Tuapeka, in place of the late Hon. W. J. M. Larnach, resulted in the return of Mr Rawlins, the Opposition candidate. The result of the voting was as follows: — Rawlins, 11 18; Ramsay, 844; Gilkison, 504 ; Symes, 296 ; Sim, 14.

The Shikishima, a new Japanese warship, has been launched in London. The Shikishima is a vessel of the type of H.M-S. Majestic, though of greater displacement. She is 400 feet long, with a breadth of 75ft sm, and mean draught of 27ft 3m, and normal displacement of 14,850 tons. She carries four 12-inch 49»ton guns, 14 quickfiring 6-inch guns carried on the broadside, and 12 12-pounder quick-firing guns.

The owners of the local steamers suggested to the Railway Traffic Manager that he should run an excursion to the beach from Palmerston, on Wednesday next, and word has been received from him that unfortunately he cannot comply with their wishes as there would be only covered trucks available and these would not be appreceated for the return in the evening. Quite right too.

There are under the ocean, spreading to almost every civilised part of the world, no fewer that 1,167 submarine telegraph cables, having a total length of 142,790 nautical miles, and representing a capital of nearly £40,000,000. Nearly all these cables have been manufactured at factories on the banks of the Thames.

The Board of Trade, after inquiry into the burning of the ship Hollinswood, found that the fire was due to spontaneous combustion of the hides forming part of the cargo.

Veneer-cutting has reached such perfection that a single elephant's tusk, 3oin long, is now cut in London into a sheet of ivory 150 m long and 2oin wide, and some sheets of rosewood and mahogany are only about a fifteenth of an inch thick.

The phonendoscope, a new invention conveys to the physician the sounds made by any internal organ, and enables him to decide whether it is healthy or not.

The great' fault of the well-to-do-people in our land is that of eating too much. Let them follow Sidney Smith's advice to eat and drink onehalf of what they do eat and drink, and the medical profession, like Othello would find their " occupation gone," or nearly so. Whole meal bread, eggs, milk, and abundance of ripe fruit, will lengthen a man's days.

Italy has deposed the Sultan of Raheita for rebelling, and he has fled to Obok.

• A well-knows Taieri farmer disposed of 40 tons of potatoes last week at the highly satisfactory price of over £8 per ton.

Time alters everything. To-day is Guy Fawke's Day, which used to be celebrated in a very energetic manner in the Old Country.

The world is well connected together. The last season's apples are no sooner consumed than this year's crop comes in from America. To-day Mr Joe Tos has a splendid lot of apples from San Francisco.

In another column it is announced that the p.s. Nile will make trips to the beach on Wednesday next, the first boat starting at 9.30 a.m. This should be well patronised, especially if the weather is like it is to-day.

The Parsonage Trustees of the Primitive Methodist Church have concluded the purchase of half-an acre of land and dwelling on the Norbiton Road at present in the occupation of the Rev W. Woollass.

At the ordinary meeting "of the School Committee last night a vote was given for Mrs Mellsop, of Palmerston, as a member of the Board. The Head Master was asked and consented to get up a school concert in aid of the school funds at the end of the year.

The services at the Primitive Methodist Church to-morrow will be of more than usual interest as they celebrate the annual anniversary of their Sunday School. The children will sing at all the services, and the Rev Richard Hall of Wellington, well-known as a powerful preacher, will conduct the services. Mr £. Osborne as conductor, and the senior members of the Sunday School have been practising for some time, and therefore the music will be out of the ordinary run. The Church and Schoolroom will be thrown into one, so that there will be ample room for the large congregation expected. The annual meeting will be held on Monday night and the picnic next Wednesday.

A preliminary inquiry was held by the Collector of Customs from Wanganui at the Court-house this morning into the striking of Ihe Whangaroa on a rock at Kapiti.

A gentleman was one day haying a walk down a lane with a gun in his hand to see what he could shoot. While he was going down he met a little schoolboy, and said to him : — •' Is there anything to shoot down here, my little boy?" •'Yes," said the boy, "There's the schoolmaster coming over the hill."

A young man named William Currie was arrested to day for stealing a pair ot boots from a native woman. He was to be charged before the Justices this afternoon.

Without the express consent of his wife, no married Austrian subject can procure a passport for journeying beyond the frontier.

The folly of fighting for heavy damages after defendant has offered a reasonable compromise was instanced in the action of Mrs Williams, widow of Dr Williams, against a Melbourne chemist. Dr Williams, a notorious morphia maniac and cocainist was supplied- by the chemiot's assistant with atropine iv mistake for morphia. The negligence was admitted. Dr Williams injected a dose of one of the drugs into his arm, and died — from atropine poisoning, as the widow alleged. The chemist offered her £400 in settlement of the claim. She prefered to go in for £3,000 damages. The medical evidence was not clear as to the actual cause of the doctor's death, the symptoms being consistent with cocaine posioning. The jury found for defendant, with costs, and the comely lady went sadly home to think about it.

Rather Practical. — " Have you never met a man whose touch seeired to thrill every fibre of your being, Miss Maitland?" "Yes, once." "Who was it ?" ." The dentist."

The largest kitchen in the world is in that great Parisian store, the Bon Marche, which has 4,000 employees.

In the main hall of the Shah's palace at Teheran, there is a carpet woven in one piece, which has been in use for 200 years.

A curious experiment has been tried in Berlin to discover how fast the military shoemaker could work in case ofwar. A kind of general rehersal was held to which 1200 shoemakers were bidden. They were installed in the workshops of the Ist Artillery Regiment. The trial lasted a month, without a moment off. The shoemakers were divided into two bodies, one for day and the other for night work. They had in attendance forty workmen, ready to prepair the machines in case of any temporary breakdown. During the four weeks the 1200 shoemakers produced by working day and night, the respectable total of 2500 pairs of boots per diem.