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Manawatu Herald, 17 January 1899, Page 2

The next English and European mail, via Vancouver, will close at the local post office on Wednesday, the Ist day of February, at 8 p.m. The A.M. P. Society's new business last year was over three and threequarter million, the largest since 1892. Each individual colony showed a substantial increase over the previous year, aggregating over £600,000. At the sitting of the Stipendiary Magistrate's Court at Foxton on Thursday the first batch of old age pensions will be dealt with by Mr Greenfield. Several cases are down for investigation. Several leading miner's lodges in Newcastle have rejected the rates proposed to be paid by the collieries proprietors under the new weighing regulations. 'It is a foregone conclusion that the majority of lodges will reject the proprietors' proposals. '. The police authorities have not heard from Sergeant Wright at Monte Video in reference to Joseph Myers. This is considered to be a sign that the right man has been detained. It is argued that if the person arrested proved to be other than Joseph Myers the sergeant would have communicated the fact to New Zealand and cabled for further instructions. It seems a pity that arrangements were not made for the sending of a definite answer in any case. [Since the above was in type the authorities in Wellington have received word that the right man has been secured.] The name of the girl upon whom the* offence was committed at Masterton is Jessie Remington. Douglas (says the Wairarapa Times), having effected his purpose, the girl, in fear of her life, feigned death, and eventually fainted. On recovering she found herself lying by the roadside covered up in fern. The clothing worn by Miss Remington is torn to shreds, and it is evident she must have struggled fearfully. Douglas was arrested some time ago on a charge of attempted criminal assault, but acquitted in the Supreme Court, Wellington. Mr D. Sinclair, Engineer to the Pohangina County Council, found the calf of the leg of a moa near the Pohangina township, says the Standard, on the main ridge road, 70 feet from the surface. Mr Sinclair is going to send his valuable find to the Museum. A record milk test has been obtained (says the Sydney Mail) from three grade jersey cows belonging to Mr Robertson's Honeysuckle Farm, at the Pambula Co operative Factory. Two are said tp have reached the enormous test of 9, whilst the third reached 9.3. Mr Robertson's herd is recognised as one of the best in the district. The chairman of the Hutt County Council is reported to have said, " There has been a feeling for some time past that each local body should keep its own poor, and none but its own poor." This may be esteemed as wisdom by the speaker, but, in the face of it, it is the rankest selfish stupidity. A case of poisoning through eating tinned fish occurred on December .1 8th among the members of a family residing in Oxford Terrace east, Christchurch. Five children who ate tinned herrings and tomato sauce in the evening were extremely ill all night, the symptoms of poisoning being marked. No medical assistance was obtained, and the mother of the family was absent at the time. Last Tuesday morn-ing a quiet but pretty wedding was solemnised between Miss Rachel Elizabeth Port, eldest daughter of Richard Port, Esq., one of the earliest settlers of Awahou, and Mr James Macqueen Murdoch, teacher of the Awahou School, at Pohangina. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. G. S. Harper, of Rongotea, at the residence of the bride's father. The bride was given away by her father, and was attended by her cousin, Miss Sarah Port, who acted as bridesmaid. Mr Edgar Whitehead officiated as best man. After the ceremony a number of relatives and friends were entertained, when the health of the bride and bridegroom was toasted. The happy pair then left for Palmerston, amid showers of rice and good wishes, en route for Wellington, where their honeymoon is to be spent. — Star. Colonials who have had the good fortune to receive postal packets from Holland recently should take care of the stamps if they happen to bear the image and superscription of the young Queen. Her Majesty, who is gifted with a fair share of vanity, has just called in and ordered to be destroyed the whole of the first issue of her reign, simply because she is displeased with the treatment accorded to her hair in the portrait. It is drawn too tight behind the ears, and makes her " look like a school girl." The suppressed stamps will, of course, be valuable in the eyes of philatelists.

Mr A. Fraser advertises that he is a purchase.- of lupin seeds. Te Arc House has a replace advertisement \.\ this issue. The R -.ilway Department are run-_ ning ai: ,-ther excursion train from Palmers', m North to-morrow afternoon. It is stated that the late Major Kemp's i) mghter Wikitoria, in whom her fatl. r's recently-determined interest in Ihe Horowhenua Block vests, will, after the payment of all liens and mortgages, come into something like £26,000. The Bush Advocate says: — The crime of being poor was never more exemplified than it has been . during the last two days at the Courthouse, when the applicants for pensions were under cross-examination. Of inquisitorial exhibitions it was par excellence, and left the impression on the auditorium that the pensions were dearly earned. To have the events of the past 30 years of one's life under review in private is not very pleasant* as no person is without sin, but to have all these mistakes brought out before an inquisitive audience and thereby made public property, is positively disgusting, and does not say much for our legislators who have thus thrust such an indignity upon the suffering poor. No reminder should be necessary of the social to take place to-morrow night at All Saints' Schoolroom to welcome the new vicar (Rev. Leach) to the district. Besides the programme of vocal and instrumental selections, it has been arranged that other amusements will be provided during the evening. Mr Samuel Waters, a well-known resident of Wellington, died on Friday morning. The deceased was for many years employed by Messrs Levin and Co., and was a prominent member of the Independant Order of Oddfellows. In private life the deceased was most highly esteemed by a large circle of friends in all parts of the province, who will hear with regret of his early demise. Mr Waters married a daughter of the late Edward Dixon, one of Wellington's early settlers. In addition to his widow, the deceased leaves a family of two sons and two daughters to mourn their loss. The funeral took place on Sunday and was largely attended. Lord Ranfurly intends to make a trip to the Cook Islands in May next. The visit will be made in one of Her Majesty's warships. Since 1851 — within less than fifty years that is — Australia has added nearly in virgin gold to the world's treasure chest, says the Review of Reviews ; and there is no sign that this amazing output of precious metal is exhausted. The value of gold production, during the last few years, as a matter of fact steadily increases, and during the next fifty years Australia will probably add more than anoth'fer £400,000,000 sterling to the world's stock of minted or unminted gold. A match has been invented that will strike anywhere, wet or dry, that involves no danger to the maker, and that can be produced as cheaply as the matches which are responsible for the terrible disease "phossy jaw." The new match is the outcome of four years' thought and investigation on the part of Mr W. G. Cordes, an employee of the London County Council. It gives a beautifully bright light, which is free fronusmell, is absolutely non poisonous, and will not ignite save by smart friction, so that there is no danger to those who are fond of carrying matches loose in the pocket getting their clothes on fire. The composition on the end of the match is composed of ground glass, glue, chlorate of potash, plaster of paris, whiting, and amorphous phosphorus, a little colour- j ing matter being added.