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Manawatu Herald, 12 November 1898, Page 2

It was satisfactory that the local team won their first cricket match this season. A great deal of the success was due to the splendid wicket-keeping of Mr Stiles who was as smart as they make them now-a-days. The bowling was also good. If the team would only practise they would be a tough lot to beat. We understand that in a few days time the cottages at the beach will be ready for their tenants, and early applications should be made. On and after the first of next month the morning train on Mondays will leave Foxton at eight o'clock, landing visitors in Palmerston at 9.30, thus enabling them to be up in good time for business. For our light land the continual showers have been anything but harmful to the growth of plants. Mr Willian Nye has a nice frame full of cucumbers, one he cut nearly a week ago. He has also a grand lot of tomatoes planted out. The British coast forts and foreign stations have been provisioned for many months. Lieutenant-General Sir F. E. W. Forester- Walker, in command at Devonport, is mobilising the whole of the troops of the western district of England. The average person wears nearly 141 b. of clothing. In a square inch of the human scalp the hairs nnmber adout 1,000. The Wanganui flour mill, owned by Mr James Duigan, was destroyed by fire early on Wednesday morning. The building, plant and stock were completely destroyed. The cruiser Maria Teresa, which fell into the hands of the Americans after the battle of Santiago lies stranded at Cat Island, in the Bahama Group. The statement regarding the enormous dimensions of an eel recently caught in the Argyle dam, having been doubtfully received, the Charleston Herald states that the measurement 15ft ioiin, is perfectly correct, and that the skin which has been cleaned, is now on view at the j Herald office. The teeth of the fish numbered 14, and the smallest was an inch long. Such a monster, it is said, had never been caught in Ne%v j Zealand waters before. A warehouse in Paris has been built with glass floors. The initial cost is j considerable more money than that of ! the ordinary floor, but, in view of the fact that toughened glass is so much more durable than wood, the experiment is likely to prove cheaper in the end. "Johnnie," said his father. " I am surprised to hear that you have dared to dispute with your mother.". " But she was wrong pa," replied Johnnie. " That has nothing to do with it," said the old man ; " you might just as well profit by my experience, and learn once for all that when a woman says a thing is so, it is so, whether it is so or not." Tenders for the carting and suppling of gravel for the Borough are invited.

A machine has been invented which makes 30,000 corkscrews every day. The '• Daily Chronicle" states that the who! 3 naval power of Great Britain is well-::igh upon a war footing. The ! cal Tennis Club are about to have a .-.'led erected on their ground. There* is a flood in the. river. It began r ;ing at the Wirikino ferry or Thursd :y night. The thunderstor. we ha! on Thursday morning was experic ;ced on the other side of the range accompanied by a deluge of rain. Messrs Abraham and Williams next stock sale at Palmerston will be held on Friday. The preparations now being made by the British Government exceeds the cost of the late expedition to the Soudan. India has adopted the Imperial penny postage scheme. A horse will eat in a year 9 times his own weight, a cow 9 times, an ox 6 times, and a sheep 6 times. The toll on an ordinary ship passing through the Suez Canal averages about /800. The distance is 62 miles. The Novosti fears that Great Britain and Turkey intend joining the Triple Alliance. The Admirals have directed the Turkish Governor to depart from Crete and have lowered the Turkish flag. Through a pneumatic tube 700 miles in length letters are whirled between Paris and Berlin at the speed of 20 miles a minute. The Rev. W. Woollass will conduct a epecial service in the Methodist Church to-morrow night, and Mrs Woollass will sing by request the solo from Sankey's " Some Tim". We'll Understand." We have to thank Mr Watt, secretary for the M. A. and P. Association, for a complimentary ticket for the Show next week. We understand that the claim for the insurance on the life of the laic Mrs Border has been settled. Mr Border expresses himself as entirely satisfied with the manner in which the claim was treated by the Citizens' Life Assurance Coy. Mrs Border's life was only insured some 10 weeks before her death. Mr H. Gifford Moore, of Palmerston North, has been acting for Mr Border in the matter. The N.Z. Times "writing on coming Cabinet changes says : — Again, it is very freely said that for family and other reasons the Hon Thomas Thompson will probable also retire from the Ministry in the course of a few months. Mr Thompson's warmest friend would hardly say that his withdrawal would weaken the Cabinet ; for it is difficult to imagine any other member of the House proving such a blank, colourless, negation of a Minister as he has been. The largest sum ever asked or offered for a single diamond is £438,000, which the Nizam of Hyderabad agreed to give Mr Jacobs, the famous jeweller, of Simla, for the " Imperial " diamond, which is considered the finest stone in the world. A trial of the apparatus invented by Mr Gillman, chemist, of Onehunga, Auckland, for dressing flax, and which was favourable reported to the Government by Messrs R. Duncan (Chief Inspector of Machinery), R. Gardner, and Rutherford, the Flax Bonus Commissioners, is to take place at Wellington next week. The machine is being made at Robertson's Foundry, in accordance with the inventor's plans, and under the directions of the Chief Inspector of Machinery. The trial is to be held at Mr Toogood's flaxmill and «at the same time a patent flax washer, invented by Mr Toogood, will also be tested. Notice is given that all rates due to the Borough not paid by the 10th of December will be charged with an additional ten per cent. Nominations for the Office of Mayor must be delivered to the Returning Office by the 21st November. We are in receipt of a very fine sample of new potatoes grown by Mr Richard Gray, for which we are obliged. We are glad to see the local growers being ready to take advantage of the high prices ruling. On Monday our popular postmaster, Mr McDermott, takes a month's leave, and purposes travelling up the Wanganui River to Auckland. Mr Levy relieves him. Mr Andrew Jonson wishes us to mention that owing to next Wednesbeing Show day there will be no picnic at the Sanatorium. Owing to the Ohau being unfordable there will be no service at St. Mary's Church to-morrow. It has been decided to repeat the comedy of "My Mother-in-law." The piece, as we have said previously, is well worth seeing, the acting being above the average, but we fear the night chosen is too close to the Show holiday.