Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JAN. 5, 1899.

Manawatu Herald, 5 January 1899, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JAN. 5, 1899.

The Manawatu Herald will not be published on Saturday next. Advertisers will please note. We are sorry to record the death of Walter Herbert Thynne, which occurred at his parent's residence last evening, after a short and painless illness. The funeral is arranged for Saturday afternoon. There will be Mass at Foxton next Sunday at n o'clock. There are over 80,000 men in New Zealand capable of forming a militia should the need arise. While engaged in a game of cricket at the picnic at Sandon on New Year's Day, Mr John Cobbe had the misfortune to receive a severe stroke from a cricket ball which broke his nose. The trial of Supt. Smith's apparatus for life-saving in case of fire, which took place at Christchurch at the Cafe de Paris, attracted a very large number of spectators, the street being" filled. The apparatus may be briefly described as a ladder outside a sliding sheet, the ladder being for the purpose I of enabling firemen to assist in the escape of persons from a fire on the alarm being given. The apparatus was given the severest trial possible, as it was fixed over a parapet. Several young ladies belonging to the Cafe successfully negotiated the descent amidst the cheers of the crowd. Mr Burke, it may be noted, intends to have two of the apparatus fixed, one in front of the hotel, and the other in the right-of-way. Supt. Smith is to be congratulated on the success attendant on the trial, and there is no doubt had such an apparatus been available at the Royal Oak fire no loss of life need have taken place. Notice is given in another column by the town clerk that 10 per cent, will be charged on all rates unpaid on Monday, January 9th. The lawn tennis championship tournament will next year be held at Palmerston North. It is expected that the entries will be even more numerous than they were this year. Mr Lamb, oi Lamb, Parker and Co., Auckland, have received instructions from the Admiralty authorities to forward samples of New Zealand ornaiierltal woods. It is understood with _ view of introducing such woods in :he fittings of the Queen's new yacht. Messrs Bartholomew Bros, have just icquired the milling rights over 5000 icres of good mixed bush about two niles from Dannevirke. They will emove their Pohangina plant to Danlevirke almost immediately. It is sstimated that the bush contains from 5 to 20 years cutting. A good performance was put up by A . Randrup, the cyclist, at the Masteron Caledonian Society's sports on Monday. He won his heats in the rfile, Three-mile and Half-mile Handiaps, and then won each of those races nd accounted also for the Five-mile nd Two-mile Handicaps. That is to L ay, he started eight times and won ; ight races in the one day. i I

It is understood that the marriage of Bishop Wilson, of Melanesia, with Miss Ethel Julius, daughter of the Bishop of Christchurch, will take place in Christchurch on the ist February. The river steamers were well patronised by excursionists during the holidays. Vacher, the notorious French murderer, has been executed. He killed a number of peasant women last year under similar circumstances to the notorious Whitechapel murders in London. I Colonel Kitchener, brother of the Sirdar, is in command of the native force which is being sent in pursuit of the Khalifa. A picturesque and popular event in , connection with the Caledonian sports • at Masterton on Monday was the dancing of Miss Agnes Robb, full robed in Highland costume. Miss Robb was presented with a gold brooch by Mr W. H. Beetham, the president of the Society. Mr Angus Macdonald, who was born ■ on the 34th December, 1795, celebrated his birthday at Rangiora last week. ' William Tyson, a Nottingham bricklayer, claims relationship to the late • Hon James Tyson, the Queensland r millionaire, and also intends to assert his claim to a share of deceased's wealth. In our report of the late sports we mentioned that a fountain pen had been presented as a special prize by Mr Alf Fraser for the 120 yards' handicap. As a matter of fact Mr Fraser ■ presented both first and second prizes, the first being a beautiful album, and » which Mr Geo. Stiles was fortunate in winning. Cr. Westwood has given notice that he will move at the next general meet- ■ ing of the Borough Council, That the • resolution fixing the dog tax at 2s 6d i and ios be rescinded, and that the , fees, 2s 6d and 5s only be charged. There is, apparently, a scarcity ot ; labour at Reefton, for the Ziman company is advertising at the Thames for 30 skilled miners at gs 6d per day. The appointment of Mr J. R. Blair as chairman of Directors of the Bank of New Zealand has been received . with much satisfaction throughout the colony. The results of Mr J. R. Montague's competitions last Saturday were :— ! Verses: Norah Harnett, watch, ist; j May Voigt, special prize, 2. Weight of Mr Montague (iast 2lb)— Samuel Clare, Francis Middleton and D. Fraser tied within a point of the correct weight, and were given another 1 guess, with the following results: — i Clare, i2st alb; F. Middleton. i2st i|lbs, D. Fraser, i2st 4lbs. Clare accordingly takes the prize. Mr Pirani, M.H.R., acted as referee. A balloonist named Lorraine made an ascent from the Auckland Domain, and reached an altitude of 7000 ft. He descended on a parachute. The dividends at the Rangitikei races on Tuesday were unusually large considering the medium fields. Anyone backing every horse in each race during the day would have won £ 36 13s. The first prize ot £2250 in Tattersal's sweep on the Carrington Stakes was drawn by a resident of Petane, near Napier, named Harrison. The "Manawatu Times" says: — Everything in connection with the picnic passed off satisfactorily, and the train arrived back in Palmerston at 6.30 p.m., thus concluding a most enjoyable day's outing. The excursionists speak in the most eulogistic terms of the Victoria Park, Foxton, as a picnic ground. Mr Langley's refreshment booth was well patronised, and richly deserved it. So far 150 old age pension claims have been lodged, with the DeputyRegistrar for the Christchurch district. Many of the claims have been returned as incomplete. There were seven big ocean steamers in Wellington Harbour on Tuesday, viz., Star of New Zealand, Rimutaka, Delphic, lonic, Queen Margaret, Queen Louise and Archtor. It is claimed that this constitutes a record for the colony. The aggregate tonnage of these vessels alone amounted to 33,488 tons. At the inquest on Paul, the carrier, who was killed on the Hutt Road on New Year's Eve through his horses shying, the evidence showed that the accident was caused by two unknown bicyclists not observing the rule of the road, and the jury returned a verdict to that effect. After the accident happened the two bicyclists went straight on, but there was no evidence to show that they were aware of the accident having taken place. j